Gareth Ainsworth has revealed his side will “try something different” this year in a hope of an upturn in fortune after disappointing festive periods in recent years.

The Wycombe manager described the club’s points tally in recent Christmas and New Year period as “slim pickings” but he is looking to rectify that in the next week or so.

Wanderer's last Boxing Day victory came five years ago in a 2-0 win over Newport County in 2017.

In the years after, Wycombe have only picked up five points out of a possible 33 on games played throughout Boxing Day and News Year's Eve period.

The Chairboys will play three games in six days facing Bristol Rovers, Plymouth and Peterborough in the hectic schedule.

Bristol Rovers and Plymouth currently sit in the two positions below Wanderers who sit seventh whilst Plymouth will be looking to stay top of the tree past throughout the period.

Ainsworth will likely give the players Christmas Day off to spend with their families with the Bristol Rovers game at Adams Park the following day.

Planning has already been made by the Wycombe boss as we wait to see how the Chairboys navigate the group of fixtures.

He said: “It is one of the few times you have to really plan forward over the three games, not just the one game, and that’s really tough.

“Whoever comes up with football fixtures historically has really made Christmas difficult for football staff, we are in everyday.

“I may give them Christmas Day off because a lot of people have families here and a lot of travellers but the rest of the days right up to January 1, we will be in.

“There will be no days off here. We make sure we plan right, we are going to have something in place that is probably a little bit different this year than we historically have done.

“We have looked at it, Christmas has been slim picking for us over the years, so we are going to try something different but I’m looking forward to how all the teams approach this.

“It’s nine points in six day, that’s how we look at it, how many can we get.”

He revealed that the club would remain sensible in the January transfer market admitting some teams around Wycombe in the table will be looking to spend.

Ainsworth continued: “I am sure there will be teams spending in January, some big spenders, people trying to gamble for that Championship. We won’t be doing that.

“We will be steady as always, I like to get my ship in order early in the season so I can get through the whole season and not panic in January.”

Discussing the long-standing festive schedule, Ainsworth believes he has become “institutionalised” to the period of fixtures around Christmas time.

He added: “From 16 years-old I have not been out of this game, Boxing and News Year's Day have been standard working for me in my working life.

“I have never had the chance to really have Christmas off. I’m lucky because that means I have been in football all my life.

“One day I’m sure I will get Christmas off and wonder what to do with myself.

“I don’t really have time to enjoy it or not enjoy it. It’s just part of my life and part of my life and I just get on with it every year.

"It can be a bit mental, I’m not adverse to that in my life believe me, so we take it as it comes and hopefully we can pick up as many points as we can next week.”