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On This Day in 1970
Police were called to Plough Lane as Chelesa supporters in a 3,000 crowd went on the rampage at a pre-season friendly at Plough Lane. During the game, which the Blues won 5-4, visiting fans marched around the ground with some climbing onto the cantilever roof over the west bank. At the final whistle, hundreds swarmed onto the pitch and the corner flags were stolen as members of the crowd scaled the scaffolding on the half-built Sydney Black Memorial Hall.
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50 years ago, a hat trick of Southern League titles and two high profile FA Cup runs were not enough. In the days prior to automatic promotion, club chairman Ron Noades had to travel the country canvassing votes from his Football League counterparts as part of a high profile ‘Dons 4 Div 4’ campaign before the Dons were finally accepted. Relive every kick of Wimbledon’s final non-league year through the pages of the latest edition of The Historical Don with match reports and pictures as well as the memories of Noades, manager Allen Batsford and several members of his all-conquering team. On sale at the home games in August and priced at £3, it is hoped that payments can now be made via a card machine!
24th Jul 2026 09:57:31 
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Newport warming up for us by playing a friendly tonight against Roma.
4th Aug 2026 20:05:37 
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Live on iPlayer now, apparently.
Wasn't Eric Young and accountant?
4th Aug 2026 20:01:04 
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Steve Foster, Kurt Nogan, Robbie Reinelt 🤣
4th Aug 2026 19:59:07 
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Wox, are there any "Seagull legends"?
4th Aug 2026 19:55:27 
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Brian Horton I can remember...
Airsy-the Marcus Gayle non goal v Wrexham was at Selhurst
4th Aug 2026 19:30:51 
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The 'if only we'd drawn a game in October that we lost, we'd have got automatic promotion' is an atrociously weak argument.
4th Aug 2026 19:28:35 
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N.B. I have no idea if it was October but i remember an autumnal vibe
I don't think we have ever announced a new signing at meet the manager. Pre season tour has happened a couple pf times. Anyway anyone there who can kindly summarise interesting things?
4th Aug 2026 18:58:04 
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I did wonder if they might reveal a signing at tonight’s event but alas no.
4th Aug 2026 18:50:39 
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CW, he’s barely scored a goal since leaving us. Thats the only metric the fan boys should be interested in
4th Aug 2026 18:09:00 
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Rakow also in the Europa League this season and neither us or Ipswich are doing that
4th Aug 2026 17:56:08 
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Clive Thomas was in the 1978 World Cup 'cancelling' a Brazil goal v Sweden. Steve Dunn cancelled out a possible Marcus Gayle winner for us at Wrexham in a 1998 FA Cup tie at The Racecourse
4th Aug 2026 17:51:06 
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Eric Young ticked the box for no publicity as I recall
4th Aug 2026 17:37:29 
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Message for Historical Don - I attended a big meeting at the BHA Amex yesterday. Part of the day was a Q&A with some Seagull 'legends'. I asked if they or anyone knew the whereabout s of Eric Young but the all looked blank.
4th Aug 2026 17:32:03 
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Anyway i tried for you!
Polish top flight football is a touch better than league 2
4th Aug 2026 17:31:13 
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Seems like Al Hamadi peaked with us
4th Aug 2026 17:12:44 
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It was something like that RK yes. And there was a similar twist of fate on the final day of the league I seem to remember in that something caused Plymouth to not get automatic and ended up in the final against us.
4th Aug 2026 17:12:25 
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Can’t remember the details.
If Stanley had got the draw, wouldn't they have earned an automatic place?
4th Aug 2026 16:55:24 
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DO- it was the Accy home game in play-off winning season.
4th Aug 2026 16:41:00 
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I see Ali Al Hamadi is now on loan in Poland to Rakow Czestochowa
4th Aug 2026 16:33:16 
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Worthing in big boys league now got Carlisle away first game coaches leaving 430 am
4th Aug 2026 16:19:48 
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Not just the countryside, RK. The other day there was a passenger in a car, which was being parked, that threw stuff out of the window. The car was outside a Tesco Express where there was a bin literally a few feet away. I couldn't believe my eyes. I think she was more interested in stuffing her face and setting a bad example to the kids sat in the back than caring about littering. This was in Bookham, which isn't an area known for chavs and pikeys. One thing I do notice on walks are bags of (presumably) dog shit hung up. What do people who do this think is going to happen? Some dog shit fairy is going to collect them later and put them in the bin they should have? Ditto dog ends thrown on the ground.
4th Aug 2026 15:53:48 
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I carry my own litter miles until I come across a bin. If I can carry it when it is full I can carry it when it's empty. It's not that big a hardship.
Talking of Wombles (litter pickers), I did a hike last week that included a two km section on a busy road. I couldn't believe the amount of litter that is thrown from car windows in our beautiful countryside
4th Aug 2026 15:29:17 
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The best thing about refereeing is being able to apply the rules "in the spirit of the game" - that gives you some leeway to do what is right not what is the written rules. I think in the Accy instance that it was incredibly harsh to have blown the whistle while a shot was travelling towards the goal. I'd have been livid if that had happened to us and I was very happy that it happened in our favour. It's all part of the game - every match has its own personality and refs should be able to use their discretion to steer a game accordingly.
4th Aug 2026 15:22:25 
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I don't remember there being anything controversial in the build up e.g. Accy time wasting, so in that circumstance if I'd been reffing I wouldn't have blown up until the ball was dead/neutral. Not gonna argue with the OI approach though that you blow at the allotted time regardless of situation.
Didn't it also happen in the World Cup once? Clive Thomas again?
4th Aug 2026 15:03:39 
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Or has my memory become Trigger-like?
Clive Thomas did the same to us in a match at Torquay - so what goes around, comes around.
4th Aug 2026 14:50:14 
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