Nottingham Forest fans believe more needs to be done to protect football supporters from losing large amounts of money as a result of last-minute postponed matches.
It comes after the Reds ' long trip south to Bournemouth on Friday night was postponed less than four hours before kick-off due to structural damage caused by Storm Eunice in Dorset.
The fixture had initially been scheduled for 3pm on Saturday but it was announced on January 18 that it would be played a day earlier due to being picked for TV coverage by Sky Sports.
On Thursday, a statement from Bournemouth said they had been "advised to review the situation"; no further comment from the club meant that Des Oldham, along with hundreds of other supporters, began to embark on the journey south.
Mr Oldham, who lives in The Meadows, had travelled down by car with friends and had organised to stay overnight before heading back to Nottingham on the train on Saturday due to plans later in the weekend.
It was then only at 4pm - once many of the travelling supporters had by that point arrived in Bournemouth - that the Cherries confirmed the fixture had been postponed after consultation with structural engineers.
The delayed announcement - which came despite the area being placed under a red weather warning from Thursday night - means he and many other fans will have lost out on hundreds of pounds in accommodation and travel costs, causing huge frustration for plenty of fans.
"If they had made the decision to call it off on the Thursday then I wouldn't have come", Mr Oldham said whilst stranded in Southampton due to continued transport issues enforced by the poor weather conditions.
"It was really inconvenient, but I wanted to be at the game given we thought it was going to be on.
"It was a big game for Forest and I go to most away matches, so it was never a question as to whether I would or wouldn't go if the game was going ahead - which we obviously thought it would be."
He continued: "If there is structural damage, why could they not have made that public knowledge earlier? People would probably have held off a little bit longer before leaving to see what was happening if they had done that.
"I don't know why, if there was an issue, it was left until just a few hours before kick-off.
"It was really frustrating. It was inconvenient for me, which isn't Bournemouth's fault at all, but they should have told us earlier in the day."
Poor weather continued to have an impact going into Saturday with six fixtures across the EFL being called off, including Millwall's trip to Blackburn Rovers being postponed after a second pitch inspection 45 minutes before kick-off deemed it unplayable.
Mr Oldham, 41, said that clubs cannot be held responsible for the weather but one of the main issues is the late rescheduling of fixtures which can result in fans losing lots of money if games are postponed at the last-minute.
He told Nottinghamshire Live: "If the game had still been a Saturday then I'm sure there would have been less frustration as people just organise their weekends, but moving it to a Friday means people have to take days off work with annual leave and they can't just claim that back.
"On the wider issues of fixtures being moved around, there needs to be a time period where television companies can't just move a game so that supporters can arrange plans and book things.
"There is no divine right to go to a football match, but they want people to attend and so there needs to be a system where, for example, six weeks before a game it can't be switched.
"The big issue now is that this game will be made another midweek game. Forest have offered free travel but that doesn't compensate what I've lost on trains.
"I'm not sure what the best thing they can do is, but something like an insurance package could be introduced if it was done properly.
"Everyone wants to go to the football, but it's a lot of money and a lot of time. People are just really frustrated at how far it's gone.
"You can't legislate for the weather, but things change so often that it messes everyone's plans up. Matches are moved for TV so often that, when the weather does mess things up, it causes even more problems."
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