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from the 1931 Amateur Cup Final between Wycombe and Hayes at
Highbury |
The
most famous meeting between the sides came on 11th April 1931 in
the final of the FA Amateur Cup at Highbury.
Wanderers had come through six games, scoring 22 goals, to reach
their first ever Amateur Cup Final and around 4,000 Wycombe fans
travelled to north London to watch the game. Club Captain John
Timberlake had very sportingly declared himself unfit to play in
the final.
Meanwhile Hayes, then in the Athenian League, had battled their
way through nine games, all away from home. They also surprised
many by beating Bishop Auckland in the semi-final.
A crowd of over 32,000, paying £2,222 in receipts, saw a close
game. Wanderers played much of the first-half with ten men after
right-back Sid Crump suffered a head injury (no substitutes in
those days). Crump later returned and after a goalless first-half,
Wycombe began to have the better of the game. After Arthur
Greenwell and Alf Britnell had gone close for Wanderers, there was
a scare when there were claims for a penalty after Crump had
handled. The referee eventually gave a free-kick outside the area
but it was a spot-kick that brought about the winning goal for
Wycombe.
There were just ten minutes remaining when Hayes defender Bill
Caesar handled the ball while in lay on the ground in goalmouth
scramble. Bill Brown took the penalty but hit it straight at
Missioners 'keeper Holding. However, the ball rebounded to
Britnell, who fired home. Minutes later Captain Pat Badrick went
up to collect the cup in what turned out to be Wanderers only
final victory in this competition. John Timberlake was later
awarded a special medal under FA ruling.
Final Score Wycombe 1 Hayes 0 |
| Wycombe
team: Kipping, Crump, Cox, Rance, Badrick, Greenwell, Simmons,
Brown, Vernon, Braisher, Britnell |
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Chairboys
all-time record against The
Missioners |
| DATE |
COMP |
V |
R |
SCORE |
ATT |
| Sat, Oct 20, 1923 |
FAC 2Q |
A |
D |
4-4 |
4,500 |
| Wed, Oct 24, 1923 |
FAC 2Qr |
H |
L |
1-2 |
5,000 |
| Sat, Oct 4, 1924 |
FAC 1Q |
H |
W |
4-0 |
5,000 |
| Sat, Sep 18, 1926 |
FAC Pr |
H |
W |
4-1 |
|
Above as Botwell
Mission
| DATE |
COMP |
V |
R |
SCORE |
ATT |
| Sat, Apr 11, 1931 |
FAACF |
N |
W |
1-0 |
32,489 |
| Sat, Oct 31, 1936 |
FAC 3Q |
A |
L |
1-5 |
|
| Sat, Sep 3, 1938 |
FAC ExPr |
H |
L |
2-5 |
3,500 |
| Sat, Oct 5, 1946 |
FAC 1Q |
H |
L |
3-4 |
5,300 |
| Sat, Oct 4, 1947 |
FAC 1Q |
H |
W |
1-0 |
6,700 |
| Sat, Oct 17, 1964 |
FAC 4Q |
A |
L |
0-7 |
2,469 |
| Mon, Sep 20, 1971 |
IL |
A |
D |
0-0 |
|
| Sat, Nov 20, 1971 |
IL |
H |
L |
0-1 |
2,400 |
| Sat, Mar 11, 1972 |
FAAC 4r |
H |
W |
1-0 |
5,273 |
| Tue, Aug 22, 1972 |
IL |
H |
W |
1-0 |
2,450 |
| Mon, Oct 2, 1972 |
IL |
A |
W |
1-0 |
|
| Tue, Aug 21, 1973 |
IL |
H |
W |
4-3 |
1,900 |
| Mon, Apr 1, 1974 |
IL |
A |
W |
3-0 |
|
| Tue, Sep 10, 1974 |
IL |
A |
W |
2-1 |
|
| Tue, Oct 8, 1974 |
IL |
H |
D |
2-2 |
1,750 |
| Tue, Aug 26, 1975 |
IL |
A |
W |
1-0 |
|
| Tue, Nov 11, 1975 |
IL |
H |
W |
2-1 |
1,400 |
| Tue, Aug 24, 1976 |
IL |
H |
L |
0-1 |
1,450 |
| Wed, Oct 6, 1976 |
IL |
A |
W |
1-0 |
|
| Tue, Aug 23, 1977 |
IL |
A |
L |
0-1 |
|
| Tue, Oct 4, 1977 |
IL |
H |
L |
0-2 |
1,100 |
| Tue, Sep 12, 1978 |
IL |
A |
W |
1-0 |
|
| Tue, Oct 3, 1978 |
IL |
H |
W |
3-2 |
|
| Wed, Mar 7, 1979 |
FAT 3 |
A |
D |
2-2 |
|
| Mon, Mar 12, 1979 |
FAT 3 r |
H |
L |
2-3 |
2,050 |
| Tue, Oct 23, 1979 |
IL |
A |
L |
0-1 |
|
| Sat, Mar 1, 1980 |
IL |
H |
W |
3-1 |
710 |
| Mon, Aug 25, 1980 |
HLC 1 |
A |
L |
1-2 |
|
| Tue, Oct 21, 1980 |
IL |
A |
L |
1-2 |
|
| Tue, Nov 25, 1980 |
IL |
H |
W |
3-1 |
718 |
| Sat, Jan 2, 1982 |
IL |
A |
L |
0-2 |
|
| Tue, Feb 2, 1982 |
IL |
H |
W |
2-0 |
573 |
| Sat, Sep 11, 1982 |
IL |
H |
L |
0-1 |
554 |
| Sat, Jan 8, 1983 |
IL |
A |
L |
1-4 |
|
| Tue, Sep 27, 1983 |
HLC 2 |
A |
W |
1-0 |
|
| Tue, Oct 4, 1983 |
IL |
A |
L |
0-2 |
|
| Tue, Apr 10, 1984 |
IL |
H |
D |
1-1 |
454 |
| Tue, Sep 4, 1984 |
IL |
A |
L |
0-1 |
|
| Tue, Feb 5, 1985 |
IL |
H |
W |
1-0 |
463 |
| Tue, Sep 2, 1986 |
IL |
A |
W |
2-0 |
633 |
| Tue, Nov 4, 1986 |
IL |
H |
W |
2-1 |
773 |
| Fri, Nov 16, 2001 |
FAC 1 |
A |
W |
4-3 |
3475 |
Key:
FAAC = Football Association Amateur Cup
FAC = Football Association Challenge Cup
IL = Isthmian League (top division)
FAT = Football Association Challenge Trophy
HLC = Hitachi (Isthmian) League Cup |
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