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? 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.
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. 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 Tik Tok. The track is written in an Irish folk style with a lyrical focus on "the Wycombe wanderer, wandering away."
The club caught wind of the song and replied to the original post by saying: "You can wander our way anytime." 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. The song was even playing over the tannoy as he arrived, to the singer's shock, as shown by his "what is going on?" post to Tik Tok.
The club invited him onto the pitch, where he was presented with his own club shirt bearing 'Kingfishr 1' on the back.
Source: BBC Sport Football · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing