Derby refute Neil Warnock ‘disgrace’ and ‘scandalous’ claim over decision to postpone match with Cardiff

DERBY COUNTY have hit back at Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock’s claims they used the weekend's cold snap to deliberately call off their live Sky TV clash on Saturday.

The Bluebirds boss was raging about the 8.30am call off and described it as "a disgrace," and "scandalous."

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"I’m not overly surprised,” claimed Warnock at the weekend.

“When I heard Gary’s [Rowett] remarks earlier in the week about 'if we can't get over this weekend’s injury crisis with the game then they should be alright after the event'.

"I think it’s a disgrace quite frankly. You look at their game against Fulham two weeks ago, if you look on the website, all of the Derby fans were saying it was 10 times worse two weeks ago.

"They had snow ploughs everywhere.”

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Although the EFL ratified the Rams’ decision the mystery took a new twist on Monday when Derbyshire Police claimed they had not been behind the decision to postpone the Championship match.

They Tweeted on their official site: “For clarity, Derby County Football Club took the decision to postpone the match due to the weather conditions and the health and safety of people travelling to the ground.

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“The club made this decision independently. It was not made by Derbyshire Constabulary.”

But Derby responded and issued a statement claiming they did nothing wrong and stood by their original decision to call the match off following establish EFL protocols.

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The Rams hit back and the club’s chief public relations officer Paul Tyrrell stated: "We fully complied with all the matchday operational regulations surrounding the postponement of the game.

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"The decision was fully supported by the independent Safety Advisory Group, who are responsible for ensuring that the club complies with the terms and conditions of our Safety Certificate."

An EFL spokesman said: “We are aware of the comments that have been made throughout the course of today in regard to yesterday’s postponement between Derby County and Cardiff City...

"Having asked both clubs for their observations on the matter on Sunday, will not be making any further comment until the full responses are received.”