League Two clash delayed 56 MINUTES with game suspended as 'dangerous' weather sees play grind to a halt after just four minutes of action
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Swindon Town's League Two clash with Crewe Alexandra was delayed by 56 minutes after referees determined that conditions were unplayable just four minutes into the game. The affair initially kicked off at 15:00 GMT, before referee Lee Swaby paused the game soon after, as a thick blanket of fog descended on the County Ground.
![[Play restarted at 16:00 after it initially kicked off an hour earlier, following a weather review]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/16/93991987-0-image-m-11_1736611476474.jpg)
Players quickly headed into their dressing rooms, while it was reported that most of the supporters remained in the ground and waited for the game to restart. The conditions improved and were re-evaluated at 15:30, before the managers made their way back onto the touchline and it was announced that play would restart at 16:00.
![[Most fans stayed in the 15,728-capacity ground despite the delay and harsh conditions]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/16/93992403-14273945-image-a-23_1736612984548.jpg)
Swindon manager Ian Holloway revealed that if the fog worsens or returns to the initial state that it was in when play was first called off, the game will likely be cancelled. 'If it goes like that again we'll have to cancel, it'll be too dangerous,' he told BBC Radio Wiltshire, before play restarted.
The foggy conditions at the County Ground caused a 56-minute delay in the League Two clash. Play restarted at 16:00 after it initially kicked off an hour earlier, following a weather review. 'It came down right after kick-off. How it was is very different to how it is now. We're going to try again out of respect to everyone here.
'I haven't seen anything like that [in my career]. I don't know. Is the fog attracted down by the players' body heat?'. Moments before the game kicked off again, former Swindon defender Paul Bodin revealed just how treacherous the conditions were, but argued that they were still playable.
