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31/07/2002
K's Game - I didn't make the K's Game last night as I currently
have flu! From what I have heard we lost 2-1 Dave Fry scored our goal
and over 4,000 people were at the game. If anyone has anymore details
or any photo's that I could use please e-mail me you will be credited.
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30/07/2002
Live Updates From K's - If you cant make the game
and want to keep up with the action a few of us will be sending wap
messages to a site with the major action this can be found by clicking
here.
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30/07/2002
First Step For Langley - Darren Langley the AFC Wimbledon supporter
who is in the commonwealth games in the light flyweight division won
his first round match by 24 points to 19. He is next in action on
Wednesday, and I will keep you updated on how he does.
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29/07/2002
Directions To Kingstonians - A route I am sure that most people
know and if you don't know it you will by the end of the season.
By Bus you can get a 131 from the bus stop down the side of
the road that the Prince Of Wales pub is on in Wimbledon. The bus
stops right outside the ground.
By Train you need to go to Norbiton and the walk the back streets
its about a 10 minute walk. See the map here.
By Car check the directions out here
although there is a car park at the ground it is likely to be full
early in the evening with a big crowd expected, so you may need to
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29/07/2002
More Wise Words - Once again Terry Eames has posted his thoughts on Weird And Wonderful World.com so here is how he saw it.
Just a quick word- to thank all those who turned up at Windsor
,a good day was had by all (except for the result I hope) - there
were so many 'positives' in the game. I know it has been hard to watch
- but the team I have now,will only go on from strength to strength
. Kevin Cooper showed me in spells what we have been missing around
the 'box' , the defence is getting a better understanding of what
is required & in Midfield we have a little bit of 'bite'. I understand
some of your feelings on the lack of appearances of some of youngsters
. However we are building a unit & for the CCL which will need 'experience'
in most areas . But with a 'touch of class & enthusiasm' that our
quality youngsters will bring. I must also say that the 'Confidence'
that you as supporters are giving to the squad has been immense even
through the difficult situations- There realisation of what it means
to so many people including myself was never more evident than after
the terrible Walton performance when they were still 'cheered' off,
but came down to 'earth' in the changing room when they received a
severe 'rocket'. Kingstonian will be hard but so was forming our own
club & look what we did there. Keep up the fantastic support - Jonesy
keep taking the 'Tablets' there doing wonders in keeping you calm.
Terry Eames
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28/07/2002
Windsor & Eton Photo's - I have now added the photo's from
Saturdays game and they can be viewed here.
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27/07/2002
Getting Better But Another Defeat - First of all I understand that there were technical problems with the updates they should be fixed for Tuesday night.Dean Martin was due to be a sub but picked up an injury in the final moments of warm up, but the word is although he needed to be carried off the pitch he has twisted his ankle and hopes to be back soon.
The Dons saw a couple of new faces again with Andy Bell in goal and
Kevin Cooper up front. Mehmet was on the bench but Dave Fry and Trigger
started. We played a lot better than we have done and looked more
of a team the score at half time was 0-0. In the second half we changed
keepers to Aiden Martin but he was caught out by a short back pass
and Windsor and Eton took the lead. We continued to push forward and
our best chance came when Trigger had an effort parried by the keeper
and then Andy Sullivan shot over the bar.
The game finished 1-0 to Windsor but as mentioned it was a good all round performance. I will add the pictures on Sunday. |
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27/07/2002
Live Updates From Windsor And Eton - If you cant make the game
and want to keep up with the action a few of us will be sending wap
messages to a site with the major action this can be found by clicking
here.
If you can make it to the game I will see you there.
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26/07/2002
Kevin Cooper To Play For AFC Wimbledon - No Not that one :)
- Kevin Cooper who played for Sutton against us and scored 2 goals
is apparently in line to play for AFC Wimbledon at Windsor and Eton.
It would be ironic if he joined us and then went on to become Player
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26/07/2002
AFC Wimbledon At Commonwealth Games - So the Commonwealth Games
doesn't include football unless you are that captain of England well
lets say that AFC Wimbledon have a representative at the games in
the Boxing. Darren Langley is a boxer who used to be a season ticket
holder at Selhurst but is now like all of us an AFC Fan. He says he
was gutted that he couldn't make any of the pre season games due to
training. The full report can be read here.
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26/07/2002
Directions To Windsor & Eton - Saturday sees us make the trip
to Windsor and with the suggestion of a nice hot day a day out with
a riverside pub trip could be on the cards. The address of the ground
is - Stag Meadow - St. Leonards Road - Windsor - Berks. SL4 3DR -
Tel: (01753) 860656. I am going to link to two maps the first shows
the ground and can be seen here
The second shows more of Windsor and can be seen here.
In terms of road directions Windsor
and Eton FC's site has some good directions The station is the
one by the river on the top right of the page and the ground is in
the bottom left where it says "cemy".
By Train you need to go from Clapham Junction and as mentioned the
cheap day return is £5.70 adults and £2.85 kids. Trains depart Clapham
Junction at xx:07 and xx:37 and arrive at Windsor and Eton riverside
at xx:47 and xx:19 so about 40 minutes the journey. If as you come
out the station you get a bit lost knock on the big gaff and ask for
Liz or Phill I'm sure they can give directions :) For the return Journey
trains depart at xx:27 and xx:55 and get into Clapham at xx:08 and
xx:38. If you are going to get a train back after 8:00 PM then check
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25/07/2002
More Words From Terry Eames - Once again Terry Eames has posted his thoughts on Weird And Wonderful World.com so here is how he saw it.
I understand there will pictures of our 'ugly mugs' planned for
the official Website. Just a quick note also on how things are going
- I can understand your disappoint in that we haven't gained our first
win & that performance levels have fluctuated from good to bad. However,
you have these periods in any development. But one thing I can promise
you is that the team that will be playing as AFC Wimbledon from 'Sandhurst'
onwards will be a 'force' in the the old traditions.
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25/07/2002
Meet The Players - Fed up of being at AFC games and shouting "come on number 10" well plans are under way for a Meet The Players day at Centre Court Shopping Centre on Sunday 4th August. No more details are known at the moment but as soon as I have additional information I will let you all know. I will of course be there and doing a full report for itmustbedons.com |
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25/07/2002
AFC Wimbledon Mentioned In Prime Ministers Questions - One
of them rare moments today when a question of interest comes up in
Prime Ministers Questions. Wimbledon MP and AFC fan Roger Cassell
raised the question about the plans and views of Tony Blair of the
relocation of Wimbledon FC. Although Tony Blair couldn't say anything
earth shattering he did praise the Wimbledon Fans and all they had
been through, and it appears that all the media sources have picked
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24/07/2002
Photo's From Walton & Hersham - The Photo's from the Walton
and Hersham game have now been uploaded and can be viewed here
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23/07/2002
Defeat At Walton & Hersham - AFC Wimbledon lost tonight 5-0
against a very good Walton & Hersham side in front once again of a
good crowd. As I seem to be saying after each game we can see the
improvements on the pitch and we are of course still trying out different
things. From what I could see the 2nd half team seemed to have more
potential starting eleven players than the 1st half team did and the
2nd half team appeared to be the stronger. Andy Hunt the keeper played
the full game and pulled off some brilliant saves and got beat by
some good chances so even though we conceded 5 he can come out with
some credit.
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23/07/2002
Sandhurst Town All Ticket - As expected Sandhurst Town have announced that the game on 17th August 2002 will be all ticket and AFC Wimbledon will be issuing vouchers to enable people to get tickets. Sandhurst Town holds 2,000 people. They have also announced that prices will be £5.00 for adults and £1.00 kids, The programme will cost £2.00 and they will also be selling badges of the special day.No news is known at present as to how the vouchers will be issued but as soon as I know I will provide details. |
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22/07/2002
Friendly Game This Weekend - It's just been announced that
AFC Wimbledon will take on Windsor and Eton on Saturday. The game
will be played at their ground with a 3pm kick off. AFC Wimbledon
chairman Kris Stewart said we had hoped to get a game at Kingstonians
on Saturday but there wasn't enough time to organise it but is grateful
to Windsor & Eton at such short notice. I will provide full travel
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22/07/2002
Directions To Walton & Hersham - Tuesday Night sees us take
on Walton & Hersham in our next friendly match. Walton & Hersham play
in Division One South of the Rymans league so should be a good test
to see how we are doing.
In terms of getting to the game the ground is in Stompond Lane and
can be seen in the top left hand corner of the map that can be seen
here. The ground is where it says running track and the easiest way would bee train from Wimbledon. Direct trains depart at 17:22, 18:26 & 18:52 and arrive at Walton On Thames Station at 17:39, 18:43 and 19:10 for the journey back 21:59 and 22:29 and get back to Wimbledon at 22:17 and 22:47.
Road directions can be found here.
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21/07/2002
The Boreham Wood Experience - I have now put the photo's up
from the Boreham Wood game and you can see them here.
I thought I would add a bit more about the day in general as it was
a really good day. I got the train from Tooting at 1pm and it was
nice to see so many Dons fans on the platform and also on the train.
Then as we got to Lougborough Junction a guy got on with a sports
bag and as he walked past me he said "all right" a few people looked
round and after he had gone I said I think that's one of our players,
it turned out to be Steve Reyes.
The trip to Boreham Wood and Elstree only took an hour and we left
the station someone started to talk to this lady about AFC Wimbledon.
Next thing we saw was this guy running across the road followed by
someone, the guy at the front as he approached us dropped this bag
and continued running the lady who was still with us said "You have
dropped your shopping" but I pointed out "I think he's been shop lifting"
she laughed and we headed off to the pub. The Weatherspoons pub already
had a lot of dons fans in it and the bar man made the comment "So
what 5 years before you lot are back in the premiership?" we pointed
out it would be 8!
As the weather was nice we stood outside and all you could see was Yellow Shirts coming down the road. After the next train arrived a lot people came in and the word was that Trigger had been on the train, but had got a cab to the ground.
Kris and Ivor stopped off at the pub to have a quick drink before
the game. We headed off and on the way was a McDonalds so after missing
the goal at Bromley I had a burger in advance and then headed on to
the ground. It was a nice ground and as reported it was a fun game.
On the way back a group of fans decided that they should visit the Big Brother House but got turned back by security so had to give up on that idea. We walked back to the Station and thought we had missed the train by just over 5 minutes but the train was late and so we all got back nice and early.One final point remember the story about Trigger and his cab? well while walking back I got speaking to Two Don fans one who was young was in a wheelchair and had been on the same train as Trigger as they had left the station Trigger asked them if they were going straight to the ground and told them to jump in his cab, the supporters at the time didn't know who Trigger was but they do now. :)
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21/07/2002
Media Reports - There are two good media reports worth having
a look at the first is from The Scotsman and can be read
here and the other is about how Sandhurst Town are getting ready
for our first game of the season, this can be read
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20/07/2002
Defeat At Boreham Wood - This afternoon we played Boreham Wood who finished last season 4th in the Ryman Premier League. The Dons took the lead when Trigger curled in another wonder goal from 25 yards. After that we seemed to lose it a bit and by half time we were 2-1 down and it looked like a couple of goalkeeper errors. In the second half we made a couple of changes including the keeper but a very strong Boreham Wood side scored two more goals but late on we got a penalty which was put away by Mehmet Mehmet to make the final score 4-2 to Boreham Wood with a decent crowd in the region of 750 was there to see it. |
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20/07/2002
Squad Listing - First of all sorry for no updates on Friday
night or Saturday morning but my road has a power cut and therefore
I couldn't use my computer. On the Official
Site the squad listing was issued in case you haven't seen it
I have reproduced it below. I have put what positions I believe they
play in: -
Goalkeepers
Aiden Martin
Andy Hunt
Defenders
Akin Gallimore
Tony Readings
Simon Johnston
Danny Roberts
Dave Towse
Midfield
Andy Sullivan
Craig Carley
Mehmet Mehmet
David Fry
Daniel Couch
Simon Bassey
Steve Reyes
Strikers
Glen 'Trigger' Mulcaire
Daniel Jones
Dean Martin
Joe Sheerin (Capt)
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19/07/2002
Info For Boreham Wood - Guess what platform we leave from Wimbledon
on Saturday? Platform 9 again like we did for Sutton, Dulwich and
Bromley but this time the journey is just over an hour so set off
a bit earlier, it's in travelcard zone 6 so it may only cost you £5.00
in travel and £6.00 to get in. The train times are 23 and 53 minutes
past the hour and arrive at 28 and 58 past the hour so a journey time
of 1 hour 5 minutes. When you get to Boreham Wood station you need
to head towards Elstree Studio's where The Big Brother House is so
don't forget lots of "AFC Wimbledon" Chants for the house mates. The
station on the following map is just to the left as you look but should
help. Click
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18/07/2002
More From Mr Eames - Once again Terry Eames has posted his thoughts on Weird And Wonderful World.com so here is how he saw it.What a Superb turn out last night, hope you enjoyed the SHOW. I hope you agree we are improving & that last night was a really good test. On the injury front Julian King will not be around for at least six weeks due to a suspected torn calf muscle. I felt there were so many positives out of the game not least Triggers Goal . keep up the support.
Terry Eames
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18/07/2002
Bromley Round Up - I have put the photo's up here
but to be honest I was disappointed with them as I didn't have the
camera set up right, sorry. There were two injuries last night first
was player coach Julian King who it looks will be out for 6 weeks
with a torn calf after coming on as a sub. The other injury was to
a Bromley player and it looked like he dislocated his shoulder and
needed oxygen hope he gets better soon. The crowd was once again believed
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17/07/2002
Goals Trigger Burger Rush - Tonight we took on Bromley and
yet again we are getting better. We went 1-0 down following a suspect
penalty but in the second half leveled the score when Trigger scored,
OK want to hear about AFC Wimbledon's first allowed goal? Not from
me you wont I was busy getting a burger which I had waited for about
25 minutes for as I was starving when it was scored, stop laughing
at the back will you. The word is that Trigger lobbed the ball from
a good 30 yards. The celebrations were brilliant and half the fans
waiting for some food rushed to the side of the pitch. Bromley took
the lead again when our keeper dropped the ball but all the Dons fans
went home happy and bring on Boreham Wood on Saturday. So a 2-1 defeat
but once again a crowd in the region of 1,000 watched our club. Regarding
pictures these will be up on Thursday evening. |
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16/07/2002
Bromley Directions - If you are going to Bromley on Wednesday
night the best was to go from Wimbledon is from platform 9 leave on
either the 17:58, 18:28 change platforms at Herne Hill and then get
the train to Bromley South that gets to Bromley South at 18:31 or
19:06. If you are driving or want to see the distance from the station
to the ground click here. For the return journey you can pick up the reverse train from Herne Hill that will get you back to Wimbledon for 22:45 but you may need to go via Clapham Junction.Ticket prices are £6 adults £3 OAP's and £1 Kids. See you at the game.
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16/07/2002
A Word From The Boss - At lunchtime today I was just having a quick look round the net (as you do) and came across this message on Weird And Wonderful World.com from AFC Wimbledon's manager Terry Eames
Just a quick note to thank everybody for the support the players
are receiving , many have said it has been the highlight of there
lives. I know it has been hard for many of you to endure the numerous
changes I have made. But we are almost there now , so you will start
to see a consistency within the selection as well as finally a SIDE
to support. There have been many opinions on my selection policy -but
I have had to be quite critical in such a short space of time, so
we are ready for the start of the season. Thankyou once again for
all the support & lets keep showing that AFC Wimbledon is what footballs
all about.
Terry Eames
beleagured Manager - Tue Jul 16 12:35:44 2002 I thought that a lot of people may have missed it and was worth seeing. Good luck Terry it's nice to see you giving your views out there.
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15/07/2002
Full Fixture List Now Done - I have now done the complete fixture
list for the 2002/03 season and this can be found here
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15/07/2002
Fixtures, Fixtures, Fixtures - Today the fixture list was announced and the highlights are: -First Game : Saturday 17th August - Sandhurst Town (a)
First Home Game : Wednesday 21st August - Chipstead
First Home Saturday Game : Saturday 24th August - Cove
Game Near My Birthday - Saturday 28th September Frimley Green (a) [day before]
First Cup Game - Saturday 1st October Walton Casuals (a)
Boxing Day - Raynes Park Vale (home)
Easter Monday Game: Raynes Park Vale (a)
Last Home Game of the season: Saturday 26th April - Walton Casuals
Last Game Of The Season: Reading Town (a)
Also potentially two friendlies fixtures one confirmed against Wealdstone
to be played at Edgware town on Thursday 8th August and one unconfirmed
but reported on Walton & Hersham Message Board for Tuesday 23rd July
kick off 7:45pm.
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15/07/2002
Squad Cut Down In Size - I understand that following Saturday's game at Dulwich seven players were informed that they hadn't made it through the cut process and were no longer required. All goalkeepers are still be kept on to see how they do and all 10 outfield players from the first half are still with the squad as well as an additional 4 from the second half. More cuts will be made after the Bromley game on Wednesday night when the squad will almost be at it's optimum size. |
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14/07/2002
Dulwich Photo's - To see the photo's from the Dulwich game
please click here.
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14/07/2002
More Media Reports - A brilliant article in The Observer
today and can be read here.
Paul McCarthy who is the main man on The People and has been
a Dons fan for years has written a bit in today's paper. To read it
click here
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13/07/2002
Dulwich Defeat - AFC Wimbledon lost 1-0 today against Dulwich
infront of just under 1,500 people. Once again it's still a learning
process and this game saw the Dons use 24 players the starting 11
were fully replaced and then in the second half 2 more subs were made.
Joe Sherrin and Dean Martin didn't play after they both picked up
slight knocks against Sutton. More details and photo's on Sunday.
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13/07/2002
Dulwich Game Updates - If you cant make the game but want to
be kept up with the action the following text updates should help.
Click on the following link and a new window will open with the action
from Champion Hill click
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13/07/2002
Media Roundup- So it's Saturday morning and the press still
cant get enough of us. This week's Wimbledon News as you would expect
has 4 pages on us so is well worth picking up a copy. Fancy winning
one of the shirts like the lads wore on Wednesday night? well The
Sun has got a competition this week to win one word of warning
read there article before entering as they have made a slight error
that could effect your answer, to see more click here.
Today's Independent has a really good article by "Yellow and Blue"
editor Nial Couper this can be read here.
Just found a "Daily Mail" article by the excellent Chris Borg that
is worth a read and can be seen here
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12/07/2002
Bits and Bobs - Please try and get there early tomorrow if you are going as Dulwich do not have the biggest of grounds and so the full house signs could be up.
AFC Wimbledon has been transferred to the ownership of The
Dons Trust So anyone who is a member of the Dons Trust owns a
bit of the Club.
The Dons Trust has produced some AFC Wimbledon T-shirts that have
a list of the pre-season games on the back and the message I was there.
They are believed to be priced at about £7.00 and will be available
from the Wombulance that should be in the car park at Dulwich.
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12/07/2002
Travel News To Dulwich - Right as mentioned yesterday the easiest
way to get to Dulwich is by train once again it's from platform 9
at Wimbledon and the trains times are as follows: -
DepartsÊÊ-ÊÊÊArrives
11:53ÊÊÊÊÊ-ÊÊÊÊ12:24
12:23ÊÊÊÊÊ-ÊÊÊÊ12:54
12:53ÊÊÊÊÊ-ÊÊÊÊ13:24
13:23ÊÊÊÊÊ-ÊÊÊÊ13:54
13:53ÊÊÊÊÊ-ÊÊÊÊ14:24On all the trains you will need to change at Tulse Hill.
If you are driving you can find a map and directions by clicking on
the link here
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12/07/2002
New Sites - I have been asked to promote a couple of new AFC Wimbledon Fan sites and I am more than happy to do so.
First up is a site that has been created by a user who has broadband
so it's very graphics heavy but well worth looking at when it loads
click the pith for a trip down memory lane. The site is by Adam Proctor
and can be found here
Next up is by the head steward of AFC Wimbledon Lukeyboymac so you
better have a look at it or he is likely to kick you out of home games
:) this can be viewed here.
If anyone else has AFC sites they want plugged give me a shout and I will see what I can do.
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11/07/2002
Photo's Of Sutton - Right I took about 30 Photo's last night
and I have put the best of them up on there own page here.
They are all under 40kb for the small pictures hope you enjoy them.
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11/07/2002
Advance Warning For Saturday - Just advance warning that if
you are traveling by train on Saturday from Wimbledon you will need
to get a train to Tulse Hill and then get a special bus replacement
service to East Dulwich. I will do a full travel service tomorrow
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10/07/2002
Crowds, A Great Night And We Didn't Even Win - Remember when
you were little and you woke up on Christmas day and although you
told everyone that it had been the best Christmas that you had ever
had but to be honest it hadn't been well that's how today had felt
like I really wanted today to just be a dream a new chapter of football
where people weren't fighting each other but just supporting something
that they had done for years, but I was just scared that it had been
over hyped or something wouldn't go right.
Well in the biggest possible style I was proved wrong and tonight
was just a dream night I got there just after 5pm and bumped into
Joe Sherrin and he was feeling nervous about the expected large crowd.
And already when I got to the ground people were working really hard
and the media had started to arrive. The Press Conference went really
well and then I walked outside to speak to a few people and the numbers
were starting to build up all the TV people wanted interviews with
Terry Eames but once he got training underway I went outside of the
ground and was just stunned by the numbers that were there. The game
was twice put back from the 7:30 start first to 7:45 then to 8:00
and the ground was just a sea of people. A group of us held up the
AFC Wimbledon flag Adults and Kids and took it out to the centre circle
and showed it to all parts of the ground the stadium was just buzzing.
Both teams joined together for a team picture and then just the AFC
lads. Balloons were released and the game was ready to start.
The game started and it was just so nice to watch we scored a goal
but it was ruled out for something and half time came and the score
were 0-0. In the second half Sutton ended up scoring four times to
win 4-0 but today the score didn't matter. At full time the Dons did
a lap of honor and ended up being a pitch invasion and as the approached
the main stand the who ground was on it's feet applauding it was a
night that none of us present will forget.
By the way I haven't mentioned the crowd as of yet well only 4,657
turned up don't think the AFC thing will catch on will it :)
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10/07/2002
New Sponsor Announced - At just after 6pm tonight the gathered
media were informed about the sponsorship deal that has been AFC Wimbledon
and Sports Interactive the makers of the Championship Manager series of games. The deal is for 3 years and is reported as being a six figure sum over that time. The word is that the next Championship Manager will include AFC Wimbledon and should be out early in the season.
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10/07/2002
It's Showtime - Right time to depart for Gander Green Lane as the Press Conference is due to start in about 90 minutes hope everyone enjoys the game not much more to be said really. |
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10/07/2002
Toady's The Day - So the day has arrived at last after 28/5/2002
when I thought I might never watch football again I am just so excited
about tonight's game. Lets turn up and show the world what football
is all about. Enjoy the Day. |
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10/07/2002
Fixtures Out Today - The Combined Counties League fixture list is due to be announced today and as soon as I have details I will put details up on here. (Just heard that fixtures will now be out next week.) |
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09/07/2002
How To Get To Sutton - Due to the limited parking at Sutton United AFC Wimbledon asks that if possible you use public transport to get to Gander Green Lane on Wednesday evening. The easiest way to get there is by Train but you can also get there by bus or drive (if you really have to) the details are as follows:-Train
From Wimbledon the train departs from platform 9, this is a two way
platform (next to the tram link) so make sure you get the train that
is heading towards the stairs. The train will depart at the following
times and arrive at West Sutton at the shown time:-
DepartsÊÊ-ÊÊÊArrives
16:44ÊÊÊÊÊ-ÊÊÊÊ16:58
17:10ÊÊÊÊÊ-ÊÊÊÊ17:24
17:42ÊÊÊÊÊ-ÊÊÊÊ17:58
18:11ÊÊÊÊÊ-ÊÊÊÊ18:25
18:44ÊÊÊÊÊ-ÊÊÊÊ18:58
19:14ÊÊÊÊÊ-ÊÊÊÊ19:28
The only direct train coming back is the 21:55 that arrives at 22:08.
Don't forget if you are traveling from Tooting the train will depart
about 5 minutes earlier and arrive a bit latter.
BusThe only bus that goes down Gander Green Lane is the 413 and the main points of this route are as follows: -Morden Station, Cannon Hill Lane, Lower Morden, Stonecot Hill, Gander Green Lane, West Sutton, Sutton.
Driving
A map of the area can be found here
Driving Directions can also be found on the site by clicking here
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09/07/2002
Chairman Of AFC Wimbledon Announced - Congratulations to Kris Stewart who on Monday night was announced as being the chairman of AFC Wimbledon. Kris was chairman of WISA but has stepped down from that position. How many football chairman that you know can do anything from Martin Kemp to Meatloaf at the Karaoke decks :) Good luck Kris. |
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09/07/2002
More Friendly News - Another date for you to keep clear Tuesday
30th July 2002 - Kingstonians Vs AFC Wimbledon venue Kingsmeadow kick
off 7:45. This will be the first taste of Kingsmeaddow but we will
be the away team. |
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08/07/2002
Wednesday Night Update - Right tomorrow evening I will do a
complete round up of details for Wednesday night but the news from
Sutton is they are expecting a big crowd and the gates will be open
from 6:00 p.m. So travel by public transport and get there early if
you can. |
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08/07/2002
Leaflet Update - Another brilliant night in Wimbledon and another
3500 leaflets handed out that's 11,000 leaflets since Saturday morning.
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08/07/2002
More Leaflets To Hand Out - Tonight from about 4:00 people
will be at Wimbledon Train Station handing out leaflets if you have
got some time to spare it would be great to see you down there, it
will be going on until 7:00 and the response we got on Saturday was
brilliant. |
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07/07/2002
Wednesday Night - Right Wednesday night is going to be a huge night that will see the announcement of the shirt sponsor and also the first sighting of AFC Wimbledon.
The game is due to start at 7:30 PM and would recommend that people
get to the ground early as a large crowd is expected. For people who
cant make the game as they live a long way away but wish to have one
of the souvenir programs e-mail me and I will arrange to get one sent
to you I will advise cost by e-mail but it will be cost of programme
plus post. |
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07/07/2002
More Friendly News - Another date for a game Saturday 3rd August
2002 3pm kick off Leatherhead Vs AFC Wimbledon. This will be a big
game as Terry Eames used to be manager at Leatherhead. Expect more
news of friendlies to be announced in the next few days. Someone said
to me yesterday the number of enquries we have had about friendly's
means we could of played a game a day between now and the start of
the season. |
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06/07/2002
Leaflets and Training - Another crazy day today approximately
7,500 leaflets were handed out in Wimbledon this morning detailing
the pre season games and ticket prices for this season at AFC Wimbledon.
As ever we got a brilliant reception from everyone and a lot of people
said they planned to come down to some games.
After finishing in the town centre we went over to catch the end of
training as ever it seemed to have been a brilliant morning and the
players just want to get started now in playing games. Had a quick
word with Joe Sherrin and he said about how professional the training
and fitness work is, he has a slight knock but reckons he will bee
OK for Wednesday. |
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06/07/2002
Wimbledon This Morning - Dons fans this morning will be in Wimbledon handing out leaflets about AFC Wimbledon if you are in the area we will be outside Centre Court Shopping Centre from 09:30 to 1:00 if you can spare some time it would be great to see you. |
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05/07/2002
Fixture News - The fixture list isn't released until next week
but a little bit of investigation can give you an idea of where we
are likely to be on certain dates.
As we are sharing with Kingstonians it means we cant play at home on the same day so this means the following: -AFC Wimbledon's first game will be away on August 17th, Our first home game could be midweek on 20th August 2002 and then again on 24th August 2002. On Boxing day we could well be at Home (Raynes Park Vale Derby anyone?) and we will be away if there is a New Years Day Game. Once the full list is announced I will post it on here. |
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05/07/2002
Trials Update - Thursday night saw another round of the trials
and the squad is beginning to take place. A couple of people that
made it through the round was Joe Sherrin and Dons fan Matty Burton
but the finish player didn't make it through. Matty Burton is a keeper
and it's believed that each of the keepers will play a part in the
first three pre season games Matty is due to play at Dulwich on Saturday
week. |
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04/07/2002
Scary Thought - This time next week will be the day after AFC
Wimbledon's first game. I understand that tonight will see the final
cut of the players from the trials made, so hopefully in the next
few days we should have a squad list and maybe even a bit of background
information on these players. |
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03/07/2002
Season Ticket Prices - Even though over 500 fans have applied
for Season Tickets AFC Wimbledon the season ticket prices have today
been announced and can be seen at the "Official
Site". for any away fans that are reading this and think that the prices are a bit high I understand that if tickets are purchased in advance from your club they will be at a cheaper level. |
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02/07/2002
Trials Update - After the 230 players that attended on Saturday
tonight sees the competition hot up with the final 50 plus 12 goalkeepers
be called back to try and claim there place in the 2002/03 AFC Wimbledon
squad. They can all be congratulated on getting this far and as soon
as we know who gets through I will post details. |
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02/07/2002
Site News - Well just to confirm the popularity of AFC Wimbledon
I was just checking my site Stats and was amazed to see that yesterday
1st July 2002 was the 2nd highest day of hits that the site has had,
now consider that the site has been up and running since 1999 and
the this is the close season it's totally unexpected. For the record
the highest day was 28/5/02 and we all know what happened then!
So can I just say a big thanks to everyone that reads the site and hope you enjoy the coverage of AFC Wimbledon. |
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01/07/2002
Check This Out - Every now and then a site hits you that you
just have to give credit to and once again it goes to Neil who has
redone his site for AFC Wimbledon. After reading the front page go
to the news section and start at the very bottom and work your way
up I can only say it's brilliant. To find out more click
here |
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01/07/2002
Full Cup Draw - In case you want to keep your own record the
complete draw for the Combined Counties Cup is as follows: -
1st round
Cobham v Chessington & Hook
Merstham v Viking Greenford
Reading Town v Southall
Farnham v Withdean
Chipstead v Feltham
Walton casuals v AFC WIMBLEDON
AFC Wallingford v Godalming and Guilford
Raynes Park Vale v Bedfont
Remaining teams receive byes to the next round
2nd round
North Greenford Utd v Cove
Walton Casuals or AFC WIMBLEDON v Reading Town or Southall
Raynes Park Vale or Bedfont v Hartley Wintney
Cobham or Chessington & Hook v AFC Wallingford or Godalming and Guilford
Westfield v Chessington Utd
Merstham or Viking Greenford v Chipstead or Feltham
Farnham or Withdean v Sandhurst
Ash Utd v Frimley Green
At the moment no dates have been set for the games but as soon as I know I will post on here.
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