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Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, currently playing in Football League One. The club's official nickname is "The Chairboys", and they play in dark and light blue quarters. The name of Wycombe's ground is Adams Park. The club is currently managed by former Aldershot Town coach Gary Waddock, who is assisted by Martin Kuhl. The club were voted Family Club Of The Year Award twice in a row in 2006-07 and 2007-08. This is the first time that the award has been given to the same club in consecutive seasons.
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[edit] 1887-2001The club was founded in 1887 by a group of furniture-makers, and settled at Loakes Park in High Wycombe in 1895. From 1896 they played in the Southern League, but had little success in a league dominated by professional teams. They moved to the Great Western Suburban League in 1908 and to the Spartan League after the First World War. After winning the Spartan League they joined the Isthmian League in 1921. Although they won the FA Amateur Cup in 1931 it would be 1956 before they won the first of eight Isthmian League titles. Wycombe Wanderers famous navy and light-blue quartered kit is described as Oxford and Cambridge Blue in their early days, although the club had no connection with the Universities, the players being local working men. The two blues have also been attributed to the town colours of High Wycombe. Wycombe Wanderers have used variations of their famous quartered kit, but due to supporter pressure, have left their football strip largely unchanged since 1996-97.  In 1985 they were promoted to the Football Conference (then the Gola League), and though they only lasted one season they were promoted again at the first attempt. Two important changes occurred in 1990: the Chairboys left Loakes Park for a new home at Adams Park, and Martin O'Neill was appointed manager. Under O'Neill they won the FA Trophy twice and were eventually promoted to The Football League in 1993 following a bad-tempered campaign alongside Roy McDonough's Colchester side in 1991-92. They were an immediate success in the League, winning promotion in their first season, beating Preston in the play-off final at Wembley and then narrowly missing out on the Division Two playoffs in their second due to number changes caused by the introduction of the FA Premier League. Martin O'Neill left the club for what would turn out to be a short tenure at Norwich in 1995, and the side became, at best, mid-table performers in Division Two. The club tasted more success under the guidance of Lawrie Sanchez as they enjoyed an epic FA Cup run in 2000-01 which saw them reach the semi-final where they were beaten by Liverpool 2-1 at Villa Park, Keith Ryan scoring the Chairboys' goal. To get there Wycombe had to beat Harrow Borough, Millwall, Grimsby Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wimbledon (on penalties) and Leicester City (who were then in the Premiership). [edit] Lucky Wycombe Comanche At the end of the previous season (1998-1999) the club purchased a lucky charm, a Native American 'Comanche'. The 5 ft wooden statue was spotted by the team on the way to Sincil Bank, Lincoln City for the last game of the season. The team coach passed a second hand shop on the way to the ground and decided that if they win and subesquently survive relegation they would purchase him and he would become the club's mascot. The Comanche was purchased and painted in Wycombe colours. He remained at the club throughout the Sanchez reign and he even featured in the centre of the squad photo in the 1999-2000 season. He was put on the centre circle before home matches at Adams Park. It is now believed to reside somewhere in Scotland. [edit] The Post Sanchez Era Sanchez was sacked just a few months into the 2003-04 season after a terrible start that saw the club near the bottom of the table. His successor was former Arsenal and England defender Tony Adams but he was unable to save Wycombe's season and they were relegated in 2004, joining Football League Two for its first season under that name. Their first season in League Two saw a change of manager as John Gorman took charge of the club after a brief spell as caretaker manager the previous season. Wycombe finished the season in 10th place. However, a 21-match unbeaten start to the 2005-06 campaign saw them lead the division for a considerable amount of time. During the second half of the season, the club was rocked by two setbacks. On the 14 January 2006, whilst a match against Notts County was in progress, 21 year old midfielder Mark Philo, who had made 19 appearances for the club, died in hospital after a car crash the previous night. His manager, John Gorman, paid tribute to him by saying, "He was a fantastic kid. He lived for football and always had a smile on his face." Just a few weeks later, Gorman's wife Myra died after a long illness, leading to him taking a period of compassionate leave away from the club. Around this time Wycombe went on a six-match losing run, seeing them drop out of the automatic promotion challenge, finishing in 6th. They were eventually defeated 2-1 on aggregate by Cheltenham Town in the play-off semi-finals. It was later announced that Gorman had been relieved of his duties as the club's manager as the Wycombe board did not believe that he was in the right condition to manage the club (he then took up the vacant position at Northampton Town a few days later). After a five-week search, the club announced that the former Celtic captain Paul Lambert was to be the new manager having ended a managerial spell at Livingston that season. The 2006-07 season began well with Wanderers winning 11 of their first 22 games and progressing into the Semi-Finals of the Football League Cup beating teams including Fulham and Charlton Athletic of the Premier League -- the first time the club has lasted past the Second Round of the League Cup competition and the first time a team from the bottom tier has reached that stage since Chester City in the 1974-75 season. This gives Wycombe the distinction of being the only club to make it to at least the semi final of the major Professional and Amateur cups. The team also defeated local rivals Oxford United in the FA Cup, but lost to Stockport County in the second round. On December 19, 2006, they reached the semi-finals of the League Cup after winning away to Charlton Athletic 1-0, with 4,500 Blues fans making the journey. They were drawn against Chelsea, and heroically held the champions to a 1-1 draw at Adams Park in the first leg. Unfortunately for the Wanderers, in the return leg on January 23, 2007, Chelsea won 4-0 at Stamford Bridge to win 5-1 on aggregate[1]. This feat made Wycombe Wanderers the only Football League side to reach the Semi-Finals of the FA Trophy, the FA Amateur Cup, the Football League Trophy, the Football League Cup and the most prestigious of all, the FA Cup. Whilst undoubtedly a heroic achievement, the cup run, along with injuries to key players, contributed to a falling away of league form. For the second successive season, the club's promotion challenge faltered, and a run of eleven League games without a win (and four straight defeats) at the end of the season meant that Wanderers could only finish in 12th place. The summer saw a considerable rebuilding of the playing squad, and Wycombe started the 2007–08 season with eleven new signings. Early form was inconsistent as the new players took time to settle - progress in the League was steady rather than spectacular, and the club went out of all the Cup competitions at the first hurdle. In addition, the leading goalscorer from the previous season, Jermaine Easter, became unsettled at the club, and was eventually sold to Plymouth Argyle for an initial fee of £210,000. The turning point was a 6-0 reverse at Stockport County in December. Following this, the club put together a run of four successive League wins, and climbed into the play-off positions on Boxing Day. A more consistent second half of the season saw the play-off position maintained, and Wanderers came up against Stockport County again in the semi-finals at the end of the season. A 1-1 draw in a tense and physical first leg at Adams Park was followed by a narrow 1-0 defeat at Edgeley Park to end the club's hopes of promotion for another season. Three days after the play-off defeat, it was announced that Paul Lambert had resigned from his position as manager, stating that "the time has come for me to move on". At a press conference on May 29, 2008 Peter Taylor was announced as Wycombe's new manager. The 2008/09 season started well for Wycombe, with them embarking on an 18 match unbeaten run in the league, from the start of the season until December 6th when this was ended by Aldershot Town, who beat Wycombe 3-2. Wycombe's unbeaten home record in the league was ended by Grimsby Town, which saw the 'table toppers' beaten 1-0 by the strugglers, which was only Grimsby's 3rd win of the campaign so far. On the last day of the season they managed to get promoted, even though they lost and the teams either side of them (before the last match was played) in the league table won. The 4th place team, Bury F.C. , had the same amounts of points as Wycombe but 1 less goal difference. Wycombe had a disappointing start to 2009/10 and after picking up just six points from their first 11 games, they parted company with manager Taylor. Wycombe appointed Gary Waddock from Aldershot Town to become the new manager with his first game being a 1-1 draw against rivals Colchester United. [edit] RivalryWycombe's main rivals are considered to be Colchester United. Whilst not a local rivalry, there is a history between the two clubs going back to the 1985/86 season, when Wycombe, then a non-league club, defeated Colchester 2-0 in an FA Cup tie marred by crowd trouble at Loakes Park[2]. Colchester and Wycombe were also involved in a two-horse race for the Conference title throughout the 1991/92 season, during which Colchester defeated Wycombe 2-1 at Adams Park with an injury-time wind-assisted winner from their goalkeeper, Scott Barrett. Another controversial meeting was during the 1998/99 season. Relegation-threatened Wycombe were leading Colchester 2-1 at Adams Park until the ninth minute of stoppage time, when Colchester were awarded, and converted, an equalising penalty. Rivalries against more local clubs such as Oxford United, Reading and Watford are less passionate, mainly because Wycombe do not have a long history of playing these clubs on a regular basis. Wycombe's chief rivals as a non-league club were generally considered to be Slough Town. The two clashes during the Conference title-winning season of 1992/93 drew crowds of 7,230 (at Wycombe), and 4,500 (at Slough) [edit] FansThe club's average league attendance was 5,109 in the 2008/09 season. [3] There are two elected fan representatives on the club board, one from each of the two former Supporters Trusts, which have now combined[4]. Famous fans include sports commentator Alan Parry, who has served as a director of the club, and is currently Head of Media and Public Relations, news presenter Bill Turnbull who works for the club as a commentator for its online services, and former Doctor Who actor Colin Baker. Actor Warren Clarke began his support for the club after making a surprise substitute appearance for an International XI in the final match at Loakes Park, on 7 May 1990[5]. He was briefly a season ticket holder in the early 1990s, as a member of the Vice Presidents Club, until Martin O'Neill's departure. [edit] Players
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Famous former players include:
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Source: Wycombe Wanderers at the Football Club History Database Premiership 2000-2001 [edit] Coaches (until 1968) and Managers
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