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Monday, 26 December 2016
Premier League
Watford 1-1 Crystal Palace
Damien Delaney was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game
Burnley 1-0 Middlesbrough
Stephen Ward was booked for the first time since the opening day of the season in what was the defender’s 300th start in England
Jeff Hendrick was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game
Chelsea 3-0 Bournemouth
Harry Arter made his 200th career start
Swansea 1-4 West Ham United
Declan Rice was in the matchday squad at West Ham for the first time as an unused substitute
Championship
Brentford 2-2 Cardiff
Brian Murphy made his first appearance for Cardiff since signing for the Bluebirds in September, indeed this was his first appearance in a matchday squad for the club!
Aston Villa 2-1 Burton Albion
Damien McCrory made his 300th career appearance
Barnsley 2-0 Blackburn
Darragh Lenihan was sent off for the first time in his career
Ipswich 0-2 Fulham
Jonathan Douglas made his 50th start for Ipswich
Newcastle 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Keiren Westwood’s performance for Sheffield Wednesday against Newcastle was recognised by WhoScored and EA as among the best of the week’s fixtures
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Bristol City
Joe Mason came off the bench to make his first appearance for Wolves since October 15th
League 1
Southend United 3-0 AFC Wimbledon
Simon Cox ended a goal drought of more than a month by scoring his first brace since November 2014, and his performance was recognised by the Football League as one of the best of the week
Bristol Rovers 4-1 Coventry
Liam Lawrence made his first appearance for Bristol Rovers since August 30th
League 2
Leyton Orient 3-2 Crawley
James Collins was booked for the fifth time this season (his first booking in more than a month) and is suspended for the next game
Luton 0-1 Colchester
Owen Garvan was booked for the first time this season
Newport Co. 2-3 Portsmouth
On his 34th birthday, Noel Hunt made his first start for Portsmouth since November 5th
Enda Stevens scored his first goal for Portsmouth, 18 months after signing for Pompey in June 2015. This was the defender’s first goal since February 2015
Yeovil 0-0 Exeter
Liam McAlinden was booked for the first time this season
Tuesday, 27 December 2016
Premier League
Liverpool 4-1 Stoke City
Jonathan Walters scored his 60th goal for Stoke
Championship
Brighton and Hove Albion 3-0 QPR
Shane Duffy made his 150th career start
Wednesday, 28 December 2016
Premier League
Southampton 1-4 Tottenham
Shane Long was picked up his second booking of the season, more than 100 days since his last booking on September 18th
Scottish Premier League
Inverness CT 1-2 Motherwell
Carl McHugh returned to the Motherwell starting XI for his first appearance the opening day of the season
St Johnstone 1-1 Rangers
Graham Cummins lined out for St Johnstone for the first time since October 29
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