Wycombe Wanderers lost their first pre-season friendly of the summer as a team full of trialists fell to a 2-0 defeat away at Bracknell Town.
Played in front of a crowd of around 400 people at the SB Stadium in Sandhurst, the young Chairboys squad started brightly but individual errors lead them to concede preventable goals.
Here is your Robbins starting XI for tonights clash vs @wwfcofficial
— Bracknell Town FC (@BracknellTownFC) July 8, 2022
Grant (GK)
Carr
Burden
Cheshire
Bayliss
Rees
Abisogun
Cook
Platt
Lodge
Bowerman (C)
Come on you Robbins! #TOGETHERBTFC
Bracknell’s first strike of the evening came on 11 minutes when one of Wanderers’ centre backs played a short back pass to the goalkeeper, which allowed the Robins’ centre forward to poke home from close range.
The second half was similar to the first as Wycombe got in good positions but failed to penetrate the Non League team’s defence, with the fixture being wrapped up in the final few seconds thanks to a brilliant goal from the hosts.
11- Goal. Bracknell take the lead thanks to a terrible mistake at the back.
— James Richings (@James_BFP) July 8, 2022
🔵 1-0 🪑#Chairboys
Wanderers boss Gareth Ainsworth, along with first-team players in Garath McCleary and Tyla Dickinson were amongst the crowd watching on.
The first-team recently returned from St George’s Park in Burton-upon-Trent as they prepare for the season ahead.
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90 - A second for Bracknell in the final few moments.
— James Richings (@James_BFP) July 8, 2022
And that’s FT. A defeat for the trialists in Berkshire.
🔵 2-0 🪑#Chairboys
Their opening friendly match of the summer will take place on July 9, when they face a Fulham Under 23 team behind closed doors at the Marlow Road training ground.
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