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Post by Vinny on Dec 28, 2023 14:25:11 GMT
Previously confidential documents now released show Blair wanted Wimbledon FC to relocate to Belfast. How absolutely barmy can you get? It's bad enough that they went to Milton Keynes.
They were a London side.
No consideration of local supporters at all.
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Post by Pacifico on Dec 28, 2023 15:44:53 GMT
Well to be fair to Blair, the guy that owned Wimbledon wanted to move them to Dublin - at least Blair wanted to keep them in the country.
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Post by Red Rackham on Dec 28, 2023 15:51:49 GMT
What! How on earth can you have Wimbledon FC in Ireland? North or South. My daughter used to live in Wimbledon, not sure how important that is to proceedings, just thought I'd mention it lol.
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Post by Vinny on Dec 28, 2023 16:01:35 GMT
Just imagine the uproar there would be, if politicians demanded that Glasgow Celtic be moved to England.
But an English side, a London side at that, politicians are like, "nah fuck em".
Keep football clubs where they were founded, with links to the communities that built them.
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Post by bancroft on Dec 28, 2023 16:43:24 GMT
There is an AFC Wimbledon in Merton, South London and they broke as some industrialist tried to move them I think to Milton Keynes.
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Post by Vinny on Dec 30, 2023 12:45:52 GMT
AFC Wimbledon took most of the support Wimbledon FC had previously enjoyed.
The MK Dons have a different set of fans and quite a rivalry.
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Post by patman post on Dec 30, 2023 14:26:46 GMT
Previously confidential documents now released show Blair wanted Wimbledon FC to relocate to Belfast. How absolutely barmy can you get? It's bad enough that they went to Milton Keynes.
They were a London side.
No consideration of local supporters at all.
What power or influence would Blair have had to bring about such a move? Was it a serious proposal or, like the thought of moving immigrants to Mull for processing, just a passing comment...? |
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Post by Vinny on Dec 30, 2023 14:27:38 GMT
No idea, but it was absurd of him to even get involved.
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Post by Dogburger on Dec 30, 2023 16:41:45 GMT
There is an AFC Wimbledon in Merton, South London and they broke as some industrialist tried to move them I think to Milton Keynes. They are now back home playing at the old Wimbledon dog track in Garrett Lane . Order has been restored in the universe . |
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Post by bancroft on Dec 30, 2023 17:18:43 GMT
There is an AFC Wimbledon in Merton, South London and they broke as some industrialist tried to move them I think to Milton Keynes. They are now back home playing at the old Wimbledon dog track in Garrett Lane . Order has been restored in the universe . Sounds like a quote out of a Disk World Novel by Terry Pratchett. Good to know though. |
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