Well, the rumours about Matt Carbon training with us have turned out to be true, but, as some people predicted on the message boards, it doesn’t mean he’s on his way back to Bescot.

The club have announced that he is back with us in an attempt to get match fit, according to Richard Money:

“We have agreed to let Matt train with us and Jon Whitney is working hard to get him fit,” he said. “He’s obviously been here before and knows a lot of the boys but is quite a way off match fitness at the moment.
It may be the case that as we are helping him get fit, he will help us by registering for us before the deadline next Thursday so that should we need him between now and the end of the season he will be available.
We’ve got nothing to lose; it is a situation that will suit everyone and after a month of training he may have a role to play should we suffer injury or suspension in the final
run-in.”

Money also hasn’t given up on bringing in more reinforcements before deadline day:

“I’m still looking at the loan market,” he said. “The need for defensive cover isn’t as great right now, so we have turned our attentions to other areas of the team.

I will also be talking to both Stoke City and Cardiff City in the next few days about extending the loan deals of Kevin Harper and Kevin Cooper.”

Lovely leafy High Wycombe has many a pub to speak of, unfortunately none of them are anywhere near the football ground, perched as it is on an industrial estate in the middle of the rolling Chilterns.

The Hour Glass is probably the nearest at about half a mile, and pretty good it is too luckily enough, which is more than can be said for the pubs nearest the railway station some 2 miles away, which vary from the bland Flint Cottage to the eminently avoidable Finns Irish pub - now Scorpios.

The good news however is that the town’s most atmospheric real ale bar, namely The Hobgoblin is found at the top of the High St, no more than about 5 minutes walk from the Station heading downhill. Well worth a visit and a sample of Hobgoblin bitter. Also recommended in the town centre is The Glass House adjacent to The Hobgoblin heading along towards the Hospital.

At the other side of that little market quadrant, Wetherspoons enthusiasts will find The Falcon for all the usual Wetherspoons type stuff, both good and bad! On the whole not a bad example of this chain. Similarly there is the ubiquitous O’Neil’s to complete a quartet of town centre pubs within tripping distance.

The ground itself boasts a supporters club with a door charge (allegedly £2!!) if you don’t fancy the Hour Glass, while football special busses depart the station at 1.55, and return from the ground in a rather amusing convoy afterwards.