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Football in the snow: Discover how groundsmen, footballers and fans battled through the elements across nine decades

Few things can bring Great Britain to a standstill quicker than a light drifting of snow, but as the following series of photographs proves, football is one sport that won't give up without a fight.

While trains, planes and cars cease to operate whenever a hint of snowfall is even suggested, stadium groundsmen, footballers and even fans have worked hard across the decades to make sure games kick-off regardless of the conditions.

Sportsmail brings you a series of stunning and rare photographs taken across nine decades of clubs including Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea as they battled on through the very worst of what the British winter could throw at them.