On This Day: The 2020 Play-Off Final
Five years ago today, Wycombe were promoted to the second tier of English football, so what better time is there to take a look back on what was an extraordinary year for football, and for Wycombe?
13.07.25, 12:16 Updated 27.05.26, 11:06 2 Minute Read
Jayden Wilkins
While no fans were there to celebrate the triumph with the Chairboys due to COVID restrictions at the time, thousands watched from home, and the 13th of July, 2020, will be a date which will be remembered for many more years to come.
The start of the decade was an interesting one, to say the least, with the entire country plunged into lockdown restrictions, the cities were empty, quiet, and life under these new laws took some getting used to and of course, there was no football. With League One clubs voting to formally end the 19-20 season after 34-36 games played.
The league table was decided on points per game (ppg), with Coventry City and Rotherham United taking automatic promotion, leaving Wycombe, Oxford, Portsmouth and Fleetwood to battle it out in the play-offs.
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