Weekend Notes: Great hidings we bring...

An 8-0 drubbing, Stockport? That's not very Christmassy. And there's more late drama in the Championship's relegation scrap

Ali Maxwell

Goooooood morning!

The EFL snow globe has been shaken and the flakes have settled, bunching in uneven drifts across the pyramid. As we head into the blizzard of a packed festive schedule, who knows how those drifts will stack up by New Year’s Day?

Welcome to the final Weekend Notes of 2023. We don’t suppose any of us will have time for another edition on the 25th as we scramble amongst the clutter and merrymaking of Christmas Day. Nevertheless, we have a festive schedule to brighten the darkest corners of the recycling-bound cardboard box:

• Thursday 21 — Targets (National League) <Paid> — the brightest non-league transfer options

• Friday 22 — A BRAND NEW PODCAST SERIES <FREE> — Get excited for Dear Ali & George!

• Tuesday 26 — What can Halfway Day tell us? <Paid> — Huw Davies looks at promotions past to reveal this season’s future

• Sunday 31 — End of Year Message <Paid> — George & Ali see out a glorious 2023

• + straight into January Transfer Window action as soon as 2024 begins.

Whether you’re a free subscriber looking for a season ticket to everything that’s happening in the EFL, or a paid subscriber scrambling for a last-minute Christmas gift, you can get £20 off all of that as well as full access to content in 2024 and our back catalogue with a Christmas discount.

But before the globe is shaken once again, let’s dig into all 72 snowflakes to see how they settled over a weekend of…

1. Wednesday. Are. Rölling.

2. Best goal in a 5-1 defeat ever?

3. Close your eyes and listen to the sweet kiss of the net.

4. The limb of Lynch — is this the save of the season?

5. Squint and it’s Barcelona — Shrimps full of flavour!