A MYSTERY supporter has given Wycombe Wanderers a £150,000 loan.

The fan stumped up the interest-free loan this week after Wanderers directors asked supporters to lend them cash over a ten-year period.

Chairman Ivor Beeks revealed that alongside the £150,000 lender an 'encouraging number' of other fans have also pledged loans starting from the £1,000 minimum which will be repaid by the club over ten years.

He said: "I know there are a number of potential lenders who are sitting on the fence at the moment and I would urge them to get off it and help us before the December 31 deadline."

The loan scheme is just one of a series of ambitious and aggressive new initiatives devised by Blues' new board in a bid to get second division Wanderers out of the red and into the first division.

This week the club poached marketing guru Mike Sullivan from Crystal Palace to work alongside Mark Austin and Claire Ramsden. He will join the Adams Park revolution on January 6 and is expected to earn Wanderers an extra £100,000 a year with initiatives and functions designed to maximise the stadium's earning power.

Mike Greatwood has also been appointed to the twin role of customer relations and safety officer and his job will include looking at a whole range of ideas to get bums on seats.

Team manager Lawrie Sanchez has also promised to make his players more available to the community as Blues bid to woo stay-away fans.

Injured players will now be expected to do community events and increase the club's profile locally.

Chairman Ivor Beeks said: "The football club is like a new car. When it was new everyone wanted to be seen with it. Now the town has had the club for a while they've got used to it and we've got to come up with new ideas to keep them with us."

Further down the line the club are exploring the possibility of introducing an Adams Park pay-as-you-go credit card which supporters can top up when they like and then use to gain access to the ground at swipecard turnstiles, or spend on souvenirs or beers at the ground.

Beeks said: "We've got to change our whole way of looking at things. The new board have got some new ideas and thoughts and we've got to evolve.

"We've got to take the thing onto a new level. We've got to think how we can make the supporters afternoon more pleasant."

Other ideas being looked at to make the Adams Park experience a more enticing one include starting up a matchday park and ride scheme at the club's recently purchased Booker training ground to help relieve congestion in Hillbottom Road.

Beeks said: "We're playing better football but our gates are going down and we're trying to do something about it. It's an exciting time and there are a number of ideas we're looking at."

More immediately, the club this week kicked off a new free tickets scheme designed to get punters flocking to Adams Park.

Pubs, clubs or businesses who buy ten tickets to a match will be given another ten free of charge for any one match this season simply by contacting the ticket office.