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Weather wipes out football programme

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Fixture congestion is growing for Essex's non-league sides after the snow wiped out Saturday's football programme. Braintree's game with Alfreton Town in the Blue Square Bet Premier and the Blue Square Bet South games involving Chelmsford City and Billericay Town were all postponed. And matters were no better in the Ryman League Division One North as leaders Maldon & Tiptree's game at Brentwood was called off along with the games at Heybridge and Witham. Braintree's postponement leaves the fixture schedulers with a bit of a headache with 11 games to fit in over the next four weeks, with the Blue Square Bet Premier campaign finishing on April 20. Alan Devonshire's men - who played on Thursday night - already have two more weeks with two midweek games, and will now need to fit in another game. The postponement was a big blow for Chelmsford, who were hoping for a bumper crowd against Maidenhead after offering free entry to any Premier League or Championship season ticket holder. The game has now been rearranged for Monday April 22. City are next in action - weather permitting - on Monday night when they host Eastbourne Borough. Billericay, who are still in the bottom three, saw their trip to Farnborough called off after a 9.45am pitch inspection. That game has been rearranged for April 3, meaning the Blues face four games in eight days from next Saturday - and three away from home in six days. Brentwood are another side facing big fixture congestion, with 13 games still to play in Division One North. Play-off hopefuls Heybridge also saw their game with Wroxham fall foul of the conditions, and after up to four inches of snow, Witham will have to rearrange their game with Cheshunt as well.

Weather wipes out football programme


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