All of Sunday's Barclays Premier League matches have been postponed due to this weekend's bad weather.

All three fixtures have been postponed on safety grounds. Chelsea v Manchester United was the first of the day's matches to be called off and later the Black Country derby between West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers and also the meeting between Blackpool and Tottenham Hotspur were postponed.

The poor weather also had a dramatic impact on Saturday's Barclays Premier League fixtures, with four of the day's matches postponed. Wigan Athletic v Aston Villa was the first to be called off, quickly followed by Liverpool v Fulham, Birmingham City v Newcastle United and Arsenal v Stoke City - all on safety grounds. A statement on Chelsea's website read: "Sunday's game at Stamford Bridge has been postponed following consultation with the Police and the local authority.

"There has been heavy snow in London on Saturday. Should customers require a refund they can send the tickets back to the box office with credit card details and they will be cancelled.
"Customers are advised to send tickets back by Royal Mail special delivery in order for the tickets to arrive safely. Any tickets that do not arrive cannot be refunded. All tickets WILL remain valid for the new date once it is confirmed."

A statement on West Brom's website read: "Albion have been forced to postpone tomorrow's (Sunday's) Black Country derby with Wolves due to the adverse weather conditions.
"The club have done everything in their power to get the game on but have had to admit defeat on safety grounds.

"More than 20cm of snow fell between the early hours of this morning and this afternoon, with no apparent let up, and temperatures are predicted to drop as low as minus 10 during the night.
"All tickets purchased for this match will be valid for the re-arranged fixture."

A statement on Blackpool's website read: "Blackpool Football Club can confirm that Sunday's game with Tottenham Hotspur has been postponed. The decision has been ratified by the Premier League."

Secretary Matt Williams said, "We have been in regular communication with the local authority, the police, Tottenham and the Premier League throughout the last 48 hours and following the heavy snowfall on Friday night and forecast of further sub zero temperatures we met on Saturday lunchtime to discuss the fixture and possible problems."

"Everyone was in full agreement that the safety of all fans attending the game was of paramount importance and although the Bloomfield Road pitch is playable at the current time, the conditions around the stadium and further afield for people travelling to the match were such that in the best interest of both sets of supporters it was agreed to postpone the fixture."

Following the postponement of their match on Saturday, Wigan issued a statement describing the surrounding conditions as "extremely hazardous" although the pitch is fine due to the undersoil heating.

 

The statement read: "Despite the club's best efforts in putting today's game on by bringing in snow ploughs and gritters, the 10 inches of snow that fell overnight, and is still falling at the time of going to press, has made the surrounding area extremely hazardous for supporters travelling to the game.
"Public transport isn't running, there are motorway closures and the general condition of the surrounding routes is treacherous.

"The DW Stadium playing surface, ironically, is fine, with the undersoil heating doing its job.
"The club wants to apologise for the inconvenience this causes. News of the postponement has been circulated as early as possible to all official news channels and news contacts.
"Club staff have also been unable to reach the stadium in order to send out text message alerts to Latics supporters."

A statement on the Liverpool website read: "Club officials met with the Police this morning to assess the prevailing weather conditions.

"The safety of all fans attending the game is paramount and although the Anfield pitch is playable, the conditions around the stadium and further afield for people travelling to the match are such that the decision was taken, following Police advice on safety grounds, to postpone the game.

"All existing tickets will remain valid for the re-arranged fixture. We will also offer refunds and publish a deadline date for refunds once the re-arranged game date is announced, to enable us to re-sell any returned seats to other supporters.

"Any guests who have purchased hospitality for the game are advised to retain their tickets as they will be valid for the new date. We will advise all supporters of the new date as soon as possible."

Birmingham issued a statement on their club website saying: "Blues ground staff had been working around the clock to ensure the pitch was playable and supporter sections of the stadium were being attended to by the club's maintenance team.

"But unfortunately all that good work has been undone by incessant snowfall and referee Mike Jones and the local authorities have asked for the game to be called off.

"Roads leading to the stadium have fast become unsafe and so the decision to postpone has been made on health and safety grounds."

A statement on Arsenal's website read: "Further to a huge deluge of snow in north London starting over Emirates Stadium at 11.38am, the match referee Lee Mason made the decision at 12.07pm to postpone today's match.

"Approximately three inches of snow fell over this half hour period and there continues to be heavy snowfall with no apparent let up."

(source : premier league)