Cold snap continues to disrupt Rovers
Friday 8th January, 2010
By Richard Ault

As the cold-snap continues to grind the UK to a halt, so to does it disrupt Tranmere's fixture programme.

Tranmere's match at Gillingham on Saturday has been called off due to the adverse weather.  With snow and ice covering the Priestfield pitch, the club asked for volunteers to help clear it.  However, with the conditions making roads and pathways around the stadium impassable, they had to admit defeat and call the game off. 

At the time of writing, only two games are still set to take place in League One this weekend, those being at Leeds and Norwich.  The rest have already been postponed.

Rovers also saw their Boxing Day fixture away at Oldham called off, that game has now been re-arranged for Wednesday 20th January, 2010.

Tranmere have now taken steps to give next weeks home game with Yeovil Town the best possible chance of going ahead, switching the game from Friday night back to Saturday with a 3pm kick-off.  It is hoped that playing the game on the Saturday afternoon will allow ground staff more time to make the pitch playable.

The club are yet to announce when the cancelled home match with Leeds United will go ahead after the original game was postponed due to both clubs involvement in the FA Cup.