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Full list of Boxing Day matches postponed in England and Scotland

Bury's Gigg Lane pitch - waterlogged
Image: Bury's game against Barnsley has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch at Gigg Lane

Blackburn's Championship clash with leaders Middlesbrough is one of a number of Boxing Day fixtures called off in England and Scotland due to adverse weather conditions.

Heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours in Lancashire left the playing surface at Ewood Park saturated in certain places and deemed unfit for play.

The Scottish Premiership games between Dundee United and Motherwell and Partick Thistle and St Johnstone have also been postponed due to waterlogged pitches.  

Here is a full list of the games called off:

Sky Bet Championship

Blackburn v Middlesbrough

Sky Bet League 1

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Blackpool v Oldham Athletic 

Bradford City v Burton Albion

Bury v Barnsley

Rochdale v Crewe

Wigan v Sheffield United

Sky Bet League 2

Accrington v Carlisle 

Hartlepool v Notts County

Morecambe v Mansfield  

York City v Northampton

National League

Altrincham v Chester

Barrow v Gateshead 

Guiseley v Grimsby

Scottish Premiership

Dundee United v Motherwell

Partick Thistle v St Johnstone

Scottish Championship

Raith Rovers v Alloa Athletic (re-arranged for January 12) 

Scottish League One 

Cowdenbeath v Albion Rovers

Scottish League Two

Arbroath v East Stirling

Partick Thistle's Firhill ground following the postponement of their match against St Johnstone on Boxing Day
Image: Partick Thistle's Firhill ground following the postponement of their match against St Johnstone on Boxing Day

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