{"id":299000,"date":"2023-12-02T12:24:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T12:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=299000"},"modified":"2023-12-02T12:24:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T12:24:39","slug":"scottish-premiership-clash-among-ties-called-off-as-snow-hits-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/scottish-premiership-clash-among-ties-called-off-as-snow-hits-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Premiership clash among ties called off as snow hits Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Scottish Premiership clashes among the fixtures called off as snow hits Britain&#8230; but 11 FA Cup ties WILL go ahead as planned after -10 degree overnight freeze<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Blackpool versus Forest Green Rovers was already cancelled for other reasons\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In the Bundesliga, Union Berlin&#8217;s trip to Bayern Munich is cancelled due to snow\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>We expected perfection from VAR &#8211; we haven&#8217;t got it: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Livingston&#8217;s Scottish Premiership match with Ross County was postponed as freezing conditions hit the football calendar in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>The top-division clash was due to take place at 3pm on Saturday but was called off after an early pitch inspection, with the playing surface at Almondvale Stadium frozen.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Premiership club posted on X, formerly Twitter: &#8216;Following the pitch inspection, today&#8217;s game with Ross County has fell to the weather and has been postponed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Details for the re-arranged game will be released in due course.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the fixture list was also decimated with eight games across the Scottish Championship, League One and League Two all falling victim to the sub-zero temperatures and snow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/11\/78500119-12817461-image-a-41_1701517211507.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Snow fell across Britain last night amid a -10 degree freeze, with large swathes of UK affected<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/11\/78500159-12817461-image-a-42_1701517217042.jpg\" height=\"377\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Livingston&#8217;s Tony Macaroni Arena (pictured in November) will no longer host Ross County<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>In England, all 11 FA Cup second-round ties survived, with Blackpool&#8217;s clash with Forest Green postponed on Friday for non-weather related reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Friday also saw\u00a0League Two Crewe Alexandra and League One Bristol Rovers&#8217; second round tie postponed because of a frozen pitch inspected at 1.15pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The match has been rescheduled for Tuesday December 12, with a potential replay the following week.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two National League matches were frozen off, though, with Altrincham against Dorking and Southend&#8217;s clash with Wealdstone falling foul of the weather.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s horse racing meeting at Newcastle was postponed on Friday, but races at Doncaster, Bangor, Newbury and Fairyhouse went ahead.<\/p>\n<p>In Germany, Bayern Munich&#8217;s Bundesliga clash with Union Berlin was postponed due to heavy overnight snowfall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/11\/78500189-12817461-image-a-43_1701517275950.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>At Alfreton Town, the pitches were covered to protect against the bad weather overnight ahead of an FA Cup tie against Walsall<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/11\/78500195-12817461-image-a-44_1701517306080.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In Germany, Bayern Munich&#8217;s Bundesliga tie against Union Berlin was called off due to snow<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12817461\/Scottish-Premiership-fixtures-snow-FA-Cup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish Premiership clashes among the fixtures called off as snow hits Britain&#8230; 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