The eagerly-awaited play-off clash between Didcot Town and Oxford City on Tuesday night was washed out following torrential raint.

Several hundred fans were queueing outside Didcot's Loop Meadow Stadium when the British Gas Business Southern League Division 1 South & West play-off semi-final was called off about ten minutes before the scheduled start.

The match was delayed for 24 hours, being rescheduled for Wednesday night.

With the other semi-final between Fleet Town and Uxbridge, suffering the same fate, organisers were no nearer discovering the venue or the teams for this Saturday's play-off final.

The match will be played at the ground of the finalist, who finished higher.

Didcot earned home advantage for the semi when they beat Burnham 2-1 on Saturday to overtake City, who went down 2-1 at Marlow Both Didcot boss Stuart Peace and opposite number Justin Merritt backed the decision of the match officials.

"It's very disappointing," said Peace. "The players were all prepared for it. But it's right to postpone it because you wouldn't want to lose the game because a backpass had got stuck in a puddle."

Merritt said: "They gave it every chance, but we want a good spectacle." It's not going to be a good game when a pass is intercepted by water. Some of our players have come up from London and Milton Keynes, which is a bit of a pain for them.

"We've just got to do it all again and may the best team win!