SPFL: Storm Babet forces Aberdeen v Dundee, St Johnstone v Motherwell and four other games to be postponed

Scottish Premiership games between Aberdeen vs Dundee and St Johnstone vs Motherwell are off; Arbroath vs Raith Rovers plus Cove Rangers vs Montrose in the Championship and League One respectively postponed; Elgin City vs Forfar Athletic and Stenhousemuir vs Peterhead in League Two off

Friday 20 October 2023 15:51, UK

Six SPFL matches due to be played on Saturday have been postponed due to Storm Babet.

The move comes following conversations between league bosses, clubs and Police Scotland, after the Met Office red weather warning in the Tayside, Angus and Aberdeenshire areas was extended until the end of Saturday.

In the Scottish Premiership, Dundee's trip to Aberdeen at Pittodrie and St Johnstone vs Motherwell in Perth are off.

Arbroath versus Raith Rovers in the Championship plus Cove Rangers against Montrose in League One are also postponed.

Further games in League Two featuring Forfar Athletic's trip to Elgin City and Stenhousemuir v Peterhead are also off.

The SPFL will monitor events around all other fixtures — with new dates for those postponed games to be confirmed in due course.

Calum Beattie, SPFL chief operating officer, said: «We have been in close contact with Police Scotland and our clubs and it's clear that we continue to face very severe weather, particularly in the North East, in the coming days.

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»We never postpone any matches lightly, but our discussions with the emergency services left us in no doubt that this was the correct decision."

Two people have died as a result of the storm, while the Met Office warning of a «danger to life from fast flowing or deep floodwater» in parts