'The lights went out, out of the blue'

Elissa Cobb (right) said the power cut before the Portsmouth v Millwall match came "out of the blue"

"The lights were all working fine - just a normal match day - then at half seven the lights just suddenly went out, out of the blue."

Portsmouth fan Elissa Cobb, 18, said there was "quite a weird atmosphere" when Fratton Park was first hit by a power cut on Wednesday night.

But shock turned to frustration for fans about 45 minutes later, when the Portsmouth v Millwall match was postponed as a result.

Portsmouth FC chief executive, Andrew Cullen, said he was "incredibly sorry", adding it was due to a substation issue that the club had "no control" over.

The lights started to come back on at about 20:05 GMT, Mr Cullen said, but it was intermittent and so the decision was made to postpone.

"I was really annoyed, very frustrated - I think we all were," said Ms Cobb, who had gone to the match with her brother.

She said she felt particularly sorry for the Millwall fans who had "travelled all that way".

"But you've just got to move on," she said, adding she was "ready to go" for Portsmouth's next match on Saturday.

'Something serious'

Gary Bishop, 56, came to see the match with his 14-year-old son.

When the lights first went out, he thought it was a light show, but then his son said he could not turn the taps on in the toilet.

He said that was when he realised it was "something serious".

"At first everyone was laughing and making jokes... the longer it went on everyone was just like, 'what can you do?'," he said.

"Just sitting there waiting and waiting, and the longer it went on you just thought, 'it's not happening'."

Despite the disappointment, Mr Bishop tried to take it in his stride.

"There's not a lot you can do," he said.