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A midday UK time decision is expected to decide whether Sunday’s Liverpool v Manchester United Premier League match will go ahead as the north-west region suffers adverse weather conditions. Liverpool FC say “every effort” is being made to get the game on.
Merseyside and the north-west had a dump of snow overnight and Liverpool city council’s safety advisory group met on Sunday morning to determine whether the Premier League match could go ahead. Access issues lead the list of concerns. The group will reconvene at 12pm GMT in the hope weather conditions will ease and the fixture will kick off as scheduled at 4.30pm.
“A safety meeting was held this morning to assess the weather and travel conditions for today’s fixture against Manchester United at Anfield,” the league leaders posted on their X account. “At this stage the match is planned to go ahead as normal and every effort is being made to get the game on. A further safety meeting will take place again at midday to assess the latest conditions. We will update supporters just as soon as we can. Please take extra care out there, Reds.”
An amber alert for snow and ice has been issued for Liverpool and Manchester by the Met Office until Sunday night. Last month the Merseyside debut between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park was postponed on safety grounds. On that occasion high winds from Storm Darragh resulted in severe travel disruption in and around the city.
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The League Two fixtures between Chesterfield and Gillingham and Fleetwood and AFC Wimbledon were postponed on Sunday morning, as was the Women’s FA Cup tie between Nottingham Forest and Burnley. With London far less affected, Fulham v Ipswich, the Premier League’s early fixture, will go ahead. Sporting fixtures across the UK have been affected, with only Chepstow going ahead for any horse racing meetings.
Racing was called off at Plumpton after the Sussex course had earlier provided a positive bulletin following an 8.30am inspection. “Racing abandoned due to worsening weather conditions,” Plumpton Racecourse posted on their X account 15 minutes before the gates were due to open at 10.35am. “We are incredibly sorry for the inconvenience caused.”
