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Quote: crashmon "We have booked our two tickets Crash don’t know if you’ve seen this thing about no district line. This may make it even more difficult to get to. I go via Tooting Broadway on Northern line but it is a 15 minute walk from there which may be no good for your Dad.

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Quote: BigTime "Crash don’t know if you’ve seen this thing about no district line. This may make it even more difficult to get to. I go via Tooting Broadway on Northern line but it is a 15 minute walk from there which may be no good for your Dad.'"

270 bus goes there....or a fiver in a cab.
edit. Egham - Clapham Jnct - Earlsfield Road....270 bus Plough Lane....simlez

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Quote: orangeman "270 bus goes there....or a fiver in a cab.
edit. Egham - Clapham Jnct - Earlsfield Road....270 bus Plough Lane....simlez'"


Yep thats our route. Looking forward to seeing the ground and the food. Not looking forward to seeing them play in wire kit though, but you can't have everything.

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Quote: crashmon "Yep thats our route. Looking forward to seeing the ground and the food. Not looking forward to seeing them play in wire kit though, but you can't have everything.'"

I genuinely can't believe that the club though playing in the landlords colours would sell more shirts?
When we moved to the Stoop v2 and changed our name, they produced a Black shirt with blue piping which I believe sold very well. I still have 3 shirts bought in that era, including a players away shirt....excellent quality and I enjoy pointing out that it's not a union shirt to the locals here......but the wire kit is a huge mistake...we've not managed a competition point in the Blue yet.

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Quote: orangeman "Kick'em whilst they're down
More than highly likely, relegation has been a very drawn out affair. The ability of the team to lose from winning positions is sensational. Defence splitting pass from the Centre Forward who received the ball on the halfway line / touchline on Good Friday. Problem was he was our player and he laid it on the plate for the striker to equalise. Even better on Saturday, leading in the 89th minute our goalkeeper was fouled. He took the free kick. To himself! His THIRD touch he punted it downfield. Free Kick in the penalty area and Fleetwood equalise. Comical.

Whether AFC Wimbledon want to end the agreement with the break clause I don't know. I'm sure the income is much less than expected, but there will be profit so is there any gain in terminating. The only alternatives would be a football team needing to relocate, and I don't know of any. The pitch wouldn't cope with Rugby Union, certainly not until the maintenance strategy is proven. Following the departure of the CEO, Head Coach and DTB Vice Chairman, the Head Groundsman has now left! In fairness I understand to move to Fulham, so a career promotion.

The non match day income is way below what it needs to be. So I don't think the club want to be seen removing an income stream.

What has changed in the last week, is that there is no debt secured against the £30 Million stadium. A 4.5M Bridging Loan had to be repaid in April which it has. At the start of 2022 there was no money, all that could be done was refinance under another secured Loan. Most (3.7M) has been covered by the latest Plough Lane Bond (unsecured). The remainder by a further equity investment and a short term unsecured loan from the Cherry Red owner simply to enable the April date to be hit without any risk by having any secured loan on the stadium. A cashflow loan really.

In the same period (2022) they haven't won a single football match! Even the match tomorrow has less than 40 seats available (all singles) and they are resells (so double income) from Season Ticket and/or Debenture holders who can't attend. Attendance will be down as Accrington will only bring a couple of hundred in the away end that holds 1,400+. And there will be lots of empty seats from fans who won't turn up.

The crowds in League 2 next year will likely be top 5, and other match day income probably top two. The biggest single risk is on the field as relegation to the National League would have big financial consequences.

So I think it unlikely AFC Wimbledon will activate the break clause (which I suspect is either after one or two seasons) as the Broncos are one of their income streams. Whilst the bottom line is its about money, I don't believe the club want to fleece the Broncos and would like to progress with them. The club won the English Football League Community Club of the Year award last week so want to be seen in a good light. Problem is so do the on field team judging by the fact that they last won on 7th December 2021!

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In a genius bit of reverse psychology Rams have put the results of last 5 meetings with Broncos up on their Twitter feed. Without giving the game away they are all Broncos wins with a fair few spankings in the mix. What’s the possibility of a Rams win? At least through the wonders of London Transport Network most of their fans will be stuck nowhere near the ground trying to work out how to get there.

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Quote: BigTime ".......At least through the wonders of London Transport Network most of their [i(Dewsbury's)[/ifans will be stuck nowhere near the ground trying to work out how to get there.'"


Once did a week as a turn at the theatre in Wimbledon (think it was in 1995) and don't recall any issues getting there every night. Mind you, whilst exercising said discipline, Bongser was very much a disciple of the Harris/O'Toole School of Theatre. Ol' Pa Bongser used to say, "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well!" His eldest son respected this but decided to append the word "pi$hed" to the end of said mantra. Bongser always knew that the "beer bus" would get him home. Maybe he trusted it to get him there as well?

Plough Lane (never been) looks reasonably near the middle of Wimbledon. Is it just that, as ever, progress has beggared things up?

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Quote: Bent&Bongser "Once did a week as a turn at the theatre in Wimbledon (think it was in 1995) and don't recall any issues getting there every night. Mind you, whilst exercising said discipline, Bongser was very much a disciple of the Harris/O'Toole School of Theatre. Ol' Pa Bongser used to say, "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well!" His eldest son respected this but decided to append the word "pi$hed" to the end of said mantra. Bongser always knew that the "beer bus" would get him home. Maybe he trusted it to get him there as well?

Plough Lane (never been) looks reasonably near the middle of Wimbledon. Is it just that, as ever, progress has beggared things up?'"

As with inhabitants of all town’s /cities Londoners have their idiosyncrasies. One of mine has been rarely to travel South of the Thames. I had previously played football at a ground in Deptford in the late 90s and not enjoyed it. Since our ‘controversial’ move to Wimbledon I have been down Sarf more than in the previous 30 but still have no idea where I am I simply robotically follow Google maps to my destination. So long story short I don’t know where PL is in relation to the centre, the tennis ground or the Wombles but it doesn’t have the leafy suburban feel of those places more Urban so I’d say a bit of a distance.Mind I see they are selling fairly unremarkable flats there at £700k a pop so it must have something going for it.

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Oh dear, AFC 3-0 down at h/t.

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Quote: Deadcowboys1 "Oh dear, AFC 3-0 down at h/t.'"

Making a bit more of a game of it now but relegation is a done deal I’m afraid. I blame Hughes.

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Bolton did their bit taking the points off Fleetwood but it was always a forlorn hope that AFC could overturn the goal difference, even had they not had a 'mare of a first half.

NOW, when Dons fans are denied their fortnightly sporting fix for a few months, is the time to dust off the marketing machine - creaking though it seems. icon_thumb.gif

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The only bit of good news is the relegation of the team from Kent.

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The first half was embarrassing and the team were booed off. At least they tried in the second half. And it was packed post match for the Player of the Year Awards. I think it should hurt a bit more, otherwise mediocrity/complacency becomes the norm.

The London Broncos now have 11 opportunities (home and away) to be the first Plough Lane based men's team to win a match in 2022. Surely that will happen, hopefully as early as tomorrow.

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Game day.....has there been a more important one in the 40+ years?
Good luck London....but relying on beating dewsbury for a hope of survival is a depressing scenario......
London by 10.
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Quote: orangeman "Game day.....has there been a more important one in the 40+ years?
Good luck London....but relying on beating dewsbury for a hope of survival is a depressing scenario......
London by 10.
COYB'"


There have arguably been more important games but it certainly seems like a must win. Let's hope it is a turning point.

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