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31/12/2002
Raynes Park New Date and Ticket Information - Thanks to both
us and Raynes Park being out of the League Cup the Boxing Day game
has been rearranged for Saturday 1st February 2003. All tickets are
still valid but if you cant make the game and require a refund please
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31/12/2002
Chipstead Man Of The Match Vote - If you haven't voted for
the Man Of The Match in Saturdays game against Chipstead the vote
is still open and you can by clicking below.
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30/12/2002
Chipstead Photos - The photos from the game on Saturday can
now be viewed by clicking here.
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29/12/2002
Late Christmas Presents Given Before Comeback Starts - Following
the disappointment of the Boxing Day game being called off a large
Dons traveling support of well over 1,500 made the trip to Whytleafe
for the match against Chipstead. Chipstead were of course the first
team that we played at Kingsmeaddow and they came away with a 2-1
victory so we wanted to put the record straight.
Keith Ward started in defence following the unavailability of Sean
Daly due to a prior engagement. Whytleafes game on Thursday had been
called off and although the pitch looked OK near the goals the middle
of the pitch was very boggy. Whytleafes ground was very nice with
banked terracing down one side and also a large seating area behind
one of the goals and a covered terrace at the other end. This meant
that the congregated Dons fans could get a good atmosphere going.
The first half was a tight affair with a couple of chances for each
team but Chipstead were getting the better of us with balls down the
channels and there two fast attackers running on to them. On 42 minutes
Chipstead took full advantage of this when a ball was played past
our defence and Chipstead forward ran on to it Glyn Shimmel seemed
to be a bit hesitant off his line and by the time he reacted the striker
had time to get ready for his shot and he put it under Glyn's body
and Chipstead were 1-0 up. The goal was given as 42 minutes but it
seemed that the half time whistle was blown immediately, so we went
in 1-0 down.
At half time Neil Robson was replaced in midfield by Lee Passmore.
We started to put the pressure on and Gavin Boulger had an effort
at goal but this was saved and then a header from Joe Sheerin went
wide of the goal. Just as we looked like we were getting back into
it we got caught out again when Chipstead scored an identical goal
to the first we were 2-0 down and things weren't looking good.
Now I don't want to claim credit for what turned out to be the start of our comeback but when we won a corner I made a comment of "If we can score in the next 5 minutes we will be back in this" The ball was played in and was met by Keith Ward who was leaping in the air and headed the ball into the back of the net. We were 2-1 down and things were looking a bit better.
Andrew Petty came on to replace Kevin Cooper at the restart of the
game for the next 15 minutes we pushed forward but couldn't convert
any chances. Chipstead looked like they had used up all there attacking
options then with 15 minutes left we won another corner the ball came
out to Mark Nicholas who was about 10 yards out and he smacked the
ball through a crowded area that ended up in the back of the net.
Talking to people afterwards they said that the ball crashed up against
the crossbar and came down and hit a Chipstead defender in the face
and went over the line. It was now 2-2 and The Dons fans were going
mental with a buzz round the whole ground.
Almost direct from the kick off we were in the lead when the ball
came through to Joe Sheerin and he chipped the ball over the keeper
and into the back of the net. From 2-0 down we were 3-2 up and there
was still 10 minutes to go. In the closing moments Joe was replaced
by Ali Russell and we managed to hold the score as it was and another
important 3 points were won.
In my opinion Chipstead deserved to be 2 goals up but we battled well to win the game and I think it shows the benefit of our fitness coach that we have. Chipstead also had a tough game down at Merstham on Boxing Day and that could well have told on them as well. |
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29/12/2002
Saturday's Results - More games were called off yesterday including AFC Wallingford's trip to Chessington United. The results in full are as follows: -
Saturday 28th December
Premier Division
Chessington United P-P AFC Wallingford
Chipstead 2-3 AFC Wimbledon (at Whyteleafe FC)
Cobham P-P Chessington & Hook
Cove 1-6 Withdean 2000
Farnham Town 1-1 Westfield
Feltham 3-2 Frimley Green
Godalming & G 3-0 Reading Town
Raynes Park Vale P-P Ash United
Sandhurst Town 3-1 Bedfont
Southall 2-0 Hartley Wintney
Viking Greenford P-P Merstham
Walton Casuals 3-1 North Greenford Utd
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29/12/2002
Chipstead Man Of The Match Vote - The match report will follow but for now the Man Of The Match vote is open so please click below to vote. |
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28/12/2002
Saturday Matchday Service - The text updates will be available
today by clicking here.
The full list of games that are due to be played today are as follows:
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Saturday 28th December
Premier Division
Chessington United v AFC Wallingford
Chipstead v AFC Wimbledon
Cobham v Chessington & Hook
Cove v Withdean 2000
Farnham Town v Westfield
Feltham v Frimley Green
Godalming & G v Reading Town
Raynes Park Vale v Ash United
Sandhurst Town v Bedfont
Southall v Hartley Wintney
Viking Greenford v Merstham
Walton Casuals v North Greenford Utd
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27/12/2002
Travel For Chipstead Game - As you will be aware Saturday's
game against Chipstead is being played at Whytleafe Football Clubs
ground the easiest way to get there is by train from East Croydon.
The trains are really regular the journey time from East Croydon ranges
from 10 to 22 minutes. A map of the area is on the back of the tickets
and I have reprinted it below you can see you have a choice of either
Whytleafe South or Upper Warlingham station.
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27/12/2002
Boxing Day Results - It was almost a washout in the CCL yesterday with only 4 of the 11 games being played, of them the best result was Reading Town's 0-0 draw with Wallingford. The full results are as follows: -Thursday 26th December
Premier Division
AFC Wimbledon P-P Raynes Park Vale(1:00)
Ash United P-P Farnham Town
Bedfont 3-2 Feltham
Chessington & Hook P-P Chessington United
Cobham 2-3 Godalming & G
Frimley Green P-P Cove
Hartley Wintney P-P Sandhurst Town(12:30)
Merstham 1-0 Chipstead
North Greenford Utd P-P Viking Greenford
Reading Town 0-0 AFC Wallingford
Westfield P-P Walton Casuals
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/12/2002
*** GAME IS OFF *** - Update at 11:45 The game has just been called off due to the pitch being waterlogged :( -It looks as if the Merton Derby
could be off today due to a waterlogged pitch. We wont know until
the Ref or Assistant ref gets to the game but that wont be before
11:30. The word is that there is standing water on the pitch and only
an estimated 10% chance of the game going ahead. As soon as it is
confirmed one way or the other I will update the site.
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26/12/2002
Boxing Day Match Service - First up the game starts at 1pm
today make sure you are not late. The usual text and audio service
will be provided today and I believe the Audio service will have a
festive feel about it as well. The text service can be seen by clicking
here while
the audio should be found over at Radio
Wdon if you are listening to the audio service you can always
join in by logging on to the crazy world of the Weird
and Wonderful World Guestbook where you may even get a request
read out by the dream team of JZ, Phillo and Mikey T.
Don't forget today that there will be no changing of ends at half
time for supporters and also that a very large crowd is expected so
if you are not a season ticket holder make sure that you get there
early, the gates open at 11:30.
Elsewhere in the league today it's Major Derby Day with the two Greenfords
as well as the Chessington's meeting, all other games are against
your local team, all the other games in the division kick off at either
11:30 or 12:00 and the list of fixtures are as follows: -
Thursday 26th December
Premier Division
AFC Wimbledon v Raynes Park Vale(1:00)
Ash United v Farnham Town
Bedfont v Feltham
Chessington & Hook v Chessington United
Cobham v Godalming & G
Frimley Green v Cove
Hartley Wintney v Sandhurst Town(12:30)
Merstham v Chipstead
North Greenford Utd v Viking Greenford
Reading Town v AFC Wallingford
Westfield v Walton Casuals
The only two teams not playing are Withdean and Southall.
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26/12/2002
Golden Goals Boxing Day Special - You know you only but the
tickets to have a moan about getting player 58 in the 812 minute but
today that ticket could be in with a chance. At half time a free prize
draw will be held for everyone that buys a Golden Goal ticket when
two numbers will be drawn the first will be a shirt number then second
a minute, if it matches your ticket you will win a prize, I think
we have three prizes available including a years membership of Holmes
Place Gym, an all in one printer, scanner and copier and a night at
the Rose and Crown. Make sure you buy your tickets early as we have
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26/12/2002
Kids Christmas Party Photo's - If you took kids to the Junior
Dons Christmas Party the photo's of them with Santa are available
today to be collected. The photo's are free but a collection bucket
will present with money going to the trust if you wish to contribute.
To view the photo's find Roger D in the bar after the match.
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25/12/2002
Merry Christmas - Just like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas hope you have a nice time. |
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25/12/2002
Walton Casuals Man Of The Match Result - The result of the Man of the Match vote from the Walton game is below: -
Kevin_Cooper 24 Votes
55.81%
Lee Sidwell 6 Votes
13.95%
Tony Readings 4 Votes
9.30%
Sean Daly 3 Votes
6.98%
Andrew Petty 3 Votes
6.98%
Andy Sullivan 1 Vote
2.33%
Joe Sheerin 1 Vote
2.33%
Neil Robson 1 Vote
2.33%
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25/12/2002
Photo's From Last Few Games - Sorry for the delay in the photo's being put up but I have now got round to it. One of the pictures in the Sandhurst game is of one of the Sponsors who dressed as a "Lady" to meet the criteria as one of Terry's Tarts. The photo's can be viewed by clicking below: -
Sandhurst
Ditton
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24/12/2002
Raynes Park Ticket Information - The official Site over at
http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk
has been updated with the situation on tickets for Thursday's Boxing
Day Derby with Raynes Park Vale. There is some important information
for both ticket holders and non ticket holders so please check it
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24/12/2002
Dear Santa - I hope I haven't left it to late to drop you a
line and I know you are very busy at the moment what with the time
differences round the world you may well have already started your
rounds for this year.
This may be a bit strange but I don't really want any presents on
Wednesday as I and many of my friends had the best present ever earlier
in the year. If you are thinking you may have a rouge Santa trying
to do you out of business don't worry.
The present was given to us in June and although at the time I was
wary of it I can now say that it was the best thing I have ever been
an owner of. I know you normally give individual presents but owning just one fraction of this present is brilliant.A lot of people do a lot of hard work making sure that the present is looked after and to them I hope they all get lots of nice presents to thank them for there hard work.Anyway I don't want to keep you too long so I will sign off now. Oh I almost forgot to say what the present was it was "AFC Wimbledon".Merry Christmas
Paul Raymond
P.S. If you want to make my Christmas a victory on Boxing Day would
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23/12/2002
Advance Travel Information For Boxing Day - If you are traveling
to Kingsmeadow for Thursday game you are either going to have to travel
by Car, Bus or Walk as no trains are running. Both the 57 and 131
will be running from about 9:00 in the morning but no idea of how
often they will be running is given. If you get a 131 it will go right
outside Kingsmeadow but if you get the 57 you may wish to get off
the bus the stop before it turns to go past Kingston hospital. When
you get off the bus take the first left (Gloucester Road) and go right
to the end then turn left and Kingsmeadow is just on your right. The
following Map may help.
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23/12/2002
Merry Christmas - Just want to say Merry Christmas to everyone
that comes to the site. This has been some year for us all and I hope
everyone has a good Christmas.
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23/12/2002
Walton Match Report - After our League cup victory over Walton and there recent narrow defeat to Wallingford this looked like it could well be a tough game but in the end this was perhaps one of our best performances of the season.
The game started in foggy conditions with a light drizzle falling
and Walton seemed to be first into the game having a couple of shots
and forcing a good save out of Shims in goal. After about 10 minutes
we started to get into the game and then we took the lead in what
I can only describe as one of the strangest own goals I have ever
seen. We won a corner and the ball was played in the ball was partly
cleared and a Dons player returned it back into the box although a
couple of AFC players were in the box none of them were near where
the ball was going and it looked like it was going wide of the goal
then from nowhere the Walton number 8 who was 4 yards out decided
he would head it only problem was he was facing the goal and the keeper
was the other side of the goal. Everyone stood in disbelief as the
ball shot into the back of the net, the nearest Dons Player Danny
Oakins decided to celebrate with the fans rather than say thanks to
there number 8.
The goal relaxed everyone and our second goal came from Kevin Cooper
when he had a shot in the box that went through several players legs
and may have even taken a deflection before reaching the back of the
net. Right on half time we were awarded a penalty when one of our
players was bought down in the area the Walton player was sent off
which a lot of us thought was very hard. Kevin Cooper stepped up and
dispatched the ball into the top corner as Walton kicked off the ref
blew the whistle for half time.
One of the things that a lot of fans have said this season is that
we take our foot off the peddle once we get a lead and that we don't
get the big scores like some teams in the division. Well although
we only scored another 2 goals in the second half this was one time
that we could well have got 5 or 6 in the second half but the keeper
had a brilliant second half performance.
Kevin Cooper rounded off his hat-trick when he rounded the keeper to blast into an empty net. This was his first hat-trick for us and he was quoted on Sunday saying how proud he was to get it and that how at the start of the season he hoped to get 35 goals and he has 23 already.The rain was falling really hard now but as ever the Dons fans were over the moon with the score and performance but it wasn't finished yet as the 5th goal came from a Sean Daly drive which Neil Robson tried to get a touch on but couldn't.The day wasn't finished as the Number 8 who scored the own goal ended up being sent off as Walton were reduced to 9 men. Another 5 goals for us and another 3 points in the bag and set's us up for the Boxing Day Derby against Raynes Park Vale. |
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22/12/2002
Walton Casuals Man Of The Match Vote - The Man Of The Match
vote for the Walton game is now open the Match report will follow.
Click below to vote: -
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22/12/2002
Saturday's Results - Raynes Park game against Withdean was called off and Wallingford won again so no change there! The full results are as follows: -
Saturday 21st December
Premier Division
AFC Wallingford 3-0 Cobham
Ash United 0-2 Godalming & G
Chipstead 4-3 Hartley Wintney
Cove 1-2 Westfield
Farnham Town 1-6 Frimley Green
Feltham 4-0 Chessington United
North Greenford Utd P-P Chessington & Hook
Raynes Park Vale P-P Withdean 2000
Reading Town 5-1 Viking Greenford
Sandhurst Town 2-0 Merstham
Southall 2-3 Bedfont
Walton Casuals 0-5 AFC WimbledonThe league table has been updated.
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21/12/2002
Saturday Matchday Service - I will be doing text updates from
Walton today these can be seen by clicking here. The full list of today's fixtures are as follows: -
Saturday 21st December
Premier Division
AFC Wallingford v Cobham
Ash United v Godalming & G
Chipstead v Hartley Wintney
Cove v Westfield
Farnham Town v Frimley Green
Feltham v Chessington United
North Greenford Utd v Chessington & Hook
Raynes Park Vale v Withdean 2000
Reading Town v Viking Greenford
Sandhurst Town v Merstham
Southall v Bedfont
Walton Casuals v AFC WimbledonIf you are going to the game today there will be some merchandise on sale in the car park, not shirts but a couple of new items could be worth a look at.
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21/12/2002
Ditton Man Of The Match Result - The result of the Ditton Man Of The Match vote is as follows: -
Andrew Petty 42 Votes
80.77%
Andy Bell 4 Votes
7.69%
Danny Oakins 4 Votes
7.69%
Joe Sheerin 1 Vote
1.92%
Neil Robson 1 Votes
1.92%
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21/12/2002
Christmas Party Tonight - Rather than the usual trip to Chumleys tonight an AFC Christmas Party will be being held at BoBo's in New Maldern tickets can be purchased from Anne Eames for £5.00 and music and food will be supplied. It starts at 19:30 and goes on to late. |
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20/12/2002
Statement From Dons Trust Stadium Group - The Stadium Group
of the Dons Trust has issued an end of year report and after events
over the past week has some good timing. You can read it by clicking
here.
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20/12/2002
Christmas Fun - The guys over at the Watford site BSAD have
done a nice cartoon for there Boxing Day game. BSAD are putting on
a coach to come to the Raynes Park Vale game to show support for us.
The link for the cartoon was shown in the guestbook but in case you
missed it click
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20/12/2002
Travel To Walton - If you are going by train on Saturday the
train times from Wimbledon are as follows: - XX:52 and XX:22 to get
you to Walton at XX:09 or XX:39 or if you change at Surbiton you can
also get the XX:55 or XX:25 to get in at XX:24 and XX:54. Don't forget
the bus service starts at 12:30 I am not sure how often it will run
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19/12/2002
Tooting & Mitcham Update - As you can imagine a lot of speculation has followed on from the news on Saturday night to say that plans were under way for us to share at Tooting & Mitcham so now that the dust has settled a bit a chance to answer a few questions: -Has a deal been signed? - No, at present as it stands I understand that it is subject to planning permission being granted.
What will the capacity be? - 4,500 subject to planing permission
with 1,650 seats this is an additional 1000 seats on the current capacity.
Why Now? - If we wish to be granted promotion we must have a minimum ground share deal of 3 years we may not be able to get that at K's.
How easy is it to get to? - It's 10 minutes by tram from Wimbledon then a 2 minute walk
Where can I read the statement? - As ever on our Official
Site the full statement can be found over on the Tooting & Mitcham
Official Site.
Any Pictures Of the Ground? - Over on the Tooting Official
Site as well as detailed plans of the current ground and suggested
expansion (see point 35) here.I hope that helps people and as ever as soon as I know anything more I will of course let you know.
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19/12/2002
Walton Details - Saturday sees us off to Walton again this
time for the league game, and once again they are putting on a brilliant
effort to make us welcome. Although tickets have been on sale they
will be available on the day priced at £6 adults. A bus service will
run from Walton station £2 return and the first bus will go at 12:30
In the ground will be a heated beer tent as well as a merchandise
stall selling a few video's of the cup game earlier in the season
and match programmes (60 page color) and badges. |
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18/12/2002
Silk & Steel Performance - So at the 3rd Attempt the game against Ditton got played and after a silky second half performance we came out with a 5-1 victory.
We took the lead in the opening minutes when Andrew Petty scored from
close range. The rest of the first half was fairly tight with both
teams having a few chances. At half time Lee Passmore was replaced
by Neil Robson. The second half was a lot better and goals a brilliant
goal from Ali Russell came after 10 minutes Danny Oakins crossed a
brilliant ball to the edge of the 6 yard box and Ali dived and bullet
headed the ball past the keeper.
Petty got his second of the night a couple of minutes later and then
he got his hat-trick with a brilliant lob over the keeper. The Oakins
and Petty Show wasn't over yet as Danny crossed in another brilliant
ball for petty to put in at the back post from close range his 4th
and our 5th on the night. Ditton were reduced to 10 men and then went
up the other end and managed to pull one back. Then in the final minute
Danny Oakins was bought down in the box and a penalty was awarded
Danny and Andrew had discussions over who should take it but as Captain
Danny took the penalty but it was saved. Final Score 5-1 to AFCW.
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18/12/2002
Wednesday Night Results - Only Two league games tonight but the results were : -Feltham 0 Reading Town 0
Southall 3 Frimley 1The League Table has been updated. |
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18/12/2002
Sandhurst Man Of The Match Result - The result from the poll for Man Of The Match from Saturday's game against Sandhurst is as follows: -
Andy Sullivan 25
36.23%
Andrew Petty 17
24.64%
Lee Sidwell 6
8.70%
Kevin_Cooper 5
7.25%
Joe Sheerin 5
7.25%
Neil Robson 4
5.80%
Lee Passmore 3
4.35%
Glyn Shimmel 3
4.35%
Danny Oakins 1
1.45%
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18/12/2002
Midweek Match Service - Couple of league games tonight as well as our 27th attempt to play Ditton in the Cherry Red Books Trophy. The league games are: -
Wednesday 18th December
Premier Division
Feltham v Reading Town
Southall v Frimley Green
The text updates will be available tonight and you can see them by
clicking here.
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18/12/2002
Bits And Bobs - The Man of the Match Vote for Saturdays game
is still open and will close tonight so if you haven't voted click
below: -
Also don't forget today is the last chance to get the full range of
merchandise when it will be on sale between 4:00 and 7:30 at Kingsmeaddow.
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18/12/2002
Tuesday Nights Results - Wallingford beat Ash on Tuesday night
3-2 even though in the first half they had been down to 10 men. Cove
also tried to take the lead in the race to conceded 100 goals first
with a 12-0 home defeat! Full results are: -
Tuesday 17th December
Premier Division
Ash United 2-3 AFC Wallingford
Cove 0-12 Bedfont
Godalming & G 4-1 Viking Greenford
Westfield P-P Cobham |
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17/12/2002
AFC / Dons Trust / Tooting & Mitcham / Merton Council Statement
- Following on from Sunday's statement more information has been
released about the possible return to Merton for next season. You
can read the details over at the Official
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17/12/2002
Tuesday Night Games - A number of league games tonight and the half time news is that Ash were 1-0 down at home to AFC Wallingford although AFC Wallingford have been reduced to 10 men. The full list of fixtures are as follows: -
Tuesday 17th December
Premier Division
Ash United v AFC Wallingford
Cove v Bedfont
Godalming & G v Viking Greenford
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17/12/2002
Two More Suspensions - Both Danny Oakins and Joe Sheerin have
received there suspensions that will start on 6th January 2003. Danny
has got a 7 day ban but at the moment it's not clear if this is for
the sending off or for a number of bookings and Joe has received 35
days for his sending off at Wallingford. Talking to Terry on Saturday
he said that although 35 Days is harsh for swearing there is no point
in appealing as it's a case of Joe's word against the Ref's and if
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16/12/2002
Last Minute Xmas Shopping- On Wednesday night it will be your
last chance to get the full range of AFC Merchandise when this is
on sale at the back bar at Kingsmeadow from 16:00 to 19:30 Carol and
Simon will be there to help you with them last minute selection problems
and it may even be a chance to drop in before onward travel to Hampton
or even a chance to sneak along and buy something for someone else
without them being about. |
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16/12/2002
Wednesday Night Travel Information - Wednesday night sees us try and play Ditton in the first round of the Cherry Red Books Trophy we are so far behind in this competition the draw has already been made for the quarter finals. If we were to progress against Ditton then Frenford then we would play Waltham Abbey. At the weekend Netherne lost 2-1 in this competition talking to Trigger and Couchy on Sunday they thought they played well.
The easiest way to get to Hampton is to get the normal train that
goes to Kingstonian and get off at Hampton station trains depart Wimbledon
at 17 and 47 minutes past the hour and take just under 30 minutes
the ground is about 0.5 miles from the station and can be seen on
this map.
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16/12/2002
Kids Christmas Party Review - So yesterday was the AFC Wimbledon
/ Junior Dons Trust Christmas Party and what a brilliant afternoon
it was. Although to be honest I am not sure who enjoyed themselves
more the 90 kids or a couple of the helpers (yes you know who you
are).
The afternoon went really well with the usual games, food and visit
from Santa and everyone had a brilliant time.
Just want to thank a number of people who put a lot of effort into making sure that it went well. Linda & Roger Dennis, Kathy Cork, Anne Eames the other helpers and also the players who turned up either with or without Kids to help in handing out the presents, the list of players from my memory were Joe Sheerin, Kevin Cooper, Glyn Shimmel, Daniel Couch, Trigger, Keith Ward, Neil Robson, Sean Daly, Andy Sullivan, Simon Bassey and Terry Eames. |
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15/12/2002
Saturday Match Report - So the return game against Sandhurst
after the memorable first league game of the season played back in
August. Neil Robson started in midfield with Gavin on the bench.
It started off with the Dons attacking the west bank and was a slow
game but following an AFC attack on 20 minutes Sandhurst counter attacked
and a played chipped Glyn who was about 15 yards off his line and
they were one up. Earlier on in the game Neil Robson had left the
pitch following a head injury but soon returned.
The Dons continued to press forward and Kevin Cooper leveled the scores
when he took a free kick on the edge of the box. He hit the ball low
and there wall jumped over it and although it looked like it was going
in it was deflected into the back of the net by a defender. With the
whistle about to blow for half time Kevin Cooper had a shot at goal
this was cleared off the line and cam to lee Passmore who although
he didn't appear to hit it cleanly fired it into the back of the net.
Although the second half ended goal-less the talking point was the
late dismissal of Sean Daly who was sent off for two bookable offenses.
The second is believed to be for kicking the ball away moments after
the whistle had blown. It wasn't a dirty game and was very harsh.
The final whistle went and although not a classic game we went home
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15/12/2002
Revised Man Of The Match Vote - Due to an error I put up a
player who didn't play in the Man Of The Match vote, and someone voted
for him so I have reset it and would ask that people that voted before
10:30 on Sunday to vote again. Sorry about that.
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15/12/2002
Kids Christmas Party - This afternoon sees the first AFC Wimbledon
first Kids Christmas party where we will have 100 kids aged between
12 weeks (Tony Reading Child I believe) and 12 years old enjoying
a Christmas party a number of players will be there either with or
without Kids and lets hope they have all recovered after there party
last night. I will let you know how it goes but I am sure it will
be a brilliant time where everyone enjoys themselves.
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15/12/2002
*** AFC Wimbledon Statement Regarding Tooting & Mitcham *** - I have been asked by the board of AFC Wimbledon to post the following statement regarding the earlier news about Tooting and Mitcham. The statement is as follows: -
You may have seen a note on the Tooting and Mitcham Website announcing
"in principle" a three year ground share with AFCW.
As you know, Brentford FC have an option on Kingsmeadow which, if
taken up, would mean that we cannot continue there. Therefore, we have
no choice other than to explore all other options for where to play next
season.
Our discussions with T&M arose very recently, following an approach
from them. We have now reached the stage where we have agreed to
support an application to Merton Council for some planning matters that
require clearance before this option is possible. We had planned to issue a
joint press release on Monday night after a Dons Trust Board meeting.
We regret that we have not been able to announce the news in the way
we had planned.
Although this is a very attractive option for the club we have not made a
written commitment, except to support this planning application - there is
still a long way to go. The Dons Trust Board has been kept informed
throughout the negotiations, and we have made it very clear that any
arrangement we make, with T&M or any other club, is no substitute for
finding a permanent home. AFCW continues to work closely with the
Dons Trust and Merton Council, to achieve our goal of a permanent
home in Merton.
We will make no further comment before Monday night.
AFC Wimbledon Board
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15/12/2002
Double Over Sandhurst - Goals from Kevin Cooper and Lee Passmore secured the points for us today after we had gone behind to Sandhurst. Full report tomorrow. But please vote for Man Of The Match by clicking below: - |
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15/12/2002
Saturday Results - The results from Saturday's games were as follows: -
Saturday 14th December
Premier Division
AFC Wallingford 2-2 North Greenford Utd
AFC Wimbledon 2-1 Sandhurst Town
Bedfont 2-0 Reading Town
Chessington & Hook 2-2 Chipstead
Chessington United 0-1 Raynes Park Vale
Cobham 6-1 Farnham Town
Frimley Green 1-1 Walton Casuals
Godalming & G 5-1 Cove
Merstham 1-3 Hartley Wintney
Viking Greenford 1-5 Feltham
Westfield 2-2 Southall
Withdean 2000 4-1 Ash UnitedThe league table has been updated.
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15/12/2002
*** New Ground Share? *** - OK I got home this morning to find
that the following has been posted on Tooting & Mitchams site.
By now most club members should have received the following:
"The G.M.C. Of Tooting & Mitcham FC have accepted in principle a ground
share arrangement with AFC Wimbledon based on a three year period.
Members may well hear press speculation before receiving this information, however the decision was not taken until Monday 9th December.
A meeting for further information will be held on Monday 6th January 2003 at 8pm in the bar." As soon as anything more is announced I will post details, but a lot of people were on the understanding that Tooting and Mitcham couldn't ground share. I understand that this was only for there first year at the new ground. |
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14/12/2002
Saturday Matchday Service - I understand last week there were
some problems on the Audio service but normal service should be back
today and you can listen to the "Dream Team" over at Radio
Wimbledon I will be doing the text updates and they can be seen
here.
The big game away from us today is Withdean 2000 Vs Ash United but
the full list of games is below: -
Saturday 14th December
Premier Division
AFC Wallingford v North Greenford Utd
AFC Wimbledon v Sandhurst Town
Bedfont v Reading Town
Chessington & Hook v Chipstead
Chessington United v Raynes Park Vale
Cobham v Farnham Town
Frimley Green v Walton Casuals
Godalming & G v Cove
Merstham v Hartley Wintney
Viking Greenford v Feltham
Westfield v Southall
Withdean 2000 v Ash United
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14/12/2002
Hello & Welcome To Sandhurst - I don't think any AFC fan will
forget the day when we traveled to Sandhurst for our first League
game of the season when we played Sandhurst Town. Today Sandhurst
make the trip to Kingsmeaddow and lets hope we can give them as nice
a reception as they gave us. The only thing we wont be able to match
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14/12/2002
Chessington United Man Of The Match Result - The result of
Last Saturday's Man Of The Match vote is as follows: -
Kevin_Cooper 35 Votes
39.33%
Neil Robson 20 Votes
22.47%
Joe Sheerin 14 Votes
15.73%
Sean Daly 5 Votes
5.62%
Lee Sidwell 4 Votes
4.49%
Andy Sullivan 3 Votes
3.37%
Mark Nicholas 3 Votes
3.37%
Danny Oakins 2 Votes
2.25%
Andrew Petty 2 Votes
2.25%
Lee Passmore 1 Votes
1.12%
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13/12/2002
AFC Xmas Shopping - OK there might be 12 days left to Christmas
but we only have one more Home match for you to get you Christmas
presents sorted. The back bar will be open from 12:00 to 3:00 tomorrow
for you to buy merchandise. On sale will be an Unofficial Video this
video has been produced by the Kemp Brothers who produce the match
by match videos that are on sale and will include goals from most
of the home games as well as the Sutton game. AFC Wimbledon have pointed
out that they are producing an official Video & DVD that is being
done by Thames TV and will be out round about February. Profits from the video go to the Dons Trust Stadium Fund
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13/12/2002
Harsh World Of Suspensions - If you thought the ban that Simon Bassey picked up and is currently serving of 35 days was very harsh well found out earlier in the Week about one of the Wallingford Players. The second Wallingford player who was sent off for head butting Danny Oakins has received a 16 (SIXTEEN) week ban. That ban starts in January and will see him miss most of the rest of the season. |
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12/12/2002
AFC Wimbledon Edition Of The Non League Newspaper - As you
may have been aware the Non League Paper has been producing for the
past few weeks a version that has had a dedicated page on AFC Wimbledon.
This version has only been available in the Wimbledon area but now
after a request direct to the Non League Newspaper they are offering
a postal subscription service for the AFC Version. The paper will
be sent out on Monday morning and if you live in the UK they will
send it post free.
To get this version you need to write to Michelle at The Non-League
Paper, Second Floor, Hill House, Highgate Hill, London N19 5NA, sending
£1.20 for each paper you would like to get in the coming weeks (i.e.
£4 80p gets you a four-week supply). We will post to you - at no extra
charge - the Wimbledon special every Monday morning.
As I imagine some of you who live overseas may wish to get it as well if you e-mail me I will contact the non league paper to find out what additional postage fee they would charge to send it to you. |
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12/12/2002
Chessington Man Of The Match Vote - If you haven't voted yet
in Saturday's Man Of The Match vote it is still open so click below
to do, it will close on Saturday morning.
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11/12/2002
Match Information & Ticket News - The AFC official
Site has details of ticket information for our games against Walton and Cobham as well as a new venue for the match against Ditton which will try to be played next Wednesday as well as a date for our Next London senior Cup game. |
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11/12/2002
Wallingford & Withdean Win Again - Wallingford had a 2-1 victory away at Walton Casuals but talking to someone who was there last night they said it was a lucky result for Wallingford. They scored just before half time and then midway through the second half before Walton scored in the closing minutes. The full results are as follows: -
Tuesday 10th December
Premier Division
Bedfont 3-1 Merstham
Farnham Town 0-4 Withdean 2000
Godalming & G 3-1 Chessington & Hook
Reading Town 2-0 Cove
Sandhurst Town 4-2 Southall
Walton Casuals 1-2 AFC Wallingford |
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10/12/2002
Tuesday Night Games - A number of games tonight including both Wallingford and Withdean in action. The full list is as follows: -
Tuesday 10th December
Premier Division
Bedfont v Merstham
Farnham Town v Withdean 2000
Godalming & G v Chessington & Hook
Reading Town v Cove
Sandhurst Town v Southall
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10/12/2002
Bits And Bobs - In Saturday's Crystal Palace Vs Millwall Matchday
programme at Selhurst Park Tom Watts on BBC Radio London wrote a "What's
The Point" article that took up a full page in it he talks the whole
way through about AFC Wimbledon and saying that football is all about
the Soul of a football club and finishes it off with "Wimbledon
FC will take a useful football team north to Milton Keynes. The soul
of the club, though - as I'm sure they realise - they're going to
have to leave behind."
On Saturday night while in Chumleys someone noticed that the guys
over at the Flame Kebab House were now wearing AFC Wimbledon Shirts.
Any AFC Season ticket Holder who goes in there will receive a 10%
discount on the price. As a steward said on Saturday this is brilliant
and we should show the shop keepers of Wimbledon the value of The
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10/12/2002
All I Want For Christmas - So with Christmas fast approaching
you haven't got all the presents and you don't know what to get. Well
this could be the answer The Dons Trust Wombulance is now online and
can be found by clicking here.
All profits go to the Stadium fund and payments are made through PayPal.
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09/12/2002
Chessington United Pictures - The pictures from Saturdays game
can be viewed by clicking here.
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08/12/2002
A Roller Coaster Ride Against Chessington - A bitterly cold
day needed a battling performance from AFC to end up with the points
on Saturday. With Gavin Bolger away in Ireland Neil Robson returned
to the central of midfield. AFC attacked the West Bank in the first
half but right from the start Chessington pushed forward and they
won a corner in the second minute, the ball was played over and they
scored from a header at the near post.
Things looked like they were getting worse when from another corner Chessington went 2-0 up on 25 minutes. It looked like we were going to suffer our 3rd league defeat at Kingsmeaddow of the season. Although 2-0 down we tried to get into the game and the feeling was that if we could get a goal back by half time we would be in with a chance of getting something out of it.
At this time the bench was getting ready to make a change with Andrew
Petty warming up it wasn't clear at the time if it was tactical or
due to an injury but we soon saw Joe Sheerin replaced and it later
turned out that Joe had been having a problem all week and was on
medication so was a bit under the weather.
All of a sudden things looked brighter when Lee Sidwell managed to
slot home from close range the West Bank was well up for the fightback
and it wasn't long to wait for the leveling goal and this came from
Kevin Cooper. What looked like we would go in behind now was a case
that we were going to go in atleast level. The Dons surged forward
and Mark Nicholas scored his first AFC goal when he headed home and
the players surged into the West Back to celebrate with the delirious
fans. At half time the fans couldn't believe the change that had happened
in the final 20 minutes of the half.
Even though it was a freezing cold day the majority of the crowd (2,789)
left the relative warmth of the covered west bank to stand at the
uncovered athletics end of the ground so that we could be behind the
goal that AFC were attacking. The Dons felt that could wrap the game
up and continued to push forward but it didn't look like anything
was going to be converted. Then with about 15 minutes left Chessington
had a free kick and more slack marking saw them level the scores.
It looked like that after a brilliant fight back we were going to
throw away the hard earned points. With the crowd a bit despondent
the players seemed to go straight up the other end and Danny Oakins
played the ball for Cooper to convert from close range and put us
back in the lead at 4-3. This time we were not going to surrender
the lead and relief was all around as the final whistle went up.The Man Of The Match vote is now open so please click below to vote.
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08/12/2002
Saturday Results - One result stood out yesterday and that
was the amazing 14-1 victory for Chipstead against Viking Greenford.
Chipstead have now picked up 17pts from the last available 21 points
and scored 36 goals in that time. The full list is as follows: -
Premier Division
AFC Wimbledon 4-3 Chessington United
Chipstead 14-1 Viking Greenford
Cove 0-4 Chessington & Hook
Farnham Town 1-3 Bedfont
Hartley Wintney 1-0 Frimley Green
Raynes Park Vale 4-0 North Greenford Utd
Sandhurst Town 0-1 Godalming & G
Southall 5-0 Cobham
Walton Casuals 1-1 Merstham
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08/12/2002
Junior Dons Xmas Party - Next Sunday sees the First Ever Junior
Dons Trust Christmas Party, Tickets are limited and cost £8.00 and
is open to all members up to the age of 12 of the Junior Dons Trust. The price includes
food and drink, a children's entertainer, face painter and a visit
from Father Christmas. We also expect that several of the AFC Wimbledon
players will be there.
The venue is Motspur Park Private Members
Club, Motspur Park New Malden Surrey and it will last from 2pm to
5pm (Sunday 15th December 2002)
If you would like your child/children
to be at the party please e-mail the name of child, Age, Sex and if
they are a vegetarian to Rogdennis1@aol.com
and he will provide any additional information you need.
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07/12/2002
Saturday Matchday Service - For today's game against Chessington
United there will be both Audio commentary over at http://www.wdon.com
and my text updates over at http://www.gash.net/afcw/.
The other fixtures in the league today are as follows: -
Saturday 7th December
F.A. Vase - 3rd Round
Buckingham Town v Ash United
Ford Sports Daventry v Withdean 2000
Premier Division
AFC Wimbledon v Chessington United
Chipstead v Viking Greenford
Cove v Chessington & Hook
Farnham Town v Bedfont
Hartley Wintney v Frimley Green
Raynes Park Vale v North Greenford Utd
Sandhurst Town v Godalming & G
Southall v Cobham
Walton Casuals v Merstham
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06/12/2002
Chumleys On Saturday Night - If you haven't had the "AFCW Saturday
Night Experience" yet this Saturday will see PA announcer and Kiss
FM DJ provide the music in Chumleys. On a Saturday night a large number
of AFC fans and players gather for a social relaxing evening where
you can have a few drinks and a chat with the players. So pop along
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06/12/2002
AFCW At New Cinema Opening - On Thursday night AFC Wimbledon
were invited to the opening of the new Odeon Cinema in Wimbledon.
Due to training commitment's Simon Bassey and Gavin Bolger were the
only players who attended but Kris Stewart and Ivor Heller were present
along with a number of people that have helped out either on Match
Day or on a Day to day basis. The cinema is very impressive and I
would recommend that people pop along to use the nice facility in
Wimbledon. |
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05/12/2002
Switch For Chipstead Game - The game against Chipstead on 28th
December 2002 will now be played at Whyteleafe ground. Full details
nearer the time. |
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05/12/2002
Viking Greenford Man Of The Match Result - The result of the Viking Greenford Man Of The Match results is as follows: -
Andrew Petty 45 Votes
58.44%
Andy Sullivan 11 Votes
14.29%
Sean Daly 8 Votes
10.39%
Lee Passmore 3 Votes
3.90%
Gavin Bolger 3 Votes
3.90%
Danny Oakins 2 Votes
2.60%
Lee Sidwell 2 Votes
2.60%
Kevin_Cooper 2 Votes
2.60%
Mark Nicholas 1 Vote
1.30%
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04/12/2002
DITTON GAME OFF - Tonight's game against Ditton has been called
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04/12/2002
Pitch Inspection For Ditton Game - A lunchtime inspection is
being held at the ground in Tolworth for tonight's Cherry Red Books
Trophy Game as soon as I know anything I will post it here as to if
the game is going ahead. |
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04/12/2002
Tuesday Nights Results - The results are below for the games
that were played on Tuesday night and the League Table has also been
updated.
Premier Division
Ash United 3-0 Sandhurst Town
Cobham 3-3 Chipstead
Farnham Town 3-0 Cove
Frimley Green 0-1 AFC Wallingford
Merstham 0-1 Chessington United
Viking Greenford 0-8 Chessington & Hook
Walton Casuals 0-1 Hartley Wintney
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03/12/2002
Viking Man Of The Match Vote - The Man of The Match vote for Sundays game against Viking Greenford is still open and will stay open until the planned kick off time of our cup game on Wednesday night game at Ditton. Click below to vote. |
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03/12/2002
Tuesday Night Games - Tonight sees a number of games in the league and they are as follows: -
Premier Division
Ash United v Sandhurst Town
Cobham v Chipstead
Farnham Town v Cove
Frimley Green v AFC Wallingford
Merstham v Chessington United
Viking Greenford v Chessington & Hook
Walton Casuals v Hartley Wintney
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02/12/2002
Comedy Night Review And Pictures - On Saturday night the long awaited Comedy Night took place and what a brilliant night it was. A big thanks must go out to the acts but I wish to name a couple of people on here as well To Jackie and Ian Harvie it was a brilliant show and we cant thank you enough. Matt Couper who was also involved on the side lines. Ivor and Lou who made sure that it proves we can put on an event. To Julian and all the programme sellers, prize draw tickets. Also to everyone who put up auction items or donated prizes and to the management of Chumleys who allowed us to sell prize draw tickets on Saturday night.
I took a load of photos and they can be viewed by clicking here.
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02/12/2002
Photos From Viking - The photos from Sunday's game at Viking
have now been uploaded and can be viewed by clicking here.
The last two photos are brilliant and are of a well known person involved
in the Wombulance. |
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01/12/2002
Viking Sent Packing - This afternoon AFC Wimbledon took on Viking Greenford at Hayes FC. Viking had been on a bit of a run with a 4 points from there two previous league games and also being awarded 3 points from a game earlier in the season.The Dons started with Sheerin and Russell up front with Cooper on the bench along with the new boy Andrew Petty. First chance of the game fell to Viking when they rampaged forward and had a shot that hit the bar. The Dons were pushing forward but just didn't seem to be able to break the defensive back line of Viking. Then Andy Sullivan had a shot from the edge of the box that beat the keeper and squeezed in against the post to put us 1-0 up.At half time Joe Sheerin was replaced by Kevin Cooper speaking to Joe after the game he said that he had a bit of an injury after Wednesday game and didn't want to risk it getting worse so he came off. Shortly after Ali Russell was replaced by new boy Andrew Petty and almost with his first touch of the game he turned and shot past the Greenford keeper to give us a 2-0 lead. We were continuing to attack and had plenty of chances but the chances wouldn't convert. Kevin cooper finally got on the score sheet when he lobbed the keeper to put us 3-0 up. Just before this he had been in a brilliant move when Danny Oakins had run at the box before laying it to Cooper he tried to just faint it past the keeper but it just went wide of the goal.The game finished 4-0 when Petty got his second of the game when cooper had an effort cleared off the line but then came back to Cooper who squared it for Petty to slot home. Not the cricket score that everyone wanted but three points on the board and back to winning ways.The Man Of The Match poll is now open please click below to vote. |
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01/12/2002
Eamo Signs Up - As you may have seen over on the Official site
Terry Eames has signed up to be Manager of AFC Wimbledon until atleast
the end of the 2003/04 season. I am sure we all find this brilliant
news. Don't forget if you cant make the game today you can get the
net text updates over at http://www.gash.net/afcw/
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01/12/2002
Bedfont Man Of The Match Result - The Man Of The Match vote from the game on Wednesday night is now closed and the results are as follows: -
Joe Sheerin 11
34.38%
Lee Sidwell 7
21.88%
Andy Sullivan 4
12.50%
Neil Robson 4
12.50%
Keith Ward 3
9.38%
Kevin_Cooper 2
6.25%
Gavin Bolger 1
3.12%
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01/12/2002
Saturday Results - The results from Saturdays games are as follows: -
Saturday 30th November
Premier Division
AFC Wallingford 6-0 Westfield
Bedfont 4-1 Walton Casuals
Chessington & Hook P-P Ash United
Chessington United 0-0 Sandhurst Town
Cobham 4-0 Cove
Frimley Green 1-1 Chipstead
Godalming & G 3-0 Feltham
Merstham 1-1 Farnham Town
North Greenford Utd 2-4 Withdean 2000
Raynes Park Vale 5-2 Hartley Wintney
Reading Town 1-3 Southall
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