The unluckiest supporters in England: Two games called off in a day for Portsmouth faithful at the hands of Storm Bert

The well-renowned Banksy’s Bus, who are affiliated with Portsmouth Supporters’ Club Central Branch, set off at 4.30am for the Blues’ clash at Blackburn.

However, when that was disappointingly called off at 11.15am, the coach and its 54 occupants instead headed to Salford City to catch their League Two clash with Bromley, with former Pompey player Haji Mnoga expected in action.

As luck would have it, that fixture also fell foul to the weather, being scrapped 70 mins before kick-off due to a waterlogged pitch.

Bizarrely, it meant that, of the four Football League matches which fell victim to Storm Bert on Saturday, Bank’s Bus had attempted to watch two of them.

Paul Banks, who organises the away trips with Wheelers Travel, told The News: ‘You've got to laugh, it keeps you sane! We’ve still had a good day, though.

‘We left at 4.30am and I warned everyone at the time that there was a chance the game could be called off - so they may want to get off now. They all stayed on.

‘Then we were at a pub in Mere, Cheshire, having food and a drink when we heard Pompey was off - so somebody mentioned about going to Salford instead.

‘You need police permission to park a football coach at a ground, so we got in touch with Greater Manchester Police and they gave us the green light.

‘Then we rang Salford about getting in and they were very welcoming, agreeing to sell us tickets, so we went to that game instead.

‘When we turned up, we wondered why the stewards were keeping us on the coach for about five minutes. We found out it was because there was a pitch inspection and they were calling the match off! Another one gone.

‘It wasn’t all bad, though. There were steak pies left unsold, so Salford gave them to us free of charge.

‘We haven’t had the best of luck, but they are all good people and we’ll be back again for Swansea.’

In addition to matches at Blackburn and Salford being postponed, Bradford’s home clash against Accrington and Fleetwood’s encounter with MK Dons were also cancelled.