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On This Day in 1985
A Sheffield United defence, including former England defender Phil Thompson, were all at sea as the Dons won a Second Division match 5-0 at Plough Lane. Who was the Wimbledon player of whom the long-term Liverpool star said: "They had a little lad up front and you only had to blow on him, and he went down." Yesterday's answer - Dean Holdsworth.
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Can it really be a decade since that play-off final victory over Plymouth at Wembley? In December 2015, while the club was celebrating Merton Council giving permission for a new stadium to be built on Plough Lane, there was little to smile about on the field. A long run without a win culminated in a home defeat against Stevenage after which the players snubbed fans by missing the post-match presentations to head off for their Christmas party and goalkeeper Ben Wilson went online to mock supporters. After a tough talking team meeting, an underperforming squad emerged into the New Year with a new attitude and started a run that carried them to the play offs where they beat Accrington over two legs before facing the Pilgrims in the final. The latest edition of the Historical Don has the details from every game as well as the battle to return to Plough Lane and the memories of Paul Robinson, Andy Barcham and others.
20th Dec 2025 10:44:05 
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Issue 52 will be on sale from in front of the club shop before home games.
keefy - focussing on their cup run…? 😬
21st Dec 2025 16:40:11 
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Gateshead 2nd bottom in the National league.
21st Dec 2025 15:13:00 
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Just saying.
Top fella Mikey T,. I sat next to him at the away fans ban at Luton's ground in the late 80s. Little did i know one of us would become a wimbledon legend!
21st Dec 2025 15:06:30 
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That was fun - definitely worth a listen ☺️
21st Dec 2025 14:45:48 
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Timmy - you are welcome, it’s worth a listen ☺️
21st Dec 2025 12:28:20 
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Cheers for sharing, a4e!
21st Dec 2025 12:08:12 
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That worked ☺️ scroll to around 36 minutes 🥳
21st Dec 2025 12:07:47 
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Bugger - that link is no good for you, let’s try this [Link]
21st Dec 2025 12:06:41 
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Loved the chat about Wimbledon songs between Mikey T and Colin Murray with Pat Nevin on 5Live just after 10.30am earlier - hope this link works…? [Link] Also, well done Mikey T for getting several MK digs in ☺️👏
21st Dec 2025 12:04:19 
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Commercialisation of the sport is also taking a toll with The Hundred being the main summer focus these days the game isn’t producing spinners in England.
21st Dec 2025 11:38:17 
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Some poor decision making too on the strategy and coaching side of things. Leaves us looking weak against decent oppo.
Political point scoring! Boo. England has never had a bigger pool of players to choose from, they just mentally weren’t there in this Ashes
21st Dec 2025 11:29:52 
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Like Athers astutely said, you need to be 25% above your best to beat Aus in Oz, we were 25% below our best
The irony, OI, being that isn’t that Wise in the shot as one of the only players still standing up?
21st Dec 2025 11:24:47 
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Bore off Leddy with the politics mate give it a rest it’s Christmas 🎅
That OTD match was brilliant, Bassett played midgets up front when Sheffield United were expecting giants.(completely done their tactics:-)
21st Dec 2025 11:23:18 
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Cricket is for athletes nowdays,back in my day it was for fat,smoking drinkers who played bazball on sunday afternoon:-)
21st Dec 2025 11:19:45 
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OTD has got to be Dennis Wise
21st Dec 2025 11:19:30 
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About 10,000 school playing fields sold off during the Conservative governments of the 80s & 90s. Sport England data shows just 5.4% of children who attend state-funded schools have played cricket in school hours. Two reasons (there are many more) why England are being stuffed in The Ashes.
21st Dec 2025 11:13:27 
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We don't invest in things in this country and then complain at how poor those things are.
Well we already have as many points as I predicted pre season for the season , so I'm going to enjoy the next 26 league games of backwards and sideways football
21st Dec 2025 10:49:25 
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Rather see another big lump or two alongside Bugiel in our striking options. Let’s get the ball forwards quickly and into the box at every opportunity. That’s how we’ll score goals.
21st Dec 2025 09:10:15 
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And we’re going to need a lot of them.
Has it got to that point already, “recall Kelly”
21st Dec 2025 08:30:41 
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LOL
Hopefully we can keep Stevens and Hackford fit and keep them in the other sense of the word. Hackford has shown he can chase down and score goals from balls over the top - handy for those away games. It shows what speed can do for you. Does Orsi have any speed? Wondering what part Orsi can play in our attack in the second half of the season.
21st Dec 2025 08:29:15 
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Would love to see a couple of speedy strikers so give us another attacking option. Maybe recall Kelly he could at least run and is better than a couple of our current options
A4E - the opposite of Jacko's Joylessness
21st Dec 2025 08:21:18 
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I don’t know what Baz Ball (Bazball?) is, but whatever it is, it hasn’t worked very well in Australia… 🏏🤷🏻‍♂️
21st Dec 2025 08:11:34 
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Yet another totally clueless performance. On 23 November, I posted ---- "Well, the decline has truly set in. I expect us to be outside the top 14 by Christmas and between 18-20th by late January." ---- Not too far out and I'll stick with my prediction relating to late January.
21st Dec 2025 06:00:15 
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The only way to stop the decline is to pray for another winter like 1962/63
Spit the Dog- I think you are wrong about PNE. Yes, the Hemmings family have “invested”, but the accounts every year are healthy.
20th Dec 2025 22:50:58 
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2 play-off final defeats (to Bolton and West Ham) still hurt. Yes, they’d probably be more like Blackpool than Brentford, but would be nice for the older supporters.
Or somebody called Crab
20th Dec 2025 21:38:00 
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