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Wycombe fan here. I wrote this article for our most recent fanzine, and thought some on here might like it too. I wrote it before the start of the season, hence the perspective: BIRMINGHAM LINE UP NEW MANAGER IN CASE OF SUCCESS Birmingham City are evidently becoming increasingly concerned that they will start the League One season well, and have lined up a replacement boss in case they are anywhere near the top of the league after ten games. The Bluenoses’ massive summer spending recruitment - together with their ‘big club’ status for the division - has led their ownership to be worried that they might achieve great things, with many bookies making them favourites for promotion, and the club is trying to pre-empt any kind of blistering opening salvo by having a soothing balm of mediocrity in place as a backup plan. The 23/24 season in the Championship left them a decision to make early as John Eustace took them to 6th in the table, an untenable position that was only rectified once the club binned him off for Wayne Rooney, who used every ounce (one, officially) of his managerial talent to reverse the trajectory extremely quickly. This sequence bore striking similarities to the 2016-17 season, when Gary Rowett blindsided the owners by getting the team to 7th in the table, earning his pink slip in favour of the massively famous Giafranco Zola, who safely steered the ship into an iceberg with two wins in twenty-two games. With Birmingham already unimpressed that Chris Davies is not a household name, history may rhyme with itself for the club once more. Anxious to prove the old proverb that “those who repeat the same things again and again are clever clogs”, the St. Andrews club will look to hire a huge star with no real management success like Frank Lampard, Gary Neville or Jamie Carragher, should they find themselves picking up points too rapidly. “We are looking for people who know what it takes to win,” said major investor Tom Brady, the seven-time NFL champion. “People who have played at a high level like Wayne, Frank or Gary know all about competing, about adversity, and about how to push on to that next level. Jamie Carragher has played football too.” When pressed on why a star player can make the transition to management better than someone who is already a seasoned coach, Brady continued to say the same American sporting buzzwords like ‘compete’, ‘adversity’ and ‘winner’ with some linking words in between, until it got dark out and we needed to catch our Uber back to the offices. Known as ‘Project Swandive’ internally, the club are confident that they have sufficiently planned for any possible ambush of success, and will be able to work downwards through the division with their new hire at the helm if needed. UPDATE: In related news, the club has hired a demolition crew far in advance of the construction of their new proposed stadium, so that they can knock it down immediately if it begins to look too impressive.

Thank you all for being so gracious to a guest poster. We move in very different spheres, but I was delighted to see you crack the top four. All the best in the Champions League next season, chasing a trophy which is already engraved with your name!

Crystal Palace beat Blackburn in the final. Liverpool and Coventry were the beaten semi-finalists.

We'll club together, but it's not looking good on size.

Yes indeed! They had to enter at the first group stage, and only received 7.79% of the vote, coming last in a group with Hillsborough, New Meadow (Shrewsbury) and Boundary Park (which was allowed in as a replacement for our own ground despite not being in the EFL). I have not had the heart to tell them and crush their dreams. Mind you, we play them in League One next season, so I could tell them face to face?

Hey all - Wycombe Wanderers fan here. On our forum we tend to get through the summers by having a vote on aspects of other clubs, with a daily vote process that takes about a month to get through. The first vote a few years ago was most likable EFL club, last summer was for the best crest of the 92, and this summer we have been voting on the best stadium of the 92 (Wycombe not included). The first round was 20 groups of 4 with only the winners going through. The 12 largest PL grounds received a bye, which included Villa Park. The 2nd round was 8 groups of 4 with only the winners going through to the head-to-head knockouts. Villa Park won a very strong Group 4 over Craven Cottage, St. James Park (Exeter) and the City Ground with a whopping 50.77% of the vote. Having vanquished some contenders, Villa Park went up against The Valley in the QFs, again winning easily against a contenders, 63.64%-36.36%. In the SFs, Villa Park trounced Selhurst Park, 77.36%-22.64%. In the final, Villa Park faced Hillsborough, and won by 65.67%-34.33%. So congratulations - a very small group of Wycombe fans have voted Villa Park as the best stadium in the land - sorry to inform you that it does not get better than this! A couple of quotes: "Glad Villa Park made it to the final. Adams Park aside it's my favourite ground. I just think it's a beautiful ground inside and out. Modernised but still awash with character and elegance." "Voted for Villa Park, primarily because I find the entrance to the Holte End truly impressive. Walking up those steps to enter the ground really feels like entering something special." I assume you all love your ground as much as neutrals do?

Hello Villa fans! I am a Wycombe Wanderers fan in Denver, Colorado. I am not sure how many of you read the welcome forum, but I am posting because we ran a 'Best Grounds' of the 92 vote over the past month (without our own ground involved) on our forum and Villa Park ended up winning. If I am granted full posting privileges I will give more of a breakdown in a full thread, but if not - congratulations on having what in our eyes is the best ground in England!