The 1965–66 season was

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's 58th season (55th consecutive) in the

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. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing thirteenth. Ray Charnley was the club's top overall scorer for the eighth consecutive season, with 19 goals. Alan Ball (sixteen goals) shared the accolade with him in the league. Christmas during the Middle Ages was a public festival with annual indulgences included the sporting.Forbes, Bruce David, ''Christmas: a candid history'', University of California Press, 2007, , pp. 68–79. When Puritans outlawed Christmas in England in December 1647 the crowd brought out footballs as a symbol of festive misrule. The Orkney Christmas Day Ba' tradition continues. In the former top tear of English football, home and away Christmas Day and Boxing Day double headers were often played guaranteeing football clubs large crowds by allowing many working people their only chance to watch a game. Champions

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faced

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on Christmas Day 1889 and the last Christmas Day fixture was in

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beating Blackburn Rovers 4-2.

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Blackpool F.C. seasons