Some Brigg sports fans today like to watch Boxing Day football matches when Scunthorpe United or Grimsby Town are at home, or visit the traditional race meeting at the Market Rasen course.
While hockey was still being played on grass pitches at Brigg Recreation Ground in the 1980s, players used to enjoy a festive friendly on Boxing Day morning, with a few drinks taken along in kit-bags so a warming 'nip' could be taken at half-time to keep out the cold.
From the early 1960s until the late 1970s, the Brigg Branch of the Grimsby Town Supporters' Club used to run buses to take fans to all home matches at Blundell Park. They were hired from the Broughton-based Daisy company.
Brigg Branch buses also picked up fans in Broughton, Scawby Brook, Wrawby, Barnetby, Bigby, Owmby, Grasby and Keelby.
With the Mariners now getting home crowds of 4,000, it's interesting to note that the Grimsby v Scunthorpe derby on Boxing Day 1972 was watched by 16,580!
Grimsby's 1-0 win lifted them to sixth spot in Division Three, while the Iron were then fourth from bottom.
Town and United had both gained promotion from Division Four during the 1971/2 season.
Returning to the present, Brigg Town Football Club does NOT have first team or reserve fixtures today (Boxing Day - Thursday, December 26).
PICTURED: Grimsby Town players (black and white stripes) in action before a sizeable crowd at Blundell Park in the early 1970s - photographed by Ken Fisher, from Brigg. Stuart Brace (left), Mike Hickman (centre) and Dave Boylen (No 10) later played for the Mariners in that 1-0 home win over Scunthorpe on Boxing Day 1972.
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