AFC WIMBLEDON est. 2002 (England)
Δημοσιεύτηκε: Τρί 24 Μάιος 2011, 11:22
ALL INFOS: http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/
Ομάδα και οπαδοί προς μίμηση!
Ότι και να λέμε είναι λίγο. Δημιουργήθηκε το 2002 από οπαδούς επειδή ο πρόεδρος της τότε FC Wimbledon είχε πάει την ομάδα 100 χιλιόμετρα έξω από το Λονδίνο και την μετονόμασε κιόλας μετά από 2 χρονια σε Milton Keynes Dons !
Αγωνίζεται σε γήπεδο 4800 θέσεων περίπου το οποιο γεμίζει σε κάθε αγώνα.
Ονομαζετε Kingsmeadow, και βρίσκετε στο νοτιοδυτικό Λονδίνο.
Ξεκίνησαν από την 9η κατηγορια (Combined Counties League), και μέσα σε 9 χρονια ανέβηκαν στην Δ' ΕΘΝΙΚΗ !
Μόλις το Σάββατο, κέρδισαν τον τελικό Play Off κόντρα στην Luton Town
και από του χρόνου θα αγωνίζονται στην Football League Two!
Και λίγα για την ιστορία της:
The club was founded by supporters of Wimbledon Football Club, led by Kris Stewart, in June 2002.[2] Days earlier, the Football Association had agreed to allow Wimbledon F.C. to relocate 56 miles north to the new town of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire. The distance involved in this relocation was unprecedented in English football; by moving in such a way Wimbledon F.C. were cutting all ties with the area of Wimbledon. Although Wimbledon F.C. were unable to relocate to Milton Keynes for more than a year, their traditional local support dried up almost immediately in protest.[3]
In June 2002, in order to assemble a competitive team at short notice, AFC Wimbledon held player trials over three days on Wimbledon Common, open to any unattached player who felt he was good enough to try out for the team. From these trials, the club's squad for their inaugural season was chosen. The new team attracted a crowd of 4,657 fans for their first ever game, a pre-season friendly against Sutton United on 10 July where they were beaten 4–0.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Wimbledon
Πως διατηρείται:
AFCW PLC was placed under the ownership of The Dons Trust, a supporters' group which has pledged to retain at least 75% control of that ownership. In 2003, however, a minority interest was sold in a share issue in order to finance the purchase of Kingsmeadow, the ground that AFCW part owned with Kingstonian; given the circumstances of the club's formation, this decision raised some concerns.
The Dons Trust is an Industrial and Provident Society registered with the Financial Services Authority as "Wimbledon Football Club Supporters' Society Limited". This is not to be confused with Wimbledon Independent Supporters Association (WISA) although WISA has as one of its stated constitutional aims "to purchase shares in AFC Wimbledon's holding company".
The Chief Executive is Erik Samuelson who carries out his full-time duties in return for the nominal sum of one guinea a year, because "it sounded posher than a pound".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Wimbledon
ΒΛΕΠΕ ΚΙ ΕΔΩ: http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/thefans.p ... d=8&squad=
Το 2005 υποστήριξαν και βοήθησαν και τους οπαδούς της FC United of Manchester να δημιουργήσουν την ομάδα τους.
Πραγματικά υποκλίνομαι !!!!