Comments on: Dons Stumble At League Hurdle

By: David

David — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:13:16 +0000

Yes, very good report and certainly reflects my experience as a Dons fan on Monday night.

I took my two sons, only one of whom remembers life in the Premiership at Selhurst. It was a distinctly uncomfortable feeling telling them both not to wear their AFC shirts because you never know, some Millwall nutter might come looking for trouble.

We didn’t need to worry as it turns out, but I also had the thought, as we made our way down the steel-lined walkway back to the station, that perhaps a few more years in the Conference wouldn’t be so bad if this is what life in the Football League is like. Shame – it shouldn’t have to be like that.

By: Simon Leach

Simon Leach — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:07:19 +0000

Read your report of the Wimbledon v Crawley game the other week and now this report. One word for both – Superb!

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:05:08 +0000

Thanks for an excellent report.

The match wasn’t moved to be shown on TV. It was on Met Police advice due to their needing to work at Blackheath fireworks on the Saturday and presumably Rememberance Day parades on the Sunday, which is fair enough.

I think most Wimbledon fans are happy to stay at this level for as long as it takes as we are pretty close to our “natural” level again and all our matches are decent competitive contests again.

By: JamPot

JamPot — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:03:56 +0000

Interesting final paragraph. Being one of those who remember the election from Southern League to Football League back in 1977 I can relate to this feeling that in non-league the experience is dsifferent, if not necessarily better. We’ve already witnessed the change at Kingsmeadow with the visits of ex-League sides Luton, Oxford and Cambridge where the relaxed atmostphere had to be – quite rightly I think – sanitised in the respect of we didnt quite know WHAT to expect. I’d like to think maybe next year if we still play each other we can offer a more friendly AFCW welcome but ultimately the police will decide upon that. It certainly is though going to be a case if we do get to the League a matter of all change again. But for me it really wasnt until we go to the Old First Division that I really felt we had lost our ‘non-league friendliness and roots’ And it was confirmed further with the move away from Plough Lane. I hope if we do make the league and remain in the lower divisions (which I think we will for a number of years) that we can keep some semblance of the fun we currently have at the club.

But of course we have to get promoted first….