| AFC Wimbledon on 13:25 - Dec 13 with 6051 views | stevec |
Good, pleased for them.
How's Tony's ground hunt going? |  | |  |
| AFC Wimbledon on 13:44 - Dec 13 with 6018 views | simmo |
Brilliant stuff, have that MK you cúnts. |  |
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| AFC Wimbledon on 13:47 - Dec 13 with 6012 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| AFC Wimbledon on 13:44 - Dec 13 by simmo |
Brilliant stuff, have that MK you cúnts. |
9 division head start and back exactly in the same place. |  | | |
| AFC Wimbledon on 14:16 - Dec 13 with 5947 views | Mick_S |
| AFC Wimbledon on 13:44 - Dec 13 by simmo |
Brilliant stuff, have that MK you cúnts. |
Don't say that - might all go off again. Terrifying. |  |
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| AFC Wimbledon on 14:38 - Dec 13 with 5896 views | LythamR |
Very pleased for them. Huge step forward |  | | |
| AFC Wimbledon on 15:29 - Dec 13 with 5813 views | smegma |
| AFC Wimbledon on 13:44 - Dec 13 by simmo |
Brilliant stuff, have that MK you cúnts. |
The ONLY club I despise. |  | | |
| AFC Wimbledon on 16:57 - Dec 13 with 5736 views | Harbour |
On the site of the old greyhound speedway stadium...literally across the road from the old Wimbledon FC ground...we should have bought the old white city stadium site before the bbc got it... | | | |
| AFC Wimbledon on 17:01 - Dec 13 with 5726 views | toboboly |
Great stuff - unless you are Kingstonian FC |  |
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| AFC Wimbledon on 17:13 - Dec 13 with 5706 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| AFC Wimbledon on 17:01 - Dec 13 by toboboly |
Great stuff - unless you are Kingstonian FC |
Toboboly,
I'm delighted for Wimbledon, but what are the implications for Kingtonians?
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| AFC Wimbledon on 17:15 - Dec 13 with 5699 views | MrSheen |
| AFC Wimbledon on 17:01 - Dec 13 by toboboly |
Great stuff - unless you are Kingstonian FC |
Or a greyhound.
Are Chelsea Women getting bigger crowds than the Ks used to? |  | | |
| AFC Wimbledon on 17:20 - Dec 13 with 5690 views | Toast_R |
Basically AFC sold Kingsmeadow to Chelsea for their ladies team and Kingstonians as tenants are not wanted there anymore so are in effect, homeless. Harsh but then this was always on the cards, AFC had made no secret of their desire to move back to Merton in the future. Kingstonians would have probably gone to the wall years ago anyway without the investments of AFC.
As for the Greyhounds, the stadium and surrounding area was in a state of disrepair and needed major investment. There was no way that investment would have been on the back of a re-developed greyhound stadium for a niche clientele for a sport that is dying on it's arse. A newly developed football stadium in a diverse community was always going to be a far more popular choice. [Post edited 13 Dec 2017 17:24]
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| AFC Wimbledon on 18:18 - Dec 13 with 5625 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| AFC Wimbledon on 17:20 - Dec 13 by Toast_R |
Basically AFC sold Kingsmeadow to Chelsea for their ladies team and Kingstonians as tenants are not wanted there anymore so are in effect, homeless. Harsh but then this was always on the cards, AFC had made no secret of their desire to move back to Merton in the future. Kingstonians would have probably gone to the wall years ago anyway without the investments of AFC.
As for the Greyhounds, the stadium and surrounding area was in a state of disrepair and needed major investment. There was no way that investment would have been on the back of a re-developed greyhound stadium for a niche clientele for a sport that is dying on it's arse. A newly developed football stadium in a diverse community was always going to be a far more popular choice. [Post edited 13 Dec 2017 17:24]
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I remember many a rainy night watching the speedway and banger racing there. |  |
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| AFC Wimbledon on 18:28 - Dec 13 with 5608 views | MrSheen |
| AFC Wimbledon on 17:20 - Dec 13 by Toast_R |
Basically AFC sold Kingsmeadow to Chelsea for their ladies team and Kingstonians as tenants are not wanted there anymore so are in effect, homeless. Harsh but then this was always on the cards, AFC had made no secret of their desire to move back to Merton in the future. Kingstonians would have probably gone to the wall years ago anyway without the investments of AFC.
As for the Greyhounds, the stadium and surrounding area was in a state of disrepair and needed major investment. There was no way that investment would have been on the back of a re-developed greyhound stadium for a niche clientele for a sport that is dying on it's arse. A newly developed football stadium in a diverse community was always going to be a far more popular choice. [Post edited 13 Dec 2017 17:24]
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I used to go the dogs a lot in the 80s with a friend who lived locally as it was about the same price as a night in the pub, and the local pubs were terrible. I didn't go for about 20 years but went back about 5 years ago. I was shocked at how shabby and run down it was, having been so lively before. I won't miss it, but I felt a bit sorry for the people who lost their entertainment and won't get it elsewhere. | | | |
| AFC Wimbledon on 19:16 - Dec 13 with 5558 views | colinallcars |
BBC local news just said AFC Wimbledon back at Plough Lane after 14 years in Milton Keynes..... |  | | |
| AFC Wimbledon on 19:22 - Dec 13 with 5551 views | flynnbo |
Used to enjoy going down to the dogs having a flutter and seeing Vinnie Jones and Jimmy White although the former will hopefully never be asked to be in the Forever Rs. Also, meant my car booting days were over when the deal was struck. Took a video of the old stadium and track a few months back for nostalgia purposes. Mind you, always thought that they should have played there as it made eminent sense. Good luck to them. |  | | |
| AFC Wimbledon on 21:06 - Dec 13 with 5444 views | Monahoop |
| AFC Wimbledon on 17:01 - Dec 13 by toboboly |
Great stuff - unless you are Kingstonian FC |
I gather the K's are ground sharing at Leatherhead. Will this mean the K's will move back to the Royal Borough or will Chelsea wield their might and say No. I lost a lot of respect for AFC Wimbledon after the way they treated K's, but still have a bit more liking for them than our soon to be opponents in Round 3 of the FA Cup. |  |
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| AFC Wimbledon on 09:05 - Dec 14 with 5148 views | toboboly |
| AFC Wimbledon on 21:06 - Dec 13 by Monahoop |
I gather the K's are ground sharing at Leatherhead. Will this mean the K's will move back to the Royal Borough or will Chelsea wield their might and say No. I lost a lot of respect for AFC Wimbledon after the way they treated K's, but still have a bit more liking for them than our soon to be opponents in Round 3 of the FA Cup. |
The Scum have said no share with K's. The Leatherhead ground share is for at least next season I believe. K's are looking at getting back into the borough but have got rid of practically their entire squad this season and haven't been doing too well of late.
K's are going to slowly slide into obscurity unfortunately.
Regarding crowds there are bigger crowds at Scum ladies than in K's recent years but look at K's crowds 15 years ago when they were pushing for league football and they were huge (circa 2000 people). Unfortunately AFC have taken a lot of the local kids over the years whom may have gone to K's and this has, I believe, accelerated K's demise. | |
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| AFC Wimbledon on 09:08 - Dec 14 with 5143 views | toboboly |
That is slightly unfair, it wasn't the admin that killed K's, it was the Khosla's who then took everything out of the club and left it with absolutely nothing. | |
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| AFC Wimbledon on 09:38 - Dec 14 with 5108 views | hopphoops |
Wimbledon was already a pretty depressing track by the 90s, it didn't have the buzz of Catford or Walthamstow, and they didn't last long.
I used to own a small share (about a paw) of a greyhound at the Stow. I'm amazed to find partial online details of her career ( https://www.igb.ie/results/greyhound-search/greyhound-details/?gid=827D2E5D-367D - she did well in the daytime qualifiers but got lost in the bigger evening races. She quickly retired and moved in with an ex-racing dog called Charles on a farm in Essex. [Post edited 14 Dec 2017 9:48]
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| AFC Wimbledon on 10:04 - Dec 14 with 5086 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Thanks for the info, everyone. | |
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| AFC Wimbledon on 15:53 - Dec 14 with 4954 views | 1BobbyHazell |
| AFC Wimbledon on 18:28 - Dec 13 by MrSheen |
I used to go the dogs a lot in the 80s with a friend who lived locally as it was about the same price as a night in the pub, and the local pubs were terrible. I didn't go for about 20 years but went back about 5 years ago. I was shocked at how shabby and run down it was, having been so lively before. I won't miss it, but I felt a bit sorry for the people who lost their entertainment and won't get it elsewhere. |
I have a very similar experience of the place. Used to go a few times as a kid to the bangers and speedway in the 70's - early 80's. Went to a big night at the dogs in 89/90 and the place was heaving, full to the brim, electric atmosphere. Went back about 10 years later and couldn't believe the extent of demise of both stadium and crowd. Just a handful of people sprinkled in the main stand, completely empty elsewhere.
I read a nice article (good reflection on change/loss) on the rise of AFC and demise of Greyhound racing around the Plough Lane 'battle' in the Guardian last year, worth a look - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/27/wimbledon-greyhounds-afc-plough-la
AS for Kingstonian, I think they'll be very fortunate to return to the borough. I live there now and am actually involved in trying to preserve, a relatively small, bit of green space for school and public use. The council are under a lot of pressure to build 'affordable' homes with a lot of powerful lobbying by developers as well. Like most Greater London boroughs the battle between development and green spaces is sadly only going one way.
Like with AFC and our good selves it looks near impossible to get a piece of land purely for sporting purposes without a lucrative housing development attached for the private sector to gorge on. Unless of course it's part of the ongoing drain of public funds to line the pockets of the 'already taken care of' re the London stadium/ West Ham blatant robbery.
Anyway congrats to AFC although if my trip to their FA cup game against Lincoln in the 1st round is anything to go an 11k stadium is going to feel like a ghost town on match day. |  | | |
| AFC Wimbledon on 12:00 - Dec 15 with 4778 views | blacky200 |
| AFC Wimbledon on 15:53 - Dec 14 by 1BobbyHazell |
I have a very similar experience of the place. Used to go a few times as a kid to the bangers and speedway in the 70's - early 80's. Went to a big night at the dogs in 89/90 and the place was heaving, full to the brim, electric atmosphere. Went back about 10 years later and couldn't believe the extent of demise of both stadium and crowd. Just a handful of people sprinkled in the main stand, completely empty elsewhere.
I read a nice article (good reflection on change/loss) on the rise of AFC and demise of Greyhound racing around the Plough Lane 'battle' in the Guardian last year, worth a look - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/27/wimbledon-greyhounds-afc-plough-la
AS for Kingstonian, I think they'll be very fortunate to return to the borough. I live there now and am actually involved in trying to preserve, a relatively small, bit of green space for school and public use. The council are under a lot of pressure to build 'affordable' homes with a lot of powerful lobbying by developers as well. Like most Greater London boroughs the battle between development and green spaces is sadly only going one way.
Like with AFC and our good selves it looks near impossible to get a piece of land purely for sporting purposes without a lucrative housing development attached for the private sector to gorge on. Unless of course it's part of the ongoing drain of public funds to line the pockets of the 'already taken care of' re the London stadium/ West Ham blatant robbery.
Anyway congrats to AFC although if my trip to their FA cup game against Lincoln in the 1st round is anything to go an 11k stadium is going to feel like a ghost town on match day. |
I remember Plough Lane being pretty empty even though it was a small stadium |  | | |
| AFC Wimbledon on 13:31 - Dec 15 with 4739 views | dontknowitall |
| AFC Wimbledon on 09:08 - Dec 14 by toboboly |
That is slightly unfair, it wasn't the admin that killed K's, it was the Khosla's who then took everything out of the club and left it with absolutely nothing. |
I have business dealings with the Khosla's on a daily basis interestingly enough, and they are still very much involved in 'gaining control of companies and property and selling off their underperforming assets to maximise the return for the equity investors' (themselves). No ostentatious flaunting of wealth though, the family fleet of vehicles only includes a Rolls Royce, Porsche, Maserati and Mercedes............ Although for them to manage a portfolio of around 500 properties including industrial estates, office blocks, hotels and blocks of flats isn't easy what with all that rent to collect (licensed not leased) and Council Enforcement Notices to deal with and then the evictions of course.
Oh, and money lending. If anyone is ever in need of emergency funds that is another pie that they have their finger in, although the rate of interest will probably be more than just a few points above base rate......... [Post edited 15 Dec 2017 16:57]
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