Plus: footballers in panto. The Knowledge is now off on its holidays but will be back on 5 JanuaryMail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU“On
Christmas Day 1981,
Liverpool were in the bottom half of the table (12th of 22) and ended up winning the league,” tweets Derek Brosnan. “On Christmas Day 1994, Norwich were seventh and ended up getting relegated. Can any teams beat these ascents/descents to success/relegation?”
![Which teams have had the biggest climbs and falls after Christmas Day? | The Knowledge](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5ad4b1131eb3f61d614498366dac327abff66329/351_59_1181_709/master/1181.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=6d820febed527b9fecf20a94a1c80886)
Let’s start with teams who hit form after Christmas. Liverpool were indeed 12th in 1981, a position they stayed in after an infamous defeat by
Manchester City on
boxing Day. Then, from nowhere, they won 18 of the next 20 games to take control of the title race. They eventually finished four points ahead of Ipswich after an impressive post-Boxing Day run of 63 points from 25 games: 20 wins, three draws and two defeats. That looks impressive now but in the early 80s, when the top division was a lot more competitive, it was extraordinary.