memories v wimbledon away

[JJ Sefton]

Wimbledon & AFC Wimbledon aren't the same club are they?

Actually, yes they are, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[bladesadviser]

The point.
It's confusing, isn't it?
One club founded in 1889.
Two other clubs founded in the 21C, both having claims to the previous one.
I did say it was, I think you're confused too, yes?

We won't be in the near vicinity of Wimbledon tomorrow, we have a date at lunchtime in Glasgow to attend.

I understood that MK Dons had "given the history" back to AFC Wimbledon,trophies, awards etc so it is a continuation of the same club

 

[Weasel]

I was there. Stank like week old mackerel that game. Never seen a player disappointed not to have conceded a penalty. Everyone around me was screaming at the ref for not giving the 2nd one, for some reason I was watching Fashanu (probably couldn't believe what I was seeing) and he was genuinely disappointed a penalty wasn't given.

Quite funny in a way (i was there also that day). It was that blatant an attempt to give a 2nd penalty away that i think the referee either couldnt believe his eyes, or he thought 'fuk u you crooked twat im not gunna give u the penalty you want cos u must be on the take'. I genuinely think it was the latter. It was probably the only time in my life when i didnt want Utd to win as the game was a dead rubber for us and i knew good ole Fash the Bash was clearly on the backhanders. I was happy with the draw that day just to piss him off. Havent been able to stand the man since, i want Utd to win fair n square and not be given the win, whilst i felt sorry for the Wimbledon fans that day. Fash tried to sell em down the river for money and is no better than a thief in my book. The mans a prick. Same as Hans 'me some dirty money ' Segers. The latter a total twat after he had a rapport with the kop when he was on loan at the Lane for 3 months earlier in his career. Wouldnt waste mi piss on either of em.

 

[BushBlade]

Actually, yes they are, as far as I'm concerned.

Likewise. It's a club founded by the supporters of Wimbledon. We all like to say 'the club is about the supporters, the owners are just custodians' and if we believe that then AFC are Wimbledon.

 

[JJ Sefton]

Likewise. It's a club founded by the supporters of Wimbledon. We all like to say 'the club is about the supporters, the owners are just custodians' and if we believe that then AFC are Wimbledon.

My local non-league side as a kid was Enfield and I used to go and see them quite a bit. They were pretty decent when I was growing up, hit a rough patch and got bought by a bastard. He flogged the club's ground and had them tramping round various places (including Ware, which is miles away) playing home games. Eventually the fans got fed up and in 2001 formed Enfield Town who got their own ground in the Borough a couple of years ago. When the players of the 'great' Enfield sides of the 1980s come to see anyone, they come to see Enfield Town, not the 'original' club.*

* After a prolonged period of wandering around and running down the club finally liquidated a few years ago. It reformed as, I think, Enfield 1893 and now plays at Brimsdown Rovers' ground.

 

[The Crab]

During the Bassett-era at BDTBL, it was common to see the floodlights on throughout the night.
This was adopted from his days at Wimbledon, when three days/nights before every home match,
the frozen food (pies/pasties/hot dog sausages) was set out on trestle-tables on the pitch.
The heat generated from the floodlights was the quickest method of defrosting the food in time for the weekend.
As far as we're aware, the practice still exists at lower League clubs to this day.

This was part of the cutting room floor stories that failed to make the book, "Crazy Gang Days" auth. Sam Hamman.

Funny you should mention the lights. From my kitchen window, I can see over the motorway towards Rotherhams ground. Quite often, the lights are on well into the night even if there hasn't been a match.

 

[JJ Sefton]

Funny you should mention the lights. From my kitchen window, I can see over the motorway towards Rotherhams ground. Quite often, the lights are on well into the night even if there hasn't been a match.

Aye, but its Rotherham, they probably worship the floodlights as deities.

 

[The Crab]

Aye, but its Rotherham, they probably worship the floodlights as deities.

Whenever I'm washing the pots now, I'll be thinking of The Wicker Man if those lights are on!

 

[blade too long]

onwards and upwards
AFC Wimbledons plan to build the new Plough Lane , like rotherhams initially 11000 with the capability to increase to 20000



still in Merton borough

 

[JJ Sefton]

onwards and upwards
AFC Wimbledons plan to build the new Plough Lane , like rotherhams initially 11000 with the capability to increase to 20000

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still in Merton borough

On the site of the dog track I think, which is sad. Catford and Walthamstow tracks are gone which, I think, means Romford is the only track left in London.

 

[blade too long]

On the site of the dog track I think, which is sad. Catford and Walthamstow tracks are gone which, I think, means Romford is the only track left in London.

apparently they are trying to incorporate it inside the stadium with slide back seats
bit like owlerton stadium with slide over seating

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

I understood that MK Dons had "given the history" back to AFC Wimbledon,trophies, awards etc so it is a continuation of the same club

Two clubs clawing at the history of a football club, when neither of them existed until the 21C.
Honours by proxy.
There's no pride in that.

Joke clubs.

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

Had a coach ticket for the Selhurst Park / Mervyn Day one in 1992 but ended up queuing Friday night for U2 tickets at the Arena instead. Remember my mate saying they took them to the wrong ground (Plough Lane) first before detouring to Palace.

Recall going to the two 5-0 drubbing in 1985 at Plough Lane. The first one Dennis Wise made his football league debut and had a field day. The second one just before Christmas we ended up having Withe and McNaught (or was it Thompson) sent off. That was the "I'm Spartacus" one when there was a near riot with the sending offs.

 

[ZoneManWilf]

I also saw zombie Wimbledon in the Selhurst Park double header in April 2003: drew 2-2 with Palace on the Saturday, lost 1-0 to Wimbledon on the Monday. Re-arranged game to ensure Brown wasn't suspended for the Cup final. It was the smallest league crowd to watch United since 1901 (about 1300) and a high proportion of people in the crowd were in suits - a lot came straight from work. Ben Doane broke his leg, which finished his United career, and Dean Windass gave one of his couldn't be bothered performances that became a big feature of the rest of the season (people forget about this when they complain we dropped him for the playoff final). Dropping 5 points in 2 games put the nail in our coffin for automatic promotion, but with the cup as a distraction Warnock had settled for the playoffs anyway, having won every playoff tournament he'd ever been in (ha!).

Was utterly freezing as well that night, unseasonably so and one of the coldest games I've been at. Yet was lovely and warn in Manchester for the semi against Arsenal a few days later.

 

[blade too long]

remember playing at plough lane in a full gale force 8 cromartie dogga bank warning watching the ball swirl around like dorothy's house in the wizard of oz
think we lost 1-3
utterly dreadful game
mind you that wimbledon and football were strange bed fellows

 

[Cheets]

Quite funny in a way (i was there also that day). It was that blatant an attempt to give a 2nd penalty away that i think the referee either couldnt believe his eyes, or he thought 'fuk u you crooked twat im not gunna give u the penalty you want cos u must be on the take'. I genuinely think it was the latter. It was probably the only time in my life when i didnt want Utd to win as the game was a dead rubber for us and i knew good ole Fash the Bash was clearly on the backhanders. I was happy with the draw that day just to piss him off. Havent been able to stand the man since, i want Utd to win fair n square and not be given the win, whilst i felt sorry for the Wimbledon fans that day. Fash tried to sell em down the river for money and is no better than a thief in my book. The mans a prick. Same as Hans 'me some dirty money ' Segers. The latter a total twat after he had a rapport with the kop when he was on loan at the Lane for 3 months earlier in his career. Wouldnt waste mi piss on either of em.

Hadn't we just won 7 in a row and it would have been 8 had we won that one? I remember buying a 'Teenage Mutant Sheffield United Heroes' t-shirt for a pound outside the ground.

 

[Bladepicker]

Joke clubs

MK Dons? - naturally

AFC Wimbledon? - The exact opposite in every single way imaginable of a joke club. A brilliant club which shows football at its best.

 

[bladestrivia]

That 5-0, I seem to remember Carlton Fairweather taking the piss out of us for Wimbledon that day.

Interestingly, he's manager of Sunderland Ladies in the Women's Premier League now

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35980725

i thought it was wally downs who ran the show that day and dont remember dennis wise missing a pen

 

[bladestrivia]

AFC Wimbledon
Founded - 2002

Memories?

DONT WANT TO SOUND PERDANTIC but why did you mention afc halifax then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

DONT WANT TO SOUND PERDANTIC but why did you mention afc halifax then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I don't wish to sound PEDANTIC .... (but as you've started, it's only respectful for me to warrant you a thirty second window of my time to respond)

the zzzzzzzzzzzz are very apt.
my glass eye has followed my wooden leg.

Have I mentioned AFC Halifax in this nonsense thread?

 

[Jonboy60]

onwards and upwards
AFC Wimbledons plan to build the new Plough Lane , like rotherhams initially 11000 with the capability to increase to 20000

View attachment 19741

still in Merton borough

20,000? Fukin hell are they and Rotherham merging.

 

[Rufus Smalls]

Went down to the Plough Lane shit hole late 70's. Awful 1-1 draw. Think Barrie Butlin might have scored a header for us ...... Silent ??

 

[Paulus]

remember playing at plough lane in a full gale force 8 cromartie dogga bank warning watching the ball swirl around like dorothy's house in the wizard of oz
think we lost 1-3
utterly dreadful game
mind you that wimbledon and football were strange bed fellows

That sounds like a game I was at, think we might have been 1-0 up at half time then when we turned round and they had the wind we caved in. tbh all I remember is the Wimbledon hordes pinning us in for the entire second half and getting utterly soaked standing on an open terrace and the rain coming in like stair rods. think it was either 83 or 84.

 

[Sean Thornton]

I understood that MK Dons had "given the history" back to AFC Wimbledon,trophies, awards etc so it is a continuation of the same club

No they were given to Merton Council as it was agreed AFC Wimbledon had no rights to them. An eminently sensible decision IMO.

 

[Pedro Verde]

mine edwards and withe arguing on the pitch as bassets dons hammered us 5 0, also last game of season mervyn day in goal having a nightmare but at least saving a pen pitch invasion and crossbar getting broken

Cant wait for the next installment of this thrilling series
Memories of Scunthorpe Away WTF

 

[Swanseablade]

MK Dons? - naturally

AFC Wimbledon? - The exact opposite in every single way imaginable of a joke club. A brilliant club which shows football at its best.

Was gonna say the same.
What AFC W have been through is incredible, the very best of propa grass roots footie.

 

[Ted Hemsleys chads]

John Fashanu, grade A cunt.





















Dennis Wise, a small cunt, but still a cunt.

 

[Bath Blade]

Hadn't we just won 7 in a row and it would have been 8 had we won that one? I remember buying a 'Teenage Mutant Sheffield United Heroes' t-shirt for a pound outside the ground.

And I think 7 in a row equalled the club record, so winning the Wimbledon match would have set a new record.

 

[bladestrivia]

I don't wish to sound PEDANTIC .... (but as you've started, it's only respectful for me to warrant you a thirty second window of my time to respond)

the zzzzzzzzzzzz are very apt.
my glass eye has followed my wooden leg.

Have I mentioned AFC Halifax in this nonsense thread?

1 house poitnt for the correct SPELLING as of previous post s english is not my strong point obviously humour is yours , halifax was at the start of the season , ps i set my alarm early for your reply xxxxxxxxxxx happy now .

 

[bladestrivia]

by the way the pistols were ok but iam more a difford n tilbrook fan