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United clash off
8:38am Saturday 23rd March 2013 in National Sport News © Press Association 2013
Snow is taking hold of the sporting schedule
Sheffield United's lunchtime clash with Brentford fell foul of the weather on Saturday morning, with the Bramall Lane pitch covered in snow.
The sides were due to meet in a fourth-versus-second televised clash, but referee Keith Stroud took the decision to call the game off.
Another League One clash, Shrewsbury's home meeting with Oldham, quickly followed the Sheffield postponement, with the home side confirming on their website that snow had taken a hold.
In League Two, Port Vale's home meeting with Aldershot was also wiped out, with groups of fans unable to clear the pitch as snow continued to fall. Vale acknowledged the postponement on their website.
Chesterfield also confirmed the postponement of their meeting with Plymouth on their official Twitter feed, while north of the border the games between Elgin and Clyde and Annan and Queen`s Park were wiped out.
The race meeting at Doncaster was abandoned.
The fixture was due to feature the first major event of the Flat season, the William Hill Lincoln, but clerk of the course Roderick Duncan called off the card following a 6am inspection.
The meeting at Newbury was the next to go, with the fixture abandoned because of snow.
