With his prawn sarnies.

One for MadJohn here...who the fook is Frank Adams?

And does he stand or sit?

rank Adams was born in the village of Downley, near High Wycombe on 5th September 1891. He left Priory Road School at the age of 12 and after completing his photographic apprenticeship he was soon playing with Wycombe Wanderers in the Great Western Suburban League. In 1912 Frank joined the Isthmian League club, Shepherds Bush, who then played at Loftus Road, now QPR's ground. This proved a good move and a successful season ended with a tour overseas with matches against Cologne, Essen, Duisburg and Bilbao Athletic where Frank scored the only goal of the match before the King and Queen of Spain.
Despite these successes Frank Adams returned to his beloved Wycombe Wanderers and was elected Captain for the 1914-15 season. War broke out however, and being a territorial soldier Frank was sent to France with 1st Bucks Battalion. During the war he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and at the end of hostilities he played a number of matches for the RAF team. On demobilisation Frank returned home to lead a club revival which brought the Spartan League Championship home twice and saw Wycombe (and Wimbledon) gain acceptance for membership of the Isthmian League.
Before his retirement in 1928 Frank Adams won representative honours with F.A. XI, Isthmian League, Berks & Bucks F,A. and Middlesex Wanderers. Following his playing retirement, Frank was appointed a member of the Club Committee and had the satisfaction of seeing the Wanderers enjoy probably their finest season, 1931, when they won the Amateur Cup.
Away from the football field Frank was also proving himself a success in the worid of business with his sports goods and photographic business operating from a shop on Oxford Road, High Wycombe. This success was to be to the benefit of Wycombe Wanderers too.
Loakes Park plaqueSince 1897 Wycombe Wanderers tenure of Loakes Park had been by virtue of a leasehold interest from Lord Carrington, The underlying insecurity of this situation had troubled the Club and, in particular, Frank Adams and as the Second World War was coming to a close in 1945, he began negotiating with Lord Carrington for the purchase on his own account of the freehold of Loakes Park. Two years later, having acquired the freehold, Frank Adams generously gifted Loakes Park to Wycombe Wanderers. The deeds were formally presented to the Club on 19th April 1947, before the Isthmian League match versus Corinthian Casuals, and Frank declared in his speech; "If future generations obtain the same enjoyment out of Loakes Park as it has given me in the past, then this gift will have been worthwhile". Frank Adams had the honour of Patron bestowed upon him in gratitude for this act. The only condition to the gift of Loakes Park was that it be held "in trust" for the purpose of playing amateur football so long as Wycombe Wanderers were in existence and that if the club dissolved, then the land would be vested in the Local Authority for sporting activities.
The Trustees' role was a passive one until 1968 when the Health Authority sought discussions with the club for the expansion of Wycombe Hospital, Two years later, a consultative document showing plans of the extension over the whole of Loakes Park was produced and was strongly opposed by the Trustees who realised the difficulty of finding another site for the football club. The Trustees felt it prudent, however, to seek out possible sites and over the course of the next decade discussions were held with several developers with planning application being submitted (and refused) for a site at Four Ashes, Terriers. Eventually, at the suggestion of the Planning Officer, Hillbottom Road was considered and despite a number of setbacks along the way, the Trustees negotiated a deal with developers which has led Wycombe Wanderers to Adams Park - named after our benefactor. Frank Adams. Sadly, Frank Adams died shortly after his 90th birthday in 1981 but he knew his fellow Trustees would secure the future of the club at Loakes Park or elsewhere. Frank was survived by two sons - Don who was a rugby enthusiast and who played for the Harlequins, and Jack, a lifelong Wycombe supporter who as a baby, was regularly pushed to Loakes Park in his pram by his mother, Jack succeeded Bill Hayter as Trustee in 1970 and, as a Chartered Surveyor, became heavily involved with the ground relocation negotiations until the dissolution of the Trustees when Wycombe Wanderers was formed as a limited company. Subsequently, Jack Adams had the honour of Patron bestowed upon him in which position he still remains with the Club today.
The Adams family name will remain in the Club for the forseeable future by virtue of its new home - Adams Park.

Cheers Col

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Are you arguing who's round it is.