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Sporting Life Advent Calendar: 25 days of Sky Bet EFL 2018 highlights


The Sporting Life Advent Calendar brings you some festive joy via the Sky Bet EFL's best moments of 2018.

Every day we will open a new video window to reveal a stunning 2018 moment from the Sky Bet EFL.

It's Christmas Eve - just one more sleep to go! Our final advent calendar door reveals a stunner.

Aston Villa's 24, Alan Hutton, goes from half way to score a cracker in their derby win over Birmingham City.

Sunday December 23

Two days to go until Christmas and Day 23 brings us to a clever and perfectly executed free kick from Shrewsbury – finished off by their number 23 Alex Rodman at Wembley. Sadly for them it wasn’t enough to see them promoted as they lost that final 2-1 AET.

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Saturday December 22

On Day 22, we look back at one of the games of the season when Norwich were 3-2 down to Millwall in the 90th minute...and Teemu Pukki's 97th-minute goal meant they won 4-3!

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Friday December 21

As Christmas draws nearer, we celebrate the man who finish top scorer in the Sky Bet Championship last season. This is Derby's Matej Vydra netting his 21st goal of the campaign, the moment which took him clear as the outright golden boot leader.

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Thursday December 20

Let's enjoy one of Adam Reach's many stunners this season - even sweeter that it came against rivals Leeds! The Sheffield Wednesday midfielder has his own personal Goal of the Season competition going.

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Wednesday December 19

We throw back to February, when Floyd Ayite produced a stunning long-range finish in Fulham's 2-0 win over Aston Villa.

Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone mishit a free-kick, Ayite's first touch was perfect, he gets the ball out of his feet before finishing perfectly into an open goal. Nice!

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Tuesday December 18

We focus on last season and Wolves' number 18 Diogo Jota finds the net after this tidy pass-and-move for Wolves against Sheffield United.

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Monday December 17

Here is yet another brilliant goal - this time from Sheffield United's Oliver Norwood who fired in this stunner at Brentford earlier this season.

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Sunday December 16

Behind door number 16 is Oxford’s man with that shirt number. Republic of Ireland international Gavin Whyte has six goals to his name for club and country this season, including this belter of a finish against Charlton. Pick that one out.

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Saturday December 15

Harvey Barnes has been a star for West Brom since his move in the summer. Day 15 is for the Baggies' number 15 and his wonderful effort against Bolton on opening day.

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Friday December 14

Conor Hourihane is the star of today as the Aston Villa number 14 scores an absolute belter of a goal at Villa Park - and against Second City rivals Birmingham no less!

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Thursday December 13

Behind door number 13 is a real Christmas cracker as we take a look back at a jaw-dropping finish to the Cardiff v Wolves game that led to a now infamous confrontation between Nuno Espirito Santo and Neil Warnock.

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Wednesday December 12

Preston's number 12 was the hero as they picked up a point against Ipswich. He scored a free-kick and then put the gloves on when their goalkeeper was shown a red card. Not only that, he made a wonderful save to secure them a point.

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Tuesday December 11

Day 11 goes back to March, when Middlesbrough's number 11 Patrick Bamford bagged a hat-trick against Leeds United. In fact it was so good, Leeds then signed him in the summer!

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Monday December 10

Fulham's number 10 was the hero at Wembley earlier this year, as Tom Cairney scored the goal that saw the Cottagers promoted to the Premier League with a play-off final victory over Aston Villa.

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Sunday December 9

Leeds and Millwall met at Elland Road in January in what was one of the most entertaining Sky Bet Championship games of 2018.

Both sides came from behind to lead, although it was the visitors who would secure all three points.

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Saturday December 8

Ruben Neves LOVES a strike from distance. His most eye-catching though came when his Wolves side welcomed Derby in April…

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Friday December 7

Aston Villa’s John McGinn, scorer of THAT incredible volley against Sheffield Wednesday in September. We don’t tire of watching this one…

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Thursday December 6

Here's Rotherham's Richard Wood scoring in the Sky Bet League One play-off final victory over Shrewsbury at Wembley back in May, a win which secured their place in the Championship.

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Wednesday December 5

We've got a brilliant 5-5 thriller - no not that one at Villa Park - but the belter between Bristol City and Hull from back in April...

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Tuesday December 4

Leeds United hit four goals against Frank Lampard's Derby County, with this brilliant brace by Kemar Roofe helping them to a 4-1 win at Pride Park.

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Monday December 3

Wolves' former number three Barry Douglas scoring a goal as they secured the Sky Bet Championship title.

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Sunday December 2

Coventry City's number two Jack Grimmer scores a stunner in the Sky Bet League Two Play-Off Final.

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Saturday December 1

We began with the Sky Bet League One play-off semi-final second leg and an incredible piece of goalkeeping from Shrewsbury’s number one...

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