Wycombe Wanderers Hall of Fame
Out here in the States, leagues and clubs will have a Hall of Fame and/or a Ring of Honour, for past players, coaches and executives.
Usually there is a limiting factor, such as no more than five inductees per year.
My question is, if a Hall of Fame was initiated for Wycombe Wanderers with only five inductees per year, what who would be included in each of your first three years?
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First Year - Jim Ray, Datchet Webb, John Randell, Billy Dimock and George Cook
Could take days to work out the next 10.
Mixture of contribution to the cause, huge characters and favourite players, and only from players I saw play...starting with the earliest lot and moving towards the recent.
Year 1 - Cousins, Carroll, Ryan, Guppy, Scott
Year 2 - Hyde, Evans, Brown, Garner, Paul McCarthy,
Year 3 -Martin Taylor, Tyson, Bloomfield, Bayo, JJ
I originally had Scowen in there, but as a current player his time will come down the line, so moved him out to Garner.
Nice - I'd add a rule where one "off field" character can be added each year, so MON, GA, Bodger etc.
Martin O’neill, Frank Adams, Tony Horseman, Len Worley, Mark West
As someone who’s first game was in 2011, I’d say the following:
Year 1 - Frank Adams, Martin O’Neill, Gareth Ainsworth, Dave Carroll, Keith Scott
Year 2 - Len Worley, Tony Horseman, Jason Cousins, Steve Guppy, Joe Jacobson
Year 3 - Adebayo Akinfenwa, Martin Taylor, Mark West, Paul McCarthy, Steve Brown
Under my self imposed rules anyone currently employed by the club is ineligible, therefore no Bloomfield (yet).
I'd love it if the club actually did this. The induction nights each year would be epic!
Five a year is too many, after not very long you'd be just including all players that were good
Year one should be Frank Adams only, just to reiterate he is in a league of his own
Two per year thereafter
Don't get me started on this subject.... id have bluey back all day long over that bobble headed cartoon looking monstrosity we call bodger 😅
True, and alternate rule could be that any nominees still have to be voted in (by the Gasroom, obviously). So in starting a Hall of Fame, you might have up to five to get the obvious ones in, but after a certain point, a voting threshold has to be reached with a nominee limit of three (so you might only get one or two in).
Okay, now I am giving this way too much thought. If RC was still here you know it would be happening!
Preach
As a relative newbie, why was Bluey replaced with Bodger, and when did it happen?
1998 if I remember correctly, it was due to practicality issues of the Bluey the Swan costume.
That and Bluey being so shit it was a laughing stock.
But still a million miles better than Bodger, the Starmer of football mascots.
It's a football mascot that's an anthropomorphised waterfowl, of course it's going to be shit. In Bluey's case, spectacularly so.
The Bodger head is fucking terrifying isn't it.
Out of interest, when was bodger phased out and why?
Bodger is still here
Kids seem to love him, which is the main thing surely?
Bluey the Swan told me to "fuck off" at Filbert St, quite the claim to fame (I was being a bit of a prick though to be fair, if you can imagine such a thing)
You can tell I don't get down to AP very often (get to more away games). Though I was at the Birmingham game with my kids and didn't see Bodger. Another Succession reference but your Filbert St story reminds me of Nephew Greg in the theme park!
Verbally abused by bluey the swan.
That's one for the wank bank.
I remember a game against Swansea at Adams Park which, pre-match, saw the Swansea players warming up by trying to hit Bluey with long range shots to a huge cheer from the away end when someone managed it. It turned rather bad tempered from there.
That's an idea for half time entertainment...
Opposition fans trying to kick footballs to hit home team mascot on the goal line. Kicking towards the away fans so misplaced shots hit their fellow supporters.
I think you're on to something @Twizz
the costume was too heavily soiled to be used again after the journey out of Maine Road on a glorious evening followed by a sherry celebration
I only have a few vague and fleeting memories of Bluey, but as @eric_plants comment kind of varifies.... I just remember him being a bit more volatile and amusing?!!
A bit more fiasty like a real Swan..... mess with me pal and I'll fucking break your arm with a flap of my wing!
Bodger just seems a bit lame. He walks he waves..... boring.... I can't see him ever getting in a comedy punch up with another mascot.
Maybe we need a mascot called Roadie, who looks like an unfinished, well, road.
Chairlifty?
GA looked like a roadie.