# 2020–21 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season

The 2020–21 Wycombe Wanderers Football Club season was the club's 134th season in existence and the club's first season in the second division of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Wycombe participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

## Players
### Current squad

| No. | Name | Age | Joined club | Contract expires | All time appearances for club | All time goals for club |
| GOALKEEPERS ||||||||
| 1 | Ryan Allsop | 32 | July 2018 | June 2021 | 129 | 0 |
| 13 | Cameron Yates | 25 | September 2018 | June 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | David Stockdale | 39 | September 2020 | June 2022 | 21 | 0 |
| 32 | Curtis Anderson | 24 | September 2020 | June 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| DEFENDERS ||||||||
| 2 | Jack Grimmer | 30 | July 2019 | June 2023 | 66 | 0 |
| 3 | Joe Jacobson | 37 | July 2014 | June 2022 | 302 | 38 |
| 5 | Anthony Stewart | 32 | July 2015 | June 2022 | 250 | 16 |
| 6 | Ryan Tafazolli | 33 | September 2020 | N/A | 21 | 2 |
| 12 | Josh Knight† | 27 | October 2021 | End of season | 39 | 2 |
| 16 | Giles Phillips | 27 | August 2020 | June 2021 | 16 | 0 |
| 21 | Darius Charles | 36 | August 2019 | June 2021 | 43 | 2 |
| 26 | Jason McCarthy | 28 | August 2020 | June 2023 | 123 | 8 |
| 27 | Jordan Obita | 30 | January 2021 | June 2023 | 9 | 0 |
| 34 | Andre Burley | 25 | September 2020 | June 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | James Clark | 23 | November 2020 | June 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Chris Forino-Joseph | 24 | April 2021 | June 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| MIDFIELDERS ||||||||
| 4 | Dominic Gape | 30 | January 2017 | June 2022 | 172 | 3 |
| 7 | David Wheeler | 34 | July 2019 | N/A | 80 | 7 |
| 8 | Alex Pattison | 27 | July 2019 | June 2021 | 30 | 0 |
| 10 | Matt Bloomfield | 40 | December 2003 | June 2022 | 557 | 42 |
| 18 | Curtis Thompson | 31 | July 2018 | N/A | 113 | 1 |
| 23 | Fred Onyedinma | 27 | July 2019 | June 2022 | 114 | 23 |
| 24 | Dennis Adeniran† | 25 | September 2020 | End of season | 22 | 0 |
| 28 | Nnamdi Ofoborh† | 24 | January 2021 | End of season | 33 | 2 |
| 33 | Anis Mehmeti | 23 | September 2020 | June 2021 | 29 | 3 |
| FORWARDS ||||||||
| 9 | Uche Ikpeazu | 29 | August 2020 | June 2023 | 33 | 6 |
| 11 | Scott Kashket | 28 | August 2016 | June 2022 | 129 | 31 |
| 17 | Daryl Horgan | 32 | September 2020 | June 2022 | 42 | 1 |
| 19 | Garath McCleary | 37 | November 2020 | N/A | 33 | 4 |
| 15 | Admiral Muskwe† | 26 | January 2021 | End of season | 19 | 3 |
| 20 | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 42 | July 2016 | June 2021 | 211 | 54 |
| 25 | Alex Samuel | 29 | August 2018 | June 2022 | 86 | 11 |
| 35 | Andronicos Georgiou | 24 | September 2020 | June 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Malachi Linton | 23 | September 2020 | June 2021 | 0 | 0 |
† Loan player
* ↑ Year that player became a Wycombe Wanderers first-team player. If a player has played more than one spell at Wycombe Wanderers, the beginning of the most recent spell is used.
* ↑ The loan expiration date is stated in this column as either a specific date or "End of season".
* ↑ If the contract expiration is unknown "N/A" is stated.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 17 August 2020 | CF | Uche Ikpeazu | Heart of Midlothian | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2020 | CB | Giles Phillips | Queens Park Rangers U23s | Free transfer |
| 25 August 2020 | RB | Jason McCarthy | Millwall | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2020 | GK | Curtis Anderson | Free Agent | Free transfer |
| 2 September 2020 | RW | Daryl Horgan | Hibernian | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2020 | CB | Ryan Tafazolli | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 9 September 2020 | GK | David Stockdale | Birmingham City | Free transfer |
| 29 September 2020 | CB | Andre Burley | Reading U23s | Free transfer |
| 29 September 2020 | CF | Andronicos Georgiou | Stevenage | Free transfer |
| 29 September 2020 | CF | Malachi Linton | Lowestoft Town | Free transfer |
| 29 September 2020 | AM | Anis Mehmeti | Woodford Town | Free transfer |
| 4 November 2020 | RW | Garath McCleary | Free Agent | Free transfer |
| 27 November 2020 | RB | James Clark | Free Agent | Free transfer |
| 29 January 2021 | LB | Jordan Obita | Oxford United | Undisclosed |
| 27 April 2021 | CB | Chris Forino-Joseph | Free agent | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 25 September 2020 | CM | Dennis Adeniran | Everton U23s | End of season |
| 5 October 2020 | RB | Josh Knight | Leicester City U23s | End of season |
| 5 January 2021 | CF | Admiral Muskwe | Leicester City U23s | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | CM | Nnamdi Ofoborh | AFC Bournemouth | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 16 July 2020 | DM | Jacob Gardiner-Smith | Free agent | Released |
| 16 July 2020 | CB | Sido Jombati | Oldham Athletic | Released |
| 16 July 2020 | CF | Craig Mackail-Smith | Bedford Town | Released |
| 16 July 2020 | LB | Jamie Mascoll | Bolton Wanderers | Released |
| 15 January 2021 | CF | Josh Parker | Burton Albion | Free transfer |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 31 October 2020 | GK | Curtis Anderson | Walton Casuals | |
| 31 October 2020 | CF | Malachi Linton | Slough Town | |
| 14 November 2020 | CB | Giles Phillips | Aldershot Town | January 2021 |
| 14 December 2020 | CB | Andre Burley | Hungerford Town | January 2021 |
| 18 January 2021 | CM | Nick Freeman | Leyton Orient | End of season |
| 2 February 2021 | GK | David Stockdale | Stevenage | 9 February 2021 |
| 23 February 2021 | CB | Giles Phillips | Aldershot Town | March 2021 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Wycombe Wanderers' first pre-season friendly was announced on 14 August 2020, playing West Ham United on 25 August 2020. A second pre-season friendly was announced on 21 August 2020 against Southampton Under-23s, played that day. A third friendly against Aston Villa for 29 August 2020 was confirmed via the club's Twitter account on 25 August 2020. On the same day, Chesham United's Chairman released a statement, confirming that they will replace their friendly with Banbury United with a game against a Wycombe XI on 11 September, the day before Wycombe would be starting their Championship season against Rotherham United.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| EFL Championship | 12 September 2020 | 8 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 69 | −30 | 023.91 |
| FA Cup | 9 January 2021 | 25 January 2021 | Third round | Fourth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 050.00 |
| EFL Cup | 6 September 2020 | 6 September 2020 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 45 | 75 | −30 | 024.49 |
Last updated: 8 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### EFL Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 19 | Bristol City | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 51 | |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 49 | |
| 21 | Derby County | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 44 | |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers (R) | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 69 | −30 | 43 | Relegation to EFL League One |
| 23 | Rotherham United (R) | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 42 | Relegation to EFL League One |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday (R) | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 41 | Relegation to EFL League One |
* ↑ Sheffield Wednesday received a 12 point deduction for breaching the League's Profitability and Sustainability Rules. This was later reduced to 6 points by an Independent League Arbitration panel.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2021. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 |

#### Matches

The EFL Championship fixtures were released on 21 August 2020.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition. The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.

### EFL Cup

The first round was split into 'northern' and 'southern' sections, with Wycombe Wanderers entered into the southern section. The first round draw was made on 18 August 2020.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 8 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Ryan Allsop | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Jack Grimmer | 42 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | Joe Jacobson | 40 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dominic Gape | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Anthony Stewart | 33 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ryan Tafazolli | 21 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | David Wheeler | 41 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Alex Pattison | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | UGA | Uche Ikpeazu | 33 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Matt Bloomfield | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Scott Kashket | 31 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Josh Knight | 39 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Cameron Yates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ZIM | Admiral Muskwe | 19 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | USA | Giles Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | IRL | Daryl Horgan | 42 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Curtis Thompson | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | JAM | Garath McCleary | 33 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 35 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Darius Charles | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Nick Freeman | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NGA | Fred Onyedinma | 46 | 5 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Dennis Adeniran | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | WAL | Alex Samuel | 23 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Jason McCarthy | 26 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Jordan Obita | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | NGA | Nnamdi Ofoborh | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | David Stockdale | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Curtis Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ALB | Anis Mehmeti | 29 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SKN | Andre Burley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | CYP | Andronicos Georgiou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ENG | Malachi Linton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ENG | James Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Chris Fornio-Joseph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club before the end of the season: ||||||||||||
| 27 | FW | ATG | Josh Parker | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |