Franchise FC are down!

[JTG]

Exactly. If lots of people in MK were dying to support a club then they were stupid 'cos until very recently there was a Milton Keynes City FC crying out for support (and going bust just after the Dongs arrived).

Then there's Oxford, Northampton, Wycombe and Luton in spitting distance if you want a higher placed club.

They're going to die soon and I'm glad.

 

[tbaldwin]

Im glad AFC Wimbledon exist.It was a good move by their fans but i really dont get why people are so interested in MK Dons. Clubs have moved before and will again and MK Dons effectivelly took over Wimbledons place but Wimbledon had shit crowds even in the top division at home they pulled in crowds of under 4,000,which lets face it is hopeless.
MK Dons were getting more than that in the third division.

Its also a bit sad that AFCW took over Kingstonians ground and made another Football speculator very very rich in the bargain.

As for people saying the people in MK should have supported MK City. How many of them would ever watch a Spartan South Midlands league game..
If there in London they could always watch Haringey boro along with about 20 other people.....

 

[Corax]

As for people saying the people in MK should have supported MK City. How many of them would ever watch a Spartan South Midlands league game..
If there in London they could always watch Haringey boro along with about 20 other people.....

I used to watch the K's in the Rymans Premier. In fact, I was there on a wet field on the outskirts of oxford when they clinched promotion to the Conference and Super Terry Evans did a spontaneous Nobby-esque jig of glee in the middle.

 

[JTG]

Wimbledon had shit crowds even in the top division at home they pulled in crowds of under 4,000,which lets face it is hopeless.
MK Dons were getting more than that in the third division.

Utter nonsense. To choose one season at random, Wimbledon's average gate in 1994/95 was 10,230. Not brilliant but considering the fact that the public transport links between the home ground and the team's traditional base were so dire, forgivable.

As for people saying the people in MK should have supported MK City. How many of them would ever watch a Spartan South Midlands league game..
If there in London they could always watch Haringey boro along with about 20 other people.....

Red herring and you know it. The argument goes that MK residents wanted a club of their own - well they had one, they had no need to steal someone else's. How many people go to watch fourth division games? I move that Bristol should poach Fulham so we can all watch top flight football

Football is by its nature meritocratic, teams rise and fall by their results on the pitch and towns should not be able to buy a league position simply by outbidding a side's exisiting support base.

Thing is baldwin, you're either dense or a professional contrarian going by your posts on several subjects here. Wouldn't like to say which though.

 

[huxley71]

Highlight of the season.

Well chuffed to see them crash and burn.

 

[tbaldwin]

Utter nonsense. To choose one season at random, Wimbledon's average gate in 1994/95 was 10,230. Not brilliant but considering the fact that the public transport links between the home ground and the team's traditional base were so dire, forgivable.



Red herring and you know it. The argument goes that MK residents wanted a club of their own - well they had one, they had no need to steal someone else's. How many people go to watch fourth division games? I move that Bristol should poach Fulham so we can all watch top flight football

Football is by its nature meritocratic, teams rise and fall by their results on the pitch and towns should not be able to buy a league position simply by outbidding a side's exisiting support base.

Thing is baldwin, you're either dense or a professional contrarian going by your posts on several subjects here. Wouldn't like to say which though.

Horseshit indeed compare Wimbledons crowds at WIMBLEDON with MK Dons at MILTON KEYNES.
Wimbledon at Palce attracted people who just wanted to "Catch a Premiership game" they were hardly dyed in the wool wimbledon fans.

Wimbledons fans base was always very small.Neutral and Away fans made up most of the gate at Selhurst and most Football fans know this.

I do like AFCW and hope they go up but they are never going to attract the kind of fan base needed for top flight football.

What do you think about Cumbernauld stealing a club by the way?

 

[Juice Terry]

I do like AFCW and hope they go up but they are never going to attract the kind of fan base needed for top flight football.

Fuck me you talk a load crap you stupid cunt.

How do you think Wimbledon with their small fanbase got from non-league to the premiership in the first place?

And can you point me to where in the League rules it says that league position is dependent on crowd levels?

 

[JTG]

I would tell you baldwin but debating with you is about as productive and enjoyable as repeatedly slamming my head in my fridge door so I think I'll try that instead.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

You going to do a thread on this one?

 

[3_D]

Horseshit

Indeed. You can't defend the indefensible.

You talk of "hypocrisy by born again football fans". Well the prawn sandwich lot (if that's who you mean by 'born again fans') don't even know Leagues 1 & 2 exist, nevermind giving a fuck about Wimbledon & MK Dons.

It's the genuine football supporters that feel this so deeply as we know it could happen to any of our clubs.

Bit of a giveaway, that obsession of yours with the premiership and big crowds, btw....

 

[T & P]

Horseshit indeed compare Wimbledons crowds at WIMBLEDON with MK Dons at MILTON KEYNES.
Wimbledon at Palce attracted people who just wanted to "Catch a Premiership game" they were hardly dyed in the wool wimbledon fans.

Rubbish. Wimbledon FC regularly managed 8-10k (and sometimes nearly twice as much) of their own fans at Selhurst Park- never mind neutrals and visiting fans.

Compare that indeed with Franchise FC's own 'fan' base.

LOL!

Wimbledons fans base was always very small.Neutral and Away fans made up most of the gate at Selhurst and most Football fans know this.

Why do you keep making things up?

I do like AFCW and hope they go up but they are never going to attract the kind of fan base needed for top flight football.

Like someone has alreday pointed out, that is precisely what happened with the old Wimbledon FC.

 

[tbaldwin]

Rubbish. Wimbledon FC regularly managed 8-10k (and sometimes nearly twice as much) of their own fans at Selhurst Park- never mind neutrals and visiting fans.

Compare that indeed with Franchise FC's own 'fan' base.

LOL!

Why do you keep making things up?

Like someone has alreday pointed out, that is precisely what happened with the old Wimbledon FC.

1 Complete bollocks. Most of their crowds in the year they got a 17,000 average were made up of away fans.

2 If you really think i made that up i dont really believe you were ever a football fan.

3 Wimbledon never had good crowds at Wimbledon. There first league match was attended by fewer than 4,000 people.

 

[JKKne]

I know little of AFC Wimbledon but I went to see Wimbledon a few times in the Premiership.

The attendances were shocking, I think they only managed 3,000 for Everton and 1900 were Everton fans! I know the bigger clubs used to take up whole stands with up to 5,000, I think they only ever sold out for Man Utd

 

[JTG]

You going to do a thread on this one?

you trying to be funny?

 

[Donna Ferentes]

you trying to be funny?

Yes. Didn't you do that other thread keeping us up to date on strange activities in which youwere engaged?

 

[JKKne]

Yes. Didn't you do that other thread keeping us up to date on strange activities in which youwere engaged?

Your being very Niles Crane today

 

[T & P]

1 Complete bollocks. Most of their crowds in the year they got a 17,000 average were made up of away fans.

2 If you really think i made that up i dont really believe you were ever a football fan.

3 Wimbledon never had good crowds at Wimbledon. There first league match was attended by fewer than 4,000 people.

1. No it wasn't. I was a season ticket holder for many years- take it from me.

2. See above.

3. It was often sold out to its 8k or thereabouts capacity. What are the average attendances of MK Dons supporters only again?

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Your being very Niles Crane today

You'll have to explain that to me, I never watched that show.

 

[JKKne]

You'll have to explain that to me, I never watched that show.

It'd be far too complex and difficult. (Not for me or for you, it'd just be long winded and I can't surmise 12 years of television into one post)

 

[JTG]

Yes. Didn't you do that other thread keeping us up to date on strange activities in which youwere engaged?

you're acting very strangely.

normal for you though

 

[Donna Ferentes]

you're acting very strangely.

normal for you though

Have you got a problem with me today, JTG? If so, do you want to spit it out?

 

[JTG]

Have you got a problem with me today, JTG? If so, do you want to spit it out?

just wondering why you're being such a nobhead towards me that's all

 

[Donna Ferentes]

just wondering why you're being such a nobhead towards me that's all

I'm not, and nobody else is, either.

 

[JTG]

I'm not, and nobody else is, either.

yes of course

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Well I'll leave you to it then.

Don't make imaginary enemies, that's my advice.

 

[JTG]

http://www.mkdons.tk/

 

[pk]

As someone who used to watch the original Dons at Plough Lane, before even Vinnie 'played' for them... this is truly great news.

Sends a clear message out to the likes of Malcolm Glazer and other moneymen who think a football club is a commodity.

I wished nothing but ill-will on MK Dons since they upped and left South London, and that has now come to its fruition.

And I still visit Plough Lane a lot, both for the greyhounds and the stock car racing - I was there last week and I'll be there next Sunday, and the old Plough Lane site is still just a derelict plot surrounded by hardboard...

And I'm liking that 404 link...
Best of luck to AFC Wimbledon, far closer to the original Dons spirit than "McDons" will ever be...