{"id":2185840,"date":"2026-10-08T10:51:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2185840"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:51:47","slug":"kingfishr-and-wycombe-wanderers-form-an-unlikely-bond-thanks-to-fifa-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2185840","title":{"rendered":"Kingfishr and Wycombe Wanderers form an unlikely bond thanks to Fifa 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eddie Keogh was presented with a Wycombe shirt on Tuesday<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It’s a tale as old as time. Take one 16-year-old video game, a rising indie-folk band and a League One football team and what do you get? <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A new football anthem for Wycombe Wanderers, courtesy of the unlikely figures of Irish chart-toppers Kingfishr, whose singer was the special guest under the Tuesday night lights of the club’s Adams Park stadium this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It’s a strange musical connection that came about in a way avid fans of sports video games can understand – via Fifa 11, a game the band said they started playing while recording their second album.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The band adopted Wycombe Wanderers as their team in the game and eventually posted a song for the club, which has racked up more than 190,000 views on TikTok. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The club caught wind of the song, written in an Irish folk style and with a lyrical focus on “the Wycombe wanderer, wandering away” and replied to the original post by saying: “You can wander our way anytime.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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So it came that lead singer Eddie Keogh took up the offer on Tuesday night, as first reported by Irish sports site Balls.ie, and attended the club’s 4-1 EFL Trophy victory over Bristol Rovers. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The song was even playing over the tannoy as he arrived, to the singer’s shock as demonstrated by his “what is going on?” post to TikTok. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The club invited him onto the pitch where he was presented with his own club shirt with ‘Kingfishr 1’ on the back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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