Coventry City's 2-0 defeat at Reading this afternoon saw them slip further behind third from bottom Nottingham Forest.
Forest, whom City travel to next Saturday, drew 1-1 with Watford at the City Ground and the point they picked up means they are three points ahead of City who have a wholly unacceptable 22 points from 29 games.
Second from bottom Doncaster had their game at Crystal Palace called off on Friday,
City are now eight points behind fourth from bottom Bristol City who lost 3-0 at Hull City and fifth from bottom Millwall who drew 0-0 at home with Derby.
Sixth from bottom Ipswich Town had their home game against Middlesbrough abandoned after 37 minutes by referee Mr Whitestone due to a frozen pitch. To add insult to injury, Middlesbrough fans who forked out up to £33.50 to get in, will have to pay half price when the game is replayed.
At the other end of the table, Southampton closed the gap on leaders West Ham whose game at Peterborough was postponed with a 2-0 home win over Burnley.
With third place Birmingham City's game at Barnsley called off, Leicester beat fourth placed Cardiff 2-1 whilst fifth placed Blackpool drew 1-1 at home to Portsmouth.
Elsewhere, Leeds who travel to the Ricoh Arena on Tuesday night were beaten 2-1 at home by Brighton & Hove Albion.