EFL postponements: The Championship, League One and League Two games off this weekend

Bradford City, Doncaster Rover and Harrogate have all been given an unwanted weekend off by the cold snap which has decimated this weekend's League Two programme.

Doncaster and Harrogate had been due to meet at the Eco Power Stadium, but a morning pitch inspection saw the game called off because of a frozen playing surface.

Later that morning, Bradford's game at home to Rochdale was also postponed.

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It is the second week running Bradford and Harrogate have had a match postponed because of the weather, having lost their games against Gillingham and Northampton Town respectively seven days earlier.

It left Barrow v Swindon Town and Leyton Orient v Sutton United as the last League Two games standing at that stage.

At the time of writing, though, Saturday’s entire Championship programme was due to go ahead, with many grounds in that division benefitting from undersoil heating, but Luton Town’s scheduled meeting with Millwall on Sunday was waved off on Friday afternoon.

Yorkshire League One teams Sheffield Wednesday and Barnsley both have undersoil heating. The Owls tweeted this morning to say there was no threat to their home game against , and Barnsley’s match against Burton Albion is also expected to go ahead as planned.

Several League One games have also been postponed.

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WATFORD, ENGLAND - AUGUST 01:  Detail of the official Puma Sky Bet EFL match ball during the Sky Bet Championship between Watford and Sheffield United at Vicarage Road on August 1, 2022 in Watford, United Kingdom. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images)WATFORD, ENGLAND - AUGUST 01:  Detail of the official Puma Sky Bet EFL match ball during the Sky Bet Championship between Watford and Sheffield United at Vicarage Road on August 1, 2022 in Watford, United Kingdom. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images)
WATFORD, ENGLAND - AUGUST 01: Detail of the official Puma Sky Bet EFL match ball during the Sky Bet Championship between Watford and Sheffield United at Vicarage Road on August 1, 2022 in Watford, United Kingdom. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

Peterborough United’s home game with Shrewsbury Town was the first League One match to be called off before Port Vale took the step of calling off their clash with Accrington Stanley. Luton Town’s scheduled Championship meeting with Millwall on Sunday has already been waved off due to the weather.

In the National League North, the Yorkshire derby between Bradford (Park Avenue) and Scarborough Athletic has been called off. With snow forecast to fall on large parts of the UK this weekend, more fixtures are expected to be lost.

Last weekend, Barnsley’s trip to Oxford United was one of three games called off in League One.