Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth believes his side’s 4-1 away win at Cambridge United was one of his side’s best performances on the road this season.
The Chairboys took control of the match early on thanks to a Sam Vokes tap in on seven minutes, before the Welshman scored his second and his 14th of the campaign with a great finish early into the second half.
Woooo 😅 @wwfcofficial https://t.co/YnsAe7VGS0 pic.twitter.com/xfBMcY1VMg
— Garath McCleary (@gmccleary12) April 6, 2022
Two minutes after he gave Wycombe a 2-0 lead, Josh Scowen smashed home a terrific goal from long-range to secure the points for Wanderers.
It was Scowen’s first of the season and his first since re-joining the club last summer.
His last strike for the Chairboys was in October 2014.
Harvey Knibbs scored a consolation for Cambridge with 11 minutes remaining before Garath McCleary placed home Wanderers’ fourth moments before the end.
It was his ninth of the campaign and his first away goal in League One since April 2008, when he scored in a 2-0 win for Nottingham Forest at Carlisle United.
This was his first-ever career goal.
Speaking after the thrashing at the Abbey Stadium, Ainsworth said: “The whole lot were superb.
The positivity oozed through Gareth Ainsworth and @gmccleary12 after the Cambridge game. The feel good factor continues at Wycombe during these very exciting days. Onto Gillingham on Saturday #Chairboys
— 🏴 James Richings 🇲🇾 (@James_BFP) April 5, 2022
"It’s our best away league result of the season and performance wise, I’d put it up there with Rotherham and Wigan as well.
"The lads were superb as I thought we attacked really, really well.
"Some of the play was super."
“I got the message to the players that I wanted us to go at them [Cambridge].
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“We had a few words at half-time to try and deal with Ironside who has been one of the most prolific goal scorers in the league, but we kept him to a minimum and I thought Chris Forino, who we took out of university, is going from strength to strength with him being alongside Ryan Tafazolli, who I thought was immense.
FT: Cambridge United 1-4 Wycombe Wanderers.
— 🏴 James Richings 🇲🇾 (@James_BFP) April 5, 2022
A brilliant win on the road for the #Chairboys as Sam Vokes got himself a brace, Josh Scowen scored a screamer and @gmccleary12 got his first away strike of the season.
“But I don’t like individualising people.
“We got the result but I thought we could have scored a few more as we hit the post and bar, but it was a big performance and it has come at the right time because we’re at the crucial end of the season.”
It was the first-time Wycombe had scored four goals away from home in a league match since November 2014, when they defeated Cheltenham Town by the same scoreline.*
*The 4-1 away win at Fleetwood Town in July 2020 in the play-offs does not count as an official league match*
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