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	Clubs In Crisis - Wimbledon Fans United
		Wimbledon FC vs. Nottingham Forest FC Selhurst Park, Sunday 16 December 2001
		On 4 May 1991, the supporters of Wimbledon FC were torn away from their spiritual home of Plough Lane.
		As a result, as Wimbledon supporters step up their campaign to return Wimbledon FC to Plough Lane, WISA is holding a Fans United Day on Sunday 16 December for the televised game against Nottingham Forest (kick off 2.15pm) at Selhurst Park.
	www.clubsincrisis.com /Archives/Wimbledon.asp (534 words)

	Sports Venue Technology - Wimbledon FC Relocation to Milton Keynes
		Wimbledon's new permanent home, Stadium MK, is a 30,000 capacity open air sports stadium with a 35,000 capacity for concerts.
		Wimbledon FC needed to carry out work on their temporary home at the National Hockey Stadium, which is owned by the National Hockey Foundation, to bring it up to Football League standards for the 2003/2004 season.
		Wimbledon FC's proposed new Milton Keynes soccer stadium.
	www.sportsvenue-technology.com /projects/wimbledon (1091 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| My Club \| Milton Keynes \| Wimbledon to change name
		Wimbledon finally moved to Milton Keynes in September 2003 but were relegated at the end of last season.
		Despite the independent commission's ruling that the formation of such a club "would not be in the wider interests of football", AFC Wimbledon have thrived, and have been promoted to the Ryman First Division.
		As Wimbledon's move was delayed time and again, the club was eventually placed in administration and many top players were sold.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wimbledon/3825865.stm (560 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Wimbledon, London
		Wimbledon's convenient proximity to the capital was beginning to attract other wealthy families and in 1613 Robert Bell, Master of the Worshipful Company of Girdlers and a director of the British East India Company built Eagle House as a home at an easy distance from London.
		Wimbledon House, a separate residence close to the village at the south end of Parkside (near present day Peek Crescent), was home in the 1790s to the exiled French statesman Vicomte de Calonne, and later to the mother of writer Frederick Marryat.
		Wimbledon's population continued to grow at the start of the 20th century, a condition recognised in 1905 when the urban district was incorporated as the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon, with the power to select a Mayor.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Wimbledon%2C_London (3049 words)

	AFC Wimbledon \| Dons Trust \| About the Trust
		The Dons Trust is a not-for-profit organisation that owns AFC Wimbledon and is guardian of all principles and aims by which it operates.
		The reason for coming together was to represent the body of feeling amongst the whole support and to exercise some influence on the owners and board in the face of the then-proposed re-location to Milton Keynes.
		In AFC Wimbledon the Dons Trust now operates and nurtures a wholly supporter-owned community football club that is run by democratically elected officers.
	www.afcwimbledon.co.uk /page.php?Psection_id=10 (509 words)

	Wimbledon UK - London SW19 - Home of Wimbledon Tennis Championship
		Wimbledon UK - London SW19 - Home of Wimbledon Tennis Championship
		Wimbledon UK - London SW19 - Home of the World Famous Tennis Championship
		Last revised: July 23, 2007 10:19 +0100 GMT
	wwp.wimbledon-uk.com (123 words)

	WISA - WISA Statement On The History & Honours of Wimbledon FC
		WISA has written to Mr Peter Winkelman on numerous occasions to request a meeting, to be facilitated by the FA and to be held under Chatham House rules, to discuss the return of the history and honours of Wimbledon FC to their rightful owners.
		WISA also believes that Milton Keynes Dons FC relinquished the right to call itself a continuation of Wimbledon FC, following the decision by an FA Approved Commission on the 28th May 2002, to allow Wimbledon FC to be franchised out to Milton Keynes.
		Wheeler said: “Wimbledon FC was relocated to Milton Keynes without the consent of genuine Wimbledon supporters.
	www.wisa.org.uk /cgi/l/articles/index.cgi?action=show&id=496 (354 words)

	BBC - Beds, Herts and Bucks Sport - Wimbledon fans protest
		The Wimbledon Independent Supporters Club is asking fans to boycott their first game of the season against Gillingham, and will have protestors at each of the ground's turnstiles.
		Wimbledon chairman Charles Koppell says he hopes they will be in the new city by Christmas and are planning a temporary 12,000 seater stadium at the National Bowl.
		However, while stressing that Wimbledon could not be blocked from promotion to the Premiership, he also appeared to cast some doubts on whether the move will go through as planned.
	www.bbc.co.uk /threecounties/sport/football_clubs/wimbledon/08/08/wimbledon_koppell.shtml (812 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Plough Lane ground is not to be confused with Wimbledon Stadium, a separate venue situated approximately 500 metres away on the same road, which continues to stage greyhound racing and motorbike speedway meetings.
		Wimbledon is now represented in senior football by A.F.C. Wimbledon, who currently play at the The Fans' Stadium, Kingsmeadow in nearby Kingston upon Thames but have long-held ambitions to eventually return to Merton.
		Wimbledon's highest ever attendance figure at Plough Lane was 18,080 for an FA Amateur Cup match versus HMS Victory on March 2, 1935.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Plough_Lane (942 words)

	RTÉ Sport: Wimbledon face administration
		The current state of footballing finances received another blow on Friday as Wimbledon FC was placed into administration.
		Wimbledon's problems have been well documented over the past couple of seasons.
		Attendances at Wimbledon plummetted, while attendances at the breakaway club, AFC Wimbledon, were far higher.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2003/0606/wimbledon.html (230 words)

	A short history of Wimbledon Football Club (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wimbledon found the early years in that league a struggle and often finished in the bottom half of the table.
		Wimbledon's emergence as one of the country's great amateur clubs came in the 1930/31 season when they won the Isthmian league for the first time as well as five cups including the London Senior Cup.
		Wimbledon were applauded for their achievement but were expected to get relegated immediately.
	members.aol.com /stevedons/history.html (1553 words)

	TheFA.com - On the up
		While Milton Keynes-based Wimbledon FC became the first League club to be relegated this season, the situation for AFC Wimbledon could not be more different.
		It is their first cup final since the Wimbledon FC of old toppled Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup Final.
		But while the AFC Wimbledon players might not be turning up at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, you try telling their fans that this year’s Final is any less of an occasion than in 1988.
	www.thefa.com /GrassrootsOld/Postings/2004/04/GrassrootsProfile_AFCWimbledon.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished?page (663 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Column by Chris Borg: Real Wimbledon put Koppel's Dons to shame
		If you're talking about AFC Wimbledon - the breakaway outfit formed in the wake of the FA commission's shameful decision to allow Wimbledon FC to move to Milton Keynes - the answer is about six weeks.
		Wimbledon FC fans, utterly disenchanted by the three-man group's go-ahead for their club's franchising, decided they wanted to continue watching a Wimbledon team that would be an integral part of its home community.
		AFC Wimbledon was set up by the supporters, is owned by the supporters, and will carry the torch for football in the borough of Merton and those who have enjoyed watching it throughout the years.
	soccernet.espn.go.com /archive/columns/2002/0711/20020711featborg.html (1095 words)

	RTÉ Sport: Wimbledon to move to Milton Keynes
		Wimbledon Football Club have announced that they are to move to a new home ground at Milton Keynes in two years' time.
		Wimbledon officials have been searching for a new location for the club in recent years with Dublin touted as a possible choice not too long ago.
		However, Wimbledon's supporters have vowed to fight against the proposed move.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2001/0802/wimbledon.html (664 words)

	::w&ww:::::home:: (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Below are endorsements from those wishing to add their names to the list of supporters and commentators that see any move to Milton keynes as detrimental to both Wimbledon FC and football in general.
		I believe that Wimbledon Football Club should be based in Wimbledon and I back the supporters in their quest to achieve that.
		Wimbledon football club has survived and thrived for long enough without Koppel and Co. - and it seems, Wimbledon and football in general, might be far better off without them now.
	www.weirdandwonderfulworld.com /features/support/index.html (2056 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Column by Chris Borg: Real Wimbledon put Koppel's Dons to shame
		If you're talking about AFC Wimbledon - the breakaway outfit formed in the wake of the FA commission's shameful decision to allow Wimbledon FC to move to Milton Keynes - the answer is about six weeks.
		Wimbledon FC fans, utterly disenchanted by the three-man group's go-ahead for their club's franchising, decided they wanted to continue watching a Wimbledon team that would be an integral part of its home community.
		AFC Wimbledon was set up by the supporters, is owned by the supporters, and will carry the torch for football in the borough of Merton and those who have enjoyed watching it throughout the years.
	www.soccernet.com /columns/2002/0711/20020711featborg.html (1095 words)

	Wimbledon Civic Forum \| Appraisal of Activities
		We facilitated a meeting between the leader of the council and the officer responsible to meet the chair of the residents association and the leader of the scout group who were to be relocated.
		Wimbledon Park Residents association have now produced their business plan, which is being examined by the council, and the expected outcome is that the building will be redeveloped, releasing some monies for the council, and retaining some useful facilities for the community.
		We were contacted by South Wimbledon residents group and asked to advise on the pros and cons of applying to become a Conservation Area.
	www.wimbledoncivicforum.org.uk /aboutus (1067 words)

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		I won’t bore you with the minutiae of Wimbledon’s current mess, but I am constantly amazed at how little the issue has permeated public consciousness, to the extent that ill-informed pundits can get away proclaiming that moving to Milton Keynes is ‘the only option’ for Wimbledon FC.
		Merton local council, the MP for Wimbledon and 85% of the residents have voiced their support for a return of Wimbledon to Plough Lane and Safeway, who purchased the site, have had planning permission turned down.
		The Wimbledon FC club website is a place of censorship and propaganda, to the extent that when an independently produced video highlights package on the site included a shot of a ‘Koppel Out’ poster, a threat of legal action was made.
	members.lycos.co.uk /andywoodward/Wimbledon.htm (1303 words)

	AFC Wimbledon News Archive
		AFC Wimbledon was formed just six weeks ago by fans disillusioned at the Football Leagues decision to ratify Wimbledon FCs move to Milton Keynes.
		Rebel Wimbledon fans can start to dream of supporting a team from their own borough after their breakaway club was elected to the Combined Counties League.
		AFC Wimbledon, formed by supporters who oppose the Nationwide First Division club's projected move to Milton Keynes, were last week refused entry to the Ryman League Division Two but can win promotion to Ryman One by winning the Combined Counties.
	www.katzpaw.co.uk /afc_wimbledon/news_june02.htm (921 words)

	FC Wimbledon is relegated to Division 2 - BigSoccer
		FC Wimbledon is relegated to Division 2 - BigSoccer
		Re: FC Wimbledon is relegated to Division 2
		And Stanley, the mascot of Wimbledon, a Womble, must be one of the few not actually created by a football club itself, the rights to the Wombles belonging to a separate body.
	www.bigsoccer.com /forum/showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=104741 (1150 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| My Club \| Wimbledon \| Wimbledon call in administrators
		Wimbledon's financial troubles have led to the club being placed in administration.
		Wimbledon's losses had been on the increase following chairman Charles Koppel's controversial decision to relocate to Milton Keynes.
		Wimbledon alienated a large part of their fanbase when they announced their intention to move from their temporary home at Selhurst Park to Milton Keynes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wimbledon/2968272.stm (378 words)

	AFC Wimbledon - Definition, explanation
		AFC Wimbledon is a semi-professional English football team representing the area of Wimbledon and Merton in London, though they currently play their games in nearby Kingston upon Thames.
		The club was founded in 2002 when The Football Association allowed the owners of what was then Wimbledon FC ltd. to relocate to the town of Milton Keynes on the far side of Buckinghamshire.
		AFC Wimbledon intend to play there until they can afford to return to Wimbledon proper, where no "Wimbledon" first team has played since the closure of Wimbledon F.C.'s Plough Lane ground in 1991.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/a/af/afc_wimbledon.php (1525 words)

	FA Cup entry re-ignites the question of who exactly owns Wimbledon's past \| Non-League \| Football \| Sport \| Telegraph
		In the blue corner are those who claim that when AFC Wimbledon entertain Ashford Town at their Kingsmeadow ground in the first preliminary round of the FA Cup, the game will feature the lowliest entry point by a previous winner this season.
		Aware that a club's most important asset is their history, a group of Wimbledon supporters recently wrote to the FA asking them to rule on which operation have the right to the Dons' past.
		He is a driver for a wine company and his employer is one of the few Wimbledon FC fans who decided to switch loyalty to Milton Keynes.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2004/09/04/sojimw04.xml (1095 words)

	Revenue dashes Wimbledon FC hopes
		Wimbledon Football Club fans have seen a bid to save the club from liquidation snatched from the jaws of victory by the Inland Revenue.
		The taxman launched a challenge to Wimbledon's Company Voluntary Arrangement at the eleventh hour, meaning the future of the club could now be decided in the High Court.
		Wimbledon agreed its CVA last month, after administrators from Grant Thornton warned that liquidation was inevitable if the deal was rejected.
	www.vnunet.com /articles/print/2035157 (207 words)

	TV connection keeps Wimbledon rise in public eye \| Non-League \| Football \| Sport \| Telegraph
		AFC Wimbledon's inaugural fixture, a friendly against Sutton United in July 2003, was attended by 4,657 fans, and with successive promotions from the Combined Counties League in 2004 and the Ryman Isthmian League Division One, home crowds still average close to 3,000, with nearly as many travelling away from home.
		AFC Wimbledon are eighth in what is the former Isthmian League, which Wimbledon dominated in the Thirties and the early part of the Sixties, winning the championship eight times.
		Although Kingston is just two miles from Wimbledon, and the ground of Conference standard, the ultimate aim is to return to the spiritual home of the Wombles as soon as possible.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/sport/2006/02/20/sfnnon20.xml (724 words)

	Wimbledon - Historical Football Kits
		Wimbledon became one of the leading amateur clubs in the country, winning the Isthmian League eight times.
		While the reviled "Franchise FC" club played out its final games at Selhurst Park in front of fewer than 3,000 spectators, the fans' club was regularly attracting larger gates despite playing at the base of the pyramid.
		While Milton Keynes Dons have struggled, AFC Wimbledon continue to thrive in south-west London and in 2005 fans were considering mounting a legal claim to become the true inheritors of Wimbledon FC's history.
	www.historicalkits.co.uk /Wimbledon/Wimbledon.htm (698 words)

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