Me: Kerry Andrew, musician, lives in Sarf London Place of birth: High Wycombe Team supported: Wycombe Wanderers No. of seasons in devotion to above team: 24
Club founded: 1887 Ground: Adams Park, packing out the corner of a dishwater-dull industrial estate Manager: Gareth 'Viggo' Ainsworth Colours: Sky blue and navy blue quarters Nickname: Chairboys (the shame)
Highest League Position: Finishing in 6th place, just shy of the play-offs, in League Two (now League One. Division Three in old old money) in 1994/5 Best Cup Moment: WWFC vs Liverpool, FA Cup Semi Final, 2001 Most famous TV moment: Motty in sheepskin, up to his knees in snow, at Adams Park reporting on the cancellation of the FA Cup 2nd round between WWFC and Peterborough in 1990 Amount of times won at Wembley: 3 out of 4 (as corrected by self-proclaimed 'curmudgeonly old pedant' on WWFC chatroom site; we lost the FA Amateur Cup final in 1957) Best match ever: WWFC vs Wimbledon in replay of 5th round FA Cup match at Selhurst Park, 2001 Notable managers of recent times (and chief characteristics):
Martin O'Neill (perky, volatile, genius); Lawrie Sanchez (noble, quite hard);
Gareth Ainsworth (rock star, vigilante hero) Tony Adams (hangdog, rubbish) Favourite ever player: Gap-Toothed Gypsy Dave 'Jesus' Carroll, winger (1988-2002)
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