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IT HAS been a week that will be recalled and debated with rellah by Wycombe Wanderers' fane ao long aa football Ia played. A a the topic of the week, the glamour of the F .A. Cup banished all other preoccupations as the Wanderers, In the third round of the national com­ petition for the first time in their 90-year history, confounded all the pundits - and their own manager - by holding the firat division cham­ pionship challengers Middleabrough to a goallaas draw at Loakaa Park, after outplaying the professionals for most of the game. And In the replay, with a home draw against Sunderland as the prize at stake, the astonishing Wanderers all but made It, only a last-minute goal giving hard-pressed Mlddlaabrough victory after a thrill-packed game. 'Magnificent Wycombe' was the sporting tribute of the 30,000 Mlddlaabrough crowd in an un­ precedented demonstration after Tuesday night's match.

And more Watch for details of our cup-tie HATS OFF FREE new reader ser­ news and pictures vice - and New Year -P.25,26 TO THE extra features. TO MAKE YOUR 'Free Press' even more Rltracllve and helpful we will be lntroduci'(!; an Inquiry bureau to ~lve :~~d~~~uo~~~u~~f~~~~tl~e~.s as mllnte and tax, social serv ces ON OTHER ********* HEROES! In addition there Is to be a regul11r lnforntatlon guide on lo calservlces,emergency'phonenumbers,usefulcontactsllnd PAGES ..• addresses,etc.,and,foryourleisureinterest,aweeklygulde resolution, had Churlton quircd not just one driver to the cinema programmes over a wide area. e Marlow new·s, ••••• P.2 A PROLONGED e Home page ••••••• P.6 standing ovation from the biting his nails again until but several crews for four or five changes along the line. e Property sales ..• P.8-12 30,000 crowd acclaimed th~!~sr~ afr~~si~~e m~lo~~es~r e You have you r say P.l3 another heroic displAy by Stuart Stanley, of achievement, enhAncing the 1 0 : ~~enr? a~~ss~h~~-. P .14 gallant Wycombe Wanderers' reputation as ~ith ~s ~~1s~;~~~~~e~;~~~: Wanderers in the FA Cup neverbefore, thesetwogames ed a Wanderers' match - Radio & TV, .P.I6-17 third round replay against will gh·e a big boost to the whether home or away. And e Other sport P.20, 2J, 24 first division club's flnanus- with they were determined not to e Secuntl Sec! ion ... P.23 1\!!lldlesbrough :..t ~-lm(th int, m.c £6,0~ frou n.i.-3• .he Middll.~brough Ayr~some Park on Tues­ game. day night - when only a So they booked their own last-gasp, last-minute goal aircraft, a twin-engined Britten Norman Islander saved the professionals through Wycombe Air 'grim' from another humiliation. - Centre officials at Booker thcThe home frantic supporters cheering as fromwell ··i'P,~~~~~- ~dOEa~ ;vhhicchos~;~;;t n~:~~ as from the hundreds of was "cheap at the pnce". After MASSIVE cuts will ha ve'to Wycombe fans was a well- Each memberoftheparty he made by tommlttees or chipped in with just over £22 BucksCountyCounclllnthelr ~~~etv~~ ;~~~~~~, ·m;~~~~ apiece, and they shared the draft estlmutes If the couuty great-hearted display agam cost of a taxi to and from rate for 197!"-76 Is not to In­ confounded the critics and Teesside Airport to 80 crease by more than 25 per put the professionals on the cent, warned Mr. Gerrett rack before the dramatic ~~~~~ountt~i:~~;k~ilaes~istance goal in th~ 89th minute end­ .---s.-=~-='=-VA~'E:=--M~:'"IJ~N:"':-""::"'E. "':--y·"-"'""-...,.1 ~r~;:t~r:;, ~~~se we;:.u~:. ed the eplc . years Crosland, Endronmtnt After th e drama and Minister,h:tsstatedthalthe triumph of the. Wanderers' Saving OUr modern fleet of 60 self-drive hirO vehicles are average rate increase achievement m the first WYCOMBl:' Wlllldtrut' /u11s, available for hlre at rates which we believe you will th roughout the country should lost ill till wulr.'scup-tltllt· The return flight was find considerably less than those of the National be 25 per cent. !~~~erd!~. L~~~~s t~!~k sOO mospfrtfl,mllylibtonfltctoll 1 Wycombe fans flocked by made to 1-l eathrow - and tfr tcurloJit)ltfrlltitlllflrllpptntd Choos• hm TRIJiil/l,"''r'o·LEDOS ~ ra~~ ~a~~v~tn:os:~d u~~Yi~~~= cars were laid on there by fllltt btfort- th lllllihl)l a 4UUU ., than 25 per cent - already a ~iddiesb~~~;h ~~dba~~r t~~ friends at midnight to bring mattlrillgoftlrt'tlrtBI>ttl'llllli FORD CORTINAS, CAPRIS & ESTATES, grim prospect for ratepayers- Blues' second-chance bid the fans back to Wycombe. Middlubrolllllralsotoolrplatt - to be rewarded with A 'Free Press' •paclal Stuart, who works at Rye giJ /:,"'i"af:9s, Mlddltlbrougfr, TRANSIT VAN£ Engineering, Lancaster ¥.f.'1o~e~~~ ~~~~::!:!~:~n~U~"Fo.~.~ another pulsating encounter four-page aupplement on tlrtmnlns llll am11tt1U lttlltt _Self DiivA Rlrer""iij1aier~ would ltavc to be slashed orr the in which the professionals the big match added to Road, , tlrtll, ri1ittd Wycombtforlf'lrllt Alrghes of B'iicOn,!tleld ltd., Station Road. . total draft estimates of the com- had to right all the way. the Interest at Loaka• ~~~~;s b~h~~a~~:~i~~ya~a;f~ sMcOn.flfJ,j Zi41 • · "-- --- millc cs of £75,000.000. And back in Wycombe it Park - and hare 'Free ~!:c,:.::d'a/!,i,':;,:r,,::: 11:;/, This follo ..·s the shock news a was "Hatsofftothe heroes" craft for the trip. of£/S." "-----'-===='------....11 whentheWanderers,whohad Preas' reporter Lindy " If we had travelled by r~;; ·a~~~k~narr!.~:ua~~~~et~! flow·n up to Teesside from Brookling Is helping to road none or us would hatt •a::, ''::,,!'~!,%,~" 'att}o!: council wu not only running Heathrow on Monday night, distribute It - free. bl-tnfitforworkthenextday tlrtm ;, tfr r world of 11m11ttllr short of ca~ h but would be andwewouldhavelostmoney SO('Ctr, Tlrt)l ltltrt Amllltur C11p returnedbycoAchon\Vednes-­ lroldtrs - a,fmmtllstl)lpr/ttd 11 day morning after their there, quite apArt from the ~~-~-~s~~~: rfn~~dci~f ~~~re~~ the replay and £3,000 from costofthejourneybyroad", 9 March busiest, branst two games in the first game. 'ft,"/'ff,;~lr ~i~n~~ :'t'to~7::~!~~ 31. hesnid. Sincethcntherehavebcen fourdaysinthedub's90-)'CIU Altogether Wycombe ' s t.nd Old Cartlrlltllllll· history. record-breaking f'A Cup run He and his pals, including In OctobtrthtywtrtOII t011r i11 tllf Jouth 11nd on Ortobrr28 Rae. Price £36.47 ~~d:~~ ~~!c 1f~~gh~~d~o~: thi11seasonshouldnetthem not Donald McFarlane, who millee award of a )0 per cent farshortof£12,000. lives at Grove Road, Sands, paid thtlr lr/Jtoric visit to "tlrt cfr11irmttropolls." Nine coaches, many cars teamed up together some Now£28.99 di!~el~~ ~~cs~c~1C:;: ~~atb!i~~~~~; CaSh boOSt years ago on the terraces at Ontslsnofthttlmuwllrtlrtlt Ferguaon 4-track Reel 1------il the ~ouncil seve ral million Loakcs Park. ~:,':b~~c':_~~~ll~'!~ ~~:~::o'::t,of, ELECTRIC pounds for which it did not ~ ~~rtc~~~ ~~=~et: ~:rie'J ~h ~ to Reel Tape Recorder 800 Wycombe supporters to ttntfr oftlrtuasDn. FIRES budget this xc ar and will swe ll "We'll murder them" had Savin~ (1 1.41 Middlesbrough for the Anothtr dlff~rtnct bttwttn CoeVLog Effect. \~; 5~;~_es bill of the c~uncil _;n ~~:~:c~~:y ~~s~i~d'i~~b~~~:~ 'In style' tlrlr matclr and Satttrdtly'r re~~~-enthuslasts w~re deter­ Loakrs Park ciUJh war thr £30.oo LESs25% monty lnvolvtd. Mart than ~!~~~;c~::~r;,:~~l!in/~~~~~11 ~~tn~:~r ~~~~e~~r~~~ta~~; minednottobebaulkedarter HMV 2176 Tranalator draK estimates on the busis of a Wanderers had fnghtencd learningthatthelrhopuforA "We feel we owe the ~f::D/o,o"J.~ ~i-~f~~ '!h1~:'7~ Radlo1, pre-set V.H .F. ITTKB 2&• Deluxe virtual standstill io services, ex- him to death' in the first special trllln hadbeendashed Wanderers quite a lot", he reception only. Colour TV , cept where: growth is io- game. - because British Rail could said. "We are all good mates !'::~~~~:/;:~;.~ ;,7!c~~; ,'::::~} KNITWEAR Battery/mains. Feathertouch control plus escapable, as- for example- But so far from any notfindS1.1rridentcrews. together, and enjoy the .£16. Btarlng in mind tht /lltl Saving £6.40 110 degree tube. A British Rail spokesman matches." th11t Mlddltsbrouglr'l prlct '"" Save £40 ~~mi~~~t~:st_ ~Y;r~!ide~h:i~~ ~~~u~~~rde~~r~~erui;~~~e~~~ had explained that laying on They have travelled to .£/SthtrtW

AND so Wycombe Wanderers' F.A. Cup run is finally over. The ful if this ..:m uu 1e1 orr the 1round. So many of their best dubs hue club. who have recorded a new milestone in their 90 year history, lertinrecentyursthattheAthenl anscould enn decldetohafeOnly finally bo"·ed out of the competition on Tuesday night at t,.·odivi$lonofl6clubs,lea•lnlonly three•annclntobefllled. 0 ~~~~~~~ro:':~~~ c~~~~~~~~uA~tin:~~d '~nf~~~u~o~~~~! f~:~!fi Wanderers · the pride AYLESBURY Uni ted F.C.'i secretary, Mr. R. E. Colhns. has in­ th~t has captured the imagination of thousa nds. "itcd George Be!!, once the idol of the Manchester United fans. to in\'est money into the loo:al Athenian l eague Division Two dub. Had anyone even mentioned the name of Middlcsbrou.sh on that Mr. Collins wrote a letter to the Daily Express inviting Best to ~tu ~.~:s: yh~~:1 ~~: ;~::tetd~~e~~t!i~;h:u~~t ~uk~~f¥h: ro~~~ : !::!~~involved in the club, which has had oU ups and downs thts however, worked thetr way throush so me marvellous matches to finishatMiddlcsbrough,havingbeaten Bollrnemouthontheway, lnthelctterthci\ylcsburysecretarystatcsthatthedubhascn· joyedsucccssintheputtotheutcntofplaying\Vatfordinthe of High Wycombe first round of the F.A. Cup in the 1950's. He roundsoffthelcncr fo~hei:ue~~~\,~.a~~o~:C11i~hteh~~~~na :tU1.~nf~~~a:hr:~i~~ by saying that this can be achieved again if the dub recei,·cs his matches, the bulk coming from Middlesb rough and Bollrncmollth. financial su pport. But apart from the cash. the success achieved by the club itself, Wycombe too. arc full of praise for the public. They had full co­ lncember and, in addition, tbtre wu no 1uarantee they would be Wycombe hove also put the town of High Wycombe firm ly on the operation over ticket sales and on the two big days against elected. Three otbtr Southern Lea&ue clubs made lentati~e Inquiries wh~~if~~~~:~rEr~~~~~r~~r:bo~~~:~~~:t~sut~~t ~:~rc~~~a~aa;~~ Middlcsbroughand Bournemouth. but theyumetonothinaforthenme reasons. ~·~~~~:~~=~vfs ':~~S;a:~~hl;'~~: ~~e~.om many sources as a dub Butthc seasonwusonlythreeweeksoldwhen Bateswasgiventhe sack because the first team made a poorstarttothc term. th~~lscil~e:l~,ro~VJ.co mbe Wanderers Football Club have done All four nundes ue up«ted to be filled by Athenian League Thcamountofworkinvolvcdwiththesebigcupmatchesisoften dubs and It lookt u Jr tbtse will be rour atlected from the following n ~e - Harrow Borou~eh, Wembley, Ware, Erlth and Belvedere and le~~~ ~;~~~~~~in~~;~~ ~~~n~:~~ ~ehalt c,~to/~~~e~ ,~~tda~u~o~e ~ ~~ ~i~eha~J '~~ntth~irb~f~~ieg:cnye.r~Ye~~ li~n~u~ ~~h~d ;~~~~1t~!~r~en~ THE Rothmans hthmlan Leagu• Coundl meet' this 11·eek to dedde on Cheshunt . the rour clubswho arelobeelededtothecompetltlon next nason. highridingi\ddlcstone lastweek. Mr.Collin s believcsthatwiththc Onlooker's Diary treasurer Roger Lee in pa rtlcula.r have put in longhoursoverthe lrthis assu mption Is correct It will cu t the Athenians do,.n to 29 hclpofGcorge Resttheclubcoulddevelopintoagoodteamugain They hue had 24 appllutlons, but Duley Un llctl, the onl y Southern clubsandthelrvacandu lnturn wlllbenll edrromtheMetropo lit an lastfewwech,sometimesover stxhoursadayontopofthcir nor­ League Club officially to app ly, hue subHquently withdrawn. mal work. Every member of the club. from the chairman to the London, Spartan and Surrey Stnior lu&ues. :~~~;v:d a~~~ ~~n~~~~h~;~st~~:u~f ~~~~ ':V~~ t~~~~~i~u~f~~~ hhi~~ stewards and tea ladies, has done a tremendous job. Theyfoundtheyfaced a.£500 nnelrthey ru lgned aftertheendof The Spartan hu snnested amalaamatlon but It Is u tremely doubt- down · BOWLER SCORES The Gate into FIVE TIMES AS sicond place

Booker Ranaen l, The Gale 4 AFTER conceding a shock early goal away lo bollom club TANCO FALTER 0 1 0 w~~;e~~~ n~~~~f,e \\!y:~':b~S~nd~~oC;~dbi~ a:i~ ~, ~ty~~~~ b~e Tanco Sporls 0, half substitute,madefulluseof Wnpshadofrccordingtheirse· after th e resumption but they match on Sund ay. T his result pushes The Gate into second failed to cash in on the many St. Johns 5 hi s short tim e ~n the field by cond succeuive league victory. place with a game In hand on the leaders Irish Club. Chinnor scorcd twice in the first chunccsthcycreatcd. _Ritngcrs'!eadonlylastcdiO 5 0 1 b ;L ~,~~~ ~-~~~~ ~;~~d~· a good start half. once in their own net to DIVISION 2 Hawkins Plntes' title hopes j~i :gy &! ~~e rfi~~ :: ~an~! and after 45 minutes were lcavethetcamsull squarcatthe Ken March grabbed his 12th mtnutcs when Graham were dashed on Sunday when le nding 3-1. They kept up th e 5 0 Youngman put th e visitors on they suffered a 2-0 reverse Sports defence apart when St. leveltcrmsby hammcring home preuure in th e seco ~d half. us­ f:eih~· ~~~o;;ds/:!1fv~~cd b~~~~~~ ~~=!p~f ~!'; ~~~ hc" sWII ~~~~~ ~~ against Bourne End Juniors. Johns r omped to an lm · aglorious20yarddrive.llefore The final whistle has gone a nd the lens s tream on to the ~~~ the width of Ro sborough's toa6-1revcrse. st ophissidcslipping toa3-2 Follo~ing a goalless first h~lf. pressive 5-0 away wiclory In the interval. D a~c North put Hawkmsconceded an own goal players for holding Middlesbrough to a goallass draw In the F.A. brgpitchandfound the nct with Stone Unlledmcsmeri sedSttr home defeat by Stone United the Wycombe League Dl•l· considerable case to record Green in the first half with ac­ Res, who now take over the TheG:ttc2-lupwhenheslotled and_\lereluckynottogofurthcr on Saturday. slonOne on Saturday.Bowler their best winofthescason curatepaningandsuperbrunn· home after rounding the bchmd when Dave Pountncy praclicall y took on lhe home Their other scorers were Vic ing off the ball and as a result ~enarKn!:ckd~~~!P·u~t~~n~w~~J "keeper. and Robert Cross both hit the A mista~c by full back Pat sideby hlmself as herattled ln Rockcll (2). Des Clarke and stormed into a 5.0 lead. Seer lead before Chalfont hit back woodwork. Norman Upward R)'on a ll owed Ranaers to scored Bourne End's second a ll five goals lo maintain his Pete Stammers Green never recovered from with a penalty, appropriately this pounding but offered more converted by Mick Stone. Pat equalise but this error wusoon goal to sink the Pirates. side's unbeaten record and SENIOR SECTION resistanecaflcrtheintervaland King made it3-l before March erased by Nort h wh o netted his pu.shthem inlosecond place. PREMIEII DIVliiON Hithercroft pay penalty After being held to agoallcss cve ntuallywentdown6-0. nclted hi s late goal. second goal following a G!"11ham PW 0 L F APio lnthefirsthalftheSaints. draw at home to Wycombe DIVISION 4 Pritchardcorncr.GcoffRoberts LlwoodA 910 2331414 lnL•T II 6 2 3 29 24 14 Hilhercrofl Coils 1, After the inter val. play In the under 12scctionofthe 1 who are the only unbeaten side UnitH on Thursday, Aackooell co~:i~~::"!~cndt~r;~~ ffere:t: Ch1 lfr\nt Wnps 'A' lying se­ scaled th e result for The Gate \lithasplendidJOyardshotfive Uco 9 5 2 2 28 13 12 Glory Mill Coltsl became sc rappy but once league. Loudwater crashed to a :~: ~·~d~;nld\s ~r£::~~dn aTfi:~ in the league. were made to Hea th trave ll ed to Henley Town 2-0dcfcat awaytoSands RoYefl, cond in Division Four, slu mped RS•Lifit 10 I 3 3191711 Gerald Dowling had hit the 6-1 home defeat against Searle performance to clinch a struggleagainstthcirlowlyplac­ onSaturdayandnotchcdanim­ Defences were on top for most to their third defeat on the trot minutes from time. .., .. 11 5 I 52113511 ed opposition. However. a prcuive 4-0 triumph. The Irish Oub maintai ned their Wo:t.< 10 50 5171610 e~ua li se r for Hithcrcroft. the Scorpion$. Jeff Glasgow wu in creditable J-3 draw against of the game but it was Sands when they were crushed 5-0 at 'RillboroC 10 4 I 52228 6 HITHERCROFT Colts paid tremendous form for the home Watcrbeach. Bourne End twice 10 1 llnthcnswcrc held forthefint 0 h ome to Jowl y pla ced lead at th e top of the division Ani.. 113 I 731331 theprlceforml ss h ~anear l y ~~~~~~~~e~-~~:e~~ r~'C!i;;r yh~~ifi side and produced their only took the lead but on each occa­ ~~~~!ntthe J~~"'~~ ~J ~~~"; h; 30 minutes and were fortunate rr~~tl~k~~aT. ~il~·~~~f:csh!~ Risborough RoYttll Res. Lan- 'OMP O~I~IO~ 8 15 39 1 ~~~i:s.'uX;~~n S·fi c~~~hi~i~! 1 1 clinched the res ultwhena shot consolationwhcnscoringinthe sion the opposition fought back visitorsai-Oadvantagc atthe wh en a shot by He nley's break. Atkins who led the rout. with PW 0 L F Al'l• t~~~~Yo~ ~~~d~~~ ~;rr ~!~~ by Eugene David was only closing minutes. to level. An own goal, Foster MalcolmSpicrsrollcdjustwide =~ c~~~nnc~soo,;,e,r ;~ts~w~:l :!fi~~J~~~ t~~;cd~~i~~~e~~h~ lrloi!C 10 8 I 13• 917 Earlyintothesccondhalf.thc of the uprig ht. sccond half andscoredfurther four goals for Molins. Albert fhoG111 910 2392014 ponents scored tale In the 0 and Sharpe, produced Bourne before thcyconccdedtwo goal s llwoodn 10703252114 ~aints' prolific goo! poacher con­ Howuer, two goals by Tony in the last 15 minutes. goals from Bates. Lansdown, Crabtree was out standing and gamelosnalchal~l victory in f:~kic~~bi~:~~ f~~~~~~~rc;Pa~~ Loudwaterwtreundtrprtssure F.nd"sgoals. c- 10523302212 t;Lp the ball home. tmu'i::d the rout. Bowler com­ Sprlnge ll put Aackwdl In the PRE MIER DIVISION 1\tkinsandBarnHrd. he capped a fine performance !he Rlsborough Boy! formostofthe nnthalf andtrall· Searle Col ts made an easy ed to goa ls from Kemsley and OnSunday,BourneEndUnder pl eted his hat-trick with two drh inll sut at ha ir time and the Agoalby Worleyinthcdying SENIOR SECT ION by netting his side's only two ~=u .g ~ ~ nn~ ' Weekend League, under 13 1Sswerethrashed8-3athomcto more well taken goals and then secondhalflluonlyamtnuteold PW D L F .t.Pio goal.\ 'MOd a..a. tO 4 0 II 21 29 7 starttothcyearinthcirunderl) Slo we. After the resumption, they minutes of the match gave Holmer G 12 9 2 1 37 15 20 J8f><19er 12 2 3 71837 7 section. rn lttchwhenthcythrashedGreat Condor Colts in Division Three. ncar the end of the match he 11hen Dave Rum-11 made it 3-0. Hu gltenden Rangers a fine 2-1 ln ancl'enfirsthalf lrishCiub ' Mol\nf 8 3 0 5 24 30 5 ca me more intothe plcture butthc Chlnnot 1&10 0 5331520 only held a 2-0 advantage, 1 Ki ngsh ill S-0. The Colts were 11 They trailed only 4-2 after 45 pouncedontwodcfensiveerrors The home side continued to nght succen at Pe11n And Tylers F'wellH 12·1 3126 519 8oohr R JR, , S2 ~ 8 20 40 4 always far quicker on the ball minutes but in the second half to punish the now demoralised and ca me doH to scoring with Green. l'c nn took the lead Riel! ~ ov 14 7 4 3 30 16 18 10 2 arc!~~1 ~~~d1 i'Xg ~~~n~~wi:~~~ ~~: lpl:l~~ :d::: •te~~~::r~~t~~: Cohom S M 13 8 1 4 24 19 17 PW 0 L f APt• visitor .~· pe n~Lit y n rca but the and their midfield three of were overran and b ut for Tanco defence. nn e tfrorts from Spi ersand Andy ;og;tinst the run of play when ~;~;~~ ~ ebrf~~ti;g ~~~~clifila~C:Ii CHe,.hW 1310 I 2 5823 21 through New man, Robe rti, SroneU 14 7 2 5301616 soonincreascdthcleadufterthe spot-kick was blaMed wide. langley, O ur~css and Walker Shrlmpton and Kemsley. goalkeeper Elliou , would have Prlncu Risborouah Ru. al~o Painter berore John llarrls made they made the most of M poor B"lleldU 16 7 2 7352716 R8lR 10 9 0131718 'l ~JU(NI IJ 9 I 3 42 21 18 Midway throughthe half,Giory wcreouutandtng. Searle scorers conceded many more goals. took a hammering on their own 1 backpassandthenbothsidcshit P"wood 16 6 4 6192016 interval and the n Molins Nophlll 14 6 3 5181915 crumbled under the onslaught. •ronA. 13 8 144335111 Mill took the lead when StUILrt were Hill {2), Burgess (2), Bou rne End Juniors were in­ David Roberts, Jeffrey Morris groundwhentheycrurnb!edtoa It ~~~~~~:n :~i~~~::t~rW~f;hin/ the woodwork before Stallwood o· w-S 13 3 8 2222114 RAncho! 12 8 I 5324113 Savageforcedtheballovcrthe Findlay, Crowll:y, Walker and volved in two matches in the and Peter Lavelle were Bourne 7_-2 defeat against Glory Mill. by Chinnor rn the second hat, struckth_eequaliser. ~u 13 544262714 The rout was completed by AporronR 13 52 8334012 line aft er agoalmouth melee. C11tvcy. Slough Boys Combination over End's scorers. Colin Smith, the visitors' second dampened all hopes Chalfont The vrsitors pressed forward Slndo Rov 13 54 4151114 Atkins {2). Bernie Quinn. Pete Wmlmter8 12 4 I 72025 9 P ~ II 13 4 3 6 25 37 11 Hudson and Kevi n Webb. Pllnl 13 3 I 928331 Henl*'fT 16 4 11131 49 9 H•ider\V 12 3 I 8 22 33 7 s ..conoD 13 3 2 81929 8 GREAT FINISH Goo•R 12 3 0 91440 6 sa...., 15 2 1121143 5 '8ookom S cit~I,.IO ~ )7 17 41 I 2 45 4 i Cho " (NIIPRE,;.~ER o t'tt~~O~ sp~rtat~cA~~~~~i~.u! hf~~ ~n~lu'l. PW 0 l. F APte PW 0 l F APto edtwobrilli ant goalsby lan Gamma 13 It 1 I 54 II 2J G MIA 14 10 2 2 60 18 22 Hopson. brousht them a 2-2 H"tlno!P 13110 2633022 Mortow R 13 10 2 1 31 10 22 draw at home to Clinnor ExfiH. WooburnA 1110 2 5 341522 ~~8~R a 1~ ~ ~ ~nn~ S-IR II 815362317 The visi tors ""ere also fortunate BlowR 12 7 0 6332414 ,_ 16 6 5 5262511 to clear a Pete F..dmond1 dri~e Gwood 13 5 I 7~J.B11 Wol'llioft< 11 7 2 2 2518111 offthclineinthcdym&seconds WycALh 12 4 2 6 30 33 10 Loc.,.-G 15 53 7433313 M-W 13 3 4 6182510 '"-End 13 II 1 1117 2713 Spartan'sweakcncd1idcwere w,., PO 13 J 2 8 211 41 8 Fwtl R 10 5 2 3 37 20 12 a goal down after five minutes n.-n v 12 1 o 11 25 u 2 H'endon 14 52 7333412 and before the break Exiles P-A 12 I 0111300 2 • I point deducted !0< usl"'l u~· l;folmerGR12 4 3 5302111 neucd again. The home side SAVE HEAT Wmoto 13 2 5 112335 9 •lllli•t•ld~l. s·w-Rn g 3 1 51219 7 foughtbackwithJrcatspiritand Hozlemere \3 3 0102235 6 it was no surpnsc when they ~·II',... 11 I I 9 17 41 3 pulled a goal back thanks to a "'li•.W.Orv 9 I o 6 6712 OIVISION 1 tremcndous25yardeffort from PW 0 L F APII ~~ 1410 2 2431522 ~~~n~lJ:~ s·~~h."~~iri!~~~~~-~ BOB header 10 minutes from time. ~~~:R l ~ ! ~ ~ ~~ ~: u 1\lld Ducks S1lnts hammered Glorv M 17 8 2 7 36 36 18 sixgo~t l s pastJo ll yBod~eerinthe 8'floi

CUP HIGHLIGHTS A full page of photographs' from Satur­ day's F.A. Cup third round tie between Wycombe and Middlesbrough. Pictures by Bob Mead, Geoff Gomme and Alan Holmes.

TRIDUTE to thr Ducks Free Press for its sports co~erage was paid in a Sun­ day mowing radio inter~lew . by Wycombe Wanduers manager, Brian Lee. In a question and answer session on Radio London, a listrneraskedMr. Lt>ewhat was the significance of the cup presentation before the gaml.', because the crowd noisewassogreat it wasdif­ ficuh to hear the announcer on the ground. i\lr. Lee explained that ~~c::~·r:Ca~r~~~e~o ~!n!~~ theclub'sachie1·ementintbe F.A. C'up this year and be added:''ldon'tknowofany otherlocalpaperwhichglns suchsupportandco1erageto its local team than the Ducks Free Press." scanned by chairboys.co.uk for 40th anniversary

TH( IHJ ~REE PRESS. January 10. 1975

;;o;;;;;;~;u.;;; van at Ron Gristwood (foreground) of Downley with the aerial which "shot" the •ignal on the first •tage of It• journey to london. In the background are fellow engineers Dave Fry of Pinner and Eric Mcleod of Ruislip. 11ome match' for the technicians l'l 'TlT\G London Weekend Tcle~lslon's soccer features. On the Ball and The Big \latch, on the air from Loakes Park on Saturday was 11 "home match" for three technkians 1\ho are normally miles a\\ay from Wycombe- with the oulslde broadcast unit. !.Ink) enRinerrs Ron has tMken him all o•tr Britain •lt1l roalln tht setond half of (;rl~t,.ood of Ford Way, • nd the Continent and Satur- the match. Uo,.nle~. 1nd Bob Hardy, of da y'soutsidebroadcast,.n bis 1°ur1her co•ull!tOfthegame ~·:":;~~~~ ~~:~~~:e"~::-: :~~~; ~~~~.~~m&;".~.~ mH~~-~ nfutl ~f ~~dt:::em ":'~~~ ~:s~~·o': cameraman Sttot Jeilyman, of pnl~ o•·er the amount of local Radio Oxford and Radio Ntw­ llcd ~ur Rot~d, Bourne Ernl, ., u co-upenllon rtceio·ed, from castle. f,~~~~·e~t 1 ~:,~~:o:~b!heGS: ~:~~~ ~:~~~'h!'l~~~- ~:!; "~e~J~~~d~~: o.!:dca~~~;o,\';!':c~.~~!P~~:: ll u~l'ltRI. h~PI•II y 1•ro•ldtd an extra po~>er their 0"11 net.,·o rk busy with 1 td~~~!ro~c~:!n~·t:~~~~~ ~~~::; so ~kct! : ~,·~~ntdr~~m::~r~~ ! I~:~. ~:~ the fult drama of Wytombe l>t:I.IG I-I'n: o mlso lnt enle .. ed some of t~e \\ anderu~· ~oa ll n! draw Producer Bob Gardam told mnln personalltlu lnvuh ed .'" N~otain't \liddltsbrough in the the Fret Prus' that the the ramt "hilt Gerry Grace m­ tblrd round ur the •·A Cup. \\'rrombt Wa ndrrrrs a nd tenic"td wpporters. Prrnlucer \lu)t of Su nda)"'JO programme, i\ llddltsbrough tie was first Chri' l'billi p!l had also arranged The Hlg \btch, "•s de•ottd In offered to the HO C, 10ho dedin- a link "ith the prl.-atr 1\"ard on tht tit. ed - "So 1>-t ,.·ere delighted to the l..uakn l'•rk sidt of the It .. as ltun'sjob to.,orkout get this match", he D id. hospital from " hich W)combe hn" to send the micro•... ve The Dig Match team set out Wanderers chairman Mr. J ack 1 5 ; ~ :::~ .. f:n.. m. ~~~:~:l-si~~;kpa:~ :;u r~~~~t. :t::~·~ :~ ,~~; u~:~ 'T~~;~~~~~:d t ~r~·s~~'hurst .. hi{h a•uided the hills around stu d uf tllf' u~u a l four. Doh , to tell \liddlt>brough managtr th~tu.,n. ll ec•e ntuall ybew m e d wu, \\'IS pleased .. tth th e local Jack Charlton after the game the !lictures from the football co·openllol1 - partkularly th athe~>AJd l sap p l'llnte dlnt ~ ~:rflund to M mid -point 111 from W ycombe Genera l "•Y hi s tu m hMd pl ayed for a 1 1 :~:.~·:;~~it c; '~,:e... ~e~e~~··:r,:~~~ ~ ~f~.'~!~ 1 u rl ved hm, a ~.·,~:~.;~~~t J=~~·:r'~ft~ &~::; ell• turned the si~ nal to.,·ards a umen on the llospltal ..-as the a"·•y from your o.,-n boys, ,.. • IOU·fnnt tu~>c r at Chrlstmu ob•luu~ plate for gtttlnr agood "ere playing as bnt u .,.e Common. •·lew ud catching thr 11- rou ld ". the~l~::,,t:;i;"~ ~::\ ~~8~l:,t~~ :::!'t:.rt oftht ,.·hole ground ," s:ethnuur~~~~~ tpouol~e ~~:.i the ~tudlos at Kent Hoot~. From the dub itself, ~o- temper1ture lmlllfdiately 1fter ~~:;:~··~n.~ ;!!~:tG:hOn ~:! ::kJ.•!.'~e h~~~~~·~~:·~itt::: ~':rtm;:;!·.,~ llr aCtt i OttSiy. bot h lbll ~>u partl) rtrordt d but ~>'ly that tllf'y .. ere delight ed to Bl 1 i'ohlth tom menU tor bftd lhr llnh from w,·combe. hue us". Urian i\loure also h1d time to Rnn Grl~l.,ood has ,.·orkfd Cl mt r • m• n S t eve contrlbult tllWytombeRadlo's ~o~J \~~.. :ln~~!\s1t: ~':~Yin !~~: ~:~~;~:;;s :;_~r: r,j,c;'h·:!,~ ~o;~ ;!~k~:~• ~~~it~~/r:tt"e•rm~;p lnttrt~l. 1111 organisation "hlch behind ·the-goo l shots. lie "as re~ulh •~ th ~y .. ere announced 0 ~::• :•e;~u~r~j~r b~~~-~~~fi s e:e~~tk ~te;~~!m~: c::.. :: ~~ :n~~c'hi~;S: ~~~ :::1 :~:: ~ .?ge~ Y.,.;/,S~~n ~.~I scanned by chairboys.co.uk for 40th anniversary THE BUCKS FREE PRESS, Jenuery 10, 1975

30,000 crowd salutes Wanderers as epic Cup run comes to an end

COURAGEOUS Wycombe l'hohadstatedbeforethegamc, believable uvu. Not far insidetheBlues"boxbuthisshot managedtotakethestingoffthe ""We'll murder th em" hPd behind him were the two centre sc reamed past the upright. ballandthensaveontheline. Wanderers finally bowed out TheMiddlesbroughsurgewas or the F.A. Cop on Tuesday nothing but praose for tne backs, Alan Phillips and Keith Wanderers showed their in­ Wycombe men. "They made us tentionsbytryinganythingfrom halted temporarily in the 27th night - inthebestpossible Meadwhoborethebruntofthe figbt all the way. It was a great Borobli!7.. Gary Hand. too, had long range when Howard minute when Wycombe produc­ style. Arter holding mighty performance and they fully 8 ed their best moveof thegame. ~ liddleshrough ror89 minutes dese rvedthatapplauseatthe '~~~~t~~l~e~hem~r;;;s .were in fr~~~~ki~r~~~~~~d b~ll as:~~~kr~ 5 Jhey succumbed to a Dave end." defencebutgreatcredushould defender and was cleared. !~r~:~y:i~s:ar:~~~d ~:~~~ t ~l Armstrong goal and then a Wycombe president Mr. go to their midfield men for Withthehomesidebegin!ling the hall sweeping upfield with minute hiler were ginn their Montv Scvmour described the sticking to their task while tousethefulfwidthofthe potch, Boro helpless. s~arle crossed upfrontStevePerrinagain look· from the bye-line as the home biggest· e~·e r ovation rrom the ~h;pdaarn:~~ si,~sr be:~ a~ ~": defenders struggledtomakethc 30,000 crowd. Bl~-is~a~~P~?ve~ s~·~aw~~c~~~ edaplayerdestinedforthepro' 0 ranks sooner or Inter. .(\rmstron~twa s thechiefdanger groundand l'errinlashedina ,\stheplayers - absolutely ~~;e~ r~~itlf~h~o~iub~cThi;'y ~[t man, giv1ng Paul Birdseye a short range shot atthe nearpost. exhau~ted. having played their played th eirheartso~ t . The 5U p­ SAME SIDE torrid time on the wing while Platt: however, was perfectly heart

The naked truth exposed by Terry Reardon, Keith Searle, Dylan Evans, Paul Birdseye and Gary\ Hand after Tuesday's match. BLUES MUST last chance to win AVOID A CUP that match ball HANGOVER! AFTER their two rpic F.A. Cup third round matches again st Middlesbrough last wrck, Wycombe Wanderers come down to : ' I I I' 'II I I earth again tomorrow (Saturday) when they ~isil Oxford City I' I :1 I I I o I o I'• : ll1 io the Rothmans Isthmian League. And one of the Blues' , .. ,. I' I '0 o I biggest problems will bt' a~oiding a "Cup hangover". pressed with th~ir hard running The other prizes for the the lucky winners with their pr~~~!~e~t:Je~e~~e~~n:einfr~~ and work rate. Bucks Free Press, Gomm 1 1 Road, High Wycombe, by press an~ television recently. \yanderers will not select Oxfordw,llbepullingout_allthe the>r team until tomorrow and ~~:t a h~~e~b{:~.t se;~~i=: h~i~e: g~tm~T~fte~ S::~r~~;~ January 14. game and two Rothmans January 25. stops to ove~come the1r old The answers to ali 30 Football Year Books. The third and final set of rivals. And City's r~cent form ~~fific1j.ci~ho t~~~~;~~t ,~:~c~ 11 1 1 cou ld s pell troubl e for bandaged wr1s t in the Former Wycombe question appear below and Wycombe. Middlesbrough games. Dave Wanderers half back Jim should be sent to the ~i:~!~~ !ilf ~;pe~r ~:~ t~! Free Press on Friday, Oxford have won th~ir last _'s the likely Moring will be presenting Sales Promotion Dept., two horne games agai~st strong ~~la"'c~~~~t January24. opposition. K1ngston,an, who beat Wanderers J-2 recently, AOTHMANS :!t!I~~~AN L£AQUE wentdown2-0an