The football world is into its holiday break, with just about every league taking off a couple of weeks or more – except in the UK, which traditionally maintains a full schedule through the holidays, although …

For the second year in a row, Arsenal‘s Boxing Day home match was called off due to strikes by London Underground drivers, protesting bank holiday pay policy.

This article appears in December 28 • 2012.

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