Adebayo Akinfenwa delights fans as he dances and then JUMPS on top of team-mates as Wycombe grab 98th-minute equaliser

Posted Monday, January 10, 2022 by Thesun.co.uk

WYCOMBE WANDERERS hero Adebayo Akinfenwa was the toast of the town on Saturday - but not for actually scoring a goal.

The 39-year-old EFL veteran delighted fans with a hilarious celebration after Wycombe snatched a dramatic point against Sunderland in the 98th minute.

Joe Jacobson netted in the dying embers of the League One clash, sending Adams Park into raptures.

His Wycombe team-mates all bundled onto him after he scored at the death, with Akinfenwa top of the pile.

But the man nicknamed 'The Beast' couldn't resist a celebratory shimmy before launching himself on top of his elated team-mates.

The striker showed off impressive dance moves for a big man, but there was nothing graceful about his emphatic dive onto the team bundle.

Wycombe's official Twitter account posted the hilarious footage, to which Akinfenwa replied: "I don’t care if you're 9, 19, 29 or 39yrs old, as much as you can enjoy."

The League One meeting pitted third in the table Wycombe against second place Sunderland, in what was a possible promotion defining clash.

And it was Sunderland who thought they had snatched it late on, as Ross Stewart's 93rd minute goal made it 3-2 to the visitors.

There was a hefty amount of stoppage time though after Corry Evans had to be carried off on a stretcher following a horror head collision.

It meant there was time left for Wycombe to score a dramatic equaliser, prompting Akinfenwa's hilarious celebration.

Sunderland took the lead in a topsy-turvy game thanks to a David Stockdale own goal, before goals Anis Mehmeti and Sam Vokes made it 2-1 to Wycombe.

Stewart scored his first just over five minutes before the break, and then looked to have won it deep into second half stoppage time before Jacobson's late leveller.

And despite not scoring, Akinfenwa showed he still has plenty left in the tank at 39 years old - despite it being in the form of a brilliant celebration.

Akinfenwa confirmed last year he was in talks with the WWE about possibly going into wrestling when he hangs up his boots, with this season expected to be his last as a player.