Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

WYCOMBE BRENTFORD Championsh­ip: 3pm

- BY IAN BAKER

GARETH AINSWORTH is fighting fit to lead Wycombe’s survival bid - after telling how he was carted off in an ambulance last month.

The Chairboys chief has missed the last three games after severe back pain n led him to call 999 from his Berkshire home.

Ainsworth (right) went on to have emergency surgery and that meant No.2 Richard Dobson took charge. But Ainsworth – who saw his struggling side earn six points in the absence – returns to the dugout today.

He said: “I was semi-paralysed, it was quite serious. It was a combinatio­n of playing over 600 games and getting on a bit.”

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