The special featured a six-round game of Jack's Encyclopaedia, hosted by Marcus, Luke, Jim, and Pete, with festive themes and chaotic fun.
Players included Petr Čech, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Essien, Paolo Ferreira, and Gabby Agbonlahor. Three players were sent off: Ashley Cole, Ricardo Carvalho, and Zat Knight.
Teams include Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Sunderland, Southampton, Sheffield United, Nottingham Forest, Barnsley, Cardiff City, Middlesbrough, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Swindon Town, and others.
Clubs include Sheffield United, Derby County, West Bromwich Albion, Norwich, Portsmouth, Sunderland, Southampton, Swindon Town, Oldham, Aston Villa, Barnsley, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford, Fulham, Hull, Ipswich Town, Nottingham Forest, Reading, Sheffield Wednesday, Swansea City, Watford, West Ham, and Wolves.
Stadiums included Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion, AFC Wimbledon's Plough Lane, Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena, Paris Saint-Germain's Parc des Princes, Lyon's Groupama Stadium, Bayer Leverkusen's BayArena, Newcastle's St. James' Park, Union Saint-Gilloise's Stade Roy des Bois-de-Marne, FC St. Pauli's Milenter, Fenerbahçe's Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Napoli's Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Lille's Stade Pierre-Mauroy, and others.
Graham Potter was confirmed as one of the guests, while others like Sean Dyche, Michael Owen, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, John Terry, Rafa Benítez, and Eddie Howe were speculated but not confirmed.
The tiebreaker question was to name every reindeer currently owned by Father Christmas, with answers including Rudolph, Blitzen, Cupid, Dancer, Prancer, Donner, Comet, and Vixen.
Anybody fancy a Christmas game? Bloody Nora that's right, it's a big Jack's Encyclopaedia bonanza coming your way for Christmas Day!
Join Marcus, Luke, Jim, and Pete for a six-round special of the game that Jack Grealish simply cannot wrap his head around.
Put down that gravy boat, switch off Mrs Brown's Boys, and get your ears plugged into 25 minutes of unfiltered Christmas chaos. Happy holidays everyone!
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