Liverpool’s home game against Manchester United on Sunday went ahead as planned.

Overnight snow across Merseyside and the north west made road conditions for both sets of fans difficult and threatened to force a postponement.

Liverpool City Council’s Safety Advisory Group met twice on Sunday with concerns over access to Anfield, but the fixture – one of the biggest in English football – kicked off as scheduled at 4.30pm.

“Two safety meetings were held earlier to assess the weather and travel conditions,” league leaders Liverpool posted on their official X account.

“We thank everyone involved in helping us to get this game on today. If you’re travelling to Anfield then please take extra care. We look forward to seeing you there.”

An amber alert for snow and ice has been issued for Liverpool and Manchester by the Met Office until Sunday night.

Last month the Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park was postponed on safety grounds.

On that occasion, high winds from Storm Darragh resulted in severe travel disruption in and around the city.

Three Sky Bet League Two fixtures were postponed on Sunday.

Chesterfield-Gillingham and Fleetwood-AFC Wimbledon were called off in the morning and Newport-Morecambe followed after a midday pitch inspection following heavy rain in South Wales.

“Due to the fitness of the pitch and surrounding area due to heavy snowfall on the Fylde Coast during Saturday night into Sunday morning a call was made in consultation with the EFL and PGMOL,” Fleetwood said announcing the postponement of the fixture.

Newport said: “Following a 12pm pitch inspection, the referee has deemed small areas of the pitch unplayable, despite the best efforts of the ground staff to get the game on.”

The Women’s FA Cup third-round meeting between Nottingham Forest and Burnley was postponed after the snow prevented the Clarets from travelling to the City Ground.

“Due to heavy snowfall in the area Burnley are unable to travel safely to the fixture,” Nottingham Forest Women posted on social media.

“The cup tie will now take place on Wednesday 8 January at The City Ground.”

Racing was called off at Plumpton after the Sussex course had earlier provided a positive bulletin following an 8.30am inspection.

“Racing abandoned due to worsening weather conditions,” Plumpton Racecourse posted on their X account 15 minutes before the gates were due to open at 10.35am.

“We are incredibly sorry for the inconvenience caused.”

The Chepstow card lasted only two races after a second inspection at 9am had passed the course fit for action.

Clerk of the course Dai Jones told Sky Sports Racing: “We had an inquiry before the first race with all the jockeys, trainers, doctors and vets and all the horse group there were happy to carry on.

“Unfortunately, just after that we had a fair shower and with the thawing out and everything else, it’s just the amount of water that we’ve had in the last hour, the jockeys have come back and said that in a couple of places, they felt it was just a little bit too wet and unsafe.”

Leicester’s Tuesday card has already been abandoned due to waterlogging.