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If anyone would like to donate to Mikey Ts family, here’s the link [Link]
22nd Oct 2026 21:58:13 
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Despite leading his side to the Ryman League play-offs in the wake of the ‘Darlogate’ affair, Dave Anderson was sacked after defeat at Bromley cost the Dons their chance of promotion. “There are three things I never thought I would be asked,” the manager said in the wake of his departure. “To switch on the Christmas lights in Wimbledon, to appear on Sky Sports News and to be told that the Prime Minister has just mentioned your name in Parliament. It’s been an honour to be involved from day one and it is an experience I will never forget.” With interviews with player-of-the-year Antony Howard and others, relive every kick of a momentous campaign in the latest edition of The Historical Don.
15th Oct 2026 11:59:57 
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On sale for £3 at the next few home games. Card or cash accepted.
I think that Italian clubs not owning their stadia is a historical fact, not their choice, and is widely seen as a problem for them, seriously limiting their income- generating potential.
26th Oct 2026 07:08:59 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
6MDM: "Owning your own stadium is 100% the most important thing a football club can do". I'm not sure that Inter & AC Milan, Roma & Lazio and Genoa & Sampdoria fans would agree. They clearly have their own identities and fierce rivalries whilst sharing the costs. The problem with owning ones own stadium is that one has an incredibly expensive asset that only effectively gets used 25 times a year. There is a price to pay for that luxury - one which most fans appear unwilling or unable to pay - which is presumably a large reason why most clubs lose money even if the players were volunteers.
26th Oct 2026 03:33:57 
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I think Sheridans Trigs
25th Oct 2026 23:56:54 
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They were mentioned at the meeting
Who is our solicitor by the way what firm do they work for?
25th Oct 2026 23:45:04 
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If they have put on record that they have checked and verified the funding of this proposed deal we should probably know which legal firm has done so.
It's quite a long time ago now that I heard a Manc Man U fan say on Radio 5 that if they were going to treat the supporters like extras in a film *they* ought to pay *them*.
25th Oct 2026 23:38:58 
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NickD nails it and for anyone who watched Sunderland v Leeds this afternoon or any Arsenal game ever you know that increased expense for football fans does not equal increased quality.
25th Oct 2026 22:14:28 
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Football fans were identified as a tappable asset some time ago and match going fans are now more like a low value irritant
As it stands, we do at least have a football club that represents Wimbledon and the community of Wimbledon. I can not take anyone seriously if they genuinely think any Prem club represents the city or town in which they nominally host home fixtures.
25th Oct 2026 22:12:46 
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Money was always integral to football, but at some point - the obvious answer being 1992 but I think Abramovich was probably the tipping point - it became football's raison d'être. Art imitates life unfortunately and football is just symptomatic of a system that prioritises wealth and status over history, tradition, and culture. So we're left with a Premier League that is base and shallow in such a way that is already filtering down to the second tier.
25th Oct 2026 22:10:43 
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Yeah shame sam didn't walk away in the early 80s, we might still be at old plough lane,but might not of had the golden era .can see why galty might see sam as a successful period in the clubs life
25th Oct 2026 22:08:48 
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Football isn’t all about money but it is increasingly all about money. What we did back in the 80s and 90s was amazing and will never be done again. Just look at how Man Utd are proving that out by doing even worse than they did back then.
25th Oct 2026 21:55:12 
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That could be us. We just don’t know. Vote yes vote no it doesn’t matter the future happens regardless. I think our young fans may make a better long term future if they really have to pick up the pieces yet again. But they don’t want to do that and they’re damn right they shouldn’t have to be worried about that.
Really, anyone who says “I am not sure why Hammam gets so much grief on here” can’t have been paying much attention to what has happened to the club over the last 25 years
25th Oct 2026 21:48:41 
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Sounds like someone would have preferred it if Wimbledon had moved to the Aviva Stadium rather than the ground we now have.
25th Oct 2026 21:31:50 
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Have just paused the EFL highlights because Paris Maghoma scored for Norwich and it’s a name I remember. Seem to remember him coming to us on loan and looking a class above but steadily lowering his own standards to match ours back then.
25th Oct 2026 21:20:02 
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Of course then remembered him joining the frannies (not his fault he has no say over who his club loans him to) but surprised to see him at a decent championship club. He’s 25 now so maybe matured a bit. It’s an attritional industry.
I don't know if you're being deliberately provocative WIJG but Hammam gets stick because he made us homeless by selling our old stadium and pocketing the proceeds and was constantly looking to relocate us. Believe it or not I've agreed with a lot of what you posted recently but I disagree with your views on stadium ownership as owning your own stadium is 100% the most important thing a club can do as otherwise it just owns player registrations and little else. It is then at the whim of its landlord as to what it has to pay to play (ask Coventry and Oxford fans).
25th Oct 2026 21:07:29 
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I have not done a cost-benefit analysis of own versus rent a football stadium in the EFL because I am not privy to the data but even if owning was more, it provides security that is worth a paying a premium for, although I suspect renting is more than you think and you may lose potential income from grants, advertising, and renting it out for functions.
Not quite sure why Hamman gets so much stick on here. He oversaw Wimbledon’s glory years and cared passionately about Wimbledon. He possibly had the foresight to realise that it is the essence of Club’s owning their own grounds that leads eventually to bankruptcy. I recently read that 70% of EFL clubs are running at a loss even if they paid their players nothing. A few hundred thousand pounds a year towards the cost of ground sharing seems perhaps in hindsight like a pretty cost effective and sensible idea, compared to the millions that it costs each year to own one’s own stadium.
25th Oct 2026 20:56:17 
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Happy birthday Mr D.
25th Oct 2026 20:54:35 
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Forgot. Happy birthday.
25th Oct 2026 20:31:52 
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REPD - Same here. A watch is a watch. A Casio F-91W is around the tenner mark. Same thing without 'Casio' printed on it, eBay £3. Keeps good time. 'Tis all I require of a kettle.
25th Oct 2026 20:26:54 
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Whoops- looks like Leddrede was right after all. BBC had shown England as winning the match, but no longer 😞
25th Oct 2026 19:35:31 
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OI - to be honest, I struggle to pay more than £20 for a watch
25th Oct 2026 19:35:19 
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Off to Europe's poorest country tomorrow, apparently. No idea what cheap stuff I can pick up there
Colchester Utd are struggling to find a buyer and we’ve got £86m being thrown at us but he who shall not be identified. SwinDon have danced around the pub for their new owner. Then hated their owner. Then loved their owner. Now are not exactly enamoured with their owner. All the same bloke.
25th Oct 2026 19:32:12 
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Soccer! It was once about the fans. As per 6mdm I’m glad I got to see some of the real stuff. Feel for the youngsters.
And RIP Mikey. A true Wimbledon legend, the very essence of the club.
25th Oct 2026 19:28:59 
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REPD - stopped at Clackett Lane for a piss & a cup of tea in your honour today 💙💛
25th Oct 2026 19:26:39 
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Suffolk
If we ever end up in situation where history could repeat itself as it did with the original PL and Hammam, or the Norwegians/Koppel and MK it would be beyond extraordinary. Avoiding either of those situations has to be at the heart of any decision.
25th Oct 2026 19:26:27 
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You'll have to prtend it isn't Longines Rob, otherwise replacing tha battery will be £70plus.
25th Oct 2026 19:24:40 
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