Wycombe Match Off due to Snow (white)

Southend United's match this Saturday against Wycombe has been postponed due to snow, but not your usual snow.

The League Two fixture clashed with referee Andy Woolmer's panto commitments in his home town of Northampton. The vertically challenged whistle-blower was due to appear as Grumpy in the Saturday matinee performance of Snow White the same time as the Shrimpers took on the Chairboys. For the Napoleon complex suffering Woolmer, who has over the years made his contempt of football of football clear, there was only ever going to be one winner and the Roots Hall clashed was shelved.

A Southend United spokesman thought, but dared not say for fear of being booked for dissent: "this is the best Christmas present we could have wished for (other than a new stadium from Father Sainsburys). Hopefully we'll get a full-size referee allocated to us for the re-arranged fixture."

Southend United remain unbeaten in the league at Roots Hall since mid-October.