[JacksonJazz#9]

can someone tell me if there is some upstart team in Wimbledon since their main team moved out of town... what league are they playing in? and are they professional players, or part timers?

[Peakite]

AFC Wimbledon, playing in the Combined Counties League (level 8). Part time, but they do have a £250k sponsorship deal over three years with SI (makers of CM), and more season ticket holders than the divisions record attendance. Currently playing at Kingstonians ground, but looking to move to Merton. Expect them to start going up quite quickly for a few years.

[PZ]

AFC Wimbledon

Good luck to the new Wombles.

[profiled]

Level 8 huh?

So they need to jump to level 5 to be conference, then onto the nationwide league after that?

They should also be turning quite a profit with all those season tickets, the sponsorship deal, as well as people who will pick up a kit just because of the SI name.

I love SI.

Phillip

[PZ]

I'm wondering how many of the Womble supporters even want them back in the league. It wasn't until quite recently (15 years?) that they even got in the league. My guess is they get up to the Conference and enjoy things there.

[DominicFromCanada]

Originally posted by JacksonJazz#9
...since their main team moved out of town...

Is it done? If not, is it sure that they will move? Is there a little chance for them to be saved and stay in Wimbledon?

[QPR Kevin H]

Originally posted by DominicFromCanada
Is it done? If not, is it sure that they will move? Is there a little chance for them to be saved and stay in Wimbledon?

They are planning on two more years at Selhurst Park - then the move to Milton Keynes. Who knows if it will actually go down like that. One things for sure - the attendance at Selhurst for Wimbledon matches will be comicly bad (even more so that the past)

[sydtheeagle]

Originally posted by QPR Kevin H

They are planning on two more years at Selhurst Park - then the move to Milton Keynes. Who knows if it will actually go down like that. One things for sure - the attendance at Selhurst for Wimbledon matches will be comicly bad (even more so that the past)

The attendance may very well be zero. Wimbledon supporters are not only boycotting the games but will be demonstrating outside Selhurst Park to deter would be attendees, and they have asked away supporters to join them in not attending. The majority of visiting teams supporters have already indicated that will stand outside in solidarity with Dons fans for the greater good of the game. My understanding is that Wimbledon have sold around 100 season tickets, and they may in fact have crowds smaller than 500 if the above holds true.

What will happen? I don't think the Dons' fight is lost just yet. The club will effectively go under (whether or not the owners can afford to underwrite the enormous losses they are about to incur is not the point. They will choose not to endure them for two years because shrewd businessmen do not make money using only their egos) and my guess is that sometime in the New Year, if we all stick together with Wimbledon fans, the team will be put up for sale and, ultimately, will find its way back to Merton. Another reason for this is that the decision to allow the move to relocate to MK is not at all popular with many influential figures in the game who believe, simply, that the panel was wrong.

Wimbledon may be dead, but they are NOT buried. Don't stop fighting yet.

[stanleyt]

Check out this month's FourFourTwo(Season Preview). There's an article on Wimbledon & AFC Wimbledon. Apparently AFC Wimbledon's getting close to 5K in attendance for their home matches. That runs counter to Koppel & Co.'s statement that there aren't enough supporters in Merton to sustain Wimbledon FC.

It's a shame 'cause Wimbledon FC are a strong favorite to contend for a playoff position this coming season. It'll be sad to see the squad play in an essentially empty stadium but this is all management's doing.

Looks like I'll be swaping my WFC scarf for an AFC kit this year.

[profiled]

Originally posted by stanleyt
Check out this month's FourFourTwo(Season Preview). There's an article on Wimbledon & AFC Wimbledon. Apparently AFC Wimbledon's getting close to 5K in attendance for their home matches. That runs counter to Koppel & Co.'s statement that there aren't enough supporters in Merton to sustain Wimbledon FC.

It's a shame 'cause Wimbledon FC are a strong favorite to contend for a playoff position this coming season. It'll be sad to see the squad play in an essentially empty stadium but this is all management's doing.

Looks like I'll be swaping my WFC scarf for an AFC kit this year.

If only AFC could win a match!

5k for an 8th division match, thats pretty insane.