Wycombe Wanderers will play Cardiff City in Joe Jacobson’s testimonial match this summer.

The 36-year-old will be celebrated at Adams Park during the fixture on July 29, as he enters his 10th year at the club, after he penned a new one-year deal earlier this year.

This was down to triggering an appearance clause in his previous contract.

Speaking to Wanderers’ media team, Jacobson said: “It’s a real privilege for me to be given the opportunity to celebrate my time at Wycombe Wanderers with a testimonial and I’m over the moon that Cardiff City have agreed to play a special part in it.

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“I’m a Cardiff boy, born and bred, and it was a source of huge pride for me and my family to play for the club right at the start of my career.

“I’ve loved every minute of my time at Wycombe so far and to bring my two favourite clubs together for this game will be an incredible occasion that I’ll always cherish.

“I’d like to thank the board and everyone at Wycombe Wanderers for granting me this testimonial game, and Cardiff City for agreeing to provide the opposition.”

Jacobson began his career with his boyhood club, playing twice across the 2005/06 and 2006/07 seasons, before having loan spells at Accrington Stanley and Bristol Rovers respectively.

After winning promotion into League One with the latter in May 2007 in the League Two play-off final, he signed for the Pirates permanently, before departing for Oldham Athletic in 2009.

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He would play just 16 times across two seasons, before moving back to Accrington on loan for the rest of the 2010/11 campaign.

Three successful years followed at Shrewsbury Town where he once again won promotion in 2012 from the fourth tier into the third, but after being released in 2014, he would move south to Adams Park.

Jacobson has since gone to feature 377 times for the Chairboys and has been part of three play-off campaigns (2015, 2020 and 2022), has won promotion twice (2018 and 2020), and scored the winning goal that secured Wanderers’ place in the Championship for the first time in their history.

Chairman Rob Couhig added: “Joe has been an outstanding professional for Wycombe Wanderers, not just on the pitch with his undoubted talent and countless significant contributions, but also off the pitch as our captain, a leader, a general and someone who our supporters and the whole town rightly holds in the highest regard.

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“When we knew he would be with us for his tenth season, we had no hesitation in granting him a testimonial game.”

Wycombe last played Cardiff at Adams Park in December 2020, where they defeated the Bluebirds 2-1 thanks to Ryan Tafazolli's first goal for the club, along with a David Wheeler header.

The match was played behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Ticket information is available on the Wycombe Wanderers website.