East Fife won’t be forced to book return flights to face Bohemians in Dublin.
The League One side are furious their Irn-Bru Cup quarter-final against the Irish side was called off seven minutes before kick-off on Saturday afternoon.
Players, backroom staff and club officials had flown to the Irish capital only for a referee to deem the frozen pitch unplayable.
New Bayview boss Darren Young claimed no covers had been laid to protect the surface from the elements.
The tie had been postponed in November due to Bohemians being in close season and the SPFL will meet at Hampden this morning to find a date for the rearranged fixture.
The Fifers chairman Jim Stevenson revealed he’s been told by SPFL secretary Iain Blair they won’t be asked to repeat the trip no matter what solution is decided.
Stevenson said: “We are more frustrated than anything else but Mr Blair was kind enough to call me on Saturday and said the SPFL would not put East Fife in a situation where we’d have to go back to Dublin to play this game.
“But until anyone confirms that to me I can’t say more.
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“Until the meeting on Monday I have no idea what the situation is. I don’t know what’s possible or what’s not possible.
“I have been in constant contact with Iain about what has been going on because of the problems we’ve had.
“We’ll now have to wait and see what transpires. The SPFL will come to us and we will respond when we know what’s been decided.
“The boys had a great night out in Dublin so that was one consolation.”
The SPFL provide clubs who are drawn against Irish clubs with a £5000 travel grant but the Fifers were also forced to apologise to 300 of their fans who had travelled only to be left disappointed by the postponement.
Fifers midfielder Pat Slattery admitted the players were gutted at the decision but insisted there was no chance of the match going ahead.
He said: “Everyone accepts games get postponed, however, this was a really poor way to go about things.
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“We arrived and it was chaos as the referee told us the game was off, however, officials from the Irish FA were saying no the game was on.
“We went into the changing rooms and got ready and went out to do our warm-up.
“Half the pitch was fine and half the pitch was frozen solid. There was no sun getting on to that part in the shadow of a stand.
“We finished our warm- up at 2.40pm and by that time there were fans in the ground. The pitch was never going to be playable and eventually everyone agreed it was off.
“When the decision was finally made we simply packed up and left. We were staying over and then got up early to fly home. It really was a wasted trip.
“It was even worse for our fans as they paid a lot of money to come over.”