The rain was horizontal for the long walk from the bus stop to the ground, writes Mike Wallis.

The rain was torrential as the players warmed up on the pitch.

The rain came through the increasingly useless roof behind the goal.

The rain continued through the first half, forming puddles on the pitch in places.

The rain didn’t stop Danny Bassett curling a shot onto the bar or Toby Bull making a couple of decent saves.

The rain carried on and on and the match was abandoned.

The rain was still horizontal as I walked back across East Brighton Park.

Whitehawk 0-0 Lewes, match abandoned at half time.

Lewes: Bull, Puemo, Ojemen, Kaiser, Sablier, Bassett, Maliq Morris, Botti, Allsopp, Allen, Mundele.

Whitehawk announced that the rearranged fixture will be free entry to all.