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He's not been mentioned but I really think Vokes will give us a boost when he comes back. Offers something completely different.

Going back to the 1884/1887 discussion, it depends on whether you are of the opinion that Wycombe Wanderers (formed in the Steam Engine pub in 1887) were a continuation of North Town Wanderers (formed in 1884).

https://www.wwfc.com/news/2012/august/how-it-all-began/

North Town Wanderers were (according to the linked article on the club website) a scratch side playing informally arranged games against local sides. The formation of Wycombe Wanderers was an attempt to form a more organised club to compete at a higher level, maybe also hoping to galvanise the support of the town behind a single club.

I would be of the opinion that the decision to move away from what were effectively kickabouts down the park into organised competitions would be the formation of a new club, though the history of North Town Wanderers is very much part of the Wycombe Wanderers story.

Top Twenty for the Total Crowd: [5829]

Many congratulations to @wwfcblue -First Forecaster of the Week for the New Year with a miss of 22.

Congratulations to Chat gpt and its mentor @manchesterchairboy - out by 67, to @SmiroludyBlue - out by 69 and to @perfidious_albion - out by 72.

The race at the top of the Seasonal Leaderboard gets even more interesting.

Top Twenty for the Away Crowd: [Actual 630]

Many congratulations to @thecatwwfc with the best estimate of the number of Exeter fans - out by just 3.

Congratulations to @Commoner and @SmiroludyBlue who also had single digit misses - out by 5 and 9 respectively.

Congratulations also to @MFH_Blue, to Chat gpt by @manchesterchairboy and to @PJS who were all well with 5% [31].

Total for the Home Crowd; [Calculated 5199]

Many congratulations to @perfidious_albion with the best forecast of the faithful, out by just 17.

Congratulations to @MindlessDrugHoover; @our_frank; @SmiroludyBlue; Chat gpt by @manchesterchairboy and @mooneyman who were all within one hundred.

It was a very good week for Chat gpt, not just appearing in all three table for the first time, but congratulated on all three measures.

A mention also for @BicesterB - 2nd week of predictions and in touch for the home crowd and actually 21st for the total crowd.

My apologies for this appearing after the Blackpool game has happened.

On the game itself, I thought that first half, apart for a 15-20 minute spell from around 5 minutes we were struggling a little bit until we were gifted the goal.

The start of the second half with Scowen and Humphries swapping places I thought we looked a lot better up until the Humphries head ‘injury’.

Low should have scored - not seen any replays but I actually thought a Blackpool player played everyone onside at the time.

Hartridge’s first tackle was poor and deserved a booking but the second was just a slightly mistimed tackle and definitely didn’t I thought.

At first after the sending off I thought Blackpool would overrun us but I thought the triple substitution worked well.

Like most on here I really wished we didn’t stop trying to score with about 10 minutes left (but it did bring back happy memories of doing it against Plymouth I think with the immovable object that was Bayo).

Overall and 24 hours later it feels more a point gained than two points lost after the sending off.

I had extensive discussion with the late (and much missed) Dave Finch about the formation date. Dave’s main argument was that he found no evidence in his research for the book of WWFC existing pre-1887.

As a result the club opted to change their formation date from 1884 to 1887.

My argument back to Dave was that just because he did not find the evidence (and his research was extensive) it doesn’t mean the formation date should have been changed.

For those of us who grew up with the Blues at Loakes Park our formation year will always be 1884 regardless of the (excellent) detective work that explained the reason for that misunderstanding and ‘proved’ that we were actually founded 3 years later than originally believed.

Pert Steve (@Steve_Peart ) having written the book stating 1887 what's your take?

Chairboys on the net reckons 1887 too, having discredited 1884.

https://www.wwfc.com/club/history

"Wycombe Wanderers were founded in 1887"

There is no doubt that Dave and Steve put their heart and soul into it. Regardless of my own viewpoint on formation date I acknowledge just how much effort went into it which should be appreciated by generations of Wycombe fans.

It's not, but how can you claim 1884 if there isn't anything to suggest it was 1884?