Nottingham Forest will ask the English Soccer League to research the occasions surrounding the postponement of Friday’s Championship recreation at Bournemouth.
The Cherries cited injury to the Vitality Stadium attributable to Storm Eustice, which is claimed to have occurred on Friday morning, saying supporters may have been put at ‘vital threat’.
However Forest officers are understood to be pissed off by the postponement, believing that correct efforts weren’t made to get the sport performed on Saturday.
Limitations are proven blown over exterior the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth on Friday
Their frustrations additionally stem from the truth that Bournemouth will considerably profit from the postponement as they presently have seven gamers out injured and Jefferson Lerma suspended.
Injury was reported to have occurred to the roof of the Primary Stand and contained in the stadium. The Cherries weren’t ready to place employees in danger by utilizing a cherry-picker within the excessive winds, to hold out repairs and to verify for additional injury.
The postponement was solely confirmed at 4pm on Friday.
That was lower than 4 hours earlier than kick-off and when many Forest followers had already arrived on the south coast or had been a number of miles into their journey. Steve Cooper and his squad had made the journey down on Thursday.
A trampoline pictured in a tree exterior one of many stands on the Vitality Stadium on Friday
Sportsmail understands that Forest pushed for the sport to go forward and are pissed off that there was no EFL consultant on the floor to supply readability on the scenario earlier within the day.
In the meantime, the Reds’ proposal to play the sport on Saturday was declined by Bournemouth.
Bournemouth’s official membership assertion mentioned: ‘Structural engineers have carried out an inspection of the stadium and have confirmed that the injury may pose a big threat to supporters’ security.
‘The continuing affect of the storm means the injury can’t be repaired in time both to fulfil the fixture on Friday, or at a re-arranged time on Saturday.
Many Forest followers had already arrived in Bournemouth when the postponement was confirmed
‘The postponement was really useful by the membership’s Security Advisory Group.’
Storm Eunice introduced widespread injury and disruption to the UK, with document wind speeds of 122mph recorded on the Isle of Wight – not too removed from Bournemouth.
Nonetheless, climate experiences for the hours main as much as the sport and through the recreation confirmed that the storm was set to subside and Forest had been desirous to get the sport on.
‘There ought to have been an try and play the match on Saturday,’ a Forest membership supply informed Sportsmail.
‘There was no EFL consultant contained in the stadium to make an knowledgeable determination. A number of indicators fell on the bottom contained in the stadium and the engineer mentioned they had been unable to get a cherry picker in to the stadium till Monday.
Jefferson Lerma was one in all eight gamers that Bournemouth had been set to be lacking on Friday
‘Forest had been prepared to play the sport up till 2pm on Saturday, however Bournemouth declined the provide.’
The Cherries are presently second within the Championship, whereas Forest are one level exterior the playoffs in seventh.
It’s anticipated that the rearranged fixture will likely be performed in early March.
