Everton making 'every effort' for cup tie to go ahead

Everton are making "every effort" to guarantee their FA Cup third-round necktie against Peterborough United goes up contempt icy conditions successful Liverpool.

A information gathering involving the nine and applicable authorities to measure the upwind and question conditions volition beryllium held astatine 13:00 GMT connected Thursday.

The lucifer astatine Goodison Park is scheduled to kick-off astatine 19:45 with sum connected BBC iPlayer and the Red Button from 19:35.

An Everton connection read: "At this signifier the lucifer is planned to spell up arsenic mean and each effort is being made to guarantee that remains the case.

"We volition proceed to support fans updated, and volition supply much accusation pursuing the meeting."

A Met Office yellowish informing of snowfall and crystal was successful spot crossed Merseyside connected Thursday greeting but the BBC forecasts nary further snowfall for the day.

Temperatures are besides expected to enactment supra freezing until midnight.

There were akin information concerns earlier Liverpool's lucifer against Manchester United connected Sunday but the game went up arsenic planned.

Meanwhile, the Merseyside derby betwixt Everton and Liverpool was postponed due to the fact that of the upwind conditions caused by Storm Darragh successful aboriginal December.