Abby Brammell

Snow joke: Arsenal's clash with Bolton was called off on Wednesday


Wigan's Barclays Premier League home match against Aston Villa, scheduled for
this afternoon, has been postponed due to a frozen pitch at the DW Stadium.

Wigan's undersoil heating system failed yesterday and engineers have been unable to repair it.

Referee Stuart Atwell inspected the pitch at 8.30am and decided the heavy
overnight frost had left the surface unplayable.

And tomorrow's West Ham v Wolves match has also been called off today because of the area surrounding Upton Park.

Fulham against Portsmouth was the first Premier League match of the weekend to fall victim to Britain's worst winter for three decades.

Saturday's clash at Craven Cottage was called off on Friday morning, just before Burnley against Stoke and Sunderland v Bolton while Liverpool's Anfield meeting with Tottenham will also have to be rearranged.

The postponement of Saturday's lunchtime game, Hull against Chelsea, on Friday evening then left just half of the top flight games.

A host of matches north and south of the border have been postponed with more expected to follow.

Five Championship matches have gone, League Two has been wiped out and League One is not far behind while 10 Scottish Cup fixtures are off.

Today's race meetings at Wolverhampton, Fontwell and Bangor-on-Dee have also been cancelled.

Scroll down for a full list of football and rugby matches postponed due to the big freeze

PREMIER LEAGUE

Burnley v Stoke
Fulham v Portsmouth
Hull v Chelsea
Liverpool v Tottenham
Sunderland v Bolton
Wigan v Aston Villa
West Ham v Wolves


THE CHAMPIONSHIP

Crystal Palace v Bristol City
Preston v Doncaster
Reading v Newcastle
Middlesbrough v Swansea
QPR v Plymouth
Sheffield Wednesday v Peterborough
Watford v Sheff Utd


LEAGUE ONE

Brighton v Brentford
Bristol Rovers v Stockport
Carlisle v Millwall
Charlton v Hartlepool
Gillingham v Tranmere
MK Dons v Swindon
Oldham v Leyton Orient
Southampton v Huddersfield
Southend v Walsall
Yeovil v Colchester


LEAGUE TWO

Aldershot v Rochdale
Cheltenham v Hereford
Bury v Darlington
Crewe v Grimsby
Lincoln City v Accrington Stanley
Morecambe v Burton Albion
Northampton v Chesterfield
Notts County v Macclesfield
Port Vale v Bradford
Rotherham v Bournemouth
Shrewsbury v Barnet
Torquay v Dagenham & Redbridge


SCOTTISH CUP 4TH ROUND

Albion Rovers v Stirling Albion
Ayr v Brechin
Edinburgh City v Montrose
Forfar v St Johnstone
Inverness Caley v Motherwell
Kilmarnock v Falkirk
Livingston v Dundee
Morton v Celtic
Raith v Airdrie United
Ross County v Inverurie Locos


SCOTTISH SECOND DIVISION

Cowdenbeath v Arbroath
Peterhead v Clyde


SCOTTISH THIRD DIVISION

Berwick v Stranraer
East Stirling v Queens Park


GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP

Bath v Northampton
Harlequins v Leeds
Newcastle v Gloucester
Sale v Saracens
Worcester v London Irish


MAGNERS LEAGUE

Connacht v Newport-Gwent Dragons
Ulster v Ospreys


source: dailymail