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On This Day in 1975
Ian Cooke equalises after 18 minutes of the Dons' FA Trophy third round tie at home to Telford United. Told by Liverpool manager Bill Shankly to "play like you did against Leeds every week," when he presented the club with a Sportsman's Award to mark their remarkable FA Cup run two days earlier, Wimbledon scored three times in the last half hour to win 4-1 and book a trip to Scarborough in the quarter finals.
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Humbled by Hampton, frustrated at Folkestone, beaten by Billericay and chastened at Chelmsford, the Dons' first Ryman Premier League campaign was no cakewalk. A late run saw Dave Anderson's side sneak into the play-offs where the expensively assembled Fisher side proved too strong and, a few days later, Kingstonian rubbed salt into the wound by winning the Surrey Senior Cup final. Relive every kick with the memories of men like Wayne Finnie and Antony Howard in the latest edition of the Historical Don.
14th Feb 2026 17:43:13 
[82.lo.gg.ed] 
On sale for £2 from outside the club shop at the Bradford, Northampton and Blackpool matches.
I'd already put the Guardian away after half time and I haven't been to the osteopath for several years, otherwise spot on.
22nd Feb 2026 11:18:43 
[86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Quite why even just the Bradford coach driver couldn’t have been keeping an eye on WAZE to check on the journey time from hotel to Plough Lane is beyond me. Total amateurs and hopefully the club will be fined accordingly.
22nd Feb 2026 11:08:54 
[86.lo.gg.ed] 
the doughtmeistergeneral
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Pretty certain they use the Crowne Plaza in Plymouth.
22nd Feb 2026 11:04:04 
[216.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Only one player yesterday could arguably not have been in the mix for Man Of The Match……Bishop, and simply because he had virtually nothing to do all game. I think Bradford’s first attempt on goal was their goal on 75 minutes. Then Nathan made a decent save shortly thereafter but frankly he will not have an easier game all season. Credit to the 10 men in front of him.
22nd Feb 2026 10:56:08 
[86.lo.gg.ed] 
the doughtmeistergeneral
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
What kind of hotels do AFCW use when we do our long away trips, by the way?
22nd Feb 2026 10:44:11 
[45.lo.gg.ed] 
Yes, I know we sleep in laybys. Or even worse, stay at Britannia Hotels.
A4E - for some reason, sports teams tend to use the Hilton/Marriott level hotels rather than Premier Inn. And if they're using a hotel in Kensington - it's not much nearer than the Marriott branded one off the M4
22nd Feb 2026 10:41:55 
[45.lo.gg.ed] 
TF - the 30% you don't read has the good stuff in it ;)
Not enough for England,let's hope jacks get going
22nd Feb 2026 10:41:41 
[82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
even a Premier Inn Colliers Wood, which would be nearer still.
22nd Feb 2026 10:39:58 
[89.lo.gg.ed] 
walking around the Savacentre would be magical ....... or perhaps not?
Personally I thought both reports were pretty good. I am not sure why we have suddenly become such an attacking and pressing team and it would be too easy to blame it on Reeves and his endless sideways and slowing down play. Maycock has been a revelation in recent weeks but feel the big difference is Tilley who is always so positive and wants to attack at every moment. Even Smith, probably his best game for us?, was pushing forward. So instead of three shots in three games we are scoring three in one game now. The only concern would be that we played all the top teams at the beginning of the season and did well as now bar Cardiff so we don't want to start handing out points to Blackpool, Orient etc. now with a slower paced game.
22nd Feb 2026 10:39:38 
[216.lo.gg.ed] 
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It’s not a patch on your stuff Rob I got bored less than half way through whereas I usually read 60-70% of yours ;-)
22nd Feb 2026 10:36:07 
[195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
REPD - great report there 👏 and I loved your Guardian/osteopath comment, summed us West standers up nicely… 🤪😂 I’d also point out that there’s a perfectly decent Premier Inn at Tolworth, it’s about 15 minutes from the M25 and around 20 minutes from PL - I’m amazed clubs don’t use that… 🤷🏻‍♂️
22nd Feb 2026 10:27:51 
[146.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Trigg - it’s an OK analysis, but to say that “This was a game that was lost before the first whistle” does us a disservice I’m afraid. Lots of sour grapes, but I guess it’s a bit like that on here sometimes after a poor showing… 😬 We’ve scored 10 goals in our most recent 4 league games, that’s double Bradford’s tally over their last 4 - now that’s something to be positive about for sure… 🥳
22nd Feb 2026 10:18:07 
[146.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
And speaking of SW19 - a proper Bradford report has just been published. Enjoy... - [Link]
22nd Feb 2026 10:11:55 
[45.lo.gg.ed] 
TF - going to have a quick butchers at that.
[Link] Kind of like Bradford’s SW19 Army….
22nd Feb 2026 09:53:30 
[195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
If you look at away matches we're 6th in the table and Bradford are 12th so our excellent performance against them shouldn't be that much of a shock.
22nd Feb 2026 09:45:03 
[86.lo.gg.ed] 
At home they are 4th and we are 18th
Let’s hope Mansfield don’t play this well next weekend…. [Link] 👀😯
22nd Feb 2026 08:54:17 
[146.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
I would say that most results will reflect both our performance and that of the opponent. Yesterday, I thought that we played really well and also that Bradford played badly. I don't know why they played below par, probably partly because of the pressure we put on them, but to me having their preparations and mind-set disrupted by their poor travel planning probably did contribute to that (but that would be down to their negligence, not just bad luck).
22nd Feb 2026 07:37:30 
[86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Seddon is still my player of the season, Browne's goals notwithstanding. Persuade me otherwise.
22nd Feb 2026 00:33:34 
[86.lo.gg.ed] 
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Everyone stepped up and it was a whole team performance. No-one was bad and I have no problem with Smudger getting MotM. After months of disappointment, Bauer impressed me.
22nd Feb 2026 00:29:53 
[86.lo.gg.ed] 
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Sedds my MotM today. Had Newtown in his pocket all game. Ogs a close second. Honorable mention for Browne. Nobody was poor. Most enjoyable!
21st Feb 2026 23:52:26 
[82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
How the frigging hell is Paris Maghoma playing for Norwich in the Championship?? His agent must be a miracle worker :-o
21st Feb 2026 23:50:52 
[86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Alan, it just seems to me that too often we apparently only win because our opponents were rubbish. I'd like to see more credit given to us for making them look rubbish.
21st Feb 2026 23:11:28 
[165.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Not enough use of the word “stymied” on here.
21st Feb 2026 22:48:49 
[195.lo.gg.ed] 
I’ve always said so.
Tomato, pointing out how poorly they prepared isn't making excuses for them. That's on them. I said before the game dropping Nkeng was something I was comfortable with, was sure Bauer was the answer judging but recent games, Northampton in particular, but it seems it worked a treat. I'm more than convinced that our performance and result were based on us limiting them in their approach rather than the Bantems being stymied by other reasons.
21st Feb 2026 22:46:35 
[87.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Their manager said he doesn't think the delay was a problem and to say otherwise would be making excuses.
21st Feb 2026 22:35:08 
[185.lo.gg.ed] 
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