Ten years ago today (25/8)…

Blimey!

Ten years!

Wycombe Wanderers vs Bristol Rovers. Sky Bet League Two.

3:00pm, Saturday 25th August 2012, Adams Park.

Abandoned 66 minutes due to safety reasons.

Wycombe Wanderers 1
R Logan (14)

Bristol Rovers 3
L Brown (10)
E Richards (34, 36)


Manager Mark McGhee made one change to his starting lineup for this game, and that saw Wayne Brown come into the side in place of Seanan Clucas.

Rovers enjoyed a great deal of early possession, but they might well have been behind on four minutes when Wycombe almost scored from their first attack,.

A cross in from the left saw everyone hesitate before the ball reached the unmarked Richard Logan. However with only Sam Walker to beat he headed into the arms of the grateful keeper.

Rovers continued to take the game to their opponents and deservedly went in front on ten minutes when David Clarkson squared the ball into Lee Brown from out on the left and he struck a ferocious shot past goalkeeper Nikki Bull from six yards.

However they were in front for just four minutes as Logan made up for his earlier miss by heading Past walker from Matt Spring’s cross.

Spring almost added a second for his side when he shot just wide of the upright following a short free kick routine, but Rovers were soon on the attack again and Matt Harrold created a great chance for Eliot Richards, nodding the ball straight into his path.

The young striker hit that effort over the bar, but soon made amends with two goals in as many minutes.

The first came when Harrold chested the ball into his path and he hit a 30 yard shot which was in the back of the net before Bull had completed his dive.

The second came after he picked up a clearance from a Wycombe defender and rifled a first time shot into the top corner of the net.

There were two more chances for Rovers to increase their lead in the final minute of the half, both from the hard working David Clarkson who scuffed his first effort and then saw another shot blocked by a packed home defence.

Clarkson glanced a header wide just after then break while Charles Dunne fired over at the other end,

Clarkson was then denied by a puddle of water as he was faced with an open goal. The ball held up and the striker lost his footing as players were forced into errors by torrential rain accompanied by thunder and lightning.

On 66 minutes the referee took the players off for what was supposed to be a 10 minute break.

However the health and safety officer decided that the lightening posed too much of a danger for fans and players alike and the game was abandoned.


Rovers: Sam Walker, Michael Smith, Adam Virgo, Tom Parkes, Jim Paterson, Eliot Richards, Wayne Brown, matt Gill, Lee Brown, Matt Harrold, David Clarkson

Substitutes: Fabian Broghammer, Oliver Norburn, Ellis Harrison, Conor Gough, Seanan Clucas, Matt Lund, Tom Lockyer



Wycombe Wanderers: Nikki Bull, Anthony Stewart, Dave Winfield, Gary Doherty, Charles Dunne, Joel Grant, Matt Spring, Stuart Lewis, Lee Ango (Gareth Ainsworth, 64), Stuart Beavon, Richard Logan

Substitutes: Grant Basey, Leon Johnson, Dennis Oli, Jesse Kewley-Graham, Matt McClure


Yellow card: Winfield

Referee: Mr A Davies

Never understand the made up disdain for Wycombe.

Ditto Swindon, Oxford, Newport etc etc. Much of it from people who are old enough to have grown up too.

Each to their own.

The wybcombe thing was as much about our protestations, after the game, by Mr Higgs too. Made us look very salty. Still don’t embrace them though as all other games carried on, after the breaks.

Jeez

Jeez. Incredible.
Note to self. MUST remember to insert the word "joke" in parenthesis after posting a bit of banter to avoid upsetting sensitive members on the Forum.
(joke).

Pretty sure I've responded to you about bringing up that comment. Do I have to again? Anyway, let's get the old stopwatch out to see when Father Jack hits the "like" button.
(joke).

I don't think so old boy.
It was probably one of the others. There are plenty of others 😉
Anyhow, enjoy the game on Saturday . . . (joke)

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Ah come on Dave, they're one of the fine branches at the end of a neuron, by which it makes contact either with another neuron or with a muscle or gland cell.

You knew that, you old curmudgeon you.

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