Weather taking its toll in Yorkshire

Yorkshire’s weekend programme has been badly hit by the winter conditions ravaging the country with games involving Sheffield United, Bradford City and Rotherham United already all called off with just under 48 hours to the scheduled kick-off time of 3pm tomorrow.

Guiseley, FC Halifax Town and York City have also seen their fixtures postponed due to the snowy conditions and Arctic blast and others could follow.

The Blades’ home encounter with Burton Albion, scheduled for tomorrow, was called off on safety grounds following negotiations between the club, Safety Advisory Group, South Yorkshire Police and EFL.

Earlier, Bradford’s game against Portsmouth was also postponed on safety grounds, alongside Rotherham’s trip to Gillingham, with Kent under a deep blanket of snow.

Guiseley’s home game with Dagenham and Redbridge and York’s National League North trip to Kidderminster have also been called off early. Halifax’s home game with Sutton has also been postponed.

Meanwhile, Leeds’s trip to Aston Villa has been rescheduled for Friday, April 13 and will be televised by Sky Sports. It will be United’s 18th league game shown live by Sky this season. The game was originally due to be staged on Saturday, April 14.

Bradford’s home game against Shrewsbury Town – originally due to be played on Saturday, April 14 – has been brought forward 48 hours to Thursday, April 12 and will also be screened on Sky.