Today Tomorrow Wed 05 Thu 06 Fri 07 Sat 08 Sun 09







Enter e-mail and Tag To Login
Paper's Crowd Count
Last 5 minutes : 40
Last 24 hours : 16844
Refresh Clear Form
   
On This Day in 1972
With club chairman Jim Reid looking on (right), Dons President Sir Cyril Black (centre) hands over the controlling shares of the club to Bernie Coleman. "I am not sure if the club is financially viable," the owner of the Dog and Fox said having taken on the club's debts. "The directors assume they can make it so and I am prepared to gamble and do everything I can to help them. Sydney Back (the previous chairman) was great philanthropist, but I am a much harder businessman. I am prepared to help in any way possible, but I am not a soft touch."
Click here for On This Day at historicaldons.com
Sticky
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 
 [152.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Thanks Sandy
3rd Aug 2026 21:12:55 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
I presume they are hoping to get dividends from global broadcasting rights. They may also have their own gambling companies in the sub-continent. So I presume they are definitely expecting a return over the long tem. I doubt any of that applies to us
3rd Aug 2026 20:57:51 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Did I say you had Swig? No!
3rd Aug 2026 20:51:55 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Is kind of encouraging that those deals are done in The Hundred.
3rd Aug 2026 20:47:28 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
No idea whether it’s similar/applicable to what we’re trying to do but I hope so.
“Why are people willing to spend 10s of millions without full control” - this is a bit close to home…..
3rd Aug 2026 20:40:04 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Someone please fund our losses and only have a nominal shareholding….
Selling 49% of the franchise seems popular in The Hundred. Why are people willing to spend 10s of millions without full control?
3rd Aug 2026 20:21:13 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
The MCC own Lords and The London Spirit. Not sure if Middlesex have to pay to play there or whether they make any money from Test matches.
I presume the Hundred must be very popular in India as the franchises seem to be valued at ridiculous prices. How can a team playing at Lords be worth 300 million when Middlesex seem to be in danger of going bust?
3rd Aug 2026 19:54:40 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
and why are they worth two and a half times what the more successful Oval based franchise is worth?
I know that, Swiggy 😀
3rd Aug 2026 19:51:29 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
My comment was regarding his journalism and nothing more
3rd Aug 2026 18:52:13 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Just read Liddle's Wiki page. Can't comment on his writing prowess, but he does seem to have been a deeply unpleasant person in his private life.
3rd Aug 2026 18:42:08 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Did I say hero RK?
3rd Aug 2026 18:24:33 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Yeah think Egil Olsen copied the welly wearing style:-)
3rd Aug 2026 17:33:24 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Come closer ,there's more
Never heard of him. I’ve heard of Jimmy Cricket.
3rd Aug 2026 17:23:05 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Paedo and wife-beater but being unwoke makes him a hero !
3rd Aug 2026 17:13:01 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
strange times ...
Rod Liddle once beat up his pregnant girlfriend and also said if he’d become a teacher he’d have been unable to stop himself from shagging the children - definitely unwoke… Weirdo, but yes 66 is too young…
3rd Aug 2026 17:02:59 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
If someone from the Club or even DTb is lurking can we please have water refill points on Saturday? Forecast Sunny 25c will only get hotter. You are limiting fans to 500ml bottles, which for some, has to last more than the game duration so please be mindful of elderly and those impacted by health issues ;-/
3rd Aug 2026 16:35:55 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
RIP Jimmy Cricket
3rd Aug 2026 16:28:52 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
There's no more
A brilliant and amusing unwoke journalist ... God Bless
3rd Aug 2026 16:24:51 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
A great and amusing journalist ... God Bless
3rd Aug 2026 16:21:47 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
RIP Rod Liddle - I hated him but 66 is too young to die.
3rd Aug 2026 15:56:34 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Haha that’s true Trigg - the river is obviously much cleaner now than it used to be, and most of the brown is literally just silt. You still have to be careful on the foreshore, but more for needles and the occasional dead rat…
3rd Aug 2026 15:28:40 
 [104.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Yeah I kinda figured it would have been date/time specific.
3rd Aug 2026 15:15:31 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
It’s just nice to know that the brown is mostly silt/sediment 😬
Trigg - partly true, although it’s impossible to know whether the tide was heading upstream or downstream when the Google maps images were taken, and the river can definitely be murky and filled with sediment up to Hammersmith and beyond.
3rd Aug 2026 15:09:42 
 [104.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Sorry if AR, but interesting to see Olusanya winning the injury time penalty that led to Aberdeen beating Hearts… [Link] Scroll down a little for the iplayer highlights…
3rd Aug 2026 14:59:59 
 [104.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Bromley have made 12 signings so far this summer and are expecting more, apparently.
3rd Aug 2026 13:53:34 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Not saying this is good or bad cos I don't know.