What with the entire country grinding to a halt because of the snow, Pies felt it our duty to warm your cockles with a selection of suitably seasonal football photos plucked from the archives…
Arsenal versus Manchester United at Highbury: No gloves, no snoods, just two very cold captains wondering why the heck they bothered getting out of bed, 1927
Guards enjoy an impromptu kick-about in the snow outside the Tower of London, 1929
Things get slushy during a football match in the Black Country, 1938
Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper George Marks risks an ice-cold landing to save a shot against Charlton Atheltic, 1947
A team of volunteers help to clear snow from the goalmouth at White Hart Lane, 1948
It’s Grim Oop North: Huddersfield Town pose for a particularly chilly team photo, 1955
France goalkeeper Francois Remetter retrieves the ball from a snow drift behind his goal during a friendly against Italy, 1957
A schoolgirl and her dog play on the snowy pitch at Accrington Stanley’s ground after its closure. The club withdrew from the Football League in 1962
Brazilian winger Jair shields himself from the snow with an umbrella during the storm that caused the match between Inter Milan and Padova to be abandoned, 1962
Policemen and paramedics huddle on the touchline at White Hart Lane while watching Tottenham play in a blizzard, 1963
Fans keep themselves amused by hurling snowballs outside the gates of White Hart Lane, where a match has been postponed due to the snowy weather, 1963
(Photos: Getty Images – and, yes, we realise there are actually 11 of them!)