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On This Day in 1960
Roy Law gets above Tooting's Paddy Hasty but despite taking the Surrey Senior Cup semi-final replay into extra time, the Dons lost 1-2. After failing to beat their fierce rivals in any of their seven meetings that season, Wimbledon fans were forced to watch in frustration as the Terrors went on to complete a league and cup double. "I didn't know it then, but we were to gradually overhaul them in the years ahead," supporter Andy Fullard recalled. "By the time we left the Isthmian League in 1964 we were by far the better team."
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Dust your boots down, guys - this is your chance to play on the hallowed turf of Plough Lane. The WAWF Cup takes place on May 31 and we are looking for fans to line up to play along side the likes of Jon Main and Mickey Haswell (more TBC), in teams managed by Mark Robinson and Terry Brown. Full use of stadium/changing rooms etc. Hampshire referee etc. West Stand open for fans, Phoenix open for thirsty fans/players. Photos of the day and probably a few bits thrown in tbc too. And if you can't play, why not be an assistant manager or a mascot for the day... All proceeds to the playing budget, too. [Link]
26th Mar 2026 12:37:56 
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Mick said at the meeting that our finances have been precarious for years, it's just that we had an Assal or a Rudoni to cover for it. As much as I dislike Birmingham and Wrexham, they are not in themselves to blame for our situation.
26th Mar 2026 13:20:38 
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CW - no Mandy is still around. Just has other duties. Often on front desk match day wise.
26th Mar 2026 12:51:22 
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Disappointed with Ivor for not plugging his forthcoming book. :o)
26th Mar 2026 12:49:30 
 [92.lo.gg.ed] 
Sam Cunningham is a good reporter and knows our story.
Before the Orient game someone was having an argument with the ticket office girl in the club shop, not always an easy job
26th Mar 2026 12:48:28 
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Has Mandy left now?
Danielle (Ticket Office) - if you are looking in. Thank you for the wonderfully quick and helpful processing of our STs this morning.
26th Mar 2026 12:37:10 
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A success for AFCW
Big team and ground Eastbourne bough looks like there get relegated next week we only went there for a frendly a couple of years ago
26th Mar 2026 12:11:19 
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Agree with all points being made below *except* for OI’s point about a paywall - I had no such wall and have definitely not got a Times subscription.
26th Mar 2026 12:00:23 
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Maybe the algorithm knows he’s richer than me
Lurker - "we’d be outperforming funding to make the play offs". From memory, that's exactly what we did when we got promoted (although our budget towards the end of that season was a lot higher than the mid-table one bandied about. In a way, our rise to the EFL was as much being in the right place at the right time, and we were insulated from the realities of football finance.
26th Mar 2026 11:27:31 
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It's taken about seven or eight season for most people to come to terms with what running a professional football club really entails.
OI I’d say because it’s from Ivor. Realistic and measured.
26th Mar 2026 11:25:11 
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REPD exactly. Once the money went mental you need any ownership model to include lots of disposable money or a willingness to absorb debt. Or just fall behind. In the conference national we’d be outperforming funding to make the play offs.
26th Mar 2026 11:24:03 
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of course I am not encouraging anyone to avoid paywalls as Mr. Murdoch obviously deserves your money.
26th Mar 2026 11:20:06 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
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Eventually got to it via the waybackmachine. Doesn't say anything startling that we didn't know but some good sense from Ivor
26th Mar 2026 11:18:56 
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Luckily the away end at Stockport has a wedding style marquee over it these days let’s hope it doesn’t blow away
26th Mar 2026 11:16:25 
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Strong likelihood of some precipitation in Stockport on Saturday
26th Mar 2026 11:10:00 
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remember it always rains in Manchester!
Lurker - even without Wrexham/Brum, wages have been growing faster than we can keep up with. It's just that those two clubs accelerated it. And yes, we've never actually been "fan owned"...
26th Mar 2026 11:08:44 
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Our current model maybe would have worked in L1 two decades ago, but now it won't even work in the Conference.
REPD looks like a very accurate assessment. It isn’t the model itself thats the issue it’s that the league structure has gone ballistic financially. We have a club in this division getting EPL parachute payments FFS. The model can work if you have rich enough fans to keep putting the money in or if you elect a rich person to run the club each year.
26th Mar 2026 11:05:01 
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But I would say I don’t think we’ve ever been fan owned, always trust owned. Except, for several reasons and in several ways, I’d argue we haven’t been truly trust owned for some years now.
Given that we are virtually safe the 8 games left are a perfect time to blood them
26th Mar 2026 11:01:11 
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Rob Couhig bringing his unwanted “this is how we do it in a sport that’s only played in America” viewpoint.
26th Mar 2026 11:00:18 
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Good stuff from Ivor, as ever.
I kinda like the idea of it. Keeps things honest and for clubs in our situation it provides motivation. That said, as things are it does open the door for younger players to be given a bit of experience without the fear of failure. So I guess you can argue it both ways.
26th Mar 2026 10:51:12 
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For example - I think many fans would be happy to see Jennings and Foyo get some decent minutes on Saturday, but would also prefer that we didn’t get beaten heavily. COYD
Spit’s attempts to be Papers aka the voice of doom seems to have fallen on deaf ears
26th Mar 2026 10:49:40 
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Interesting article about us in the Times (probably paywalled) - [Link]
26th Mar 2026 10:49:02 
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Sobering stuff generally, but I don't think cutting player wages significantly is going to happen
Timmy and Trigger yeah EFL use a pooled money system, consisting of money generated and the “kindness of their hearts” money from EPL clubs. Seems to be talk of championship maybe going to some portion being on merit (league place). Staying in league one seems to be worth around 500k to a club. So at our level it’s big money. For some obviously it’s peanuts.
26th Mar 2026 10:32:50 
 [185.lo.gg.ed] 
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Ah there you go. I did think it sounded a bit strange to be sold out.
26th Mar 2026 09:27:53 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
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Laurence - just done exactly that.
26th Mar 2026 09:26:33 
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Far be it from me to suggest AFCW could give that kind of information out to its own supporters.
Stockport tickets still on sale on the OS along with Burton and Lincoln
26th Mar 2026 09:25:10 
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