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On This Day in 2008
Jon Main is shown scoring one of his hat trick of goals as the Dons beat Newport County 4-1 on the opening day of their triumphant Conference South campaign. Who scored the other Wimbledon goal on this day in 2008? Yesterday's answer - Wealdstone.
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Even after 40 years, it is still hard to believe. With a ramshackle ground, a handful of fans and a tiny playing budget, the Dons somehow conquered what we would today call the Championship. Relive the double over champions Norwich, the momentous Easter trip to Pompey and that famous afternoon at Huddersfield. The 50th edition of The Historical Don has interviews with Dave Bassett and Kevin Gage, the memories of supporters and photos and reports from every game.
20th Jul 2025 11:44:49 
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On sale for £2 at the Millwall friendly and at L1 home game in August
During the first attempt at pushing a vote through for 50+1 did the club say how much money would be raised if all the extra shares were bought?
9th Aug 2025 07:35:05 
 [80.lo.gg.ed] 
A possible yellow weather warning incoming! It's summer for fucks sake. Heatwave? temps 80F for 3 days.
Another quick Google - it cost Wrexham £21 million to upgrade their Kop stand from a temporary stand to the what it is today. That is one stand.
9th Aug 2025 07:21:22 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
You have to remember that the £30 million got us one unfinished main stand and three temporary stands and the capacity was reduced. The main build would have easily been over £50 million back then. To add context SC Freiberg's new stadium cost 76 million euros rising to 108 million with infrastructure developments and Fulham's Riverside stand upgrade has cost £350 million
9th Aug 2025 07:19:07 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Since our stadium was built there has been high inflation. Mick Buckley has not plucked this figure out of thin air as this has probably been looked at by the club. I think people do not understand the cost of construction.
I'd like to see the details of how that figure was arrived at, or else I'll take it to be a meaningless number plucked out of the air. AFAIR, the foundations for expansion to 20k were done on the original build. Or is my memory letting me down again?
9th Aug 2025 00:33:53 
 [45.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
£50m? The podcast is way down my list but really? The whole stadium cost us £30m or so. Surely the upgrade shouldn't cost that much?
9th Aug 2025 00:15:45 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Never understand why people are rude about vanilla. Marvellous flavour.
9th Aug 2025 00:15:40 
 [146.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
*those that not who what
8th Aug 2025 23:30:29 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
50+1 is not a solution it’s a can kicked down the road. That may be the best option available but then who what need to explain it to people can’t organise a celebration in a promotion season (at a fan owned club), can’t fundraise at a player’s 20 year testimonial at the end of a promotion season and can’t read a room.
8th Aug 2025 23:29:24 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
It wouldn’t surprise me if 50+1 happens anyway given votes vs proxygate aren’t worth a damn. I’m not even against 50+1 it just needs to be done correctly and that’s where Freddie interrupts the keeping the dream alive. Don’t go to sleep.
*Certain, not cerain.
8th Aug 2025 23:15:14 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
* Expand, not expend
8th Aug 2025 23:14:15 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Buckley throwing £50m as the cost to expand the stadium but didn't say what that would look like. You could expend the stadium without all the bells and whistles of the west stand, which would not cost anywhere near that number. As usual, we are kept in the dark other than to ask us for money and trust them to use it wisely.
8th Aug 2025 23:12:57 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ain't gonna happen Buckley, me old china. Not under this ownership model. Cerain podcasts think we are just scare-mongering or being gloomy for the sake of it and 50% + 1 will solve everything. Er, it won't.
Could we remove the 3rd floor and sell the bricks and metal for scrap?
8th Aug 2025 22:47:21 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Put the money towards a statue or some brighter advertising hoardings. Or a lawyer.
That’s my point Silk 👍
8th Aug 2025 22:43:30 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Trigs - It can’t even be 20k for our £83m as we fucked up the wall between the flats or something.
8th Aug 2025 22:42:52 
 [90.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Yes, JJJJJJJS. We decided that we are a club for lefty bedwetters that sadly is doomed to fail.
8th Aug 2025 22:40:48 
 [90.lo.gg.ed] 
😉
JJjS the lad’s a guardian staffer and it’s a vanilla article. Good for visibility but we can’t invite new fans in unless we expand the stadium and/or sort out the consistently empty season ticket seats.
8th Aug 2025 22:38:52 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Both options appear to be as easy as each other to solve. We don’t have £5 let alone £50m and forcing people to turn up when they’ve paid for a season ticket feels wrong.
Trigger - that cost seems fair for the upgrade to stadium. Wouldn't have expected it to be less.
8th Aug 2025 22:38:23 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
£50m to extend a 9k capacity stadium that’s already cost us £35m to a 20k capacity.
8th Aug 2025 22:35:43 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
And we wonder why fans/owners are no longer willing to handover money to the club with the financial decision making on view.
I wonder if clubs would have a lower basic wage but with extras for appearances, goals, wins and clean sheets. So if you are an unused player you would not be making a lot so it might be worthwhile to move.
8th Aug 2025 22:29:57 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Presumably this article has already been posted and dissected to death? [Link]
8th Aug 2025 22:15:34 
 [94.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Thanks Meadow and Mags. I don't use Twitter so I would not have seen that and the matchday guide on the OS looks different to when I looked earlier as then it went straight from the £5 a pint section to the guff about the Broncos. Now there is all sorts in between. Strange.
8th Aug 2025 22:03:20 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Good news for collectors like me that matchday programmes are continuing and it seems they have held the price at £3 again.
They didn't let AAH take the penalty!
8th Aug 2025 21:57:32 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
got a bit tasty towards the end
Programmes are mentioned o today's matchday guide.
8th Aug 2025 20:37:08 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
There will be a programme, from Twitter a couple of days ago [Link]
8th Aug 2025 20:36:10 
 [92.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
$6m. Yes, definitely programmes.
8th Aug 2025 20:34:56 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU