Wolverhampton Wanderers chief executive Jez Moxey said his club did all they could to ensure their match with Scunthorpe would go ahead on Tuesday night.

Referee Mark Haywood decided to call the game off at 5.40pm after part of the pitch became unplayable in the aftermath of a malfunction of the undersoil heating at Molineux.

Moxey told wolves.co.uk: "We had covers on the pitch and the undersoil heating on 48 hours before kick-off

"But a malfunction of the undersoil heating led to the system tripping out.

"We brought in some industrial heaters during the afternoon. However, despite great work from our groundstaff it wasn't enough to thaw out the affected areas of the pitch. It was the right decision from the referee to call the game off.

"To put it into context, this is only the third time in 15 years that a game has been called off at Molineux.

"We are bitterly disappointed for the fans especially those who may have started their journey from a distance."