With snow falling heavily in many parts of England, the vast majority of Premier League games are called off including Arsenal's match against Stoke at the Emirates Stadium
Blackburn Rovers 1-1 West Ham United: Despite a significant amount of snow at Ewood Park, groundstaff manage to clear the playing surface allowing the match to go ahead
Some of the first Rovers fans to arrive at the stadium show off banners of appreciation for Sam Allardyce who was surprisingly sacked as manager earlier in the week by the club's new owners
The man to replace him in a caretaker capacity is his former assistant Steve Kean who also coached with Chris Coleman at Fulham and Coventry City
The action gets under way at 1500 GMT as scheduled with bottom club West Ham looking for their first away win of the season against a side that could go eighth with a victory of their own
With the Hammers fielding debutant goalkeeper Ruud Boffin, Morten Gamst Pedersen tests the young Belgian with some challenging first half free-kicks
Pressure is also applied by former Manchester City striker Benjani but Boffin stands firm and heads off the field at half-time with a clean sheet
The deadlock ends six minutes after the break when Brett Emerton's cross is turned in at the second time of asking by Rovers captain Ryan Nelsen
Avram Grant's side respond well and earn a vital share of the points when substitute Junior Stanislas bends his finish around Paul Robinson 12 minutes from time
Sunderland 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: The other game to survive the conditions takes place at the Stadium of Light where Asamoah Gyan goes close for the hosts in the early stages
The Mackems see John Mensah get on the receiving end of a strong challenge from Kevin Davies and, although initially carrying on, he has to limp out of the action in the 21st minute
He is replaced by Egypt international Ahmed El Mohamady who also becomes quickly acquainted with Bolton's captain as the sides battle to take control of the game
The opening goal arrives shortly after the half hour when goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen can only parry Darren Bent's effort allowing Danny Welbeck to head home the rebound
In his quest for an equaliser, Bolton boss Owen Coyle opts to swap Martin Petrov for Ivan Klasnic who proceeds to miss some fine chances as Sunderland hold on for victory to take their place in the top six
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