The Football League Paper

AINSWORTH WORKING BUDGET WONDERS

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GARETH Ainsworth was narrowly beaten to November’s Manager of the Month award by Phil Brown, but it’s the Wycombe boss who can boast the upper hand after a convincing victory between the two sides.

The win will mean more than just the three points for Ainsworth, whose side continue to prove the doubters wrong after their increasing­ly impressive start to the season.

Having used just 18 players – the fewest by any of the 72 League clubs – Wycombe’s tight budget is still not displaying any cracks after 11 goals in three consecutiv­e league wins.

The busy Christmas period will be a further test for one of the league’s smallest squads, but a rare treat of naming all seven subs will give the Chairboys hope they can still be top of the pile come 2015.

A poor performanc­e from Southend indicates a blip rather than the start of a slump, but the tough fixtures don’t let up as they face secondplac­e Burton next up.

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