11 football fans who shouldn't have dressed as Father Christmas

If there’s one thing we can all agree on about Father Christmas, it’s that he’s a jolly chap. But football is very rarely jolly: it’s tense and hard and, sometimes, very very miserable. That’s why these fans were either very brave or very foolish to dress up as the big man when they went to see the football. 1. These Everton fans (Chris Ison/PA) 2. And these Everton fans (Lynne Cameron/EMPICS) 3. These Nottingham Forest fans (Mike Egerton/PA) 4. This Stoke fan (Mike Egerton/EMPICS) 5. These Burnley fans (Phil Cole/PA) 6. Definitely these Burnly fans (Phil Cole/PA) 7. This Gilligham fan (Gareth Fuller/EMPICS) 8. This Cardiff fan (Daniel Hambury/EMPICS) 9. This Blackpool fan (Barrington Coombs/EMPICS) 10. This Norwich fan (Mike Egerton/PA) 11. And finally, this Chelsea fan… (Adam Davy/PA) …although we suspect that one may actually be Father Christmas

Source: SNAPPA