In his penultimate column, Tommy looks back at a season where the Chairboys hit the headlines during a stunning Carling Cup run but failed to achieve their ultimate aim of promotion.

Hi everyone.

The season has been a disappointment. Promotion was the aim - it has been for the last two years. We came close last season when we looked to have had it sewn up but lost in the play-offs. We started this season very well and were in a play-off spot for most of the year but tailed off towards the end.

Our loss at Barnet on Saturday was stereotypical of how we have played all year.

We were cruising - it was almost too easy. We went ahead and then they were reduced to ten men - that made it even easier. We were playing well and but for the post and a couple of decent saves, we could have been 5-0 up at half-time.

But in the second half, we stopped doing everything that we were doing well. Two defensive errors handed them the points. It summed up our season. It was disappointing as we had started so well.

We went back to the club for the end of season awards. It would have been nice to have taken a win, particularly for the supporters.

Jermaine Easter won the Players' Player of the Year. He got my vote. As by far and away the leading scorer, he was the obvious candidate. It was his best season. Tommy Doherty won the Supporters' Player of the Year. He was influential too.

I was nominated for the Female Supporters' Favourite Player but was edged out by Stefan Oakes. I think there needs to be an inquiry into that. He seemed to be sitting with the judging panel for most of the night. I'm not sure how I was even nominated! Anyone know the criteria?

The awards do gave us a good chance to reflect on the season. There were lots of video clips used and it made me realise we played some good football, scored some good goals and had a great run in the Carling Cup. That was a massive highlight.

For lower league clubs like ours, the cups are a great way to earn some money. You know you are not going to win it as the big fellas will put out their best sides in the latter rounds, as we found out.

We started with a win at Swansea. I did not play in that game, but I was back for the trip to Fulham.

That's a good game to play in. Being away, you just want to give a good account of yourself. You don't want to be embarrassed. You always see some big scores and you just hope it won't be you.

It was a great evening. I scored a penalty to put us 2-0 up - that was one of my highlights of the Cup run. I knew if I scored that they would struggle to come back.

We then beat Doncaster and Notts County - rather than money spinners they gave us the chance to go further in the competition and we ended up playing Charlton.

We did not think we could beat them but we put in our best performance of the season to win 1-0.

I set up Jermaine for the goal. It was stereotypical of one of his goals - long punt, my flick-on and him racing clear to score. It was nice that it came off against a Premier League defence. People really started taking notice of Jermaine after that goal.

To get to the Semi-Finals was fantastic for the club. I'm sure that for some supporters it was the highlight of the season.

I was quite pleased with how I played in the first leg against Chelsea. We played to our strengths so focused on going route one. It made sense as they were missing their two main defenders from an aerial point of view. We took advantage of that. I played my part, flicking to Jermaine who equalised.

I enjoyed the build-up to the second leg, but it went downhill once the game kicked-off. They were head and shoulders above us and were cruising. They could have stepped it up whenever they wanted. I did not like playing in that game. We should have used our main assets more by playing the long ball. It might not have been the prettiest, but it worked in the first leg at our place.

There was a fantastic atmosphere. It was the first time I have played at the Bridge. The Chelsea players and Jose Mourinho were great afterwards. He [Mourinho] was very complimentary towards me - that was nice to hear, even for an older player like me!

I can understand why people talk about our Carling Cup run alongside our dip in form, but apart from losing our two centre-halves in the game against Chelsea, I'm not sure it was the reason for us missing out on the play-offs. We'll never know. I think the lack of first team players in the squad was more of a factor.

It's been a long season and in many respects I'm glad it's over.

The season might have ended only a few days ago, but the fact that it's finished has sunk in already. I watched the Birmingham game on Sunday - that's a fixture I have been involved in for many years in the past, so not playing on the last Sunday of the season drove home that we have finished.

I was disappointed with how my season went personally. I am embarrassed to have scored only 13 goals. I was not happy with 19 last season, so to get six less is disappointing. Every striker will aim for 20 goals. Things were going really well before Christmas - I'd got ten goals. I only managed three in the second half of the season. That played havoc with my averages.

I'm not sure why I did so badly as I felt I played well at times. My relationship with Jermaine might have played a part. He was playing as the last striker so I had to change my game a little.

Not many chances fell my way but when they did, I missed them. Confidence was low. When it's like that you snatch at chances when they come along. It's also the first season where I have not scored two goals in one game.

I did not feel as if I rested properly from the previous season. I got injured in the last game - I was lucky to get away without breaking my ankle, and I spent much of my holiday with a huge moon boot on. I then went to Munich for an operation on a hernia.

I went into pre-season too early. I had only had three weeks of rest after playing 50 games last season. With the new manager arriving, everyone was trying to impress him, including me. We all wanted to be part of his plans. I wanted to be in with the rest of the lads.

I have not decided what I am going to do next season. I have a meeting with the club this week. The manager will know in a few days about some of the players he'd like to bring in. If he gets what he wants, then I'd be happy to sit down with the club and discuss staying next season.

Log on next week to read Tommy's final column of the season. He'll be focusing on The FA Cup - email any questions you want him to answer to editor@TheFA.com.