Their new home has 2000 hospitality seats in contrast to Griffin Park, which had just 16. It was such an emotionally charged room, we were ready to go out and play the game right there and then.”. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. “He was that kind of guy who was energising those around him, always playing music, and he’s taken those qualities into management. Download All Football App to enjoy the best football experience. New toilets and electric billboards brought Adams Park into the 21st century. 3 months ago. In a former life, Ainsworth and Bloomfield were Wycombe teammates. They will play clubs who have won Premier Leagues and European Cups, clubs like Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough who could fit the capacity of Adams Park inside their stadium four times over. He knows the name of every staff member from top to bottom, and their husbands and wives too. “So for instance before the playoff games, he got to the point where it felt like no matter who we were playing, he convinced us we were going out there to win a game, that the group of subs and players on the bench were behind us and we were one as a squad. He began a try-before-you-buy arrangement, injecting some cash with a playing-staff budget of £2m for the year – still not much in League One terms when Sunderland were paying Will Grigg half a million – but no longer so far behind. This page provides you with information about the stadium of the selected club. His eight years in charge make him the longest serving manager in English football, a journey that began on the floor of League Two, clinching Football League survival on the final day in 2014, suffering Wembley penalty heartbreak in 2015, finally reaching League One in 2018 and somehow rising into the Championship in 2020, upturning all footballing logic as he went. For using this site, please activate JavaScript. American lawyer and businessman Rob Couhig had been considering buying Yeovil Town but when they were relegated from the Football League he turned his attention to Wycombe, who had the appeal of stability in the football aspect of the club under Ainsworth. Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth celebrates winning the League One playoff final, Ainsworth during his playing days for Wycombe. Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile, In a darkened room at the Hilton Hotel near Wembley, a couple of hours before the biggest game of their lives, Wycombe Wanderers held a team meeting. Some brought a cheer, like popular former teammate Jason McCarthy whom Wycombe sold to Millwall the previous summer. It has been some journey, one that cannot be told without the rock-n’-roll-loving Ainsworth at its centre – one staff member describes him as the “heartbeat” of the club, as if his energy and enthusiasm is plugged into the walls.

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