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| GAME ON: Tonight's match at Roots Hall will go ahead as planned | |
Southend United can confirm that tonight's game against QPR will go ahead despite some adverse weather in the region.
Snow fell in the Southend area, and throughout the rest of the country, on Thursday as temperatures dropped.
However, the Club took the precaution of hiring covers for the pitch and specially designed heaters to prevent the surface from freezing.
Those covers were applied to the pitch on Wednesday evening before the next morning's snow fall.
The snow was removed from the covers last night and this morning the heaters were applied to melt any ground frost that may have built up on the surface of the pitch.
Following the hard work of United's ground staff this evening's game against Queens Park Rangers will go ahead as planned live on Sky Sports 2 tonight.
