All three of today’s English Premier League soccer games, including leader Manchester United’s match at Chelsea, have been called off because of snowfalls affecting much of Britain.
Blackpool versus Tottenham and West Brom against Wolverhampton are also off, following four cancellations on yesterday’s schedule: Arsenal-Stoke, Birmingham-Newcastle, Liverpool-Fulham and Wigan-Aston Villa. Manchester City can go top of the standings if it beats Everton in a game still scheduled for tomorrow.
Chelsea said on its website that the game with United was postponed “following consultation with the police and the local authority.”
Much of England’s Football League program and the soccer schedule in Scotland were also disrupted by snow and ice, as were horserace meetings. Today’s Heineken Cup Pool One rugby match between Edinburgh and Castres was called off.
Two Premier League games went ahead yesterday. Danny Welbeck scored the only goal as Sunderland jumped over Bolton into sixth place. In the day’s other game, Blackburn tied last- place West Ham 1-1 in its first match since manager Sam Allardyce was fired.
Junior Stanislas’s goal in the 78th minute gave West Ham the draw at Blackburn, which scored through Ryan Nelsen. Interim manager Steve Kean led Rovers after Allardyce was fired six days ago by the club’s new owner.
The draw extends West Ham’s away winless run to 27 games, dating back to the opening day of last season.
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