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Wycombe Wanderers Football Club /ˈwɪkəm/ is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. They play their home matches at Adams Park, located on the western outskirts of High Wycombe, having moved after 95 years at Loakes Park in 1990. The club traditionally plays in quartered shirts of navy (Oxford blue) and pale blue (Cambridge blue). The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues".

Founded in 1887, they entered the Southern League in 1896. They switched to the Great Western Suburban League in 1908 and then the Spartan League in 1919, before joining the Isthmian League after winning the Spartan League in 1919–20 and 1920–21. They spent 64 years in the Isthmian League, winning eight league titles and one FA Amateur Cup title. Having rejected numerous invitations to join the Alliance Premier (Gola) League (now National League), they finally accepted an offer in 1985 and eventually found success in the fifth tier of English football under the management of Martin O'Neill, winning promotion into the Football League as GM Vauxhall Conference champions in 1992–93. They also lifted the FA Trophy in 1991 and 1993, and won the Conference League Cup, Conference Shield (three times) and Conference Charity Shield.

Wycombe made an immediate impact in the Football League, winning promotion out of the Third Division via the play-offs in 1994. They spent a decade in the third tier and reached the FA Cup semi-finals in 2001, though were relegated three years later. They also reached the League Cup semi-finals in 2007 and then gained promotion out of League Two in 2008–09. This was the first of four successive seasons of promotions and relegations between League Two and League One, which was followed by a decline that saw the club only avoid relegation into non-league on goal difference in 2014. The club secured promotion out of League Two in 2017–18 under the stewardship of Gareth Ainsworth, who then took the club to the Championship for the first time in the club's history with victory in the 2020 League One play-off final.

Adams Park is an association football stadium in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Built in 1990, it is the home ground of the local Wycombe Wanderers in the Championship division. It was also leased from 2002 to 2014 to the rugby union club London Wasps from Aviva Premiership, and from 2016 to 2020 to the Reading F.C. Women football club. From the 2003/04 season to the 2005/06 season, the stadium was officially called Causeway Stadium, named after its sponsor Causeway Technologies.

HEAD TO HEAD

Our first visit was a 1 all draw 7/5/1994 I know I was there we played them a few weeks later at Wembley and bazzed away a 2-1 half time lead due to the tactical genius that John Beck wasn't. Never  lost a league game however we did get stuffed in the cup a few weeks ago

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Allen Stroud is a course leader at Coventry University, where he teaches on the BA Media Top Up. Previously he was the course leader for Film and Television Production and the Creative Writing for Publication degrees at Bucks New University.[1][2] Up until the end of 2019, he was the editor of the British Fantasy Society Journal.[3] He also composes instrumental music;[3] however, Stroud is best known for his sci-fi fantasy novels and video game writing. He is the 2017 and 2018 chair of Fantasycon, the annual convention of the British Fantasy Society, which hosts the British Fantasy Awards.

In 2017, Stroud completed a Ph.D. at the University of Winchester entitled An Investigation and Application of Writing Structures and World Development Techniques in Science Fiction and Fantasy.

In June 2019, Allen Stroud became Chair of the British Science Fiction Association, taking over from Donna Bond.

MACS VIEW

This will probably be our hardest game of the season against a side who are scrapping to stay in this division although personal view think it is a futile task
They will be in your face and we will have to match them unlike the meek surrender in the FA Cuo when we got creamed 4-1.
Need to keep an eye on Ikpeazu although he was only on the bench on Wednesday, Jacobson a danger from corners and free kicks and our ex Horgan who was unlucky at Deepdale never fit into how Neil wanted him to play
Susect a change in a few positions given we have three games in seven days again
Not easy this one wouldn't be surpised if we cock it up

THE MATCH

SUNDAY 14TH MARCH 12:15PM

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LAST MATCH



SADLY THESDE AREN'T PICTURES FROM THE TRAINING GROUND THIS MORNING



POOR, DOGSHIT, CRAP, PATHETIC, EMBARRASING, GUTLESS, USELESS, PAINFUL, LATHERGIC. THIS MUST BE ONE OF THE WORST WEDNESDAY SIDES EVER AND THAT INCLUDES THE MID TO LATE SEVENTIES SIDES WHO WEREN'T THAT GOOD BUT AT LEAST PUT THE EFFORT IN

THE MATCH



Next up and the runaway league leaders Norwich come to town. Barring some ridiculous bad form they will be playing in the Premier League next season, while we will be in League One getting ready for another relegation battle     Norwich are in great form having won there last seven. Pukki is there leading scorer with 20 goals this season, while Buendia has 10 goals & 11 assists, we have scored 24 goals total. Last time they played at Hillsborough they won 4-0, expect the something similar on Sunday

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NORW              -                                                              

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

TONY HARRINGTON
Daniel Leach and Richard Wild
Fourth Official : Jeremy Simpson

THE TEAM

Apparently he plays 4231

Wilddmith
Palmer Lees Borner Penney
Bannan Hutch
Harris Windass Reach
Rhodes

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

0-4 Cantwell

BML STANDINGS

Owlkev 12
Stateside 11
Washington 10
Pei 7
Imre 6
SCO 6
Wereham 5
Maddix 4

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Southampton v Brighton & Hove Albion
Leicester City v Sheffield United
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United v West Ham United
Sunderland v Tranmere Rovers (Played at Wembley)

HHAHH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Queens Park Rangers v Huddersfield Town
The Sky Bet Championship
Saturday March 13th - 15:00 ko
at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium

Huddersfield Town travel down to that there London to play Queens Park Rangers at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium on Saturday afternoon for another in a series of MUST WIN games.

Well you never know, we might just do it. Bear with!

After playing on bogey grounds recently at Middlesbrough, Derby and Preston. And playing Birmingham and Cardiff at home, who we never beat at home, we come up against a team that we are the bogey team for. QPR haven't beaten us in the last six meetings and we have won four of those. They haven't beaten us since 2015, which compared to not winning in Derby since 1957 is nothing to get excited about. But if I wanna clutch at straws, then I will clutch at straws!  

QPR have played twice since we played out a drab goal less draw at home to Cardiff on Friday night. And they've won both of them, which has shot them up the table to halfway. They won 2-0 down at Bristol City with goals from Ilias Chair and Rob Dickie. And then on Tuesday night they beat Wycombe Wanderers at home 1-0, with the boy Chair scoring against the Chairboys.

I don't have any up to date team news yet, Head Coach Carlos Corberan will be giving his press conference on Thursday. But Wednesday afternoon saw some more minutes on the pitch for some returning injured players in a B team game against Rochdale. Tommy Elphick played the full 90, Alex Pritchard got 65 in and yes, the lesser spotted Danny Ward played a full thirty minutes.

Tony Ingham

Albert Nightingale

Del boy

Josh Koroma (remember him?)

Let's make him cry again!

Dave Mangnall

Other Championship matches this weekend:

Friday:
Blackburn Rovers v Brentford

Saturday:
Luton Town v Swansea City (12:15)
Birmingham City v Bristol City
AFC Bournemouth v Barnsley
Cardiff City v Watford
Derby County v Millwall
Middlesbrough v Stoke City
Nottingham Forest v Reading
Rotherham United v Coventry City (postponed)
Wycombe Wanderers v Preston North End

Sunday:
Sheffield Wednesday v Norwich City (12:15)


Recent form - last 6 matches:
Town 0-0 Cardiff
Town 1-1 Birmingham
PNE 3-0 Town
Derby 2-0 Town
Town 4-1 Swansea
Boro 2-1 Town

QPR 1-0 Wycombe
Bristol C 0-2 QPR
QPR 1-3 Barnsley
Birmingham 2-1 QPR
PNE 0-0 QPR
QPR 2-1 Bournemouth

Town are 19th with 38 points, QPR are in 12th with 46.

Leading scorers:
Terriers:
Frazier Campbell (7)
Josh Koroma (6)
Isaac Mbenza (5)
Naby Sarr (4)

Hoops:
Ilias Chair (7)
Lyndon Dykes (5)
Charlie Austin (5)
Bright Samuel (3)
Macauley Bonne (3)


March the 13th down the ages: How did we get on in previous matches played on this date?

1915: Leeds City (a) Div 2, lost 0-1
1920: Hull City (h) Div 2, WON 2-0 (Sammy Taylor 2)
1926: Manchester Utd (h) Div 1, WON 5-0 (George Cook 2, William Devlin 2, Billy Smith)
1937: Manchester City (a) Div 1, lost 0-3
1943: Bradford (Park Avenue) (h) Wartime League North, lost 2-3 (Willie Watson 2)
1948: Middlesbrough (h) Div 1, WON 2-1 (Vic Metcalfe, Albert Nightingale)
1954: Newcastle Utd (h) Div 1, WON 3-2 (Tommy Cavanagh 2, Jimmy Glazzard)
1965: Leyton Orient (h) Div 2, drew 0-0
1971: Burnley (h) Div 1, lost 0-1
1976: Swansea City (h) Div 4, WON 2-0 (Mick Butler, Franny Firth)
1979: Bournemouth (h) Div 4, WON 2-1 (Peter Fletcher, Terry Armstrong)
1990: Crewe Alexandra (a) Div 3, lost 0-3
1991: Exeter City (a) Div 3, drew 2-2 (Garry Haylock 2)
1993: Mansfield Town (a) Div 3, WON 2-1 (Iffy Onuora, Gary Barnett)
1999: Ipswich Town (a) Div One (2nd tier), lost 0-3
2004: Macclesfield Town (h) Div Three (4th tier), WON 4-0 (Andy Booth, Pawel Abbott, Efe Sodje, John McAliskey)
2010: Norwich City (h) League One (2nd tier), lost 1-3 (Neal Trotman)



Well we've won more than we've lost. P17 W8 D2 L7.  

The game in 1915 was a defeat at Bellend Road against Leeds City, who were managed by Herbert Chapman. This was to be their last full Football League season as the war had already started and after 8 games of the first post war season, they were expelled for financial irregularities.

In the 1920 match, Sammy Taylor scored twice. He would finish the season with 42 goals, a club record that has only been equalled once, by Dave Mangnall in 31/32.

William Devlin, who scored twice in the 1926 5-0 win against Manchester Utd was, and still is, the all time leading scorer for Cowdenbeath with 124 goals. This was his home debut and unfortunately for him, he hadn't signed in enough time to play enough matches to win a League Champions Medal. Billy Smith, who also scored in that game, is of course, our all time appearances record holder with 574. That's never getting beaten!

Willie Watson, who scored twice on this day in the Wartime League, was the son of Billy Watson, who played wing back for the club during the Glory Years of the 20s. Young Willie had a brother called Albert, who also played for Town before, during and after the war. They all came from Bolton-on-Dearne, but Willie went on to have the illustrious post war career. Not just in football, but also in cricket.
He became a dual international, playing for England in both sports. He had made his Yorkshire debut in 1939 and played on for the County after the war. But after the war, he left Town for Sunderland, having only 11 official league games under his belt. Obviously he had a load of Wartime League games, but these don't count on official statistics. At Sunderland, he stayed for seven seasons, making 211 appearances and scoring 16 goals. And it was whilst at Roker Park he was picked for England, making his debut in 1949 against Northern Ireland. He was also in the squad for the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, but never got a game.
He then made his test match debut at the age of 31 in 1951 against South Africa. That was the first of 23 tests. His most famous match was against the Aussies at Lords in the 2nd test in 1953, making 109 as he and Trevor Bailey batted for six hours to save the country from defeat. England went on to win the Ashes, although Willie had been dropped for the final test. He did however make it onto Wisden's Cricketers of the Year list.
He toured the West Indies in 53/54, making his second test century over there. Then back home, he left Sunderland to join Halifax Town as player/manager. His cricket career kept going though and he left Yorkshire for Leicestershire in 1958 and made his final test appearance in 1959 against New Zealand at the age of 39.
Meanwhile, back in Sunderland, he opened Willie Watson Sports shop, which gave brother Albert a job running it. Willie then had another spell in charge at the Shay in the 60s, followed by a stint in charge of Bradford City, before emigrating to South Africa in 1968, back to cricket, coaching the Wanderers. He died in 2004 in Johannesburg, aged 84.

Vic Metcalfe, who scored in the 1948 win against Middlesbrough came close to Smith's appearance record. He played 459 times and is 3rd in the list. My auntie used to tell us that when she worked at the ICI, Vic would get on the same bus from Mirfield as her on his way to training.

Garry Haylock, who scored twice against Exeter in 1991, only scored two more in his Town career. Although he was a Yorkshire lad, he spent the majority of his career in Ireland, winning the FAI Cup five times.

Iffy Onuora who scored in the 1993 win at Mansfield is now the current equalities coach for the Professional Footballers Association. I remember that match, particularly the Gary Barnett winner. When I picked up the Unexamined on the Monday teatime, there was a picture of Gary celebrating in front of the Town fans, with my great big dopey (some say gormless) grin, staring back at me from the back page.  
Gary went to Barry and became manager of the Welsh club Barry Town, where he became a legend by taking them to the First Round proper of the UEFA Cup in 96/97.

The 2004 4-0 home win against Macclesfield was a bit of atonement for one of the lowest points in the club's history. Three months earlier, we had been beaten 4-0 at their Moss Rose ground.  

Classy defender Neal Trotman, who scored on this day in 2010 at Norwich, is still only 33 years old. Unfortunately, injury ended his career at only 28 when he was at Bristol Rovers.

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2. Lava Mad Glenn
   
3. Selby Taverner
   
4. Lucia Hairnets
   
5. Dry Horseman
   

Preston North End manager Alex Neil is fully aware of the size of the job on the club's hands this summer.

The Lilywhites' owners' representative Peter Ridsdale has already admitted that the January transfer window - where eight players were signed and eight let go - was a trial run for the summer months.

It isn't going to be a quiet term and with 11 games to go in the 2020/21 season, preparations for next year will already be underway.

A massive rebuild is in store and the North End boss knows it.

In his latest press conference, Neil said: "This will certainly be, I'd imagine, whether the lads on loan stay or don't stay, the biggest overhaul of the squad that we've probably had - a lot of which has been forced upon us.

"We've got to focus on the games here and now, I think that (overhaul) is for a later date.
I think there will be players here at the moment who are playing to remain here, there will be players who potentially want to extend their loans or make their loans permanent, so they've got to do as well as they can to see what we can do in the summer.

"And there will be other guys who will want to get as many minutes under their belt to show what they can do, so that their future lies here going forward.

"I think there is a lot of dynamics at play; players are in very different situations and circumstances but the simple fact is that's where we end up at the moment and is for a later date.

Talking about the squad, that is where we are at the moment but we've got a big game on Saturday at Wycombe and that's our sole focus."

One off the field move in preparation for 2021/22 has been the decision to set-up a new recruitment department at the club.

James Beet has arrived from Barnsley as the club's new senior recruitment analyst and the PNE boss is pleased to see both him come in and some focus being put on that area of the club.
I don't think the fact that he worked for Barnsley had that much of a bearing really," said Neil. "He's an avid PNE fan for a start, so his best intentions will be to try and help the club and us as much as he can.

"He's got a thirst for the game, he loves the thing that he does which is sourcing and finding players.

"So the more guys we've got helping us in that sort of department, to try and find the best we can for what we can afford, the better.

"Obviously Joe Savage left so it was an area where we were relatively vulnerable, and it was certainly an area where we needed to grow as much as we can.

"There are teams in this league that have got extensive set-ups in terms of numbers, data and everything really; to be honest we are at the start of that as much as anything else."

Intersting this is, have to say Barnsley's re cruiting has put us to shame, they have become a team to watch entertaining and with a never say die attiitude but they have recruited from far and wide, the American lad Daryl Dike for instance think there is a major turnaround in players this summer some well established players will go could be exciting times ahead

Allow B Sides in the Scottish Lower Leagues. 
We need the Scottish sides to be allowed to enter B sides in the non league and lower divisions,. 
This way young players will be ensured competitive games. 
In Spain, Germany, France, Belgium, Portugal, Croatia, and the Netherlands, the big sides are allowed to play B sides, in the lower divisions. So I think it would be a good idea for Scotland to do this. 
At present a young player could be blocked from first team football by another Scottish or foreign player. By allowing B sides the young players would get regular competitive games.
I think all Scottish Premier sides, or the big sides should be allowed B sides in the lower divisions. But all Scottish clubs could do this and all have lots of clubs below them. 
It would lead to more Scottish players being developed. 

Instead of Europe having a 6 nations rugby championship, with just Scotland, Wales, Italy England, Ireland and France. 
I say we invite in Georgia, South Africa, Russia, Romania, the USA, and Canada, for an African, North American, European Championship each year. 
Have two conferences of six teams each. The four teams that make up the champions, and runners up of each conference then play a a semi final and final play off system to decide the champions of the 12 nations trophy.
This would help rugby grow in Europe, and North America.

I think it would be fun. 
Growing rugby in the USA would be cool for rugby.   

The Japanese, Oceania, Australia, New Zealand, and South America could run another trophy.

Aldershot Town 2-2 Altrincham
Bromley 2-0 Barnet
FC Halifax Town 1-1 Solihull Moors
Hartlepool United 1-1 Eastleigh
King's Lynn Town 2-1 Sutton United
Maidenhead United 0-2 Chesterfield
Stockport County 1-3 Dagenham & Redbridge
Wealdstone 1-2 Notts County
Wrexham 1-2 Weymouth
Yeovil Town 1-1 Woking
Boreham Wood 2-1 Torquay United

League Table After Matchday 35
Lord Snoots = 334
Amelia = 282
Spireitematt = 266
Dancing = 250
Devon = 236
St Charles = 210
BBB = 0

England should help European Cricket Grow
I would love to have strong cricket teams in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Greece, and Spain. 
I think English cricket should try and help develop cricket to grow in the European nations. 
Ireland have a strong team. Wales need to break away from the England and Wales side. But they should be allowed to keep Glamorgan in the county Championship. 
Scotland should have a team in the county championship as it is not too far to travel. 
Scotland should also have a strong international side. 

I think the smaller to medium size European nations should have extra cross border cups on top of UEFA competitions, and on top of domestic football. 
I know UEFA will not allow cross border leagues, but they do not seem to have a problem with cross border cups. As shown by them allowing the Scandinavian Royal League, and the allowance of non-Scottish sides in the Scottish Challenge Cup. 
My view is that countries like Scotland, Poland, Wales, Switzerland, Sweden, Northern Ireland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Republic of Ireland. Denmark, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, the Netherlands, Greece, Lithuania, Cyprus, Romania, and others could get together and create a new group stage competitive trophy on top of the UEFA Champions League, Europa League and the New Europa Conference League. 
My idea could even allow France, Russia, and the Ukraine to enter sides. 
I would love more cross border football, on top of what we have. 
I am Scottish, and from my point of view we could have a 16 team Scottish Premier and then enter all 16 teams each year in the Atlantic League Cup. It would be a group stage trophy. With group winners qualifying for a knockout stage. 

I think the fans would love more cross border games.
Imagine games like Aberdeen v Basel, Ajax v Glasgow Rangers, Legia Warsaw v Dundee United, AIK Stockholm v Hibernian, Copenhagen v Heart of Midlothian, Ross County v AEK Athens, Motherwell v Brondby, Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Porto. Benfica v Zurich, Sporting Lisbon v IFK.