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31/07/2003
Family Fun Day At Newport - On Saturday we travel down to South
Wales for a game against Newport County AFC who reformed over 10 years
ago after they folded. Admission on Saturday will be £5 for adults
£2 OAP's and free for under 16's who are with adults. Newport are
making it a family fun day and more information can be found on the
South
Wales Argus Site or the Newport
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31/07/2003
Dulwich Hamlet Result - Last night we lost 3-0 at Dulwich Hamlet this was another mixed squad performance with a mixture of possible first teamers and reserves on show. Ray Merry Played his second game in 24 hours when he was phoned at work as Tony Smith had broken down on route to the game. Other people that played were Daniel Couch, Steve Gibson, Paul Quinn, Ryan Gray, Gavin Bolger, Leon White, Seb Flavata, Mark Nicholas.
Dulwich were very fast and managed to get round the back of us on
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30/07/2003
Tonight's Match Action - Tonight the other half of the squad
take on Dulwich Hamlet. Match updates will be available via the following
link. If you
are going by train the nearest station is East Dulwich.
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29/07/2003
If Anyone Can Concannon Can - Tonight we played Carshalton Athletic who were last years Ryman Division 1 South Champions in Neil Robson Testimonial Match and what a match it was Neil played the first half for Carshalton and then played the last 20 minutes for AFC. Also playing for AFC was Ian Concannon who is a striker who has scored over 100 goals in his last two seasons at our level of football, and tonight he showed what he was all about. He opened the scoring for AFC with a brilliant first time effort past the keeper that was set up by Ally Russell, he hit the ball so hard it hit the back stantion and came out again. Carshalton leveled the scoring with a brilliant strike from 30 yards but AFC were well up for this game.Our second goal was made and scored by Lee Sidwell when he forced the defender into a backpass he chased the keeper down who fired the ball against lee and then Lee managed to lift it over the keeper and into the back of the net. The 3rd was a Danny Oakins near post header and the 4th was another Concannon goal this time a brilliant header from a Darren Dobinson cross.This might seem strange but Ian wasn't my man of the match the talk of the evening was the brilliant performance of Ally Russell who has recently come in for a bit of stick tonight he was just outstanding he chased down everything put some brilliant crosses in and had a few shots on goal. This is the ability that we know Ally has and it was brilliant to see him play like it.Two other players who did really well tonight and have been getting a bit of stick recently have been Andy Sullivan and Lee Sidwell both of these were at there best tonight and it was brilliant to see. Well done guys and to everyone else in the team.
Finally Well Done Neil Robson about 800 people turned up tonight to
support his evening and everyone enjoyed themselves Neil had been
brilliant both on and off the pitch so it was a well deserved evening.
I understand that early tomorrow morning Neil is off on Holiday have
a brilliant time Neil it's well deserved. |
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29/07/2003
Midweek Match Action - Tonight we are at Carshalton I will
be doing match updates and they can be viewed here.
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28/07/2003
Neil Robson Testimonial - Tuesday night sees Neil Robson testimonial game against Carshalton Athletic who Neil has also played for. I will be selling Golden Goal tickets with the money going to Neil's Testimonial Fund so I hope to see people down there. |
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28/07/2003
Reaction From Bob Dowler To Saturday's Game - I was at the club today and Bob Dowler the father of Milly Dowler came in to pick up a few things. He said that the family really enjoyed the day on Saturday and wanted to say a big thanks to everyone. It looks like the day raised over £14,000 which they were amazed by. |
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28/07/2003
Coach To Newport Canceled- Unfortunately the planned coach
for supporters that was going to run on Saturday has had to be canceled
due to lack of numbers. I hope that people who were planning to go
will find other ways to get to the game. |
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28/07/2003
Lee Passmore Departs - This morning on the weird and wonderful world
guestbook Lee Passmore announced that he had left the club he said: -
To all the fans This is a short note to let you all know that I
have made the decision to leave AFC Wimbledon this season. This is
due to a number of reasons, however it would show a lack of integrity
and professionalism for me to discuss them on the web site. I would
just like to say many thanks to all the fans at AFC for your encouragement
and support over the last season. It has been a privilege to play
infront of such a fantastic crowd and I continue to remain astounded
by what you have achieved in such a short space of time. I am proud
to have been part of the clubs very first season and have really enjoyed
the experience. I would also like to wish all the players best of
luck for the forthcoming season and will continue to follow the progress
of the club as it continues to grow. All the best for the future Lee
Passmore (Passey) Passey cyberspace - Mon Jul 28 09:31:15 2003
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27/07/2003
Lovefootball Phoenix Cup Final - This afternoon on Wimbledon
Common extensions (where the trials were) AFC Wimbledon reserves play
in the final of the Phoenix Cup this is a contest for teams that have
reformed. We were due to play the semi on Saturday but the team we
were to play had to pull out so we played Colliers Wood United in
a friendly game instead. In the first half we were 1-0 up thanks to
a shot from Daniel Couch that was deflected off Ally Russell. In the
second half a number of changes were made and we ended up losing 6-1.
More information on the Lovefootball event can be found by clicking
here.
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26/07/2003
Watford Result - Today we lost 4-1 against a Watford XI. Although
it was disappointing that none of our ex players were there for the
game it was a good day that raised a lot of money for Milly's Fund.
We conceded our first goal after 15 minutes and then Watford scored
two quick goals on the half hour mark and this was perhaps a bit against
the run of play. After the break Watford got there 4th with about
115 minutes left and a couple of minutes later we got our only goal
when Gavin Bolger scored a brilliant goal and the best one of the
day.
Just over 2,000 people turned up to watch the game and both teams received a brilliant reception after the game along with the parents and sister of Milly Dowler. In my opinion it was a brilliant day for a very good charity and lets hope that it has raised awareness of both the charity and also the work that we do in the community. |
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26/07/2003
Fixtures On The Official Site - The fixtures for next season
have been put up on the official
site and will be added on here on Sunday. Just to get you in the
mood first game of the season is Feltham away, the Christmas game
is Raynes Park away (27/12/03) and last game of the season is AFC
Wallingford away. |
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26/07/2003
Milly Dowler Game Match Action - Today sees us take on Watford at Kingsmeadow in the Milly Dowler Fund Charity game and unlike Wednesday night if the game is level on 90 minutes there will be a penalty shoot out.
Both text and audio commentary should be available you can read my
text updates by clicking here
and you can get the audio commentary by clicking here.
The shop will be open and we will be selling golden goal tickets.
So I look forward to seeing people at the game. |
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25/07/2003
This Seasons Fixtures - The fixtures were due to be announced tomorrow (Saturday) but have appeared on the Internet already. Although I have them all ready to go up I am at present going to hold them back so that they can be confirmed by the club and appear on the official site first. |
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25/07/2003
Congratulations To The Shimmell's- Glyn Shimmell who was with
AFC Wimbledon keeper for most of last season has become a dad after
his wife gave birth to twins. He has now got a son and daughter so
congratulations to the family. |
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25/07/2003
The Grove Pub South Wimbledon - From 5pm tonight the Grove
Pub opposite South Wimbledon Tube station will be under new management.
It will now bee run by Lee Harwood who was AFC Assistant Manager for
part of last season and still a regular at games. Lee and his family
have invited everyone along to an opening night party tonight and
if you get there before 9:30 it's free to get in otherwise it will
cost £3.00 there will be a DJ until 1:00am and it is requested that
a smart/casual dress code is worn. |
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24/07/2003
It's Not Just The Players Who Have Pre Season Training - On
Saturday the Golden Goal sellers will be doing our one and only pre-season
training session at the AFC Wimbledon Vs Watford game. As this is
a pre-season game and has the possibility of being a high scoring
game we will have 3 prizes £100 for the player and time of the first
goal and £25 for the player and time of both the 2nd and 3rd goals.
All profits will be going to the Milly Dowler Fund so please make
sure you see one of us sellers and buy a ticket. And don't forget
you have all missed being able to moan about the rotten tickets you
get over the summer so this is your chance again to complain :)
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23/07/2003
Draw Against Leatherhead - Tonight we had a 1-1 draw with Leatherhead and therefore we will share the Maureen Wooldridge Trophy for the next 12 months. We played really well with a number of players putting in good performances. We took the lead through Kevin Cooper when he curled the ball home in the first half but Leatherhead leveled at the start of the second half from a corner. |
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23/07/2003
Coach To Newport - The club are looking at running a coach
to Newport on Saturday week. To enable them to book it they need to
have peoples names by Saturday evening. If you wish to go by Coach
please check the official
site and contact the club as soon as possible. |
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23/07/2003
Tonight's Match Action - Tonight we are playing at Leatherhead in
a repeat of last years pre-season game. I will be doing updates that
can be viewed here.
To see a map click here
for directions click here.The squad has been announced over on the official
site.
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22/07/2003
London Senior Cup Draw - The 22003/04 London Senior Cup draw
has been made. This is a competition where you can work out the complete
draw from first games to the final. By the looks of it we alternate
between home and away games and starting away. The draw can be seen
over on the official
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21/07/2003
Defeat At Hampton - Tonight a mainly reserves and trialists
side went down 2-0 to Hampton & Richmond's first team. Pictures that
I took will be up tomorrow night. |
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21/07/2003
Tonight's Match Action - I plan to be at the Hampton and Richmond
game tonight that kicks off at 7:30 a squad listing has been put up
on the Official
Site and text updates should be available at the following link.
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21/07/2003
Bravo Now You CNN CNBC The Advert On TV - So have you worked
out the code? it is "Bravo Now You Can See The Advert On TV" In Saturdays
National Guardian they ran a story about how we had reached the £1
million share mark and also the fact that the TV Advert that was run
will now be seen on TV. The three channel mentioned have given us
between them 70 TV slots to run the advert for free, I don't know
when it will be going out but hopefully it will generate even more
interest. The Full story can be read by clicking here.
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21/07/2003
Pictures From Dorchester - I wasn't at the game on Saturday
but thanks to Rob one of the Midland Wombles you can see some pictures
over at his photo gallery. To view them please click here
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20/07/2003
This Weeks Action - A busy week this one with games on Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday. On Monday we are playing Hampton & Richmond
away I believe this may be a mainly reserve and trialists but I am
not sure. Wednesday night sees us play down at Leatherhead and then
on Saturday we play a Watford XI that will be managed by Terry Burton
and include Marcus Gayle and Neal Ardley. If you are planning to sit
down at this game you should apply for tickets in advance as they
have been selling well. Information on getting tickets can be found
here.
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20/07/2003
Reserves Win As Well - On Saturday the reserves played Forest
who are based down in Horsham we won 2-0 with goals from Lee Passmore
who scored a penalty and Ben Chesters who is one of the new players.
A couple of the new player apparently didd very well and it will be
interesting to see how they get on this season. |
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19/07/2003
Victory Over Dorchester Town - This afternoon AFC Wimbledon won 3-0 at Dorchester Town with the first two goals from Joe Sheerin and the third from Danny Oakins. The team details for us were as follows: -Merry, Wardy, Quinn, Oakins, Everard, Sidwell, Bassey, Bolger, Sheerin, Cooper & Gray The subs at half time were at half time Angell on for Ward, Sully for Sids and Leon White for Coops and then Frankum on for Bassey on 60 minutes and the final two subs were Dobbinson for Gray & Russell for Sherrin.
Just before the end of the game the ref went down with cramp and had
to be replaced this meant that the AFC Kit Man Dennis Lowndes ended
up running the line for the last 9 minutes. |
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19/07/2003
Share Offer Extended - Following yesterdays announcement that
we had raised £1,056,314.40 by the first deadline the offer has now
been extended until August 4th. If you have applied for shares and
wish to apply for more you can by completing the application form
in the prospectus. |
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19/07/2003
No Updates From Dorchester - Unfortunately my plans of being
at Dorchester took a turn for the worse this morning as I was a bit
under the weather. Therefore the planned updates wont be happening.
I may be provided with score updates from people there if so I will
post them. |
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18/07/2003
Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee - At lunchtime today it was
announced that following the morning post that we had passed the £1,000,000
shares purchased and therefore the minimum subscription had been reached.
This is such an incredible achievement and don't forget in the past
two and a half days we have raised £352,000.
Can I say a big well done to Erik and all on the Finance Working Group
that believed this could be done to everyone on The Dons Trust and
also everyone at AFC Wimbledon, and finally everybody who has purchased
shares it doesn't matter if you purchased £22.50 or more every single
share helps. |
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18/07/2003
Saturday's Trip To Dorchester - This Saturday sees us off to
Dorchester Town. Dorchesters web site can be found by clicking here.
A map of the ground can be found here.
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18/07/2003
Kingstonian Game - Wednesday Nights games ended with a 2-0 defeat but it was very hard to judge the performance based on the fact that we made so many substitutions in the second half. Things got so crazy one of the new boys Ryan Gray who started the first half on the left wing and went off at half time came back on for the last 20 minutes or so to play left back.Both Ryan Gray and Paul Quinn had good games and I am sure once they settle in will bee of real benefit to the team. In the first 20 minutes we were on top of the game and forced the Kingstonian keeper into atleast one brilliant save. But Kingstonians took the lead against the run of play following a mix up in defence. Kingstonians second goal was scored late on in the second half and both goals were scored by Stafford Brown who last year played for Aldershot in there championship campaign.
I have put a few pictures up and these can be seen by clicking here.
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17/07/2003
Share Issue Update - At the ground last night a number of posters
were put up round the ground this shows that as at Tuesday evening
we needed to raise an additional £352,000 to reach the £1 million
pounds minimum subscription rate. With the first deadline being Friday
3pm we should be even closer to the magic seven figure sum and then
a decision will be made as to if the issue will be extended.
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16/07/2003
Here We Are Again - Tonight we played Kingstonians in the first pre-season game we ended up losing 2-0 with a goal in each half. I have taken a number of pictures and will put these up on Thursday. Most of the new players made an appearance with Roger Joseph playing part of the second half. |
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16/07/2003
Midweek Matchday Service - Tonight sees the return of the midweek
match service with live text updates from the game. I will try and
keep up to date with players names and also the many subs that are
likely to happen and you will be able to see the updates by clicking
here.
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16/07/2003
Dons Trust Purchase More Shares - Following a meeting on Monday
evening the board of the Dons Trust decided to purchase an addition
£30,000 worth of shares this is equivalent to 50,000 shares and has
been made up from money from fund raising events like Golden Goals,
the Comedy Night and the Leap of Faith. The full announcement can
be seen over on the Official
Site. |
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15/07/2003
Wednesday Nights Game - Just a reminder that Wednesday night
is Kingstonian's home game and it will be the first time that there
trust has been in charge on a match day basis. Remember what it was
like for us a year ago when we first started so if things don't go
as smoothly as you want don't have a moan at them its a big first
game for them to have and lets hope that lots of people turn up so
that they get plenty of money to help them out for the season.
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15/07/2003
And Then There Were 12 - The number of new players that have
been signed is now up to 12 with details of 3 new players over on
the Official
Site. With still a month to go before the start of the season
we could still see some new faces in and these could be for either
the first team or reserves. |
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14/07/2003
Not Long To Go Now - Wednesday evening sees the official end
of summer and the start of football when Kingstonians take on AFC
Wimbledon at The Fans Stadium. I was at the ground today and its looking
nice the pitch looks brilliant and even has a pattern on it and we
even tested the floodlights. Wednesday will also be a chance to see
a few of the new players, so don't forget to get down early the bars
open at 5:30 and the gates at 6:00 with kick off scheduled for 7:45.
Tickets for the Watford pre-season game will also be on sale.
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13/07/2003
First Game Of The Season? - Still a couple of weeks before
the fixtures are announced but there seems to be rumors of two clubs
that we may play on the first day of the season. The first club who
claimed that we could be playing them was Chessington & Hook but there
has since been a rumors and I have had an e-mail saying that we will
be at Feltham for the first game of the season this would mean playing
on the plastic pitch. As soon as I know what the fixtures are I will
post details on here. |
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13/07/2003
Site Problems Today - Just to let you know that you may experience a few problems with the site today as I make the changes to get ready for the new season. I will try and make these as smooth as possible but if you do get any sorry in advance. |
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12/07/2003
More New Players - Over on the Official
Site they have details of three new players that have now been
registered for the new season. One of them is a player called Ryan
Gray who was Player Of The Season at Whytleafe last season.
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11/07/2003
Share Issue Update - With just a week to go to the deadline
there is an update on the share issue over on The
Fans Stadium Website if you haven't got round to sending in your
application yet please do as soon as possible, and tell as many people
as you know about it as they said in the 80's "If you see Sid tell
him". |
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11/07/2003
Events This Weekend - Just a reminder that this weekend there are a number of events going on from 10am both Saturday and Sunday a tidy up will be going on at Kingsmeadow so if you have some time pop along to help. There is also New Malden Carnival and the Cricket on Sunday (More details further down). |
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10/07/2003
Fixture News - This morning Kingstonian's fixtures were announced
so we can work out what days we are home and away the main details
are - 1st Game of the season we will be away. 1st home game will be
midweek and then the following Saturday (23rd August) will also be
at home. 26th December will see us at home and also the planned last
day of the season 1st May 2004 will see us at home. Once the fixtures
are known I will post them on here. |
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10/07/2003
A Year Ago Today - One year ago tonight is an evening that no AFC Fan that was present will ever forget it was the night of AFC Wimbledon Vs Sutton United (at Sutton) in the first pre-season game a night when one player who scored two goals against us would go on to be our leading scorer of the season (Kevin Cooper). So to everyone connected with the club over the past year thanks. |
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09/07/2003
New Players Announced - The official
site has details of six new players that have registered to play for AFC Wimbledon for next season. These include a number of players who have had connections with Wimbledon Football Club in the past. The positions that these players cover are Left Midfield, Centre Midfield, Centre Back or Centre Forward, Goalkeeper, Midfield and Left Back. |
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09/07/2003
Watford Game Ticket Information - The ticket information for
our first home pre-season game on Saturday 26th July 2003 have been
announced over on the official
site. As you know this game is being played as a benefit game
for "Millys Fund"
which is the charity set up following the Murder of Milly Dowler.
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09/07/2003
Ryman Fixtures Announced Thursday - Although our fixtures wont
be announced for atleast the next 10 day tomorrow we will have a better
idea of when we will be playing at Kingsmeadow as the Rymans announce
there fixtures and therefore Kingstonian Football Club find out who
and where they are playing. |
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08/07/2003
Shares Reminder - Just a reminder that the deadline for getting
shares is Friday week at 3pm so you will need to get your application
in the post by next Wednesday at the latest. All the information you
should need is over on the Fans Stadium Site that can be found by
clicking here.
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07/07/2003
This Weekend - If your trying to plan your weekend coming up
there are a few events going on. On Saturday we have New Malden Carnival
where we will have a stall in the high street near McDonalds the carnival
runs from 09:30 to 17:00 so if you are in the area please pop along.
Also on Saturday is Hatfeild Primary School Fair. The school is in
Lower Morden Lane which runs between Grand Drive/Tudor Drive and Epsom
Road (the A24) this runs from 12:30 to 4:00.
On Sunday we have an event once again at Maldern Wanderers Cricket Club in Cambridge Avenue, New Malden they are having an open day and Terry and a few of the players will be present there will also be a BBQ which you can enjoy.There is also the possibility that another request will be made for assistance in tidying up Kingsmeadow before the game on Wednesday once I have confirmed details of this I will post them. |
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07/07/2003
Just Over A Week To First Pre-Season Game - So on Wednesday
week we play our first pre-season game of the season in the game against
Kingstonian Football Club. Kingstonians are in the process of becoming
a fans run club and the proceeds from this match will go to help them
run the club for this year and also pay the rent so once again lets
pack out Kingsmeadow and show the players both new and old what brilliant
support they will get this season. |
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06/07/2003
2003/04 Reserve League - For this season the reserve side will be playing in the Suburban League South Division which is sort of Division 2 as there is a North South Split. Teams in this league for next season are as follows: -SOUTH DIVISION -
1. AFC WIMBLEDON, 2. BRACKNELL TOWN, 3. CAMBERLEY TOWN, 4. CHERTSEY TOWN, 5. CHIPSTEAD, 6. CORINTHIAN CASUALS, 7. CROYDON ATHLETIC, 8. EPSOM & EWELL, 9. FISHER ATHLETIC (London), 10. FLEET TOWN, 11. GODALMING & GUILDFORD, 12. HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE, 13. MOLESEY, 14. TONBRIDGE ANGELS, 15. TOOTING & MITCHAM UNITED, 16. WALTON CASUALS, 17. WALTON & HERSHAM, 18. WEALDSTONE,
The Suburban League has a Website and you can keep an eye on what
is going on by clicking here.
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05/07/2003
FA Vase Draw - The FA Vase Draw was announced today and we have been drawn in the First Round Qualifying drawn away to Westfield this game will be played on Saturday September 6th and if we win that we will be away to Pagham who are based down near Bognor this game will be played on Saturday 20th September. If either game is drawn the replay will take place the following midweek. |
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04/07/2003
Jo Jo Having A Go - Last night (Thursday) at training Roger
Joseph was one of the 37 people who were being put through there paces
to see if they make the grade for the AFC Wimbledon 2003/04 squad.
Roger for people who don't know was a player in the early 90's for
Wimbledon FC and was a great favorite of the fans. An interview can
be found over at the Official
Site with Roger about last nights training. He hopes to be able
to play against Kingstonians Football Club on the 16th July. One other
player who was also there was Darren Dobbinson who last year played
for Raynes Park Vale and is the son of there Manager, Sutton asked
him to go to trials with them but he has said he wishes to play for
AFC Wimbledon. |
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03/07/2003
Nothing To Do This Weekend - So 10 days before the first game
(Kingstonians pre-season 16th July) and this weekend we have a chance
to tidy up Kingsmeadow. There are a number of jobs that need to be
done and its important that they are done so come along to Kingsmeadow
from 10am on either Saturday and Sunday in old clothes and bring cleaning
up gear. More information can be found on the Official
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03/07/2003
FITC News From Merton - As you may be aware over the last couple
of days there was a story going round that the Football In The Community
Scheme that was previously run by Wimbledon FC would be being taken
over by Fulham Football Club. Following a number of e-mail's to Merton
Council they have released a statement saying that the schemes will
remain with the local clubs namely AFC Wimbledon and Tooting & Mitcham
Football Club. The full statement can be read either on the official
Site or on the WISA
News Section.
Part of the problem is that FITC to get funding must be attached to
a 'professional' club to be able to receive funding and therefore
this means that other clubs could try and set up schemes in the area.
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02/07/2003
FA Vase Draw Announced Soon - The draw for the FA Vase will be announced over the weekend and once it is known I will have details here on the site. |
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02/07/2003
Share Issue Question And Answers - I have put together a question
and answer page on the share issue that I hope will answer a lot of
questions that people have. To read it please click here.
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01/07/2003
Pre Season Training Starts- Well tonight was the first night
of pre-season training and I understand that terry has in the region
of 50 new players coming down for trials most of them will end up
being released tonight. One player who is rumored to be joining us
is Whyteleafe's Fans Player Of the Year Ryan Gray there unofficial
site message forum describes him as a Left Back or Left Winger
and someone says that AFC fans will like him as he is very much in
the Warren Barton or Kevin Cooper (mark 1) type of player.
Lets hope that the players are all ready for pre-season and haven't
enjoyed themselves too much over the summer. |
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