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It’s Buckinghamshire for our Carabao Cup second round tie v Wycombe Wanderers, who  battled into the second round with a 2-1 victory at League Two Northampton.

Tickets for the game are on general sale to all supporters, with pay on the day available at a price increase. City have been given an initial allocation of 1,000 for the fixture, which kicks off at 745 pm.

Having missed out on promotion after losing 2-0 to Sunderland in the League One playoff final last season, Wycombe did not make the ideal start to the 2022-23 campaign having lost three successive league games following their opening day victory against Burton Albion. However, at the weekend they won 3-0 away at Barnsley.

Wycombe are called the Chairboys because of the tradition of chair-making in the town of High Wycombe. The nickname was used in the early days of the Club but was only resurrected after the 1980's fanzine Chairboys Gas dug out the name from the history books.

Adams Park has been the home of Wycombe Wanderers since 1990, when the club moved from their old stadium Loakes Park, which was sold to expand Wycombe General Hospital. The money raised from that was used to build Adams Park, which was named after former benefactor and captain Frank Adams: https://wycombewandererstrust.com/2015/04/the-legacy-of-frank-adams

Former Bristol City loanee, Alfie Mawson, joined them earlier this month: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62506312

Andy Davies, he of the Nigel Pearson "parks" comment, will be taking charge of the game.

Next month their 49-year-old manager will celebrate 10 years in charge of the club which he ended his playing career at, with a close to 40% win rate demonstrating the consistency that he has implemented during his tenure. For some Gareth Ainsworth is something of a cult hero. During his playing days Ainsworth picked up the nickname "Wild Thing" due to his appearance and his rock star ambitions; he was in a band called APA with Wimbledon teammates Chris Perry and Trond Andersen. He later joined a band called Dog Chewed the Handle, named after a Terrorvision song, after answering an advert in Loot. Prior to the audition, Ainsworth hid his footballing career from his bandmates until he had been accepted. The band were invited to support Bad Manners on tour but were forced to turn down the offer due to clashes with Ainsworth's footballing commitments. The band later split, with Ainsworth and another member forming a new band, Road to Eden. By November 2019, he was fronting The Cold Blooded Hearts.

On 21 October 2010, he represented the English Football League at the unveiling of the Footballers' Battalions memorial on the site of the Battle of the Somme.

He graduated from the University of Liverpool with a Diploma in Professional Studies in Football Management in December 2019.

NP has happy memories of this cup as it is a competition he won as a player with Sheffield Wednesday before twice losing in the final with Middlesbrough. Anticipate a few changes with some being rested, which will likely include Williams, along with a couple of others with perhaps a starting place for Wilson and Klose.

It took 45 games for City to win back-to-back matches last season and they failed to keep clean sheets in two consecutive league matches. We're only five matches in but both of those records can be wiped off the to-do list. 

The draw for the third round of the Carabao Cup will take place on Wednesday 25th August, at around 21:45 BST. The draw will commence following Arsenal's round two tie against West Brom at The Hawthorns.

High Wycombe facts

  • The town has a tradition that dates back to Medieval times of weighing its mayor to make sure that they aren’t gaining weight on the taxpayer's money.
  • As mentioned High Wycombe’s most famous industry is its chair manufacturing which really took off in the 19th century - it is thought that around 4,700 chairs were made every day in High Wycombe in 1875.
  • During a visit by Queen Victoria to the town in 1877 the council organised for chairs to be crafted into an arch over the High Street with “Long live the Queen” printed boldly on them. The idea was for the monarch to pass under this during her trip.
  • High Wycombe has been home to a number of high-profile celebrities over the years.
  • US TV host and actor James Corden grew up on the outskirts of High Wycombe in Hazlemere while Leigh-Anne Pinnock, who is a member of the girl band Little Mix is from the town.
  • Actress Sally Phillips, who has starred in Bridget Jones and I’m Alan Partidge, attended Wycombe Abbey Girls School while actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who played the lead in Kick Ass, was born in High Wycombe.
  • Global bakery Hovis is based in the town. While Hovis did not start its life in High Wycombe, it was actually founded in Staffordshire, its head office is now in the town. The company was founded over 130 years ago and sells some of Britain’s most well-known products to families in Bucks and across the country.
  • During the Second World War, from May 1942 Wycombe Abbey, a former girls school in High Wycombe, was the Headquarters of Eighth Air Force Bomber Command. The site was codenamed ‘Pinetree’ and there was a large underground bunker and a hutted encampment to the south and east of Daws Hill, which is near the Abbey. The Abbey was returned to the school in 1946, however, the other land was sold to the Ministry of Defence and the US continued to use the site during the Cold War.

Pubs

With thanks to Jack Phillips Journalism please see the following guide:

Tickets:

As mentioned, we have received an initial allocation of 1,000 tickets. The prices are as follows:

Adults: £15

Senior 65+:£10

Age 12-25: £10

Under 12: £5

Coach tickets are £16 for season ticket holders and £21 for non-season ticket holders, and coaches leave Ashton Gate at 3:45pm on match day.

Away supporters are located in the Panache Stand, which can hold up to 2,000 fans.

Parking:

Adams Park Car Park: HP12 4HJ £5

Can be congested leaving due to only one going to and from the stadium.

JFC Engineering Match Day Car Park: HP12 4HJ £5

Trains:

The train station is two-and-a-half miles away from the stadium, so they run a football special bus from the station to the stadium costing £3.

The bus leaves at 17:50 and 18:50 for evening kick-offs.

Food:

The stadium is in a pretty isolated location in Wycombe, so there aren't many places to eat near the stadium.

Your best bet is to head into the town centre if you want food, with the Eden Shopping Centre providing many restaurants including:

Burger King

Costa

Nando's

Pizza Express

Subway

Wagamama's

For a full list of over 30 restaurants follow this link: https://www.edenshopping.co.uk/store-category/dining/

 

 

 

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41 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

The train station is two-and-a-half miles away from the stadium, so they run a football special bus from the station to the stadium costing £3.

 

The football bus isn't running tomorrow. The best bet is the number 32 bus, to the Hourglass pub (5 mins walk from there).

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29 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Sold over 800 too…great effort.

Nice easy one for London based fans. Comfortably possible to finish work at 5 and make KO from central London. Given we've only got QPR and Millwall actually in London this season I know that were I still living there I'd be straight out for this game. Nice draw for more 'casual' non-Bristol based fans.

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27 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Nice easy one for London based fans. Comfortably possible to finish work at 5 and make KO from central London. Given we've only got QPR and Millwall actually in London this season I know that were I still living there I'd be straight out for this game. Nice draw for more 'casual' non-Bristol based fans.

Especially as QPR is last game of season, and Millwall is at Christmas. 

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4 hours ago, Selred said:

The football bus isn't running tomorrow. The best bet is the number 32 bus, to the Hourglass pub (5 mins walk from there).

Where have you seen it's not running? Thought it ran 1750 and 1850 on midweek matchdays? 

The trouble with the 32 is the last one back is 21:23 so there will be none running after the game is over.

In the Tammy Abraham season got lucky with a taxi after 10 minutes walking back but don't want to rely on that.

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1 minute ago, Olé said:

Where have you seen it's not running? Thought it ran 1750 and 1850 on midweek matchdays? 

The trouble with the 32 is the last one back is 21:23 so there will be none running after the game is over.

In the Tammy Abraham season got lucky with a taxi after 10 minutes walking back but don't want to rely on that.

It’s on Wycombes website, is very annoying as it’s now a choice of walk or taxi back to the station 

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3 hours ago, Olé said:

Where have you seen it's not running? Thought it ran 1750 and 1850 on midweek matchdays? 

The trouble with the 32 is the last one back is 21:23 so there will be none running after the game is over.

In the Tammy Abraham season got lucky with a taxi after 10 minutes walking back but don't want to rely on that.

 

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4 hours ago, CyderInACan said:

Is this on RobinsTV do we know?

 

3 hours ago, View from the Dolman said:

No, it isn't.

Kind of pleased. I got tickets for Valeri June on the Thekla, if it was on I'd have a decision to make (watch on my phone as I listened ?).

 

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