After one of their best displays of the season against Portsmouth last week, Wycombe hit the road again on Saturday, December 10 for a trip to Lincoln City where Wanderers boss Gareth Ainsworth is a legendary figure.

The Chairboys manager was Player of the Season in each of his two seasons at Sincil Bank in the late 1990's and was voted fourth in Lincoln’s top 100 players of all time.

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He was signed by John Beck whose football philosophy Ainsworth cites as the biggest influence on his own managerial career having played under him for three different clubs.

Beck was an advocate of the route one, long ball game and although Ainsworth has favoured a similar approach for most of his time at Wycombe, last week’s victory over Portsmouth proved he is willing to change to a more passing style when the occasion demands.

He made the big call to leave out last season’s leading scorer Sam Vokes against Pompey, believing they would change their personnel and tactics in anticipation of an aerial bombardment, and it proved to be a masterstroke.

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Ainsworth opted for the pace of Brandon Hanlan to unsettle the visitors' defence and it will be interesting to see if he sticks with the same starting eleven against Lincoln.

The Imps are just two points behind Wycombe in the League One table and along with Portsmouth, they are one of only two teams in the division with an unbeaten home record, although seven of their nine games ended in draws.

Wycombe fans of a certain vintage will never forget their visit to Lincoln in May 1999.

Remarkably, Wycombe were the only team in Division Two to beat Manchester City home and away that season, but they still faced the threat of relegation, as did Lincoln in a winner-takes-all clash.

The score was 0-0 with less than ten minutes to go when Paul Emblen headed Wanderers into the lead, and they held on in a nerve-wracking finale to avoid the drop and send Lincoln down to Division 3.