Gary Waddock was appointed Wycombe Wanderers manager on Tuesday 13th October 2009, joining from Aldershot Town where he had guided the Hampshire club into the Football League.

Born in London, Gary - aged 49 - had an outstanding playing career making over 500 appearances for six clubs and winning 21 caps for the Republic of Ireland. He is best known for his time at Queens Park Rangers, where he played over 200 games.

He left Rangers to join the Belgian club Charleroi before returning to England to play for Millwall, Bristol Rovers and Luton Town and also had a loan spell at Swindon Town.

When his playing career came to an end, Gary took up coaching and went on to oversee the youth academy at his former club QPR, where he was also in charge of the reserve team.

In February 2006, Gary was asked to become caretaker boss of Rangers' first team when they looked in danger of being relegated from the Championship and was given the manager's job on a full time basis after steering them to safety.

The following season, QPR appointed former Wycombe boss John Gregory as their manager, but Gary was asked to stay on at Loftus Road as his assistant and first team coach.

Gary left Rangers to become manager of Aldershot Town in May 2007, and he guided them to promotion to the Football League from the Blue Square Premier League in his first season in charge.

At Aldershot, Gary had overall responsibility for first team, reserves and youth teams, and was chosen as Non-League Manager of the Season for 2007-08.

Waddock left the Shots to take over a struggling Wanderers side and, despite a strong finish, Wycombe were relegated back to League 2.

However, with the addition of a number of astute signings, Waddock was able to guide the Blues back into the third tier, winning promotion with a club record 80 points.