2024–25 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season

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]

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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Transfers

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2024 CM   Tyreeq Bakinson   Sheffield Wednesday Free [3]
1 July 2024[a] CF   Jaiden Bartolo   Wealdstone [4]
1 July 2024[b] CB   Alex Hartridge   Exeter City [5]
1 July 2024[c] CB   Jack Matton   Woking [4]
1 July 2024[d] RW   Brody Peart   Brighton & Hove Albon [6]
3 July 2024 LB   Daniel Harvie   Milton Keynes Dons Undisclosed [7][8]
3 July 2024 CF   Daniel Udoh   Shrewsbury Town Free [9]
  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
Date Position Player To Fee Ref

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
1 July 2024[a] GK   Nathan Bishop   Sunderland End of Season [10]
  1. ^ The loan was announced on 25 June, and would officially commence on July 1

Loaned out

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Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
1 July 2024[a] CM   Taylor Clark   Farnborough 1 January 2025 [11]
  1. ^ The loan was announced on 28 June, and would officially commence on July 1

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 CB   Chris Forino-Joseph   Bolton Wanderers 1 July 2024 [12]
30 June 2024 LB   Joe Jacobson [13]
30 June 2024 CF   D'Mani Mellor [13]
30 June 2024 GK   Nathan Shepperd [13]
30 June 2024 GK   Max Stryjek   Jagiellonia Białystok 19 June 2024 [14]
30 June 2024 RB   Kane Vincent-Young [13]
30 June 2024 CB   Jack Wakely [13]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 22 May, Wycombe announced their first pre-season fixture, against Watford.[15] On 4th June, Aylesbury United announced that they will be facing Wycombe at Holloway Park in Beaconsfield.[16] On 13 June , Wycombe announced their would face Swindon Town.[17] Two weeks later, a behind-closed-doors meeting with Notts County was confirmed.[18] A second BCD fixture was added, against Colchester United.[19]

  Win   Draw   Loss

  Fixtures

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

Competitions

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League One

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League table

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Pos Team 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[20]

Results summary

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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

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On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.[21]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Wrexham v Wycombe Wanderers Wrexham
17:30 BST Stadium: Racecourse Ground
17 August 2024 2 Wycombe Wanderers v Birmingham City High Wycombe
15:00 BST Stadium: Adams Park
24 August 2024 3 Wycombe Wanderers v Rotherham United High Wycombe
15:00 BST Stadium: Adams Park
31 August 2024 4 Blackpool v Wycombe Wanderers Blackpool
12:30 BST Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[22]
7 September 2024 5 Wycombe Wanderers v Mansfield Town High Wycombe
15:00 BST Stadium: Adams Park
14 September 2024 6 Northampton Town v Wycombe Wanderers Sixfields
12:30 BST Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[22]

FA Cup

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EFL Cup

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Wycombe being drawn at home against Northampton Town.[23]

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

EFL Trophy

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In the group stage, Wycombe were drawn into Southern Group B alongside AFC Wimbledon, Crawley Town and Brighton & Hove Albion U21.[24][25]

Pos Div Team 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

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Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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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   ENG Nathan Bishop (on loan from Sunderland) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   ARG Franco Ravizzoli 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   KOS Laurence Shala 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
DF   SCO Jack Grimmer 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Alex Hartridge 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Daniel Harvie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   WAL Joe Low 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Jack Matton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Jason McCarthy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Jasper Pattenden 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Declan Skura 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Ryan Tafazolli 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
MF   ENG Tyreeq Bakinson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Matt Butcher 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Luke Leahy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Josh Scowen 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Christie Ward 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG David Wheeler 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Luca Woodhouse 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Jack Young 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
FW   GIB Jaiden Bartolo 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Brandon Hanlan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   CIV Richard Kone 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   COD Beryly Lubala 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   JAM Garath McCleary 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Brody Peart 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   IRL Kieran Sadlier 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   NGA Daniel Udoh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   WAL Sam Vokes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players away on loan:
MF   ENG Taylor Clark 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

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  1. ^ Wanderers, Wycombe (2024-05-04). "Three new directors appointed to Wycombe Wanderers board". Wycombe Wanderers. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
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  5. ^ "Alex Hartridge to become first summer signing". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
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  11. ^ "Taylor Clark rejoins Farnborough on loan". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Chris Forino leaves the club". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
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  14. ^ "The new goalkeeper of Jagiellonia Białystok, Maksymilian Stryjek, returned to Poland after 11 years spent in Great Britain". jagiellonia.pl. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
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  18. ^ "Magpies Practise Match Added To Pre-Season Schedule". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Blues to meet U's behind closed doors". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  20. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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  22. ^ a b "Blackpool and Northampton games selected for Sky Sports+ coverage". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  24. ^ "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.
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