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Will be carnage if they both win their replays. Although equally likely that the away end will be empty, many of the AFC lot have sworn they'll never watch Franchise. A good friend is a founding member of AFC. Normally quiet, mild-mannered, and generally chilled out but when it comes to Franchise it makes Rangers v Celtic or Galatasary v Fenerbache look like a hippy love-in. Has already said he won't go, will be the first AFC game he's missed.

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When there was a possibility of them meeting in the FA Cup a couple of years ago, I read that AFC Wimbledon might refuse to go the fixture. However they lost their cup replay and never had to make that decision.

 

At the time AFC W were not in the league, so I wonder if they will be expected to show a more 'mature and responsible' side to it this time ? Again though, depending on replays.

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Wimbledon fans have always said they dont want to play MK, as they'd much rather not acknowledge their existance.

 

They have said that they will fulfill the fixture 'in a professional manner' in a BBC article. How their fans will treat it an away tie, not sure. It's easier to boycott then a home game. It's not far from here, would be tempted to go and cheer them on personally.

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Why are those that now support or work for MK Dons "tw*ts"? Do you view Arsenal the same?

 

Individually I'm sure they are probably not. But as an entity they are an utter abomination. If Milton Keynes was meant to have a league football club it should have grown organically from the Milton Keynes FC that were driven out of business by the franchise. Wimbledon died to bring league football to that town, thank heavens the rules have changed to stop it happening again.

 

The people as ****s? Not in isolation, the entire club? Oh yes.

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They have said that they will fulfill the fixture 'in a professional manner' in a BBC article. How their fans will treat it an away tie, not sure. It's easier to boycott then a home game. It's not far from here, would be tempted to go and cheer them on personally.

 

I was told that they intend to travel to the game, but stay outside, protesting in the car park.

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Individually I'm sure they are probably not. But as an entity they are an utter abomination. If Milton Keynes was meant to have a league football club it should have grown organically from the Milton Keynes FC that were driven out of business by the franchise. Wimbledon died to bring league football to that town, thank heavens the rules have changed to stop it happening again.

 

The people as ****s? Not in isolation, the entire club? Oh yes.

Do you view Arsenal the same way? Would you have preferred Wimbledon FC were just liquidated? Which is probably what would have happened regardless.
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Do you view Arsenal the same way? Would you have preferred Wimbledon FC were just liquidated? Which is probably what would have happened regardless.

 

No, I do not, but Arsenal did not move conurbations, just the side of the river and as far as I am aware, didn't kill the existing club and another one where it moved to. Had Wimbledon FC had been liquidated it would have been the same difference, at least they wouldn't have been hurried on their way.

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No, I do not, but Arsenal did not move conurbations, just the side of the river and as far as I am aware, didn't kill the existing club and another one where it moved to. Had Wimbledon FC had been liquidated it would have been the same difference, at least they wouldn't have been hurried on their way.
Woolwich to Islington isn't just across the river. It would have meant a completely new set of supporters and was done for commercial reasons, same as MK Dons really. Are Woolwich Arsenal still going then? Wimbledon were dying pretty quickly, just a sharp move for them to see potential in Milton Keynes.
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Woolwich to Islington isn't just across the river. It would have meant a completely new set of supporters and was done for commercial reasons, same as MK Dons really. Are Woolwich Arsenal still going then? Wimbledon were dying pretty quickly, just a sharp move for them to see potential in Milton Keynes.

 

I've no doubt the move for Arsenal was controversial, but it is in no way the same as going from South West London to an entirely fabricated new town which already had a club. Did the existing Woolwich fans set up a new club? If yes then all credit to them and I wish them well. If they didn't then there obviously wasn't as big a deal in moving them a comparatively short distance at a time when football was still embryonic within the public mindset. - Something which was obviously not the case for the original Wimbledon.

 

If Milton Keynes had deserved a league club then the town should have got behind their existing team that Pete Winkleman's farce killed off. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes_City_F.C.

 

I'm glad saints didn't relocate to a move profitable part of the country when we were on our knees. Looks like you would have been more then supportive! ;)

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I've no doubt the move for Arsenal was controversial, but it is in no way the same as going from South West London to an entirely fabricated new town.

 

I'm glad saints didn't relocate to a move profitable part of the country when we were on our knees. Looks like you would have been more then supportive!

Where have I said I'd be supportive of such a move for Saints? I think you miss the point, but it really shouldn't be that confusing?
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Where have I said I'd be supportive of such a move for Saints? I think you miss the point, but it really shouldn't be that confusing?

 

Well, you described it as a smart move. If there was a town up country larger then Southampton that would have been able to provide a brighter future it would surely also be considered in the same light, no?

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Well, you described it as a smart move. If there was a town up country larger then Southampton that would have been able to provide a brighter future it would surely also be considered in the same light, no?

Where have I said it was a smart move? Don't make stuff up because you're getting confused. If Saints had been in Wimbledon's position, I'd have been all for the creation of an 'AFC' back where the club was actually from well before the move to MK.

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sharp move for them to see potential in Milton Keynes.

 

Ok, sharp not smart, but lets not split hairs, still a very positive assessment. And surely it would be a sharp move to move Saints in identical circumstances, no?

 

And as for the creation of an AFC, you wouldn't complain, be unhappy? Even if the new club did everything it could to claim the history of the prior entity.... the entity you supported and put so much into?

 

The point is that the Wimbledon fans didn't get a say, their club was struggling and it was purchased by someone who wanted to uproot it, they were not given a chance to save it themselves, the rug was pulled from under them. (There is also no way of saying for certain that the club would have folded while in South West London, it only finally went into administration after the plans to move were finalised, after the fans admitted defeat and withdrew their support for the franchise it had become and only after it had tried to survive at Champiosnhip level for several months on away attendances alone.)

 

It set a horrifying precident, one that can no longer be followed thankfully.

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colin..you have almost taken this rivalry personally

 

I remember when the old wimbledon would bring about 300 fans to the dell....it was what...70 miles away..?

they were always going down very very quickly... it was no surprise they went pop..

 

now, at MK Dons...the away end is full and thousands apparently refused to go today..I really wonder how many of the AFC fans actually went to plough lane or selhurst...they certainly never came to The Dell

 

dear christ, we had 12000 fans at Selhurst that day..they would regularly have about 5k fans for a home game in the prem...there was no way they would survive...

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colin..you have almost taken this rivalry personally

 

Yes, as should every football fan worth their salt. The franchise are a warning from history and should never be accepted, i'm not so much pro Wimbledon more fiercely opposed to everything that entity stands for..

 

Shame to see them 1-0 down at half time though, that was a great strike though.

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Yes, as should every football fan worth their salt. The franchise are a warning from history and should never be accepted.

 

Shame to see them 1-0 down at half time, that was a great strike though.

why should we....it happens..this was not the first and not the last.

they have (or had) almost no fans...how on earth can a football club stay alive like that

 

also, whilst they never had a ground, they spent £7m on john hartson.....

 

 

we puke at pompey for spending like that

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why should we....it happens..this was not the first and not the last.

they have (or had) almost no fans...how on earth can a football club stay alive like that

 

also, whilst they never had a ground, they spent £7m on john hartson.....

 

 

we puke at pompey for spending like that

 

I pray for your sake a day never comes when saints are in that kind of state.

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I pray for your sake a day never comes when saints are in that kind of state.

stop being dramatic

they were on the way down very very quickly

 

they have just equalised....that is about 100x as many fans as they used to bring to any other game away from selhurst....I very much doubt many of them at all even watched the old wimbledon

 

they had the early sky money to make a difference...they never had a ground..had no fans and bought players like john hartson for £7m+

they could have used the money to grow the club..but they never

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why should we....it happens..this was not the first and not the last.

they have (or had) almost no fans...how on earth can a football club stay alive like that

 

also, whilst they never had a ground, they spent £7m on john hartson.....

 

 

we puke at pompey for spending like that

 

But afc are self sustaining now?

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If they'd gone pop all teams below would have benefitted equally.

 

 

This is the point that the ****** Winklemen doesn't seem to understand. He keeps saying that without the move to MK, Wimbledon would have gone bust. If that was the case then surely an extra team would have come up from the Conference to the FL the following season. Therefore they either stole Wimbledon, or if they didn't do that, stopped another team from playing in the FL.

 

The simple truth of the matter was that if they wanted a team in MK, they should have poured money into the existing MK team or started another one from scratch.

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