Wycombe remain winless after Storm May hits Adams Park

In all the coverage of Storm Eunice, the forecasters missed the ten-goal tornado that hit Adams Park. Both sides succumbed to quick-fire goal gusts as they settled for a 5-5 draw.

Gareth Ainsworth shook his side up following their 1-1 draw at Lincoln. Brandon Hanlan, Daryl Horgan, David Wheeler and Sullay Kaikai were brought in. Michael Duff made no changes as they aimed for a third-straight win.

The Robins kept their momentum as the Chairboys got off to the worst possible start. Joe Jacobson skewed a clearance towards his own goal which Chris Forino tamely headed back to goalkeeper David Stockdale.

Alfie May used his predatory instincts to nip in behind and poke over Stockdale to give the visitors an early lead at Adams Park. That was the start of May’s possessed performance in Buckinghamshire.

Wycombe’s courting of the striker continued. This time Stockdale provided the flowers after he sliced his half-volley clearance into Kion Etete. May was fed through on goal, but his touch let him down and Stockdale saved.

Daryl Horgan and Jordan Obita combined to bring the game level. The Irish international showed and tee’d up Obita from his throw. Switching onto his weaker right foot, his delivery sailed through the Cheltenham defence and into the far corner.

London buses were halted on Friday, but they were in full flow on Saturday as Obita fired in his second. All credit goes to Sullay Kaikai after he wriggled beyond the defence and squared for the oncoming Obita to lash it in.

Kaikai dazzled again on his first start for three months. Winning the ball in the middle, he sweetly slipped in Brandon Hanlan. Ainsworth changes had paid off as the forward duly finished home. A third goal in eight minutes, the bewildered Cheltenham were in the centre of a Chairboys gust.

Hanlan came narrowly close to adding a fourth. He strode his way into the box but his effort trickled past Owen Evans’ goal.

Duff settled his troops at half-time and they grabbed a goal back seven minutes into the restart. Ben Williams galloped down the left side and floated his cross towards the back post. Etete was there to prod back into area where May, unmarked, nodded in.

Not to be outdone by Forino and Stockdale, Jacobson had one last present for the Cheltenham striker. His poor touch allowed May in on goal, but Stockdale expertly denied the potent forward.

After enduring Wycombe’s first-half onslaught, they managed to salvage all they had lost. Horgan’s miss-timed jump gave Etete the time to hammer in a half-volley from distance clipping the post on the way in.

If the weather was unpredictable, this game was beyond the conceivable. No sooner had the visitors levelled the affair, Sam Vokes scored two in 17 seconds of play to give Wycombe a two-goal cushion at 5-3.

Obita’s low-whipped cross found Vokes for his first and his second was a cool finish after Hanlan’s disruptive running allowed the ball to fall to the Welshman for this tenth of the season.

Did it last? Of course not. A punted clearance found its way into May’s path and he repeated his opener by lobbing Stockdale and earning his hat-trick. Two goals apiece in a whirlwind five minutes.

The absurdity of this encounter continued as May had his fourth. The man with the Midas touch thrashed in Cheltenham’s fifth. He became the first Cheltenham player to score four goals in an EFL game.

Wycombe would also need to update their record books. A highest scoring draw in football league history and the highest-scoring EFL fixture at Adams Park.

Ainsworth’s side hadn’t netted five since September 2016 and it was only the tenth time they had from over 1,300 football league games.