Remember The Big Freeze of 1963

Now that's what I call a snowy Anfield pitch

As Jurgen Klopp complains about the scattering of snow hindering his team playing against Leicester we take a look back in time.
The winter of 1963 was one of the coldest in living memory with snow and arctic winds creating snow drifts up to 20 feet deep and lasting from Boxing Day in 1962 up to March of 1963.
When Middlesbrough eventually beat Blackburn 3-1 in a replay at Ayresome Park on the 11th of March, it brought to an end the most chaotic third round in the then 91-year history of the FA Cup. The round had begun on the 5th of January and lasted 66 days through frost, snow, ice, power cuts, thaw, rain and mud. The third round was spread over 22 different playing days and there were 261 postponements. Sixteen of the 32 ties were called off 10 or more times.
The record was set in Scotland, where the Stranraer v Airdrie cup tie was postponed 33 times, while in Yorkshire Barnsley played only two matches between 22 December and 12 March.
The FA Cup third round of 1963 gave birth to the Pools Panel which, on four successive Saturdays under different chairmen – Lord Brabazon, Sir Alan Herbert, Group Captain Douglas Bader, and Sir Gerald Nabarro (the Tory MP) – gave results for the postponed games, of which there were more than 30 on 26 January. On the resident panel were the former England internationals Ted Drake, Tom Finney and Tommy Lawton; from Scotland, George Young; and the Fifa referee Arthur Ellis. Lord Brabazon, on the opening day of the panel, was of the opinion that "forecasting is a farce" and there was a shortage of draws from the panel in relation to a normal programme.
By the time the league was back to normal in March, it was clear that the race for the title rested between Spurs, Leicester and Everton. After Everton lost 2-1 away to Sheffield United on 30 March, it looked good for Spurs, even though Everton had two games in hand. Leicester stood between the two rivals, but success in reaching the FA Cup final limited their League focus. An epic clash between Everton and Spurs on 20 April opened the way for the title to return to Goodison after a lapse of 24 years. A crowd of 67,650 saw Everton win by the only goal from mercurial Alex Young. Though they dropped a home point to Arsenal, Everton finished with four victories, away to West Ham and West Brom, home to Bolton and Fulham. Their triumph owed much to big-name signings: Tony Kay at left-half from Sheffield Wednesday, Alex Scott from Rangers on the right wing, and Gordon West in goal from Blackpool.