The nickname was used in the early days of the Club but was only resurrected after the 1980's fanzine Chairboys Gas dug out the name from the history books. The stadium was named Adams Park in honour of benefactor and former captain Frank Adams. The club also reached the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time in November 1932, losing to Gillingham in a replay at Loakes Park. Cann left the club to join Norwich City in 1961 and the club's fortunes took something of a downturn during the 1960s. The exact details of the formation of Wycombe Wanderers F.C. The stadium has a current capacity of 9,448 with four stands. The Chairboys were pencilled in to play Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday, January 19 but that will also now not take place after the Owls confirmed positive Covid-19 tests on Wednesday. Lawrie Sanchez was appointed his successor and tasked with keeping the club in the Second Division. ©Copyright 2001-2021. Smillie was sacked in January 1999 with the Wanderers looking destined for relegation back to the fourth tier. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? The club has played at the stadium since 1990; the move from its previous ground Loakes Park was financed almost solely by the sale of Loakes Park to the health authorities in order to facilitate the expansion of Wycombe Hospital. On 22 September 2012, after Wycombe's third successive defeat, Waddock was sacked as manager with immediate effect. Wycombe eventually ended the season in 15th place, nine points clear of relegation. Wycombe kicked off their new season in League Two with a 3–1 victory away at York City. In May last year, the Chairboys were 90 minutes away from dropping out of the Football League. As a non-League club, Slough Town were considered Wycombe's fiercest local rivals. Why are Wycombe Wanderers Football Club nicknamed the chair boys? Wycombe Wanderers fans explore history of nickname. Directed by Robert Aldrich. The club's nicknames ar… The Wanderers drew the first leg 1–1 at Adams Park, with Jermaine Easter scoring a late equaliser after a first half goal from Wayne Bridge. [5], Paul Lambert took over in June,[6] and took the club on another ambitious cup run, this time to the semi-finals of the Carling Cup. John Gregory took over and managed to steer the club to safety on the penultimate weekend of the 96-97 season. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues". Youngsters raced against the clock as they attempted to put together a traditional Wycombe chair. The club appointed Martin O'Neill as his successor and he went on to lead the Wanderers to unprecedented success. ", "The end of amateurism - News - Wycombe Wanderers", Official Wycombe Wanderers Supporters Association website, Wycombe Wanderers Independent Supporters Club website, Chairboys On The Net (includes season by season archive), Every match result and league table since joining the Football League, 1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C.&oldid=1024002376, Association football clubs established in 1887, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from October 2011, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 19 May 2021, at 15:08. They also reached the League Cup semi-finals in 2007 and then gained promotion out of League Two in 2008–09. The club traditionally plays in quartered shirts of navy (Oxford blue) and pale blue (Cambridge blue). [9], Taylor was sacked in October 2009 after a poor start to the season,[10] and was replaced by Gary Waddock who was unable to save the club from relegation back to League Two. Jacobson almost scored direct from the resulting corner with one of his trademark inswinging deliveries which have deceived several second tier defences this term. Following the near-relegation of the previous season, Gareth Ainsworth released seven players from the club,[21] including defender Leon Johnson who had made 200 appearances in 7 years. 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. Welcome to #ChairboysLive! This stand was rebuilt in 2001, almost doubling its previous size. Reactions: Jonny2773 and zorro_mfc. It has three tiers; the upper tier is known as the Frank Adams Stand (like the stadium, named after former captain Frank Adams), with a capacity of 2,842; the middle tier contains 20 executive boxes, plus the Woodlands Lounge, and has a capacity of 360; the lower tier is the (Origin) Family Stand, with a capacity of 1,700. A rivalry with the more distant Colchester United also exists due to the two clubs battling to win promotion to the Football League in the early 1990s. 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. He led the side to a third-place finish, and achieved a points total of 80, the highest the club had recorded since its promotion to the Football League. The play-off final took place on 23 May and within five seconds of kick-off Wycombe midfielder Sam Saunders pulled his calf muscle and had to be substituted for Matt Bloomfield in the fourth minute. Southend won the shoot out 7–6 when Sam Wood's effort was saved by Bentley.[23]. So on Friday 21 st February 2020, the £450,000 loan that had been made in 2013 by Chairboys Funders Ltd (“CFL”), via Frank Adams Legacy Limited (“FALL”), to Wycombe Wanderers Football Club was finally repaid. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. A significant factor was the abolition of amateur football by the FA in 1974 which left the club without a sense of purpose. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Gareth Ainsworth's Chairboys … This is now the new look gasroom.co.uk where The GasMan gives you a regular dose of uncluttered Wycombe Wanderers related news, nostalgia and exclusive updates to the Chairboys on The Net archive. Wycombe Wanderers have made history by earning promotion to the Championship. The internet is turning up nothing and digging around in Wycombe forums was not my plan for the afternoon. The club remained active during the Second World War, competing in the Great Western Combination, which was won in 1945. Since becoming a Football League club, the Chairboys have built rivalries chiefly with near neighbours Oxford United, Milton Keynes Dons, Luton Town, Reading and Watford.[27]. Wycombe are called the Chairboys because of the tradition of chair-making in the town of High Wycombe. With Charles Durning, Louis Gossett Jr., Perry King, Clyde Kusatsu. Having previously never passed the second round, Wycombe defeated Fulham away, and knocked out then Premier League side Charlton Athletic in the quarter-finals. However, after a 3–0 win away at Torquay,[19] and Bristol Rovers losing to Mansfield Town,[20] Wycombe finished in 22nd place, above Bristol on goal difference, to remain in the Football League. The team will compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system, in the 2021-22 season after finishing 22nd in the 2020-21 Championship. [14] The season also included their 125th anniversary, and the shirt design was an adaptation of their first-ever kit, in Oxford and Cambridge Blue halves (instead of quarters). The Wanderers beat Hayes 1–0 in the final at Highbury, home of Arsenal. On 30 June 2012, the Wycombe Wanderers Trust (Supporter owned) formally took over the club. [citation needed], Adams remained in the manager's job for just a year, resigning in November 2004, and John Gorman was appointed as his successor. Wycombe Wanderers Football Club owner Rob Couhig, right, shakes hands with a boy at the so-called Chairboys' stadium, Adams Park. EX-WANDERERS players were at Adams Park on Saturday as the club explored the history behind its 'Chairboys' nickname. The club recovered to become only the third in history to do the non-league double. [22] The 2014–15 season saw the club spend the majority of the season in the automatic promotion places. In July 2011, after much argument and debate, Wycombe District Council announced that work on the community stadium proposed at Wycombe Air Park would stop.[11][12]. In their first season in the Second Division, Wycombe finished sixth, but due to league re-organisation, missed out on a play-off place, and O'Neill left to become manager of First Division Norwich City in June 1995. 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. His tenure saw a record of 21 league games unbeaten at the start of the 2005–06 season. The club suffered yet more FA Amateur Cup disappointment at the semi-final stage, losing 2–1 to Hendon at Griffin Park, Brentford.
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