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31/03/2003
Golden Goals And Football Raffle- On Saturday we sold out of
Golden Goal Tickets in Record time so if you missed out sorry. On
Saturday someone will purchase the 10,000 golden goal ticket of the
season that means that £10,000 has been raised for the stadium fund
this is an incredible figure and a big thanks to everyone who has
purchased tickets.
You may have also seen the ball raffle that was doing the rounds on
Saturday well it raised £855 for the stadium fund so a big thanks
to everyone that purchased. Between now and the end of the season
there will be a couple of surprise raffle's and once again all proceeds
will go to the stadium fund so keep your eyes peeled and you could
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31/03/2003
Monday Night Action - Only one league game tonight and it involved
Withdean 2000 Vs Cove. Withdean were also due to be in action on Thursday
night but this has been moved due to a cup final being played at Worthing
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31/03/2003
Photos From Wallingford - The photos from Saturday's brilliant
win over Wallingford can be seen here.
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31/03/2003
Photos From Merstham - I have got round to uploading the photos
from last weeks game and they can be viewed here.
A number of the pictures include the Merstham Number 2 who works with
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30/03/2003
100 League Goals - All week I was aware that we were close
on the landmark 100 league goals and after the midweek game when we
only got 1 I thought we would have to wait a bit longer to break through
the barrier as we would never get 3 against Wallingford but how wrong
I was. Everyone was so involved in the game that when the moment came
no one realised it had happened and it was after the game had finished
that it was announced over the public address system. So congratulations
to Matt Everard who scored AFC Wimbledon 100 League Goal of the season.
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30/03/2003
Saturday's Results - Right Results from Saturday's games are as follows: -
Premier Division
AFC Wimbledon 3-2 AFC Wallingford
Ash United 2-0 Viking Greenford
Bedfont 2-0 Farnham Town
Chessington & Hook 1-2 Reading Town
Cobham 0-4 Hartley Wintney
Frimley Green 2-1 Raynes Park Vale
Merstham 2-1 Godalming & G
North Greenford Utd 4-2 Chipstead
Sandhurst Town 1-1 Feltham
Walton Casuals 1-1 Southall
Premier Division Challenge Cup Semi-Final
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29/03/2003
AFC Wimbledon Comes Of Age - Today was one of them special days the sun shone, the crowds flocked to Kingsmeadow, and we came away with an outstanding result a 3-2 victory over current league leaders and last seasons champions AFC Wallingford.Lets get this right all season we have been talking about how clubs have come down to us and treated it as there cup final well today we turned the table this was our cup final and we won it. When the team was listed yesterday it was difficult to select who would start and who would be on the bench. Terry went with Joe up front instead of Ali Russell and on the bench had Ali, Noel Frankum and Gareth Graham.
The ground was packed with over 3,200 people with a number of neutral
in the house (thanks to fans of Bournemouth, Brighton, Spurs, Man
U, Newcastle, St Pauli, Birmingham, Middlesborough just to name a
few who all were at the game) and with the match sponsor's being The
Famous "P.I.S.A" Crew even the main stand was jumping.
After only 8 minutes Wallingford took the lead when Small-King scored
direct from a freekick and people in the ground all thought here we
go again it's going to be like Withdean but this time we seemed to
be different we pushed forward and on 16 minutes Andy Sullivan whipped
in a corner that went straight in, not far over the line but enough
for young ref Stephen Cook to give it as a goal.
10 minutes later some nice play by Kevin Cooper won us a corner and
as it was played in it was met by the head of Joe Sheerin who powered
home a stunning header and we were 2-1 up the place went mental. Once
again our lead was only to last for 10 minutes when Wallingford were
awarded another freekick on the edge of the box and Small-King again
fired home a brilliant freekick to make the score 2-2. With just minutes
to go before half time a moment of madness occurred when one of our
players tried to head the ball back to Ray Merry but headed it past
him Keith Ward ran back and managed to chip it over his shoulder and
off the underside of the bar to be cleared. The ref said it wasn't
a goal so the teams were level at half time.
With just over 55 minutes played AFC Wallingford "favorite player"
Matt Everard managed to score to put Wimbledon 3-2 up once again the
place erupted and the atmosphere was rocking. It was at the Academy
end so it was difficult to see how it was scored that's why this is
a bit vague. We continued to push forward in the second half and had
a number of chances with Ali Russell having one of the best with just
5 minutes to go he was clear with the keeper to beat but he tried
to beat the keeper by lobbing him but he over hit it and it went over
the bar.
Although Wallingford hadn't caused much threat in the second half they did have a chance in the final minute but we managed to clear it. They had also been reduced to 10 men in the final minutes when one of there players was sent off for kicking the ball at a player who was down on the floor. The final minutes seemed to take for ever and when the whistle blew the reaction of everyone was brilliant the fans, the players, management and staff just showed what this meant.
I titled this report "AFC Wimbledon Come Of Age" and it was a saying
that I said and a number of other people said after the game. I don't
think even a couple of weeks ago let alone at the start of this season
we could of got this result but it shows how far we have come. With
regards to Wallingford if we cant win the league I hope they do they
are a very good team.
At the end of the game both sides received standing ovations and the
Wimbledon players were just so happy, Danny Oakins even threw his
shirt to the crowd. And in the bar and later in Jaspers the players
were just over the moon they knew what this match today meant to everyone.
Right Man Of The Match vote time but with a change today I have added an extra category of "The Whole Team" if you think one player stood out vote for them or you cant decide and think The Whole Team should get this weeks award vote for it, anyway the vote is open by clicking below.P.S. I am too tired to do the results and league table so that will follow Sunday. |
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29/03/2003
Saturday Matchday Service - So the second part of AFCW Vs AFCW
takes place today and its also 2nd against 1st. With Withdean in cup
action its a chance for the gap with them to be extended. A large
crowd is expected so if you are going to the game try and get there
early.
If you cant make the game both the text and audio service will be
in operation. The text updates can be seen by clicking here and the audio service can be listened to by clicking here.The other games today are as follows: -
Saturday 29th March
Premier Division Challenge Cup Semi-Final
Withdean 2000 v Westfield
Premier Division
AFC Wimbledon v AFC Wallingford
Ash United v Viking Greenford
Bedfont v Farnham Town
Chessington & Hook v Reading Town
Cobham v Hartley Wintney
Frimley Green v Raynes Park Vale
Merstham v Godalming & G
North Greenford Utd v Chipstead
Sandhurst Town v Feltham
Walton Casuals v Southall
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29/03/2003
Merstham Man Of The Match Result - The result from the midweek Man Of The Match vote is as follows: -
Danny Oakins 9 Votes 25.71%
Simon Bassey 6 Votes 17.14%
Matt Everard 6 Votes 17.14%
Andy Sullivan 3 Votes 8.57%
Gavin Bolger 3 Votes 8.57%
Gareth Graham 3 Votes 8.57%
Kevin_Cooper 2 Votes 5.71%
Sean Daly 2 Votes 5.71%
Alistair Russell 1 Vote 2.86%
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28/03/2003
CM4 Patch - As mentioned this morning a patch has been released
for the new game you can get it by clicking here it is 5.5mb so may take a while to download if you are on dial up.
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28/03/2003
Its CM4 Day - Championship Manager has always been one of the
best computer football games out there but this season it's made all
the more better with the fact that they are our sponsors and we are
included in the game. The game is released at 09:00 this morning and
I am sure a lot of us will be buying it. SI Games will be bringing
out a patch today to sort out a few problems and there site is bound
to be busy with people downloading it so I hope to put it up here
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27/03/2003
Fund Raising Ideas - A couple of fund raising issues are already
under way a number of regulars on the weird and wonderful world guestbook
are organising a mass parachute jump that will take place on the day
after the Walton Casuals game. A couple of the Merchandise team are
doing sponsored slim or stop smoking if you wish to sponsor them pop
up and see them on Saturday. Also on Saturday as well as the Golden
Goal tickets being on sale will be a signed AFC Wimbledon football
via a raffle look out for the sellers on Saturday. |
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27/03/2003
Thursday Night Action - Withdean are in action again tonight and although it will reduce one of there many games in hand they are in cup action at the weekend so will once again be behind us and Wallingford. The action tonight is as follows: - Result Withdean 5-0 Reading
Thursday 27th March
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27/03/2003
AFC Fan In BBC Drama Tonight - Anyone who has been watching
the BBC over the last week or so may have seen a preview for a Drama
that is on tonight. In the preview you get a glimpse of AFC fan Alun
Armstrong in a blue football shirt with a yellow collar. It is of
course an AFC Shirt and the programme goes out at 8:30 tonight on
BBC 1 more information about the programme can be found over on the
BBC web site by clicking here.
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27/03/2003
The Other Result From Last Night - Although the league table
was updated last night I didn't put the score of the Feltham Vs Farnham
game that was also played. The final score was Feltham 4 Farnham 1.
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26/03/2003
Another Victory As Dons Go Rolling On - Not a classic tonight but another 3 points and sets us up nicely for the big game on Saturday against AFC Wallingford.
There was a bit of confusion over the goal after only about 4 minutes
when a scramble at the athletics end of the ground saw a ward shot
come off Danny Oakins chest and go into the net. It was given to Keith
but at half time Danny was claiming it.
We had other chances in the match but couldn't convert them the best being a pile driver from Kevin Cooper who smacked one against the bar. At time Merstham played very well and looked like they could atleast draw level but some good defending made sure that we won.The Man Of The Match Vote is now open and please click below to vote
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26/03/2003
North Greenford United Man Of The Match Result - The result of the North Greenford Man Of The Match vote is as follows: -
Gavin Bolger 64 Votes 86.49%
Matt Everard 4 Votes 5.41%
Ray Merry 3 Votes 4.05%
Kevin_Cooper 2 Votes 2.70%
Danny Oakins 1 Vote 1.35%
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26/03/2003
Midweek Match Service - Tonight we take on Merstham in the
Combined Counties League. Text updates will be available by clicking
here and audio
commentary can be enjoyed by clicking here.
One other game tonight as well so the full fixture list is as follows: -
Wednesday 26th March
Premier Division
AFC Wimbledon v Merstham
Feltham v Farnham Town
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26/03/2003
Couple Of Dons Trust Points - Just remembered a couple of points that Lou raised on Monday night about the running of The Dons Trust. Lou said that The Dons Trust would be holding open forums so that members could ask questions to members of the board, these are likely to be held at Kingsmeadow before a game. She also said that a review was under way of the Trust Constitution and Elections and the results of this review should be known within 3 months.We have also been selected by Supporters Direct to have a "Social Audit" to be honest I am not really sure what this is about but we will be the first club in the country to have this done so it is a honour. |
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25/03/2003
Tuesday Nights Results - Withdean win again, Raynes Park bad run continues and North Greenford win the Greenford Derby. Full results below and the table has been updated.
Chessington & Hook 2-2 Ash United
Chessington United 0-4 Withdean 2000
Cobham 0-3 Westfield
Hartley Wintney 3-5 Godalming & G
North Greenford Utd 5-1 Viking Greenford
Raynes Park Vale 0-3 Chipstead
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25/03/2003
Photos from Monday Night - I took a few photos from Monday
night and they can be seen by clicking here.
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25/03/2003
North Greenford Man Of The Match Vote - Just a reminder that
the vote for the North Greenford Man Of The Match Vote will close
Wednesday night and therefore if you haven't voted yet please do so
by clicking below.
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25/03/2003
Review Of Last Night's Meeting - Over 800 people attended the
meeting last night in person to hear, discuss and vote on where we
should play in the future. Originally there was going to be another
discussion regarding AFC Wimbledon appointing a paid Chief Executive
but after discussions with the legal team they decided that the constitution
doesn't currently allow for this so it was removed from the evenings
proceedings.
The Evening started with The Dons Trust Chair Lou Carlton-Kelly talking about how we had progressed from 28th May 2002 she then handed over to Kris and he discussed the various options and explained that in practice Tooting & Mitcham couldn't happen although we could appeal this would be time consuming and could leave us with nowhere to play. Once Kris had finished he passed on to Tom Adam of the Stadium Working Group.
Tom explained that they had done extensive research into the Wimbledon
area and from an initial 20 sites they worked out that 4 had potential
2 of these turned out to be Kingsmeadow and Tooting and Mitcham the
other two are what are known as Metropolitan Open Land (MOL) and these
are difficult to get planning permission for. He added that although
Plough Lane was the ultimate dream it had to be ruled out due to the
high price that was attached just to the land (Approx.£14 mill). He
also said that they had looked at footprints of stadiums on various
sites ranging from 6,000 to 10,000 and although it was all hypothetical
this was the main thing that reduced the sites to four and reduced
the need for full stadium designs.
Tom then passed on to Erik Samuelson the Finance Director and he explained
the situation and figures that were shown in the hand out. As ever
Erik based his figures on three levels of success High, Medium & Low.
High saw us in CCL next year Rymans 1 South for 2004/05 & 2005/06
and Rymans Prem for 2006/07 and 2007//08 but pushing for the conference.
Medium was CCL next year Rymans 1 2004/07 and Rymans Prem 2007/08
and Low was CCL to 2005 and Rymans 1 2005/08. Erik calculates that
the buy option should result in a minimum £200,000 a year more profit
than the lease option and on the lease low success route this would
result in a loss over in 3 out of the 5 years.
Erik then went on to talk about how the required money would be raised.
He explained that approximately£3 million would need to be raised
with £2.5 million being the purchase price the other £500,000 is based
on legal fees and urgent repairs. Once the contracts are signed £270,000
will need to be paid as a deposit this money is available and then
stage payments would be made between now and 31st December starting
with £350,000 in June. It was pointed out that in practice if we failed
to raise the money we would be in breach of contract and could have
to find the money and be without the ground. Erik kept emphasizing
the risk involved but he thought we could raise the funds. He said
that they were in discussions with a number of potential city organisations
with regards to a "Share Issue" it was explained that if this route
was used The dons Trust would always have a "Golden Share" and therefore
we couldn't be compromised in our views or taken over by people not
interested in football. Erik explained that based on 900 people being
in the room we would all need to raise £3,000 each.
Erik talked about returns on investment and said that for example
it would be likely that if someone invested £1,000 they may get a
free shirt so £35 or 3.5% return, and the more you invested the higher
the payment. Erik also explained that come December if we were say
£500,000 short (a figure has been specified in the contract) The Khosla's
would be prepared to extend the payment period but subject to an interest
rate of 1% per month (12% per year).
It was then time for questions and I started the proceedings off with
a question of "If we failed to reach the amount would the share agreement
kick in so that we wouldn't be without a ground?" Danny Norris AFC
Fan and the lawyer of the club explained that there were risks and
we could lose out altogether. Kris then confirmed that in the contract
it would be built in that the Share would start and therefore if the
Buy option was voted on we would in theory have a ground for a further
3 years minimum.
A number of questions were raised saying couldn't we negotiate either a lower price or longer repayments schedule? Ivor explained that the original price was a lot higher and that they had got down to "What he thought was the lowest price they would get" we have to be careful in that if we go back to The Khoslas they could just say the deal is off and Ivor said this was a golden opportunity to be able to buy the land and ground if we were to look at another blank site land and building of a ground would cost a minimum of 3 or 4 times this.
Concerns were viewed that we were ruling out Merton and people asked
to see the work that the Stadium Working Group had done it was explained
that any potential sites that were shown in the open allow the local
NIMBY's to start campaigning and also pushes the price up. People
were invited to attend the meetings of Stadium Working Group.
The second to last person to talk was Terry Eames who of course as
well as Director of Football is a Trust Member he said that he thought
that this was an opportunity to build on what we had achieved over
the past 10 months. He said we could continue to be a nomad club moving
from ground to ground or we could put down routes at Kingsmeadow,
both for us and Kingstonian Football Club as well (This was a common
theme during the evening the importance of making sure K's were OK).
It then came to the vote and we thought it would be close and us volunteers
were poised with the collection boxes. The first vote was "Who wants
to play at Tooting & Mitcham next season" I was downstairs so couldn't
see everyone but apparently 2 people put there hands up. The next
vote was to Share Kingsmeadow and about 50 people put there hands
up. I was stunned I thought it was going to be close. Then To buy
Kingsmeadow hands shot up from all directions a card vote wasn't needed
as about 95% of the people present had voted in favor of this option.
The Buy option was carried and the meeting was closed we then went
over the road to the pub to discuss how we could raise this money,
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25/03/2003
Tuesday Night Action - Some games are taking place in the CCL tonight and they are as follows: -
Tuesday 25th March
Premier Division
Chessington & Hook v Ash United
Chessington United v Withdean 2000
Cobham v Westfield
Hartley Wintney v Godalming & G
North Greenford Utd v Viking Greenford
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25/03/2003
Just When You Think The Journey Cant Get Better ..... - At
the end of May last year (2002) it looked like we had nothing and
then the idea of a new club was talked about and then formed. Since
then it has just been a wonderful ride and as we approached the back
end of the season we began to think well what will be doing this summer.
Well tonight that was answered in resounding style when at the Special
General Meeting of The Dons Trust a show of hands was only required
to accept the vote for purchasing Kingsmeadow. The show of hands was
about 95% in favour of this and with about 800 people present and
additional proxy votes this was a massive endorsement.
So what does it mean? At present by 31st December 2003 we need to raise £3 million pounds to complete the deal. This sounds and is, a hell of a lot of money but for as long as I have been a Dons fan we have always been told that we couldn't do something and supporters have said give us the opportunity and we will do it. Now is the time that we must stand up and be counted this will secure our long term future and also that of Kingstonians Football Club.I will do more of a write up and Pictures in the morning but I think this gives you an idea of how it went. |
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24/03/2003
Possible Text Updates Tonight - I am planning tonight to do
text updates during the Special General Meeting to enable people who
are not in attendance to be kept up to-date. The text updates as ever
can be seen here.
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24/03/2003
Special General Meeting - Tonight - Just a reminder that tonight
we will make a major decision on the future of AFC Wimbledon based
on where we will play from next season and if we wish to just be tenants
at Kingsmeadow or too buy it out right and allow Kingstonian Football
Club to play their for a small rent. If we decided that we wish to
try and buy it it will mean all stops out to raise the money by the
end of the year but this would secure our future both on and off the
pitch.
If you wish to read the document again prior to the meeting tonight
and don't have it to hand you can see it on the official site by clicking
here.
Just a reminder that even to attend you must must be an existing member
of The Dons Trust and renewed if you have been sent a renewal letter.
Junior Dons Trust Members are not full members and therefore will
not be able to vote and if possible it would be helpful if they didn't
attend.
The meeting/presentation will start at 19:30 with doors opening at
19:00 please make sure that you are there early to enable us to get
everyone inside for the start time, it's not just a case of walking
into the theater and getting a seat you will need to be checked in
and issued with a voting card. If you are not sure where the meeting
is tonight it's the same venue as the Comedy Night if you are coming
by Tube, Train or Tram come out of the station turn left and keep
walking and it's a 5 minute walk a map can be found here.
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23/03/2003
Photos From North Greenford Game - The photos from the 6-2
victory at North Greenford can be seen by clicking here.
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23/03/2003
Photos From Nostalgia Night - I took a number of photos on
Friday night the group of gentlemen are players from the 1963 squad
and the shirt on the table in front of the football's is the one that
Eddie Reynolds wore in the 1963 cup final. The photo's can be viewed
here.
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23/03/2003
Afternoon Of History With Six Of The Best - Over the last few weeks one of the many talking points of the AFC fans has been the question as to if we would ever score more than 5 goals, a number of times we had reached the 5 mark but couldn't get a sixth goal or even the magic seventh when the vidiprinter on BBC scores program prints out the number followed by the words in brackets.Both Gavin Bolger and Danny Oakins returned to the starting line up's with Dave Towse and Neil Robson returning to the bench. In the first half it looked like it would be another tough game like earlier in the season as the Dons were kicking up the hill. North Greenford took the lead when there player fired in from close range after they hit the post and it rebounded. North Greenford should of been 2-0 up when a shot on goal was somehow deflected over from under the crossbar by one of there attackers.AFC leveled just before half time when Gavin Bolger scored from close range. We were lucky to go in level but with the advantage of kicking down the hill in the second half we were still in with a shout.
With no text updates to look back on it a case of trying to remember
how things happened so the rest of the report may be a bit sketchy
but here goes.
Our second goal was scored by Kevin Cooper who also got the 3rd when the keeper dropped the ball and Coops had a tap in. The 4th goal was one of the best AFC goals I have seen Gavin Bolger had the ball and was going down the wing he then beat two defenders and when it looked like he would cut the ball back to Cooper or someone else he lashed the ball into the goal and we were 4-1 up. We were on fire now and I turned to the person next to me and said I wonder if we get a last minute penalty who will take it with Coops and Gavin on two goals each.
AFC were awarded a free kick when there goalkeeper was adjudge to
have handled the ball outside the area Coops stepped up and as the
wall jumped up Cooper placed the ball along the ground and into the
back of the net Cooper had his hattrick and it was looking really
smart. North Greenford made it 5-2 with a nicely taken goal. Then
in the final minute the keeper pulled Cooper down this was going to
be the moment of truth could we score the penalty to break the "Only
Score Five" claim and could Cooper get his 4th of the game. But Kevin
Cooper done something that was brilliant he turned to Gavin and said
you take it, Gavin stepped up and hit the ball high to the right of
the goal and we had our 6th goal and two players had a hattrick. The
only times that a Wimbledon team had ever scored 6 or more goals was
against Torquay (Cork got 4), Newport and Windsor so this was a historic
afternoon.
Can I just say a bit about North Greenford. The organisation and brilliant
set-up that they have there shows what can be achieved at this level
there chairman made a speech after the game thanking all AFC fans
and saying we would always be welcome at North Greenford but he hoped
that we would be in a higher league next season where we deserve to
be. Another nice thing was that as the North Greenford players left
the pitch all the AFC fans applauded them and they responded to the
gesture It was a lovely day all round.
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23/03/2003
Saturday's Results - The results from Saturday's results are as follows: -
Saturday 22nd March
Premier Division
AFC Wallingford 7-0 Viking Greenford
Chipstead 2-1 Chessington United
Cove 1-3 Walton Casuals
Farnham Town 0-3 Merstham
Feltham 4-1 Cobham
Frimley Green 2-3 Chessington & Hook
Godalming & G 0-4 Withdean 2000
Hartley Wintney 3-2 Raynes Park Vale
North Greenford Utd 2-6 AFC Wimbledon
Reading Town 0-1 Bedfont
Southall 0-1 Sandhurst Town
Westfield 1-0 Ash UnitedThe League table has been updated.
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22/03/2003
Problems With Updates - Just want to say sorry for the lack of Updates, this afternoon started fine but after about 15 minutes my connection with the wap site went down and therefore I was unable to send any more messages. I did try on a regular basis but with no luck. Hopefully it will be back to normal on Wednesday. |
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22/03/2003
Saturday Matchday Service - Text updates will be in operation
this afternoon when we take on North Greenford these can be viewed
by clicking here.The other games in the league today are as follows: -
Saturday 22nd March
Premier Division
AFC Wallingford v Viking Greenford
Chipstead v Chessington United
Cove v Walton Casuals
Farnham Town v Merstham
Feltham v Cobham
Frimley Green v Chessington & Hook
Godalming & G v Withdean 2000
Hartley Wintney v Raynes Park Vale
North Greenford Utd v AFC Wimbledon
Reading Town v Bedfont
Southall v Sandhurst Town
Westfield v Ash United
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22/03/2003
Bedfont Man Of The Match Result - The result of the Man Of The Match result from Tuesday is as follows: -
Matt Everard 16 Votes
34.78%
Simon Bassey 10 Votes
21.74%
Kevin_Cooper 8 Votes
17.39%
Andy Sullivan 2 Votes
4.35%
Joe Sheerin 2 Votes
4.35%
Neil Robson 2 Votes
4.35%
Sean Daly 2 Votes
4.35%
Keith Ward 1 Vote
2.17%
Dave Towse 1 Vote
2.17%
Alistair Russell 1 Vote
2.17%
Mark Nicholas 1 Vote
2.17%
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22/03/2003
Nostalgia Night Thanks - Just a big thanks to Mick Pugh, The
Dons Trust and all the Heroes of the 1963 team who were involved with
the Nostalgia Night and a good time was had by all. About 150 people
turned up and enjoyed watching video footage from the 1963 FA Amateur
Cup Final, The Semi Final at White Hart Lane and also the 1988 Cup
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21/03/2003
Bedfont Man Of The Match Vote - Just a reminder that the Man
of The Match vote is still open, one thing that I have noticed is
that it's listed as the North Greenford game which is of course tomorrow's
game so don't be put off by it having the wrong name.
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21/03/2003
Nostalgia Night Tonight - Tonight sees The Dons Trust Nostalgia Night and it is sure to be a brilliant night I will have pictures and reports from it. If you still wish to go you may be able to get a ticket by calling Mick Pugh on 07710 740 915 Tickets cost £15.00. |
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21/03/2003
Travel To North Greenford - On Saturday we are off to North Greenford, although Greenford is on the Central Line the tube line is out of action at present so the easiest way to get there is overground train from Paddington to Greenford.
Trains depart at xx:01 and xx:31 and take 24 minutes the ground is
only about a 5-10 minute walk from the station and a map of the area
can be seen here.
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21/03/2003
Bedfont Photos - The photos from Tuesday nights game can be
found by clicking here.
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20/03/2003
Important News About Monday's SGM - As you will be aware Monday
sees a very important Dons Trust Special General Meeting. It's important
to point out that you must be a member to be able to attend and vote
on the proposals. If you joined The Dons Trust before April 2002 you
will have needed to have renewed you membership before tomorrow evening.
The Dons Trust have arranged to accept renewals at the Nostalgia Night
on Friday night but if you haven't renewed by then you will not be
able to attend the meeting. If you are due to renew you will have
been sent a renewal letter. If you cant attend the meeting on Monday
you also need to get your proxy votes in by tomorrow (Friday) as well.
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20/03/2003
Thursday Night Action - Only one game due to be played tonight
and even a suggestion it may have been called off already but so far
this is unconfirmed. The match in question is Withdean 2000 Vs Walton
Casuals. Once I know either the result or if it has been called off
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19/03/2003
Sean Daly Gets 112 Day Ban - After Sean was sent off in the
Withdean game he has been handed a 112 day ban the only strange thing
about this is that the London FA who have handed it down have said
it will run from 7th April 2003 to 27th July 2003 this means that
unlike Bradley Ward of Wallingford who also received a 112 day ban
for the Danny Oakins incident who is missing something like 25 games
Sean will only miss 6 games as most of the ban will be in the close
season. As you can imagine AFC Wimbledon have said they wont appeal
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19/03/2003
Nostalgia Night - Just a reminder that this Friday night sees the Nostalgia night at the Motspur Park Sports Club. Tickets cost £15 each and if you wish to go please e-mail Mick Pugh on the following e-mail address mick.pugh@btinternet.com all profits from the evening go to the Stadium fund and after the news from Tuesday we know where that could be going.
I spoke to Mick on Tuesday night and he said that there is something
like 20 minutes of coverage from the 1963 FA Amateur Cup Final which
I am sure that most of us have never seen. 8 Players from the 1963
team will be in attendance and you will also get a souvenir programme
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18/03/2003
AFC/Dons Trust Statement - AFC Wimbledon and The Dons Trust at 5pm on
Tuesday Evening released a statement that confirmed that one of the
options open to the club is the possible purchase of Kingsmeadow the
full details can be found over at the Official
Site. It's important that all members of the Dons Trust read this information prior to Monday's meeting. I will put up more information on this on Wednesday once I have read everything a couple of times. |
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18/03/2003
Leaving On A Jet Plane - A number of times this season I have
said how we have played at some of the strangest grounds I have ever
seen but today while the ground was one of the best in the Combined
Counties playing at the end of the worlds busiest airport was a strange
experience for the record plans were taking off towards us and some
of the planes only just seemed to clear the houses. Conversations
had to be stopped every two minutes as you were drowned out by the
noise of the planes.
On the pitch we had a number of changes as Gavin Bolger was out with
food poisoning, Noel Frankum with Wisdom teeth being taken out and
Lee Passmore suspended. Joe Sheerin returned with Simon Bassey and
Neil Robson back in the starting line up. It wasn't too long before
Joe had to be replaced by Ally Russell due to a Hamstring problem.
Bedfont took the lead when a player was allowed to cross the ball and a mix up at the back post enabled them to score. We leveled through Kevin Cooper who got his 30th goal of the season after the initial effort I think from Ally hit the post. The score was 1-1 at Half Time.In the second half we continued to push forward and once again it was Matty Everard to the rescue when he headed home to put us 2-1 up. After this we could of had 2 penalties but the ref gave free kicks outside the box both times which was very strange. Andy Sullivan ended up limping out of the game and looks like he will be a big doubt for Saturday.
So another 3 points and against a team who are fifth in the table
and have been on a good run. The Man Of The Match Vote is now open
and you can click below to vote.
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18/03/2003
Tuesday Night Results - The results tonight are as follows: -
Ash United 1-0 Cobham
Bedfont 1-2 AFC Wimbledon
Chessington United 0-2 AFC Wallingford
Godalming and Guildford 3-0 Farnham Town
Merstham 3-0 Chessington and Hook
Sandhurst Town 4-0 Raynes Park Vale
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18/03/2003
Farnham Man Of The Match Vote - The result of the Farnham Man Of the Match Vote is as follows: -
Gavin Bolger 34 Votes 43.59%
Matt Everard 15 Votes 19.23%
Robbie Burns 13 Votes 16.67%
Dave Towse 10 Votes 12.82%
Ray Merry 2 Votes 2.56%
Noel Frankum 2 Votes 2.56%
Sean Daly 1 Vote 1.28%
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18/03/2003
Tuesday Night Action - Off to Bedfont tonight and I will be
doing the text updates that can be read by clicking here.
It looks like we could be without a couple more players tonight as
I understand Noel Frankum may be out for a few weeks as he is having
his Wisdom Teeth taking out, Lee Passmore is also out as he started
a 7 day suspension yesterday for 5 bookings, Neil Robson should be
back for tonight's game. The list of the other fixtures in the Combined
Counties tonight are as follows: -
Tuesday 18th March
Premier Division
Ash United v Cobham
Bedfont v AFC Wimbledon
Chessington United v AFC Wallingford
Godalming & G v Farnham Town
Merstham v Chessington & Hook
Sandhurst Town v Raynes Park Vale
Westfield v North Greenford Utd
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17/03/2003
Travel To Bedfont - As you may have seen by my earlier suggestion
it may be easier to get to Bedfont by getting a train to Feltham and
then either a bus or cab to Hatton Cross. Trains from Clapham Junction
to Feltham take under 20 minutes and are very regular the following
map will help you in regards to the bus journey (click on it for a
larger version).
A map of the Hatton Cross area can be found by clicking here.
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17/03/2003
Farnham Man Of The Match Vote - As you will be aware we are
playing Tuesday this week so less time than usual to vote in the Man
Of The Match poll. If you haven't voted yet and wish to do so please
click below to vote.
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17/03/2003
Are we Buying K's? - As you may have seen today there are stories
going round that AFC Wimbledon may have come to an agreement with
the Khosla's who own Kingsmeadow and the suggestion is that AFC Wimbledon
will buy the ground for £2 million pounds and allow Kingstonian Football
Club to continue to play there. So far there have been no official
statements either confirming or denying this the only comment is that
The Khosla's will be making a statement later in the week regarding
this story. As ever I will keep you informed of any developments.
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17/03/2003
Bedfont Tuesday Night - I will do full travel information tonight but for people going to the game on Tuesday evening you may like to consider rather than getting the Picadilly line all the way to Hatton Cross you could get a train from Clapham Junction to Feltham and then get either a cab or bus as it's only a couple of miles from Feltham station. |
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16/03/2003
Photos From Farnham Game - The game may not have been the best
but I'm happy with the pictures that I took and you can see them by
clicking here.
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16/03/2003
Bucket Collection On Saturday - As you may have seen on Saturday
we were doing a bucket collection for two well known AFC fans who
are doing the London Marathon. Steve Elson and Lee Willetts are raising
money for HemiHelp who Jackie Harvie of The Dons Trust has an association
with. Anything they raise over £3,000 will go to The Stadium Fund
and on Saturday the Bucket Collection raised £1,280 so thanks to everyone
who contributed. If you haven't contributed as of yet and wish to
you can via the online site that can be found here.
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15/03/2003
Dull Draw On Strange Result Saturday - After the brilliance
of Wednesday night we perhaps had our most disappointing game of the
season with a fairly uneventful 0-0 draw against Farnham. Elsewhere
in the league Cove continued there championship push with a 2-1 victory
at Raynes Park Vale and Wallingford dropped points again with a 1-1
draw at Cobham. Cove are now 7th in the form guide over the last 6
games.
A couple of changes were made with Dave Towse starting for Danny Oakins
and Ally Russell starting for Joe Sheerin. The pitch was extremely
dry and the ball was bouncing erratically. There were very few clear cut chances in the first half and the teams went in level at 0-0.
It was late on in the second half before we had our best chances and
Farnham cleared the ball off the line a couple of times and we hit
the post. But it just wasn't our day the fact is that during a season
you will always have some performances that don't give what you hoped
for and this season we have been very lucky with the vast majority
of the performances resulting in victories so we should all get upset
when we have a 0-0 draw, the players were more than disappointed with
the result and I know that they will want to put in a good performance
on Tuesday at Bedfont to get the result that we hoped for today.
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15/03/2003
Saturday Results - The results for today are as follows: -
AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Farnham Town
Ash United 3-1 Reading Town
Bedfont 0-4 Godalming & G
Chessington & Hook 0-2 Feltham
Chessington United 2-3 Southall
Cobham 1-1 AFC Wallingford
Merstham 3-2 Frimley Green
Raynes Park Vale 1-2 Cove
Sandhurst Town 0-1 Chipstead
Viking Greenford 0-5 Hartley Wintney
Walton Casuals 0-1 Westfield
Withdean 2000 4-1 North Greenford UtdThe league table has been updated. |
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15/03/2003
Saturday Match Day Service - Both Text and Audio commentary
will be in action today with from just after 2pm Terry Eames being
interviewed on the web commentary that can be found by clicking here
and the text updates can be found by clicking here. Elsewhere in the Combined Counties League the following matches are due to take place: -
Saturday 15th March
Premier Division
AFC Wimbledon v Farnham Town
Ash United v Reading Town
Bedfont v Godalming & G
Chessington & Hook v Feltham
Chessington United v Southall
Cobham v AFC Wallingford
Merstham v Frimley Green
Raynes Park Vale v Cove
Sandhurst Town v Chipstead
Viking Greenford v Hartley Wintney
Walton Casuals v Westfield
Withdean 2000 v North Greenford Utd
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15/03/2003
Ash Man Of The Match Result - The result of the Man Of The match vote from the midweek thrashing of Ash is as follows: -
Kevin_Cooper 43 Votes 67.19%
Andy Sullivan 6 Votes 9.38%
Matt Everard 6 Votes 9.38%
Gavin Bolger 4 Votes 6.25%
Joe Sheerin 2 Votes 3.12%
Keith Ward 1 Vote 1.56%
Ray Merry 1 Vote 1.56%
Sean Daly 1 Vote 1.56%
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14/03/2003
Team News For Saturday - A couple of changes for Saturday's
game as Joe Sheerin is being rested and Danny Oakins is away full
details can be seen over on the official site that you can get to
by clicking here.
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14/03/2003
Ash Photos - The photos from the game on Wednesday night can
now be seen by clicking here
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13/03/2003
Tooting & Mitcham Planing Application Turned Down - Tonight
at Merton Council the planning committee turned down the application
for the changes to Tooting & Mitcham ground that would allow AFC Wimbledon
to possibly play there next season. I understand that the vote was
7-1 against the proposal and that one of the major fears was the likely
increase in traffic. I will post more information once I know of it. |
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13/03/2003
Withdean Fixtures- Bit of information on Withdean tonight apparently
there 4-0 scoreline from the Merstham that was abandoned has been
confirmed and at half-time tonight at home to Farnham (who we play
on Saturday) They are 5-1 up Full Time Withdean 7 Farnham 1.
There run in for the rest of the season looks like this: -
Th 13/3 Farnham (H), Sa 15/3 Nth Greenford (H), We 19/3 Walton Cas (H), Sa 22/3 Godalming (A), Tu 25/3 Chessington U (A), Th 27/3 Reading T. (H),
Sa 29/3 Westfield (League Cup Semi-Final), Mo 31/3 Cove (H), Sa 5/4 AFC Wallingford (H), Mo 7/4 Chessington U (H), We 9/4 Westfield (H),
Sa 12/4 Reading T. (A), Tu 15/4 H. Wintney (A), Th 17/4 Feltham (H), Sa 19/4 H. Wintney (H), Mo 21/4 Cobham (A), Th 24/4 Sandhurst (H), Sa 26/4 Bedfont (H),
We 30/4 Chipstead (H)
Fr 2/5 Ash (League Cup Final)*, Sa 3/5 Ash (A), Mo 5/5 Walton Cas (A), Th 8/5 Raynes Park (A), Sa 10/5 Viking Greenford (A),
* Subject to confirmation - One game unscheduled
Thanks to Warren Harvey for this information. As you can see they
have a tough job, there is also a rumor going round that they must
play all home games by 5th May as this is the date that the pitch
at Worthing is being ripped up to be redone, they apparently have
a large squad registered to help them get through all these games.
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13/03/2003
Nostalgia Night - On Friday 21st March The Dons Trust will
be holding a Nostalgia evening when on the big screen will be shown
the 1963 FA Amateur Cup Final and also the 1988 FA Cup Final. Players
from both games will be in attendance. Tickets cost £15 and are available
on Saturday from the back bar at Kingsmeadow. This event will take
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12/03/2003
Who's Not A Threat Now? - He may have resigned last week but just a reminder to the ex Ash manager tonight about his quote earlier in the season when he said that we were not a threat to them Challenging for the title, well AFC Wimbledon 5 Ash 3 says a lot I think and two of there goals came in the last 5 or so minutes so it could of been even more convincing.
Some of the football that we played in this game was outstanding and
Kevin Cooper ended up with a another hattrick. His first goal was
from about 25 yards out when he headed the ball down to himself and
then hit the ball with the outside of his right boot and it shot over
ex AFC keeper Andy Hunt. It was a stunning goal and the crowd of 2,409
erupted.
The second goal was scored by Matt Everard against his old club when
a corner was knocked on by Keith Ward and Matt prodded home from close
range. Just before half time Ash pulled a goal back when they caught
the defence out and they managed to put the ball past Ray Merry. The
score was 2-1 at half time.
Five minutes into the second half we were 3-1 up when a brilliant move involving Joe Sheerin, Gavin Boulger and then Kevin Cooper saw us score. Joe backhealed the ball to Gavin who then lobbed the ball over the defender and then fired in a cross and then Cooper scored from close range.
Ash looked like they would make it 3-2 when a player had a shot but
it hit the post AFC then moved the ball up the other end and hit the
post before the ball was put out for a corner. From the resulting
corner Lee Sidwell managed to score and we were 4-1 up. Cooper's hattrick
came about when we were awarded a freekick on the edge of the box
and he sent one of his grass cutters along the ground and in at the
right hand post. We were 5-1 up and it was a case of game over but
Ash got two goals back the first from close range after a brilliant
save from Ray Merry and the second from the penalty spot. So a final
score of 5-3 but a brilliant performance.
The Man Of The Match Vote is now open so click below to vote.
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12/03/2003
Cobham Man Of The Match Result - The result of the Cobham Man of The Match vote is as follows: -
Noel Frankum 21 Votes 42.86%
Matt Everard 9 Votes 18.37%
Gavin Bolger 6 Votes 12.24%
Andy Sullivan 4 Votes 8.16%
Ray Merry 3 Votes 6.12%
Joe Sheerin 2 Votes 4.08%
Dave Towse 2 Votes 4.08%
Sean Daly 2 Votes 4.08%
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12/03/2003
Wednesday Matchday Service - Feltham's game tonight has been
called off so we are the only game taking place. I will be doing text
updates which can be seen here,
and the web commentary will be available by clicking here.
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12/03/2003
Traffic Warning - As you may have seen from the AFC Wimbledon
text message the traffic in the Kingstonian area is very heavy due
to the road being resurfaced. It is recommended that you either set
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11/03/2003
Tuesday Night Results - The results from tonight's games are
as follows: -
Premier Division
AFC Wallingford 4-1 Hartley Wintney
Cobham 0-2 Chessington United
Walton Casuals 3-0 Raynes Park Vale
Westfield 5-2 Reading Town
Withdean 2000 P-P Chessington & HookThe league table has also been updated. |
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11/03/2003
CCL Round Up - OK don't laugh but Withdean who are due to play
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday this week have had tonight's game called
off and so have another game to be fitted in at some time.
A report on the Walton Casuals site suggests that ex AFC player Craig Carley may be on his was to Yeovil for a fee of about £27,000. Walton are believed to want more for him and may be trying to hold on for a higher fee. |
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11/03/2003
Hamburg Photos - As you may be aware after the Cobham game
a number of us went out to Hamburg to visit fans of St Pauli. The
game we were due to see was moved from Sunday Afternoon to Friday
and therefore we didn't see a game but we got to go round the pitch.
The pictures can be seen here
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11/03/2003
Cobham Photos - The photos from the Cobham game can be seen
by clicking here,
I thought I had taken more than these so sorry that there are not
that many. |
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11/03/2003
Tuesday Night Fixtures - A number of fixtures in the CCL tonight and they are as follows: -
Tuesday 11th March
Premier Division
AFC Wallingford v Hartley Wintney
Cobham v Chessington United
Walton Casuals v Raynes Park Vale
Westfield v Reading Town
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10/03/2003
Back From Hamburg - Just got back from Hamburg (just after
23:00) and had a brilliant time. Haven't had a chance to do a read
round of the news and I think some sleep could be an idea so a full
service will be back tomorrow including photos from Cobham and Hamburg
as well as a look forward to Wednesday game against Ash United.
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09/03/2003
AFC Invasion of Germany - Right it's almost 00:30 so about
to depart for the fans trip to Hamburg that you may have heard being
talked about. Unfortunately the game we were going to see was moved
to Friday night but I am sure that the 50 or so of us that are off
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08/03/2003
Saturday's Results - As mentioned a number of games were called off including Withdean away at Viking Greenford. The full results are as follows: -
AFC Wallingford 6-1 Bedfont
Chipstead 3-1 Farnham Town
Cobham 0-5 AFC Wimbledon
Cove 1-1 Sandhurst Town
Hartley Wintney 1-0 Walton Casuals
Raynes Park Vale p-p Merstham
Reading Town 1-0 Frimley Green
Southall 0-3 Feltham
Viking Greenford P-P Withdean 2000
Westfield P-P Chessington UnitedThe league table has been updated.
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08/03/2003
Brilliant Performance On Muddy Pitch - On a pitch that had
very little grass and was very muddy the dons put on a brilliant performance
to win 5-0 away at Cobham. Although the pitch didn't look that good
from distance it was very flat and during the game I couldn't see
any times where play was affected by the pitch.
The Dons got straight at them and we were 1-0 up when Matt Everard
challenged the keeper and headed the ball home. The Dons had already
had a shot come back off the post from Joe Sheerin but it wasn't long
before Joe was on the score sheet to head home in another challenge
against the keeper. AFCW went in 2-0 up and the points were already
looking safe.
The second half started and Gavin Boulger scored I would like to describe
the goal to you but I was getting a burger and missed it. With us
3-0 up we were coasting but one of the best moments of the game was
still to come as Noel Frankum scored his first goal for AFC and his
first goal in four years when he lobbed the keeper. His delight was
clear to see and as with a number of players this year he wanted to
celebrate with the fans rather than the players. There was still time
for Andy Sullivan to get on the score sheet and although we hoped
for a sixth goal we had to make do with five again.
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08/03/2003
Saturday Match Service - The matchday text service will be
in operation today and you can see the updates by clicking here.
The list of the other fixtures is below but I understand that some
games have been called off due to the weather, Trevor Williams our
club secretary has spoken to Cobham and they have said our game is
on.
Saturday 8th March
Premier Division Challenge Cup Semi-Final
Ash United v North Greenford Utd
Premier Division
AFC Wallingford v Bedfont
Chipstead v Farnham Town
Cobham v AFC Wimbledon
Cove v Sandhurst Town
Hartley Wintney v Walton Casuals
Raynes Park Vale v Merstham
Reading Town v Frimley Green
Southall v Feltham
Viking Greenford v Withdean 2000
Westfield v Chessington United
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08/03/2003
Feltham Man Of The Match Result - Once again Matt Everard has taken the honours for the Man Of The Match Poll. The full result is as follows: -
Matt Everard 38 Votes
37.25%
Gavin Bolger 29 Votes 28.43%
Noel Frankum 19 Votes 18.63%
Dave Towse 7 Votes 6.86%
Kevin_Cooper 3 Votes 2.94%
Neil Robson 2 Votes 1.96%
Sean Daly 2 Votes 1.96%
Andy Sullivan 1 Votes 0.98%
Ray Merry 1 Votes 0.98%
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07/03/2003
Unchanged Team At Cobham - It looks like we will have an unchanged
team on Saturday for the trip to Cobham. Full details can be found
over at the Official
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07/03/2003
Advance Warning Regarding The Site This Weekend - As you may
know a group (around 50 AFC Fans) are off to Hamburg tomorrow night,
including me, and therefore it is unlikely the site will be updated
after Saturday evening until Tuesday morning. If I do find an Internet
Cafe in Hamburg I will post updates in the guestbook so keep an eye
on that as ever. |
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06/03/2003
Trains To Cobham - Trains depart Wimbledon at 25 and 55 minutes
past the hour and takes 20 minutes to Cobham. The train station called
Cobham and Stoke d'Abernon is about 2 miles from the ground but there
is a cab firm at the station so it may be worth getting a cab to the
ground. A map of the train station area can be found here
and the ground area can be found here.
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06/03/2003
Wednesday Night Result - Last night Southall had a 6-1 home victory over Walton Casuals. The league table has been updated. |
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05/03/2003
Tuesday Results Wednesday Action - As you may have seen the game on Tuesday night between Raynes Park Vale and Withdean was called off due to a landslide at Grand Drive. The other results on Tuesday and Wednesday's action are as follows: -
Tuesday 4th March
Premier Division
Ash United 3-2 Feltham 49
Chessington & Hook 2-1 Chessington United 73
Frimley Green 1-0 Viking Greenford 28
Merstham 0-4 AFC Wallingford 60
Raynes Park Vale P-P Withdean 2000
Wednesday 5th March
Premier Division
Southall v Walton Casuals
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05/03/2003
Feltham Man Of The Match Vote - The Man of The Match vote for
the Feltham game is still open so if you haven't voted yet please
do so by clicking below: -
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04/03/2003
Tuesday Night Action - A number of fixtures taking place tonight,
I hope to be at Grand Drive for the RPV Vs W2K game but there is a
pitch inspection so if I here anything I will post something on the
guestbook. The full list is as follows: -
Tuesday 4th March
Premier Division
Ash United v Feltham
Chessington & Hook v Chessington United
Frimley Green v Viking Greenford
Merstham v AFC Wallingford
Raynes Park Vale v Withdean 2000 |
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04/03/2003
Another CCL Manager Goes - After the recent departure of the Chipstead manager after there bad run of results another manager has left the job. This time it's Mick Wollen at Ash United. Ash were expected to be one of the contenders to the league title and earlier in the season Mick was quoted in the Non League paper saying how AFC Wimbledon were not a threat to Ash and Wallingford in the championship race. With Ash in 13th place and them due to visit Kingsmeadow next week he has stepped down. |
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04/03/2003
Feltham Photos - The photos from the victory at the weekend
can be viewed by clicking here
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04/03/2003
Withdean Photos - Sorry for the delay but the photos from the
Withdean game are now up on the site and can be viewed by clicking
here
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03/03/2003
Official Site Injury Update - The AFC Wimbledon official site
has an injury update from John Harris the club Physio and it contains
some good news regarding Ally Russell and Gareth Graham to check out
this and other news including match reaction from Saturday's game
click here
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02/03/2003
New Feature On The Site - I have added a new feature to the
site. With so many people round the world viewing the site it would
be nice to find out where everyone is from so if you click on the
map below you can add a pin to the It Must Be Dons world map. I have
also added a what team field so don't worry if you are not a supporter
of AFC Wimbledon it would be nice to see where you are reading from.
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01/03/2003
Life's Fantastic Playing On Plastic - Sorry to Mighty Feltham
Fan for the use of the headline but after today's 2-1 victory it was
too tempting not to use.
Feltham's ground is without doubt one of the strangest grounds I have
ever been at. Not only does it have one of the few plastic pitches
in the country but down 2/3 of one of the sides it has a terrace/stand
that following a fire has no roof. 1,300 AFC fans made the trip and
in-between looking at the planes as they came into land at Heathrow
made plenty of noise to get behind the team.
Dave Towse started as both Keith Ward and Danny Oakins were out due
to injury. In the opening minutes it was a case of the players finding
there feet on the different surface. It was clear to see that you
only had to slightly over hit a ball and it would run out of play
or go to an opposition player.
Feltham took the lead on about 20 minutes when there striker ran at
the defence and managed to curle the ball past Ray Merry. This was
there first effort on goal and once again if we were to win we would
have to come from behind. We continued to play some good stuff and
some nice play by Cooper won us a corner just before half time. As
the corner was played in Matt Everard rose at the back post to head
the ball home with a bullet header. The score was Feltham 1 AFC Wimbledon
1 at Half Time.
In the second half we continued to dominate play and with a torrential down pour soaking the AFC fans we were warmed up with a bit of magic from Gavin Boulger who managed to chip the ball over a Feltham defender and then do the same to the keeper and the ball landed in the back of the net it was a lovely bit of skill and would end up winning the game.Feltham had a couple of chances and perhaps should of scored but we continued to go forward but could extend our lead. But a 2-1 victory was a fair result and a very good performance the players looked really pleased at the end of the game.The Man Of The Match vote is now open please click below to Vote: -  |
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01/03/2003
Saturday Results - Couple of surprise results today with Raynes
Park inflicting AFC Wallingford's first defeat of the season, In turmoil
Chipstead beating Ash and Cove coming from 1-0 down at half time to
beat Viking 2-1. The full results are as follows: -
Premier Division
AFC Wallingford 0-1 Raynes Park Vale
Chessington & Hook P-P Cobham
Chipstead 2-1 Ash United
Farnham Town 0-4 North Greenford Utd
Feltham 1-2 AFC Wimbledon
Frimley Green 1-3 Bedfont
Godalming & G 1-2 Sandhurst Town
Hartley Wintney 4-1 Chessington United
Reading Town 1-2 Walton Casuals
Viking Greenford 1-2 Cove
Withdean 2000 2-0 Southall
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01/03/2003
Saturday Matchday Service - A number of big games are on today but the game that stands out is the clash of the bottom two, Where Cove who got there first win of the season last week visit Viking Greenford who beat Cove earlier in the season.
The text updates will be back today and you can find them by clicking
here.The other games are as follows: -
Saturday 1st March
Premier Division Challenge Cup 3rd Round
Westfield v Merstham
Premier Division
AFC Wallingford v Raynes Park Vale
Chessington & Hook v Cobham
Chipstead v Ash United
Farnham Town v North Greenford Utd
Feltham v AFC Wimbledon
Frimley Green v Bedfont
Godalming & G v Sandhurst Town
Hartley Wintney v Chessington United
Reading Town v Walton Casuals
Viking Greenford v Cove
Withdean 2000 v Southall
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01/03/2003
Chessington United Man Of The Match Result - The result from the midweek Man Of The Match Vote is as follows: -
Matt Everard 18 Votes 48.65%
Gavin Bolger 5 Votes 13.51%
Noel Frankum 4 Votes 10.81%
Lee Sidwell 3 Votes 8.11%
Andy Sullivan 3 Votes 8.11%
Joe Sheerin 2 Votes 5.41%
Kevin_Cooper 1 Votes 2.70%
Neil Robson 1 Votes 2.70%
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