AFC Wimbledon & Milton Keynes Dons

[Aber gas]

Like changing our name would stop us being hated

It would help, becoming MK whatever would make a difference. I honestly don't understand why you keep it.

 

[Kiwi Womble]

very little too add to the MK bit and nothing i'm going to add to the Kings business

all i'll say is, i wont forget and wont forgive....but the new wimbledon is better than the old one in so many ways, things like the way its run and the culture it breeds and so i can see the silver lining, happy to ignore MK as much as possible and just enjoy the giddy heights of League 1!

 

[BetterCallSaul]

It would help, becoming MK whatever would make a difference. I honestly don't understand why you keep it.

Because it's a part of our history. We have won things as MK Dons. Also, we keep it for the small contingent who followed the club from Wimbledon. I would stop going if we changed our name, I know others who feel the same.

 

[Agombar stool]

We don't claim anything from Wimbledons history. And why should we "drop the Dons" to make other football fans happy? Fuck what they think they have nothing to do with our club.

Because having the word 'Dons' doesn't actually make any sense if you are not claiming anything from Wimbledons' history.

If someone who knows nothing about football visits Milton Keynes and asks you to explain why you are called MK Dons, what is your answer?

 

[BetterCallSaul]

Wimbledon moved to MK, we kept the Dons part of the name as a nod to the fans who followed the club from London. Pretty simple really. It also doesn't mate one tiny bit what other fans think.

The more times has gone on the less people give a shit about us anyway. That will probably continue.

 

[Agombar stool]

Wimbledon moved to MK, we kept the Dons part of the name as a nod to the fans who followed the club from London. Pretty simple really. It also doesn't mate one tiny bit what other fans think.

The more times has gone on the less people give a shit about us anyway. That will probably continue.

You are probably right in the main, but football fans tend to have longer memories than most so I am not totally convinced.

I mean Gillingham still 'hate' us because one of our players got sent off against them in the 70s or something equally nonsensical.

Sorry, I realise your club history is less than some of the plants in my garden but you get the gist.

 

[Agombar stool]

Sounds like our old stadium

Never had the 'pleasure' of visiting the old hockey stadium. Can't have been worse than the Withdean stadium when Brighton played there, I have never been so far away from the action in the away end there! And on that day, the weather was appalling! Very unpleasant.

 

[joethegill]

I mean Gillingham still 'hate' us because one of our players got sent off against them in the 70s or something equally nonsensical.

Give over.

On the MK argument, I don't actually have a problem with them being called Dons. It keeps historical context of the club. Plus, teams that keep changing their name are often scorned anyway so they wouldn't able to win either way (Hull Tigers anyone?)

 

[Bobbin']

We don't claim anything from Wimbledons history. And why should we "drop the Dons" to make other football fans happy? Fuck what they think they have nothing to do with our club.

Couldn't agree more.

Mk have never shown any regard for football or its fans in the past so why start now?

Good for Mk.

 

[woburnsandsdon]

Damned if we do, damned if we don't. If we did then their would still be plenty of people then saying how we'd ignored those Wimbledon fans who followed the club to MK..........

As far as I see it, it's pretty easy:

MK Dons is a new club
AFC Wimbledon is a new club.

MK Dons have a number of fans who used to support Wimbledon FC- they in my opinion deserve the right to still retain a mention of their former club within our name.

AFC undoubtedly have more former Wimbledon fans within their ranks so naturally view themselves as still being Wimbledon- that's their choice and right.

As for the "Dons" part of our name, do I think it should stay ? Yes. Yes I do our children have now grown up with the name as will their children's, children, will it be a milestone round their necks ? No, not really time will see to that, will they be always reminded of where the club came from ? Yes of course.

 

[AFCB_Mark]

It's June folks, let's save the personal insults for August when the football starts again. We've got the England team to slag off in the mean time remember.

 

[Indian Dan]

My missus hates MK, but not for the Wimbledon connection of which she was unaware until I explained.

It's that fucking drummer which just highlights the general scumminess of the club for her. Good instincts, my missus.

The upside of the whole saga, though, is that everyone thinks the sun shines out of Wimbledon's collective arse.

 

[StuartD]

I am a new member to this forum but have been a Wimbledon fan for 25 years and was around at the time MK stole the league place.

I think getting older and also how well Wimbledon have done has eased the hurt from back then but I wont forget what happened. I have no issue with the MK fans at all as they are football fans like the rest of us and have a league club on their doorstep and cheap entry so why not go. I do have an issue if those fans decide to accept everything their Chairman feeds to them without researching the facts as every decent journalist has done when we have faced each other in the cups.

The stupid thing about AFC Wimbledon fans deserting Wimbledon as the club existed until 2003/4 is the funniest bit fed by Winkleman.

The FA set up a independent committee of 3 people to make the decision (that they had said no to but still gave them another chance) and the result was on the condition of no appeal on what was decided. We lost the decision by 2-1 and it was hen decided to form a new club to catch the momentum that the protesting to MK had.

Wimbledon under Winkleman (sorry Koppell who worked for Winkleman) could not move to MK straight away and decided to stay at Selhurst Park as Wimbledon. Not Surprisingly once they moved to the Hockey Stadium, they then changed the name, colours badge and anything else they could and kept Dons.

I have now learnt to accept that we are a new club, a continuation of Wimbledon, however I do feel we have a claim to our history or link to it as we are the only club out there called Wimbledon and wanting to be named it. If MK wanted it so badly then why change the name?

Anyway I wish no harm to MK fans at our games but we all know the media will build it up. I of course hope we smash them in both league games and in a funny way keeping the Dons for them just reminds everyone of what they did. They chose to steal someone else's League clubs League status instead of putting money into a local MK club that was already in existence as it was easier. They then gave Wimbledon fans to start again and have the most amazing journey with 6 promotions in 14 years that I am sure is more enjoyable massively than what MK have.

The embarrassment we cause MK by matching their league position gives me great pleasure, and once we get our new ground in Wimbledon, it will just kill every argument dead about us not having the fans or infrastructure to support the team back then.

 

[JJH]

You'd have thought there would be nothing new to discuss on this matter a mere 13 years on....

 

[E10rifle]

You'd have thought there would be nothing new to discuss on this matter a mere 13 years on....

There isn't anything new. Wimbledon fans still had their club stolen, and Franchise are still a bunch of despicable, shameless, plastic c***.

Not much point in going over it again.

 

[Aber gas]

There isn't anything new. Wimbledon fans still had their club stolen, and Franchise are still a bunch of despicable, shameless, plastic c***.

Not much point in going over it again.

Fun though innit?

 

[King Kev]

Never had the 'pleasure' of visiting the old hockey stadium. Can't have been worse than the Withdean stadium when Brighton played there, I have never been so far away from the action in the away end there! And on that day, the weather was appalling! Very unpleasant.

Rotherham's wasn't great either

 

[Fedora Dale]

Rotherham's wasn't great either

Too right. Absolute shithole of a place.

 

[Fedora Dale]

Rotherham's wasn't great either

Too right. Absolute shithole of a place.

 

[Third Team Lucky]

Too right. Absolute shithole of a place.

Saltergate has to be up (down) there. Feethams was also one to avoid.

 

[King Kev]

Started with a front two of Tom Elliot and Kiegan Parker at Rotherham in 09/10 during the final hurdle of Knill's big bottle job season. Conceded a late goal in the rain knowing full well we would not equalise, dropped out of the playoff places after that defeat, fecking awful.

 

[Bobbin']

Saltergate has to be up (down) there. Feethams was also one to avoid.

Went to Saltergate on a Tuesday evening in November for a Carling Cup game about 10 years ago, absolutely loved it, particularly the outside toilets with no roof.

 

[King Kev]

Thought Saltergate had a bit of character myself and a good atmosphere.