With the games in hand mounting up for his side, Harrow boss Steve Baker was left praying in vain for good weather the morning of Saturday's postponed game at Staines Town.

Freezing temperatures across the country put paid to any hope of the Borough's short league trip to Surrey going ahead, and it was eventually called off by the match referee at Wheatsheaf Park just over an hour before kick-off.

No side in the Isthmian Premier League has played as few times this season as Harrow, who could put themselves in play-off contention were they to enjoy a successful run with their games in reserve.

But that comes as little consolation to Baker, whose side could face a fixture pile-up in the final three months of the season.

He said: "It's frustrating for a couple of reasons. We're lots of games behind most of the teams in our league - about four on most, and seven behind Staines.

"The game was never going to be played, I live in Staines and went down for a look at the pitch about 10am, but they wanted the referee to have the final say.

"We had to get all the lads to the ground, and by the time it was called off it was too late to organise a session or a last-minute friendly."

Harrow should be back in action tonight against South Park at Earlsmead in The Alan Turvey Trophy, but are likely to see that game called off too – disrupting their fixture list yet further.

It has already been a month of blows for the Borough boss with the departure of first-team regulars David Taylor and Ibrahim Meite, for the sunny climes of Australia and Cardiff respectively.

In the case of the latter, however, he is more focused on the positives of his former striker's transfer to the Football League, only six months after being plucked out of obscurity by Baker himself.

He said: "Dave has been given an opportunity he couldn't turn down. He came to see me and said he had some bad news, and told me he'd been offered a coaching and playing role in Australia - I don't know what the bad news was, really.

"He's been great for me in my time at the club and has had a knack of popping up with some crucial goals. If he's back in a year's time, we will take him back in a shot.

"Ibrahim's move to Cardiff is good news for him, I'm glad it was done and dusted because it was starting to drag on a bit, and we needed to know whether to get a replacement in. Sahr Kabba has done excellently since we got him on loan from Wealdstone.

"In pre-season, Ibrahim was trying to get himself into a club and we were the only ones who gave him a chance. We could see he had something in him; there's lots of talent in non-league.

"Lots of kids drop out of professional academies aren't ready for the non-league game, but then there are plenty who have come through non-league and are ready for the professional game.

"Having him has been good for Harrow, it's given us some exposure and got some people through the door. He was in a non-club academy - we've got another one from there now, Curtis Cumberbatch, so let's see how he does."

If tonight's game with South Park does get called off, Harrow are back in league action on Saturday when they travel to Metropolitan Police, in a game Baker has called "must-not lose".

He said: "It's cliched, but you could call it a six-pointer. We've been on a decent run since the start of Christmas, but we need to pick points up as quickly as possible.

"We're in a false position - people say the league doesn't lie, but we're four or five games short of everyone else. It's not a must-win game, but it's must not lose.

"We've always found them tough opponents, and we will have to be absolutely on it to get anything."