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On This Day in 1960
Ks skipper Jimmy Coates climbs above Jim Wright and Bobby Ardrey during the Dons' 5-0 London Senior Cup victory over Kingstonian. Somehow mastering the swamp-like conditions and ignoring the barracking he regularly received from the terraces, Eddie Reynolds led the line brilliantly and scored four times. The list of first team goalscorers showed how reliant Wimbledon had become on their much-maligned centre forward - he had scored 26 goals in the first half of the campaign with Norman Williams and Brian Martin next with just five each.
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Can it really be a decade since that play-off final victory over Plymouth at Wembley? In December 2015, while the club was celebrating Merton Council giving permission for a new stadium to be built on Plough Lane, there was little to smile about on the field. A long run without a win culminated in a home defeat against Stevenage after which the players snubbed fans by missing the post-match presentations to head off for their Christmas party and goalkeeper Ben Wilson went online to mock supporters. After a tough talking team meeting, an underperforming squad emerged into the New Year with a new attitude and started a run that carried them to the play offs where they beat Accrington over two legs before facing the Pilgrims in the final. The latest edition of the Historical Don has the details from every game as well as the battle to return to Plough Lane and the memories of Paul Robinson, Andy Barcham and others.
20th Dec 2025 10:44:05 
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Issue 52 will be on sale from in front of the club shop before home games.
 Pete - and he died in a pub in Valletta. No doubt his happy place. šŸ˜‰
2nd Jan 2026 20:03:18 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 Happy New Year indeed, Pete.
2nd Jan 2026 19:42:38 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 HNY, by the way.
2nd Jan 2026 19:33:22 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 Paddington - The saddest thing about Gladiator was the death of Ollie Reed. Did you know Ollie was born in Raynes Pk, just down the road?
2nd Jan 2026 19:32:23 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 And Pete - we went to a talk at Kingston Library about 30 years ago by a historical armour expert. He'd been called in to advise the makers of the film 'Gladiator '. He said they ignored everything he said and just made it all up. He was well pissed off. Said they'd made the Romans look more like Roundheads when it came to headgear.
2nd Jan 2026 18:59:05 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 I thought I read that the Everyman chain was in danger of going bust...
2nd Jan 2026 18:53:24 
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...but maybe Galty is part of the rescue operation.
 Got an average of 3.4 on Letterboxd so cant be too dreadful
2nd Jan 2026 18:41:44 
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Will watch and report back
 I would advise anyone tempted by the latest 28 Years Later movie to definitely put your money elsewhere.
2nd Jan 2026 18:14:48 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 Probably investing in a cinema group is nearly as risky as a football club.
2nd Jan 2026 18:12:36 
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Lost money
 Lol, sone of London a shit hole and rapidly getting worse , that's why most move out of London boroughs.
2nd Jan 2026 18:10:50 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 From an EFL document: "League One and League Two Clubs follow the Salary Cost Management Protocol (ā€œSCMPā€) These state that Clubs can only spend a fixed percentage of its revenue on player wages etc. This limit can also be added to or impacted by equity injections or net transfer spend."
2nd Jan 2026 17:51:05 
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or page 221 of the EFL Regulations if you relly are a stickler for detail
 *braced
2nd Jan 2026 17:07:09 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 "Look, Judah, he is driving a Greek chariot!"...camera zooms in on scythes on Messala's wheels, scythes which are each braces with 4 gussets. Now, forgive me for having an eye for detail, but those gussets are welded on. Pretty good for around 30AD, seeing as electric welding wasn't refined enough to accomplish that until 1904 (Oscar Kjellberg).
2nd Jan 2026 17:06:35 
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non footy bollox
 Maybe because the patrons of Everyman cinema aren't expected to fork out 30 times a season?
2nd Jan 2026 16:59:32 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 My quote was from the Cardiff hierarchy explaining what could be done in the Championship and how League 1 was different. My bet would be they know the rules well, if not maybe we can get them deducted a whole load of points.
2nd Jan 2026 16:56:31 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 What a great Attenborough programme this is [Link] showing how much wildlife there is in London - a must watch for all those who constantly slag London off all the time but who don’t really know it at all… šŸ¤—
2nd Jan 2026 16:55:20 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 Thanks Jon.
2nd Jan 2026 16:54:19 
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 I for one spend very little, if any, money at the ground. Don’t find it at all appealing for a drink post-match. Pretty much always stayed for drinks at KM after (and normally a pint before). Can’t recall the last time I had food at any football ground (tends to be over-priced and not great quality).
2nd Jan 2026 16:51:05 
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What might entice me- it feeling warmer, more welcoming, and drinks at more competitive prices that you can buy with money.
 OI - first of all thankyou for responding. However are you sure that you are correct? My understanding from a brief read of the EFL protocol is that share capital is explicitly excluded from the definition of "Relevant Turnover" . You may be confusing the definition of "Relevant Turnover" which is the base used for determining the max 60% wage cap with "Football Fortune Income" which is used to determine solvency.
2nd Jan 2026 16:45:03 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 OI Well explained for our Next major shareholder. He's just waiting for the 50+1 vote!
2nd Jan 2026 16:22:13 
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 "In League 1 turnover is also allowed to include cash injected by the club owner by way of new non-refundable share capital ( i.e not loans).So an owner can greatly increase the allowable limits of player wages by this method" - so it does include cash injections and this is how clubs manage to have much bigger budgets than us. Again it may be possible to up our spend per head, I'll leave that argument tp those experienced but I don't think we are purposely keeping it low.
2nd Jan 2026 15:47:21 
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I hope JG has a big enough stake to engineer a turnaround at Everyman which has lost its CEO and downgraded expectations
Oo er missus!
 Could someone please explain how they think a fairy god father/mother directly impacts or assists our playing budget. In JJ’s post-match interview, he reiterated the fact that unlike other clubs in our division, we are restrained from making new signings, based on our lack of financial resources. A recent statement from the Club suggested that we have the second lowest playing budget in the league. The thing is all League 1 clubs have to abide by an overall Player Salary limit dictated by the EFL set at a maximum of 60% of ā€œrelevant Turnoverā€ – which includes matchday & season ticket receipts but does not include cash injections from owners or exceptionals such as net transfer income. Could anyone who believes that we can’t balance our own books without a Millionaires fairy dust please explain why Wimbledon shouldn’t be able to achieve at least the same average spend per head as the Everyman Cinema? Aren’t some people just making excuses for failure to do so?
2nd Jan 2026 15:21:23 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 Cureron is currently player-manager of King's Park Rangers in the Eastern Counties division one north.
2nd Jan 2026 15:11:27 
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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
 Jamie Cureton is still playing aged 50.
2nd Jan 2026 15:02:01 
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 Our old friend Kevin Ellison now aged 46 is due to make his 1000th club appearance for Vauxhall Motors v Runcorn on 10th Jan
2nd Jan 2026 14:48:35 
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