Wycombe Wanderers chairman Andrew Howard says the club’s play-off campaign has been “massive” for the finances at Adams Park, with an expected windfall of around £160,000.

Blues’ participation in the League Two play-offs saw them reach the final at Wembley – a game which Howard expects that they will receive a similar amount for as they pocketed from two semi-final games against Plymouth Argyle.

Each team in the play-offs receives an equal share of the combined gate receipts from all four semi-final matches and the Wycombe chairman says their split of the money, coupled with TV payments, was “in excess of £80,000”.

Howard added that the club are still waiting on the final figures from how much their trip to Wembley earned, but that he expects it to be “significantly more” than the semi-finals bought in.

The money raised by the three matches has been “absolutely massive” for the club, according to the chairman who didn’t want to highlight specific areas where the funds might be used.

He said: “The biggest knock-on effect for us in getting through to the play-off final is the increase in season tickets. What we’re seeing is that more people are wanting to come and watch Wycombe Wanderers.

“Yes, it’s (the play-offs) important for the cash but it’s also important to increase our awareness. Something the club need to do is increase its awareness in the locality and make it attractive for people to come.

“It gives us a little bit of money to invest now in positive things to grow the club.”

The Blues chairman indicated that strong season ticket sales and a rise in attendances would be the trigger for a boost to the playing budget for manager Gareth Ainsworth rather than any windfall from the play-offs.

Howard says next season’s squad will be largely the same as it would have been had they been promoted to League One and that he and the club’s manager have been planning for the last “four or five months”.

Wanderers’ success in finishing fourth in League Two was under-pinned by strong contributions from the six loanees that were bought in over the course of the season, and utilising the loan market is tactic which Wanderers look set to deploy again.

The Blues chairman says he is in discussions and has been for months with the band of loan players, some of whom the club would “love to keep”.

“We punched well above our weight this year with bringing the loan players in. The guys we bought in were exceptional. The reality is that most of those guys are capable of, or are playing, at a much higher level of football,” said Howard.

“If we can’t keep those players – and trust me we are doing everything we can to keep some of those players – we will look to the next generation. What people have to realise about our coaching squad is that the next generation will come in because of our coaching squad.

“I’m already in talks, on Gareth’s behalf, for two top loan players to come in, who would hopefully repeat what happened last year. We’ve got to be constantly looking and constantly out there to find the best for the club.”