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30/04/2004
Cup Final Matchday Service - Right here we go Updates will
be being sent all through the day so if you are unlucky not to be
at the game you can keep up with the action almost as it happens I
have listed the last 10 messages below and you can view all the messages
by clicking here.
I will try and send a load of live pics during the day as well these
will be raw files in terms of nothing changed on the size but it should
add to the Internet viewer's cup final experience, you can see them
by clicking here.
Most of them will just be blank at the moment but will be updated
over the next 24 hours :)
Last 10 Updates
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30/04/2004
Time Table For Today - Right this is an approximate timetable I have sort of guessed of today's events, it could be right or it could be miles wrong.17:00 Bar At Westfield Opens - Flags being sold17:45 Fans Coach Leaves Kingsmeadow
18:00 Gates Open at Woking FC
19:35 (approx.) Teams onto pitch and presented to Guest Of Honour
Lawrie Sanchez
19:45 Kick Off 1st Half20:30 Half Time20:45 Kick Off 2nd Half21:30 end of normal Time
21:45 Presentation If finished in normal time22:00 End Of Presentation22:30 Fans coach departs Woking11:00 - 01:00 Party At Kingsmeadow |
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30/04/2004
Travel To Woking - Right Friday night so I would recommend
traveling to Woking by train it's only about 20 minutes on a train
from Wimbledon and they are very regular it's about a 10-15 minute
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30/04/2004
Message To The Players And Management - Right this season has
been stunning we are proud of each and everyone of you only a small
percentage of players ever get a chance to play in a cup final at
any level and as Eminem said "You Got One Shot" at the Combined Counties
League Cup. From a supporter position we will be doing everything
we can do to cheer you on to victory but it's important to keep our
heads out on the pitch we have seen that we are capable of coming
back from being behind but remember North Greenford United want to
win the trophy as well. We are proud of each and everyone of you involved
in AFC Wimbledon. 16 Years ago A Wimbledon team went into folklore
when they won the FA Cup and this is the first final that supporters
have had to cheer since. So Do your best and so will we.
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29/04/2004
Merchandise For Friday - Right the Merchandise sales have now stopped at Kingsmeadow and the remaining 221 flags and the rosettes are being transported to Westfield to be sold in the bar area before the game. Westfield have managed to get the bar open from 5pm on Friday and it will be open until 11pm in the evening they have confirmed to me and they would love to see as many dons as possible. Also at Westfield will be loads of Balloons which are being given away so we can turn Woking Football Club into a sea of Blue and Yellow. I think people are being offered to make a donation to the stadium fund for the balloons but this is optional.
The Official Site has done a brilliant preview of the final and you
can read it by clicking here.
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29/04/2004
Reserves Win - Tonight I watched the reserves beat Bracknell 4-1 with the goals coming from James Earp and one of the Hill Twins we were 1-0 up at half time After we scored our second Bracknell pulled one back but we then pressed on and won with a couple more good goals.It was nice to see Danny Oakins, Lewis Taylor and Nicky English watching the game. |
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29/04/2004
Day 6 Of 10 - Reserves are in action at Kingsmeadow tonight
and updates will be on the matchday service. So far in the five games I have seen 20 goals and 5 player sending off's.
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29/04/2004
Flag Update - As you may have seen the Flags are on sale at a cost of £5 each and tonight from 18:30 they will be on sale in the middle bar at Kingsmeadow where you will also be able to buy AFC Wallingford terrace tickets before the game, the reserves are in action against Bracknell tonight, the Flags will also be being sold in the main stand during the game. No Flags will be on sale on Friday at Kingsmeadow but will be on sale from Westfield on Friday early evening.
People have asked if they can come down to the office during the day
(Thursday) to buy flags but to be honest it would be appreciated if
people didn't as we are so busy at the moment dealing with other things
like Wallingford Applications, season tickets as well as all the other
day to day items that go on. Remember that people in the office are
volunteer's I am not saying this to be a pain and we are trying to
make it easy for you by selling in the evening. (The above statement
as with most items on this site is not issued by AFC Wimbledon) I
hope you can understand this and appreciate it. |
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29/04/2004
Guest Of Honour At Cup Final? - The Non-League Paper at the weekend suggested that we could have a very special guest of honour on Friday night at the Cup Final. The person suggested is an International Manager who has scored a goal in an FA Cup Final, so if this is the case it could be an even more special day. |
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28/04/2004
Day 5 Victory leads To Day 9 Head To Head - Tonight I watched AFC Wimbledon Ladies beat Millwall Lionesses 2-1 at Kingsmeadow this now means that we go head to head on Sunday with Bristol City in a game that can see Bristol City win the league if they win and us beat Bristol City to 2nd place if we win.Tonight was the first time in years that I had watched ladies football and I was impressed with the quality of the game. Millwall took the lead after about 37 minutes when a shot from the right of the box was taken through the keepers hands due to the power to be tapped in at the back post. We had had the better of the half so it was disappointing to go in 1 goal down but in the second half we were awarded two penalties at the west bank end and both were fired home by Maria Bertelli to give us a well deserved win. Congratulations to the ladies and onward to Bristol we go. |
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28/04/2004
Flags - At last night game there was a lot of talk about Flags for the final on Friday night I am sure an announcement will be made today as to how you can buy them and once I know I will post it on the updates as well. |
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28/04/2004
Day Five - Tonight should be AFC Wimbledon Ladies Vs Millwall
Lionesses at Kingsmeadow but with all the rain of the bast 18 hours
and the news that the Kingstonian game didn't start until 20:30 last
night due to the rain I am a bit concerned if this will go ahead.
It's a game that needs to be played and also we need a win if we are
to catch Bristol City for 2nd place in the league. As with all the
games so far some sort of updates will be being produced and you can
view them by clicking here.
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27/04/2004
Cup Final Rehearsal Almost Washed Out - This evening we arrived
to find most of the North Greenford United pitch almost under water
and with both teams in a rehearsal for the Cup Final on Friday Night
it seemed that it was a chance to give a few of the younger players
a run out.
The AFC team had several new faces in it including Sam Elliott, Rob Hill, Joe Hill and Marc Skinner. Once the ref had decided that the game could be played it was a case of the players getting used to the conditions. AFC Wimbledon took the lead when following a corner on the Right had side taken by one of the Hill Twins it was headed home by Paul Quinn for his 3rd goal in 3 games. AFC Wimbledon's second goal was a lovely curling finish into the top corner by Shane Small-King and we went in 2-0 up.In the second half we made a couple of changes with Seb Favata, Danny Oakins and Matt Everard all getting run outs to replace Simon Bassey, Rob Hill and Sam Elliott. Danny Oakins moved up front but North Greenford scored a brilliant overhead kick just before the end but I am sure that when the teams line up on Friday evening we will see different players on display for both sides.The Man Of The Match Vote is now open please click below to vote: -
This was of course leg 4 of the Ten Out Of Ten Challenge So I am still on course to complete the challenge. |
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27/04/2004
Tuesday Night Results - The results from the games played on Tuesday night have been added and can be seen below, only the league table has been updated so far. |
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27/04/2004
Chessington & Hook Man Of The Match Result - The result from Saturday's Man Of The Match Poll is as follows: -
Shane Small-King 22 Votes 21.15%
Kevin_Cooper 21 Votes 20.19%
Ryan Gray 20 Votes 19.23%
Andy Sullivan 17 Votes 16.35%
Darren Dobinson 11 Votes 10.58%
Simon Bassey 8 Votes 7.69%
Danny Oakins 1 Vote 0.96%
Seb Favata 1 Vote 0.96%
Steve Gibson 1 Vote 0.96%
Matt Everard 1 Vote 0.96%
Ross Standen 1 Vote 0.96%
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27/04/2004
Midweek Match Day Service - Text Updates will be in action
from around 7:15 tonight you can see the last five below and all of
them by clicking here.
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27/04/2004
Ten Out Of Ten Day Four - Right off to Greenford Tonight for part four. |
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27/04/2004
Tuesday Night Predictions - Below are the predictions for the
League games being played tonight: -
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Premier Division - Predictions
& Results
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Date
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Home
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Vs
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Away
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Predicted Result / Score
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Result
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27/04
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AFC Wallingford |
Vs
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Sandhurst Town |
Draw 2-2
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2-4
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27/04
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Chessington & Hook |
Vs
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Withdean 2000 |
Home 2-1
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2-0
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27/04
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Chipstead |
Vs
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Feltham |
Draw 1-1
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1-3
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27/04
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Frimley Green |
Vs
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Reading Town |
Away 1-2
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1-3
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27/04
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Hartley Wintney |
Vs
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Ash United |
Away 1-2
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0-3
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27/04
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North Greenford United |
Vs
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AFC Wimbledon |
Away 2-4
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1-2
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27/04
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Raynes Park Vale |
Vs
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Horley Town |
Away 0-1
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0-3
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27/04
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Southall |
Vs
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Cobham |
Home 3-1
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3-1
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26/04/2004
Travel To North Greenford On Tuesday Night - On Tuesday night
we make the trip to North Greenford United for the pre-final game
and if you went to the game last year you may remember what a lovely
setup they have. If you are going by train you need to get a train
from Paddington to Greenford and then walk, last year they escorted
us from the station to the ground but if not you can find a map on
our official
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26/04/2004
Ten Out Of Ten Day Three - Tonight was stage three on the Ten
Out Of Ten Challenge and the reserves lost 3-1 at Epsom and Ewell.
We took the lead through James Earp but Epsom leveled just before
half time. In the second half Epsom scored twice more and we were
unable to convert some of the chances we had and in the final minute
Andrew Trfry was sent off for the dons. After the game one of the
coaching team said "they were sorry they had let us down" to Karen
who is also doing the challenge, but pointed out that it was an inexperienced
team that was out tonight. |
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26/04/2004
IMBDTV.COM Update - Just to let you know that while I am doing
the "Ten Out Of Ten Challenge" imbdtv.com wont be updated but I will
add all the missing films after next Tuesday. In the meantime if you
wish to watch any of the clips from Saturday's game please go to Dons
Online. |
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26/04/2004
Monday Night Must Be Reserves At Epsom - Right leg three on
the Ten Out Of Ten Challenge Tonight and the reserves are in action
against Epsom and Ewell at Merland Rise, wasn't I there yesterday?
Updates will be in action again and can be viewed by clicking here.
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26/04/2004
Player Of The Year Poll - Right the player of the year poll
should of closed last night but I have extended it for one final day
partly because voting is so close and Monday is one of the busiest
days on the site. For the record so far 12 players have got vote's
so if you haven't voted yet and wish to please click below: -
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26/04/2004
Chessington & Hook Man Of The Match Vote - The Man Of The Match
Vote following Saturday's game at Chessington & Hook is still open
and it will be until Tuesday evening, so if you haven't voted yet
and wish to please do so by clicking below: -
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25/04/2004
Ten Out Of Ten Challenge - Day Two - Leg Two completed today
while watching the Under 14's in the cup final today so far 2 games
10 goals 6 for AFC 4 player sending off's 2 AFC player Sending off's.
I will keep you updated on the Stats. |
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25/04/2004
Under 14's Must Play Again Following Draw - This afternoon
the Under 14's drew 1-1 with Croygas Youth in the cup final at Merland
Rise. On a pitch that had a huge slope AFC Wimbledon took the lead
in the second half kicking down the slope and then with the last kick
of normal time Croygas leveled. The ref didn't even allow kick off
and the game went into extra time. In the final minute the Croygas
keeper pushed the ball round the post but we couldn't score from the
corner.
A replay will now be played and is due to be on May 9th May no time is know yet.
Well done to Ben Canham and the players on a very good performance
and what once again has been a brilliant season for them. It was nice
to see so many AFC Wimbledon fans present estimated at 300 as well
as Kris, Ivor, Trevor, Dobo Snr and Kevin Cooper to name just a few.
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25/04/2004
Combined Counties League Football Is Boring! - This statement
has never been so wrong as it was yesterday. After last years trip
ton Chalky Lane in January the place looked a lot different yesterday,
well the sun was shining and the pitch was covered in grass rather
than the mud bath of last season. In fact before the game Nicky said
to me that the pitch was as good as Kingsmeadow. The first thing that
I noticed was how the pitch sloped down towards one of the goals and
last year with us kicking down the slope in the second half we scored
three goals.
With the sun belting down people were looking for the shade that was
available so the covered part of the ground was very full by kick
off. We were kicking up the slop in the first half and as had been
the norm in most games the other side decided to charge straight at
us. And we were stunned when after just 28 seconds Ross Standen was
picking the ball out of the back of the net. Chessington & Hook had
played the ball over the defence and questions were being asked about
how many yards offside the winger was but after playing the ball into
the box a bit of a mix up happened and a suggestion that the final
touch had come off Steve Gibson.
So our first goal conceded since the Frimley Town away game but we
still had a lot of time to get back into the match. So when just 90
seconds later Matt Everard had the ball in the back of the net things
were looking OK until I point out that it was past Ross Standen and
after 3 minutes we were 2-0 down and possibly both own goals. The
team looked a bit disjointed for once and it seemed that Chessington
& Hook were using the slope really well. It was down to Ross to remind
the players that there were still over 80 minutes to go and to keep
there shape.
Then on 13 minutes we were back in the game first a Matt Header, at
the right goal, came to Paul Quinn who headed home and we were 2-1
down. We had begun to get back into the game and numerous chances
came the way of Cooper and Small King and good wing play by Ryan Gray
saw us keep pressing forward but we couldn't find a breakthrough.
Just as half time approached things started to get really silly, Seb
was dragged down in the box for what should of been a penalty and
the next thing it looked like Nicky English was asked to leave the
dug out and stand behind the barrier, later suggestions seem to be
that a couple of other members of the management team were also "Sent
Off" then as the ref blew the whistle for half time with us 2-1 down
Gareth Graham was sent off for presumably "Foul and abusive language"
on getting home it was suggested that Gareth may have said something
along the lines of "Ref I hope your second half is better than your
first half".
So we would have to play the whole of the second half with 10 men
and start at 2-1 down, then even before the second half had kicked
off Shane Small-King was booked no one knows what for but you can
see what was happening with the ref!
With us having the slope in the second half it was important to use it and we continued to attack via Cooper, Seb and Small-King Sullivan was bought on to the right wing for Paul Quinn and we moved to 3 at the back. Then as the half way mark of the half arrived Chessington & Hook scored a 3rd goal once again it looked offside as they broke down the wing but this time no AFC Wimbledon was there to put it into the back of the net so they scored there first goal of the game. So we were 3-1 down with 19 minutes to go was this to be where the unbeaten record was to go?
Darren Dobinson was bought on for Simon Bassey who will bee looking
for a new shirt after it was torn to bits by the shirt pulling that
had been going on. Then with 15 minutes to go Ryan gray scored from
a Shane Small-King cross and the score was now 3-2 to Chessington
& Hook. Two minutes later the ref pointed to the spot when Kevin Cooper
went down in the box and Kevin Stepped up to possibly score his 100th
goal for the club he hit it to the keepers left and it slammed into
the back of the net the scores were now level. But drama was about
to happen as a couple of minutes later two players were sent off first
Shane Small-King got a straight red so we were down to 9 men and the
number 5 of Chessington & Hook was sent off the thing that was strange
about this was that everyone nearby said it was the number 8 of Chessington &
Hook who punched Shane and nothing happened to him.
Then with about 5 minutes left the Chessington and Hook number 8 decided
he would have a go as goal keeper and handled the ball on the line
another penalty and another sending off and the same outcome at almost
the same spot, so e had gone from 3-1 down to being 4-3 up. With Cooper
having two goals for the afternoon he was replaced by Lee Sidwell
as the closing moments of this 9 against 9 match were played out.
But before the final whistle could be blown we had a moment that summed
up the performance by AFC in the second half. The ball was played
down the right wing and Darren Dobinson latched onto it the keeper
came rushing out and Darren managed to aim it towards goal but it
was going for a goal kick but rather than letting it go out of play
Darren chased it down before squaring it to Ryan Gray to tap home
and give us a 5-3 lead.
Just before the final whistle Matt Everard was near where I was watching I turned to him and said "Cheers Matt for making the game interesting", Matt Just Smiled. Well done Lads a brilliant performance. |
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25/04/2004
Cup Final Part 1 - At lunchtime today AFC Wimbledon's Under
14 Team take on Croygas Youth in the Final of the Epsom & Ewell League
Cup against Croygas Youth. The match kicks off at 13:30 at Banstead
Athletic Football Ground Merland Rise by Epsom race course admission
is only £1 so let's turn up and cheer the boys on.
This could be a really tight game this afternoon with the two top teams in the league meeting in the final. Looking at the current league records you can see how tight it is.
| Team |
Play |
Won |
Lost |
For |
Agi |
GD |
Pts |
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AFC Wimbledon
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15
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15
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0
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77
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9
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68
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45
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Croygas
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16
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14
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2
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75
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16
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59
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42
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The teams have played twice this season and AFC Wimbledon have had 2-0 and 3-1 victories.
Thanks to Bert's
site for this information
This is game Two out of my "Ten Out Of Ten" Challenge and match updates
will be provided by clicking here from about 13:15. Thanks to everyone who has sponsored me so far and if you want to you still can.
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24/04/2004
Spot The Difference - As Kevin Cooper Scored his 100th and
101st goals in an AFC Wimbledon shirt in what could of been his 100th
appearance for the club (just checking this out). have a look at both
goals hitting the back of the net, these were both penalties and you
could almost mark the same spot for both of them. The pictures were
taken by Richard Townley and I thank him for letting me use them.
If you click either of them you will see larger versions in a new window.
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24/04/2004
Chessington & Hook Man Of The Match Vote - The Man Of The Match Poll for the Chessington & Hook Game is now open please click below to vote: -
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24/04/2004
Leg 1 Completed - Right the first leg of the Ten AFC Matches
in Ten days has been completed and who says Combined Counties Games
are boring? Today AFC Wimbledon beat Chessington & Hook 5-3 away after
being 2-0 down after 3 minutes and 3-1 down with 12 minutes left.
In the second half 2 players from each side were sent off and AFC
Wimbledon were awarded 2 penalties both scored by Kevin Cooper so
he has now scored his 100th and 101st goals in an AFC Shirt. The other
goals were two for Ryan Gray and one for Paul Quinn. While the first
two goals were own goals scored by Steve Gibson and Matt Everard.
A full report will follow. |
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24/04/2004
Saturday Matchday Service - The Text Updates will be in running
this afternoon from about 14:30 the last 5 are shown below and you
can view all of them by clicking here.
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24/04/2004
Player Of The Season Vote - Right this is really becoming the last chance to vote now with under 36 hours until the votes will be officially counted by me. Over the last couple of days the lead has changed on several occasions so for one final time if you haven't voted yet please do so. REMEMBER the vote closes at 17:00 on Sunday. It takes three mouse clicks yo vote click the link below, the link of the player you want to vote for and then your Send button. Please only vote once per person.
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24/04/2004
Saturday League Predictions - The predictions for this afternoons games are as follows : -
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Premier Division - Predictions
& Results
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Home
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Vs
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Away
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Predicted Result / Score
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Result
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24/04
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Ash United |
Vs
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Raynes Park Vale |
Home 3-2
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1-3
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24/04
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Bedfont |
Vs
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Hartley Wintney |
Home 2-1
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3-4
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24/04
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Chessington & Hook |
Vs
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AFC Wimbledon |
Away 2-4
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3-5
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24/04
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Chipstead |
Vs
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Godalming & Guildford |
Home 2-1
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3-2
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24/04
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Cove |
Vs
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Cobham |
Draw 1-1
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1-2
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24/04
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Farnham Town |
Vs
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Frimley Green |
Home 1-0
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2-1
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24/04
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Feltham |
Vs
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Merstham |
Away 1-2
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1-1
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24/04
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North Greenford United |
Vs
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Chessington United |
Home 2-1
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4-2
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24/04
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Reading Town |
Vs
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Horley |
Home 2-1
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0-0
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24/04
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Sandhurst Town |
Vs
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Walton Casuals |
Draw 3-3
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1-1
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24/04
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Westfield |
Vs
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AFC Wallingford |
Away 1-2
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0-3
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24/04
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Withdean 2000 |
Vs
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Southall |
Away 1-3
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0-3
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24/04/2004
Cove Man Of The Match Result - I suppose the winner of the
Cove game was never really in doubt but here is the result from the
midweek game against Cove: -
Kevin_Cooper 78 Votes 75.00%
Shane Small-King 8 Votes 7.69%
Gareth Graham 5 Votes 4.81%
Danny Oakins 3 Votes 2.88%
Seb Favata 3 Votes 2.88%
Ross Standen 2 Votes 1.92%
Matt Everard 1 Vote 0.96%
Jamie Angell 1 Vote 0.96%
Darren Dobinson 1 Vote 0.96%
Lewis Taylor 1 Vote 0.96%
Jamie Taylor 1 Vote 0.96%
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23/04/2004
Can I See Them All? - Right OK here goes I am considering going
to see all the 10 games listed below that will be taking place over
the next 10 days from Saturday 25th to May 3rd - Can I do this? Well
to start with I will be at Chessington Hook, North Greenford, Woking,
Kingsmeadow on Wednesday and Thursday and Raynes Park Vale so that
is 6 of the 10 that leaves two trips to Epsom and Ewell's ground,
one to Tooting & Mitcham (on my doorstep (almost) and Bristol City
on the Sunday.
To make this a bit more interesting I would like to know if anyone
would be prepared to sponsor me for the Stadium Fund for attending
these games, with all money going to the stadium Fund. If so please
e-mail me at paul@itmustbedons.com
with details of how much and also any criteria for payment of the
sponsorship i.e. do I have to attend them all or will you still pay
if I attend say 5/10, of course any game I attend will also have updates
done here so you will gain as well. |
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23/04/2004
Saturday Travel News - Right Saturday's game is being played
at Chalky Lane opposite Chessington World Of Adventures, but there
is expected to be big problems parking. With brilliant weather expected
large crowds are expected at the World of Adventures and therefore
the car parks are expected to be full very early in the day. There
is no parking at the ground and therefore the easiest way to get to
the ground is by Train a shuttle service is running between Wimbledon
and Chessington South Train station and it looks like there are two
trains an hour departing Wimbledon at 09 and 39 minutes past the hour
and the journey takes 15 minutes. From memory last year come out of
the station turn right and then up to the main road and then turn
Left and then walk along that road until you come to Chalky Lane then
turn left and that leads to the ground I think it's about a 15 minute
walk. |
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23/04/2004
Official Site Updates - A number of really good updates on
the official
site tonight including team news and more of the loan paid off.
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23/04/2004
Wot No Football!! - A strange day today as far as I can see none of the AFC teams are in action. Why is that strange well check out the following list of games and you will understand why.
| Day |
Date |
Level |
Against |
Comp |
Venue |
Time |
| Sat |
24/04 |
First |
Chess & Hook |
League |
Away |
15:00 |
| Sun |
25/04 |
U 14's |
Croygas |
Cup Final |
Banstead |
13:30 |
| Mon |
26/04 |
Reserves |
Epsom & Ewell |
League |
Banstead |
19:30 |
| Tue |
27/04 |
First |
North Greenford |
League |
Away |
19:30 |
| Wed |
28/04 |
Ladies |
Millwall |
Home |
League |
19:30 |
| Thurs |
29/04 |
Reserves |
Bracknell |
League |
Home |
19:30 |
| Fri |
30/04 |
First |
North Greenford |
Cup Final |
Woking |
19:45 |
| Sat |
01/05 |
Reserves |
Tooting & Mitcham |
League |
Away |
15:00 |
| Sun |
02/05 |
Ladies |
Bristol City |
League |
Away |
14:00 |
| Mon |
03/05 |
First |
Raynes Park Vale |
League |
Sutton |
11:30 |
In fact the Ladies were also playing on Thursday night against Portsmouth
when they won 5-1. I hope to be at a fair number of these games and
if so you will get some sort of live updates as ever on them.
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22/04/2004
Cove Film added to IMBDTV.com - I have now added the Cove Film
to IMBDTV.com.
As ever thanks to the brilliant work of Woking Jon in filming the
action please visit his Website
to show your appreciation. |
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22/04/2004
Closing date For Player Of The Year Poll - The 2003/04 itmustbedons.com
player of the year poll will close at 17:00 on Sunday 25th April
2004 this will give me time to arrange for the trophy to be arranged
ready for the end of season. All I can say is that with 295 votes
in so far there are literally a couple of votes between the main contenders
so if you haven't voted please do by clicking below: -
The vote is open to anyone including players and players family but please remember only one vote per person please. Thanks for voting and it's fair to say that any player in the squad could win the award and they will deserve it. |
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22/04/2004
Season Tickets for 2004/05 - If you were unable to attend last
nights game you would have missed the news about next Seasons, season
ticket prices. Season Tickets are ow on sale and all existing season
ticket holders will be sent an application form The adult stand price
will once again be £200 with the Terrace price £150 on adult tickets
applicants are being asked to make an optional additional donation
of £50. Under 16 prices are once again £35 to sit and £25 to stand
on the terrace.
Existing seat holder have until 31st May to re-claim their existing
seat but if you wish to move to another available seat you will be
contacted after that date about what seats are available. I will produce
a full article on prices over the next couple of days.
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22/04/2004
Meanwhile Elsewhere In Football - Congratulations to Kevin Cooper, what do you mean I have already said that? no this is Kevin Cooper "Mark 1" who now plays for Norwich City along with Damien Francis who on Wednesday evening following Sunderland's Defeat against Crystal Palace won promotion to the 2003/05 Premier League.
On Wednesday Evening Celtic Lost 2-1 at home to Aberdeen "the Dons"
and therefore only us and Arsenal are now unbeaten this season in
the top 8 levels of British football. |
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21/04/2004
Cove Man Of The Match Vote - The poll for Man Of The Match at the Cove game is now open please click below to vote: -
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21/04/2004
A Night Of History For The Dons - Kevin Cooper today wrote his own page in the history books of football in Wimbledon as he scored his 55,56,57 and 58 goals of the season in our 8-0 victory over Cove.
On Wednesday evening AFC Wimbledon played their first game at home
since being crowned Combined Counties League Champions and it turned
out to be a historic night. The first moment of drama of the evening
came about when Cove were awarded a penalty Ross Standen got caught
out coming for the ball and after the player went round him and then
cut back into the box he was challenged by Matt Everard who fouled
him and the ref pointed to the spot. The ball was hit to Ross's right
but he saved it and the score was 0-0.
The first goal of the evening was a brilliant lob by Jamie Taylor
over Adam Watts the AFC Fan who is the Cove keeper. It was only another
5 minutes before the second goal was on the board and this time some
lovely play between Darren Dobinson to Jamie Taylor who played it
to Cooper who curled the ball into the back of the net from the edge
of the box for his first of the night.
Another 5 minutes later and we were 3-0 up when Shane Small-King apparently
scored although Danny Oakins was lurking with intent trying to claim
the goal. Shortly after this a Darren Dobinson Shot smacked against
the post and it was still 3-0. With about 10 minutes of the half Danny
Oakins played the ball to Cooper who fired home for 4-0. The game
then got broken up bit as first an unwell Darren Dobinson had to leave
the pitch to be replaced by Simon Bassey and then a second cover player
was stretcher off and what later turned out to be a double break of
the leg.
We went in with a 4-0 lead and the points were once again safe in the bag.
The second half started a bit slower but about 8 minutes after coming
on Seb Favata converted a Gavin Bolger cross to put us 5-0 up. The
6th goal was a lovely move and finish by Kevin Cooper was his hat-trick
goal and the one that equaled Eddie Reynolds record of 57 goals in
a season so now with about 11 minutes remaining Cooper was to go all
out for the magic 58th goal. After Danny wasn't credited with the
earlier goal he converted from a corner for our 7th and then with
about 6 minutes plus injury time left on the clock Shane Small King
was fouled in the area and a penalty was awarded was this it was this
to see a 47 year record removed from the history books? up stepped
Kevin Cooper and he fired home for us to be 8-0 up and Kevin had his
4th of the game and 58th of the season. Congratulations Kevin Cooper
what a brilliant season you have had, and may it continue for the
rest of this and many more to come for AFC Wimbledon.
When the final whistle blew we had now gone 7 games without conceding
a goal so well done to all the players and backroom staff on an outstanding
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21/04/2004
Merstham Man Of The Match Result - The result of the Merstham Man Of The Match Poll is as follows: -
Gavin Bolger 51 Votes 51.52%
Simon Bassey 11 Votes 11.11%
Steve Gibson 6 Votes 6.06%
Lewis Taylor 6 Votes 6.06%
Paul Quinn 6 Votes 6.06%
Shane Small-King 5 Votes 5.05%
Kevin_Cooper 4 Votes 4.04%
Matt Everard 4 Votes 4.04%
Danny Oakins 2 Vote 2.02%
Ryan Gray 2 Votes 2.02%
Gareth Graham 1 Vote 1.01%
Jamie Taylor 1 Vote 1.01%
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21/04/2004
Midweek Match Service - Tonight AFC Wimbledon play there first
home game since winning the league so lets get a big crowd down as
we take on Cove. The squad has been announced over on the official
site. If you cant make the game both the text updates and Radio
Wdon will be in operation you can see the last 5 messages from the
updates below and all of them by clicking here.
And you can listen to Radio Wdon by clicking here.
Only three of the results from last night can be found so far so I have updated the league table based on them, (shown below)
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21/04/2004
Fixture Details Confirmed - The Official
Site has details regarding the Raynes Park Vale away game and
the home game to Reading Town and with the season having to finish
on Saturday May 8th it means a busy run in for the final weeks of
the season.
The official site also
has details of the final reserve games of the season. If you fancy
watching a game on Thursday night the AFC Wimbledon Ladies are playing
Portsmouth Ladies in a game that was postponed on Sunday evening.
This Sunday AFC Wimbledon Under 14's are in a cup final at Banstead
Athletics' ground with a 13:30 kick off. |
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20/04/2004
itmustbedons.com Player Of The Year Vote - Just a reminder
that the itmustbedons.com Player of the year poll is still open. Due
to deadlines to get the trophy sorted by the end of season the poll
will have to close this weekend so if you haven't voted and wish to
please click below to do so. All I will say is that the voting is
very close with over 210 votes recorded so far.
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20/04/2004
Midweek League Fixtures And Predictions - A number of games in the Combined Counties League this week so here are the predictions that my computer has come up with.
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Premier Division - Predictions
& Results
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Date
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Home
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Vs
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Away
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Predicted Result / Score
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Result
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20/04
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Chessington & Hook |
Vs
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Sandhurst |
Away 1-2
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1-2
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20/04
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Horley Town |
Vs
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Hartley Wintney |
Away 1-2
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7-1
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20/04
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Reading Town |
Vs
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North Greenford United |
Home 2-1
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2-1
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20/04
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Westfield |
Vs
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Bedfont |
Away 1-2
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2-1
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20/04
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Withdean 2000 |
Vs
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Raynes Park Vale |
Away 1-2
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2-1
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21/04
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AFC Wimbledon |
Vs
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Cove |
Home 4-1
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8-0
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20/04/2004
Reduced The News Section Down - With so much news being added
this month I have reduced the news section down but you can read the
rest of this months news in the News Archive section by clicking here.
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19/04/2004
Would You be interested in unofficial T-shirts? - As you may
have seen on Saturday I was wearing a "bootleg" T-shirt that had "2003/04
Champions AFC Wimbledon" over the left breast of the shirt in large
yellow text. The T-shirt is a fruit of the loom original full cut
T-shirt and from the details of it are as follows "100% Sofspun
lightweight Cotton Full cut styling Taped neckline for added comfort
Preshrunk tubular knit for maximum shape retention Twin needle stitching
detail on neck, sleeves and hem " Although I believe the merchandise
team are producing a champions range of T-shirts I would be prepared
to produce some of these with all profits going to the stadium fund.
If you are interested in either this type or a Cup final style T-shirt
that would have date and teams and venue in the same style on it please
drop me a line at tshirts@itmustbedons.com.
The T-shirts would be priced at between £8 and £10 depending on the
number and if I can get atleast 25 produced over 50% of that would
go to the stadium fund. I have produced below an approximate size
guide if you could state in your e-mail what size you would be interested
in and if an option of colour is available either Blue T-shirt Yellow
Text or Yellow T-shirt Blue Text.
| Size |
Small
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Medium
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Large
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XL
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2XL
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36
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38
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40
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42/44
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46
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If for any reason the club ask me to withdraw these T-shirts they
wont be produced. |
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19/04/2004
Withdean 2000 Man Of The Match - The result from the Withdean 2000 Man of The Match poll, (even if I did leave Kevin Cooper off) is as follows: -Shane Small-King 40 Votes 34.7%
Gavin Bolger 27 Votes 23.4%
Matt Everard 15 Votes 13.0%
Jones Bamfo 8 Votes 8%
Seb Favata 7 Votes 6.9%
Darren Dobinson 6 Votes 5.2%
Danny Oakins 5 Votes 5%
Ryan Gray 3 Votes 2.6%
Jamie Taylor 2 Votes 2%
Jamie Angell 1 Vote 0.8%
Lewis Taylor 1 Vote 0.8% |
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18/04/2004
New Poll Question - I have added a new poll question and it is do with the text on the video's do you want the descriptions of goals and incidents before or after the clip? To vote please click below I will announce the result after the Cove game.
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18/04/2004
A Day At The Movies - itmustbedons.com is proud to announce
today the launch of a new site dedicated to the movies that have been
shown on itmustbedons.com the site is called
This will not only have the usual match highlights but over the summer some special features to keep us all going during the AFC Wimbledon football free months.The site will see a number of changes over the next few days and weeks but if you have any views or ideas that could make it better please drop me a line to paul@itmustbedons.com and I will see what I can do. I hope you enjoy it.
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17/04/2004
Merstham Man Of The Match Vote - The Man Of The Match vote for the Merstham game is now open and will remain open until early evening on Wednesday when we play Cove. Please click below to vote: -
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17/04/2004
We've Won The League Let's take Our Foot Off The Gas - After
confirming the league title last week you would think that the players
would take it a bit easy after a tough season but this was clearly
not the case based on today's performance. Steve Gibson returned to
the starting line up as Danny Oakins had been unwell during the week
Lewis Taylor started instead of Jamie Angell and Simon Bassey was
in midfield for Seb Favata who was away doing his coaching badge,
(Hope it went well Seb).
As the possible farewell tour of the Combined Counties League makes
it's final few stops a number of grounds will hold special memories
and Merstham is one of these grounds but if you went this year as
well as last year you will have been amazed at the changes that they
had made, these included new clubhouse, changing rooms and toilets
as well as dugouts and paving all the way round the ground, Turnstiles and a new fence, and although
a fair amount came through grants that they had got we did help pay
for some of it via our attendance at Merstham Vs AFC Games.
One of the memories of last season was the Famous "Merstham Cheese
Roll" where by the end of the afternoon they were loading everyone
up with as many rolls as possible so that they didn't have enough
left over to last them until Christmas 2008, so this year the joke
was no need to eat for a couple of days the Rolls at Merstham will
keep you going. So you can imagine the shock and horror at the ground
on hearing that by 14:30 the Cheese Rolls were sold out and only a
few Ham Rolls were left from too many last year to not enough this
year. With No rolls available the Hungry Womble masses converged on
the BBQ where a lovely burger was available and a roaring trade it
was doing as well.
Merstham player came out just before the dons and lined up in FA Cup final style as the PA announcer said "Please welcome the 2004 CCL Champions AFC Wimbledon" and Matt Everard led the players out. Both teams then lined up for a photo infront of the new clubhouse and then the game started. The Dons kicked off the game and were defending the main entrance end of the ground but also meant that they were kicking into the wind. The wind was really strong and in the opening minutes it showed that it could be difficult to gain control of the game.It took about 22 minutes before the first major AFC attacking action and it involved Steve Gibson and Kevin Cooper. Gibson played it to Cooper who had his back to goal but his turn and shot was blocked and cleared by Merstham. But it was a few more minutes before we scored our first goal Gavin Bolger did a lovely flick on to Kevin Cooper who fired it into the top corner we were 1-0 up.
With the first goal on the board we started to press forward a lot
more and a gray cross was volleyed over the bar by Shane Small-King.
We continued to press forward and a lovely link up between Gavin Bolger
and Jamie Smith saw Jamie dispatch the ball into the back of the net
and a 2-0 lead. Next on the score sheet was Gavin Bolger with his
1st of the afternoon with about 10 minutes of the half left Shane
Small-King made a brilliant run into the box and played it to Gavin
who rounded the keeper and put it into the empty net. Just before
half time Gavin Bolger hit his 2nd and our 4th of the afternoon with
a shot that although didn't have a lot of power went through the back
of the net, from where I was standing opposite the Dugouts there was
a moments uncertainty if it had gone in or had hit the side netting
but the goal was given and we went in 4-0 up.
At the start of the second half it looked like Shane Small-King and
Jamie Taylor had swapped positions and then on 7 minutes Gareth Graham
came on for Gavin Bolger. We continued to attack in the second half
but it wasn't until about 15 minutes before the end that we got our
next goal when Gareth Graham scored his first league goal of the season.
With the clock running down Paul Quinn got on the score sheet as well
to give us a final score of Merstham 0 AFC Wimbledon 6 and another
very good all-round performance from the team.
Thanks again Merstham for another good day and I understand that the
Merstham went round giving children Easter eggs and bits of cake as
well as shaking most of the crowds hands. What a lovely club.
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17/04/2004
Saturday Matchday Service - This afternoon the text updates
will be in operation the last five messages are shown below and you
can view all of them by clicking here.Last 5 Updates
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17/04/2004
Saturday's League Predictions - The predictions for this afternoons games are as follows : -
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Premier Division - Predictions
& Results
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Date
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Home
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Vs
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Away
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Predicted Result / Score
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Result
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17/04
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AFC Wallingford |
Vs
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Feltham |
Home 3-1
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3-1
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17/04
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Chessington United |
Vs
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Horley Town |
Away 0-1
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1-3
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17/04
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Cobham |
Vs
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Reading Town |
Away 1-2
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0-1
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17/04
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Cove |
Vs
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Withdean 2000 |
Draw 1-1
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2-4
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17/04
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Farnham Town |
Vs
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Westfield |
Draw 1-1
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1-4
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17/04
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Frimley Green |
Vs
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Southall |
Away 1-3
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1-2
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17/04
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Godalming & Guildford |
Vs
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Bedfont |
Away 1-2
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1-0
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17/04
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Hartley Wintney |
Vs
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Chessington & Hook |
Away 1-2
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0-3
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17/04
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Merstham |
Vs
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AFC Wimbledon |
Away 1-4
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0-6
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17/04
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North Greenford United |
Vs
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Chipstead |
Away 1-2
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3-1
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17/04
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Raynes Park Vale |
Vs
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Sandhurst Town |
Away 1-3
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1-1
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17/04
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Walton Casuals |
Vs
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Ash United |
Home 2-1
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1-1
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17/04/2004
Walton Casuals Man Of The Match Result - The result of the championship winning Walton Casuals Man Of The Match vote is as follows: -
Kevin_Cooper: 35 votes 49.30%
Matt Everard: 16 votes 22.54%
Shane Small-King: 5 votes 7.04%
Gavin Bolger: 4 votes 5.63%
Ryan Gray: 3 votes 4.23%
Darren Dobinson: 2 votes 2.82%
Ross Standen: 2 votes 2.82%
Danny Oakins: 1 vote 1.41%
Lee Sidwell: 1 vote 1.41%
Paul Quinn: 1 vote 1.41%
Seb Favata: 1 vote 1.41%
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16/04/2004
Player Of The Year Vote - So far 150 votes in the player of
the year poll and the voting is close so if you haven't voted yet
please do by clicking the link on the left of the screen. The poll
will more than likely close at the end of next week so that I can
get the trophy arranged before the end of season? |
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16/04/2004
Thursday Nights Results - Westfield drew 2-2 with North Greenford and Ash beat Withdean 1-0 last night the league table has been updated. |
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16/04/2004
Lets Roll On To Merstham - Right Saturday sees us off to Merstham
the home of the Cheese Roll and Merstham have been busy making them
for tomorrow's game so don't forget no need for any food before the
game. Merstham is a couple of stops before Gatwick but you will need
to get a stopping service that stops between Redhill and Gatwick.
Once at Merstham station the directions on their Website are brilliant.
Click here
to see them. |
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16/04/2004
Cup Final Confirmed - Within minutes of putting up the questions
yesterday the major one was answered on the Official
site The Cup Final will be played on Friday the 30th April 2004.
A Number of people have asked why a final is on a Friday night but
in my opinion the Final is the showcase of any league season and by
playing it on a Friday with no other games taking place it will allow
representatives of each league club to be present. Don't forget if
you get a fast train from Wimbledon Woking is 25 minutes away and
the ground a 10 minute walk and coming back train run to well past
midnight. Lets Pack that huge stand and cheer our boys on to celebrate
an incredible season. |
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16/04/2004
Man Of The Match Votes - Just a reminder that we have two Man Of The Match poll's that will be closing by tomorrow morning they are /Withdean 2000 and Walton Casuals games. To vote please click the buttons below: -
Walton Casual's Vote
Withdean 2000 Vote
I forgot to put Kevin Cooper on the list for the Withdean 2000 game so please drop me an e-mail if you wish to vote For Kevin. |
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15/04/2004
Combined Counties Games Tonight - North Greenford make a pre
League Cup Final visit tonight to Woking to play Westfield just over
the road from where the final will take place at the end of the month.
My computer predicts a 1-0 victory for North Greenford. Also tonight
Withdean 2000 play Ash United and the prediction is a 2-1 away win
for Ash United. |
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15/04/2004
Current Questions In The Office - As you may know I help out in the office 4 days a week and at the moment we are getting a lot of the same questions being asked so I thought I would put together a list of these questions and Answers as it currently stands. These answers are from me and not official Club words but I hope it helps.The Cup Final
Do we know a date and Venue for the Cup final?
We are waiting for official confirmation of the Cup Final date but when we have asked the Combined Counties League Before we were informed it would be Friday 30th April 2004 with either a 19:30 or 19:45 kick off at Woking Football Club.Can I buy Tickets In advance for the final?
Until we have the official details confirmed we wont know for sure
but it is unlikely that tickets will be sold in Advance and Woking
can hold over 4,500 people so everyone who wants to get in will be
able to.
If The Final is on the Friday what about the Reading Game on Saturday 1st May 2004?
Once again it's all waiting on confirmation of the first date but it looks like the Reading Town game will have to be moved.Can we play Reading Town on Saturday 15th May 2004?
No due to the restructure meeting taking place on 9th May 2004 all
leagues must have completed their fixtures by May 8th.
League Restructure
What League will be in next season?
The answer to this is we don't know and more than likely wont know
until May 9th. If we are promoted we will be to a Step 4 division
that would contain teams like Tooting & Mitcham, Bromley, Met Police
and Newport (I.O.W).
AFC Wallingford Game
Can I guarantee My Season Ticket Seat?
The answer to this is no, the reason being that we have allocated
"Block H" to AFC Wallingford and therefore the season ticket Holders
in that block have also got to be reallocated, by applying for a seat
as a season ticket holder we will allocate you either your seat if
possible or an equivalent seat in a nearby block.
I want to bring someone along who is not a season ticket holder can I apply for them now as well?
No, and if you do it is likely to delay your application and allocation
of seats. On The Official
Site it explains when you can apply, Season Ticket Holders Now,
Dons Trust Members from 26th April and General Sale from 4th May.
When can I buy a Terrace ticket?
Terrace tickets are now on open sale to both Season ticket holders and non season ticket holders.
Don't forget to keep an Eye on the Official
Site for confirmation on the Cup Final information as well as
other end of season information. |
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15/04/2004
A Moments Reflection - Today is the 15th anniversary of the
Hillsborough Stadium Disaster when 96 football fans lost their lives
while watching the FA Cup Semi Final between Liverpool and Nottingham
Forest.
If you get a chance this afternoon at 3:06 to take a few moments out and remember the people who died it may be a happy week for us with the Championship but for others it's a very sad week. |
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14/04/2004
Have The Tears Of Joy Shopped Yet? - On Monday afternoon and
evening there were a lot of tears as we celebrated a brilliant day.
Well if if they have stopped or not go to the official
site and read how Nicky English, Matt Everard and Kevin Cooper
found the day. I managed to a quick Hello to Jamie Taylor and Steve
Gibson on Tuesday and they will still over the moon.
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13/04/2004
A Nice thing About Winning The League At Walton - On Monday
a few people were talking about how they would like the league to
have been won on Saturday at Merstham rather than Walton Casuals different
reasons being given but in a way I found it fairly symbolic that we
won the league at Walton Casuals.
At the start of this season one of our first pre-season games was
a game at Kingsmeadow against a Watford XI and the proceeds from the
match went to Milly's Fund the fund was set up following the abduction
and murder of Milly Dowler who was a resident of Walton and we raised
awareness of the organisation. Robert and Sally (Milly's parents)
as well as Gemma her sister have been present at AFC Wimbledon games
over the past two years. So in a strange way by helping the Walton
community it's come back and helped us. |
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13/04/2004
Coney Hall Man Of he Match Result and Walton Casuals New Vote - The result from the Coney Hall Man Of the Match vote is as follows: -
Kevin_Cooper: 36 votes
39.13%
Jamie Taylor: 19 votes
20.65%
Lee Sidwell: 16 votes
17.39%
Darren Dobinson: 7 votes
7.61%
Matt Everard: 3 votes
3.26%
Ryan Gray: 3 votes
3.26%
Danny Oakins: 2 votes
2.17%
Seb Favata: 2 votes
2.17%
Andy Sullivan: 1 vote
1.09%
Gavin Bolger: 1 vote
1.09%
Ross Standen: 1 vote
1.09%
Simon Bassey: 1 vote
1.09% The Man Of The Match Poll for the Walton Casuals game is now open please click below to vote: -
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13/04/2004
Where Do I start - Word Of Warning the following report may
ramble and may contain emotion but it's how I saw Monday 12th April
2004 a date than many of us will remember for a long time if not the
rest of our life's
A Bank holiday Monday most people use it for a relaxing morning in
bed or a trip to the DIY store but like many AFC Wimbledon fans I
was awake at the crack |
