FORFAR ATHLETIC are football-free this weekend, owing to a bug which has rampaged through Station Park.

A Forfarshire Cup clash with Arbroath, which was pencilled in for today and would have taken precedence over a friendly also being slotted in with East Fife, at Bayview, have been postponed.

Loons players who managed to shrug off the virus to earn a point in the second-division derby with Brechin at Glebe Park on Tuesday are being rested to recover from the illness.

Arbroath will now travel to Raith Rovers today to take part in a closed-doors bounce game.

The Lichties managed to fix up the game after finding out the Forfarshire Cup tie had been postponed.