I am Boss
Winger
Take it you haven't been on the MK Dons forum then? They are loving the fact they've drawn them and that Wimbledon fans are so wound up
How many Wimbledon fans do you think followed the team to Milton Keynes?
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Take it you haven't been on the MK Dons forum then? They are loving the fact they've drawn them and that Wimbledon fans are so wound up
Just one enormous fat ugly kernt, he then got a "DONS" tat around his belly button.
Mowgli
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And? I would expect them to be, it doesn't mean it's their fault about what happened to Wimbledon. it's a big team for both sides. Wimbledon are spouting about not acknowledging them etc and your talking about it being 'lively off the pitch'.
They must be acknowledging MK dons if that is true.
I am Boss
Winger
They despise them so course they are acknowledging them. There will be trouble guaranteed
Randy Savage
Winger
What do you think of previous armchair plastic mancs or scousers from Milton Keynes gave that up to support their local club?
SurreyMackem
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There was a ground it's now a housing development.
I am Boss
Winger
Not real fans though are they. You don't choose the team you support. If you do then you will never truly understand what it is like to support a team.
No, no it wasn't. Virtually nobody bought season tickets back then.
SurreyMackem
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When they meet will it be like matter meeting antimatter.
Perhaps they will cancell each other out, literally.
Perhaps they will cancell each other out, literally.
malyan3
Winger
I think the dad followed football in general as "armchair" fan as someone else previously mentioned. If the criteria is not choosing who you support then his kids at least deserve the status of "real fans" given they've been going a relatively long time.
I think the point I was making originally is that this is just how a new club happened to be born, in time they will have a heritage of their own and in a way it's exciting for a young fan to be there at the beginning of that journey.
I'm in no way a fan of MK Dons or their prat of a chairman, but their origins shouldn't deny new fans an opportunity to love the game.
I am Boss
Winger
I'm not buying into the local team to support thing. They could have been supporting Northampton, Luton, Stevenage etc which are still quite local
malyan3
Winger
It's a fair point but I'm just saying it's not as cut and dried as all that. He took the kids having had a passing interest in football, he enjoyed himself, the kids loved it and now they consider themselves fans.
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bmp1970
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When I was at school in the 80's the majority of kids supported Liverpool, a few Newcastle and a handful followed Sunderland (Man United didn't register they were shít)
Most of the Liverpool fans now support Newcastle and some go to games.
Same thing will happen in Milton Keynes..
As for there being any trouble have you seen any Wimbledon or Milton Keynes Dons fans before?
I am Boss
Winger
Having been to both Wimbledon away and MK dons away, yes I have seen their fans
Oh and it is a bubble trip for Wimbledon fans. So obviously someone else must think there will be trouble
oldboy
Winger
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MK are now averaging 11,000 which is as much as Wimbledon ever did in their football league history bar a 4 year period.
Fusco
Winger
Because Merton council couldn't or wouldn't help them find a suitable site in their home borough, hence Selhurst Park.
Doesn't make it right.
oldboy
Winger
Wimbledon were only in the football league 25 years themselves and when they came in they were getting gates of 2,000 (see above) so had a high element of 'plastics' themselves.
They were a relatively young in the football league so didn't have much history. They were in a highly saturated area for football clubs. They were in debt and needed spend money to comply with the Taylor report. The land they owned would have severally restricted the size of any modern stadia so would have had to look for other locations in one of the more expensive areas of London. If they didn't move there is a good chance they wouldn't exist any more. It wasn't a simple lets just move a club idea. It was a complex one that had been growing since Wimbledon initially considered in 1978.
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bmp1970
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Hilarious.
I am Boss
Winger
I don't follow? Fans can only collect their tickets when they get on the official coaches.
Edinburgh Black Cat
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Who would you prefer people from Milton Keynes to follow?
It's similar up here with Livingston. A few people followed them after they changed from Meadowbank Thistle. I'd much rather see kids from Livingston grow up as Livi fans rather than Rangers or Celtic fans which is the most likely alternative.
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