Wycombe Wanderers v Portsmouth

wycombe wanderers’ OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2021/ 22 | Issue no.11 | £3 

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THE CHAIRBOYs 

Adams Park, 

Hillbottom Road, 

High Wycombe, 

Bucks, HP12 4HJ 

THE TEAM: 

Chairman: Rob Couhig 

Board of Directors: Missy Couhig, 

Pete Couhig, Rob Couhig, Tony 

Hector, Trevor Stroud 

Life Members: Gerald Cox, Lesley 

Cox, Alan Hutchinson, Brian Lee, 

Graham Peart, Derek Vere 

Honorary Company Secretary: 

David Smith 

President: 

Ivor Beeks MBE JP 

Chief Operating and Financial 

Officer: 

Pete Couhig 

Club Secretary: Tom Holder 

Hospitality & Events Manager: 

Kelly Rossiter 

Head of Operations: 

Neil Peters 

Head of Finance: 

Dawn Evans 

Head of Media & Marketing: Matt 

Cecil 

Manager: 

Gareth Ainsworth 

Assistant: 

Richard Dobson 

Goalkeeping Coach: 

Lee Harrison 

Development Team Head Coach: 

Sam Grace 

Head of Sports Science: 

David Wates 

Analyst: 

Josh Hart 

GPS Analyst: 

Ben Sayers 

Physiotherapist: 

Cian O’Doherty 

Assistant Physio: 

Aly Vogelzang 

Rehab Physio: 

Isaac Leckie 

Safety Officer: 

Stephen Copp 

Head of Wycombe Wanderers 

Sports & Education Trust: Paul Foley 

THE PROGRAMME: 

Photography: PRiME Media 

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Programme Team: Matt Cecil, 

Alicia Povey, Ryan Pelletrat 

Programme Design: 

Thomas Ridge 

Matchday 17 of the Sky Bet League 

1 season brings together Wycombe 

and Portsmouth for today’s fixture, 

with the Chairboys eager to 

recapture the form that saw them 

win all six of their opening home 

fixtures this term before Ipswich 

prevented a magnificent seven 11 

days ago. 

Thank you for joining us back at 

HP12 this afternoon, and a warm 

welcome to those travelling here 

from Portsmouth this afternoon. 

All six previous battles here have 

been hotly-contested, and settled 

by either a single goal, or resulting 

in a draw. 

When Pompey won the FA Cup as a 

Premier League side in 2008, it was 

unthinkable that they’d be travelling 

to Wycombe for a League 2 fixture 

less than six years later, and their 

ascent back up the leagues has been 

slower than they’d have wished, 

currently playing third-tier football 

for the sixth consecutive season. 

However, they’ve been in the 

promotion shake-up almost 

permanently in that time, and would 

have been the Chairboys’ opponents 

at Wembley in the 2020 play-off final 

had fortune fallen in their favour in 

the semi-final against Oxford. 

NEW ALBUMS : NEW ALBUMS : 

GIES : DEFINITIVE ANTHOLOGIES : 

EISSUES : CLASSIC REISSUES : 

Wanderers’ own promotion 

aspirations have been tempered 

slightly by dropped points at 

Fleetwood, and the defeat to 

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Ipswich, but 31 points from 16 games 

is a commendable effort as we edge 

towards the halfway mark of the 

season, and they could gain ground 

on the leaders with a win today while 

12 clubs are out of action. 

Today’s game could’ve been 

postponed due to the absences 

of Daryl Horgan, Sullay Kaikai and 

Tjay De Barr on international duty, 

but Gareth Ainsworth and his staff 

opted to play the game – against a 

Portsmouth side missing two key 

players for the same reason – and 

hopes that decision will be fully 

justified by 5pm. 

Next Saturday’s edition of BluePrint 

will actually be our last; as a club we 

are committed to moving further 

into the digital world and have 

some exciting plans to deliver our 

best-ever digital experience to our 

supporters, while continuing our 

journey towards having a paperless 

stadium, playing our part in the 

global sustainability efforts. 

That’s not to say that we won’t 

at times produce special editions 

for prestigious occasions, but the 

match-by-match programmes will 

be placed into retirement. 

Thank you for buying and 

reading Issue No.11 this afternoon, 

and let’s hope the Chairboys can 

return to winning ways at the 

start of a triple-header of action at 

Adams Park this week. 

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THE CHAIRBOYS 

A LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEXT 90 MINUTES 

A SEE-SAW SCHEDULE OF LEAGUE AND CUP FIXTURES BRINGS ABOUT A LEAGUE 1 

ENCOUNTER THAT LOOKED UNLIKELY TO GO AHEAD DUE TO INTERNATIONAL CALL- 

UPS, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD WHILE OTHER CLUBS 

REST UP AT HOME IS ONE THAT BOTH MANAGERS WILL BE EAGER TO GRAB. 

Wycombe fell short last time 

out at Adams Park, losing their 

perfect home record in an 

unwanted emphatic fashion as 

Ipswich Town left South Bucks 

with all three points – the first 

away club to do so since Luton 

in April. 

The 11-day break between 

league games caused a couple 

of headaches, too, with a 

much-changed side – enforced 

by illness and injury – held to a 

draw at Hartlepool on Saturday, 

requiring a replay at Adams Park 

on Tuesday night. 

The final game of the Papa John’s 

group stage saw Wanderers 

take on Burton, with both sides 

already out of the competition, 

and the Brewers’ decision to field 

several first-team regulars in a 

bid to secure a morale-boosting 

victory paid off, as they scored 

five times without reply after 

the break to condemn a young 

Chairboys side to defeat. 

So the last fortnight has brought 

about a fluctuation in form 

compared to this time a month 

ago, when the Blues were 

formidable at home and steady 

on the road, collecting three 

successive clean sheets. 

But today’s visitors are equally 

unpredictable, demonstrating 

promotion-winning credentials 

with triumphs over Sunderland 

and Bolton in recent times, but 

also suffering heavy defeats to 

Rotherham and Ipswich. 

Cups have been a welcome 

distraction for Danny Cowley who 

lost on his last visit to Adams 

Park with Lincoln in his final game 

before departing for Huddersfield 

in September 2019. They 

overcame Harrow in the FA Cup 

last weekend, and Crystal Palace 

U21s in midweek, to restore that 

winning habit and stretch their 

unbeaten run in all competitions 

to five. 

Having taken 10 points from the 

first four games of the season, 

they’ll feel underwhelmed at 

their 14th-place standing after 16 

games, but the seven-point gap 

to the play-offs can be quickly 

bridged, while Wycombe know a 

win today would put them level 

on points with current leaders 

Wigan. 

HEAD TO HEAD 

Wanderers won 1-0 in the last 

encounter with Pompey at Adams 

Park, when Adebayo Akinfenwa’s 

late penalty separated the sides 

on a boiling hot day in September 

2019. Pompey won the reverse 

fixture 2-0 on Boxing Day. 

Portsmouth are just ahead in the 

head-to-head rankings, claiming 

five wins to Wanderers’ four, 

with four draws. It’s all square at 

Adams Park, though, with two 

wins apiece, and two draws. 

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THE CHAIRBOYs 

CONNECTIONS 

David Wheeler is a former 

Pompey man, playing 18 times on 

loan in the 2018/19 season. Other 

players to have represented both 

clubs are Ryan Allsop, Marcus 

Bean, Paris Cowan-Hall, Steve 

Claridge, Guy Whittingham, 

Marlon Pack, John Akinde, Andy 

Turner, Paul Hardyman, Bryn 

Morris, Andy Thomson, Gary Silk 

and Mike Williamson, while Tony 

Adams, Gary Waddock and John 

Gregory have managed both 

clubs. 

MAN IN THE MIDDLE 

Tom Nield has taken charge of 

four Wycombe games previously, 

the most recent being the 3-1 

win over Bristol Rovers at Adams 

Park in February 2020. He also 

oversaw the 2-0 victory against 

Bolton that season, a 3-2 defeat 

at home to Southend, and 2-1 

triumph against Yeovil. 

So far this term he’s dished out 63 

yellow cards and just one red in 

his 14 games this season. 

AROUND THE DIVISION 

With six games called off due to 

the international weekend, there 

are 12 teams in action today. 

Second-placed Plymouth 

face a tricky trip to take on an 

inconsistent Accrington, while 

Burton – conquerors of Wycombe 

in midweek – meet a Charlton 

side who’ve found their feet 

under caretaker boss Johnnie 

Jackson. 

Ipswich and Oxford go head to 

head at Portman Road, while MK 

Dons could move into the top six 

if they overcome Cambridge. 

Sheffield Wednesday have 

threaded together a strong 

unbeaten run and are just 

behind MK in eighth, and will be 

favourites to see off Gillingham at 

Hillsborough. 

TODAY’S FIXTURES 

All 3pm 

ACCRINGTON VS PLYMOUTH 

BURTON VS CHARLTON 

IPSWICH VS OXFORD 

MK DONS VS CAMBRIDGE 

SHEFF WED VS GILLINGHAM 

WYCOMBE VS PORTSMOUTH 

P W D L F A GD Pts 

1 Wigan Athletic 16 11 1 4 30 13 +17 34 

2 Plymouth 16 9 6 1 28 14 +14 33 

3 Rotherham 16 9 4 3 29 12 +17 31 

4 Wycombe 16 9 4 3 26 20 +6 31 

5 Sunderland 15 9 1 5 25 21 +4 28 

6 Oxford Utd 15 8 3 4 26 17 +9 27 

7 Milton Keynes 15 7 4 4 27 21 +6 25 

8 Sheffield Wed 16 6 7 3 20 15 +5 25 

9 Ipswich Town 16 6 5 5 34 25 +9 23 

10 Cambridge Utd 16 5 7 4 22 24 -2 22 

11 Burton Albion 16 6 4 6 16 21 -5 22 

12 Accrington 15 6 3 6 19 25 -6 21 

13 Lincoln City 16 5 5 6 20 20 0 20 

14 Portsmouth 16 5 5 6 19 21 -2 20 

15 Cheltenham 16 5 5 6 20 27 -7 20 

16 Bolton 16 5 4 7 22 26 -4 19 

17 AFC Wimbledon 15 4 5 6 20 24 -4 17 

18 Charlton 16 4 4 8 21 24 -3 16 

19 Gillingham 16 3 7 6 15 21 -6 16 

20 Morecambe 16 4 3 9 25 30 -5 15 

21 Shrewsbury 16 4 3 9 15 22 -7 15 

22 Fleetwood 15 3 5 7 26 27 -1 14 

23 Doncaster 16 3 3 10 11 29 -18 12 

24 Crewe Alexandra 16 1 6 9 12 29 -17 9 


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THE CHAIRBOYS 

HARTLEPOOL TICKETS 

ON SALE 

Wanderers will meet Hartlepool United in the Emirates 

FA Cup first round replay at Adams Park on Tuesday 

16th November (k.o. 7.45pm). 

Prices for this game mirror the original tie: 

Adults: £15 

Seniors (65+): £10 

Student: £10 

Armed Forces: £10 

Under 16: £5 

Under 5: £1 

There is a £1 price increase for tickets bought on the 

day, in line with the same pricing structure for the 

game at Hartlepool. 

Buy online at tickets.wwfc.com. 

Box holders and others with hospitality packages will 

be contacted directly to arrange their tickets. 

TAF IS CHAIRBOYS’ 

PLAYER OF THE MONTH 

Ryan Tafazolli was presented with the Player of the 

Month award for October ahead of kick-off at Adams 

Park for the game against Ipswich. 

The defender starred during the month, scoring in 

the 4-3 win over Morecambe and netting a matchwinning 

brace against Crewe, as well as playing his 

part in clean sheets against Gillingham, Doncaster 

and Rotherham. 

Tafazolli received his awards - JBL Audio goodies and 

a bottle of bubbly - from guests of Ignite UK, our 

Player of the Month sponsors. 

BOSS MAKES MANAGER OF 

THE MONTH SHORTLIST 

Gareth Ainsworth was shortlisted for the Sky Bet 

League 1 Manager of the Month award for October. 

The Chairboys chief guided his side to 14 points from 

a possible 18 in an unbeaten month, which included 

three home wins as well as a victory on the road at 

Doncaster, and draws at Rotherham and Fleetwood. 

He was up against Plymouth boss Ryan Lowe, 

Oxford manager Karl Robinson, and Paul Warne of 

Rotherham, with Lowe winning the panel’s vote. 

REST IN PEACE, REG 

The thoughts of everyone at Wycombe Wanderers are 

with the friends and family of Reg Turner, who passed 

away after attending the fixture against Ipswich Town 

at Adams Park last week. 

Reg, 89, was a season ticket holder for many years, 

and had been a Chairboys supporter going back to 

the days when the Wanderers played at Loakes Park. 

He passed away suddenly on Tuesday night after 

spending the evening doing what he loved - watching 

his team Wycombe Wanderers play. 

Rest in peace, Reg. 


THE CHAIRBOYs 

SOCIALLY DISTANCED 

BLOCK AVAILABLE 

Wanderers have allocated Block L of the Frank Adams 

Stand as a socially-distanced block, following feedback 

from supporters who may feel uncomfortable 

attending due to their vulnerable health and/or 

shielding requirements. 

ANDRE MAKES 

MAIDENHEAD MOVE 

Seats in Block L are available in singles, doubles, 

threes or fours, with each group separated by a 

minimum of two metres. 

Book seats as usual at tickets.wwfc.com. 

Andre Burley has moved out on loan to National 

League side Maidenhead United for the remainder of 

the 2021/22 season. 

The 22-year-old, equally capable in defence and 

midfield, arrived at Adams Park last October and 

made his senior debut in the Carabao Cup first round 

tie at Exeter in August, going on to feature against 

Stevenage, MK Dons and Burton in subsequent cup 

games. 

Burley made his debut in the FA Cup last weekend for 

Maidenhead, who sit 18th in the National League. 

BUY BOLTON TICKETS ONLINE 

Tickets for the Sky Bet League 1 game against Bolton 

Wanderers at Adams Park are now on sale! 

The third game of the spectacular Wonder of 

Wycombe series brings about the battle of the 

Wanderers at Adams Park on Saturday 20th 

November, kicking off at 3pm, and you can now book 

your place by logging onto tickets.wwfc.com. 

The entertainment kicks off at noon with live sport 

and local food and drink served up in the Chairboys 

Village, before the action gets underway on the pitch 

at 3pm, with fireworks afterwards! 

Head to tickets.wwfc.com to buy your tickets; match 

tickets can easily be downloaded to your smartphone 

wallet, or printed out at home and brought with you. 

PLYMOUTH TICKETS 

AVAILABLE 

Tickets are now on sale for Wanderers’ League 1 fixture 

at Plymouth Argyle on Tuesday 23rd November (k.o. 

7.45pm). 

The game will also be shown live on iFollow with a 

£10 match pass. 

Wanderers have received an advance allocation of 

400 tickets - buy online at tickets.wwfc.com. 

Prices increase by £2 on matchday. 

Tickets are on advance sale until 12pm on 22nd 

November. Post tickets will be available until 12pm 

on Thursday 18th; collections will be available 

from 10am the day after purchase. We ask that all 

supporters collect their tickets before the close of 

play on Monday 22nd. 


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THE CHAIRBOYs 

club career! 

Which Chairboy has played for 

these three clubs? 

spot the difference... 

Can you spot three differences between these photos of Daryl Horgan? 

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THE CHAIRBOYS 

The Wanderers welcome back 

former players every week to 

Adams Park. John D Taylor keeps 

us up-to-date with all Wycombe 

Ex-Players Association news. 

Pompey memory rings 

Bayo bell 

It was five years ago when 

Wycombe beat Portsmouth to 

start to a memorable FA Cup run 

only ended in the fourth round 

after a thriller at Tottenham. Just 

five members of that Wanderers 

side which won 2-1 at Fratton Park 

are still at Adams Park today – Joe 

Jacobson, Dom Gape, Anthony 

Stewart and Adebayo Akinfenwa 

plus player-coach Matt Bloomfield. 

Paris Cowan-Hall gave us the lead 

midway through the first half. 

Gareth Evans equalised for Pompey 

early in the second half, before 

Bayo scored with a looping header 

with six minutes left to seal victory. 

The Blues’ line-up that day was: 

Blackman; Harriman, Stewart, 

Pierre, Jacobson; Gape, O’Nien, 

Bloomfield; Cowan-Hall (Weston), 

Hayes (Gary Thompson), 

Akinfenwa (Bean). 

Dennis Edwards links 

both sides 

Those with longer memories will 

remember another link between 

Wycombe and Portsmouth 

through big striker Dennis 

Edwards who played for both 

sides. One of our few England 

amateur internationals, he made 

an incredible impression during 

just two seasons at Loakes 

Park, scoring 31 goals in only 28 

appearances between 1957-59 as 

Sid Cann’s side finished second 

then third in the Isthmian League. 

He scored 12 times in the opening 

seven games of the 1958-59 

season, including four in the 8-1 

thrashing of Corinthian Casuals. 

This led to his England call-up 

and he won two caps before 

turning professional with Charlton 

Athletic. In six seasons with them 

he made 171 appearances, scoring 

61 times. 

Those goals encouraged Pompey 

manager George Smith to splash 

a record £15,000 in January 1965 

and Edwards made his debut in 

front of a massive crowd away at 

Southampton. Another milestone 

was the final match of that season 

when a 1-1 draw in club legend 

Jimmy Dickinson’s last game saved 

the club from relegation. 

Although he scored ten times in 

35 games the following season, 

Dennis admitted injuries took 

their toll. Despite scoring in two 

memorable FA Cup ties against 

Hull City – 33,107 witnessing a 2-2 

draw at Fratton Park - he moved on 

loan to Brentford before winding 

up his career at Aldershot. 

After retiring, he set up a frozen 

food business and continued to 

live near Portsmouth. He was 

a keen golfer and a member of 

Waterlooville club for over 45 years 

before his death in September 

2019 aged 82. 

WWEPA ‘crocks’ on the 

mend 

Although former skipper Glyn 

Creaser is still recovering at home 

following his shocking cardiac 

arrest last month, and Len Worley is 

following suit after the unpleasant 

surprise of his heart attack, it was 

good to see other recent ‘crocks’ 

Peter Suddaby and Keith Samuels 

at this week’s latest WWEPA 

Committee meeting. Former player 

and manager Suddaby has been out 

of action since suffering a stroke 

nearly two years ago but happily is 

a bit more mobile thanks to a newly 

adapted car. 

Sammy meanwhile is car-less 

after writing off his Range Rover 

following a losing argument with 

a traffic bollard. Obviously, his 

mind was on Wycombe’s 4-1 home 

defeat to Ipswich as he left Adams 

Park. That and misted-up windows 


THE CHAIRBOYs 

meant he collided with the raised 

kerb at the bottom of Hillbottom 

Road. 

Although it was a low speed 

incident, Keith was badly shaken. 

Blood from his mouth led to 

the belief he was suffering from 

internal bleeding but it turned 

out to be a cut tongue. He also 

suffered badly bruised ribs and - as 

WWEPA colleague Glyn Creaser 

can testify - that can be extremely 

painful. 

Taken by ambulance to hospital, 

he had a series of tests including 

an ECG but was cleared to be 

taken home by son Kevin at 6am. 

Shaken but not stirred, he fared 

better than his car. 

Our 79-year-old WWEPA 

committee member thanks 

everyone who has called and left 

messages and hopes to be back on 

the golf course and in his normal 

seat at Adams Park shortly. 

Sammy, as he’s affectionately 

known, was a regular for the Blues 

between 1963-70 and is 15th on 

the club’s all-time scoring charts 

with 115 goals in 247 appearances. 

A founder member of the Ex- 

Players Association, he’s a regular 

– and vocal – attendee at all the 

Wanderers games. 

PS: A teetotaller, Keith took the 

mandatory breath test and passed 

with flying colours!!! 

Sounds of The Blues 

Ex-players continue to line up for 

appearances on the Wycombe 

Sounds Thursday night show - the 

whole hour from 7pm devoted 

entirely to the Wanderers past 

and present. Tim Langford, one of 

Martin O’Neill’s heroes between 

1992-95, was this week’s guest. 

Teammates Steve Thompson, 

Mickey Nuttell and Paul Hyde were 

recent interviewees. Others this 

season included Sean Devine and 

Dave McCracken from the 2000s 

with Colin Bunting, Mike Brown 

and Les Merrick representing the 

60s. We’ve also had a slightly 

different view of times at the club 

from former groundsman Rod 

Lavers and ex-Bucks Free Press 

Blues’ reporter Stuart Earp. 

Some good listening there. This 

show includes regular interviews 

with ex-players from the 1950s 

right through to today’s stars. 

You can catch this on 106.6FM 

or via the website https:// 

wycombesound.org.uk/ 

You can also reprise any of the 

previous WWEPA interviews in full 

via https://podlink.to/TWWS. 

Sad farewells 

Two sad losses for WWEPA over 

recent weeks. The thoughts of all 

connected with the club are with 

former Reserve team manager Tim 

Anning and family after the death 

of wife Debbie. Aged 66, she had 

been battling cancer for the past 

two years but died peacefully at 

their Chinnor home. The funeral 

took place yesterday. 

Arrangements still to be confirmed 

after the death of Billy Gallacher at 

the age of 76. Earlier in the year he 

had returned home after spending 

six weeks in hospital with Covid 

which delayed a heart pacemaker 

insertion. But he still turned up 

regularly with grandson Oscar to 

watch his beloved Blues including 

a last visit to Adams Park for the 

victory over Gillingham on October 9. 

Living next to the old ground 

in Suffield Road, he graduated 

from being ball-boy at Loakes 

Park in the 1950s to playing. He 

became close friends with all 

the FA Amateur Cup Final side 

especially Paul Bates, then actually 

donned a Blues’ senior shirt twice 

himself in 1963 after an excellent 

schoolboy career with East End 

Utd and Hazlemere. But many 

more than football followers will 

recall his fantastic money-raising 

feats – nearly £50,000 donated 

to Scannappeal – with his Elvis 

Presley silver-suited renditions 

at clubs and pubs including a 

couple of appearances on stage 

at WWEPA events. Our thoughts 

are with Christine, sons Andrew 

and Paul, daughter Jackie and his 

seven grandchildren. 


pompey 

THE OPPOSITION 

portsmouth 

Nickname: pompey – Manager: danny cowley – Stadium: fratton park – Founded: 1898 

Problems in front of goal and 

lack of consistency have so far 

resulted in a below-par start to 

the season for Portsmouth, who 

have struggled to build on last 

season’s play-off push, and travel 

to Adams Park this weekend with 

an indifferent run of form. 

A team who have been trying to 

knock on the Championship trap 

door for the past four seasons, 

Pompey have been a play-off 

regular since their return to League 

One in the 2016/17 campaign after 

a lengthy stint in the lower depths 

of the Football League. 

Danny Cowley’s side in 2021 boast 

a fruitful and talented squad that 

produced a 4-0 thrashing over 

Sunderland at the beginning of 

October, but in the same breath, 

a high squad turnover might 

be considered to have stunted 

progression quite significantly, 

as seen in 4-1 and 4-0 defeats to 

Rotherham and Ipswich respectively. 

As a result they sit 14th in League 

One with 20 points; the same 

amount as division newcomers 

Cheltenham Town, which 

highlights Pompey’s need to 

rally together and start stringing 

together results in the run up to a 

busy Christmas period. 

In seasons gone by, the 

Hampshire-based outfit have 

had notable targetmen to rely 

upon, with the likes of Jamal 

Lowe and Brett Pitman key in their 

pursuits of trying to return to the 

Championship. The goals have 

dried up this term, though John 

Marquis has a prolific pedigree 

and will be eager to build on his 

four goals in 18 outings so far, and 

loanee signings Gassan Ahadme 

and George Hirst are yet to score. 

Their defence has also been an issue 

of late, having not conceded in any 

of their first four league games. 

Since then, they’ve only kept two 

clean sheets in the league – both 

at home – but on the flip side, their 

last four games in all competitions 

(all at Fratton Park) have seen them 

ship just one goal, demonstrating 

some improvement from a run of 

conceding 10 times in three games. 

Despite Pompey’s difficult start, 

there should be no glancing over 

the quality they possess, and the 

Chairboys should be wary they could 

kick into gear in HP12, as was the 

case when Ipswich travelled and 

took away a 4-1 victory last Tuesday. 

Manager: Danny Cowley 

In March of this year, Cowley was 

brought to Fratton Park to replace 

the outgoing Kenny Jackett after a 

run of one win in seven games. 

Cowley had a run in non-league as 

a player before his career ended 

in 2007 due to injury. Plying his 

trade as a midfielder, the 43-yearold 

featured for Boreham Wood, 

Hornchurch, Brentwood Town 

and Concord Rangers, with the 

latter the start of his venture into 

management. 

He spent seven years in charge 

of the Essex-based club, followed 

by a brief spell at Braintree before 

landing himself in charge of Lincoln 

City in 2016, who he returned to 

the Football League via a title win, 

along with a run to the quarterfinals 

of the FA Cup, a stage in the 

competition no other non-league 

side had managed to reach in over 

a century. 

In 2019 he left the Imps and set 

up post at Huddersfield Town, 

where another dismissal came a 

year later. His brother Nicky has 

been his assistant since their days 

at Concord, and continue to work 

together at Portsmouth. 


pompey 

opposition view 

Ahead of today’s League One clash, we spoke 

to Sam Stone from PO4CAST about what the 

Chairboys can expect. 

Pompey currently sit 14th in 

the League One table, with two 

losses, two draws and a win from 

their last five games. Can you 

talk us through some of those 

most recent results? 

Five matches ago Pompey 

demolished league leaders at 

the time Sunderland 4-0 at 

Fratton Park. This was Pompey’s 

first win since August and felt, 

to many, like a turning point in 

our stop-start season. Pompey 

deserved the three points after 

an electric first-half display. This 

was somewhat continued into 

the next fixture at Rotherham 

United. Despite being 1-0 down 

at half-time, Danny Cowley’s side 

looked more than a match for Paul 

Warne’s serial League One ‘escape 

artists’. After Marcus Harness had 

equalised for Pompey, the three 

points appeared there for the 

taking. What followed, yet again, 

plunged Pompey’s campaign 

back into disarray. Three goals 

in seven minutes from the hosts 

exposed the soft underbelly of 

this Portsmouth team that was, 

yet again, laid bare in the following 

home fixture against Ipswich Town. 

Paul Cook’s side running out 4-0 

winners in what has been labelled 

by some as the worst performance 

ever seen at Fratton Park by a 

Pompey side. The reaction at 

Accrington was positive, but again 

frustrating as Pompey had to settle 

for a draw, despite dominating 

throughout; conceding soft goals, 

yet again, stifling Cowley’s side. 

Since then, an unconvincing 1-0 

win against a free-falling Bolton 

and a timid 1-1 draw at home to 

Cheltenham Town have hardly 

ignited much optimism. 

You seem to be struggling with 

injuries at the moment - how do 

you think that’s been affecting 

recent results? 

Danny Cowley has been 

unfortunate with injuries. Centrehalf 

and captain Clarke Robertson 

started his Pompey career with 

three clean sheets and was rock 

solid alongside Sean Raggett. 

The fixture against MK Dons 

saw Robertson pick up an injury 

which won’t see him return until 

next month. Consequently, the 

next four fixtures saw Pompey 

adapt to a makeshift 3-4-3 and 

concede eight goals, highlighting 

the importance of Robertson 

to the side. Other notable 

absences include an injured Ellis 

Harrison; this has resulted in no 

competition for John Marquis 

up-front and some sub-par 

performances from the onceprolific 

frontman. 

Considering those injuries, who 

will be the key players in the mix 

to take on the Chairboys? 

Pompey will be without standout 

performers Irish international 

Gavin Bazunu and accomplished 

midfielder Joe Morrell for this 

weekend’s clash. The absence 

of Morrell will guarantee a start 

for Louis Thompson in midfield. 

Thompson’s performances have 

been a positive after being eased 

into action after a career plagued 

by injuries. The former Norwich 

man has already shown, from his 

minimal game time, that he has 

the quality, pace, and physicality 

to perform at a higher level. In a 

season of sub-par performances, 

Marcus Harness’ recent scoring 

exploits also make him a player to 

keep an eye on. 

Danny Cowley has also hinted 

that youngsters Harry Jewitt- 

White, Harvey Hughes and Izzy 

Kaba have been in and around 

first team training. Do you think 

they’d be good additions for 

Saturday’s travelling squad? 

Injuries to Robertson, Harrison 

and rumours of further injuries 

picked up over the week, mean 

they simply have to be training 

with the squad. None of these 

youngsters have been near 

starting in League fixtures, with 

the Papa John’s Trophy the only 

stage to show their worth. The 

lack of an effective reserve or 

under-23 side has hindered 

numerous academy graduates 

at Pompey and is something 

that needs to be resolved. In 

the case of Jewitt-White, there 

have been rumours of clubs 

further up the pyramid looking 

at the midfielder. It wouldn’t be a 

surprise to see the 17-year-old on 

the bench Saturday to make up 

the numbers. 

Finally, what’s your score 

prediction? 

It will be a battle. Pompey have 

struggled to put together any 

sort of attacking fluency in recent 

weeks and Wycombe like to fight 

to the very end. Pompey will 

need to show some grit if they 

want to gain anything at Adam’s 

Park. I don’t think this will be 

one for the footballing purist. 

An early Pompey goal wouldn’t 

be a surprise, but it’s a question 

of whether they can stand firm 

amidst the eventual Wycombe 

onslaught that will follow. 1-1 

would be my prediction and an 

excellent result for Pompey. 


The Big Picture 

ADEBAYO AKINFENWA CELEBRATES HIS LATE 

WINNER IN THE LAST MEETING BETWEEN THESE 

SIDES AT ADAMS PARK.

THE CHAIRBOYS 

2021/22 season 

Your Chairboys 

2 

Jack Grimmer 

3 

Joe Jacobson 

4 

Dominic Gape 

5 

Anthony Stewart 

6 

Ryan Tafazolli 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 12 0 75 0 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: 

21 

gls: 

2 

Apps: 

323 40 

gls: 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: 

7 

gls: 

0 

Apps: 

179 gls: 

3 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 17 2 267 18 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 14 4 35 6 

The Scottish defender arrived 

in 2019 after leaving Coventry 

and has become a regular 

feature in the Chairboys’ 

backline. 

PLAYER SPONSOR: 

Home: Christine Barry 

Away: Arran White 

Training: Gina Clarke 

Junior Blue: James Govan 

Set-piece king Jacobson 

signed for the Blues in 2014 

and has been virtually everpresent 

in defence, scoring 

countless vital goals. 


Home: Piledesigns 

Away: Robertson’s Estate Agents 

Training: Ceri Saunders 

Junior Blue: Stanley Lavender 

Gape joined from 

Southampton in January 2017 

after a successful loan, and 

scored the goal that sealed 

promotion from League 2 

in 2018. 


Home: Alan & Mike Sunderland 

Away: Christine Barry 


Junior Blue: AVAILABLE 

Youth team product Stewart 

made his debut for the club 

in January 2012 and returned 

from a year at Crewe in 2015. 


Home: Risboro’ Fish 

Away: Karen Adams 

Training: Karen & Cliff Mooney 

Junior Blue: Cian Moore 

Powerful Iranian defender 

Tafazolli joined the Blues 

from Hull in 2020 and starred 

in the second half of the 

Championship season. 


Home: Jorja & Toby 

Away: Keith & Shirley Blagbrough 

Training: Liam O’Rourke 


7 

David Wheeler 

8 

Curtis Thompson 

9 

Sam Vokes 

10 

Matt Bloomfield 

12 

Garath McCleary 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 13 1 93 8 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 18 1 131 2 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 18 4 18 4 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: 

1 

gls: 

0 

Apps: 

547 43 

gls: 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 14 5 47 9 

Former Exeter and QPR man 

Wheeler arrived at Adams 

Park in July 2019 and has 

proved his versatility in many 

attacking positions. 


Home: WWISC 

Away: Michael van de Vyver 

Training: Owen Butler 

Junior Blue: Jake Lavender 

Thompson first signed on 

loan from Notts County 

in January 2018 and later 

made his move permanent, 

winning the Player of the Year 

prize the following year. 


Home: Chiltern Historics & Luke Saunders 

Away: Chris Harvey & John Clegg 

Training: Available 

Junior Blue: James Foster 

Capped 64 times 

by Wales, Vokes landed at 

Adams Park in July 2021 

after leaving Stoke City, with 

plenty of Premier League 

experience behind him. 


Home: Owen Barnes and Mabon Wilcox 

Away: Available 

Training: Harry & Peter Goodacre 

Junior Blue: CIAN MOORE 

Club legend Bloomfield 

signed for the Chairboys in 

2003 and has made close to 

600 appearances, also taking 

up a coaching role this year. 


Home: Reuben & Sara Cox 

Away: John Vipond 

Training: Louise, Reta & Anthony Stone 

Junior Blue: Owen Butler 

The Jamaican winger 

has plenty of experience 

in the top two tiers with 

Nottingham Forest and 

Reading, and joined the Blues 

in November 2020. 


Home: John Palmer 

Away: Michael van de Vyver 

Training: Liam Cracknell 


HOW TO SPONSOR a chairboy 

Sponsor a player’s home or away shirt for £580, or take up the training kit for £120. 

Call 01494 472100 option 2 or email commercial@wwfc.com to book. See wwfc.com for more details. 


THE CHAIRBOYs 

13 

David Stockdale 

16 

Sullay Kaikai 

17 

Daryl Horgan 

18 

BRANDON hanlan 

19 

Anis Mehmeti 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 18 6 39 14 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 14 0 14 0 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 16 1 58 2 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 16 4 16 4 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 13 0 42 3 

Ex-Fulham and Brighton 

man Stockdale is the club’s 

first-choice keeper, signing 

a permanent deal in 2019 

having previously enjoyed a 

short loan spell. 


Home: Nick & Peter Lerner 

Away: Alicia Kennedy 

Training: Miriam Payne 


Exciting forward Kaikai helped 

Blackpool win promotion in 

2021 and switched to Adams 

Park that summer, soon after 

earning his first cap for Sierra 

Leone. 


Home: Mike & Kathy Locke 

Away: AVAILABLE 

Training: AVAILABLE 


Ireland international Horgan 

signed for Wycombe in 

August 2020 and scored on 

his debut, providing attacking 

flair across various positions. 


Home: Neil Jewsbury 


Training: Liam Cracknell 

Junior Blue: Mollie Raraty 

Former Charlton youngster 

Hanlan arrived at Adams 

Park in August 2021 after 

impressing at League 1 level 

for Gillingham and Bristol 

Rovers most recently. 


Home: Robertson’s Estate Agents 


Training: Liam O’Rourke 


The former Norwich 

youngster arrived in 

September 2020 and won 

Young Player of the Year 

in his first season, earning 

Albania under-21 caps. 


Home: John Vipond 

Away: WWFC Trust 

Training: Elaine Norman 


20 

Adebayo Akinfenwa 

22 

Nick Freeman 

23 

Jordan Obita 

26 

Jason McCarthy 

28 

Josh Scowen 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 15 3 226 58 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 4 0 130 7 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: 

22 gls: 

0 

Apps: 

31 

gls: 

0 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 12 0 135 8 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 18 0 118 3 

The ‘Beast’ is known 

worldwide for his immense 

strength and is the club’s 

record goalscorer in the EFL 

era, having signed in 2016. 


Home: Tina & Charlotte Davis 

Away: Chris Moore 

Training: The Isaac Family 


Freeman signed for 

Wycombe in 2016 after 

impressing on trial, having 

worked his way up the nonleague 

ladder previously. 


Home: Rose Family 

Away: Wendy Laidler 

Training: Emily Isaac 

Junior Blue: Lily Vipond 

Talented left-sided player 

Obita signed from Oxford in 

January 2021, after spending 

most of his career with 

Reading. 


Home: John Vipond 


Training: Alex & Phil Mullis 


Attacking wing-back 

McCarthy was Player of the 

Year in his first spell with 

the club, and rejoined on a 

permanent deal from Millwall 

in 2020. 


Home: Arran White 

Away: The Booth Family 

Training: available 

Junior Blue: lucas owen 

Combative midfielder Scowen 

rejoined the Blues in July 2021 

after leaving Sunderland, 

having developed through 

Wycombe’s academy prior to 

spells with Barnsley and QPR. 


Home: Alan Parry 

Away: Margaret & Alan Hodgson 

Training: Graham Sloper 


29 

Tjay de barr 

31 

adam przybek 

33 

oliver pendlebury 

M 

GARETH AINSWORTH 

A 

richard dobson 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: Apps: 4 1 4 1 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: 

5 

cs: 

0 

Apps: 

5 

cs: 

0 

2021/22: total: 

Apps: 

8 

gls: 

2 

Apps: 

8 

gls: 

2 

Gibraltar international de 

Barr burst onto the scene 

at Wycombe, scoring a 

last-minute equaliser in 

the Carabao Cup win at 

Stevenage. 


Home: Jeremy Boyd 




Former West Brom and 

Ipswich keeper Przybek 

signed for the club in July 

2021, making his debut in 

the Carabao Cup win at 

Stevenage. 


Home: available 

Away: Robertson’s estate agents 

Training: available 

Junior Blue: available 

Pendlebury signed for the 

Chairboys in July 2021 from 

Reading FC, scoring a brace 

in the win at Cheltenham in 

August. 


Home: The Abbis Family 

Away: available 

Training: Ryan Isaac 

Junior Blue: available 

Blues boss Ainsworth 

joined the club as a player in 

2009 and took the reins as 

manager in 2012, guiding the 

club from League 2 to the 

Championship. 


Home: James Sumner 

Away: Lisa Bowker 

Training: Ben Prior-Wandesforde 

Junior Blue: cian moore 

Former youth team boss 

Richard Dobson arrived at 

Adams Park in 2007 and 

stepped up to the position of 

assistant manager in 2011. 


Home: OWWSA 

Away: Keith Sleight 

Training: Cheryl Kipping 


THE CHAIRBOYS 

We’re handing over our matchday advertising to local 

businesses like Cheshire’s Chest around the UK 

Cheshire’s Chest are a family-run eBay business 

based in Aylesbury. They specialise in gifting 

and personalisation products with their state-ofthe-art 

in-house laser engraving machine! 

Over the last two and a half years, founders 

Nikki and Conchita have used their shared NHS 

and eCommerce experience to develop unique 

products including their medical jewellery 

range - with 10% of all sales going to charity. 

When you buy from Cheshire’s Chest, you’re 

doing your bit for the community as well as 

bagging yourself a one-of-a-kind piece of bling! 

They started as a small eBay business and have 

continued to grow with an incredible reputation. 

So, for all things customisable and gifting, check 

out Nikki and Conchita’s Cheshire’s Chest. 

Throughout the season, eBay are shining a light 

on local businesses by handing over advertising 

space in stadiums up and down the country 

so they can once again have their voice at the 

heart of football. 

eBay Cheshire’s Chest 


THE CHAIRBOYs 

COMMERCIAL BREAK 

Commercial manager Harry Gadd provides an update 

Welcome back to Adams Park on what promises to 

be another bustling afternoon at Adams Park. 

Last Tuesday’s match against Ipswich drew in 6,943 

fans under the lights of Adams Park, with only six spots 

remaining in The Whites Beaconsfield Terrace. To see 

fans from the surrounding areas of High Wycombe 

coming to cheer us on was fantastic and we are 

continually looking to grow our connection with local 

residents and get them along to watch the Chairboys. 

A big thanks to SHUFL Capital who supported the 

game as match sponsor and well done to Brandon 

Hanlan who was chosen by SHUFL Founder, Simon 

Webster, as the game’s man of the match, presenting 

him with a bottle of champagne in the Ignite Tunnel 

Club after the game. 

For today’s game we welcome 3B Hire, local car and 

van hire company and the club’s Official Automobile 

Partner. 3B Hire are the region’s largest independent 

vehicle rental company and fans may have seen their 

branding across our Twitter page, via their away 

day quiz or on the back of the club’s fleet of vehicles 

provided to us by the family run business. We’re 

pleased to welcome Ross Batting and his guests for 

today’s game and we thank them for their support of 

the club. 

Elsewhere in commercial news, we’re delighted to 

welcome a new addition to our growing portfolio of 

partners. Troo are an energy broker from the northeast 

of England and have recently implemented 

new energy suppliers at the ever-expanding training 

ground. They have sourced competitive prices from 

several energy suppliers and will provide business 

energy management through their Troo Assure 

service. Their branding will appear across the back 

of the away stand as well as across a variety of 

the club’s social media channels. We look forward 

to meeting their team as match sponsors for the 

Sunderland game and to seeing the partnership grow 

over the coming years. 

With Christmas right around the corner (and 

temperatures getting lower and lower!), there’s no 

better time than now to treat the family to some 

winter hospitality. We will have a Christmas menu 

on offer for our game against AFC Wimbledon on 

December 11th and a traditional Boxing Day feast 

on the December 26th, so why not bring along the 

family to enjoy the game in style. Please contact 

commercial@wwfc.com for more information and to 

get booked in – spaces are filling up! 

If you would like to join us and experience all that 

Wycombe Wanderers has to offer, please get in 

touch at commercial@wwfc.com. Whether it be 

programme advertising, LED minutes or corporate 

hospitality and match sponsorships, we have 

opportunities for companies of all sizes, so please 

get in touch to discuss how we can add value to your 

business. 


THE CHAIRBOYS 


THE CHAIRBOYs 

Match Report: Caversham 0 - 

5 WWFC U18’s 

Wycombe Wanderers restarted 

their league campaign after a 

2 week break with a bang to 

celebrate fireworks weekend! 

The game had everything; 

penalties at each end, an own 

goal, near misses and spectacular 

shots. 

Wycombe arrived at Clayfield 

Copse wearing their brand-new 

kits with pride. The game started 

brightly with plenty of attacking 

play and it wasn’t long before Jess 

Fuller put the Chairgirls ahead, 

1:0. Caversham were not to be 

underestimated and fought back 

strongly and before long won a 

penalty. Sophie Carter showed no 

fear in goal, she stood firm and 

calm to make the save sending 

the ball over the bar for a corner. 

Caversham were denied. 

Wycombe regathered, fired up 

again and pressed forward. Naomi 

Tilley was working her magic 

down the left-hand side but was 

chopped down just inside the box 

with a clumsy challenge. Ruby 

Paish stepped up to take the 

penalty and there was never any 

doubt that she would put it away, 

2:0 to Wycombe at half time. 

The second half started with 

Wycombe hungry for more 

Photos by 

Sheena 

Booker 

THE CHAIRGIRLS SAW THE U18S BACK IN ACTION 

AFTER A TWO WEEK BREAK WITH A 5-0 VICTORY OVER 

CAVERSHAM. THE RESERVES OVERCAME AYLESBURY 

UNITED WITH A CLEAN SHEET AND A MEGA 8 GOALS 

BEING SCORED. 

goals. A well struck corner from 

Chloe Mackay put the Caversham 

defence under pressure 

unfortunately for them turning 

the ball into their own net. 3-0 

Wycombe. 

Caversham worked hard in defence 

with some strong tackling, but 

Wycombe were passing beautifully 

making runs down both sides and 

displaying versatility amongst 

the players, whereby a number 

featured in several positions. A 

well worked move down the righthand 

side between Lenis Cook 

and Jess Fuller saw the goal of the 

game. Lenis struck a powerful right 

footed shot on the edge of the box 

leaving the keeper stranded as it 

looped over her, 4:0 Wycombe. 

Molly Carter, always with a keen 

eye for goal capitalised on a tired 

Caversham scoring the fifth and 

final goal. Another great team 

performance from each and every 

player. 

Women’s Football Weekend 

This weekend is Women’s Football 

Weekend. This weekend, our 

teams are playing away with the 

first team playing at Oxford City 

and the reserves take a trip to 

Eversley. 

Our teams have regular home 

games with the firsts playing 

at Buckinghamshire College, 

Flackwell Heath and our Reserves 

& U18s playing at Lane End Playing 

Fields. 

With last season behind closed 

doors for many months, any 

support for the Chairgirls is hugely 

appreciated by the staff & players 

at Wycombe Wanderers. 

U18s sponsorship 

Our U18s have another sponsor 

on board for the season and so a 

partnership has been formed with 

Franchi Plc. 

Franchi have a reputation in the 

DIY industry with products and 

services ranging from key cutting, 

to tools & builders materials. 

Owner Guerrino Franchi 

established the business in 1970 

and this year, celebrates 50 years 

in the industry. The business is 

family run with other members 

also joining in on the venture. 

For further information on Franchi, 

please visit their website: https:// 

www.franchi.co.uk. 

Recent Results 

U18s: Wycombe 5-0 Caverham 

Goals: Fuller, Paish, Caversham 

OG, Cook & Carter 

Reserves: Wycombe 8-0 Aylesbury 

United 

Goals: Gilbert (4), Bray, Creighton, 

Norfolk & Savage 

Upcoming games 

First Team: Oxford City (A); Sunday 

14th November, 2pm. 

Venue: Oxford City FC, OX3 0NQ 

Reserves: Eversley & California 

(A); Sunday 14th November, 2pm. 

Venue: ECFC, Fox Lane, Eversley, 

Hampshire, RG27 0NS 

U18s: Stanford in the Vale 

(A); Saturday 20th November, 

10.30am. 

Venue: Stanford, SN7 8HX 


THE CHAIRBOYS 

Welcome back to Adams Park, 

Chairboys fans, and a massive 

Buckinghamshire welcome to 

all the players, staff and fans 

from Portsmouth Football Club. 

And a special welcome to our 

counterparts from ‘Portsmouth 

in the Community’, Pompey’s 

charity partner. 

We’d like to say a massive thank 

you to just over 500 of you who 

came out for the midweek fixture 

against Burton Albion. Among 

them were our special guests, 

Luker Rowe, chartered insurance 

brokers with more than 30 years’ 

experience, who are based just 

down the road in Amersham. 

A massive thank you to Luker 

Rowe President Chris Luker for 

the continued support, and to 

Marketing Consultant Cathy Sears 

for helping organise the evening. 

The result wasn’t ideal, though, 

as Burton Albion ran out 5-0 

winners on the night. A young 

Chairboys side put up a good 

fight for the majority of the 

match but were eventually 

overrun by a strong Burton side. 

But, to make the best of this 

result, we are going to look at five 

fabulous things that are going on 

here at the Wycombe Wanderers 

Sports & Education Trust. 

#1 Our Santa Fun Run 

in Marlow! 

We are pleased to announce that 

members of our team will be 

participating in the Marlow Santa’s 

Fun Run to raise funds for our 

charity. Not only that but we’ll also 

be joined on the day by club mascot, 

Bodger, who will lend his support by 

pounding the streets with us! 

The 5km run, organised by the 

Rotary Club of Marlow and takes 

place on Sunday 5th December 

2021, and is aiming to raise over 

£60,000 for local charities via the 

participant entrant fees as well as 

the sponsorships that each of the 

runners will try to raise for their 

chosen charity. 

Like the vast majority of charities, 

WWSET’s finances were adversely 

affected by Covid-19 meaning 

our fundraising efforts moving 

forward have to be prioritised, 

especially considering that local 

need has also grown during the 

pandemic and there’s now more 

local people requiring support 

than there was pre-pandemic. If 

you are in a position to donate 

to our fundraising appeal, nomatter 

how much or how little, 

come across to our social media 

channels where we have pinned a 

link to donate. 

#2 Our Half Term Camps 

After a week of fun-filled football 

delivery, our October soccer 

schools, based at Cressex 

Community School in High 

Wycombe and The Beaconsfield 

School over in Beaconsfield, 

came to an end on Friday 29th 

October. The sessions were 

delivered by our fantastic Sports 

Participation coaching team 

and saw 81 unique participants 

visit us over the course of the 

week, which resulted in 2,025 

hours of football activity being 

undertaken. 

Apart from a brief spell of 

torrential rain on the last day, 

we were largely unaffected by 

any bad weather and were able 

to enjoy ourselves out on the 

football pitches. Our October 

Soccer Schools were booked 

with the added back up of having 

indoor space to utilise in the 

event of bad weather but, with 

the week being fairly dry, we were 

able to maximise our time out on 

the grass! 

Activity Programme Manager, 

Andy Homent said, “we enjoyed 

a massively successful week over 


THE CHAIRBOYs 

both venues with even more new 

faces coming to visit us for the 

first time! We were delighted to 

welcome them all and they had a 

fantastic time!“ And we’re doing 

it all again over Christmas, with 

places going fast. We are SOLD 

OUT for Cressex, but there are 

a handful of places still available 

at our Beaconsfield camp, so 

move quickly if you want to join 

us. Details on how to sign up are 

on our website. We did see the 

return of our highly successful 

Saturday Morning club last week 

too, and details of how to join are 

on our website too. 

#3 The launch of our 

Equality Action Plan. 

Our Equality Action Plan 

was created by the WWSET 

EqualiTeam which was formed in 

March 2021 when we recognised 

that we needed to be more 

proactive in demonstrating 

our commitment to Equality, 

Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) 

throughout the charity. 

WWSET is committed to creating 

a culture that has equality, 

diversity and inclusion at its core. 

We celebrate and value people’s 

differences and will always strive 

to learn and develop when it 

comes to ED&I matters. By doing 

this we hope to continually ignite 

understanding, opportunities, 

respect, empowerment and 

allyship within our work place 

and wider community. 

#4 We are expanding 

our team! 

We are on the lookout for 

two enthusiastic and creative 

young people, who will be aged 

between 18 and 24, to fill the 

roles of ‘Community Health 

& Wellbeing Activator’ and 

‘Education Support Officer’. 

Both positions offer paid 

employment and an opportunity 

to pick up valuable, transferable 

skills and experience. Your 

personal development will 

be supported through your 

time with us via additional 

training and mentoring as well 

as supporting your eventual 

pathway into further employment 

or education post-placement. 

More information on both 

opportunities as well as details 

on how to apply can be found on 

the WWSET website under the 

‘Vacancies’ tab. 

#5 We were joined by the 

Mayor at our Walking 

Football session. 

We were delighted to be joined 

at our walking football session 

last week by the Mayor of High 

Wycombe, Andrea Baughan, as 

we moved the sessions from 

outside in the cold at Lane End 

Playing Fields to our warm, inside 

pitch at Wycombe Leisure Centre. 

Head of Health, Simon Wears, 

joined Colin Bezley live on the 

multi-award winning Wycombe 

Sound during the session to talk 

about it. 

Walking football offers a 

multitude of health benefits to 

older people such as reducing the 

risk of cardiovascular disease and 

stroke, whilst helping to improve 

blood pressure. Walking football 

also gives an often isolated 

section of the community the 

chance to become involved in 

something they really enjoy and 

make new friends. 

There’s a lot going on as always 

here at WWSET, and we’d love 

you to be involved! Whether 

it’s joining us for one of our 

upcoming sessions (there are 

a couple of announcements 

coming up on this), taking part in 

one of our upcoming fundraising 

events, or simply supporting us 

by liking and sharing our social 

media channels, we’d love to hear 

from you. Our inbox is always 

open at community@wwfc.com. 

Finally, we are delighted to 

launch our ‘Pre-Apprenticeship in 

Football Coaching’ programme 

today, where we are working 

with Bucks Council and their 

Virtual Schools department. The 

course will offer young people 

the chance to learn about the insand-outs 

of football to help them 

aspire to work in the industry 

when they are old enough to 

qualify for an apprenticeship. 

Areas covered include coaching 

and media work, as well as the 

broader principles of teamwork, 

planning and organisation. There 

will be more to follow on this as 

it gets underway, but we’d like 

to thank you Maria Seth from 

Buckinghamshire Council for 

working with us on this incredible 

project. 

We hope you enjoy the game 

today, let’s get back to winning 

ways and grab another three vital 

points. Adams Park was rocking in 

the last league game here against 

Ipswich so sing your support loud 

for the boys! Come on you Blues! 


THE CHAIRBOYS 

DATE K/O COMP H/A OPPOSITION ATT. REF RES STARTING XI 

AUGUST 2021 

SAT 7 15:00 SBL1 H Accrington Stanley 4,551 Breakspear W 2-1 Stockdale McCarthy Grimmer Stewart Jacobson 

TUE 10 19:45 CCup A Exeter City 2,555 Rock W 0-0* Stockdale Grimmer Burley Jacobson Freeman 

SAT 14 15:00 SBL1 A Cheltenham Town 3,860 Boyeson W 3-1 Stockdale Kaikai Grimmer Stewart Jacobson 

TUE 17 19:45 SBL1 A Wigan Athletic 8,671 Backhouse D 1-1 Stockdale Kaikai Grimmer Stewart 1 Jacobson 

SAT 21 15:00 SBL1 H Lincoln City 5,030 Bell W 1-0 Stockdale Freeman Grimmer · Stewart Jacobson 

TUE 24 19:45 CCup A Stevenage - Bourne W 2-2** Przybek Ram Tafazolli Jacobson · Kaikai 

SAT 28 15:00 SBL1 A Sunderland 29,344 Busby L 1-3 Stockdale Grimmer Tafazolli Jacobson Kaikai 

TUE 31 19:00 EFLT H Aston Villa u21 1,409 Howard L 1-3 Przybek Wheeler Thompson McCleary Hanlan 

SEPTEMBER 2021 

SAT 11 15:00 SBL1 A Oxford United 9,082 Sarginson D 0-0 Stockdale Grimmer Stewart Tafazolli Jacobson 

SAT 18 15:00 SBL1 H Charlton Athletic 5,832 Wright W 2-1 Stockdale Grimmer Stewart Tafazolli Jacobson 

TUE 21 19:45 CCup A Manchester City Jones L 1-6 Stockdale Stewart Tafazolli Jacobson Gape 

SAT 25 15:00 SBL1 A Milton Keynes Dons 9,355 Oldham L 0-1 Stockdale Grimmer Stewart · Tafazolli Jacobson 

TUE 28 19:45 SBL1 A Shrewsbury Town 4,510 Joyce W 2-1 Stockdale · Grimmer · Stewart · Tafazolli 1 Jacobson 1 

OCTOBER 2021 

SAT 2 15:00 SBL1 H Morecambe 4,161 Reeves W 4-3 Stockdale McCarthy Stewart Tafazolli 1 Jacobson 

TUE 5 19:00 EFLT A Milton Keynes Dons 1,320 Pollard L 1-2 Przybek McCarthy Obita Grimmer Jacobson 

SAT 9 15:00 SBL1 H Gillingham 4,992 Friend W 2-1 Stockdale McCarthy Stewart Tafazolli Jacobson 

SAT 16 15:00 SBL1 A Doncaster Rovers 6,134 Stockbridge W 2-0 Stockdale Stewart 1 Tafazolli Jacobson McCarthy 

TUE 19 19:45 SBL1 A Rotherham United 8,104 Madley D 0-0 Stockdale Stewart Tafazolli · Jacobson McCarthy 

SAT 23 15:00 SBL1 H Crewe Alexandra 4,813 Martin W 2-1 Stockdale Stewart Tafazolli 2 Jacobson McCarthy 

SAT 30 15:00 SBL1 A Fleetwood Town 2,657 Kitchen D 3-3 Stockdale Grimmer Jacobson · Stewart Tafazolli · 

NOVEMBER 2021 

TUE 2 19:45 SBL1 H Ipswich Town 6,943 Swabey L 1-4 Stockdale Jacobson Gape Stewart Tafazolli 

SAT 6 15:00 FA C A Hartlepool United 4,271 Drysdale D 2-2 Przybek Jacobson 1 · Gape Wheeler Thompson 

TUE 9 19:00 EFLT H Burton Albion 593 Speedie L 0-5 Przybek Burley Forino Ram Parsons · 

SAT 13 15:00 SBL1 H Portsmouth 

TUE 16 19:45 FA C H Hartlepool United 

SAT 20 15:00 SBL1 H Bolton Wanderers 

TUE 23 19:45 SBL1 A Plymouth Argyle 

SAT 27 15:00 SBL1 A Sheffield Wednesday 

DECEMBER 2022 

TUE 7 19:45 SBL1 H Burton Albion 

SAT 11 15:00 SBL1 H AFC Wimbledon 

SAT 18 15:00 SBL1 A Bolton Wanderers 

SUN 26 15:00 SBL1 H Cambridge United 

WED 29 19:45 SBL1 A Ipswich Town 

JANUARY 2022 

SAT 1 15:00 SBL1 A Charlton Athletic 

SAT 8 15:00 SBL1 H Sunderland 

SAT 15 15:00 SBL1 H Oxford United 

SAT 22 15:00 SBL1 A Morecamber 

SAT 29 15:00 SBL1 H Milton Keynes Dons 

FEBRUARY 2022 

SAT 5 15:00 SBL1 A Cambridge United 

TUE 8 19:45 SBL1 H Shrewsbury Town 

SAT 12 15:00 SBL1 A Lincoln City 

SAT 19 15:00 SBL1 H Cheltenham Town 

TUE 22 19:45 SBL1 H Wigan Athletic 

SAT 26 15:00 SBL1 A Accrington Stanley 

MARCH 2022 

SAT 5 15:00 SBL1 A Crewe Alexandra 

SAT 12 15:00 SBL1 H Rotherham United 

SAT 19 15:00 SBL1 A Portsmouth 

SAT 26 15:00 SBL1 H Fleetwood Town 

APRIL 2022 

SAT 2 15:00 SBL1 H Doncaster Rovers 

SAT 9 15:00 SBL1 A Gillingham 

FRI 15 15:00 SBL1 H Plymouth Argyle 

MON 18 15:00 SBL1 A AFC Wimbledon 

SAT 23 15:00 SBL1 H Sheffield Wednesday 

SAT 30 15:00 SBL1 A Burton Albion 

* Wycombe won on penalties 4-3 | ** Wycombe won 5-4 on penalties 


THE CHAIRBOYs 

KEY: HOME GAMES ARE IN BOLD | GOALSCORER 1 | BOOKED · | SENT-OFF · | STARTING XI | FIRST SUB | SECOND SUB | THIRD SUB | FOURTH SUB | OWN GOAL ‡ 

SUBSTITUTES 

Obita Pendlebury Horgan Scowen McCleary 2 Vokes Akinfenwa 61’, Mehmeti 69’, Freeman 81’, Bloomfield, Kaikai, Samuel, Przybek 

Thompson Bloomfield Obita Kaikai Mehmeti · Samuel Pendlebury 45+5’, Horgan 45’, McCarthy 45’, Vokes 62’, Stewart, De Barr, Przybek 

Obita Pendlebury 2 Mehmeti Scowen Vokes 1 McCleary Freeman 75’, Akinfenwa 76’, Thompson 90+2’, Samuel, De Barr, Przybek, Burley 

Obita · Pendlebury · Scowen Mehmeti McCleary Vokes Thompson 59’, Horgan 60’, Akinfenwa 73’, Freeman, Samuel, Przybek, Burley 

Obita Thompson · Horgan Scowen Vokes · 1 McCleary Kaikai 63’, Mehmeti 84’, Akinfenwa, Samuel, Przybek, Pendlebury, Burley 

Burley · Pendlebury · Obita Samuel Mehmeti Akinfenwa 1 Stewart 45’, Horgan 66’, De Barr 71’ 1, Vokes, Kashket McCleary, Dickinson 

Thompson Scowen · Obita Mehmeti Horgan Vokes Wheeler 69’ 1, De Barr 74’, Akinfenwa 74’, Dickinson, Przybek, Pendlebury, Burley 

Pendlebury Burley Ram Linton Forino Parsons 1 Dickonson, Jacobson, Kaikai, Obita, Clark 

Thompson · McCleary Obita Scowen Hanlan Vokes Horgan 71’, Akinfenwa 73’, Wheeler 88’, Kaikai, McCarthy, Przybek, Pendlebury 

Thompson McCleary 2 Scowen Obita Vokes Horgan Akinfenwa 76’, Kaikai 81’, Hanlan 84’, Gape, Wheeler, McCarthy, Przybek 

McCarthy Wheeler Kaikai Obita Akinfenwa Hanlan 1 Vokes 65’, Horgan 68’, Scowen 75’, Grimmer, Thompson, Przybek 

Thompson McCleary Scowen Obita Vokes Horgan Hanlan 73’, Akinfenwa 73’, Wheeler 79’, Gape, Kaikai, McCarthy, Przybek 

McCarthy Scowen Thompson Kaikai · Vokes Hanlan Wheeler 70’, McCleary 82’, Akinfenwa 87’, Horgan, Mehmeti, Obita, Przybek 

Thompson 1 McCleary Scowen Obita Vokes 1 Horgan 1 Hanlan 71’, Mehmeti 88’, Wheeler 90+5’, Grimmer, Kaikai, Akinfenwa, Przybek 

Gape Pendlebury Mehmeti Parsons Hanlan 1 Wheeler · De Barr 67’, Thompson 90+2 ·’, Dickinson, Stewart, Tafazolli, Vokes 

Thompson McCleary 1 Scowen Obita Hanlan 1 Vokes Mehmeti 84’, Akinfenwa 84’, Wheeler 88’, Grimmer, Gape, Przybek, Parsons 

Scowen Thompson Obita McCleary Akinfenwa 1 Hanlan · Wheeler 62’, Horgan 77’, Gape 83’, Grimmer, Kaikai, Mehmeti, Przybek 

Gape Scowen Obita Horgan McCleary Vokes Kaikai 71’, Hanlan 76’, Thompson 90+5’, Grimmer, Wheeler, Mehmeti, Przybek 

Thompson Scowen Obita McCleary Vokes Hanlan Gape 68’, Kaikai 75’, Akinfenwa 82’, Grimmer, Wheeler, Horgan, Przybek 

Thompson Vokes 1 Horgan Hanlan 1 Akinfenwa 1 Scowen · Obita 56’, Wheeler 65’, Mehmeti 79’, Przybek, Gape, Kaikai, McCarthy 

Wheeler 1 Vokes Hanlan · Obita McCarthy Scowen · Akinfenwa 76’, Horgan 76’, Kaiakai 76’, Przybek, Grimmer, Thompson, Mehmeti 

Vokes Kaikai Horgan · Obita · McCarthy Forino 1 Mehmeti 70’, Scowen 70’, Hanlan 84’, De Barr 90+2’, Pendlebury, Parsons 

Obita Pendlebury Leathers Mehmeti Hanlan Linton Clark 45’, Wakely 45’, Anderson 


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NEWS FROM WYCOMBE WANDERERS TRUST 

Thanks to all our members 

as we exit renewals season, 

and fast approach our Annual 

General Meeting. 

I’m excited to share some more 

details of the AGM including the 

profiles of those standing to be 

Trust Directors. You will be able 

to join us in person at Adams 

Park, and by Zoom for those who 

this suits better. 

Date: 

Thursday, 18th November 2021 

Time: 

Meeting commences 7pm, but 

please arrive earlier (see below) 

Location: 

In person the Caledonian Suite, 

Adams Park from 6:30pm 

Virtually: To pre-registered 

members via Zoom from 6:45pm 

We would really appreciate our 

members’ participation in this 

year’s Trust AGM; in the past 

two years we have seen highs 

and lows (but mainly highs) on 

the pitch, and we have seen the 

role of the Trust transform from 

running the club, to helping to 

represent the voice of the fans 

and supporting our valuable 25% 

share of the club and ownership 

of Adams Park. Hearing directly 

from fans week in week out at 

matches and at the AGM really 

helps us represent our members 

more effectively. 

In accordance with the Trust’s 

Rules, one third of the current 

Trust Board is required to retire. 

Nigel Kingston, Peter Lerner, Bob 

Massie, and Trevor Stroud are 

therefore retiring from the Board. 

All four are offering themselves for 

re-election and Jon Workman is 

seeking election for the first time. 

To see the candidate election 

addresses you can visit the 

Trust website. 

Voting in the Board Election 

Each fully paid up member has 

four votes in the election of 

Board Directors, you can vote in 

three different ways: 

1. In person at the AGM - details 

will be shared on the night 

2. Via Zoom at the AGM - an 

email will be sent at least 7 days 

before the AGM allowing you 

to pre-register. Each registered 

member will be able to vote, so 

if you live in a household with 

more than one member you will 

each need to register and join the 

Zoom meeting. 

3. By email in advance. You can 

vote by emailing secretary@ 

wycombewandererstrust.com 

subject line “Directors VOTE”. 

Your email must be received by 

midday on November 18th, 2021 

and those emailing a vote in 

advance will not be able to vote 

again at the AGM. 

We look forward to seeing you in 

the Caledonian Suite, or on Zoom! 

Join the Trust! 

Wycombe Wanderers Trust 

retains 25% ownership of 

Wycombe Wanderers Football 

Club and is the sole owner of 

Adams Park. We continue to 

provide 2 of the 5 Board Directors 

at the club, and have a good 

working relationship with all key 

members of staff at Adams Park. 

Having sold a controlling stake 

of the club in 2021, our most 

important role is now to represent 

the views of supporters and ensure 

that fans will continue to have a 

say in the way the Club is run. 

That is why we are urging 

everyone to join, and encourage 

friends and family to join too. 

We’ve made a few changes to the 

Trust membership scheme this 

year, which improves benefits 

for members and will we hope, 

attract more younger members 

to the Trust. 

Prices have been frozen, or in 

some cases reduced, and as ever 

you can pay monthly or annually, 

to help ‘support the quarter’. 

Thank you for your continued 

support for the Trust… 

and the Blues! 


Wycombe Wanderers 

Manager: Gareth Ainsworth 

Jack Grimmer 2 

Joe Jacobson 3 

Dominic Gape 4 

Anthony Stewart 5 

Ryan Tafazolli 6 

David Wheeler 7 

Curtis Thompson 8 

Sam Vokes 9 

Matt Bloomfield 10 

Garath McCleary 12 

David Stockdale GK 13 

Sullay Kaikai 16 

Daryl Horgan 17 

Brandon Hanlan 18 

Anis Mehmeti 19 

Adebayo Akinfenwa 20 

Jack Wakely 21 

Nick Freeman 22 

Jordan Obita 23 

Adam Leathers 24 

Jason McCarthy 26 

Josh Scowen 28 

Jean-Baptiste Fischer 27 

Tjay de Barr 29 

Tyla Dickinson GK 30 

Adam Przybek GK 31 

Curtis Anderson GK 32 

Oliver Pendlebury 33 

Andre Burley 34 

Max Ram 35 

Malachi Linton 36 

James Clark 37 

Chris Forino 38 

Connor Parsons 39 

Next Up @ Adams Park 

portsmouth 

Manager: Danny Cowley 

1 Gavin Bazunu GK 

3 Lee Brown 

4 Clark Robertson 

5 Haji Mnoga 

6 Shaun Williams 

7 Gassan Ahadme 

8 Ryan Tunnicliffe 

9 John Marquis 

10 Marcus Harness 

11 Ronan Curtis 

13 Kieron Freeman 

14 Jayden Reid 

15 Mahlon Romeo 

16 Connor Ogilvie 

17 Ellis Harrison 

18 Reeco Hackett-Fairchild 

19 George Hirst 

20 Sean Raggett 

21 Joe Morrell 

22 Liam Vincent 

23 Louis Thompson 

24 Michael Jacobs 

26 Paul Downing 

27 Miguel Azeez 

32 Adam Payce 

33 Alfie Bridgman 

34 Issiaga Kaba 

35 Alex Bass GK 

36 Toby Steward GK 

37 Dan Gifford 

38 Harry Jewitt-White 

40 Elliott Simpson 

41 Harvey Hughes 

43 David Setters 

44 Jamie Howell 

Jay Mingi 

Tuesday 16th November 2021 

Kick Off 7.45pm 

Today’s MATCH OFFICIALs 

Referee: Tom Nield 

AR1: Geoffrey Russell 

AR2: Anthony Da Costa 

Fourth Official: Sam Purkiss

Wycombe Wanderers v Portsmouth

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