Football: Wycombe proud to be last members of old tradition Inside Football

From: The Independent - London | Date: April 5, 2001| Author: David Conn | Copyright information

ONE WAY to comprehend the dizzying scale of Wycombe Wanderers' achievement in reaching Sunday's FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool is to glance back to the 1983-84 season. Wycombe finished sixth in the semi- professional Isthmian League, and were knocked out in the second round of the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup. Liverpool, managed by Joe Fagan, won the European Cup, League Championship and League Cup. Another context is simply the sequence of Liverpool matches this week: Manchester United, Bar...

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