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On This Day in 1971
Tommy McCready's header hits the bar as the Dons are desperately unlucky to lose a top-of-the-table Southern League game at Hereford 2-1. With more than 5,000 spectators inside Edgar Street on a cold afternoon, the visiting directors took note of the effect that former European footballer of the year, John Charles, had made to the hosts since his arrival as player manager in 1966. The Bulls campaign for election to the Football League was in full swing and in the previous week the world-famous star had accompanied directors as they visited London clubs to canvass for votes. Within weeks, the Wimbledon board had sacked Les Henley and begun the search for a player manager of their own.
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I think the majority of winter sports are mental ! So many bad injuries
13th Feb 2026 21:13:04 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Oakwell has changed massively used to be virtually all standing and 35,000 capacity now much improved all seater(apart from safe standing)fans are usually quite decent
13th Feb 2026 21:12:36 
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There is something a bit mental about lying down face first on your nan's tea tray and hurtling down an icy course at over 100km/h
13th Feb 2026 21:07:51 
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SM4
Matt Weston !! Take a bow ! Awesome
13th Feb 2026 20:53:28 
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I had a teacher who supported Barnsley, still in teacher training mode at the time. Told me about ten years ago that he was 19 at the time. He was still going when that conversation took place and that because he was living on the big island, would go home and away a lot. David Turton is his name and probably the best teacher of geography I every had. Decent bloke and well respected by the pupils of the day, came to our reunion when the pupils were all turning 50.
13th Feb 2026 20:39:19 
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I managed to do the last game up there - didn’t realise it was that long ago tbh
13th Feb 2026 19:54:12 
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Oo er missus!
This is one of the away games I'm looking forward to. I've not been to Oakwell before (I missed the only other game AFCW played here and I didn't travel a lot in the WFC days due to a combination of time, age and personal resources, so missed those clashes too).
13th Feb 2026 19:44:28 
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I'm staying in Stairfoot so not too far to walk to Barnsley. I know it is only a few miles from Rotherham but the accents here are much stronger.
Does anyone know how many tickets we’ve sold for tomorrow??
13th Feb 2026 18:51:15 
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Suffolk
Last time I checked tomorrow is set to be a bright and clear day. Proper northern winter’s day. 5 degrees at kick off.
13th Feb 2026 18:26:07 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
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Horrible cold and wet day in Barnsley. Some treacherous driving conditions this afternoon on the M1. Hopefully, it stays dry tomorrow but it is markedly colder up here.
13th Feb 2026 18:24:07 
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At least I included the double chins on my smiley.
13th Feb 2026 16:57:30 
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Thanks Pete. I've sent you one.
13th Feb 2026 16:55:47 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
:-)
Thanks in advance, ladies, for all the Valentine cards which although haven't arrived yet, will no doubt clog up the hallway tomorrow. X.
13th Feb 2026 16:52:13 
 [45.lo.gg.ed] 
;-)))
Not heard from Tudor for ages, I assumed he was holed up in a Canadian forest.
13th Feb 2026 16:48:05 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
top guy
Not sure that appointing a former Wup poster will favourably impact their high manager turnover
13th Feb 2026 16:46:28 
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Henry Tudor?
13th Feb 2026 15:49:52 
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Happy 24th birthday to the Dons Trust
13th Feb 2026 15:46:04 
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Tudor appointed as Spurs manager.
13th Feb 2026 14:48:34 
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OI at 08.34 - yes, Michael Fish was the "no storm" man. But Ian McCaskill is the one who reminded me of "The Manager" though.
13th Feb 2026 14:08:30 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
It was Michael Fish
13th Feb 2026 13:38:16 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Oh
AR moment there OI, mea culpa
13th Feb 2026 13:01:04 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
That was Michael Fish Spartan
13th Feb 2026 13:00:05 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Not obsessing over Peterborough by the way, I just find it interesting what McAnthony has or hasn't managed to do since he tried to buy us. Also, for work, I visited Peterborough 4 times per year for the last 30 years and was always able to dictate the dates, so have seen all games we've played there as AFCW, including the most recent 5-0 pasting they dished out.
13th Feb 2026 11:34:29 
 [193.lo.gg.ed] 
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I'm sure the club have these stats to hand. It would be interesting to see how the current setup is doing, although I don't suppose we can compare directly as the players were stepping up into a non-league team up to 2011.
13th Feb 2026 11:30:58 
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I guess we can compare directly with other teams in our league though.
Still musing over the comparison with Peterborough... they have an academy with the aim "To produce three academy graduates playing a minimum of ten first team games each per season." I seem to remember when we were at Kingsmeadow, we were told at the end of some seasons how many total minutes academy players had been on the pitch in that season. I don't think there was ever a stated target, just to try and increase the number each season.
13th Feb 2026 11:29:41 
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