Alternatively, please email ifollow@efl.com - note that live chat is recommended for the quickest response on a matchday. [25] Royal blue shirts with navy blue shorts and socks were finally settled upon in 1918, initially bearing a "W" (for Wimbledon) in the centre of the chest. [4], In August 2001, the club announced its intent to relocate to Milton Keynes. • Designed for personal use only. [12] Not that it mattered; after losing Barton to Newcastle, 1995–96 saw a drop to 14th. Alternatively, please email ifollow@efl.com - note that live chat is recommended for the quickest response on a matchday. Wimbledon Football Club was an English football club formed in Wimbledon, south-west London, in 1889 and based at Plough Lane from 1912 to 1991. Attendances did not immediately change much following the move to Selhurst Park in 1991 – however, the larger capacity gradually started to be used. Wimbledon Town FC. Retrieved 4 June 2009. [4] Burton remained manager of Wimbledon for two seasons in the second tier before he was sacked at the end of 2001–02 after the club had narrowly missed out on the promotion play-offs two seasons in a row. [4], 1984–85 was Wimbledon's first season in the Second Division, and everyone at the club was prepared for long and hard struggle to preserve this status. The Plough Lane ground remained comparatively basic, and by the time the club had risen to the First Division the stadium had not changed greatly from Wimbledon's recent non-league days. The club moved to Plough Lane in September 1912. Location. Wimbledon became nationally famous during an FA Cup run during the 1974–75 season: entering the competition at the first qualifying round, Wimbledon saw off first Bracknell Town, then Maidenhead United, Wokingham Town, Guildford & Dorking United, Bath City and Kettering Town to find themselves in the third round proper. [4] Just before the survival battle was lost, injured defender Dave Clement committed suicide. In 2001, after rejecting a variety of possible local sites and others further afield, the club announced its intention to move 56 miles (90 km) north to Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire. Unlike most football clubs, AFC Wimbledon is owned by the fans. Harford suddenly resigned in October 1991, to be replaced by Peter Withe. 08:33. video. The club record signing of West Ham United striker John Hartson boosted hopes of success for Wimbledon, but a terrible run of form in the final weeks of the season saw the side dip to 16th in the final table. 00:38. video. Nothing came of the plans for a new ground and at the end of 1990–91 the club's board decided that Plough Lane was beyond redevelopment to meet the new FA rule requiring all-seater stadiums. 's wish to relocate to Milton Keynes", "Dons chief shrugs off lowest ever crowd", "Wimbledon's happy ending is pure Hollywood", "Even the Wombles refuse to follow Wimbledon to Milton Keynes", "MK Dons (formerly Wimbledon) all time records", "Newcastle beat Tottenham to sign £7m Cort". [4] Wimbledon's first stay in the Third Division was not a successful one. Wimbledon also lifted the FA Amateur Cup in 1962–63, beating Sutton United 4–2: the club's all-time top goalscorer, Eddie Reynolds, scored all four Wimbledon goals with his head, and in doing so became the only player to have headed in all four of his side's goals in a Wembley match – as of 2012, still a unique feat. to Milton Keynes, "Football Club History Database - Wimbledon", "Premier League vetoes the Intertoto Cup", "Report of the Independent Commission on Wimbledon F.C. Wimbledon won the Clapham League again in 1900–01, as well as two minor trophies. [41], 1Both home matches in this competition were played at Brighton and Hove Albion's Goldstone Ground, as Selhurst Park was unavailable.[45]. • Fabric mask with elastic banding. From the mid 1980s, the club's main rivals were considered by fans to be fellow south London club Crystal Palace (who were their landlord from 1991 to 2003) and west London-based Chelsea; however, neither of these rivalries was seriously reciprocated. Wimbledon reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup, but the team's league form slowly deteriorated during the second half of the season. [4] A similar pattern followed in 1998–99 – a good start followed by a slump. In the fourth round the good form continued, as the team held the reigning First Division champions Leeds United to a 0–0 draw at Elland Road. They decided to start a new club there, which is called AFC Wimbledon. After guiding Wimbledon to 13th place in the First Division and booking a place in the inaugural FA Premier League,[4] Kinnear got the manager's job on a permanent basis. Wed, Sep 15 at 8:00pm. Wimbledon had continued success in their new league, finishing as runners-up at the first attempt. Promotion in third place was sealed on the final day of the season with an away victory at Huddersfield Town. Wimbledon's highest attendance at the ground came on 2 March 1935, when 18,080 people were attracted to an FA Amateur Cup tie against HMS Victory. Despite this, nothing ever became of the board's continual promises to redevelop the site or to build a new ground within the borough, and the club remained as tenants at Selhurst Park for twelve years.[32]. [4] His successor was Bristol Rovers manager Bobby Gould. The board of the club decided that Plough Lane could not be made to comply with these new requirements economically and, in 1990, they announced plans to temporarily groundshare with Crystal Palace at their Selhurst Park stadium. We have a Premier and Social Men's Team and a Women's team in their fourth year, so we cater for all. 37,000 Wimbledon fans witnessed captain Dave Beasant becoming the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in an FA Cup final, stopping John Aldridge's shot. [13] Burton's Wimbledon narrowly missed the play-offs twice in a row before he was sacked. • One size fits most. However, in light of the controversy over the moving of the club to Milton Keynes, the licence to use the character was withdrawn by the Wombles' creator, Elisabeth Beresford as a protest.[31]. [39], The records for most appearances and goals for Wimbledon in The Football League were both held by Alan Cork. the same year as Wimbledon's FA Cup triumph, Relocation of Wimbledon F.C. AFC Wimbledon is an English professional football club, based in Merton, London, which has played in League One, the third tier of the English football league system, since winning promotion in 2016. Centurycomm. Managers after Batsford sourced to: "Manager History for Wimbledon". [11] Consequently, the club moved to Selhurst Park before the 1991–92 season, ground-sharing with Crystal Palace.