| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest 10:56 - Jan 18 with 7455 views | loftboy |
Firstly I can understand kids and teenagers supporting them as they know no difference but last night there were a fair few groups of 40 something's, now I can't see them being Ex Wimbledon fans do who the hell were they supporting 10 years ago and why change?
Secondly singing songs like " sit down or we'll steal your club" isn't funny and can't they see what is wrong with it. |  |
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| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 16:50 - Jan 18 with 819 views | TGRRRSSS |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 12:09 - Jan 18 by DevonWhite |
Fantastic support for a L1 side? I'd expect a League 1 side in an FA Cup tie away to a Premier League team to sell out straight away.
The problem with McDons is, as pointed out above, they cheated their way to the level they're at. If MK wanted a professional football club then fine, Winkleman could have invested in MK City or one of the other grassroots teams already in the city. And then pumped some money in and worked their way up the pyramid like everyone else has to.
It's a disgrace and it's alarming that many QPR fans are happy to just forget about the past and let them off the hook. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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Totally agree, also lets not forget it could have been MK Rangers - lest those above forget.
I don't care if they are well run I don't care how well they play on the pitch or how good the ground is how whether the city can support football at the top level, it's all irrelevent cos of how they were formed by that scumbag. |  | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 16:53 - Jan 18 with 812 views | benbu |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 12:05 - Jan 18 by Juzzie |
"they attracted 19,500" No, they didn't. They attracted 13,500 as we had 6,000 there ourselves.
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well yes they did - they attracted 19,500 fans to the game. 5000 may have been QPR but that isnt bad going for a club that formed in 2004 and are in league 1. We didnt attract 13,500 every week last season en route to promotion!!! |  | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 16:54 - Jan 18 with 805 views | SomersetHoops |
The fact is they were playing better football than us for most of the game last night and did in the first game. They have a young keen manager who seems to get them playing well and they seemed exceptional for a Div. 1 side. If you are not committed to another team and live in or near MK why wouldn't you want to follow them.
The history of how they were formed is nothing to do with the current manager or players and the guy who owns the club seems to have done what he said he would when he set them up. Wimbledon have their own club now which appears to be thriving, so I don't get why the football community can't just let them get on with it. We have enough problems of our own at QPR (which I hope will be solved soon) to be worrying about clubs like this now we have managed to get past them and our 11 year hoodo. |  |
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| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 18:29 - Jan 18 with 767 views | BazWoT |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 16:54 - Jan 18 by SomersetHoops |
The fact is they were playing better football than us for most of the game last night and did in the first game. They have a young keen manager who seems to get them playing well and they seemed exceptional for a Div. 1 side. If you are not committed to another team and live in or near MK why wouldn't you want to follow them.
The history of how they were formed is nothing to do with the current manager or players and the guy who owns the club seems to have done what he said he would when he set them up. Wimbledon have their own club now which appears to be thriving, so I don't get why the football community can't just let them get on with it. We have enough problems of our own at QPR (which I hope will be solved soon) to be worrying about clubs like this now we have managed to get past them and our 11 year hoodo. |
Probably because the wider football community knows that the way that club was formed WAS TOTALLY WRONG and an insult to football clubs the world over! |  |
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| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 20:29 - Jan 18 with 726 views | smegma |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 11:10 - Jan 18 by Juzzie |
Was this their first competitve away game against a Premiership team? Also, they're on a real high at the moment so that'll add to the interest. Had they been down the bottom of the table and tonked week in week out then maybe they wouldn't have brought so many. But then we might not have needed a replay either.
"Over 3,000" ITV exclaimed. PMSL, it was 1,900. Still good but not exactly a difficult journey.
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And according to their website they had sold 1,350 in two days. Then were given a further 1,800+++ with 800 of them being available at the turnstiles. So by my reckoning they claim to have sold circa 2,300-2,400. It turns out they brought 1,916.And a weird bunch they were and all. |  | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 20:41 - Jan 18 with 709 views | derbyhoop |
"The problem with McDons is, as pointed out above, they cheated their way to the level they're at. If MK wanted a professional football club then fine, Winkleman could have invested in MK City or one of the other grassroots teams already in the city. And then pumped some money in and worked their way up the pyramid like everyone else has to. "
I agree with the above and I do believe the way they were formed was a disgrace. Especially when a precedent had been set with Rushden & Diamonds.
But the current staff, players and fans at MK have, for the most part, nothing to do with that. For a L1 side, they are doing well and are playing attractive football for that level. I can see why the residents of a large town 30 minutes away from any other League club would be tempted to go to their modern stadium.
Once you've settled on a club, I see no reason to switch allegiance. There 's a large enough contingent of QPR supporters in Derbyshire. That's a lot further from London than MK. Nearly all of us have links to the QPR catchment area and I can't see many of us tempted to switch to Derby County or Chesterfield. |  |
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| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 21:45 - Jan 18 with 682 views | BazWoT |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 16:53 - Jan 18 by benbu |
well yes they did - they attracted 19,500 fans to the game. 5000 may have been QPR but that isnt bad going for a club that formed in 2004 and are in league 1. We didnt attract 13,500 every week last season en route to promotion!!! |
We had both blocks, almost 8,000 fans, where you get 5,000 from I don't know as we officially sold at least 1,000 more than that. | |
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| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 09:14 - Jan 19 with 634 views | denhamhoop2 |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 21:45 - Jan 18 by BazWoT |
We had both blocks, almost 8,000 fans, where you get 5,000 from I don't know as we officially sold at least 1,000 more than that. |
Quite appropriate a made up club for a made up town.If they really wanted a league club could have started at the bottom like AFC and Aldershot have done.What would happen if Al Fayed decides to quit Fulham and Prince Charles likes the idea of a football team in Cornwall.Buys them and relocates to Penzance or Truro both places with large enough populations to fill a 40k stadium would it make it right and would people on here say whats the problem with that.This is England not USA sports teams are not Franchises you can pick up and put down where it suits. | | | |
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| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 11:06 - Jan 19 with 608 views | magsdon |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 12:09 - Jan 18 by DevonWhite |
Fantastic support for a L1 side? I'd expect a League 1 side in an FA Cup tie away to a Premier League team to sell out straight away.
The problem with McDons is, as pointed out above, they cheated their way to the level they're at. If MK wanted a professional football club then fine, Winkleman could have invested in MK City or one of the other grassroots teams already in the city. And then pumped some money in and worked their way up the pyramid like everyone else has to.
It's a disgrace and it's alarming that many QPR fans are happy to just forget about the past and let them off the hook. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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Just to let you know a little more about the supposed francising. this year sees AFC celebrate thier 10th anniversary of starting, we only celebrate our 8th year of becoming MK.strange that,they were offered their club for a pound but didnt want to know as they already started AFC.As for the Mk City argument their chairman had already got rid of that a few years before when he took it over.As a Portsmouth fan who now lives miles away I now support my local team MK Dons and am proud to do so, they do so much in Mk that none of you know about .Just to say about the name, we still have a few Wimbledon fans whocome and they have always said they never want to see the name dropped as which ever way you want to look at it it is still their old club. | | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 11:26 - Jan 19 with 589 views | toboboly |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 11:06 - Jan 19 by magsdon |
Just to let you know a little more about the supposed francising. this year sees AFC celebrate thier 10th anniversary of starting, we only celebrate our 8th year of becoming MK.strange that,they were offered their club for a pound but didnt want to know as they already started AFC.As for the Mk City argument their chairman had already got rid of that a few years before when he took it over.As a Portsmouth fan who now lives miles away I now support my local team MK Dons and am proud to do so, they do so much in Mk that none of you know about .Just to say about the name, we still have a few Wimbledon fans whocome and they have always said they never want to see the name dropped as which ever way you want to look at it it is still their old club. |
Whichever way you look at it it certainly isn't their old club. |  |
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| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 11:32 - Jan 19 with 582 views | loftboy |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 11:06 - Jan 19 by magsdon |
Just to let you know a little more about the supposed francising. this year sees AFC celebrate thier 10th anniversary of starting, we only celebrate our 8th year of becoming MK.strange that,they were offered their club for a pound but didnt want to know as they already started AFC.As for the Mk City argument their chairman had already got rid of that a few years before when he took it over.As a Portsmouth fan who now lives miles away I now support my local team MK Dons and am proud to do so, they do so much in Mk that none of you know about .Just to say about the name, we still have a few Wimbledon fans whocome and they have always said they never want to see the name dropped as which ever way you want to look at it it is still their old club. |
So who did you used to support then? | |
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| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 11:41 - Jan 19 with 572 views | mrmonkey |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 13:20 - Jan 18 by qprxtc |
It seems a few on here have forgotten or didn't know that when we were in the sh!t 10 years ago, Winkleman tried it on with us.
So you could all have been travelling up to MK to watch some Frankenstein's Monster version of QPR. Mk Rangers? Still, it didn't happen to us so who gives a f*ck about Wimbledon......
Mk Dons are not/never will be a football club. Thay are the bastards of the football world. I wish them every footballing ill going. Those people following them last night are not football fans.
It's not about their history or lack of it, it's about Hayes & Yeading, Wrexham, Basingstoke etc. Every other club trying to better themselves, having that small opportunity of hope.
Not stealing another club and making it your own.
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Shocking to see some our fans saying good stuff about this vile little fake club and that we should forget about and it doesn't matter how they got where there are.
Pete Winkleman is and always will be one of my most despised men in football |  | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace (n/t) on 13:10 - Jan 19 with 547 views | magsdon |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 11:32 - Jan 19 by loftboy |
So who did you used to support then? |
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| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:14 - Jan 19 with 539 views | magsdon |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 11:32 - Jan 19 by loftboy |
So who did you used to support then? |
Obviusly Portsmouth FC AT Fratton Park but having moved away years ago it is not possible for me to go downthere,although Itake an interest in what they are doing and find out from my family wehats happening within the club | | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:17 - Jan 19 with 537 views | westolian |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:14 - Jan 19 by magsdon |
Obviusly Portsmouth FC AT Fratton Park but having moved away years ago it is not possible for me to go downthere,although Itake an interest in what they are doing and find out from my family wehats happening within the club |
So, Pompey to MK Dons
Gloryhunter !! |  |
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| Franchise fans got to get this off my chest on 13:20 - Jan 19 with 526 views | DevonWhite |
"As for the Mk City argument their chairman had already got rid of that a few years before when he took it over"
Then start another one. Why does MK deserve to skip the queue and go straight in to the professional leagues when everyone else has to work their way up the pyramid? | | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:23 - Jan 19 with 519 views | Northernr |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:14 - Jan 19 by magsdon |
Obviusly Portsmouth FC AT Fratton Park but having moved away years ago it is not possible for me to go downthere,although Itake an interest in what they are doing and find out from my family wehats happening within the club |
I supported QPR because my dad and grandad did. do you know what we all did when we moved up to Yorkshire? We travelled back down at weekends to watch QPR. It's wonderful this country, they have things like roads and railways that can take you to all manner of places. |  | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:26 - Jan 19 with 508 views | magsdon |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 11:26 - Jan 19 by toboboly |
Whichever way you look at it it certainly isn't their old club. |
I can only tell what they say,and as on Tues they still wear their colours and come to all the matches home and away.If that is their feelings who have any of us the right to tell them they are wrong.To me MK Dons are the team I support and I think its wrong to keep blaming the fans and players that are now there as a lot of them have no idea what went on | | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:26 - Jan 19 with 507 views | magsdon |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 11:26 - Jan 19 by toboboly |
Whichever way you look at it it certainly isn't their old club. |
I can only tell what they say,and as on Tues they still wear their colours and come to all the matches home and away.If that is their feelings who have any of us the right to tell them they are wrong.To me MK Dons are the team I support and I think its wrong to keep blaming the fans and players that are now there as a lot of them have no idea what went on | | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:27 - Jan 19 with 504 views | QPR_Jim |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:26 - Jan 19 by magsdon |
I can only tell what they say,and as on Tues they still wear their colours and come to all the matches home and away.If that is their feelings who have any of us the right to tell them they are wrong.To me MK Dons are the team I support and I think its wrong to keep blaming the fans and players that are now there as a lot of them have no idea what went on |
Ignorance of the situation is rearely a defence against anything. |  | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:29 - Jan 19 with 498 views | magsdon |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:23 - Jan 19 by Northernr |
I supported QPR because my dad and grandad did. do you know what we all did when we moved up to Yorkshire? We travelled back down at weekends to watch QPR. It's wonderful this country, they have things like roads and railways that can take you to all manner of places. |
Yes I agree but I dont have the money and never have had to travel like that all the time. | | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:31 - Jan 19 with 491 views | magsdon |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:27 - Jan 19 by QPR_Jim |
Ignorance of the situation is rearely a defence against anything. |
not defending any thing but you have to remember we have a very young and family fan base | | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:36 - Jan 19 with 480 views | toboboly |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:26 - Jan 19 by magsdon |
I can only tell what they say,and as on Tues they still wear their colours and come to all the matches home and away.If that is their feelings who have any of us the right to tell them they are wrong.To me MK Dons are the team I support and I think its wrong to keep blaming the fans and players that are now there as a lot of them have no idea what went on |
A lot of them have no idea what went wrong because they are not fans. You usurped a position wrongfully and benefitted from the death of the real wimbledon. AFC is the valid continuation of that name. I will blame and am disgusted by everything to do with that "club". The players don't care but fans and owners made a choice and for that they are scum. | |
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| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:41 - Jan 19 with 472 views | magsdon |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:17 - Jan 19 by westolian |
So, Pompey to MK Dons
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Blimey if I was a glory hunter maybe Man U etc.Have you seen how poor old ,Pompey have suffered in the past few years, and we are not high flyers its just nice to be able tg go and see live football in my area and im loving it | | | |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:49 - Jan 19 with 464 views | windsorhoop |
| Franchise fans got to get this off my chestMags don inpeace on 13:36 - Jan 19 by toboboly |
A lot of them have no idea what went wrong because they are not fans. You usurped a position wrongfully and benefitted from the death of the real wimbledon. AFC is the valid continuation of that name. I will blame and am disgusted by everything to do with that "club". The players don't care but fans and owners made a choice and for that they are scum. |
Agreed.
Wonder how these MK Dons fans would feel if in 10 years a very rich wimbledon fan buys there club and moves it back to london.
I hate everything to do with MK Dons. The pain and hurt this caused to decent fans who maybe not large in number were very loyal to wimbledon. Why did they deserve to have to start x amoutn of divisiond below league two. Yes they made the best of it and a lot of non league clubs made a lot of money out of it but that doesn't make it right.
The fact that only recentley has winklemen handed over the fa cup they won after being threatend with legal action just shows what a sub human scumbag he is. I wouldnt bet on MK Dons being a well run club. Just remember what winklement told everyone when he attempted to buy and move us up to milton keyenes. The consortuim had about 5 mill altogether. | | | |
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