A statement from Blackpool read: “This afternoon's game against @htafc has been postponed due to a frozen pitch. “Despite the best efforts of the club's groundstaff with covers and lighting rigs, areas of the playing surface have been deemed too hard to play on. ” The news will come as a major disappointment to Mick McCarthy, who was this week named Blackpool’s new manager until the end of the season. It comes after the club sacked Michael Appleton with the Championship side struggling. Blackpool are currently on a run of ten games without a win in the Championship, with their last victory coming in October.
Meanwhile, just up the road from Bloomfield Road, Morecambe’s League One match at home to Port Vale has also fallen victim to the weather. Two other games in the third tier have also been postponed. Most read in Championship BETTING SPECIAL - BEST FOOTBALL BETTING SITES IN THE UK Bristol Rovers vs Wycombe Wanderers and Lincoln City’s home game with Burton Albion will now have to be rearranged too. Peterborough vs Charlton was another late postponement in League One.
Blackpool vs Huddersfield clash called off just hours before due to frozen pitchBLACKPOOL’S Championship clash with Huddersfield Town has been postponed just hours before kick-off with a host of other EFL matches called off. The game was due to take place at 3pm this afternoon. 3Blackpool's match with Huddersfield is off due to a frozen pitchCredit: Alamy 3Northampton shared this snap of their pitch when announcing their game was postponedCredit: Twitter @ntfc However, the baltic conditions across the country have forced the game to be called off due to a frozen pitch.