{"id":302530,"date":"2025-12-07T03:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T03:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/302530\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T03:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T03:12:09","slug":"championship-game-abandoned-due-to-extreme-weather-following-met-office-yellow-weather-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/302530\/","title":{"rendered":"Championship game abandoned due to extreme weather following Met Office yellow weather warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Championship game between Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday has been abandoned due to extreme weather.<\/p>\n

The players were taken off the pitch around the 60-minute mark, with Blackburn leading 1-0.<\/p>\n

The match was suspended before a final decision was made on whether to continue, due to rain.<\/p>\n

Heavy rain created standing water on the surface at Ewood Park.<\/p>\n

Spectators noted that the ball’s movement was being heavily affected by the conditions.<\/p>\n

Referee Ruebyn Ricardo discussed the situation with both managers, while players headed back to the changing room.<\/p>\n

This is the second time a Blackburn home game has been suspended recently.<\/p>\n

In September, a match against Ipswich Town was also abandoned due to heavy rain.<\/p>\n

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A Championship game between Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday has been abandoned due to extreme weather<\/p>\n

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The abandoned fixture was replayed in full on December 2, ending in a 1-1 draw. <\/p>\n

The original Championship fixture was abandoned in the 80th minute due to a waterlogged pitch, with Blackburn leading 1-0 against a 10-man Ipswich side. <\/p>\n

The English Football League (EFL) board controversially decided that the match should be replayed in its entirety. <\/p>\n

In the replayed match, Blackburn took the lead in the 76th minute, but Ipswich scored a dramatic equaliser in the 94th minute to share the points.<\/p>\n

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Yuki Ohashi of Blackburn Rovers celebrates scoring his team’s first goal<\/p>\n

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Saturday’s most recent abandonment comes after the Met Office has issued a yellow warning ahead of the approaching weather, meaning there could be a \u201cdanger to life\u201d due to fast-flowing or deep floodwater.<\/p>\n

A persistent downpour is expected to begin on Monday night, December 8, and continue into Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The entire South West of England and South Wales are expected to be affected by the weather.<\/p>\n

Herefordshire in the West Midlands and Hampshire are also included in the warning.<\/p>\n

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Blackburn Rovers’ George Pratt heads the ball under pressure from Sheffield Wednesday’s Charlie McNeill<\/p>\n

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Weather experts have cautioned that there is a small chance the deluge could lead to fast-flowing or deep floodwater, posing a threat to life.<\/p>\n

Home and businesses also potentially face a slight risk of damage and flooding.<\/p>\n

Some communities could be cut off, and power cuts may also be expected.<\/p>\n

At a minimum, 20-40mm of rain is expected across much of the yellow warning area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Championship game between Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday has been abandoned due to extreme weather. The players…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,1039,217,101,56,54,55,1068],"class_list":{"0":"post-302530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-rain","10":"tag-sport","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom","15":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}