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This article is more than 14 years old Five Premier League games among postponementsOnly two games left in total in Leagues One and Two
This weekend's football fixtures continue to fall victim to the vicious weather assaulting the nation, with Liverpool's home game against Tottenham and Hull's meeting with Chelsea the latest matches to join the list of postponements.
The Anfield fixture on Sunday follows those that were due to be played at Sunderland, Fulham and Burnley in falling victim to Britain's severe winter. As with most games at the top level, where all clubs have undersoil heating, the problem is with the area surrounding the ground and roads.
A Liverpool spokesman said: "The safety of our fans is paramount and an assessment of both the prevailing conditions and the weather forecast for the next 48 hours has been made in arriving at the decision to call off the match."
Similarly, Fulham explained in a statement that their match was postponed "following an inspection of the areas surrounding Craven Cottage". Sunderland made their decision after consultation with the city council's Safety Advisory Group. "The early timing has been deliberate in order to avoid many thousands of people embarking on unnecessary and potentially hazardous journeys," the group's chairman, Ken Scott, said.
Wigan Athletic had assured their fans that their meeting with Aston Villa would definitely be played, but a failure of the DW Stadium's undersoil heating means that there will now be a pitch inspection at 8.30am on Saturday morning.
The games at Arsenal and Birmingham City are all still on. Hull had earlier released a statement saying they were "confident" that the visit of Chelsea would be played as planned. "Contrary to reports in sections of the national media, tomorrow's game is not in 'severe doubt'," it read. "Efforts are continuing to clear snow from around the KC Stadium and the club is confident the game will go ahead." Following safety advice, however, Hull have now been forced to postpone the fixture.
The Coca-Cola Championship fixtures between Crystal Palace and Bristol City and Middlesbrough and Swansea joined those at Preston North End, Reading, Sheffield Wednesday and Watford, which were called off yesterday, on the list of postponements. The number of games called off, and the number of fans likely to be put off from going to those that remain, will probably skew Football League statistics, released just this morning, trumpeting a 3% increase in attendances over the first half of this season. Apparently in December league crowds averaged 11,411, the highest since 1959.
Coca-Cola League One and League Two have been decimated by the conditions with only the games at Leeds and Norwich City set to go ahead in League One, while Northampton Town have asked fans to help clear the pitch at Sixfields so their League Two game with Chesterfield can go ahead.
The big freeze has wreaked havoc with the fourth round of the Scottish Cup. The Morton v Celtic and Kilmarnock v Falkirk ties were called off on Wednesday and eight more followed yesterday, meaning 10 of the 16 matches have been called off.
In rugby union only one match remains in the Guinness Premiership. Leicester have brought forward the start of their game against Wasps so as to avoid the worst of the weather, and saved the fixture by removing more than 20 tonnes of snow from the Welford Road pitch and dumping it – with permission – in the car park of a local sports centre.
Sunday's rugby league friendly between Huddersfield and Halifax, a testimonial match for England forward Eorl Crabtree, has also been postponed.
Today's racing at Wolverhampton has been abandoned due to compressed ice particles within the track, with the meetings at Bangor and Fontwell also off. Saturday's valuable National Hunt card at Ffos Las has already fallen by the wayside. Monday's meetings at Ayr and Taunton have also been called off, as has Wednesday's meeting at Kelso.
Postponed fixtures
Barclays Premier League
Burnley v Stoke
Fulham v Portsmouth
Hull City v Chelsea
Liverpool v Tottenham
Sunderland v Bolton
Wigan Athletic v Aston Villa
West Ham v Wolves
Coca-Cola Championship
Crystal Palace v Bristol City
Preston v Doncaster
Middlesbrough v Swansea
QPR v Plymouth
Reading v Newcastle
Sheff Wed v Peterborough
Watford v Sheff Utd
League One
Brighton v Brentford
Bristol Rovers v Stockport
Carlisle v Millwall
Charlton v Hartlepool
Gillingham v Tranmere
Milton Keynes Dons v Swindon
Oldham v Leyton Orient
Southampton v Huddersfield
Yeovil v Colchester
Southend v Walsall
League Two
Aldershot v Rochdale
Bury v Darlington
Cheltenham v Hereford
Crewe v Grimsby
Lincoln City v Accrington
Morecambe v Burton Albion
Northampton v Chesterfield
Notts County v Macclesfield
Port Vale v Bradford
Rotherham v Bournemouth
Shrewsbury v Barnet
Torquay v Dag & Red
Blue Square Premier
Mansfield v Luton
Grays Athletic v Hayes & Yeading
Ebbsfleet United v Kettering
Active Nation Scottish Cup Fourth Round
Albion v Stirling
Ayr v Brechin
Edinburgh City v Montrose
Forfar v St Johnstone
Inverness v Motherwell
Kilmarnock v Falkirk
Livingston v Dundee
Morton v Celtic
Raith v Airdrie Utd
Ross County v Inverurie Loco Works
Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division:
Cowdenbeath v Arbroath
Peterhead v Clyde
Irn-Bru Scottish Third Division
Berwick v Stranraer
East Stirling v Queens Park
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