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Pompey v City postponed due to cold snap

SOCCER : The Premier League clash between Portsmouth and Manchester City tops the list of cross-channel games postponed due …

Sat Jan 10 2009 - 00:00

SOCCER: The Premier League clash between Portsmouth and Manchester City tops the list of cross-channel games postponed due to the cold snap in Britain.

That takes to 15 the number of league matches in England postponed, while the Homecoming Scottish Cup has also been affected.

The third round of the FA Cup was hit last weekend and, with temperatures plummeting below -10C in the south this week, the same picture is emerging seven days on.

Coca-Cola Championship clashes between Blackpool and Birmingham, Doncaster and Bristol City and Plymouth and Crystal Palace are off.

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Coca-Cola League One has so far lost seven matches with Swindon's game against Stockport, Southend v Crewe and Millwall's visit to Cheltenham all called off a day in advance along with Tranmere v Peterborough. Bristol Rovers' clash with Yeovil and Walsall v Brighton have also been postponed - as has Oldham v Hartlepool.

In League Two, leaders Wycombe's trip to fourth-placed Dagenham and Redbridge will have to be rearranged along with the games between Bournemouth and Bradford, Luton and Rotherham and Gillingham and Aldershot. Accrington v Darlington is also off as are the games at Chesterfield, Macclesfield and Shrewsbury.

North of the border, Inverurie Locos' Scottish Cup tie against Motherwell is off as is Forfar's clash with Forres Mechanics and Brechin v St Mirren.

Postponed Matches

Barclays Premier League
Portsmouth v Manchester City

Coca-Cola Championship
Blackpool v Birmingham
Doncaster v Bristol City
Plymouth v Crystal Palace

Coca-Cola League One
Bristol Rovers v Yeovil
Cheltenham v Millwall
Oldham v Hartlepool
Southend v Crewe
Swindon v Stockport
Tranmere v Peterborough
Walsall v Brighton

Coca-Cola League Two
Accrington v Darlington
Bournemouth v Bradford
Chesterfield v Rochdale
Dag & Red v Wycombe
Gillingham v Aldershot
Grimsby v Morecambe
Luton v Rotherham
Macclesfield v Port Vale
Shrewsbury v Chester

Homecoming Scottish Cup
Brechin v St Mirren
Forfar v Forres Mechanics
Inverurie Locos v Motherwell

Irn-Bru Scottish Third Division
Annan Athletic v Albion Postponed