It spent their foremost both seasons in the Premier Section of the Seagrave Haulage Combined Counties League, but were promoted to the Isthmian League First Division for the 2004/2005 season after winning the CCL championship by using an unconquered league year. It proceeded to win a Isthmian Foremost Section at a foremost attempt, thereby earning automatic promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division for the 2005-06 season. A Dons besides hang on to a everthing-period United Kingdom record for consecutive unvanquished league games, at 78, all over the period of time spanning deuce leagues & at least a portion of tierce seasons.

Foundation

A club was founded within 2002 whilst The Football Association allowed the owners of what was so Wimbledon FC ltd. to relocate to the town of Milton Keynes on the far side of Buckinghamshire. Although a old team was unable to move for to a higher degree a year, their traditional local trend lines dried higher near immediately. The Wombles mascot and Wimbledon heraldist badge were denied to the children. Eventually, around 2004, Wimbledon FC ltd. renamed themselves Milton Keynes Dons, leaving AFC Wimbledon a resole bearer of the 'Wimbledon' title.

Completely organised supporters' groups that experienced followed a old club switched allegiance to AFC Wimbledon. AFC Wimbledon drew across 4,600 fans for their number one-ever game, the preseason friendly against Sutton United. Supporters of more clubs around the united states keep close at hand usually united around a boycott of Milton Keynes Dons FC (typically mocked when "Franchise FC" or even "MK Franchise") around a protest against the club's relocation which is perceived as a move all alien to the traditions of the English game.

Ownership and Legal Status

AFC Wimbledon PLC was placed under the ownership of the Dons Trust, a supporters' class action which has pledged to locate 75% or even greater ownership, though within 2003 they sold a minority interest around a part issue to finance the acquisition of Kingstonian's Kingsmeadow Stadium, which it work when A Fans' Sports stadium, Kingsmeadow, offering space to the Football Supporters Federation. AFC Wimbledon intend to play there until it could afford to go to to Wimbledon proper, in which there are no "Wimbledon" number one team has played since a closure of Wimbledon F.C.'s Plough Lane ground in 1991.

A Dons Trust is an Industrial and provident society registered with a Financial Services Authority as "Wimbledon Football Club Supporters' Society Limited". This is does'nt to exist when confused sustaining Wimbledon Independent Supporters Association (WISA), although this has as one of its aims within its constitution "To purchase shares in AFCW's holding company".

Performance

Around 2002-03, their 1st competitory year, AFC Wimbledon began slowly, however won their endure Eleven league games to finish a year around third place, narrowly missing promotion to the Ryman Isthmian League. Inside 2003-04 it win their 1st 21 league games prior to the draw on 10 January 2004, giving the children 32 sequentially wins inside league games ended 2 seasons. By this instance, AFC Wimbledon was the sole club within Engl& at any level to maintain a hone league record for the 2003-04 year, and completely others does'nt to use misplaced got drawn additional days. A Dons went in to complete an unconquered regular year (42 wins, Quaternion draws, goal difference +148), well earning promotion to a Isthmian League Foremost Section, & winning the CCL title by owning vii games left to play. In April 30, 2004 they completed a "Double" by winning a CCL's Premier Challenge Ventral suction cup.

the 2004-05 year saw a Wimbledon side back in the Isthmian League first since 1964. It won 29 games, drew tenner, & misused terzetto, & led a section a lot year to earn promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Section. As well, a Dons - in their number one appearance in the FA Cup since a creation of AFC Wimbledon - reached the Third Qualifying Spherical, bowing bent Thurrock from Conference South (two divisions above). The One-0 residence convert Metropolitan Police in April 9, 2005 guaranteed the Number one Section title. It won a Surrey Senior Ventral suction chigher final Two-One above league runners-up Walton & Hersham on May 3, having defeated teams from higher leagues in earlier rounds, including a reserve side from Premiership club Crystal Palace in the quarterfinals. Dons manager Dave Anderson was known as Manager of a Month in the Isthmian Foremost Section resulting the year.

Of these Wimbledon streaming video player received the unique honour in the 2004-05 year. Fallowing scoring all three goals in the Dons' shutout of Dunstable Town in the Second Qualifying Spherical of the FA Ventral suction Ventral suction cup, Rob Ursell was shortlisted per FA for The FA Cup Streaming video player of the Around Award. Inside an on the internet fans' poll on The FA's official places, Ursell won that award inside the landslide. Ursell & a year's more Decade winners, including Premiership stars Shay Given and Ruud van Nistelrooy, were introduced at halftime of the FA Cup final at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Late in the year, Ursell too received the callup to the England national futsal team. A 2004-05 year too saw a Dons sign their number one to the full international in the AFC era, once it acquired New Zealand international Shane Smeltz in midseason.

the Dons placed the freshly completely-instance record for yearn streak of unconquered league games at any level of senior football in the United Kingdom by using their 76th, a One-One draw at Bromley F.C., in November 13, 2004, and the Two-One triumph all over Bashley F.C. on November 27 made it 78. Withdean 2000, 2002/2003 CCL champions, delivered AFC Wimbledon's last league kill (in Saturday 22 February 2003) before a streak eventually ended at Cray Wanderers F.C. with a 2-0 loss on December 4, 2004.

Youth and Womens Football

A Dons' profits around 2004-05 was non limited to their senior side; numerous of their youth sides likewise got hard seasons. Two of their under-13 & under-11 sides won league championships (inside different leagues); of these under-13 side & two under-11 sides added their league ventral suction cup for the double. One of their ii under-14 sides as well won the league-ventral suction cup double. the Dons laid deuce under-15 sides in the top 2 positions in their league, & as well saw a single under-11 side lift a county ventral suction cup. Eventually, one of their deuce under-12 sides, + their just under-8 side, won league cups. Overall there are Nineteen male youth sides representing AFC Wimbledon from either under Eighter's to under Xix's, by owning occasionally of the under Nineteen's managing to play occasionally games in the reserves & in the number one team.

Too when a youth placed ups, AFC Wimbledon likewise have a ladies side which play in the FA Nationwide Women's Premier League Southern Section, a 2d greatest tier of Women's football. A women's team was erstwhile affiliated by having Wimbledon F.C., however switched affiliation to AFC Wimbledon in the 2003 close year.

Both newly juniors girls sides (under Xii's & under Xiv's) use at times been install for the 2005-2006 year.

This means there exists currently the aggregate of Twenty-five teams representing AFC Wimbledon, within the mixture of men's, women's, son's & girl's football.

Why AFC ?

In title only the club, a founders sought a name when around "Wimbledon FC" when imaginable, & their number one selection, "FC Wimbledon", was rejected per London F.The. It gained approval for "AFC Wimbledon", The initials A.F.C. existence park around club list & understood to officially could have for "Association Football Club". Around January 2005, Marc Jones - one of a founders of the club - explained that within actual fact "'AFC' stands for NOTHING... we thought it sounded non-league but it never stood for anything." That said, a backronym "A Fan's Club" has been suggested by some to memorialize a intent of a equivalent Wimbledon supporters world health organization formed the club.

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In a summertime of 2005, the club's founders offered their trend lines to the Manchester United fans proposal of setting up the club, inside the similar manner to the Wimbledon fans, as punishment Malcolm Glazer's purchase of the club. AFC Wimbledon & a recently FC United of Manchester played a friendly match at The Fans' Stadium, Kingsmeadow on 23 July 2005, won 1-0 per Dons.

Current squad
When of October 13, 2005: