Claim: Jordan Spence plays football.

Milton Keynes Dons Football Club -LRB- -LSB- ˌmɪltən_ˈkiːnz_ˈdɒnz -RSB- usually abbreviated to MK Dons -RRB- is a professional association football club based in the town of Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire , England . As a result of Wimbledon F.C. 's relocation to Milton Keynes from south London in September 2003 , the club officially considers itself to have been founded in 2004 , when it adopted its present name , badge and home colours . As of the 2016 -- 17 season its first team plays in League One , the third tier of English football .   Initially based at the National Hockey Stadium , the club competed as Milton Keynes Dons from the start of the 2004 -- 05 season . After two years in League One it was relegated to the fourth-tier League Two . The club then missed out on promotion in the play-offs before it moved to the newly built Stadium mk for the 2007 -- 08 season , when Milton Keynes Dons won the League Two title under the management of Paul Ince . Milton Keynes Dons also won the Football League Trophy that year . The team remained in League One until the 2014 -- 15 season when it won promotion to the Championship under the management of Karl Robinson ; they were relegated back to League One a year later .   Milton Keynes Dons have built a strong reputation for youth development -- between 2004 and 2014 the club gave first-team debuts to 14 local academy graduates , including the England international midfielder Dele Alli .