It's unusual for clubs in the National Leagues to travel to away games by train but that's what Southend aimed to do yesterday.
They had hoped to arrive at AFC Fylde in good time for the 3pm kick-off but it didn't go to plan.
This from Southend:
"Our game against AFC Fylde has been postponed.
The train carrying our players to the game has suffered a power failure between stations. The train left London at 10.18am and was due to arrive in Preston at 12.39.
Avanti West Coast are in the process of organising an 'evacuation train' which will take the players back to London. It is currently unclear when the evacuation train will arrive and so a decision has been made to postpone the game.
We apologise to our supporters for the inconvenience caused. For those who are already in Fylde, we have put some money behind the supporters' bar at the stadium - please have a beer on us".