Joe Jacobson has admitted that he never expected a testimonial when he first arrived at Wycombe in 2014.

The then 27-year-old joined the club as a free agent following his exit at Shrewsbury Town and initially signed a two-year deal with the Chairboys.

Since then, he has gone on to feature in 377 competitive games for the club, scoring 44 goals and winning promotion on two occasions in 2018 and 2020.

He was also part of the 2015 and 2022 play-off campaigns which saw Wanderers lose both the League Two and League One finals against Southend United and Sunderland respectively.

He told the Free Press: “I never thought I’d sign for a club at 27 and have a testimonial, that’s for sure.

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“But when you walk in here as a new signing, you immediately feel as if you’re part of something.

“Everyone made me welcome and I try and do that with the new players that come here too.

“I try and make them feel as homely as possible as we’re all here for one reason and that’s to help Wycombe Wanderers as a Football Club.

“As long as we’re all going in the right direction, we’ll be successful like we have done over the years.

“The proof is there so why change that?

“It’s hugely proud of me to be here for 10 seasons and I want to thank the owners, the old gaffer, the new gaffer and all the contracts that have kept me here.

“I’ve loved my time here.”

He also revealed that the attitude of manager Matt Bloomfield played an integral part in his decision to remain with the club.

During the last decade, he explained that he would look up to the 39-year-old in training and would ‘watch him’ due to how diligent he was.

Collectively, both Bloomfield and Jacobson have featured in nearly 1,000 competitive fixtures for Wanderers.

He continued: “I’ve changed the way I look at things both on and off the pitch, and that starts with Matt Bloomfield who I watched every day.

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“I watched him at the training ground and he was so diligent in everything that he did, you can’t help but be attracted to what he is doing and follow that.

“That’s one of the reasons why I am still playing today as I saw how professional he was and how good he was.

“I wanted to be that person who could still compete and perform and I have probably got him to thank for than anyone else.

“If I hadn’t met the gaffer and seen what the culture was like, then maybe I still wouldn’t be playing.”