As far as reunions go Shrewsbury Town against Wycombe Wanderers in League One has everything – club legend v club legend, master v apprentice oh, and bottom against top.
When Gareth Ainsworth left Wycombe after 550 games in charge to join QPR in February 2023 and was replaced by Matt Bloomfield who made 558 appearances for the Chairboys little did either know they would be in this situation 22 months later.
Ainsworth’s QPR tenure ended after just 28 games and he had to wait more than a year for the opportunity granted him by Shrewsbury although it’s hardly the most attractive proposition with his side a whopping nine points adrift of safety as they prepare to host the leaders.
Bloomfield was doing a tidy enough job at Colchester United with nine wins from 27 matches of a managerial career in its infancy before his first love came calling and the rest is history with Wanderers sitting top of the pile and unbeaten since the second matchday of the season – defeated by Birmingham City.
Ah, Birmingham or, big spending Birmingham or, promotion favourites Birmingham as they are variously known these days.
Three league wins on the bounce would hardly suggest HMS Promotion has run aground, more that it is just perhaps having to avoid the odd iceberg after a loss at Shrewsbury and a draw with Northampton.
Bristol Rovers with one win from six games head to St Andrew’s on Saturday.
Sandwiched in between Wycombe and Birmingham in second place are Wrexham who continue to grind out the results with Cambridge United their visitors.
Now, we need to talk about Huddersfield Town, no, we really do, because they are top of the League One form guide across the past six games and have won five in a row at home which is hardly encouragement for Lincoln City who head to west Yorkshire on Saturday.
The Terriers manager, Michael Duff had a rocky period during September and early October which included a four game losing run but they now appear in the automatic promotion frame with fans finally being rewarded after a testing time.
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