Although relegation is now all but mathematically confirmed, Wycombe can look back with pride on a momentous first season at the highest level in the club’s 134-year history.

Wanderers are destined to make an immediate return to League One, but they can take great satisfaction from proving the critics and doom mongers wrong for cruelly dismissing them before a ball had been kicked.

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They said Wycombe would be the worst team in Championship history, they were not.

They said they would lose every game, they did not.

Ryan Tafazolli scored Wycombes winner against Preston North End in a 1-0 win on March 13 (PA)

Ryan Tafazolli scored Wycombe's winner against Preston North End in a 1-0 win on March 13 (PA)

They said they would be relegated by Easter, they were not.

Against all the odds, Gareth Ainsworth’s team has taken their fight to survive in the second tier to the last two games of the season.

Their current total of 37 points is better than a dozen clubs have managed since the Championship was reformed in 2004.

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They include six clubs who have played in the Premier League in Leeds United, Ipswich Town, Bolton Wanderers, Bradford City, Blackpool, and Swindon Town.

One more point and they will eclipse the best efforts achieved by Peterborough, whose local newspaper correspondent rubbished Wycombe’s promotion and accused them of being so far out of their depth that they were ‘stinking out’ the division.

One more win and they will overtake the points totals of another dozen clubs including former Premier League outfits Sunderland, Charlton Athletic, Wigan Athletic, and Barnsley.

Uche Ikpeazu missed large chunks at the start of the season due to injury (Prime Media)

Uche Ikpeazu missed large chunks at the start of the season due to injury (Prime Media)

It has been a magnificent effort by the smallest club in the division which has a wage bill to match.

They have had to overcome injuries to key players, decisions by referees that cost them dearly, and postponements due to covid that came at the worst possible time.

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No one has ever been nominated for Manager of the Year when his team were bottom of the table for most of the season, but Ainsworth deserves that accolade.

He has turned a collection of players rejected by other clubs, free transfers and inexperienced loanees into a squad that went toe to toe with some of the biggest names in the country.

Josh Knight celebrates scoring the winner against Huddersfield Town February 13. Wanderers were 2-0 down, only to win 3-2 at the John Smiths Stadium (Prime Media)

Josh Knight celebrates scoring the winner against Huddersfield Town February 13. Wanderers were 2-0 down, only to win 3-2 at the John Smith's Stadium (Prime Media)

Wanderers will go into next season with the best squad they have ever had, a stadium that has been impressively upgraded, and money in the bank despite the loss of income from playing behind closed doors.

When the letter ‘R’ for relegation finally appears next to their name in the league table, Wycombe will go down with their heads held high and every chance that they will be back before long.