AFC Wimbledon

AFC Wimbledon, didn't they beat Liverpool to win the Fa Cup in the 80's?

That was the original Wimbledon FC ("the Crazy Gang"), but yes.

WIMBLEDON 2 - 0 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE

"sometimes commerce doesn’t win.” - John Green

Akifenwa gives interview like a pro wrestler or Muhammad Ali. :D

Just come across this story, it is pretty cool to follow. That YouTube video with John Green was great.

Booyaa! PROMOTION!

AFC Wimbledon = definitely my 2nd favourite team in England

Pretty awesome how 13 years on from being gifted a spot in the Football League, MK Dons are in the same league as the club who had to start at the bottom of the pyramid.

I thoroughly recommend any of his stuff or his brother on youtube.

I love that guy

They've never tried to pull a Franchise stunt on any other struggling Football League club, so perhaps this whole mess was the way that the FA had to learn its lesson.

It was what it was... very hard to sustain a Prem Club on the crowds at Plough Lane.. great food stall and you were part of the club/team..

Love that Wimbledon are wearing Admiral shirts.. but this is the one i really liked...

Dover Athletic with a 4-3 win over Wimbledon AFC this morning. 1-0 to DAFC at half time and then things kind of...opened up...

C'mon you whites!!!!

A day to rejoice, as Wimbledon pass MK Dons in the league for the first ever time.

This should please every proper football fan immensely. Fudge MK Dons the stupid fudgeing franchise wankers.

Pointed this out but I was living and working in a pub in Wimbledon Village when this all went down, the local were fuming and it's all that was talked about in the pubs. 'Tis a great day to see this happen and well deserved. 

they were my local football team when I lived in London 

No, the real Wimbledon were your local team in London, the MacDonalds version were  or are the fakes.

  hand me down from my uncle 

GLORY!!!

VINDICATION!!!

2002: AFC Wimbledon founded in a pub ?

2017: Beat MK Dons in League One ?

The club that refused to die! pic.twitter.com/WaeCRLxU9F

— BigSport (@BigSportGB) March 14, 2017

Nik Tzanev becomes the new Kiwi Womble to follow in Smeltzy's footsteps.

Good on the lad. He will find their fans very passionate and loyal. Great support for their Keepers going way back to Dickie Guy.

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 

Good job. AFC are the "real" Wimbledon, FA Cup holders in the past.

Getting a bit tight, but still in the correct order

The real Wimbledon.  Hate the MacDONald franchise dons.

IT'S OFFICIAL! Real Dons staying up - Franchise going down :D

I think biggest punishment for MK Dons fans, is they most probably all live in Milton Keynes.

Dreadful place.

Love this.

Fudge MK Dons. Franchise wankers.

Win over Bury means they finished 2 points behind 16/17 total. Should win that game, Bury had a Awful season(lost to Woking(who got relegated to NLS) in the FA cup.)

Haha lets all laugh at MK Dons

Hope they go bust, would be karma perfected 

Fixtures just released D.

04/08/2018	Fleetwood Town	(a)
11/08/2018	Coventry City
18/08/2018	Barnsley	(a)
21/08/2018	Walsall
25/08/2018	Sunderland
01/09/2018	Burton Albion	(a)
08/09/2018	Gillingham	(a)
15/09/2018	Scodhorpe United
22/09/2018	Accrington Stanley	(a)
29/09/2018	Oxford United
02/10/2018	Bradford City
06/10/2018	Plymouth Argyle	(a)
13/10/2018	Portsmouth
20/10/2018	Blackpool	(a)
23/10/2018	Bristol Rovers	(a)
27/10/2018	Luton Town
03/11/2018	Shrewsbury Town
17/11/2018	Doncaster Rovers	(a)
24/11/2018	Southend United
27/11/2018	Peterborough United	(a)
08/12/2018	Rochdale
15/12/2018	Charlton Athletic	(a)
22/12/2018	Wycombe	(a)
26/12/2018	Plymouth Argyle
29/12/2018	Blackpool
01/01/2019	Portsmouth	(a)
05/01/2019	Fleetwood Town
12/01/2019	Coventry City	(a)
19/01/2019	Barnsley
26/01/2019	Walsall	(a)
02/02/2019	Sunderland	(a)
09/02/2019	Burton Albion
16/02/2019	Rochdale	(a)
23/02/2019	Charlton Athletic
02/03/2019	Shrewsbury Town	(a)
09/03/2019	Doncaster Rovers
12/03/2019	Peterborough United
16/03/2019	Southend United	(a)
23/03/2019	Gillingham
30/03/2019	Scodhorpe United	(a)
06/04/2019	Accrington Stanley
13/04/2019	Oxford United	(a)
19/04/2019	Bristol Rovers
22/04/2019	Luton Town	(a)
27/04/2019	Wycombe
04/05/2019	Bradford City	(a)

Who are Scodhorpe United? :D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scodhorpe_problem

We should refer to them as "that team Ian Botham played for"

Yeah that was back in like 1984 or 85 wasn't it. As a kid I was a nerdy programme collector and I went out of my way to get a Scodhorpe programme with Ian playing in the team. If only I was as devoted to my school work...

AFCW saved from relegation with a goalless draw on the last day of the season.

The bad news is, Franchise are coming back up

Saved by 3 goals. 6 points for AFC next season pleased.

How is the new stadium coming along?  Worked on it to get it to planning but not seen much in the press since?

Always thought it was a shame Kingstonian were the ones to get shafted in that deal.

Word has it that ground will be broken on New Plough Lane this month. Apparently they had to make some last-minute changes to the design, but it will be ready for the season after next.

Kingstonian were not shafted IMHO. After their previous owners sold their ground to AFCW, the Wombles left them stay there virtually for free for 15 years - and paid them a million quid as a going away present. I honestly think some of the Kingstonian fans are showing entitlement (and no-one seems to talk about Chelsea Ladies getting this great new ground).

Think the K's have every right to feel aggrieved to be honest.  Yes, the previous owners were cods, but it was their ground. The deal with Chelsea Ladies suits AFCW alone, not the K's. They then had to play in the sharkehole that is Leatherhead, and now latterly Tolworth. The fans have been shafted well a truly. Poor form from AFCW imo.

Interesting re: the creche and cafe. Remember having to draw those up a few years back and wondered how the hell you could do it.  Had some cool ideas (such as using the concourse which is technically external anyway) to provide the external space.  They've let Galliard homes get away with one here.

Here's a K's supporter who puts the blame squarely on Kingstonian themselves, for not doing jack in the 15 years they were renting to find a new ground, or even to keep Kingsmeadow in good nick. It's truly amazing that AFCW let them live there for almost nothing for 15 years, gave them a million quid as a going away present, and still manage to end up the bad guys - but that's what efficient PR will do for you.

Thanks for sharing that Doloras, some things I definitely didn't know in amongst that. K's fan base was always blighted by Chelsea fans, not the most intelligent of folk.  Just a shame, I enjoyed the times I went to Kingsmeadow to watch the K's (handful of occasions). Tidy wee ground. Shame people can be so short sighted, albeit I could I understand their concern re: where they were going to play.