Away Days 24/25: Same Old Situation

Away Days 24/25: Same Old Situation - Wycombe

It was a trip to Buckinghamshire for bottom of the league Cambridge United. Winless and severely lacking in confidence, The U’s really needed something out of this game.

10:30 feels like a late departure for an away day, but I always forget how close Wycombe actually is. We arrived within two hours of leaving Cambridge, M25 traffic included! Despite the glorious sunshine in Cambridge, it was raining when we arrived in Wycombe.

Wycombe’s ground, Adam’s Park, is situated inside a soulless industrial estate. Really there should be a ‘craft’ brewery here, but there isn’t. There is however a burger van.

Food inside the ground is ridiculously expensive, always buy food outside at Wycombe.

If you like average to bland beer and soulless tents, Wycombe have you covered (get it?)

Two beer options IPA or Lager, both from Rebellion, I went for the Lager as I’d had the IPA before and beer ticks matter. Beer is not sold inside the away end.

We concede a soft goal within eight minutes. It feels like we start every game by doing this. We look so poor in defence, you wouldn’t realise that our current manager was a premier league defender. We did get ourselves back in the game, via a great Dan Nlundulu finish. That was our only real chance of the game. Wycombe pilled on the pressure and got their deserved late winner.

Danny Andrew lines up a free kick

Another game, another poor show and another defeat. The injury list gets bigger and bigger. We’re already five points adrift of safety. Something has to change soon. I’m already preparing for life in League 2.

Cambridge game: 532

See you at The Abbey for the visit of Lincoln.

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