Boxing Day Fixtures

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26 Dec 15:00	Everton		v		Wigan
26 Dec 15:00	Fulham		v		Southampton
26 Dec 15:00	Man Utd		v		Newcastle
26 Dec 15:00	Norwich		v		Chelsea
26 Dec 15:00	QPR		v		West Brom
26 Dec 15:00	Reading		v		Swansea
26 Dec 15:00	Sunderland		v		Man City
26 Dec 17:30	Aston Villa		v		Tottenham
26 Dec 19:45	Stoke City		v		Liverpool

Kinda annoying we chickened out of playing whilst the rest are

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20789688

Lawro predicts

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Reading: Federici, Gunter, Pearce, Mariappa, Harte, Kebe, Leigertwood, Karacan, McAnuff, Guthrie, Pogrebnyak. Subs: Taylor, Le Fondre, Hunt, Morrison, Tabb, Robson-Kanu, Cummings.

Swansea: Vorm, Tiendalli, Chico, Williams, Davies, Dyer, Britton, Ki, Moore, Routledge, Michu. Subs: Tremmel, Bartley, Graham, Monk, Shechter, de Guzman, Agustien.

Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)

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QPR: Green, Da Silva, Ferdinand, Hill, Traore, Mbia, Faurlin, Mackie, Taarabt, Wright-Phillips, Cisse. Subs: Julio Cesar, Diakite, Derry, Granero, Dyer, Hoilett, Ehmer.

West Brom: Foster, Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Popov, Mulumbu, Morrison, Fortune, Gera, Brunt, Lukaku. Subs: Myhill, Ridgewell, Rosenberg, Long, Dorrans, Odemwingie, Tamas.

Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

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Norwich: Bunn, Martin, Turner, Bassong, Garrido, Snodgrass, Tettey, Johnson, Pilkington, Hoolahan, Holt. Subs: Rudd, Howson, Jackson, Morison, Elliott Bennett, Barnett, Ryan Bennett.

Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Cole, Mikel, Luiz, Moses, Oscar, Mata, Torres. Subs: Turnbull, Lampard, Hazard, Ferreira, Marin, Piazon, Ake.

Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)

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Everton: Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Osman, Hitzlsperger, Gibson, Pienaar, Jelavic, Anichebe. Subs: Mucha, Heitinga, Oviedo, Naismith, Gueye, Barkley, Vellios.

Wigan: Al Habsi, Boyce, Caldwell, Figueroa, Stam, McCarthy, Jones, McArthur, Beausejour, Maloney, Kone. Subs: Pollitt, Di Santo, Gomez, McManaman, Boselli, Ramis, Golobart.

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

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Man Utd: De Gea, Smalling, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, van Persie, Hernandez. Subs: Lindegaard, Vidic, Cleverley, Fletcher, Buttner, Wootton, Tunnicliffe.

Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Santon, Anita, Perch, Bigirimana, Cisse, Ba, Marveaux. Subs: Elliot, Shola Ameobi, Obertan, Sammy Ameobi, Ferguson, Tavernier, Campbell.

Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

QPR v WBA delayed by 15 mins due to WBA arriving late

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Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hangeland, Senderos, Riise, Dejagah, Sidwell, Baird, Kacaniklic, Berbatov, Rodallega. Subs: Stockdale, Kelly, Ruiz, Karagounis, Briggs, Hughes, Frei.

Southampton: Kelvin Davis, Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Cork, Steven Davis, Puncheon, Ramirez, Lambert. Subs: Boruc, Hooiveld, Rodriguez, Ward-Prowse, Do Prado, Richardson, Mayuka.

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

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QPR vs WBA has been delayed due to problems of getting supporters there.

Arsenal's foresight.

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Man Utd 0-1 Barcodes, Perch!