It would be interesting to know the current status of ex Wycombe managers that were actually sacked. I think, starting from our entry to the League, would be far enough back. Below is a list of managers extracted from Wiki. I think the ones in italic were before entry to the League and I think the ones in bold were sacked. Please correct any errors/omissions with a comment below and add the current status where known. Many thanks Tony Adams Gareth Ainsworth Paul Bence Sid Cann Alan Gane John Gorman John Gregory Mike Keen Paul Lambert Colin McDonald Martin O'Neill Ted Powell Lawrie Sanchez Neil Smillie Alan Smith Peter Suddaby Peter Taylor Gary Waddock Don Welsh
Lawrie Sanchez Sanchez became manager at Wycombe Wanderers in February 1999, and with only 18 games left he rescued the team from imminent relegation. It was on the way to the last game of this season at Lincoln that the club bought The Lucky Wycombe Comanche. In 2001, he guided the club (then in the Second Division) to its greatest moment, playing Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-finals; Wycombe lost 2–1, having held Liverpool to 0–0 for most of the match. After finishing 12th in 2002 and 11th in 2003, the upward progress came to an end with the collapse of the OnDigital TV deal and the subsequent loss of both revenue and subsequently players. After a poor start to the 2003–04 season, Sanchez was sacked by the club on 30 September 2003 Wycombe Wanderers: 5 February 1999 - 30 September 2003 Sacked Northern Ireland: 21 January 2004 - 11 May 2007 Sanchez was appointed manager of Northern Ireland in January 2004. At that point the side was ranked 124th in the world, had a 1,298 minute-long goal drought, and had not won a game for nearly three years. Northern Ireland improved markedly under Sanchez. By the time he left, Northern Ireland were top of their Euro 2008 qualification group and reached an all-time high position of 27th in the world. Fulham: 11 April 2007 - 21 December 2007 Sacked Barnet: 13 May 2011 - 16 April 2012 Sacked Current status. Unknown
Alan Smith Wycombe Wanderers: 29 June 1995 - 31 July 1996 Sacked Crystal Palace: 1 August 2000 - 29 April 2001 Sacked (for second time) Joined Middlesbrough as a football consultant in July 2009 to help Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate. Southgate and chairman Steve Gibson discussed the matter in detail before the appointment, which saw Smith take a behind-the-scenes role, rather than being involved on the training pitch or in the dressing room. On 20 October 2009, Gareth Southgate was sacked by Middlesbrough; it is noted that Smith also left the club, but it is unclear whether he was sacked or just decided to leave. Current status. Unknown
Peter Taylor Wycombe Wanderers: May 2008 - October 2009 Sacked Bradford City: February 2010 - February 2011 Parted by mutual consent Bahrain: July 2011 - October 2012 Sacked However, he led Bahrain to winning the 1st GCC Games in Manama, the first time Bahrain's national team had won a regional competition in their history. Bahrain beat arch rivals Saudi Arabia 3–1 in a one-sided final. Taylor received a lot of praise from the players, fans and officials for his achievement. Two months later, Taylor successfully led the Bahrainian team to clinch football gold in the 2011 Arab Games in Doha, beating Jordan 1–0 in the final with a last-gasp goal by striker Ismail Abdullatif. He was sacked on 17 October 2012 after a 2-6 loss to United Arab Emirates in a friendly match. Current status. Unknown
Neil Smillie Wycombe Wanderers: 1966 (caretaker) Wycombe Wanderers: 1998-1999 Sacked Current status. Unknown
sounds like taylors doing what he normally did in bahrain - started off really well then failed badly i think it'll only be a matter of time before people take a chance and look at him a an easy way of promotion
