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Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Dazzza on Sunday, June 18, 2006, 16:01:35 Quote QPR & Histon call off Dons games Queens Park Rangers have joined Colchester in calling off a planned friendly against Franchise. Some Rangers fans had protested at the fixture because of their opposition to the Dons' relocation from Wimbledon. Conference South outfit Histon also decided to cancel their friendly with the Dons, following fans' concerns. QPR chairman Gianni Paladini said: "After several phonecalls and threats from our own supporters, I have decided not to go ahead with the game." Histon chairman Gareth Baldwin added: "Sometimes ethics and principles have to come before making money." In 2003, Tottenham, Charlton and Luton all cancelled friendlies against the Dons, following fans' pressure. 8) To the conference next season? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wimbledon/5091984.stm Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Arriba on Sunday, June 18, 2006, 16:15:13 good,i hate them and what they did was an absolute disgrace.
Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: reeves4england on Sunday, June 18, 2006, 18:29:32 I think callin goff friendlies is a bit pointless really...what does it achieve?!
Not that I agree with what they did AT ALL Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Spud on Sunday, June 18, 2006, 18:41:06 Quote from: "reeves4england" I think callin goff friendlies is a bit pointless really...what does it achieve?! Not that I agree with what they did AT ALL Well the teams that have cancelled games against them have been down to those Clubs fans writing to the Chairman to show their disgust at playing the Franchise scum. Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Cookie on Sunday, June 18, 2006, 18:46:22 Good work, I'd hope we'd do the same.
Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Gwah on Sunday, June 18, 2006, 19:40:00 Was a bit suprised to see Martin Allen is likely to be their new manager. Obviously he wants to be working, but is that the best he can manage?
Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: yeo on Sunday, June 18, 2006, 20:33:19 I think its time to get over this now to be honest.
Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: pauld on Sunday, June 18, 2006, 23:15:23 Yep, totally agree. Time for the MK Franchise Scum to go bust - then it'll be over and not before.
Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: quinnismyhero on Monday, June 19, 2006, 08:22:02 Totally childish imho, this boycotting nonsense.
Its been three years - lets move on ffs. Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Monday, June 19, 2006, 20:31:27 no thanks! do you think people are going to forget the crimes of MK? i dont think they ever will. and how can they? what they did was dispicable!
Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Kinky Tom on Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 07:23:36 Quote from: "Rich" no thanks! do you think people are going to forget the crimes of MK? i dont think they ever will. and how can they? what they did was dispicable! I have to walk around and see folks wearing the kit almost every day, imagine how I feel! Pitty is that it's all kids prety much. :( Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: quinnismyhero on Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 07:56:37 Quote do you think people are going to forget the crimes of MK? Crime? ffs! Get a grip. Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: my-velocity on Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 08:40:26 Mcdonalds la la la mcdonalds ha ha ha.
Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Bushey Boy on Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 08:57:07 The problem is it wasnt the whole club it was just one businessman owner who did it.
Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: McLovin on Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 09:12:00 Quote from: "Kinky Tom" Quote from: "Rich" no thanks! do you think people are going to forget the crimes of MK? i dont think they ever will. and how can they? what they did was dispicable! I have to walk around and see folks wearing the kit almost every day, imagine how I feel! Pitty is that it's all kids prety much. :( Thing is, for little kids growing up in MK, a football team landing on their doorstep is a dream come true. They must love it! Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: quinnismyhero on Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 09:54:28 Quote The problem is it wasnt the whole club it was just one businessman owner who did it. And imho it will never happen again cos the League wont allow it and fans are much more switched on to matters now and can mobilise better than the Wimbledon lot did years ago. They just sat on their hands at the time and shouldn't be surprised that they lost their club - and I got that from a long-standing Wimbledon fan I used to work with. Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Dazzza on Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 10:31:43 It’s now against the League regulations so it will never happen again.
Good to still see them treated as the lepers they are and it can’t be long before the meet AFC in passing. Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: quinnismyhero on Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 10:45:48 Quote Good to still see them treated as the lepers they are Who are the lepers? The fans? MK council? Winkelman and his Board? Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: my-velocity on Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 10:50:07 Quote from: "quinnismyhero" Quote Good to still see them treated as the lepers they are Who are the lepers? The fans? MK council? Winkelman and his Board? The whole f***ing town. :) Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Kinky Tom on Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 17:22:05 Quote from: "stfcbeckett" Quote from: "quinnismyhero" Quote Good to still see them treated as the lepers they are Who are the lepers? The fans? MK council? Winkelman and his Board? The whole f***ing town. :) Eh, it's not all bad. We have a snowdome, and an indoor skydiving thingy! Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: my-velocity on Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 17:33:28 Quote from: "Kinky Tom" Quote from: "stfcbeckett" Quote from: "quinnismyhero" Quote Good to still see them treated as the lepers they are Who are the lepers? The fans? MK council? Winkelman and his Board? The whole f***ing town. :) Eh, it's not all bad. We have a snowdome, and an indoor skydiving thingy! :roll: Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Kinky Tom on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 07:31:34 Quote from: "stfcbeckett" Quote from: "Kinky Tom" Quote from: "stfcbeckett" Quote from: "quinnismyhero" Quote Good to still see them treated as the lepers they are Who are the lepers? The fans? MK council? Winkelman and his Board? The whole f***ing town. :) Eh, it's not all bad. We have a snowdome, and an indoor skydiving thingy! :roll: Think what you like, but it's my bag. 8) Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: larwood on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 07:51:24 Quote an indoor skydiving thingy Whats that like KT? I always thought the whole point of skydiving was to jump out of a plane and er dive through the sky,surely it doesn't work as well indoors? Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Dorset Red on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 09:58:05 Quote from: "arriba" good,i hate them and what they did was an absolute disgrace. I disagree. You can't blame the Dons for moving. They had been trying for years to sort out a ground in their own borough but Merton Borough Council simply wouldn't play ball. I think the club did everything possible to try to return to their home borough but in the end it was impossible to carry on as a viable club without making the move to MK. How would you feel if Swindon Town had to move out of the borough because the council wouldn't agree to a new ground? Would you stop supporting Town? Would you say that we too had become a franchise? It's interesting too that even AFC Wimbledon, the club formed to carry the name of the borough, doesn't play in the borough either (they play in Kingston). Would you call them a franchise too? Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Dazzza on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 11:03:51 It’s clearly not the same club anymore though is it?
You only have to look at the club’s crest to confirm that even Franchise themselves have little or no desire to have a continuing association with Wimbledon. A club is built on its fans. They are the lifeblood of any club and in turn the majority go on to represent the people in the club’s catchment area and provide a continuous link from past to present. Comparing the distances between Kingston and Milton Keynes is pushing it a bit as well Dorset. :o A few clubs play outside of their Borough now most by necessity but comparing 60 miles to 4 makes it a bit of a non-starter really. Like most clubs outside of their Borough Kingston was a necessity driven by the need for a viable ground. I’m not so much arsed with the way Wimbledon FC was effectively stolen. They would have struggled to continue playing much longer but that doesn’t mean that Winkleman should effectively been allowed to purchase a league place as a vessel to develop a supermarket. To be honest I don’t have much time for their fans either. Fair enough with the youngsters experiencing their first taste of league football but I can’t see how several thousand grown men have all of a sudden decided to support a football team out of the blue. I’m not sure what’s worse the fact that they have decided to ditch the club they previously supported, supporting two clubs or not bothering to back the original Milton Keynes football club in the first place! Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Amir on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 11:11:18 Agree with that completely, dazzza. They hardly make me froth at the mouth, yet it will be a glorious day should they ever fold. My dad's from Wimbledon and he's never seemed particularly bothered about it, just thinks it's a remarkable story when you consider the rise of the club in the first place before all this happened. He's Fulham anyway though, so I suppose he wouldn't be that bothered.
Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: Kinky Tom on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 17:28:24 Quote from: "larwood" Quote an indoor skydiving thingy Whats that like KT? I always thought the whole point of skydiving was to jump out of a plane and er dive through the sky,surely it doesn't work as well indoors? I'm not sure yet actually, it was completed while I was away I think, and since I've been back I've not been able to have a go due to my back. I will have a go later in the summer though, so I'll let you know. Title: MK Dongs Friendly Boycotts Post by: larwood on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 17:38:26 Quote I will have a go later in the summer though, so I'll let you know 8) Have to say indoor or out door sky diving isn't something i'd choose to do,i'd be too scared :oops: Oh and the Mac dons are scum and i hate everything they stand for :x At least they came down with us last season :D |