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Foundations laid or missed opportunity? Wycombe Wanderers' post-playoff dilemma

Was Wycombe Wanderers' 2025/26 campaign a missed opportunity, or the perfect season to lay the foundations for Michael Duff? [Photo by Nathan Davies]

26.04.26, 09:00 Updated 01.06.26, 08:43 10 Minute Read

Jayden Wilkins

Jayden Wilkins

The end of the 2024/25 season was a heartbreaker, with Wycombe Wanderers missing out on Wembley thanks to a 81st-minute strike by Matt Godden and an overall poor performance from Mike Dodds' team in the play-off semi-finals second leg away to Charlton Athletic.

However, it goes without saying that the signs were there ever since Dodds was announced as Matt Bloomfield's successor.

A shaky defence and a toothless attack being enough to sum up what Wycombe looked like during his time in charge of the Chairboys.

Results don't need to be mentioned here, as we all know what happened in the closing stages of last season, but they will be nonetheless: 3-1 to Stockport County in the final game of last season, 4-0 to Charlton in April, and 0-0 against Wigan Athletic, who were 15th at the time.

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