Nigel Clough said that Mansfield Town 'desperately tried all day' to get this evening's game against Bolton Wanderers on and avoid a postponement.
The Stags were due to take on Ian Evatt's Wanderers in a 7pm kick-off this evening.
But the League Two encounter was postponed after an announcement was made around an hour and a half before kick-off due to a waterlogged pitch after heavy rain in the area which was forecast to continue.
It's the second time in eight days this fixture has been called off, after the first one last Tuesday was postponed because of a frozen pitch.
And Stags boss Clough admitted all at the Nottinghamshire club were 'disappointed and frustrated' the fixture has been called off again, pointing to the efforts of the ground staff had made all day to try and get the game on.
He told iFollow Stags : "We desperately tried all day. Mez [Michael Merriman, head groundsman] and the ground staff have been working since 8:30am this morning – they did everything they could.
“There was light rain forecast, and then this torrential rain has appeared from absolutely nowhere from around four o’clock.
“I think even if it hadn’t been a little bit wet before, we would have struggled with what’s come down in the last hour or so.
“We were desperate to get the game on and everyone is disappointed and frustrated. But there is sometimes nothing you can do. The amount of rain that has come down has made it impossible.
“I don’t think it [conditions] bothers us, we just want to play. The lads have kept preparing and coming in raring to go, and the games get called off. It’s hugely frustrating for us.
“The referee [Seb Stockbridge] did everything he could, but said there were too many areas [that are waterlogged]. The forecast is for it to just keep going, that’s another thing to take into consideration.”
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