IT’S SNOW JOKE: Hebburn volunteers were unable to get their FA Vase game on yesterday

NORTHERN LEAGUE
By Jeff Bowron
THE ENTIRE programme in both divisions was wiped out by snow and frost in the North East. The big all-Northern League FA Vase clash between Hebburn Town and West Auckland was also a victim of the weather. Around 50 volunteers worked in vain to clear snow off theVictoria Road playing surface on Saturday.
A local referee called the game off in the morning and said: “I have no doubt all the snow would have been cleared by 12pm.
“However underneath the snow t...