Very important for the club to take note!
After this evening’s semi-final win we’re off to Wembley on April 7th. But can I please ask the club to press very hard for us to get the West end of the ground this time!!!
When we beat Kidderminster, Runcorn & Preston our fans were at the West end of Wembley Stadium. You can’t really count the Oxford game but when we lost to Southend & Sunderland we were at the East end of Wembley.
I don’t know the criteria for deciding who gets which end but it seems crazy for Wycombe to be given the East end anyway when Wembley Stadium station is nearest to the West end. Superstitious or not, I’d rather be watching the match from where we have a 100% winning record than from the end where we have a 100% losing record!!! Get to it WW!
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It’ll be 3rd time lucky I’m hoping for many of our younger fans
I'm just hoping there is a stadium ban on drums/drummer. I have no desire to spend a wedge of money to be sat within earshot of that.
Our 7th Wembley appearance since 91.
3 with the great Martin O’Neil
3 with Gareth Ainsworth
and now this one.
Add to that two great semi-final appearances (FA cup and League cup) and I have been spoilt since starting to support the mighty blues in 1990.
Spot on, some fans of much bigger clubs never get to see them play at Wembley.
Await formal announcement but I understand ends and shirt colours were sorted at a meeting of all 4 semi final clubs prior to the SF taking place. I think we will be pleased with the first at least!
Actually our 9th, how can you forget the London 5’s which we won two years in a row against Premiership teams. They cancelled it after that!
I remember the Preston fans being somewhat perplexed as we showed them around Wembley on our third visit in 3 years, they had not visited for 30 years.
Hopefully Matt can push for the Playoffs next season.
I’d feel happier with ‘in League One’ in that last sentence. (I still think we need to keep sight of that line below us - despite our recent upturn we are a point nearer to being the wrong side of it than we we a few weeks ago)
We have indeed become quite used to making our way up Wembley way in recent years.
Never ever take a Wembley appearance for granted however. Many clubs of our size have only experienced it very rarely, indeed there may be some who never have. Who knows after this one, it may be twenty years before the next. Enjoy the day
It was 25 years before I got to see us play there despite us being one of the top amateur clubs in the country for most of that period. (It was a travesty that the Brian Lee era teams never made it and if you want to see a grown man weep just mention plastic pitches and Hyde United to me and fans of my generation)
So yes - I won’t take it for granted
Do we take it that we will be in green stripes not blue quarters then @AlanCecil ?
Yes, you do have a point.
We have turned a corner but last night was on a level of some of the regular poor performances this season. We have Max, Kone and Butcher to thank for the win, not forgetting Matt made the changes so he has to take some credit for the last 10 minutes.
I suspect our form, game in hand over some and our goal difference should see us safe with 48 points but we should not be complacent.
I'm just gutted I am on a family holiday in Thailand. I suspect, judging by our group alone that 20-30% of Wycombe fans will be on holiday or already busy that weekend. I think if we took 12-15k that would be a good showing. for us.
Accrington and Crawley are the teams who have never been to old/new Wembley.
Actually couldn't help looking it up and assuming the article is right, makes quite a good quiz.
Apparently there are currently five league clubs who have not played at the New Wembley , two of which never played at the old Wembley either. List of both if you please.
Or the red kit - if Peterborough won the right to wear blue.
Ten more points should do it. It would be great if we could pick them up against Cheltenham, Reading, Wigan and Cambridge making the day at Wembley a bit more relaxing!
even better to chalk 3 off at Stevenage on Saturday, I'd say.
@Kim_il_Swan has already named the two never to play at either. Are we excluding teams who were in the PL when Spurs played at Wembley?
Interestingly, Hartlepool nearly got to Wembley for the first time but were thwarted by a late comeback from Rotherham in the EFL Trophy semis a couple of years back. But as they've since dropped out of the EFL, they've come off the list (for now).
Good point.
Then they almost got there again, only for the National League playoff final to be moved to Ashton Gate.
As for the end debate, it doesn't make a blind bit of difference, let's be honest.
Sorry missed @Kim_il_Swan post. Accrington and Crawley are the only two never to have played at either Wembley. There are three (all EFL teams - Tottenham league games count) who have not played at New Wembley (if the article is correct)
Semi-educated guess: Burton, Fleetwood, Barrow
No to all three
Blackburn Rovers?
Ipswich, Blackburn and Col U
Yes apparently they are the three. As an old boy, rather hoping that Ipswich and Blackburn get there soon, leaving Colchester alone.
Ahh, I thought Blackburn had as they reached the 06/07 FA Cup semis - but that was the last season before the semis were switched to Wembley.
Wasn't that Ashton Gate situation the previous season...? (something to do with Wembley being needed for the covid-delayed Euros from 2020?) 🤔