Match at MKM Stadium called off due to safety concerns
Visitors insist they ‘were ready and willing to play’
Watford have criticised the decision to call off their Championship match at Hull 18 minutes before kick-off on Sunday – and have claimed they did not agree to the postponement.
The referee, Anthony Backhouse, called the game off due to safety concerns over areas surrounding the pitch while the players were already warming up. The MKM Stadium clash was one of three second-tier fixtures to fall by the wayside due to frozen pitches, while 14 games across Leagues One and Two were also postponed.
Hull said in a statement that the postponement was “agreed by all parties”, but Watford insisted they had been prepared to play the game and that the decision was made without their consent.
