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Chelsea confirm midfielder’s exit after 16-year stint – originally posted on Sportslens.com Chelsea have confirmed that midfielder Luke McCormick has completed a permanent transfer to AFC Wimbledon. McCormick joined the Blues as a six-year-old and subsequently progressed through the ranks alongside Mason Mount and Trevor Chalobah. He was part of the youth team side that […]
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Vinnie Jones proudly shows off his 1988 FA Cup winners medal. Should he even have been allowed to finish the match though? “The Crazy Gang have beaten The Culture Club!” cried John Motson from the television gantry as the referee blew the final whistle of the 1988 FA Cup Final. No one is quite sure […]
Aston Villa hit seven past Wimbledon at Villa Park on this day in 1995. Villa’s new signing Tommy Johnson scored a hat-trick to register his first goals for the club after joining from Derby County. The visitors took the lead after 11 minutes thanks to a powerful half-volley from Warren Barton. That was as good […]
Leeds United narrowly avoided a huge FA Cup upset on this day in 1975, winning 1-0 in an FA Cup replay against non-league Wimbledon.The first match between the two at Elland Rod ended in a goalless draw, with Wimbledon goalkeeper Dickie Guy saving a penalty from Leeds hardman Peter Lorimer. Interest was huge in the […]
Watching your team play on a cold Tuesday night in January to watch your team really tests the mettle of even the most ardent football fan. An unwanted record that is likely never to be beaten happened on this day in 1993 as a meagre crowd of 3,039 turned up to watch Wimbledon host Everton […]
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from Aston Villa’s Dalian Atkinson in the first season of the Premier League.The goal came on a wet October afternoon against Wimbledon at Selhurst Park. It was the second season that Wimbledon were playing their home games at Crystal Palace’s home ground after leaving their Plough Lane home in 1991. […]
It was on this day back in 1996 that midfielder Vinnie Jones played 43 minutes in goal for Wimbledon against Newcastle United at St James’s Park. The home side were already leading 3-0 before Wimbledon’s goalkeeper Paul Heald was sent off for a second bookable offence. He had already been booked for time wasting and […]
Luton Town’s Mick Harford, who singled out Napoli’s Diego Maradona in the semi final of the UEFA Cup Following on from the three earlier articles in this series, I am writing a fictional piece on what would have happened if only Liverpool were banned from European football in the 1980’s.Many English teams missed out on […]
Read More… from Alternative Football History Part IX – Only Liverpool banned from Europe! 1988/89
Wimbledon and Burnley players walk out for the first ever match at the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes (Photo by Matthew Ashton/EMPICS via Getty Images) Wimbledon played their first ‘home’ game at the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes on this day back in 2003.Burnley were the visitors and the game ended in a […]
27 minutes into their league match against Wimbledon on this day back in 1998, West Ham United fans could be forgiven for thinking that their side were going to come away with all three points.United had raced into a three-goal lead but somehow Harry Redknapp’s men somehow managed to lose the match 4-3! United had […]