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On This Day in 1959
Isthmian League champions Wimbledon were in training ahead of the new season. At a civic reception to celebrate the club's first title success in in 23 years, Sydney Black tried to dampen expectations. "There are far too many people in Wimbledon who think that next year we will win the Amateur Cup," he said. "All I will say is that there will come a time when we will bring it back.' Perhaps the chairman knew that the young team that he and his coach Les Henley were assembling had yet to fully mature.
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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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Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Good thinking!
12th Aug 2026 11:29:21 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Trigger- for the last eclipse, I went fishing. Fish on the local lake would rarely be on the feed at lunch-time, but the eclipse confused the hell out of them. Had about 90 minutes of a bite a cast (mainly tench, but one carp), and then it abruptly stopped.
12th Aug 2026 11:26:22 
 [87.lo.gg.ed] 
Not fishing this evening.
Morning all. Alan IoW - unlikely I would have thought.
12th Aug 2026 11:14:46 
 [45.lo.gg.ed] 
From memory there's WDON, BBC London, BBC/other local radio from opposition and these days not much else except PA and a couple of other OPTA stats collecting types.
Surely not. That can’t happen. Unless it’s the chaps’ choice themselves of course.
12th Aug 2026 11:14:29 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
2,000 and out - would be absolutely fair enough but huge shoes to fill.
So is that bye bye Mikey T and Co?
12th Aug 2026 11:11:02 
 [146.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Radio riverside doing home match commentary this season [Link]
12th Aug 2026 10:57:16 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
It’s not opaque. The DT would not consult the membership. Have you not been watching? Winky smiley goes here but they’re out of favour.
12th Aug 2026 10:39:24 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
New addition to the side! [Link]
12th Aug 2026 10:29:04 
 [45.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
On the positive side more than 50K has gone into the bond since yesterday so I guess the notice has had an effect.
12th Aug 2026 10:26:16 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Looks like we've lost Jeff Bezos to Liverpool, maybe Elon Musk then :-]
12th Aug 2026 10:22:57 
 [31.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
It would largely depend on exactly why the club company went into administration and who were its creditors. Normally the administrators look for the best deal for the creditors and put it to them in a 'yes/no' vote with the threat of liquidation if it is rejected. If there is one very large creditor they will probably discuss with them. Whether the DT would come into that category is doubtful and whether the DT would consult the membership is even more opaque.
12th Aug 2026 09:55:27 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
OI it was only satirical, but I’d assume as the parent organisation you’d get a say in all the underlying assets it controls anyway?
12th Aug 2026 09:50:55 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Is that true Russ? Your agreement is with the DT so you would get a say in who took over the DT, which would be nobody. The DT would possibly get a very minor say in who took over the club.
12th Aug 2026 09:47:21 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
The big pro for using the DT bond scheme is that when the club defaults and goes into administration you will become a creditor and then get a say in who the club eventually gets sold to. Probably more of a voice than if you were a DT member, albeit a little more expensive.
12th Aug 2026 09:36:02 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
You don’t get that with a bank!
We have builders starting work on the outside of the house which convinced us that it would be raining today. Even that has failed.
12th Aug 2026 09:20:57 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
BBC weather forecast predicting rain on Monday. Been there a few times before
12th Aug 2026 09:03:08 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Cycling upto the Ridgeway where there is a lovely pub, so will remain there for about an hour before cycling back when it's a bit lighter. Still 32c at 6pm here so working out the timings
12th Aug 2026 09:00:45 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
More for the effect on wildlife as I haven't got the eclipse glasses
Everybody set for the eclipse later? I got my certified eclipse viewing glasses through in the post last week before the rush but I will also be taking a colander with me because I still don’t want to be spending that long looking at The Sun. Camping chairs - check. Farmhouse cider - check. Viewing spot identified - check nice west-facing slope backed by woodland so I can witness the effect on wildlife.
12th Aug 2026 08:05:38 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
For anyone with the energy levels - after the eclipse (and sunset) tonight the sky will be moonless and will feature both the milky way and the peak of the Perseids meteor shower. These days you can get decent enough shots just on your smartphone if you google the right camera settings 🌌 ☄️
There is very little, if any, correlation between 'making sense' and things the EFL do
12th Aug 2026 05:35:54 
 [80.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Would have made more sense to move Burton match to 25/26 Aug and played Fulham on 2 Sep, leaving Wigan unchanged.
12th Aug 2026 00:07:13 
 [109.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Whose safer ? A bank or go for the riskier 11.50 nore a year option:-)
11th Aug 2026 23:49:23 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Dazzer- B-rated bonds are yielding about 9.5%, we are not rated but if we were then there is absolutely no way we would be anywhere close to B-rated, so our market yield would be well over 10%. In reality there probably aren’t many bonds on offer from companies with financials like us, as if there were nobody who did any sort of credit analysis would buy them.
11th Aug 2026 23:32:18 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Brad Galinson is an American investor who owns Gillingham. He has provided a £7m interest free loan to help cover Gillingham's £13m losses since he bought the club in 2022.
11th Aug 2026 23:00:52 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
That Nationwide account offering 6.5% only allows you to put in a maximum of £200 a month. So at then end of a year you would have put in £2400 but only received £84.50 in interest. If you had put £2400 into an account paying 4% you would have received £96 in interest.
Why guilt trip fans into pumping more money in if there are plenty of investors knocking on the door?
11th Aug 2026 22:40:38 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
As others have said here an elsewhere - it’s the club and trust leadership performance and behaviour that has lead to fans deciding that their hard earned cash or disposable income is best placed elsewhere. Everything you do wrong has an impact and everything you do is wrong. When is the new ESG announced? Last contact I had from the membership secretary placed that firmly on the shoulders of Dave Boyle. Dave has not replied to Stephen. About time Dave did something that adds value to the club.
Well we could of sold the club 17 months ago and there is plenty of interest in investors and buyers. Having watched the club podcast earlier
11th Aug 2026 22:25:43 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
From the head guy