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Sean - our Dads might know eachother! Ask him if he has ever heard of 'The Goat'!
Edinburgh Don
- Sunday, July 07, 2002 at 09:29:08 (PDT)
Where did "the Man. Utd of the CCL " come from. I suspect some media wind up. Still, some of us can remember when we were "the Leeds/Liverpool of non league football." Even the press used love to hate us. Now I'm up here in Scotland I shall be looking for another non league side to follow (although my heart will always remain for what used to be the Dons, and will now be for AFC Wimbledon). At the moment it's looking like Edinburgh City or Tranent Juniors. If only I can get Ed Don away from Hearts. But who knows one free weekend we both might travel down for a CCL game.
TW
- Sunday, July 07, 2002 at 06:12:37 (PDT)
Well on Wednesday I shall be standing onthe terraces alongside my dad who has watched Wimbledon for 40 years and is alongside I suspect others on here old enough to remember Leatherhead, K's and Tooting 1st time round :) He will make do with a stadium in Merton and whatever League because the fundamental thing remains we need to go home. Don't mock the likes of Raynes Park Vale's ground cos right now I'd give anything to have one similar:)
On RPV Wimbledon are not in fact their landlords although a shell company owned by the swivel-eyed one and the fat one called Raynes Park Playing Fields Ltd own the land. Sound familiar the one asset Wimbledon FC ltd has is not owned by them obviously learnt the lessons of mr Hammam didnt they! But anyway my understanding from the swivel eyed one is that the site is up for sale to the highest bidder so havign ripped us off he now intends to kill off another footy club. Grasping the nettle here what if we were to try and persuade him to transfer it to AFC so we could secure both ours and RPV's future? There arent many sites on Merton as we all know and this is one particularly for a non league ground!
sean Fox (seanphilfox@aol.com)
- Sunday, July 07, 2002 at 04:25:01 (PDT)
'Other CCL fan' those comments about park football etc came from other people, NOT Dons fans. Although many of the people now following Wimbledon are relatively new supporters, there are some who have supported the club since non-league days. Take TW for example - he started watching WFC in the early sixties in the ithsmian league (prob equivalent to CCL now) and is one of the very few to have seen both cup wins. Although I was in my buggy and can't remember a thing, my Dad insists that my first Dons match was a Southern League clash in '76! I can however remember watching the Dons in the lower half of the football league, so you shouldn't find genuine Dons fans taking the piss out of non-league football. We don't assume we will be all conquering, but surely you can understand our excitement after all the crap we've been put through by two dodgy chairmen!
Edinburgh Don
- Sunday, July 07, 2002 at 04:04:52 (PDT)
No name, use a name and I may answer but I think most people can work out if i'm presntly working for a football club next season.
Paul Raymond (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Sunday, July 07, 2002 at 03:18:12 (PDT)
Paul, do you still work for MKFC?
no name
- Sunday, July 07, 2002 at 02:46:35 (PDT)
Was just looking at the CCL website and then onto the Raynes Park Vale site.Not sure how up to date it is but there was a statement on the Raynes Park site saying they were tenants of Wimbledon FC. Anyone know what that's all about? Then went on to thank WFC for their support of grass roots football. Well that gave me something to laugh about!!!
wiltshire don
- Sunday, July 07, 2002 at 01:11:50 (PDT)
Was just looking at the CCL website and then onto the Raynes Park Vale site.Not sure how up to date it is but there was a statement on the Raynes Park site saying they were tenants of Wimbledon FC. Anyone know what that's all about? Then went on to thank WFC for their support of grass roots football. Well that gave me something to laugh about!!!
wiltshire don
- Sunday, July 07, 2002 at 01:11:17 (PDT)
Hi Paul Hi everybody. Listen I've only just caught wind of the fans new club AFC Wimbledon, is this whole MK garbage signed and sealed, surely with the new sky deal Mr Koppel can keep the club where it belongs, don't lose the faith.
p.s James go take a long walk off a short pier.
Seb Whittaker (swhittaker83@yahoo.co.uk)
Kings Lynn, UK - Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 17:35:15 (PDT)
Paul R - Cheers for your comments on the site, have added itmustbedons.com to links. Looks like AFCW already has a strong prescence on the web eh;)
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http://www.yellowbluearmy.com
shaun (shaun@yellowbluearmy.com)
morden, surrey england - Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 17:24:44 (PDT)
AS PAUL HAS SAID, LETS MOVE ON FROM "JAMES" PLEASE. LETS LOOK FORWARD TO WEDNESDAY AND FILL GANDER GREEN LANE INSTEAD. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT SO HUNG UP BY A "14 YEAROLD" - COME ON.
Steve Meyer (stevemeyer@lineone.net)
Carshalton, - Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 16:35:32 (PDT)
Well I say good luck to AFC Wimbledon (obviously apart from when we play you) I bet the other 'big league' clubs re having a heart attack, football fans taking control, whatever next.
Feltham Fan
- Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 15:32:16 (PDT)
james - "just because their moving about 50 miles one else." - talk about a fucking understatement. IT ISN'T THE SAME CLUB. How can it be? "Would you still support AFC IF they come bottom every year?" Yeah mate - thats the whole point of being a football supporter - to support your team with passion no matter what. Anyone who will give up on their team just because they're doing badly will never know the true feeling of success if they won't experience the adject feeling of defeat. get it?
mjs
- Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 15:19:08 (PDT)
James, we have PRINCIPLES, we would all much prefer to start at the bottom and work our way up again, with a club in WIMBLEDON, South London, with the people that will be running it interested in football, the fans, the LOCAL community and not for commercial gain and on the Man u front I cannot understand where people are getting this from, FFS the players have only met each other 4 times and have played as a team once,(today) I for one would be happy to consolodate this season and if promotion happens, big bonus and if we can help the other teams in the CCL by taking along a few more fans than they normaly get whats their gripe
Wunderin Don
- Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 14:50:35 (PDT)
To me professional does mean good because the teams that started of rubbish, fought their way to the professional ranks like Halifax and it doesn't matter if a team got relegated, because they are fighting with other teams to get back to the top where they once were. Like Wimbledon once a non-professional, then a professional all you Wimbledon supporters who have seen them play surely you must of enjoyed that feeling of seeing the dons scoring and just because their moving about 50 miles your not going to watch them and you say to me "are you hoping for champions league football" and "any true supporter" then look at you your abandoming your team to go and watch some one else. Would you still support AFC IF they come bottom every year?
James Hayne
Buckingham, - Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 10:41:50 (PDT)
Still think you have just assumed you are going to walk it in the CCL, maybe you will, but the 'one man and his dog' and 'just above park football' comments in the press should have wound up the other CCL teams and players nicely.
the other CCL team fan
- Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 10:02:20 (PDT)
Regarding the Man U of the CCL comment hope we wont be that people will appreciate what we have done and done for the good of the game. On a technicallity it could be argued that Man U became the professional Wimbledon due to the amount of sucess that we had in the non league days of the 60's and 70's :)
Paul Raymond (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 09:50:23 (PDT)
Come on guys lets drop the james discussion it's all old ground and as I have said we have moved on.
Paul Raymond (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 09:46:29 (PDT)
James says that his definition of 'good' is professional. I would say that was an insult to every semi-pro and amatuer team playing non-league football in this country. Just because a club is professional does not mean the team is good. Halifax are (or were depending on what is happening there) professional but that did not mean they were good last season, they were relegated to the Conference. 'Good' is a subjective term. One man's 'good' team is another man's load of crap. James might think that Watford are 'good' but how many non-Watford supporters would agree. Remember James, just because they are professional it don't make them good. You go and watch Watford a bit more often and forget about WFC/MCKC.
WakefieldWomble (rhofield@tiscali.co.uk)
Wakefield, West Yorkshire - Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 09:44:15 (PDT)
"THEIR LOSING £20000 A DAY IF YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW THAT." ? In fact, i didn't already know that. I DO know that WFC Ltd's last accounts show a profit of several million overall - and i also know that mr koppel has been fined several times for refusing to release the latest set of accounts to company house. however, in the light of this information, if you still choose to take the word of mr koppel (a proven liar) as gospel i can only pity you. Now run along.
mjs
- Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 09:43:46 (PDT)
James - "i live in Buckingham its about 40 miles to Watford and i can only get to a couple of games a season". Distance a problem then? If so....
REPD (repd@repd.net)
Here, - Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 09:25:24 (PDT)
James Wimbledon are a good team yes. You know why that is becuase the likes of me and many others who posted on this site helped build them. They can be what they want in Milton Keynes but what they will never be is as follows
1) The side I watched for 23 years alongside my dad who made 40 years
2) The only side that has ever won the F.A.Amatuer Cup and the F.A.Cup (and which I had the privillege to see one and my dad saw both)
3) The side that won at Burnley in the F.A. Cup and drew at Leeds as a non league side.
4) The side I cried over when they got relegated in 1981-82 and 1999-2000, and the Club that died on the 28.5.2002 when thre faceless beurocrats bought Koppels lies
So you are a qualified acountant are you cos there is absolubtly no evidence that the club was losing 20,000 per day and they havent even published their accounts yet!!!
So I hope you will be very happy woth the first footballing franchise although some of us will work to the end to make sure you never get see that team kick a ball in Milton Keynes.
Many years in 1974 ago before you were born there was a team in Milton Keynes playing in the Southern League division one. The team that won the division above them that year was a team called Wimbledon. Funny how the passion for football at Milton Keynes couldnt be translated cos if it had been they would have been sitting alongside us in the Football League and we would have admired them as much as we did our own team.
But the consortium of business men in Milton Keynes didnt take that route it chose to steal someone elses league place and take a short cut. For the record I suggest you have a look at the Dons Trust website and take a look at the minutes of the SGM to se whatthe owner of MKCFC made of it all. That is the local Club the club that could have done what we are now going to try and do again but greed killed them as surely as it is killing the Wimbledon I grew up with. We at AFC Wimbledon are the real Wimbledon end of because we saw we came we conquered and then we got ripped off
Sean Fox Wimbledon Supporter (seanphilfox@aol.com)
- Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 06:58:34 (PDT)
Right that does it i'm sick of you losers bullying me for no resons this site is supposed to be about peoples views and thats what i'm doing.
And any way people in or around MK won't stop supporting their team wheather its man u, arsenal, liverpool, or Inter Milan the citizens of MK and near by, find it hard going to watch their favourite team play so with Wimbledon coming up to MK this will give them access to a team who is closer to their homes, take me i support the mighty Watford and i live in Buckingham its about 40 miles to Watford and i can only get to a couple of games a seasonhow do you think i feel god dam it.
To the person who was on about why would Wimbledon fold if they stayed in South London, THEIR LOSING £20000 A DAY IF YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW THAT.
To the person who was on about 2nd division i would still go and watch them.
GOOD to me means a professional team.
James Hayne
Buckingham, - Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 05:01:33 (PDT)
To James: Could I just ask you what your definition of a "GOOD" football team is? I am afraid you could well be suckered by Messrs Koppel, Winkleman etc. If you bothered to read the papers you might see that Koppel and co still seem intent on getting rid of any player that earns more than a couple of quid a week.What sort of team do you think will be coming to MK after one season of playing to a near empty Selhurst Park? I can't imagine for one minute Koppel etc are going to outlay thousands and thousands over the coming season to fund wages meaning any player with any value will have long gone by this time next year.Will you be so keen to watch 2nd div football? Another point.Perhaps the point made by another CCL fan should be taken seriously. At the moment AFCW is riding high on the back of support and good feelings from all around. Be careful arrogance does not take over ie we will walk the league,we have more money, better players etc.The last thing you want to happen is to alienate the people who helped start off a new dream.We all want to win but with dignity.
wiltshire don
- Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 03:59:17 (PDT)
So we're the Man U of the CCL are we? Very well...... COME TO SEE THE WOMBLES, YOU'VE ONLY COME TO SEE THE WOMBLES. Ahem.
REPD (repd@repd.net)
SM4, aka Celsi Central - Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 02:09:11 (PDT)
Lets have a change from all this 'we are football fans together' stuff.
I hope money bags AFC Wimbelgones get a good thrashing this season from the hard up teams of the CCL. Just because you have loads of dosh, why should you do well!
Whats it going to be like to be the Man United of Non league football !!!!
another CCL team fan
- Saturday, July 06, 2002 at 01:02:19 (PDT)
James, I have supported the Dons for forty years, from Amateurs to the FA Cup and Premier league. New towns such as Milton Keynes have no right to 'my' team and should fight there way through the levels of football as Wimbledon did before - and as almost all football fans acknowledge. As for Winmbledon FC going broke - Bah, humbug - that story has done the rounds for the last 100 years, bring it on please!
the Wizard of Oz (flannel@ozemail.com.au)
Gosford, NSW Australia - Friday, July 05, 2002 at 23:56:38 (PDT)
James: "Would you rather Wimbledon carry on losing money and fold or carry on in a different place?". What on earth makes you think that wfc would fold if it had stayed in south london - i presume you have examined the facts of the matter - but if you had you'd know there was no truth in such a statement anyway. secondly - it won't be wfc - our team - in mk. end of. if you can't see that then you can't see what all of football is about. now kindly b***er off to an mkfc site (oh sorry, i forgot, there AREN'T any). Bye!
mjs
- Friday, July 05, 2002 at 15:40:54 (PDT)
James - you're a stupid little Koppel. I doubt you'll understand what that means, but others reading will :o) Go back to playing with your sisters Barbie dolls and leave us alone - frankly we are not interested in you or your misguided opinions. bye bye
Neil (as below)
- Friday, July 05, 2002 at 15:02:53 (PDT)
James - This site is about AFC Wimbledon now a club based in South London, The only reason that they are starting at Selhurst Park this season is because they cant get the Hockey Stadium ready in time, they havent said they will finish the season there. If you honestly think that thousands of people from Milton Keynes will stop watching the clubs they currently support like Arsenal, Man U, Liverpool, Spurs, Chelsea etc to watch a team in Nationwide Division One then good luck to you and if like the last few seasons they get off to a bad start even less people will watch them. The fact is that "locations" have always worked there way up the English League System not just bought another team. Unless you want to discuss "AFC Wimbledon" I suggest you chat on another site. Cheers.
Paul R (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Friday, July 05, 2002 at 13:04:47 (PDT)
I don't live in Milton Keynes i live in BUCKINGHAM none of you read where i come from.
MK should deserve Wimbledon because your giving them all this garbage just because their moving this is going to be their last season in London and none of you are going to support them then they should go some where else where they are loads of people around the area who will go and watch them play.
And why should i support my local team any way i'm not even from BUCKINGHAM i'm from wycombe and i still support they as my second team. And any way buckingham town are rubbish.
And anyway MK won't be stealing your team it will be helping it, Would you rather Wimbledon carry on losing money and fold or carry on in a different place? huh.
James Hayne
Buckingham, - Friday, July 05, 2002 at 12:23:34 (PDT)
Got carried away there and "ballsed" up my grammar. Never mind the essence is still obvious.
TW
- Friday, July 05, 2002 at 11:32:13 (PDT)
James H, either you're a wind up or a very naive young man. If you really love your little town then get behind the local team. If you are your ilk had supported the club properly then you would not have had to steal another supporter's passion. As I said before, if your concious allows it then you are welcome to follow a "backhander" club.
TW
- Friday, July 05, 2002 at 11:30:13 (PDT)
My thoughts exactly. If anybody needs funds it should be Carshalton Athletic - the clubhouse burnt down some 3 years back and they were relegated from Ryman Premier. Now Graham Roberts is manager I understand - nuff said.
Steve Meyer (stevemeyer@lineone.net)
Carshalton, - Friday, July 05, 2002 at 09:00:53 (PDT)
Steve M, it would be rude not to especially as we are only going along to help a LOCAL team raise some funds
Wunderin Don
- Friday, July 05, 2002 at 08:43:42 (PDT)
I warned many postings below to ignore "James" as I smelt a rat and still do. IGNORE HIM. What is really "ha ha" is that CK is forced into re-arranging friendlies with such as Carshalton Athetlic (my local club who also once employed me as a clubhouse barman, no less). I suggest we still go to the re-arranged fixture just to barrack all concerned. Any other takers ??
Steve Meyer (stevemeyer@lineone.net)
Carshalton, - Friday, July 05, 2002 at 07:42:16 (PDT)
Why is it that whilst online, all the pro-MKers have dreadful spelling and Grammar. Is it the state of our schools? Is it carelessness in typing? or is just a case of giving a monkey a pen.... I mean my grammar aint that good isit....? But at least one can read what one has written! I say this to James, what do you actually know about Wimbledon FC Ltd (the franchised one)? About their players or their faults, strengths, weaknesses, records etc. Why are you interested in following this club? Do you dream of champions league football, big crowds, glory? Because that is a very small part of what being a football supporter is all about.
Leamington Pete (Pete Davis) (naughtyjedi@hotmail.com)
Leamington (its a town), Warwickshire England - Friday, July 05, 2002 at 06:28:44 (PDT)
Just like to say well done to Matty (Burton) who was one person who made it through the trials last night - Look forward to seeing you against Dulwich I believe :)
Paul R (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Friday, July 05, 2002 at 03:20:29 (PDT)
James, any true Wimbledon fan will be going to watch AFC Wimbledon not Frankenstein FC and if you new anything about what has been happening this past 10 months you wouldn't be asking such stupid questions, ( am I going to see any Frankenstein FC games, doh!!!!!)
Wunderin Don
- Friday, July 05, 2002 at 01:31:06 (PDT)
Leaflets are going to be handed out at Centre Court shopping centre on Sat 06/07/02. These will be informing people of the upcoming AFCW-Sutton game and we need volunteers to turn up between 9:30AM and 1:00PM to hand these out.
Please wear WISA/Dons Trust gear if you want to take part.
We are also going to hand them out on Monday (08/07/02) evening between 4-7pm outside Wimbledon Rail Station. I will be going straight from work so I need to know roughly the numbers who can make it down there. We will sort this out on Sat in any case.
If anyone is interested, please contact Varney on 07939 263 395 or me, Dave Chan on 07786 454 967.
Dave Chan (dwarfer77@hotmail.com)
- Thursday, July 04, 2002 at 16:42:50 (PDT)
James .... and it already has Milton Keynes City Football Club - go and watch them - and by the way, you don't live in a city - its a 'new town'
Neil (neil_presland@hotmail.com)
- Thursday, July 04, 2002 at 15:23:36 (PDT)
I hear that wimbledon will start at selhurst next year. Its imporatnt that we dont split afc wimbledons crowd and go to the nationwide league. Remember that the true dons play in the combined counties now. Koppel will have them at MK as soon as he can.
mark leadon (markleadon@yahoo.co.uk)
harlow, essex - Thursday, July 04, 2002 at 13:50:11 (PDT)
James - you still haven't given any reason why the club should be taken away from Wimbledon and given to the 'deserving' milton keynes. so what it has hockey and basketball grounds. why is that relevant as to whether they should steal our football club?
mjs
- Thursday, July 04, 2002 at 11:34:56 (PDT)
these are the answers to pauls questions
1.Watford
2.yes, loads
and 3 how can i travell down to selhurst park if i'm only 14 i would go and see them play if i was older because i believe they are a good team, and if you didn't know wimbledon aren't moving this season their still goning to be playing at selhurst park.
To the person who said about the town doesn't deserve a team well it does the place has the BRITISH national hockey stadium, it has a basketball team for those of you who don't know their called the MK lions, it has badminton teams, etc. forget all that now i just come to the site to talk about football not about MK.
i would just like to know if there are any dons fans going to any of wimbledons games because they haven't sold 1 season ticket have they? and the new AFC have sold over 500.
James Hayne
Buckingham, uk - Thursday, July 04, 2002 at 10:10:10 (PDT)
ohh selhurst is gonna be a lonely place this season.
WFC? nah mate - its all about AFCW!!! wimbledon football club no longer exists and I for one wont be going ti sh*thurst park anymore!!!!
AL
- Thursday, July 04, 2002 at 06:11:06 (PDT)
Paul, be good to see you again mate. Come on the AFC!!
Nick P
- Thursday, July 04, 2002 at 03:23:15 (PDT)
James H - Your sad little town doesn't deserve a pro football club.
Nick P
- Thursday, July 04, 2002 at 03:20:45 (PDT)
DD, Sorry to read that you feel the way you do can you be more specific, come along to any of the meetings and get involved, I went to the trails on Tuesday, pissed down with rain all night got absolutley soaked but people had smiles on their faces and we were talking football something that I havn't done for some 10 months, come along to the Sutton game feel the excitement and be part of it, the CCL may not be the Nationwide some people may say that it is just above park football, but we need to start somewhere and hopefully before not to long we will be applying for League status once more, as for Paul R IMO I thought that he would have gone to MK and for that I apologise, but his enthusiasm for AFC W has been exemplary, we need to keep the momentum going, we need to raise funds, AFC W needs a stadium and training ground, all this takes time and effort and many hundreds of fans are doing there bit so don't knock it before you try it, as I have already said come along then make commnent
Wunderin Don
- Thursday, July 04, 2002 at 01:27:59 (PDT)
Disillusioned Don if you have a problem e-mail me and we can discuss it away from the site. I think the points I have raised regarding James comments were fair.
Paul Raymond (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Thursday, July 04, 2002 at 01:27:44 (PDT)
James - ok, i'm going to try and keep my cool here and not go off at you, however tempting it may be. Firstly, did you know 25 years ago wimbledon didn't have a professional football team either - but the people of this proud town built one from the ground up to defy all the odds and show what can be done with the right attitude. The people of Milton Keynes could have done the same if they were so inclined. They didn't. I knew kids (and adults for that matter) who cried their hearts out when their team was taken away from them the other month. Are you seriously telling us the MK 'deserves' a football team having done f*** all to earn one, while wimbledon doesn't?
mjs
- Wednesday, July 03, 2002 at 18:29:47 (PDT)
Used to be a good forum on this site...
Now it's just the webmaster sucking AFCW's collective D!*K.
I won't be going to MK or AFCW. Both sides seem as ill conceived as each other.
It's just a double disappointment!
Disillusioned Don. (Never getting sucked in again!)
- Wednesday, July 03, 2002 at 15:51:21 (PDT)
James a few questions for you, if you dont mind - 1) Who did you support before 28/5/2002? 2)Have you ever seen a live game of football? 3) If WFC are not allowed to move to MK for the 2002/03 season how many times will you travel down to Selhurst Park to watch them play? 4) Do you want WFC or will you just be watching the other team? - With regards to your comment about professional football you didn't mention that in your first post otherwise I wouldn't have mentioned the MKCFC link. - As I mentioned we dont care if you want to discuss the news etc of "your team!!" design and manage your own website I am sure the visitors will love to read it.
Paul R (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Wednesday, July 03, 2002 at 13:52:46 (PDT)
James H, if that's what you wan't, Good Luck! Most football followers like to see proper sportsmanship, but, if you want to creep your way up then it's there. Cheat, dodge and beat the rules, there you are. Good luck with franchise football. If that's the way you wan't to do it, fair enough.
But, You will excuse me, please, if I say the only way is by blood, sweat and tears. You have NO right to Wimbledon F.C and NEVER WILL.
TW
- Wednesday, July 03, 2002 at 13:40:02 (PDT)
James H, if that's what you wan't, Good Luck! Most football followers like to see proper sportsmanship, but, if you want to creep your way up then it's there. Cheat, dodge and beat the rules, there you are. Good luck with franchise football. If that's the way you wan't to do it, fair enough.
But, You will excuse me, please, if I S
TW
- Wednesday, July 03, 2002 at 13:37:34 (PDT)
James Haynes, I am wunderin why you are such a cretin, it is you who should get your facts right, MK is NOT a city and if you had any respect or passion for the game of football you would be supporting your own local team MK City and building that up rather than killing it
Wunderin Don
- Wednesday, July 03, 2002 at 09:49:47 (PDT)
I would like to say that you should get your facts right because is was talking about a professional!!! team called wimbledon and do you call MK city a professional team, does the team play in a good professional league such as any of the nationwide leagues no it doesn't so it would be nice to have a GOOD team play in Milton Keynes.
James Hayne (james_hayne@hotmail.com)
Buckingham, England - Wednesday, July 03, 2002 at 08:56:36 (PDT)
James, MK does already have it's own football team, Milton Keynes City Football Club to be honest I and most of the readers on this site couldn't care about the Hockey Stadium we have moved on we have our club now try elsewhere for your questions.
Paul R (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Tuesday, July 02, 2002 at 23:31:35 (PDT)
I'd like to say a big thank you for the support the Dons fans have shown on our Bankies website.
We seem to have a bloody parallel existence between, non league, top division, Dublin and daft relocations.
By the way I've still got your big Dublin=Death banner in the house.
Stevie
United Clydebank Supporters
Steven Latimer (stevie-latimer@ntlworld.com)
Clydebank, - Tuesday, July 02, 2002 at 14:16:43 (PDT)
Ignore the comments below - CK's illegitimate offspring have learnt how to type.
Steve Meyer (stevemeyer@lineone.net)
Carshalton, - Tuesday, July 02, 2002 at 13:31:03 (PDT)
I would like to say that its good that Wimbledon are moving up to MK because the city hasn't got a football team and it would be nice to go and see a good professional team play, And i would like to know what is happening with the hockey stadium because no work has been done to it, and it is suppose to increased from a 4000 seater to a 10000 seater. And i was thinking with my friends today that it would take more than a few months to build, because they would have to increase the size of the pitch because it doesn't look big enough to have 23 people running around that size of a pitch.
James Hayne (james_hayne@hotmail.com)
Buckingham, England - Tuesday, July 02, 2002 at 13:27:22 (PDT)
Interested to read your comments re site hits. I've deleted the "official" MKFC site from my favourites. Wonder how many hits they average now - double figures would be an acheivement.
Steve Meyer (stevemeyer@lineone.net)
Carshalton, - Tuesday, July 02, 2002 at 13:16:13 (PDT)
The news about Clydebank is just as worrying as our own situation. The people involved with Airdrie and Koppell have shown that if you don't like the rules, it doesn't matter; just keep going and eventually the authorities will give in. No matter what the circumstances of CFC's formation 40 years ago, it is important that all football supporters stand together right now, more than ever. These people are ruining our game, and it is obvious that the supporter is worth little to them. League positions cannot be allowed to be bought and sold in this way - If these two things happen - where will it end?
Edinburgh Don
- Tuesday, July 02, 2002 at 05:00:24 (PDT)
I'm going to be away for our first league game :(
Tom
Sutton, nervous - Tuesday, July 02, 2002 at 04:20:04 (PDT)
While people should feel a little for Clydebank they shouldn't be too upset. For those that don't know... Clydebank were only formed 40 odd years ago and couldn't get into the Scottish League. So the merged with East Stirlingshire and became ES Clydebank. When, Third Lanark (I think) went belly up and dropped out of the league suddenly the Steadman brothers from the original Clydebank FC broke away from ES Clydebank and took up residence in the Scottish League leaving East Stirlingshire to carry on as before. Now if you are looking for Frankenstien FC there is the original. The Steadman brothers shafted Scottish Football for years and then shafted the Bankies and their fans. Don't agree with the Airdie team but as they say what goes around comes around. Just so you know all the facts.
Morton Tim
- Tuesday, July 02, 2002 at 03:13:44 (PDT)
Good luck to all at Wimbledon AFC,
I have been following the progress of Maidstone United who last season started on the long road back to the Football League.
Although they managed to win the league and cup double last season in the Kent League they could not be promoted further because they are ground sharing with Sittingbourne. There are plans on the table for a new ground in Maidstone supported by the local council..
Heres to a good season for all your new team I am sure that all true Football fans will cheer you on..
John Fincher (Jffincher@o2.com)
Dorking, UK - Tuesday, July 02, 2002 at 02:01:20 (PDT)
Welcome AFC Wimbledon to the grass roots of football. I supported the Dons from non league days but the continuing joke at Selhurst was the last straw. I now watch my football at Chipstead FC who are in the Combined Counties League and look forward to seeing the Dons next season with mixed emotions. Anyway it's great to see Wimbledon back on track again. All the best and good luck for the future.
Terry Antell (terry.antell @btopenworld.com)
- Tuesday, July 02, 2002 at 01:30:13 (PDT)
still stunned following today's Scottish Footall League decision that went against us (Clydebank) today. sincere thanks to the many Dons fans who have posted messages of support on our forum. much appreciated.
Scott from bankies.net (scott@bankies.net)
Scotland - Monday, July 01, 2002 at 17:46:26 (PDT)
Got to know a some of the guys behind the United Clydebank
Supporters group a few years back.
This is a shameful and scandalous decision.
Airdrie United were begining to get some backing a few
weeks back for their efforts to keep football alive in
Airdrie. lost all respect now by killing off another club to get themselves a league place.
Derek Mackenzie (derek.mackenzie@kcl.ac.uk)
- Monday, July 01, 2002 at 12:18:23 (PDT)
Dont know if you have seen that Airdrie United the club that reformed once they went bust is about to buy out Clydebank of Division 2 and they will lose there name colors ground and everything, sound familiar if you want to post a message of support there site is at this link
Paul R (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Monday, July 01, 2002 at 12:02:39 (PDT)
I think the Chris Phillips deal is signed sealed and delivered.
Paul R (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Monday, July 01, 2002 at 10:17:53 (PDT)
Can or will we be getting Chris Phillips back as our P.A. down at the 'meadow' next year. It will be great to hear him again getting behind the lads and banging out the tunes.
Andy Clement
- Monday, July 01, 2002 at 09:30:38 (PDT)
I am so Happy that we the true dons supporters now have a chat site that we can talk about our fave team. I would like to wish all the staff all the best for the forthcoming season. and also the players that are to be selected to represent the new club.
Peter Salter (oapollo69@hotmail.com)
Wolverhampton, West Midlands England - Monday, July 01, 2002 at 09:18:01 (PDT)
www.geocities.com/afcwimbledon
James
London, - Sunday, June 30, 2002 at 13:23:31 (PDT)
Paul, it was so nice to see you yesterday - I'm so glad that AFC Wimbledon has reunited all of the supporters of the club formerly known as Wimbledon FC - together we can not fail. With AFC Wimbledon we have a real community, not just a place.
Neil (neil_presland@hotmail.com)
Hove, - Sunday, June 30, 2002 at 11:18:59 (PDT)
Cheers Guys yesterday was a brilliant day - With regards to an Academy that will be a few years away I would imagine. I think the first steps are to have a Youth team in 2003/04.
Paul Raymond (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Sunday, June 30, 2002 at 03:23:17 (PDT)
very nice report about the trials. felt a lump on my throat after reading it. thanks.
victorlaszlo (victor_laszlo@in-box.net)
- Saturday, June 29, 2002 at 18:44:30 (PDT)
nice report paul :-)
mjs
- Saturday, June 29, 2002 at 17:26:16 (PDT)
When will a academy be set up
BARY (barry@barryswife@demon.com)
London, England - Saturday, June 29, 2002 at 12:49:09 (PDT)
If anyone missed the BBC London report it can be watched by clicking Here it starts about 35 seconds in.
Paul R (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Saturday, June 29, 2002 at 10:14:22 (PDT)
afc wimbledon = true wimblebon
mark leadon (markleadon@yahoo.co.uk)
harlow, uk - Saturday, June 29, 2002 at 04:47:07 (PDT)
Steve - Full range of merchandise will be beeing made avaliable first up is likley to be t-shirts in time for pre-season games and then at the start of season replica shirts will be out.
Paul R (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Friday, June 28, 2002 at 23:39:49 (PDT)
Will there be any AFCW Merchandise for sale like footy tops etc.
steve (stewomble4@aol.com)
Walsall, - Friday, June 28, 2002 at 13:39:07 (PDT)
Help needed - If anyone knows of fans of any other clubs that can do a few line message about AFCW would be appreciated Needed by the end of the weekend. So if you have any mates of other clubs that could do anything please ask them to e-mail me on paul@itmustbedons.com cheers
Paul R (paul@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Friday, June 28, 2002 at 11:03:54 (PDT)
I found it very interesting reading about Cunningham possibily going to Sunderland because of "Wimbledon's" finances. I thought the main reason for going to MK was to take the club forward with thousands of new fans so paying wages wouldn't be a problem.So why still talk about getting rid of your best players, Yet another of Koppel's so called reasons being shot to pieces. Will he tell the people of MK he is getting rid of the best players and that they will actually not be watching 1st div players but a bunch of youngsters and other not good enough to get into other league teams.They'll find out soon enough.
wiltshire don
- Wednesday, June 26, 2002 at 14:34:09 (PDT)
Can't believe they've got us a league and a ground just 0.5 miles from my home! Fantastic. I was on hols in Bournemouth yesterday and spotted an AFC Wimbledon car sticker already ... bring on the new season. Eventually we'll draw those ***s of MKFC in the FA Cup and they wont want to play us! :-)
Fazza (ahmadf@logica.com)
New Malden, Hysteria! UK - Wednesday, June 26, 2002 at 08:05:51 (PDT)
Need info about the Combined Counties League?
Soccerlinks has a section for that league with a link to the leagues web site aswell as links to all clubs known to have a presence on the web. Hope this helps:
http://www.soccerlinks.co.uk/pages/Clubs_-_Europe/England/Minor_Leagues/Combined_Counties_League/index.html
Cheers
Steve Walker
Soccerlinks Site Maintainer
Steve Walker (steve@soccerlinks.co.uk)
- Wednesday, June 26, 2002 at 04:51:05 (PDT)
Dolfan lets buy an old bus and call it AFC WOMBLES midland branch and on the way down to London stop off at MK and we will all take a shit outside the new ground. Does that sound good.
stewomble (stewomble4@aol.com)
Walsall, - Wednesday, June 26, 2002 at 03:59:10 (PDT)
Well done on your election to the Combined Counties League.
May AFC Wimbledon live long and prosper!
Power to the Supporters!
Rob (northr@hotmail.com)
Didcot, Oxfordshire - Wednesday, June 26, 2002 at 02:17:12 (PDT)
steve, dont worry bout brentford, for them to move out of griffin pk, they need a 100% majority verdict in favour and theres at least 1 board member who says it will only happen over his dead body, add to that that, there are other groundshares we could take up, kingsmeadow was the chosen 1 not the only 1 :) dont fret, just enjoy now your definately on board and mail me, let me know how often you think you'll be able to get down to games, me, rob and a few others from the midlands are gonna try and come up with a travel plan for all of us if its at all possible, there also wombles further north looking to collect ppl on route to share petrol costs, so if we can get organised rather than trying to do everything individual, we should be able to have some fun this coming season.
dolfan (bout time you emailed me back aint it steve, i had no idea you'd decided)
near walsall, yeh, sometimes i am this 1 - Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 13:35:11 (PDT)
TW - I presume you are asking if Edinburgh City were re-formed after Meadowbank Thistle were 'franchised' to Livingston? ECFC now play at the Meadowbank Stadium, but I don't think they were formed in a similar way to AFCW. They were already an established non-league club before MTFC became LFC, then they moved into the stadium when it became vacant. Possibly some of the old Thistle crowd are now following City, but they are not the same.
Edinburgh Don
- Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 11:34:19 (PDT)
Welcome to the Combined Counties Football League nice to see fans taking control.
CCL fan
- Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 10:40:16 (PDT)
Jools you are correct the article is wrong, the winner of the CCL will be promoted to the Ryman 1st and the Non-League paper is not a bad read
Wibbly Don
- Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 09:24:48 (PDT)
Just purchased the newspaper called The Non-league paper which has pages about AFC Wimbledon. It also has a article about Brentford signing a £60,000 two year option to share kingstonian's kingsmeadow ground the season after next. It states the move would be at the expense of AFC Wimbledon. So if we gained promotion in our first season were would we go. Also would we be promoted directly to the Ryman Prem and would you find a ground which would meet the leagues requirements.
Steve (Stewomble4@aol.com)
Walsall, - Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 06:55:31 (PDT)
Looking at this website: http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/4388/feeder.htm
It says that promotion from the CCL takes you to Ryman Division 3. I thought we could be promoted to Division 1 - can anyone clarify??
Jools (julianphillips@onetel.net.uk)
- Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 06:36:57 (PDT)
Yes well done to everyone involved with AFC Wimbledon. And Ed Don, if I'm not mistaken isn't Edinburgh City a club with a more or less identical origin?
TW
- Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 05:46:05 (PDT)
Any chance of playing a friendly in the Midlands. I know some non-league teams. Come on AFC wombles.
stewomble4 (stewomble4@aol.com)
Walsall, - Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 03:11:33 (PDT)
Congrats to everyone involved with AFCW! Now, any chance of setting up an away friendly with Edinburgh City? ;-)
Edinburgh Don
- Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 00:17:49 (PDT)
Wombles are back, the man from the CCL he said yes, big well done to Kris, Ivor and everyone else who managed to secure this absolutly brilliant result
Wibbly Don
- Monday, June 24, 2002 at 14:54:36 (PDT)
Hey it's sunday Guys and Girls shouldn't we all be posting in here :)
Paul R (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Sunday, June 23, 2002 at 02:40:34 (PDT)
Everybody get writing to all National Newspapers ref a national blackout of mkfc. Badger newspapers with letter after letter adnauseum. If they won't blackout the name try and get them to call 'that club' milton keynes franchise. Website of addresses to help :-)
http://www.anweb.co.uk/l_04_e2/e2c05.htm
Grazy
- Wednesday, June 19, 2002 at 00:24:40 (PDT)
All I can say about last night is ; NEVER GIVE UP NEVER SURRENDER!!!!!!!!!!!!, this is our club and we will be playing football for the fans. even if its on the common back on the very 1st pitch in 1889. Our time scales are short but with the people we have at the helm our future looks better than MK Dons, Fans of all clubs are uniting behind this and we have our friends in the media. Birth's are not all easy. AFC Wimbledon is real its in our hearts we have a club, 11 years?? what is a few days
davidmcknight (davidmcknight@aol.com)
- Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 14:11:32 (PDT)
So now we've been invited to apply to join the Combined Counties League. Having been shafted twice by different football authorities in the space of 3 weeks I won't be holding my breath waiting for a decision. At 6.15 in the morning I am still deeply shocked. Even my partner who has her own worries about her mother is shocked and she is an Everton supporter.
Yorkshire Womble (rhofield@tiscali.co.uk)
Wakefield, West Yorks UK - Monday, June 17, 2002 at 22:18:05 (PDT)
From an enfield town site about promotion from CCL to Rymans - From season 2002-3 onwards, the Ryman League will no longer be the vertical structure described on the main pyramid page. Divisions 1 and 2 are merging into two regional divisions. However, since Division three is remaining non-regional, the structure will look more like a goldfish bowl. On the other hand, the three regional feeder leagues will become feeder leagues to the regional Division Ones. This will not quite make the other feeder leagues at the same level as the new Ryman League Division Two, because the new Ryman League Division Two will have an automatic right to two promotion places until 2005. So the goldfishbowl will be standing on a tripod, which fits round the bowl somewhat higher than the bottom.
more at etfc
Paul R (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Monday, June 17, 2002 at 17:34:32 (PDT)
fuk me, were in were out we might be back in again slightly lower than we expected but just as high as we would have been next year, POSSIBLY. wat the fuk is going on, my head cant take all this.
dolfan (if you dont)
know , me by now - Monday, June 17, 2002 at 16:20:58 (PDT)
What a night, when the news of the rejection to the Ryman league was announced god I hit rock bottom, felt sick and numb then an hour later lo and behold a ray of sunshine we could now be playing in the combined counties League and should we win that we would go straight into Ryman division 1 ( Funny Old Game )
Wibbly Don
- Monday, June 17, 2002 at 16:16:12 (PDT)
Hope to see people at the Fox and Grapes tonight, I will update the result of the rymans vote once I get home but it could well be very very late :)
Paul R (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Monday, June 17, 2002 at 09:06:13 (PDT)
Good stuff Dave! And to Not Telling/Why/anyone else who just doesn't get it: do you really think boycotting the club merchandise/shop made any difference? How much profit (if any) would the club shop have made anyway? Enough to pay Connolly for a week maybe. Talk about naive.
Martin D
- Monday, June 17, 2002 at 04:19:14 (PDT)
This is about taking back what is ours, we are Wimbledon AFCW or WFC we are not players or owners or employee's Wimbledon is part of Merton not MK it always has been it always will be this is just a change of name to AFCW and new chapter in our long History from Old Centrals to Wimbledon Wednesday and WFC, Part 4 AFCW each time we have grown and been bigger and stronger than before. This is just the start a new type of club is being born a Supporters/Fans Clubs for the people not for gain a true club that belongs to the people of Merton and beyond.I hold the History of this club from 1919-2002 it will be added to this coming season 2002-03 MK Dons who needs them.
davidmcknight (davidmcknight@aol.com)
- Monday, June 17, 2002 at 03:03:20 (PDT)
WISA Come out Fighting: WISA harnesses massive call for national boycott of Wimbledon FC matches - www.wisa.org.uk
Kevin Rye (publicity@wisa.org.uk)
- Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 16:54:38 (PDT)
Wiltshire Don, steady, you will always the odd juvenile remark looking forward to seeing you at Kingstonians, fingers crossed for tomorrow nights decision
Wibbly Don
- Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 11:21:58 (PDT)
RAW - Your M*M. Leave Wiltshire Don alone. 40 years of support congratulations.
Not Telling
Japan - Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 10:42:16 (PDT)
Thanks to Wibbly Don and Dolfan who responded to my posting in an adult way.I don't normally get hot under the collar regarding emails but I can't let RAW's comments pass by without reply.RAW first of all perhaps you need a geography lesson and thank you Paul for pointing out that Wiltshire is not a couple of minutes away from Wimbledon. For your information RAW a home game for me is a round trip of 240 miles or 5 hours travelling every other Saturday. So who the hell do you think you are calling an armchair fan. I just can't swan off for meetings in London whenever I feel like it, some of us have to earn a living ( people who constantly had a go at Paul should remember that). I would love to have attended the meeting but work would not allow it.RAW, not that you are interested but I'm going to tell you anyway. I have been supporting Wimbledon for over 40 years starting when Wimbledon were in the Isthmian League ( in case you don't know that's what the Rymans League used to be called but then again your history might be better than your geography).I used to go to Plough Lane in the bad days in the Southern League with crowds of 500 so who do you think you are to lecture me. I made the comment re going to watch my local Doc Martens league side as an alternative to MK. I would willing go to Kingston but if it meant standing by someone with your attitude I might just stay at home.Sorry to anyone other than RAW who reads this posting but couldn't let it go.
wiltshire don
- Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 10:14:35 (PDT)
Hey whats going wrong it's sunday the guestbook never gets entry's on a Sunday :) - The person who was appears to be giving Wiltshire Don some stick, we need to all stick together and if as expected he lives in Wiltshire it may be a bit difficult to get to Thursday night meetings in Wimbledon although I know that Leamington Pete made the trip down this week. - As Kris has said once the decission is known tomorrow night more information will start to appear. Dont forget to check the news section out about tomorrow evening.
Paul R (webmaster@itmustbedons.com)
Tooting, London England - Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 08:53:40 (PDT)
The enthusiasm shown by everyone towards AFCW has been fantastic, and although it's difficult for me to get down there as often as I would like, I will definitely be making the trip to Kingsmeadow (if all goes well)at some point. MKFC? I wouldn't darken the door! Is Koppell still offerring up cash towards AFCW? If so, I think we should bloody well snatch it from him. Forget principles for a minute, that cash can go a long way in non-league footie! We're not going to beat him; the campaign ran by Dons fans was better than could have been expected, but lets face it he's got cash from the nogs to buy PR & Lawyers that we can't compete with. Like many I thought at first that AFCW was conceeding, but it's not, it's living to fight another day.
Edinburgh Don
- Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 08:34:58 (PDT)
AFC Wimbledon information on www.wisa.org.uk
Wibbly Don
- Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 07:43:49 (PDT)
Wiltshire Don, Bloody hell go and watch footi for a couple of hours and someones answered all your questions, as far as the crowd isue go's 18000 was based on still playing in the Nationwide but I would be very dissapointed if we did not take along a substantial crowd which IMHO will increase throughout the season, have you seen the new kit yet, well smart, once they go on sale and they will be in and around Wimbledon the fan base will increase AFC Wimbledon are also committed to serving the community so we will be seen in and around, AFC will work so come along and join us all the details are on the WISA site
Wibbly Don
- Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 07:38:36 (PDT)
wiltshire don - the ryman league are currently around 5 teams short of their full capacity, if other clubs feel they can finance themselves at that level, they could apply also, were not treading on anyones toes or affecting other clubs(except from in a positive way financially) except maybe for the fact that with the money at our disposal i'd hope to win the championship and if we do, it means that for 1 season the other clubs could in effect be playing for 2nd place, but for this they get a good revenue on the days we play there compared to their norm
dolfan (those that need it know it)
cannock, staffs england - Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 06:11:21 (PDT)
Wiltshire don: A virtual 'supporter', who clearly did not bother to attend the recent Trust or WISA meetings where lots of different aspects of the situation were talked about. You’ve said nothing new! How’s the armchair?
If you really wanted an AFCW ticket you would have found out by now as they have been on sale (in advanced form!) for 2 weeks!
You said you’re probably off to a Dr Marten’s Club anyway, so go, and forget about Wimbledon but you’re going to miss something special!
If you have protest ideas send them to the relevant WISA/Trust people.
Bring on AFC Wimbledon!
RAW (thieua@homtail.com)
Kingston, England - Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 04:53:43 (PDT)
Kris, thanks for your comments.It seems you agree with me that if the MK decision was overturned Koppel and co would simply walk away. Totally agree it is wrong what has happen and given what would undoubtedly happen if it was overturned what is the point therefore of continuing the fight using time effort and money(?. Why not let them just get on with it and look to AFCW as a positive future? One final thing.AFCW aside has anyone got any views about going to any Wimbledon away matches? Would show we are still around without all the hassle of continuing what could be a pointless battle.
wiltshire don
- Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 04:29:42 (PDT)
Oh, and, as for Season Tickets, should Monday go well and AFC Wimbledon get elected to the Ryman 2, we'll have a full set of ticket prices available by the end of next week.
kris (info@afcwimbledon.co.uk)
London, - Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 04:10:53 (PDT)
The point of fighting MK? Because it's wrong. What happens if the decision is overturned? No idea, lets see. My guess is we'd have a liquidated club, and would have to start again anyway. Circumventing the pyramid system? Our advice - advice from the Ryman for example - is that starting any lower then Ryman 2 with the number of fans we expect to have would pose major safety issues. Plus, we aren't jumping in anywhere, we're going down six divisions.
kris (chair@wisa.org.uk)
London, - Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 04:09:15 (PDT)
Wibbly Don, I think it's pretty obvious why the Norwegians wouldn't cough up £40 million to build a stadium at Plough Lane. They would never ever see a return on their money. I just don't believe crowds would have increased by any great extent to have convinced them that it would be a worthwhile investment.All the way along from a business sense you could see what they were doing but the way they went about it was totally and utterly disgraceful.As various people have said on this site the MK is simply all about a property deal and the football club was a necessary piece of baggage.In other words they no doubt see MK as a means of making a few quid and they are using our club to do it.As business men it makes sense so why let the dreams of a few thousand people stop you.On the issue of AFC Wimbledon what crowds are expected next season? If surveys suggested you had 18,000 people interested supporting the club if it moved back to Merton ( I know Kingston isn't Merton but it's close enough)will any of those people be interested in going to watch a non league club?I doubt it. Ignoring those people who I personally don't think the majority would have gone if WFC returned to Wimbledon anyway if all the people giving vocal support to AFCW went to the games then the future would be interesting. On the matter of AFCW two things puzzle me. Firstly on the assumption the club gets up and running, what's the point of still fighting the MK thing. What would happen if everything got overturned and WFC returned to London( I would imagine if that did happen the Nogs would basically close the club down anyway)who would you support?Secondly, correct me if I'm wrong but the Rymans 2nd div is not at the bottom of the pyramid system so how come AFCW will as it seems be elected into it? Isn't that circumventing the pyramid system which is one of the biggest arguments against what is happening re MK? And finally assuming all goes ahead where can you buy a season ticket for AFCW?
wiltshire don
- Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 02:21:25 (PDT)
For those of you who think that MK is the way forward The 1st game of the season is coming and if you think that the 7.000 supporters at SH was bad how many do you think you will get now. WFC has no kit no majour sponsor no supporters if you call the few and thats under 400 that have yet to pull out even with being bank rolled by the nogs there will be local papers printing the WFC head lines footy in Merton Merton dont want them they walked away from them the History of the Club well thats is Mertons as they are Wimbledon and there is no changing names of roads or stadiums that will change any of this. Support AFC Wimbledon its your Local Team and its the History of Football in Wimbledon part 4.
davidmcknight (davidmcknight)
- Saturday, June 15, 2002 at 16:40:24 (PDT)
Not tellin, If koppel had any intention of keeping Wimbledon in London why did the Directors not plough the £40 million into the club like the are proposing to do now, why did the owners not discuss the possibility of returning back to Plough Lane, why did Koppel write to prospective developers to discourage them from Plough Lane, why did Koppel get the local residents Association to write to their member of parliament to reject any move back to Plough Lane, when they bought into the club Dublin was still being muted, why are they getting the land in MK for a knock down price, who will be building the new complex FFS I could rattle off another 20 more points that highlight Koppel had no intention of returning OUR team to Plough Lane he has already contacted the owners of MK City trying to buy their name, which he intends to use, I respect the guys in the club shop but again after August there will be NO club shop, Koppel has sacked anyone associated with the old Plough Lane days, I feel one of us is being very nieve and when I see the support that AFC Wimbleodn is getting from fellow supporters, members of Parliament, the media the Football Association, the Football League, football club chairmen, I personally feel that I have made the right decision rather than prostitute the name of football I have the self respect to join many more and I have helped albeit in a very small way to form the new AFC Wimbledon and I do it with pride and I will do everything in my power to bring Koppel and the rest of the Pimps crashing down, enjoy MK you deserve each other
Wibbly Don
- Saturday, June 15, 2002 at 11:02:01 (PDT)
Wibbly Don your M*M. Guilty of killing the club. If there were a lot more people like me and 'WHY' this club would not have been in the financial state it is now. We all played right into Mr Koppells hands buy boycotting the merchandise (Club Shop and programmes). That really made the club a lot more financially secure. As for those who gave Reg Davies a hard time, I say F*** you. How long has he worked for the club you lot once loved. So he should've resigned yeah - bollocks is what i say. Also you w*****s who gave the club shop staff (Chris Drapper and co)hassle grow up. They still have bills to pay. I hope Reg Davies reads this message. Most people protested peacefully and to those i respect.
Not Telling
japan - Saturday, June 15, 2002 at 08:56:05 (PDT)
it could be interesting playing in Ryman 2...with average crouds of 50-100 the other teams will love us but it will be hellin the club bars before hand.....i hope they have the starf..
grant
eastbourne, - Saturday, June 15, 2002 at 04:02:52 (PDT)
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