Saturday's game looking unlikely to go ahead

With the weather issues around the country, it will come as little surprise if the game at Cheltenham will be called off. The Robins' home game against Southend was called off on Tuesday night and with the weather due to get worse over the next few days, it is widely expected that the game will be called off.

Snow has hit virtually all areas of the country over the last few days, with vast problems because caused in Lincoln, a hilly area. Cheltenham is also in a hilly area and has had similar problems to Lincoln. Their home game against Southend United was postponed yesterday as only four professional games were played in the country.

Speaking about the postponed about their game with Southend, Paul Godfrey (Cheltenham's secretary) spoke to Radio Gloucestershire. "It was fairly straightforward - a referee appointed by the Football League came out at 9am. [He] had a look at various parts of the pitch and gave it a good thorough inspection, but it was fairly clear from the moment he walked on that it was frozen fairly solid. There was one place in the pitch where the spiking machine had a hole about two inches deep. The referee put his finger in and realised the pitch was frozen to that depth, so it was fairly clear the frost wasn't going to come out before the game."

It is widely expected that the vast, vast majority of the games in the English football system will be postponed due to the weather.