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17.12.2023 35 Jimmy Dean — Big Bad John -3 35 Percy Faith — Theme From ‘A Summer Place’ -3 32 The Drifters — Save The Last Dance For Me 30 John Leyton — Wild Wind +2 29 Ricky Nelson — Hello Mary Lou / Travellin’ Man +2 28 The Allisons — Are You Sure 21 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Because They’re Young 18 Bobby Darin — Lazy River 16 Billy Fury — Jealousy 08 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Pepe

17/12 33 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York -3 27 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 26 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas +2 24 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 22 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 19 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day +2 12 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 09 Wham! — Last Christmas -3 09 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 07 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again I like Fairytale but I prefer 3 or 4 others

16/12/2023 24 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas +1 24 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 22 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree +1 21 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 20 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year -3 18 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 17 Bing Crosby — White Christmas -1 16 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 15 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 15 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day +1 15 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry +1 13 Wham! — Last Christmas -2

16/12 35 Percy Faith — Theme From ‘A Summer Place’ 33 Jimmy Dean — Big Bad John -6 30 John Leyton — Wild Wind +2 29 Ricky Nelson — Hello Mary Lou / Travellin’ Man 27 The Allisons — Are You Sure 27 The Drifters — Save The Last Dance For Me 21 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Because They’re Young 20 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — A Voice In The Wilderness +2 18 Bobby Darin — Lazy River 15 Billy Fury — Jealousy 14 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Pepe 11 Johnny Preston — Cradle Of Love 04 Elvis Presley — A Mess Of Blues

16/12/2023 62 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas +6 50 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 50 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York -9 49 Bing Crosby — White Christmas 48 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 48 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 39 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 37 Jona Lewie — Stop the Cavalry 37 Wizzard — I Wish it could be Christmas Every Day 36 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 26 Wham! — Last Christmas -9 14 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again +1 14 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) +5

15/12 32 Percy Faith — Theme From ‘A Summer Place’ 28 Ricky Nelson — Hello Mary Lou / Travellin’ Man 26 John Leyton — Wild Wind +2 24 Jimmy Dean — Big Bad John 22 The Allisons — Are You Sure 21 The Drifters — Save The Last Dance For Me 21 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Because They’re Young 20 Johnny Preston — Cradle Of Love 20 Billy Fury — Jealousy 19 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Pepe 18 Bobby Darin — Lazy River 18 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — A Voice In The Wilderness +2 17 Adam Faith — Someone Else’s Baby -3 14 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — Fall In Love With You 12 Elvis Presley — A Mess Of Blues 02 Connie Francis — Mama / Robot Man -3

15/12 54 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 52 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 52 Wizzard — I Wish it could be Christmas Every Day 50 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 49 Bing Crosby — White Christmas 46 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 45 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 39 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 39 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 39 Jona Lewie — Stop the Cavalry +3 36 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 29 Wham! — Last Christmas  -9 17 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again +3 13 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) Don't particularly like the Kate Bush track but still prefer it to Last Christmas.

December 15th 21 The Cardigans — Lovefool +4 3 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart -6

14/12/2023 64 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 51 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 44 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 43 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 43 Bing Crosby — White Christmas 43 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry +2 41 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 40 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride +2 39 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree +2 38 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 36 Wham! — Last Christmas -6 36 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year -3 29 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 28 Queen — Thank god it’s Christmas 27 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 12 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 10 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)

14/12/2023 26 The Cardigans — Lovefool 22 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony +4 12 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart -6

13/12/202 28 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 21 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 17 Supergrass — Alright / Time +4 16 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 13 The Cardigans — Lovefool 07 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart -6

13.12.2023 60 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 48 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 41 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 39 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry +2 38 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 37 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 37 Bing Crosby — White Christmas -3 36 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 35 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 33 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree +2 33 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday +2 33 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 33 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 33 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 31 Wham! — Last Christmas -3 28 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 23 Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 23 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 20 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 20 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas -3 19 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby  16 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run 07 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

12.12.2023 54 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 46 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 43 Jona Lewie — Stop the Cavalry  41 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 37 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 36 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 36 Bing Crosby — White Christmas 34 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday +3 34 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 34 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 33 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 30 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock -3 29 Wham! — Last Christmas -3 29 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 29 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree +1 28 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride +2 27 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas -3 22 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby  21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 21 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)  21 Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 20 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 18 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter 18 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 17 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo 17 Elton John — Step Into Christmas  15 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run Happy with the top 4, time for some adjustments in the middle order around the cut off point.

12/12/2023 30 Pulp — Common People +2 23 Supergrass — Alright / Time +2 21 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 21 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 19 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 16 The Cardigans — Lovefool 12 Deee-Lite — Groove is in the Heart -6 02 Blur — Song 2

11/12 32 Pulp — Common People +2 22 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 20 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 19 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 19 The Cardigans — Lovefool 19 Supergrass — Alright / Time +2 15 Deee-Lite — Groove is in the Heart -2 15 James — Sit Down 14 Blur — Song 2 05 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn  00 Ace Of Base — The Death -4

52 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas +2 45 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas -3 43 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 41 Jona Lewie — Stop the Cavalry +2 39 Bing Crosby — White Christmas -3 39 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 37 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year  34 Wham! — Last Christmas -3 34 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 33 Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 32 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride +1 32 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 31 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 31 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 30 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter 27 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 27 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 26 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 24 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run  24 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 24 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 23 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 22 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 22 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 22 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town +1 21 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo  19 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 18 Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag Shame about the Wombles but if you'd offered me lasting a week longer than Slade and Mariah Carey at the start I'd have taken that.

I like to watch it not knowing the results. I catch up on the important stuff (i.e. National League South) earlier in the day.

Anyone else really annoyed by the predictable scheduling and editing on MOTD that gives the result away before the highlights have kicked off? Man Utd lose to a team from bottom half of the league, top or second billing (despite the frequency with which this happens) Man Utd beat team from bottom half -towards the bottom of the schedule Same policy for Man City Player X picks up innocuous booking, player X is about to be sent off. Here's player Y being shown entering the fray as a substitute - player Y is going to score imminently Match scheduled N in the running order will in most cases feature more goals than match N+1 etc etc They should just go through the schedule in alphabetical order one week and reverse order the following week, sure most fans watch all of it anyway.

10/12/23 31 Pulp — Common People +2 27 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 25 The Cardigans — Lovefool 24 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 23 James — Sit Down 19 Supergrass — Alright / Time +2 18 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 15 Blur — Song 2 14 Deee-Lite — Groove is in the Heart -6 13 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 07 Ace Of Base — The Sign

42 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 40 Bing Crosby — White Christmas 40 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 40 Wham! — Last Christmas 39 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 38 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter 37 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 37 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 34 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 33 Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 33 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 32 Jona Lewie — Stop the Cavalry 31 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride  31 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 29 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 29 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 29 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 28 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock  28 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 26 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 25 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo 25 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)  24 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 22 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 22 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 20 Gene Autry — Here Comes Santa Claus -3 20. Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag 19 The Wombles — Wombling Merry Christmas +6 18 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run 14 Perry Como — It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas -6

same off Joey and -4 off Drewsky. Bloody hell. The Wombles down 22 in 3 posts. There's an unwanted record...(in both senses of the word, it seems)

9/12/2023 41 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 40 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 40 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 39 The Wombles — Wombling Merry Christmas +6 38 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter 37 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 37 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 35 Wham! — Last Christmas -2 34 Bing Crosby - White Christmas -2 34 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 33 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 33 Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 33 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 32 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry 28 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 28 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 27 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 27 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 26 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 26 Perry Como — It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 25 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 24 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)  24 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 23 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 23 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo 23 Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag 22 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 22 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 21 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run 21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 21 Gene Autry — Here Comes Santa Claus 17 Chris de Burgh — A Spaceman Came Travelling 13 The Waitresses — Christmas Wrapping 13 Perry Como — Winter Wonderland 12 Bing Crosby & David Bowie — Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy 06 Donny Hathaway — This Christmas -5

9/12/2023 34 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 33 Pulp — Common People +4 25 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 25 The Cardigans — Lovefool 25 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 23 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 23 James — Sit Down 20 Supergrass — Alright / Time 17 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart -6 15 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now 10 Ace Of Base — The Sign 09 Blur — Song 2

fwiw I should be on 7 (I had 5 going into last update, then scored with Heckingbottom and Brundle).

08.12.23 35 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 32 Pulp — Common People +4 30 James — Sit Down 25 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 25 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 25 The Cardigans — Lovefool 24 Supergrass — Alright / Time 23 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 17 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 17 Blur — Song 2 16 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now 13 Ace Of Base — The Sign 10 Deee-Lite — Groove is in the Heart -6