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On This Day in 1961
Goalkeeper Johnnie Barr cannot keep out Joe Wallis's 57th minute shot as the Dons win their opening Isthmian League game of the season 2-0 at Ilford. Like many of the other Isthmian League grounds of the era - Walthamstow's Green Pond Lane, Wycombe's Loakes Park, Tooting's Sandy Lane and Oxford City's White House for example - Ilford's Newbury Park home has long since been swallowed by housing.
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50 years ago, a hat trick of Southern League titles and two high profile FA Cup runs were not enough. In the days prior to automatic promotion, club chairman Ron Noades had to travel the country canvassing votes from his Football League counterparts as part of a high profile ‘Dons 4 Div 4’ campaign before the Dons were finally accepted. Relive every kick of Wimbledon’s final non-league year through the pages of the latest edition of The Historical Don with match reports and pictures as well as the memories of Noades, manager Allen Batsford and several members of his all-conquering team. On sale at the home games in August and priced at £3, it is hoped that payments can now be made via a card machine!
24th Jul 2026 09:57:31 
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Nick Kyrgios the Aussie tennis loudmouth suspended for cocaine use
19th Aug 2026 11:39:50 
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I remember teaching English in a French school and some oik asked me if I knew Tiffany’s nightclub in Wimbledon Broadway
19th Aug 2026 11:38:21 
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Small world
We had a coach load of Spanish foreign exchange students over at our college that summer there were hormones flying around everywhere. Sofia Perez I still love you and thanks for the [redacted] behind the wall at the top of the squash courts.
19th Aug 2026 11:27:36 
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Decent world cup song, warm weather, exams passed, fair Spanish ladies, what a summer.
Wox, I got that at Highbury once. Loads of male PCs but a young WPC gave e a full body search and didn't charge. Surrey Bob was body searched by a big ugly male copper
19th Aug 2026 11:21:31 
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Does a small bar of choccy count as "food". Buggered if I'm paying £3 for a Twix at the ground.
19th Aug 2026 10:58:40 
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Little did you know the 1990 summer of love was a few months away…
19th Aug 2026 10:54:06 
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I've found it - 6.1.1990 - WBA 2 WFC 0 FA Cup 3rd Round
19th Aug 2026 10:52:07 
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on body searches - I went to a WBA v WFC game many years back - when I got to the entrance there were at least 6 stewards ready to search the wombles. I chose the only female steward and got a laugh at least.
19th Aug 2026 10:44:15 
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did we lose that game - think it was a cup match?
It’s ok Airsy it was a rare compliment.
19th Aug 2026 10:24:21 
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Sorry - read your "does" as 'doesn't'
19th Aug 2026 10:19:25 
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I'd say it's the rules rather than the staff Trigs. Generally away fans are very complimentary about our security staff and put them above most over sides
19th Aug 2026 10:18:53 
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Welcome change and I will get a medical exemption cert as previously advised
19th Aug 2026 10:04:22 
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I think it was Doncaster away 6 or 7 years ago where I had just come back from a trip to Islay and had some rather nice whisky miniatures in my rucksack - some for the train home some for keeping - and the steward searched it, found them, said to his mate “here we can’t afford whisky like this pal!” and let me in. Proper stewarding.
19th Aug 2026 09:57:28 
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Does sound like our security staff situation has been improved a lot over the last two seasons so well done to Woodruff and staff for that.
My bag is always rummaged in the main stand...
19th Aug 2026 09:43:01 
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Of course the searches vary depending on which stewards are doing them but mostly I find the main stand ones about right, enough to put off bringing in banned objects but not enough to cause delays.
19th Aug 2026 09:42:37 
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then maybe I just look more suspicious than Naz ;)
I’d not have a problem with a search policy as long as a) it doesn’t extend the queueing time because it’s already bad enough at some games and b) it’s proven to be effective because I’ve yet to see a body search at an away game that isn’t just a tick box exercise.
19th Aug 2026 09:42:26 
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I appreciate supporter/player/staff safety is crucial. I wonder how many of these searches result in someone being stopped bringing in something untoward but also balance that out with maybe the knowledge of an inevitable search helps discourage that sort of thing anyway.
Sensible supporter-friendly decision by the club to change the Ryanair bags policy. Now looks like you can get a rucksack in. What does need to happen now is proper bag searches - until now, in the main stand at least, they have been cursory.
19th Aug 2026 09:20:59 
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Other clubs do body searches. Do we need those?
and not tested ...
19th Aug 2026 09:08:40 
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That ale is over-priced and tested in the market...
19th Aug 2026 09:08:09 
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Wonder if Ale of Nkeng could end up a bit of a meme. In the Andy Roberts mould.
19th Aug 2026 08:05:00 
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The Ale Of Nkeng has a Lord Of The Rings vibe to it.
19th Aug 2026 07:17:19 
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They say it is brewed in Mordor using the tears of a Womble.
Thanks Alan.
19th Aug 2026 06:56:25 
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oxford don
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Oxford, one of the opposition had a head injury after they made 5 substitutions and as a result of that, we gained an extra substitute also.
19th Aug 2026 05:40:45 
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Lovely nice bit of rain worcester park
19th Aug 2026 02:17:21 
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According to the BBC, we made six subs this eve. Did someone have a head injury as I thought a sixth sub was only permitted for concussion?
19th Aug 2026 01:01:25 
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oxford don
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