Fresh claims emerge over Nottingham Forest's postponed clash at Bournemouth

The fall-out from Friday’s postponement of Nottingham Forest’s trip to Bournemouth continues.

The official announcement that the Championship clash was off was made at about 4pm - barely four hours before the scheduled 7.45pm kick-off - when many Reds fans were either already on the south coast or well on their way there.

However, it is understood that the English Football League were first told by the Cherries’ independent Safety Advisory Ground (SAG) on Thursday afternoon that it wasn’t advisable for the game to go ahead.

That came amid Met Office weather warnings being in place for Storm Eustice for the following day.

However, according to The Sun, the EFL felt a game could not be postponed based upon a weather forecast.

On Thursday night, there was some talk the match could be moved to Saturday - its originally scheduled date - if Friday at 7.45pm wasn’t possible.

That still looked like potentially being an option on matchday morning. Forest are understood to have been eager to get the game played over weekend, mindful of the efforts supporters had made to get there and that there is little space in the calendar to squeeze in rearranged fixtures.

“We are extremely disappointed the match will not now take place this weekend. The club tried its very best to have the match played,” they said in a statement.

Once structural damage to the stadium caused by Storm Eustice was cited by Bournemouth, however - having occurred during the day - that changed the situation.

There is said to be damage to the Main Stand roof, while some of the damage to the stands is said to be internal. Bournemouth said supporters could be put at “significant risk”.

The first recommendation that the game should be postponed is said to have been