WANDERERS chairman Ivor Beeks this week stood by his decision to campaign for two teams to be relegated out of the Football League even though it could cost his team £25,000 tomorrow.

Blues stand to lose that amount in the final instalment of the Sean Devine transfer if Exeter City lose their League status tomorrow.

But Beeks insists he was right to push for it, even though Wycombe can ill-afford to lose the cash.

Beeks, who was last week voted onto the FA's international committee, was a lone voice in calling for the two-up, two-down system from the Conference three years ago, and now it has been adopted he stands to suffer.

He said: "It is ironic that in the first season of it we stand to lose £25,000 on the Sean Devine transfer, but sometimes you have got to look at the bigger picture.

"It is a lot of money for us to lose but I wouldn't trade the extra place for Conference teams for £25,000

"I think it is good for football. We came up from the Conference and we will never forget our roots."

It is that type of attitude that earned Beeks his call-up to represent England on the International Committee of the Football Association.

He was called onto the seven-man committee last week and will work closely with the national side at U17, U19, U21 and full international levels.

He follows in the footsteps of Wanderers' patron Frank Adams, who spent more than 30 years in the same position.

Beeks, 62, said: "I'm over the moon. I'm extremely pleased to be on such an illustrious and important committee and I plan to get fully involved."

His appointment completed a successful week for the Wanderers chairman.

On Thursday he was delighted to see his fellow league chairmen vote in favour of increasing the number of teams in the play-offs by two, and to also see them agree in principle to punish clubs in adminstration with points deductions and also to wage capping on a trial basis in Division Three.