Upon his return, and after just a couple of games for Conference National side Rushden & Diamonds, followed the highlight of his career when somewhat extraordinarily Essandoh's agent responded to an appeal by Wycombe Wanderers manager Lawrie Sanchez looking for a fit, non-cup-tied striker the week before their FA Cup quarter-final match with Leicester City, which had been posted on the club's website and spotted by a journalist who published the story on the BBC's television text service Ceefax.
Upon his return to Rushden & Diamonds, Essandoh played for just a couple of games. He then experienced the most significant moment in his career when his agent responded to Wycombe Wanderers manager Lawrie Sanchez's request for a non-playing striker the week before their FA Cup quarter-final match against Leicester City, which was advertised on the club's website and discovered by a journalist who shared it on the BBC's television text service Ceefax.