Cold weather takes its toll on weekend's football fixtures, more postponements expected
- Simon Wilkes
- 17 December 2022
Fixtures across the English Football League and Scotland have fallen victim to the icy conditions that have swept across the United Kingdom.
The Sky Bet League One match between Cheltenham and Lincoln was postponed due to a frozen pitch, while the League Two games at Doncaster and Bradford were also ruled out after inspections.
Only two of 11 League Two matches - at Leyton Orient and Barrow - remain unaffected, with the latter's home game against Swindon passing an early inspection, but a further update expected at noon.
Scotland bore the brunt of the early morning postponements with the cinch Premiership game between Livingstone and Dundee United the biggest casualty.
Championship games at Hamilton and Morton, the League One games at Alloa, Peterhead and Airdrie, and Dumbarton, East Fife and Stirling in League Two, all fell by the wayside.
On Friday Luton's clash with Millwall on Sunday was postponed because of a frozen pitch.
In League One, Peterborough United's showdown with Shrewsbury Town has also been called off because of an icy surface.
Four games in League Two have succumbed to the cold weather with Hartlepool, Tranmere, AFC Wimbledon and Stockport County forced to postpone their outings on Saturday.
The Scottish Premiership has also suffered after Motherwell's meeting with St Mirren was called off because of the weather.
League Two continued to be hit the hardest with Walsall, Mansfield and Colchester conceding defeat in an attempt to stage their home games.
A division higher and Port Vale took the step of calling off their clash with Accrington Stanley.
With snow forecast to fall on large parts of the UK this weekend, more fixtures are expected to be lost.
This story will be updated as we hear news of fixture postponements...
