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Our attendances are poor, and it comes down to 3 main factors, all of which are impossible or difficult to change:

1. Accessibility: AP is miles from the town centre and railway station, and is a pain to drive to/from on matchday
2. Demographics: Wycombe has a high proportion of people (including my parents) who moved from other parts of the country (Liverpool and Scunthorpe in my parents' case) to live and work in London / the South East. They don't have deeply embedded links to the area and are therefore less likely to support the football team or get their children into WWFC. For example, I was raised as an Everton fan because of my Dad, and he very rarely comes to Wycombe games unless we're at Wembley. In addition, Wycombe has a huge South Asian community (mainly Pakistanis), especially in the younger age groups. For whatever reason, this demographic does not support local teams. They nearly all support Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man U, PSG, Real Madrid, etc
3. Proximity of other teams. First, we're just outside London, so it is easy to support a London Prem team. In addition, if you wanted to support a local EFL team, anyone west of Stokenchurch is in Oxfordshire and will likely support Oxford. Anyone north of Aylesbury will likely support MK or Luton. Anyone south of Maidenhead will be closer to Reading. Anyone in Amersham or beyond will be closer to Watford. And anyone in Gerrard's Cross or further is closer to London teams like QPR. This leaves a very limited area for a core local support base. Compare us to places like Shrewsbury, Lincoln, Oxford, Swindon, etc, all of whom are in the centre of their county and have nowhere near the same level of pressure from other EFL teams or from London Prem teams

Lack of school engagement, crappy / leaky facilities, high prices, dreadful catering, difficult access. It’s all been done to death but the club don’t seem interested in the crowds. Yet another policy of the new owners I find puzzling, but it’s not my millions going into the club.

No longer in the 92 😉

But yeah, that is in the middle of nowhere! And up a beast of a hill I think?

One of the greatest guys in football, you're lucky to have him. Will run himself into the ground for you, incredibly good in the air for his height, and knows where the goal is. Hope he helps you stay up!

Delighted with this!

https://www.shrewsburytown.com/news/2025/february/20/shrewsbury-town-snap-up-david-wheeler/

Where are your millions going, @Lloyd2084 ?

You don’t have to answer that if you’re not in the mood. 🫢🙄

I reckon so, or at the very least completely revamp Adams Park - let's be honest, it's not in the best shape. Somewhere a similar distance out of town but with better access would be an upgrade, assuming we can't build *in* town (I mean, where would we put it?).

I probably would have said Premiership at the time

I do agree that we have people in South Bucks that have historically supported other clubs Watford , QPR locally and of course the big london clubs . I doubt there are more than a hand full who support the likes of Reading , Oxford Utd , Brentford , Fulham though and as for any lower league clubs within 40 miles like Wimbledon you can probably count then on one hand . Clubs like Leyton Oreant , Wimbledon and the like all have much bigger gates than us with no more people living in ther immediate vicinity and they hanve an even closer pull from the big London clubs . There is no way generations in Shrewsbury have not supported the big Birmingham Clubs , even Stoke is 40 miles one way and Liverpool 70 miles to the north . Maybe we have mathmatically more on out doorstep but they are not without them in a measurable amount . They are also lower league club who like us have fans that support premership clubs from thier armchairs . Shrewsbury has a population of 70k. If you include Hazlemere and Loudwater (which we all know are pretty much part of Wycombe )ours is double that . Our support is crap and we are not unique in having bigger clubs in the area . We have been in the league for over 30 years now . I therefore repeat my view that it is highly dissapointing that we get such low gates . Shrewsbury I will remind you are near the bottom of the table and get higher gates than us .

Genuine question: is there a worse-located ground in the 92? There are grounds further from the town centre (although probably not many), but they're not generally plonked down the end of an industrial state with one road in and out and difficult parking!