OTD photos come from the Historical Don archives meaning they have been obtained from various sources, mostly local
newspapers from the time. They are passed to Bert who puts them through his AI software before they are posted.
25th Mar 2026 18:42:36
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Jennings and Foyo recalled from Sutton, do we reckon they will get some game time before the end of the season?
25th Mar 2026 18:41:14
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I though it was a milkshake from Mcdonalds
25th Mar 2026 18:39:49
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The goalie looks desperate to finish his milkshake...
25th Mar 2026 18:36:23
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“For those watching in black and white….”
25th Mar 2026 18:22:34
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That was the famous 1am kick off
25th Mar 2026 18:04:48
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The first full moon at Plough Lane
There was a cloud over the country in the shadow of the Second World War 😀
25th Mar 2026 17:29:34
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6MDM man - the pic is colour original, it was just a very overcast day that day
25th Mar 2026 17:18:54
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It's a tricky one given Wimbledon's history, but if ownership of the ground doesn't reside with the club, that could severely affect its ability to get loans etc. But then I think securing anything against the freehold is already a restricted action?
25th Mar 2026 17:17:42
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6MDM - not sure but I think a resolution is passed at plc AGMs to exempt them having to offer pre-emption rights (i.e. shares) to all. I guess the seedrs rules stipulated they couldn't do that for those shares.
25th Mar 2026 16:37:56
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Russ - as my old man used to say about feasibility reports, you can make them say whatever you want the end result to be...
25th Mar 2026 16:34:49
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Bit like how there was a feasibility report in the 1990s saying that PL was a no-go. Commissioned by somebody who wasn't interested in the concept.
For balance, given some of the negative comments on here about them, why has today's OTD picture not been colourised? I like them and the quality has been steadily improving. I'm fascinated about where Bert had obtained all these pictures are from
25th Mar 2026 16:30:58
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In other news, why are Seedrs investors being notified about pre-emption rights? What about the pre-emption rights of those who subscribed in 2003? Not that I would investors in more shares that are effectively worthless but our shareholdings have been repeatedly diluted over the years. Then again, owning 0.05% or 0.04% of something that you're stuck with, can't sell, has no influence and pays no dividend makes no tangible difference.
There are different ways of doing a pitch owners club, the only report I think that has been published only looked at the chelsea set up and then decided it wasnt suitable for us, rather than the concept using different approaches. ie it was not really an honest assessment. The chelsea pitch owners is not as democratic as the concept could be if, for example, the pitch was transferred to the Dons Trust and then controlled by the Trust as a whole. But maybe the club/Trust are going to transfer all of the stadium site to the Trust instead?
25th Mar 2026 16:21:07
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Or maybe the Trust will continue to be hand wavey about it. I guess we'll see.
Likewise "Curtis, Franny, Slayer"
25th Mar 2026 16:13:06
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3 names for sink hole epicentre square "Doobs" Fuckin'" "legend"
25th Mar 2026 16:08:25
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Would you gave to pay for your own sinkhole ?
25th Mar 2026 15:57:14
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They should at least publish the report (by Dan Norris?) which apparently explained why a pitch owners scheme wouldn't work for us. That may well be true but informed discussions are always good
25th Mar 2026 15:55:40
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maybe they have in which case perhaps someone can link to it for Amir's sake
I will not allow any franchise player on my square metre.
25th Mar 2026 15:51:48
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Wouldn't it be a good time to open up funding opportunities in buying a metre² of the pitch and setting up a pitch owners scheme akin to the one Chelsea have.
25th Mar 2026 15:44:38
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Win-win. Clubs gets cash, ownership of pitch by owners and look at the fun you could have with the 3 words app and the names generated. Plenty of good will all round £1000 × 7140² metre is nice little earner, more dosh on spots and angles which are visually marked ¾ of a million sound pretty good to me.
You can thank the Mayor of London and TFL for that papers
25th Mar 2026 14:19:08
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Also the 493 route is going to get fewer buses from Saturday (down from 5 an hour to 4 an hour during the day) so will be even more crowded
25th Mar 2026 14:12:24
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OI - Re your post at 09.38, I would like to think there can now be a sensible and level-headed debate about the longer term future of the club and how, practically speaking, it can survive and thrive in the world we now live in. Not emotive moralising about the merits of fan ownership and what happened a generation ago. Not because all of that has no relevance but because, subject to necessary safeguards (like retaining the freehold of the stadium), we need to accept that the world has moved on and we need to move with it.
25th Mar 2026 14:12:02
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Perhaps said more in hope than anticipation.
No trains again this weekend in Wimbledon area again like last weekend
25th Mar 2026 14:05:34
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Basically if there were 1000 shares and you had 10 you'd own 1%. If they then issue another hundred shares, you'd need to buy 1 of those 100 to still own 1%. I don't understand how that converts to twice what you paid last time, has the price gone up?
25th Mar 2026 13:50:34
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On This Day in 1933
