Weather hits Boxing Day games

Sunday’s Scottish Premier League fixture between Kilmarnock and Hearts has been postponed after an inspection at Rugby Park on Friday.

The inspection found frozen pipes in three of the four stands at Kilmarnock’s home ground, as well as a fault in the ground’s under-soil heating caused by the severe winter battering Western Europe.

The SPL issued a short statement on Friday confirming the postponement but stopped short of announcing a new date for the match.

The clash between Dundee United and Hamilton Accies is also in doubt, with a final inspection of Tannadice to be made on Sunday morning.

Severe weather has also forced the postponement of two Championship fixtures on Boxing Day.

Scunthorpe United versus Preston North End and Middlesbrough against Nottingham Forest will both be played at a later date due to frozen pitches.