Admin phantom Posted November 3, 2020 Author Admin Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 16 minutes ago, Coppello said: I live a couple of miles from the ground so look forward to visiting when it opens to the public. @Yellow&Blue&Red, is there any room to expand the ground? I've passed the stadium a number of times recently and you wouldn't really know it's there from the road. It appears to be quite boxed in by the apartments which were built the finance build and the club has quite a big catchment area. It's a great story and I'm glad that Wimbledon are home! Yes the current 9,300 capacity can be extended to 20,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Yorkshire CideRed Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 Good to see! Very close to where I used to live in London. Got a few Dons-supporting mates, so made up for them. The stadium itself is just within the northern boundary of the London Borough of Merton, which includes Wimbledon—so a proper homecoming for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Dicks Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 I’m over the moon for the Wombles, a club that has defied the odds ever since they were formed. Well done all those Wimbledon fans for seeing this through, true loyal proper football fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Taylor is GOD Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said: When andy may scored the game was at selhurst park Cracking goal that night. Yep. Very sparse crowd that night too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow&Blue&Red Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 3 hours ago, jrabrewer said: Hmm. You should read up on their treatment of Kingstonian who were effectively left homeless thanks to AFC's dealings over Kingsmeadow and now groundshare with Corinthian Casuals. You would think a club who had been through that themselves would have had more of a conscience. I don't blame you for getting the wrong end of the stick - there's been plenty of misreporting. But AFCW definitely did right by the Ks. When we bought the ground the terms of the deal meant we had to give them peppercorn rent. We did that, not out of charity, but because that was what the terms of the ground sale required. If we hadn't bought the ground then we'd both have been homeless. So although we did it for self interest, it meant they had a home for 10 years longer than they would have if we weren't there. When we sold to Chelsea, we were obliged to make a 1-off payment to the Ks. We went WELL beyond what was contractually required and gave them £1m. I think that's double what's required. It's sad that that's not enough for them to buy their own ground, but I don't believe we were obliged to do more. 1 hour ago, Coppello said: I live a couple of miles from the ground so look forward to visiting when it opens to the public. @Yellow&Blue&Red, is there any room to expand the ground? I've passed the stadium a number of times recently and you wouldn't really know it's there from the road. It appears to be quite boxed in by the apartments which were built the finance build and the club has quite a big catchment area. It's a great story and I'm glad that Wimbledon are home! Thanks to you and others for positive comments. The ground is pretty compact. We can expand from 9,000 to 20,000. That's exciting potential, but for now I'm just excited that we've got our own stadium. And conference facilities and fan zone and five-a-side football pitch (our L1 equivalent of having the flyers next door ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Oh Louie louie said: Il bet there was 20 greyhound stadiums in london at one point. Romford , crayford left which is out of london to me. My dads friend used to run greyhounds at eastville, they ran him at catford once, and the whole motorway after eastville, He was running around the back of the van like crazy wondering what was going on! Ended up coming last! The only reason crayford and romford survive is because the bookies fund the track, A good night out was always guaranteed at the dogs. It did stock cars as well, Wimbledon Stadium, but I never got to go to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 This is a reminder of how football matters to people. An incredible story to be honest. A giant FU to the Franchise concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted November 6, 2020 Author Admin Report Share Posted November 6, 2020 Sad ending to this fixture, been confirmed that a number of players and staff from Wimbledon have since tested positive for Corona virus and also as a result a number of Doncaster staff have to now self isolate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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