Two days after those matches were played - on Saturday December 28th 1963 - several of the heavily beaten clubs found themselves playing the same opposition in the reverse fixtures...with some interesting results. So two days after beating Ipswich 10-1 Fulham lost 4-2 to the same opposition at Portman Road, West Ham beat Blackburn 3-1 at Ewood Park and Manchester United had their revenge over Burnley with a 5-1 victory at Old Trafford.

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The most goals scored in the Premier League on a single day was back on the final Saturday of the first Premier League season - Saturday May 8th 1993. As far as the Premier League was concerned the only issue still to be decided on that day was the third relegation spot. Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough were already doomed to the drop and in the battle to avoid joining them Oldham Athletic won and Crystal Palace lost so the Londoners lost that battle on goal difference. So the goals flowed with 47 goals being scored in the 9 matches -
 

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The above all relate to records for the highest goals scored in a single day. The low-point for goals scored in the top division in a single day was on Saturday April 28th 1923. Not quite a full programme -  20 of the 22 First Division sides played - but in those 10 matches only 10 goals were scored, none of them from an away side.
 

With results like that it is perhaps not surprising that there was pressure to alter the laws to encourage more attacking football. That pressure won the day and at the start of the 1925/26 there were dramatic changes... (goals and goalscorers)

The missing match that day? It was because Bolton were playing Second Division West Ham United in the FA Cup Final at Wembley, the first match to be played at the ground. The official attendance was 126,047 with perhaps 200,000 turning up at the stadium (the match was not all-ticket). So there was some excitement around!