Harrogate Town v Leyton Orient postponed due to frozen pitch

The Sulphurites conducted a pitch inspection on Friday morning and discovered the EnviroVent Stadium playing surface to be frozen.

With the Met Office forecasting that temperatures will not climb above zero at any point between now and the scheduled 3pm kick-off time of their clash with the O's, the decision was made to postpone the fixture as early as possible to save Ross Embleton's team a long wasted journey up from East London.

With the help of their frost covers, Town managed to beat the weather in midweek as their rearranged meeting with Cheltenham Town went ahead despite the game kicking-off with the temperature at -1 °C.

Those same covers went down almost immediately after the game finished on Tuesday night, but to no avail.

Harrogate were originally due to entertain Cheltenham on January 2, but that fixture was called off due to their pitch being frozen.

Last month's visit of Exeter City also ended up being postponed for the same reason, while the Sulphurites' clash against Carlisle United on December 29 was abandoned after 10 minutes of play with the home side leading 1-0 because referee Martin Coy decided that the surface had become unsafe.