Match Day Thread The Rocky/Stokenchurch Derby

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Monday 25th January 7.45pm
FA Cup 4th Round
Adams Park​

For anyone that doesn't know, one of our long-term regulars sadly passed away in November from cancer.
Rocky Blue Army/Stokenchurch Yid was a supporter of both clubs involved in this tie.
As such, it seems appropriate to dedicate the thread to his memory.
Seems like such an unlikely draw, doesn't it?
Here are links to the threads on each board, if anyone missed them: Spurs Wycombe

Wycombe had a very good season last time out, resulting in them sitting in 3rd when it was called to a halt.
The coronavirus prematurely ended the normal campaign, but the play-offs still went ahead in July.
The Chairboys faced Fleetwood Town in the semis and a comfortable away victory set them up nicely.
They went behind twice in the return leg, but their 4-1 lead never looked like slipping away.
The final against Oxford was tighter and a late penalty from Joe Jacobson won them promotion:

The club's first ever campaign in the 2nd tier has been a tough one for Gareth Ainsworth's boys.
They currently sit 7 points adrift of safety at the bottom of the division, unfortunately.
They do have games in hind over Derby and Forest, who sit in the nearest two safe places, though.
Goals have been hard to come by, with Scott Kashket their highest scorer on 4.
They've also conceded the joint highest in the division, though 35 in 23 doesn't sound that terrible.

Wycombe's cup form has been brighter than that of the league, though.
Brentford only put them out on penalties in the League Cup and we saw how tough they were.
The FA Cup gave them a fairly tough looking draw at home to Preston, who are also in the Championship.
They're currently in 10th position and have one eye on a run at the play-offs.
It was a resounding victory for the home side, as they raced to an early 3-0 lead and won 4-1:

We've only faced Wycombe competitively on one previous occasion, also in this round of the FA Cup.
The Blues were in the 4th tier in 2017 and the match was supposed to be an easy one for us.
As anyone who follows Spurs knows though, we don't do easy.
The visitors lead 2-0 and 3-2 as a rotated team struggled to deal with an on-form side.
Trippier went off injured after we'd used our subs, but Son sealed the win with some late, late drama:

Lo Celso is out again, but we don't appear to have added anyone else to the treatment list.
No injury news for the hosts yet. Neither side has any suspensions.

Lineups for each side's last league game:

Spurs: Lloris; Davies, Dier, Rodon; Aurier, Hojbjerg, Ndombele, Reguilon; Bergwijn, Kane, Son.
Subs: Hart, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Fernandes, Sissoko, Bale, Lamela, Moura, Vinicius.
League form: LLDWDW.

Wycombe: Allsop; Grimmer, Knight, Tafazolli, Jacobson; Wheeler, Thompson, Mehmeti; McCleary, Ikpeazu, Horgan.
Subs: Stockdale, McCarthy, Pattison, Adeniran, Bloomfield, Onyedinma, Kashket, Samuel, Akinfenwa.
League form: LLDLWL.

Ref: Jonathan Moss.

TV: BT Sport 1.

How would you like to line up for this one and what would you change from the Sheffield United game?
Would you stick with much of the same lineup, make a few changes or go for a wholesale switch?
Which system and tactics would you use and what are you expecting Wycombe to go with?

 

Nice touch PNP.

 

The Wycombe game was my eldests last game at the old lane and it is one of my favourite ever games that I have been to.
It was a brilliant game and tbh Wycombe deserved a draw.
I always wished that had been the last FA Cup game at the lane as it was so memorable.

Here's hoping Monday's game is no where near as stressful

Edit...lovely touch making this a tribute to our fallen spur

 

Here’s hoping both teams put on a show for Stokey.

Another 4-3 would be great, just maybe not such a late show this time, please!

 

Paul Stewart (approves the match thread title) .

 

The Poool PL game is must-win, so if S1 is the
current strongest PL starting XI, and S2 is the
current strongest set of subs, is Jose able to select
the team sheet for this game as : squad - S1 - S2 ??

 

Hoping for a nice boring win for Spurs

Nice touch with the name

 

Not my player, not my problem. No, wait...

 

As a lad I used to go with my Dad and Grandad to watch Dulwich Hamlet in the Isthmian League the toughest opponents for Dulwich at that time seemed to be Walthamstow Avenue and Wycombe Wanderers. Here is the 1950 table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Leytonstone 26 20 3 3 72 26 2.769 43
2 Walthamstow Avenue 26 15 4 7 57 37 1.541 34
3 Romford 26 15 3 8 58 47 1.234 33
4 Wimbledon 26 13 5 8 58 39 1.487 31
5 Dulwich Hamlet 26 14 2 10 54 43 1.256 30
6 Woking 26 11 6 9 65 55 1.182 28
7 Ilford 26 12 4 10 44 45 0.978 28
8 Corinthian-Casuals 26 13 0 13 62 60 1.033 26
9 St Albans City 26 11 4 11 32 36 0.889 26
10 Kingstonian 26 9 4 13 46 54 0.852 22
11 Wycombe Wanderers 26 8 3 15 46 64 0.719 19
12 Oxford City 26 7 4 15 47 65 0.723 18
13 Clapton 26 6 5 15 29 50 0.580 17
14 Tufnell Park Edmonton 26 4 1 21 24 73 0.329 9

 

This table probably shows when I was watching Hamlet.


Isthmian League
Season 1953–54

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Bromley 28 18 3 7 76 45 1.689 39
2 Walthamstow Avenue 28 13 7 8 55 30 1.833 33
3 Wycombe Wanderers 28 15 3 10 65 44 1.477 33
4 Ilford 28 11 10 7 48 44 1.091 32
5 Corinthian-Casuals 28 12 7 9 59 44 1.341 31
6 Woking 28 13 4 11 54 58 0.931 30
7 Leytonstone 28 12 5 11 58 48 1.208 29
8 St Albans City 28 11 6 11 54 55 0.982 28
9 Dulwich Hamlet 28 11 6 11 55 57 0.965 28
10 Romford 28 11 5 12 57 54 1.056 27
11 Clapton 28 11 5 12 42 56 0.750 27
12 Barking 28 11 2 15 59 84 0.702 24
13 Kingstonian 28 8 7 13 59 71 0.831 23
14 Wimbledon 28 7 8 13 43 59 0.729 22
15 Oxford City 28 4 6 18 49 84 0.583 14

 

I remember as a kid names such as Corinthians, Kingstonians etc
coming up at the tail end of the FT results (sometimes those
fixtures were on the "pools slip" ) .

 

That's right, in the Pink Classified

 

More stuff from the net

1932 F.A. Amateur Cup final. Final score: Dulwich Hamlet F.C. 7 - 1 Liverpool Marine F.C.

Hamlet did better than Spurs against Marine.

 

My great uncle Charlie played for Walthamstow Avenue in the 50s , he could have been a pro had the war not got in the way , ex pow from Burma railroad and never gained his strength but still managed at that level

 

So at the same time I can't work out our formation yet can also see the Winkssoko pivot...

 

Would've kept Rodon in the team so he could get a rhythm going and ready to deal with Pool on Thursday but other than that it's pretty much the XI I would've expected.

Strong bench, thought one of Devine/ Scarlett may have gotten on it.

 

Hmmmm.

Lots of players who want to play on the right....Bale, Lamela, Lucas...Vinicius on the left or a ****ing great hole?

 

He really is determined for Sanchez to play himself into a competent footballer, isn't he?

 

That line up should have enough to comfortably beat Wycombe. 2-0 Spurs is my prediction

 

Sissoko, hart, winks and Sanchez huh?
Top wumming of the not 606 spurs board by Jose