A SECOND Premiership clash has been called off as snowfall caused by Storm Gerrit sparks chaos on the roads.
We told you earlier in the day how Rangers’ Ibrox clash with Ross County fell victim to the weather with the Staggies’ team bus caught up in snowy gridlock on the A9.
And now Motherwell’s visit to Aberdeen has been called off – even though hundreds of ‘Well fans have already embarked on the journey to the North East for the match.
SunSport understands that the Lanarkshire side ARE already in the Granite City.
And the postponement came only an hour after Well advised fans to take the A92, due to closures on the A9.
But with closures now in place on both the A9 AND the A92, and many Motherwell fans locked in gridlock, the match has now been postponed.
Earlier in the day, Dons chief Alan Burrows had made hopeful noises about the match taking place.
He wrote: “Pitch / Stadium update: – At the moment, the wind and rain is battering the North East.
“Another 20mm of rain due to fall on Pittodrie between now and KO and wind currently gusting around about 60/65mph.
“Despite that, at the moment, the stadium is holding up fairly well. Not too much damage so far, other than some signage.
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“Pitch is wet, but is draining pretty satisfactorily at this stage.
“We have our ground staff, when they aren’t blowing about the place, on standby should any quick remedial work be required (when the wind eventually eases).
“Better news is that the worst of the weather is between now and 3.30pm, before it calms down quite a fair bit.
“As we stand now, with the forecast as it is, things are good to go. If anything changes for the worst, we’ll update in as much time as possible…”
It’s the second postponement in a matter of days for the Dons, who saw their clash with Dundee called off less than an hour before kick-off at the weekend.
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