Historical Football Kits

 

Wycombe Wanderers

Formed 1887

Promoted to Nationwide Division Three 1993

Kit History

1887 f

circa 1900 b

1930-1931 a l

wycombe wanderers 1946-47 kit

1946-1947 l

1956-1957 l

1965 b

Bukta

1974-1975 b k l

Bukta

1981 b

wycombe wanderers 1986-87 kit

1986-1987 l

1987-1988 g

1988-1989 i

wycombe wanderers 1989-90 kit

1989-1990 k

1990-1991 g

Vandanel

1992-1993 c

Vandanel

1993-1996 c

Mizuno

1996-1997 d,e,h,j

1997-1998 d

Avec

1999-2001 c

Prostar

2001-2002 c

Prostar

2002-2003 c

Prostar

2003-2005 c,d

Prostar

2005-2007 f

Prostar

2007-2009 f

 

Background

wycombe wanderers 1956-57 fa amateur cup finalistsSome sources claim that the club was founded in 1884 but 1887 is now thought to be the real year of Wycombe’s foundation. Their first colours were the “varsity” combination of Oxford and Cambridge blue. Until the late 1920s the team played in halved jerseys before the now traditional quartered shirts were introduced. The club's nickname of "The Chairboys" is thought to have been coined because the young men who formed the club were apprentices in the furniture making industry.

In 1896 Wanderers joined the Southern League Second Division but they made little impression, finishing in or near the bottom of the league. As an amateur club playing against professional teams, Wanderers could not compete and they left to join the Great Western Suburban League in 1907.

After the Great War, Wycombe joined the amateur Spartan League, winning the championship in 1921 after which they moved up to the Isthmian League. The captain of the side, Frank Adams, owned the lease to Loakes Park, the club's home since 1895. In 1947 made a gift of the lease to the club in 1947. Wycombe continued to compete in the amateur Isthmian League for over 60 years, winning the FA Amateur Cup in 1931. During the 1950s, Wycombe won the Isthmian League title for the first time in 1956. In the 1960s four more championships were won but it was not until 1985, when they won the title for the seventh time, that they stepped up to a higher league, winning promotion to the Gola Football Alliance (forerunner of the Conference).

The following season Wycombe were relegated but it took them only one season to return to what was now the GM Conference. In February 1990 Martin O'Neill arrived as manager and the club now mounted a serious challenge for promotion to the Football League. At the end of the season they moved to a purpose built Adams Park Stadium after 95 years at Loakes Park. In a triumphant 1992-93 season The Chairboys won the FA Trophy for the second year in succession as well as the Conference Championship and promotion to the Football League.

In 1994 Wycombe won promotion to Nationwide Division Two via the play offs and held on until 2004 when they were relegated to Coca Cola League Two.

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