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The pros and cons of dressing as Father Christmas at the football

It’s not all mince pies and presents, you know…

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Santa and football are two very important elements of Christmas – so why not combine the two by dressing as the big man while going to a game?

It’s become a time honoured tradition up and down the land, and in some ways it works perfectly.

Santa is famously jolly, and when are football fans jollier than when celebrating a goal like this Stoke supporter a couple of years ago?

A fan dressed as Santa celebrates a Stoke goal
(Mike Egerton/PA)
Burnley fans dressed as Santa
(Richar Sellers/PA)
Stoke fans dressed as Santa
(Mike Egerton/PA)
A Chelsea fan dressed as Santa
(Adam Davy/PA)

Some fans refuse to dress in anything other than their club’s colours on match day, so for this Celtic-supporting Santa, a red suit was out of the question.

A Celtic fan dressed as Santa
(Jeff Holmes/PA)
Tottenham fans dressed as Santa and Rudolph
(Phil Cole/PA)

That’s what happened to this poor Wolves fan at Friday’s 2-0 defeat against Liverpool.

A Wolves fan dressed as Father Christmas
(Nick Potts/PA)
A football fan dressed as Santa
(Andrew Milligan/PA)
A fan dressed as Santa at a football match
(Peter Byrne/PA)
Fans in Santa Claus fancy dress and face masks of Leicester City's Jamie Vardy in the stands before the Premier League match at the King Power Stadium, Leicester
(Mike Egerton/PA)
Fans in Santa Claus fancy dress in the stands before the Premier League match at the King Power Stadium, Leicester
(Mike Egerton/PA)
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