York City face an increased backlog of fixtures after their FA Trophy quarter-final at Barrow was postponed because of a frozen pitch.

The game will now take place on Tuesday 23 February at Holker Street while York's league game against Mansfield will be rearranged.

Communications director Sophie Hicks told BBC Radio York: "It's really inconvenient for us.

"We've got a bit of a fixture backlog anyway and this just adds to it."

Hicks added: "We were desperate for the game to go ahead. We will be playing the game now on Tuesday night when we were meant to play Mansfield away.

"The cup takes precedence over the league so you have to fulfil your cup fixtures as a priority so we'll be playing at Barrow on Tuesday and the Mansfield game will be postponed again."

The game was called off early on Saturday morning after an inspection by the referee.

It is the second time York have rearranged their game at Mansfield after the original date clashed with their FA Cup tie at Stoke City.

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