WYCOMBE Wanderers will be out to maintain the hold on their Indian sign over Burnley with the help of their new summer recruit - Commanche.

Wanderers, who have beaten Burnley on all four of their previous visits to Adams Park, have been taken over by Indian fever following their great escape from relegation last season.

It started when physio and former defensive lynch-pin Terry Evans accused players ducking out of training of pulling something he referred to as "the old commanche trick".

And when Wycombe passed an antique shop en route to their make-or-break game at Lincoln on the final day of last season the players were amused to see a five-foot tall carved wooden Indian on the pavement.

When Wycombe won to beat the drop by one point, having taken 23 of the last available 33, assistant manager Terry Gibson - having not shaken off the effects of the Crazy Gang instilled in him and boss Lawrie Sanchez from their days together at Wimbledon- made it his job to buy the figure. That mission accomplished, Commanche has been installed as the club's new good-luck mascot and was even included in the squad's official team picture. Should Wycombe force a corner tomorrow, it will apparently be heralded by an Indian drum beat and, if they score, await an Indian-style celebration.

The Chairboys certainly had something to celebrate at the end of last season when they completed a remarkable escape from relegation with the help of five away wins from March 23 onwards.

Sanchez, whose first victory in charge following his February appointment was against the Clarets, hasn't signed any new players but converting the loans of striker Sean Devine and defender Jamie Bates into permanent deals are crucial to their prospects of a top-half finish.

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