2024–25 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season

138th season in existence of Wycombe Wanderers FC
Wycombe Wanderers 2024–25 football season
Wycombe Wanderers
2024–25 season
OwnerBlue Ocean Partners II Ltd (90%),
Wycombe Wanderers Supporters' Trust (10%)
ChairmanDan Rice (Interim)
ManagerMatt Bloomfield
StadiumAdams Park
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The 2024–25 season is the 138th season in the history of Wycombe Wanderers Football Club and their fourth consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy. This will be Wycombe's First Season without Rob Couhig in any capacity with Dan Rice taking Interim Charge as the chairman, as well as Georgian-Kazakhstani Billionaire Mikhail Lomtadze having 90% shares of the club.[1][2]

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2024[a] CF Gibraltar Jaiden Bartolo England Wealdstone Free [3]
1 July 2024[b] CB England Alex Hartridge England Exeter City Free [4]
1 July 2024[c] CB England Jack Matton England Woking Free [3]
1 July 2024[d] RW England Brody Peart England Brighton & Hove Albon Free [5]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 5 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Wealdstone contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 30 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Exeter City contract expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 5 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Woking contract expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 28 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Brighton & Hove Albion contract expired

Out

Date Position Player To Fee Ref

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
1 July 2024[a] GK England Nathan Bishop England Sunderland End of Season [6]
  1. ^ The loan was announced on 25 June, and would officially commence on July 1

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
1 July 2024[a] CM England Taylor Clark England Farnborough 1 January 2025 [7]
  1. ^ The loan was announced on 28 June, and would officially commence on July 1

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 CB Saint Lucia Chris Forino-Joseph England Bolton Wanderers 1 July 2024 [8]
30 June 2024 LB Wales Joe Jacobson [9]
30 June 2024 CF England D'Mani Mellor [9]
30 June 2024 GK Wales Nathan Shepperd [9]
30 June 2024 GK Poland Max Stryjek [9]
30 June 2024 RB England Kane Vincent-Young [9]
30 June 2024 CB England Jack Wakely [9]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 22 May, Wycombe announced their first pre-season fixture, against Watford.[10] On 4th June, Aylesbury United announced that they will be facing Wycombe at Holloway Park in Beaconsfield.[11] On 13 June , Wycombe announced their would face Swindon Town.[12] Two weeks later, a behind-closed-doors meeting with Notts County was confirmed.[13]

  Win   Draw   Loss

  Fixtures

Aylesbury United v Wycombe Wanderers
28 June 2024 Friendly Aylesbury United 3-3 Wycombe Wanderers Beaconsfield
19:00 BST Stadium: Holloway Park
Notts County v Wycombe Wanderers
13 July 2024 Friendly Notts County v Wycombe Wanderers Loughborough
12:30 BST Stadium: Loughborough University
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
Wycombe Wanderers v Watford
30 July 2024 Friendly Wycombe Wanderers v Watford High Wycombe
19:30 BST Stadium: Adams Park
Swindon Town v Wycombe Wanderers
3 August 2024 Friendly Swindon Town v Wycombe Wanderers Swindon
15:00 BST Stadium: County Ground (Swindon)

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos Team
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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
19 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Stevenage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Stockport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Wycombe Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[14]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.[15]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Wrexham v Wycombe Wanderers
10 August 2024 1 Wrexham v Wycombe Wanderers Wrexham
17:30 BST Stadium: Racecourse Ground

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Wycombe being drawn at home against Northampton Town.[16]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Northampton Town v Wycombe Wanderers
13 August 2024 First round Northampton Town v Wycombe Wanderers Sixfields
19:45 BST Stadium: Sixfields Stadium

EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Wycombe were drawn into Southern Group B alongside AFC Wimbledon, Crawley Town and Brighton & Hove Albion U21.[17][18]

Pos Div Team
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Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 AFC Wimbledon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Brighton & Hove Albion U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L1 Crawley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 L1 Wycombe Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
GK England ENG Nathan Bishop (on loan from Sunderland) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Argentina ARG Franco Ravizzoli 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Kosovo KOS Laurence Shala 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
DF Scotland SCO Jack Grimmer 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Alex Hartridge 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Wales WAL Joe Low 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Jack Matton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Jason McCarthy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Jasper Pattenden 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Declan Skura 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Ryan Tafazolli 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
MF England ENG Matt Butcher 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Luke Leahy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Josh Scowen 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Christie Ward 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG David Wheeler 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Luca Woodhouse 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Jack Young 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
FW Gibraltar GIB Jaiden Bartolo 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Brandon Hanlan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Ivory Coast CIV Richard Kone 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Beryly Lubala 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Jamaica JAM Garath McCleary 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Brody Peart 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Kieran Sadlier 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Wales WAL Sam Vokes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players away on loan:
MF England ENG Taylor Clark 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

  1. ^ Wanderers, Wycombe (2024-05-04). "Three new directors appointed to Wycombe Wanderers board". Wycombe Wanderers. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  2. ^ Wanderers, Wycombe (2024-06-07). "Rob Couhig steps down as chairman; Dan Rice appointed as Interim Chairman of the Board of Directors". Wycombe Wanderers. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  3. ^ a b "Jack and Jaiden to join in July". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Alex Hartridge to become first summer signing". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Brody's A Blue!". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Bishop makes his move!". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Taylor Clark rejoins Farnborough on loan". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Chris Forino leaves the club". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Retained list confirmed". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Blues To Face Watford In Pre-Season Friendly At Adams Park". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Aylesbury United, Pre-season schedule for 2024-25 announced". www.aylesbury.football. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  12. ^ Wanderers, Wycombe (2024-06-13). "Swindon friendly added to pre-season schedule". Wycombe Wanderers. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  13. ^ "Magpies Practise Match Added To Pre-Season Schedule". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  14. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Birmingham start League One campaign against Reading". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Bristol Street Motors Trophy Group Stage confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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