EPL: Weather forces postponement of Arsenal match

Arsenal's home Premier League match against struggling Bolton Wanderers was postponed on Wednesday as snow played havoc with sporting events across Britain.

"Despite making every effort to stage tonight's match... the sudden and unpredicted adverse change in weather conditions in the Highbury area has left us no choice but to postpone the fixture," the club said on their website (www.arsenal.com) four hours before the scheduled kick-off.

A win against Bolton, who sacked Gary Megson as manager last week and have Burnley's Owen Coyle lined up to replace him, would have sent the Gunners second in the standings above Manchester United and just behind Chelsea.

Freezing temperatures and heavy snow had already forced the postponement of this week's English League Cup semi-final first leg matches.

The tie between Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa, scheduled for Tuesday, and Wednesday's Manchester derby between City and United were called off because of dangerous travelling conditions across the north of England.