Wycombe dropped out of the play-off places following a 1-1 draw away at Gillingham.

The Chairboys dominated the opening half and even though it might not have been the greatest of spectacles, Wanderers were controlling the game and didn’t give the hosts a sniff when they entered their final third.

However, on 10 minutes, Wycombe were forced into a change as Anis Mehmeti, who has scored three times in his last seven games, signalled to the bench that he needed to be replaced.

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This was after the young Albanian had taken two heavy blows when weaving into the Gillingham box.

His replacement in Brandon Hanlan, who had a two-year spell with the Gills between 2018 and 2020, would play a very important role in Wanderers’ opener nine minutes later.

Despite the injury blow, Wycombe controlled the half as Garath McCleary forced Aaron Champman into a low save from 20-yards.

But on 20 minutes, Wycombe took the lead through their man of the moment.

Sam Vokes, on what was his 550th career club appearance, smashed home his 15th goal of the season in what ended a brilliant move for the Chairboys.

Josh Scowen found McCleary, McCleary found Hanlan, Hanlan’s brilliant pass carved open the Gillingham defence, Vokes held his run and buried the ball beyond a hapless Chapman.

That’s three goals in two games for the Welshman.

Wycombe continued to dictate play as Daryl Horgan saw his thunderous shot from range be palmed away by Chapman before Joe Jacobson’s first-time volley flew over the target.

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All in all, it was a very good half of football for the boys from Bucks.  

The second half saw Gillingham get in Wanderers’ face, as they looked for a goal to help them in their quest to avoid relegation back into League Two.

They hustled and bustled but couldn’t find anything, as the centre back pairing of Chris Forino and Ryan Tafazolli halted any attacks in the final third of Wanderers’ half.

However, things turned drastically in the final 20 minutes.

Gillingham had the wind in their sails and bided their time to find their equaliser, which duly came on 77 minutes.

Jack Tucker, who has spent his entire career with the Gills, smashed home a brilliant volley to bring the game level.

It was his first goal since August.

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Things were made harder for Wycombe when Lewis Wing was shown a straight red in the final few moments following a late tackle on Olly Lee.

The home side then thought they had won it when Vadine Olivier’s shot was blocked off the line.

The draw means Wycombe drop out of the play-offs following Sunderland's win at Oxford.

Up next for Wanderers is Plymouth Argyle on Good Friday.