Wycombe Wanderers
FIFA 14
Season 1
October 2013
MATCHDAY 11 5/10
Wycombe 0-0 Northampton
Our best: Josh Scowen
Disappointingly we dropped 2 points at home. All there is to say is that we didn't take our chances. A plus is that Cowan-Hall got some minutes today off the bench after returning from injury. Craig should be fit for our next game.
J.PAINT TROPHY ROUND 2 8/10
Wycombe 1-1 Coventry (4-2) PENS
S.Craig (29')
L.Clarke (35')
Man of the Match: Steven Craig
In this round we faced 2nd in League 1 Coventry City at home. Craig was fit and in the 29th minute he dispossessed a Coventry defender, who had just received a throw in, and then finished it smartly to the bottom corner. 6 in all competitions for him now. But then a cross found the head of Clarke who put it away in the 35th minute. It stayed this way to Full time meaning Extra time would be needed. Morias had 2 chances in the 2nd half of ET and Stewart had a header cleared off the line in the dying minutes. Penalties it was to be. I converted my first 2 and missed my third. Coventry scored their first and missed both their second and third ones. I put away my fourth so it would all be down to Coventry's fourth penalty. if they missed we would go through. They converted it meaning it was up to Lewis to score.
MATCHDAY 12 19/10
Southend Utd 1-
1 Wycombe
B.Corr (11')
J.Pittman (75')
Man of the Match: Josh Scowen
With the first shot of the game Southend took the lead after some terrible defending. 10 minutes later Craig was through but the keeper smothered him. Our breakthrough came in the 75th minute as Lewis fed a through ball to Pittman who finished it first time across the keeper with his right foot. 5 minutes later Pittman whipped a ball in from the right and Craig met it with his head connecting sweetly. The keeper however, produced a stunning diving save to keep it out and the score level. It finished 1-1.
MATCHDAY 13 22/10
Wycombe 0-0 Dagenham
Man of the Match: Marvin McCoy
After drawing our last 3 games we needed to pick up all 3 points here. The first half was the same as previously, we couldn't take our chances when they came. In the 77th minute Morias struck the crossbar with a free kick from just outside the box. In the last minute Morias was very unlucky again when a header that was going in, to win it, was deflected off an unsuspecting defender into the keepers hands. This was our third straight draw in the league.
MATCHDAY 14 26/10
S****horpe Utd 2-
3 Wycombe
D.Burton (13')
J.Morias (17')
P.Cowan-Hall (31')
M.Collins (45')
J.Morias (82')
Man of the Match: Junior Morias
An away fixture to 3rd placed S****horpe Utd was next on the cards. With our lead at the top only 3 points, we couldn't afford to slip up here today. Early chances from Morias and Hause came as we started brightly. Then a stupid back pass led to Burton having an easy finish. Morias then found himself on the end of a blocked shot, from Scowen, to make it 1-1. In the 31st minute Craig put Cowan-Hall in and he made no mistake in making it 2-1. Right on half time Collins equalized. Morias got his 2nd, and our 3rd, as McClure came off the bench to cross a ball across the box for Morias to nod it into an empty net as the keeper desperately scrambled across his goal. A last minute free from S****horpe was poorly struck as we emerged 3-2 winners.
In other news Bloomfield has requested a move in January as he is disappointed at his lack of matches.
Also Lewis who refused a contract extension, a couple months ago, has been linked with Birmingham, Charlton and Blackburn.
November 2013
MATCHDAY 15 2/11
Wycombe 0-0 Burton Albion
Man of the Match: Stuart Lewis
0-0 at the break, we had some good chances but didn't take them. Both sides were pretty even, both having 4 shots with 2 on target. A couple early chances, in the second half, yielded nothing more than a couple of good saves from the 2 keepers. A disappointing 0-0 draw in the end.
MATCHDAY 16 5/11
Oxford Utd 0-
0 Wycombe
Man of the Match: Paris Cowan-Hall
2 good chances for us in the first half both from Morias. It remained scoreless at half time however. Chances in the middle of the second half from Morias and Craig were saved by the Oxford keeper. Lewis then missed an absolute sitter in the 83rd minute, he had the whole goal to aim at!
It ended in yet another draw.
FA CUP ROUND 1 10/11
Wycombe 1-0 Burton Albion
M.Bloomfield (90')
Man of the Match: Matt Bloomfield
So, I fielded some youngsters and subs for this game as I wanted to keep my main players fresh for the J. Paint Trophy Qtr Final against MK Dons in 2 days time. Kuffour had a chance around the 25 minute mark when he dispossessed his opponent but he couldn't convert. Bloomfield then in the dying seconds received the ball on the edge of the box and powered it home! Kuffour got a Hyper extended knee and was replaced by Morgan for the last couple of seconds.
Kuffour is expected to be out for about 3 weeks.
J.PAINT TROPHY QTR FINAL 12/11
MK Dons 2-
0 Wycombe
C.Tanase (43’)
C.Tanase (55’)
Our Best: Josh Scowen
We started the brighter of the two teams for the first 20 minutes but MK Dons controlled the remainder of the half with Tanase getting their goal in the 43rd minute. We had a couple chances from Morias and Wood after that. MK Dons killed the game with Tanase’s second at 55 minutes. Our only other real chance was a Cowan-Hall shot from outside the box which was saved comfortably.
MATCHDAY 17 23/11
Fleetwood Town 0-
1 Wycombe
S.Craig (24’)
Man of the Match: Anthony Stewart
Craig got the goal 24 minutes in when Pittman put him in and he finished with his left foot off the post. He has 8 in all competitions now. We defended well for the rest of the game as we kept them shotless. Craig had the chance to add another in the 89th but shot wide.
Kuffour is now back from injury and in training.
MATCHDAY 18 30/11
Morecambe 3-
1 Wycombe
J.Samspon (34’)
M.Marshall (43’)
S.Drummond (69’)
K.Hause (82’)
Man of the Match: Anthony Stewart
We played very poorly and Morecambe deserved the win. Our consolation goal came in the 82nd minute form Hause as a rebounded shot fell to him outside the box he struck it with his right and it flew in like a bullet.
NEWS: Lewis has requested a transfer.
League Table
1. Wycombe P18 37Pts
2. Bristol Rovers P18 32Pts
3. S****horpe Utd P18 31Pts
4. Portsmouth P18 31Pts
5. Chesterfield P18 31Pts
6. Plymouth Argyle P18 31Pts
7. Hartlepool P18 31Pts
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22. Burton Albion P18 17Pts
23. York City P19 14Pts
24. Torquay United P18 8Pts
Upcoming Matches December
LEAGUE: Newport County HOME 3/12
FA CUP: Accrington HOME 8/12
LEAGUE: Plymouth Argyle AWAY 10/12
LEAGUE: Portsmouth HOME 14/12
LEAGUE: Oxford Utd HOME 21/12
LEAGUE: Burton Albion AWAY 24/12
LEAGUE: Cheltenham Town HOME 28/12
LEAGUE: Wimbledon AWAY 31/12