Summary

  • Barnes levels after Tosun scores first goal for Everton

  • Substitute Wood heads in from corner

  • Williams sent off for elbow on Barnes

  1. Postpublished at 10:57 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    Southend v Walsall

    It's game ON at Southend, one of three matches still taking place in League One.

    That's thanks largely to a band of supporters and volunteers...

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  2. Another great escape?published at 10:49 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    Watford v West Brom (15:00 GMT)

    Everybody remembers West Brom's great escape of 2005.

    Managed by Bryan Robson, they were bottom when the final league games kicked off but saved themselves with a 2-0 win over Portsmouth at an ecstatic Hawthorns.

    I can't help wondering if Albion would have stayed up had they sacked Robson - but in those days sacking was a last resort, not a first port of call. The current incumbent, Alan Pardew, is skating on thin ice - and he knows it. The Baggies are going to need something similar to 2005 to stay up this season.

    Meanwhile, Watford's Hornets bumble on to probable, but uninspiring, safety under Javi Gracia - their 10th manager in five and a half years. I wonder if Gracia has bothered unpacking his suitcase?"

  3. Will Pardew storm blow over?published at 10:42 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    Watford v West Brom (15:00 GMT)

    West Bromwich Albion

    Storm Emma?

    Standby for Storm Pardew if West Brom lose at Watford later.

    The Baggies have lost their past four league matches and sit seven points from safety at the bottom of the Premier League.

    Another defeat and Pardew could find himself out in the cold after just 15 league games in charge.

    "It's not a decision for me to make," he said when asked about the consequences of defeat at Watford.

    "As a professional manager, it's a tough ask. There's no lack of fight from my front."

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  4. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 10:41 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    #bbcfootball or text 81111 (UK only)

    Dave Tucker is absolutely right about the arrogance of the Premier League. That and TV companies who are always more bothered about a global tv audience than the safety of match-going fans. A nice warm pitch is not a top priority on the list of supporter worries as they slip and slide towards a game. Just cancel them all!!

    Sandra Williams, Merseyside

  5. 'Biggest game of the weekend'published at 10:35 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    Southampton v Stoke City (15:00 GMT)

    Jermaine Jenas
    BBC Radio 5 live

    I watched Southampton at Burnley last week and it was like they didn’t want to score. I look at their team and I can't understand where they are. They don’t look like scoring goals.

    Stoke have gone away from what they were - hard to beat. There’s a lot of work to be done. This is probably biggest game of the weekend.

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  6. Cold light of daypublished at 10:33 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    Burnley v Everton (12:30 GMT)

    Guy Mowbray
    Match of the Day commentator at Turf Moor

    It was on the second weekend of December - 12 long, cold weeks ago - that Burnley last won and Everton last won away. Little wonder some Toffees fans liked the idea that this game could fall foul of the weather!, external

    Like the cold snap though, those winless runs will end sometime soon, and both will see this as a golden opportunity.

    For his 250th game in charge of Burnley, might Sean Dyche divert from the norm and go with two up front? It may be a thought, with the goal-shy Clarets facing an ever-changing and - arguably for that reason -a less than solid Everton defence., external

    The statistics don't suggest a classic. Lies, damned lies etc.

  7. Today's Premier League fixturespublished at 10:27 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    They are all ON, even if Jamie Carragher has just come shivering onto my screen at Burnley to do some pre-match stuff. Freezing at Turf Moor.

    Burnley v Everton (12:30 GMT)

    Leicester v Bournemouth (15:00 GMT)

    Southampton v Stoke (15:00 GMT)

    Swansea v West Ham (15:00 GMT)

    Tottenham v Huddersfield (15:00 GMT)

    Watford v West Brom (15:00 GMT)

    Liverpool v Newcastle (17:30 GMT)

  8. Don't forget your duvetpublished at 10:22 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    Hat, gloves and scarf. Tick.

    Ear muffs. Tick

    Two pairs of socks. Tick.

    Duvet?

    One Arsenal fan brought his bedding into the Emirates for Thursday's 3-0 defeat against Manchester City. Presumably to hide behind.

    How many duvets will be on display at grounds today? I reckon a 13.5 Tog should do the trick.

    .Image source, Reuters
  9. Irish Cup hitpublished at 10:17 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    The Coleraine v Glentoran, Linfield v Cliftonville and Ballymena v Larne Irish Cup quarter-finals are called off because freezing conditions.

    A pitch inspection is to take place at Mourneview Park in Lurgan to determine if the match between Glenavon and Loughgall can go ahead.

  10. Have phone, will travelpublished at 10:16 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

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  11. Postpublished at 10:15 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    Is that a fair point from Dave?

    If anyone's having trouble getting to today's games let us know...

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    Get Involvedpublished at 10:15 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

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    Dave Tucker: So much arrogance from @premierleague, external to say all games to be played today. Given that advice is only travel in an emergency how can all games be played given the distance between all teams playing each other except #BUREVE, external?

  13. What's the picture in Wales?published at 10:11 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    SnowImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    There was a touch of snow in Ebbw Vale

    Cardiff City's Championship game at Brentford on Saturday is the latest Welsh sporting fixture to fall victim to the weather.

    The Brentford pitch failed a Friday pitch inspection.

    That followed Cardiff Blues, Ospreys, Scarlets, Newport County and Wrexham weekend games being postponed.

    Blues, Ospreys and Scarlets games against Benetton, Zebre and Leinster respectively were postponed due to wintry conditions and travel issues.

    Saturday's Ebbsfleet United v Wrexham and Newport v Accrington Stanley football games are postponed.

  14. One game on in the Conferencepublished at 10:07 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    The last team standing are Dover, who face Leyton Orient today. As it stands...

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    Get Involvedpublished at 10:04 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

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    Re: what’s off. Scunthorpe’s game is on, but lonely in League One alongside Southend. How about giving us a prominent position on Final Score or (tv contracts aside) putting us on MOTD?

    Paul, Horncastle

    I can safely say Paul that Scunny will NOT be shown on MOTD tonight...

  16. Another one gone...published at 10:02 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    A further match goes in League Two...

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  17. What's on, what's off?published at 10:00 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    All seven of Saturday's Premier League games are set to go ahead despite adverse weather conditions in the UK.

    But six games in the Championship, including those at Aston Villa and Wolves, have been postponed as have most matches in League One and League Two.

    All Scottish league games have been called off, but - as it stands - the Scottish Cup quarter-finals are on.

    Watford fans, whose team face West Brom, were asked to go to Vicarage Road from 08:30 GMT to help clear snow.

    Supporters of Southend - who host Walsall in League One - and Carlisle - who face Grimsby in League Two - also helped clear their respective pitches.

    Elsewhere, horse racing fixtures at Lingfield, Newcastle and Chelmsford all passed morning inspections and will go ahead.

    There is no jump racing this weekend because of the weather.

  18. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 09:58 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

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    GM Armitage: I'm a @officiallydale, external supporter living in Bacup, Lancashire and our game is off for safety reasons (and rightly so). How 6 miles away @BurnleyOfficial, external have a game on with snow and high winds in the area I don't know?! TV dictating fixtures again.

    Plenty of snow around the fringes of the pitch at Turf Moor on my monitor...

  19. Postpublished at 09:54 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    Aston Villa P-P QPR

    Please get in touch with Villa if you can make use of this. It's great to see gestures like this, and Sunderland opening up their stadium last night.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 09:43 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

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    Gary Richards: I’m going to watch Birmingham at Nottingham Forest today. It’ll be a struggle getting there. In these situations, away fans and where the majority are travelling from, should be taken into consideration more so than the roads surrounding the hosting venue