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8:22pm Thursday 5th July 2012 in Blogs By ivor

Adams Park Adams Park

Earlier this week the wonderful news was announced that Wycombe's local football team is once again under the control of those who care for it most, namely the supporters.

Let's face it our football team is and always will be a community team which revolves around the fans and local people indeed as we have seen big business and our team just don't mix.

Now the all clear has been sounded and the storm clouds have lifted from above Adams Park I may well venture over to the ground myself and watch a game or two.

In actual fact Wycombe should be proud to be home to such a great team and such a good stadium all be it a little out of the way in Sands.

I guess the future of the team now rests with us, the local people, and unless we back the club and give it our full support it will not flourish.

Once upon a time, when the team were at Loakes park, Saturday match days were very popular as can be seen in this clip from 1956: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C8amJ1KnEI&x=.

As a youngster yours truly used to make the pilgrimage to Loakes Park on a Saturday afternoon with my father and grandfather. I can still remember that at half time we would tuck into a pork pies which we had brought from home in our coat pockets.

Sadly the attendances at the games in recent months have not been that great which is a real shame. Why could this be?

Is the ground too far from the town centre, have people been put off by recent events or has televised football meant the fans prefer to stay at home rather than seeing the action first hand?

A regular readers will know I do not own a television however as far as I am concerned football is a sport that doesn't really lend itself to the small screen very well.

In my opinion half the excitement and enjoyment of a football match comes from actually attending the stadium and being part of the crowd in other words its best to see the action live rather than watching it at home in the comfort of your arm chair.

Thankfully it was announced earlier this week that ticket prices will not be raised in order to bolster increase in income the team needs to survive instead the extra cash will be generated through the hiring out of facilities at the stadium.

With the transfer ban lifted five new players were signed in less than twenty four hours so hopefully our team will go from strength to strength and give us some cracking entertainment on the pitch next season.

The big question is will the town get behind the blues? I sincerely hope they do after all the Wanderers are as much a part of our history as the furniture industry was.

Will you be visiting the ground next season? Leave a comment and let us know.

What do you think?

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Comments(25)

tom.marlow2 says...
11:09pm Thu 5 Jul 12

Much as I like a good pork pie, I have too much respect for my body to eat pies of any sort these days.

Usually I take a piece of smoked eel to tuck into at half time.

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ivor says...
11:15pm Thu 5 Jul 12

Re the comments of tom.marlow2 at 11:09pm
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How do you get your smoked eel the the match? I trust you get it there in the tradition manner i.e. in your coat pocket?

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u5r23 says...
12:25pm Fri 6 Jul 12

Amazing. This is coming from a man who has spent the last few years criticising Wanderers as much as he can. Now he proclaims himself as one of their biggest supporters!

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daemonite says...
12:47pm Fri 6 Jul 12

The only way that they will get more people through the turnstyles is to lower the ticket prices, but they can't do that all the time you have players demanding silly high wages. I think that it is the greed of the players that are helping to see the trouble that teams like Portsmouth and Rangers find themselves in. Others will go the same way if something isn't done soon.

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jeffbrydon says...
12:50pm Fri 6 Jul 12

come along with an open mind and look at the good things that we have. Enjoy the match and maybe a little hospitality as well, and then reflect - was that a good afternoon out? I think so...

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ivor says...
1:02pm Fri 6 Jul 12

Re the comments of u5r23 at 12:25pm
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No, I don't think so. My criticism was aimed mostly at the rugby club.

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ivor says...
1:02pm Fri 6 Jul 12

Re the comments of daemonite at 12:47pm
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If the entrance prices do no rise in line with inflation then surely the ticket prices are falling in real terms?

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ivor says...
1:02pm Fri 6 Jul 12

Re the comments of jeffbrydon at 12:50pm
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Yes, I fully agree with your comment. I hope the whole of the local community can get behind the club like they used to in years gone by.

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daemonite says...
1:24pm Fri 6 Jul 12

Just been anounced that a team in fianancial trouble, Portsmouth, have a player that gets £35.000 a week, and the team has a £11m wage bill. And where does that come from? mainly the turnstyles. So what is Wycombes wage bill going to be? A 50% wage cut would help no end, and they would still be paid too much.

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ivor says...
1:32pm Fri 6 Jul 12

Re the comments of daemonite at 1:24pm
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I can see exactly what you are saying however unless market rates are paid the best players are likely to up roots and move to another team.
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I fear the issue raised needs to be addressed nationally throughout the entire game and not locally.

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tom.marlow2 says...
4:58pm Fri 6 Jul 12

ivor wrote:
Re the comments of tom.marlow2 at 11:09pm
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How do you get your smoked eel the the match? I trust you get it there in the tradition manner i.e. in your coat pocket?
No, I tuck it into my sock

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ivor says...
5:09pm Fri 6 Jul 12

Re the comments of tom.marlow2 at 4:58pm
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I'd never thought of doing that.
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Next time I go to a football match I will do the same as you and put a couple of pork pies down my socks too as well as filling my pockets, that way I can take twice the number of pies into the ground!

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AnAllegoricalFigure says...
3:59pm Sat 7 Jul 12

tom.marlow2 wrote:
ivor wrote:
Re the comments of tom.marlow2 at 11:09pm
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How do you get your smoked eel the the match? I trust you get it there in the tradition manner i.e. in your coat pocket?
No, I tuck it into my sock
I wonder where Alberto keeps his. (And Mr Vegas.)

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ivor says...
4:17pm Sat 7 Jul 12

Re the comments of AnAllegoricalFigure at 3:59pm
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A very good question, maybe they will tell us?

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AnAllegoricalFigure says...
4:24pm Sat 7 Jul 12

ivor wrote:
Re the comments of AnAllegoricalFigure at 3:59pm
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A very good question, maybe they will tell us?
And 'fishyfingers'.

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ivor says...
4:25pm Sat 7 Jul 12

Re the comments of AnAllegoricalFigure at 4:24pm
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Come to think of it we haven't heard from him lately....

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smuggles says...
9:25am Wed 11 Jul 12

Yet another awful blog.

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Elmo says...
12:15pm Wed 11 Jul 12

ivor wrote:
Re the comments of u5r23 at 12:25pm
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No, I don't think so. My criticism was aimed mostly at the rugby club.
Why, what's wrong with the rugby club?

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ivor says...
7:08pm Wed 11 Jul 12

Re the comments of smuggles at 9:25pm
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Actually I thought this was one of my best blogs so far....

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ivor says...
7:08pm Wed 11 Jul 12

Re the comments of Elmo at 12:15pm
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Surely you know the answer to that question after all the trouble and upset caused by the stadium fiasco?

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Gerry47 says...
8:31am Thu 12 Jul 12

daemonite wrote:
Just been anounced that a team in fianancial trouble, Portsmouth, have a player that gets £35.000 a week, and the team has a £11m wage bill. And where does that come from? mainly the turnstyles. So what is Wycombes wage bill going to be? A 50% wage cut would help no end, and they would still be paid too much.
Wycombe are not former Premier League team relegated to the Championship. There are no players at WWFC earning anything near £35,000 a week, maybe quite a few earning £35,000 a year.

You may find this piece from he BBC interesting, written by WWFC's very own Matt Bloomfield.

Remember this was written last season whilst in league1 , WWFC will play in League 2 this coming season.

http://www.bbc.co.uk
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Elmo says...
11:45am Fri 13 Jul 12

ivor wrote:
Re the comments of Elmo at 12:15pm
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Surely you know the answer to that question after all the trouble and upset caused by the stadium fiasco?
...and that was the rugby clubs fault how? Surely Steve Hayes owned both clubs...

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Elmo says...
11:50am Fri 13 Jul 12

Actually one of the worst things to happen to Wasps in recent years, Steve Hayes, came from Wycombe.

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Elmo says...
11:50am Fri 13 Jul 12

Actually one of the worst things to happen to Wasps in recent years, Steve Hayes, came from Wycombe.

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Elmo says...
7:12pm Sat 14 Jul 12

Yeah that's what I thought, preaching to the choir, all puff no substance.

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