BASH CANCELLED BY PARDY POOPER

ALAN PARDEW has banned West Brom’s struggling players from having a boozy Christmas bash.

But the new Baggies boss, hoping for his first win against Stoke tomorrow, treated the squad to a festive lunch yesterday.

Pardew’s side are 19th in the Premier League after four months without a win.

He ruled out a party for his new squad when he succeeded Tony Pulis last month. Pardew said: “Parties are not appropriate in the position we’re in. But we can still have a lunch and that’s what we’ve done.”