THERE is always an added incentive to excel when playing against a former club and Joe Jacobson wants to do exactly that against Accrington Stanley on Saturday.

The Wycombe Wanderers left-back has enjoyed two spells with Stanley during his career and made his first strides as a professional with the club.

While the 29-year-old still has a number of friends at the club, he has promised to be fully committed to picking up a win at Adams Park.

He said: “I have spoken to one or two of the Accrington players as I do all year and I have told them I am not messing around this weekend.

“I want to win this match as much as anyone else and when you do play against your mates at any level you want to get one over them, and have the bragging rights.”

Wycombe may no longer be involved in the race for the play-offs, but their two remaining fixtures put them in a position where they could have a major say in the final standings near the summit of League Two.

The match against Accrington will be followed up with a visit to local rivals Oxford on the final day of the season.

The sides are currently second and third respectively and results against Wanderers could play a pivotal role in whether they secure automatic promotion or are consigned to a play-off place.

With another of Jacobson’s former clubs, Bristol Rovers, in fourth, he has more invested in the final weeks of the season than most at Wycombe and is hoping to help his former employers out.

“The ideal situation for me would be if we beat Accrington and also win against Oxford the following Saturday to keep them [Accrington] in the automatic promotion places,” Jacobson said.

“Another one of my old clubs Bristol Rovers is up there as well and the added thing is if Oxford didn’t make it the Wycombe fans would be happy. There are a lot of permutations for me.”

Wycombe’s season has trailed off somewhat in the last two months and their hopes of promotion have been damaged by a run of six games without a win.

Jacobson is therefore eager for the Chairboys to finish their season on a high and wants their hard work throughout the campaign to be rewarded with as high a finish as possible.

He said: “We still have our pride and we want to finish as high up the table as we can.

“If you end up finishing 13th or 14th it may look like you have not had such a great season, but if we finish eighth or ninth people will say fair play Wycombe.”