To be honest, if it were not for the beast that listens to the name Antebayo Akinfengua and the bet, probably no one in Greece would have known about Wycombe Wanderers. It makes sense, considering that we are talking about one of the thousands of football teams that exist in England and that has never even reached the Championship in 133 years of history.
But this is expected to change very soon. You see, the "blues" prevailed with 2-1 of Oxford in the final of the playoffs of Ligue 1 and secured for the first time in their history a place in the second ranked football category of the Island!
For that to happen, the coronavirus had to send the Wanderers to the playoffs first. Gareth Ainsworth's team was out of the top six when the championship was called off, but had fewer games than those above it. Her average points per game raised her to 3rd place after the final stop, which meant that Wycombe would fight for promotion to the playoffs!
The first obstacle was Fleetwood, of the quarrelsome Joey Burton. Easy away 4-1 in the first match, relaxed 2-2 in the rematch and to the final.
At Wembley, the opponent was Oxford with the great experience, certainly greater than that of the Wanderers. After a fierce battle, the plate was tilted towards the underdog. Stewart gave the lead to Wycombe only in the 9th minute, but Sikes brought the match equal in 57 '. But the "blues" had more to say. In the 79th minute, they won a penalty and Jacobson was on target. The final whistle of the end found the Ainsworth players wildly celebrating their great achievement. They had succeeded. Next year they will play in the Championship, along with Coventry and Rotherham, who had risen directly as first and second…
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