Nottingham Forest fans call for change after huge frustration of late Bournemouth postponement

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