WYCOMBE WANDERERS v PETERBOROUGH UNITED
Today, Kick-off: 4.30pm
IF WYCOMBE overcome Peterborough at Wembley this afternoon, Jack Grimmer will need to rearrange his living room.
The Chairboys defender and occasional skipper has twice won play-off finals at Wembley. The first came with Coventry in 2018, when Grimmer’s magnificent 20- yard curler capped a 3-1 demolition of Exeter and launched the Sky Blues into League One.
Two years later, Gareth Ainsworth’s Wycombe side shrugged off pre-season relegation odds, the onset of Covid-19 and an in-form
Oxford to clinch a fairytale promotion to the Championship.
“I’ve got both Wembley shirts framed and they’re up there in pride of place,” explains the Aberdeen-born stopper. “They’re a daily reminder of those moments, when it’s make or break and you can have the best day of your career or one of the worst.
“Selfishly, the goal I scored is probably the best moment of my career. But getting to the Championship with Wycombe, it was such a team effort and such a story of underdogs punching above their weight.
“I feel very fortunate. Not many players ever get to play at Wembley, so to play there twice and win there twice - it’s just an incredible feeling that I feel very grateful for every single day.
“Even when we walk out on Sunday, it’ll hit home just how special it is that I’ve been there and won already.
“Will that help on the day? I’d like t o think so .
I’d love to go home and hang another shirt up there with the rest.”
Grimmer has since been to Wembley again, when Wycombe lost the 2022 League One play-off final 2-0 to Sunderland.
“But I didn’t get off the bench, so I’m clinging to my 100 per cent record for dear life!” laughs the former Fulham man.
Record
If that record is to be maintained, Wycombe must withstand a Peterborough side who - though inconsistent of late - began the weekend as the highest scorers in League One and remain in the hunt for automatic promotion.
For the Chairboys, however, this is it. An ugly run of one win in 17 games during the Autumn put paid to any promotion ambitions, whilst a recent resurgence means relegation is no longer a realistic threat. It’s Wembley or bust.
“When we were going through that bad run, we weren’t playing badly,” reflects Grimmer. “I couldn’t understand why we weren’t picking up points and we weren’t scoring goals.
“I remember saying to someone then that if we could win the Trophy then the season would make a lot more sens
