Well, we are through to the semi-final of the AMateur Cup for the second year running but what a heavy price we have had to pay for this victory.

We would much rather have gone out of this cup than have suffered the tragic leg injury to Jimmy Quail and the only consolation we derived from the game was the brilliant manner in which the boys responded to Jimmy's message as he left for hospital, "tell the boys to hang on to their lead."

There was no concern for the terrible agony he was going through at that moment, his only thought was that the boys should triumph, knowing full well he would not be able to play with them in the semi-final.

When the result was given to Jimmy in hospital a flicker of a smile momentarily crossed his face. Just a little example of the wonderful spirit of comradeship that exists amongst our players and it was this spirit that enabled them to rise above themselves and emerge as victors.

As for the the game itself, John Evans clearly demonstrated his value to us in the second minute by cleverly lobbing the first goal and it was his loyalty to the Club and his fellow players that finally persuaded him to reject a further cap with Wales.

We think the Welsh selectors are broad minded enough to realise the position and to include John in future international teams.

The Wycombe equaliser was a tragedy in that we could have got the ball upfield had our defence been a little less confident.

Our second goal was a typical Laurie Churchill effort running on to a fine cross from David Swain to crash the ball past the Wycombe keeper at terrific speed.

Then came David Hyde's free kick that rattled the crossbar with everyone helpless, followed by the tragedy to Jimmy Quail.

This happened in the 37th minute of the first half and few of us expected our team to do more than hang on for a replay. But what a surprise we all had, not only did Bobby Cantwell marshal his defence superbly in retreat they found the stamina to sally upfield in support of the forwards and we were decidedly unlucky not to have increased our lead.

Certainly Churchill's effort that went just wide of the post deserved a better fate and David Swain must have scored had he not run himself into the ground by the amount of work he did in the difficult conditions.

And finally few people appreciated John Swannell's tactics in persistently clearing the ball to the centre of the field. His object was to slow the game up and at the same time keep our defence intact.

Hence his long kicks where conditions were most difficult, and Wycombe fell into the trap by bringing the ball back through the middle