As Wycombe had no manager at the start of the 1979/80 season, former boss Brian Lee took over temporarily. Wycombe sports shop owner Mike Keen joined as manager in January.

He was a former midfielder with Queens Park Rangers, Watford and Luton. His honours as Wycombe manager included winning the Isthmian League in 1982/3 and the Dylon/Vauxhall Charity Shield in 1981/2 and 1983/4.

At the end of his disappointing final season, and after losing the second Hitachi League Cup final in a row, Keen did not have his contract renewed.