Talk:AFC Wimbledon

message: As a neutral I'm curious as to why AFC Wimbledon joined the league in the Combined Counties League and not further up or down the football pyramid. Is there a particular reason why that league accepted them and was their any complaint from teams further down the pyramid? yorkshiresky (talk) 23:42, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Just noticed that the same question has already been asked upthread, however there was no reply to it.yorkshiresky (talk) 23:45, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: League admission

message: The following paragraph is being added, only to be deleted by Bromley supporters who clearly don't like it.
'Unsporting behaviour' controversy
On 13th April, 2009, Bromley played AFC Wimbledon in a game of huge importance to AFC Wimbledon since they were leading the Conference South by 3 points with only 3 games remaining. Towards the last few seconds of the game, with Wimbledon ahead 2-1, a Wimbledon player put the ball out of play due to an injury to a fellow player. When play resumed, the ball was kicked from the half way line towards the Wimbledon keeper but ended up sailing over the keeper and into the net. Although the referee consulted the Bromley management about allowing Wimbledon to 'walk-in' a goal, the Bromley management refused, resulting in a final score of 2-2. [2]
See the article Bromley FC. 86.157.162.223 (talk) 12:28, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: For anyone interested about Bromley and its unsporting behaviour

message: I feel that a summary of where Wimbledon progressed in every competition they entered each season is not needed in the History section. This should just be prose, as I've seen in every Featured article for a domestic club side, and doesn't even need sub-headings for every single season. I'd propose one sub-heading for the history of the club's formation and one for their short playing history. The statistics should probably be in a separate article.Dancarney (talk) 09:00, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've started the article List of AFC Wimbledon seasons into which I'll be putting the info from these season summaries and then removing from the AFC Wimbledon article. Dancarney (talk) 09:58, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Season summaries 

message: There are two Kevin Coopers. The one born in Derby played for Wimbledon FC in 2001 and has a wikipedia article about him Kevin Cooper (footballer).  The other Kevin was born in Isleworth and played for AFC Wimbledon and his profile is on the AFC Wimbledon site http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/players.php?squad=37&Psection_id=3&Psub_section_id=3&player_id=23&position=Forward.  This Kevin is younger than the other by 6 days.  I went to a match where Kevin of Isleworth was awarded the player of the year award by the other Kevin and the crowd sang "There's only two Kevin Coopers".  I've left an empty link for Kevin of Isleworth however I don't know quite what to name it so it is Kevin Cooper (semi-professional footballer) at the moment. PeterGrecian (talk) 10:12, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong Kevin Cooper 

message: Personally, I'd go for "as"; however, I believe the anon who changed it to "by" is technically correct as far as the club's official status goes… whichever we use, it surely has to be consistent. Cliftonian (Talk • Contibs) 16:44, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've made an attempt at clarifying this. "As" definitely isn't right; the two clubs are entirely different entities, "spirit" notwithstanding. Rather than implying anything, we should just link to the other article neutrally, which is what I've tried to do. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 16:51, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think what you've done is the best solution to be quite honest… Cliftonian (Talk • Contibs) 16:54, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Honours: As or By? 

message: Considered as a unified entity, a club, it should take the 3rd person singular; as a team, a number of players, 3rd person plural is ok. "AFC Wimbledon ARE a club" sounds odd. Tsinfandel (talk) 16:23, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Is / Are

message: I disagree with this unsubstantiated statement in the opening paragraphs.
The "Arsenal" was a contraction of "Woolwhich Arsenal", who played in Woolwhich between 1891 and 1913 in South London. They then moved to a completely different part of London, and dropped the geographical reference from their name (incidentally, they were are also relegated around this time). That stikes me as a compelling forerunner to the MK Dons move (regardless of how you feel about it), and an outright contradiction of claiming the MK Dons move was "an action unprecedented in English football".
{Incidentally, before you write me off a heretic - I'm a signatory of the petition to remove the Asda Milton KenyesMK Dons stadium from the 2018 World cup bid roster.)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.210.83 (talk) 12:52, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: While I am a very vocal opponent of our "friends" in the new "city", I have to say that I agree with you. Perhaps more weight should be put on the distance involved; I have changed the sentence referred to to read "The distance involved in this relocation was unprecedented in English football; by moving in such a way Wimbledon F.C. were cutting all ties with the area of Wimbledon."  – Cliftonianthe orangey bit 15:43, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It is still a bit 'I see no ships'. There were at least two such moves to new towns in Scotland (Livi and Clyde), which may have been what influenced the panel. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 17:01, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: But both of these moves were in Scotland; what is more, neither of them were over such a great distance. I acknowledge your point that the panel may have been influenced by these moves, but don't see how it is relevant to this sentence.  – Cliftonianthe orangey bit 21:25, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are Football clubs moves really "an action unprecedented in English football"?? 

message: Should be merged here -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:33, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, most of the info in that article seems to already be here, so it could probably just be straight redirected. Alzarian16 (talk) 21:38, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. It doesn't warrant its own article. —Half Price 17:25, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've made page into redirect. We're not gonna get any more discussion. —Half Price 11:03, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[The Dons Trust]] 

message: The official attendance of the stadium is to rise to 5,194 - and will rise further next season with a new stand in the close season 12/13. This can be confirmed with the club.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.96.44.139 (talk) 14:33, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Kingsmeadow

message: The league progress chart (File:AFC_Wimbledon.jpg) could do with a scale on the y axis - it's somewhat meaningless without one. Ilikeeatingwaffles (talk) 10:35, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  League progress chart 

message: Does anybody with experience doing the kits for the infobox have time to update this seasons kit? I have a look at the templates and pages related to it, but it is all very confusing for somebody who has never seen it before, so would take me forever to figure out how to update the kits, especially with one of the current kits being a Wimbledon specific kit, what with the badge on one side of the shirt.
Thanks to anybody who can do this. Pawac (talk) 23:04, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox kits for current season. 

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message: I'm sure this has been hashed out at length, but does this article really not merit a mention of Dear Hank and John and its weekly coverage of the club? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 22:15, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dear Hank and John 

message: Hello,
"The club has since been promoted six times in 13 seasons, going from the ninth tier (Combined Counties Premier) to the third (League One)."
Should this be updated to reflect the fact the club are currently in League Two?
Suggesting the following: "The club has since been promoted six times in 13 seasons, going from the ninth tier (Combined Counties Premier) and peaking in the third (League One)." SRCollier (talk) 16:23, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The club has since been promoted six times in 13 seasons" 

message: Removing the line: Wimbledon F.C. moved in 2003 and formally changed the name of the club to Milton Keynes Dons in 2004.[3][5] Ryanmcginty (talk) 15:55, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 13:20, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 25 September 2022 

message: Do we need to include awards such as: Isthmian League Programme of the Year in this article? We don't include it on other pages and it doesn't seem very notable to me. I would suggest removing them/moving them to the season articles instead. What are people's thoughts before I do anything? Michaeldble (talk) Michaeldble (talk) 10:40, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awards section 

message: In the management section, under restart coach and substitution coach. The word "first" is missing in regards to Wimbledon being the "first" team to use a substitution coach. Reference 1 certainly says they are, and the sentence reads like "first" should be in there, but it's missing. 119.224.73.229 (talk) 10:01, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error - Need to fix "First"... 

message: Add a line like
fullname = AFC Wimbledon
to the Infobox football club
so the infobox follows the same format as all other football clubs in the english football league QWER9875 (talk) 16:51, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Done! Radagast (talk) 17:42, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 28 November 2023 

message: could the infobox kits be updated to the 2023/24 season's ones? A RandomAussie0 (talk) 20:37, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update kits