ALEX Lynch says he will be ready and raring to go if he is called upon to don the gloves in Tuesday’s JPT tie at Bristol Rovers.


His last act in a Wycombe shirt was at Wembley in the play-off final where he saved one of Southend’s penalties.


Since then, he has been bench-warming for Wanderers, waiting for his turn behind Matt Ingram, who is widely regarded as the best keeper in League Two.


But clubs often rest some players in the JPT and that could afford Lynch his chance.


He said: “If I get my chance I will be ready. I will never be chucked into a game where I was as nervous as I was for that play-off semi-final first leg at Plymouth in front of 15,000 fans. Even if I was to go on and play for Man United I don’t think I would ever feel as fearful as I did before that game. But by the time I had done the warm up, I felt fine.


“I gained so much confidence from that and felt a million dollars after those two Plymouth games and when it came to Wembley I just felt this is what I do now and treated it like another game.”
Since then he has returned to his position as understudy to Ingram.


Lynch said: “I knew I would have to stay patient. Matt is number one and it is my job to work hard and be ready when my chance comes like it did last season. I couldn’t have much harder competition for that shirt. Matt is such a good goalkeeper, the best I have seen at this level. He is so consistent, he performs week in, week out and he is always working on stuff to improve.”


Lynch is the only squad member who has not played a minute for Wanderers so far this season.
He said: “I want to get some game time and hopefully grab my chance. Last season was mad. I had been on loan at Burnham and finished the season at Wembley. It was totally crazy.”


He got his chance when Ingram was crocked in the final league game at Northampton and played in both legs of the play-off semi-final and the final.


He said: “Barry Richardson (goalkeeping coach) said ‘this is why I brought you to the club. I trust you’ and that was a massive lift.


“Playing at Wembley was amazing. Everyone was gutted when Southend scored in the last minute and so was I. But then I had a little smile and thought this might be my chance to be a hero.


“When I saved one, I remember looking at my mum and dad and thinking ‘I’ve just saved a penalty at Wembley’. I walked back and was saying to myself ‘do it again, do it again’ but unfortunately it didn’t happen. Hopefully, I will get other chances in my career.”