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It’s history now. Apart from the owner the staff and players will have had little to do with the situation and as such we should not hold it agianst them.AFC Wimbledon as a club should rise above this situation and go forward without holding any grudges! |
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Still bitter re Franchise,that will not go away until we have got back into the league at least.If our paths cross their would be a divide between AFC Wimbledon fans.Ithink I would go and support the team.Obviously Id try to use counterfeit money to get in! We def should NOT forfeit the fixture.that would not look good. |
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Absolutely. This is increasinly less about Franchise FC in my eyes and more about Wimbledon. |
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Although refusing to play them is probably the right thing to do, I think it might be a case of us cutting off our nose to spite our face. No-one will really care if we do refuse to play them I think – some might admire us but I don’t think, realistically, it will get us anywhere. Better to beat them, but if we lose it would be horrendous… Oh I’m torn! |
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Ambivalent. Worried but excited. |
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Any fixture be it cup or league will be played, there is no question about that. However, my view is that we should refuse an allocation for any away game on principle. Sadly, this is unlikely to happen and even sadder, a number of our fans would be falling over themselves in the rush to get tickets to such an away fixture after all that’s been said and done…. |
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As a club, we must be professional and fulfill whatever fixtures that are drawn for us. Should our fans attend … (the question you did not ask) well I would leave it up to them, but I would encourage anyone who felt unable to control themselves to stay away. We have the upper ground in this argument, lets not lose it. |
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As much as I despise them, I would not boycott any match in which we played them. I would want to be there giving AFCW 100% support. |
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At home: Definately maximun attendence with minimum tickets for their ‘customers’ in an uncovered corner. Give them a true “welcome to hell” reception and dick on them all over the pitch. Away: Tricky, wouldn’t want to go to stadia moo but would find it difficult to not want to go to give them hell from the stands and support the boys. |
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Ban their fans and board from coming to our ground |
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Beat em |
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beat the b******s |
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Been practicing my bad language, have tried to move on, but whenever I hear their name mentioned anywhere I end up kicking the cat,dog, tiger etc. Can’t wait for 1st meeting, however long it takes. Bring on the scum….. |
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behind closed doors only |
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Behind closed doors, especially if we were at home, too dangerous to allow our fans anywhere near their team and fans. |
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Better question would be “Do I trust myself to go” |
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Bloodbath ! |
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Boycot the cup game, but stand outside the ground. Smash them to bits in the league, ban them from our place, and not go to theirs! |
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Boycott |
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Boycott an away game. Home game, turn up in numbers and show them we are Wimbkledom. |
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Boycott any game at MK. Make home game for home fans only. |
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Boycott if a MK, play and beat them |
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Break their legs! |
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bring it on |
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Bring it on! |
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Can’ wait for the day, may lead to an impromptu night in a cell but my god it will be worth it. The Murdering vermin will deserve all they have coming. |
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Can’t wait for the day until we play the low lifes. |
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Cant wait to hammer em! |
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Certainly would not go to their hovel, but would probably attend if it was at KM, (I think) the pain still hurts |
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Cross that bridge when it comes. Makes me sick even thinking about them. |
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Cup – Withdraw. League – No choice. Make sure we know the rules. |
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Cup at home – I would attend and would hope the club would do all it could to ensure that ‘costs’ meant that Franchise wouldn’t see any money. Cup away – I would go to the venue to cheer the team off the coach but would refuse to enter the stadium and hope to take part in an organised, peacefull but very vocal anti-Franchising demonstration outside the stadium. League match at home – attend as we keep money Away – boycot or as for the cup game if any demonstration was planned. |
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Cup game — support the team home or away, as cup profits are split. League — support wholeheartedly at home; unsure about the away game until it arises. |
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Cup No League yes |
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Depends if we beat them or not! We should play them at home, if we drew them away then I don’t think I would go and give them my money… but if we had a chance of beating them then I might… dilemas! |
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despite all the protestations the game will have to go ahead. |
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Difficult one. In Cups we may have to take a stand. League might be different |
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Difficult one. My head says boycott the match, my heart says be there to holler the boys to victory and abuse Franchise as much as possible. The the thing is we will breach rules if we don’t play them and will be fined. If we boycott as supporters then the team won’t get the backing and support that they deserve and need, so will be handicapped. |
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Do it. I will attend the Home Game. As for the away I really don’t know. I’ll Do the same as everybody else. |
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Do not wish to EVER play them. It won’t bring the best out of me on the day. I’d expect a hostile atmosphere, wherever the game was played. Hope not to meet them and would be unlikely to attend. Too emotional! |
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Don’t care. MK is not in my A to Z. |
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Don’t care. Wouldn’t go there. It might be good exposure for the club I suppose. |
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Don’t want it. There could be trouble. Winkie would use his media pets to generate good publicity for the Franchise. Can so no positives in playing them even if we win (which we probably wouldn’t do if we met them now) |
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Don’t want to and would be concerned how some of our fans would react |
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Don’t want to be beaten by them. I don’t waste my time thinking of them. |
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Don’t want to. I wouldn’t go if it happened. |
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Dont care only worry about our result. |
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Dreading it as they are getting a good side together !!! The year or so when we were doing the protests was Ok but saw a couple of incidents where it started to cross the line (Watford away springs to mind where you felt it was going to turn nasty). One of the reasons I followed the Dons was because it was so friendly. An AFCW and McDongs game will kick off big time, wouldnt go to the game as the atmosphere would be really nasty. |
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enjoy giving them a thrashing |
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Get on with it. The past has passed. Play ‘em, beat ‘em. |
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Go ahead. |
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Go in and give more support to our team than we ever have in any game. |
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go there under duress and then accidently burn the place to the ground, oh and winning of course |
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Go to the game and support AFCW! |
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gotta support the boys wherever |
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hate the scum,but if league rules state we must play them or loose points etc,i would play them if need be behind closed doors for their safety |
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Hmm a difficult one. I actually don’t care much about Milton Keynes Dons, but I wouldn’t go to a game if we were drawn against them (just because I would anticipate there would be trouble and I wouldn’t want a part of that). |
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home, play em, smash em, away, boycott, protest |
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Hope we never have to meet. The game should go ahead, but thoughts have to go into security and possibly have the game played behind closed doors to save any fines we will endure. |
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Hopefully never, there will be a lot of “trouble” should they come to our place. Doubt anyone would want to go there, maybe boycott outside or something, but i’d save my petrol and ticket money and give it to the Dons. |
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I am undecided on how I feel. I certainly would not attend an away fixture. I would just have to see how I felt at the time. |
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I cannot express how strong my object is to playing that sham of a club. If our paths should ever cross in a cup competition I would fully support the club refusing to accept the fixture in order not to legitmise their existence as a football club by playing them in a competitive match. If this necessitates withdrawing from or being expelled from the competition in question then I think this would be an acceptable price (although I might think twice if it were a league fixture!). |
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I don’t recognise MK so the game won’t exist. |
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I don’t see why we should suffer penalties by not playing them, though I wouldn’t seek such a game, and I almost certainly wouldn’t attend. |
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I don’t suppose we could refuse to play league fixtures against them as sanctions from the league would be severe. However we could, perhaps, take a moral stance in a cup match & refuse to play. |
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I don’t want to share gate money with them, or mix with their hangers-on [can't call them fans!] But I would have to decide at the time and talk to other AFCW fans. |
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I don’t want us ever to play the cunts. Ever. |
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I feel we must behave as responsible adults and cut out all this hate. Hate never served anyone any good. But we have to make sure we stuff them on the pitch! |
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I hate htem I always will I would rather we blew up their concret cow ground personally! I owuld never set foot inside their stadium if we did play them, I would hope the Club would bend every know rul and refuse hippitality etc if we had to . Me I’ll be the one outside with my placard |
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I have no stance. I would enjoy abusing their deluded fools from the terraces and I could understand emotions running high. I would not want any violence nor would I want our club to entertain their officials. Although this may be unavoidable and if necessary I hope our officaicials act with dignity whilst never appearing to condone the scum. |
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I hope it never happens, but if it does, I’d probably boycott the away game and get vicious at the home game. |
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I hope we batter them if we do play them. |
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I hope we never do. |
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I hope we win. |
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i just hope we beat them |
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I loathe them with a passion. I am not sure if I would pay to visit their ground, probably not. |
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I never want to play them in any competition. I would never pay to attend any game where they received even a proportion of my money. |
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I really dont care anymore. I put all my energy into supporting Wimbledon. Too much time is wasted on hatred of a team that really dont care. |
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I still feel bitterly betrayed by the ex-owners of the club, however we have moved on and I don’t bother looking for thier results to lose. I would definately not go to any game at thier place. |
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I think it would be disaster – there would be a lot of violence that people outside of AFC wouldn’t understand and could end in points decuction, loss of respect and some broken bones. |
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I think it would be super to play them, if it was at their place i would only pay the ticket price and not buy anything at or in the ground! |
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I think we should play them and stuff the shit out of them! |
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I think we should play them, beat them, and burn their fucking ground down. |
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I think we should play them. Like it or not, they are rapidly becoming accepted by the footballing fraternity. Any punishment for not playing them would in my opinion outweigh the moral high ground we would take. Plus, I would love it if we could beat them, and we would struggle to ignore the financial windfall that would result from the fixture – everyone would want to see it and it would surely be televised |
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I used to be of the opinion that I would not go to their ground but I have to say that I will attend and support our team in cup games and only boycott the away league game. |
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I want us to destroy them |
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I will attend because I support my team, whilst there may be good reasons not to, I positively support AFC Wimbledon rather than ‘not support FFC’. |
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I will be guided by the club and WISA |
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I WILL GO AND ENJOY WATCHING US BEAT THEM. |
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I will never watch a game between us and Franchise, the inevitable violence combined with the fact I refuse to ever watch them play decides this for me. |
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I will not be bringing the children!! |
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I won’t know until the day arrives, but a fixture is not exactly something you can turn your back on, franchise or not. Certainly a ‘win at all costs’ game whichever way you look at it. |
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I wont go, it will be football fans behaving at their worst. |
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I would absolutely hate it. It will be the equivalent of a reincarnated soul coming face to face with its rotting corpe after being in the care of Dr Frankenstein. I go to all games, home and away, but I would not go there (and bollocks to all our new supporters who say they are just supporting our team – they need to learn their history). |
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I would avoid it like the plague, as the Idiots will come out of the woodwork. |
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I would be masively excited about the proposition, I could just about out up with the sharing of attendance revenue, but I would love a game of that nature to turn into a symbolic protest against all that is wrong about franchising in football |
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I would go and support AFC, as the neutral interest would be huge and I wouldn’t want some neutral standing in my spot/sitting in my seat (if at Franchise) |
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I would hate it. Its a no win situation for us. I could not watch the match and my lifetime as a pacifist might end |
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I would have to think long and hard about visiting MK for an away game, as the thought of giving them any money still leaves me cold. I would probably attend a similar game at home, as we would benefit far more financially. I also would not wish to play them in any comp, until we had a decent chance of embarassing them on the field |
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i would love to play them but as long as its at our ground. i think there might be trouble if we played them away. |
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I would NEVER go to their ground and I would boycott any cup game where they shared the gate money |
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I would play them at Kingsmeadow, but insist they took no tickets. I would not go to MK. I would – reluctantly – play them in League matches. |
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I wouldn’t quit a competition or put the club in a position that would cost us points or our league status to avoid playing them. I wouldn’t reject promotion to avoid playing them if promotion put us in the same league.I have no desire ever to set foot in their stadium but I think I would attend a home game. |
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I wouldn’t travel to their ground. I wouldn’t part with my money. |
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I’d go to all games except an away one in the League |
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I’ll stay away |
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I’ve always said that I will cross that bridge when it comes to it, but I don’t envisage me ever entering the ASDA Stadium. |
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id go |
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Id like to play them jst for the fact i wana beat them  hopefully it would be at home as i would begrudge giving them money but would go to support the lads. |
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If a Cup Match, I’ll go. If League game, I’ll go to the home leg but not the away leg. Let’s see nearer to the time how I feel. |
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If and when we get to play them, we don’t boycott, we don’t bicker about whether to attend or not – whether it is home or away, cup or league, every man and his dog goes with full bells and whistles etc etc.. If we don’t go, or turn up half-hearted, then everything they ever said about us having no support will be seen to have been to. If we don’t go, together, we will have failed ourselves. |
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if at home ban their fans from our stadium, if away go but support from outside the stadium |
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If away, I would pay my entrance fee only, and protest. |
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If it was a home game i would attend, away game i wouldn’t go. I hope we never play them as i think it will be a disaster waiting to happen. |
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if its at there ground not to go,if its at home then give them the smallest amount of tickets we can,or better still none. |
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If the match had taken place 5 years ago it have meant a whole lot more than it does now. I would be delighted if the game took place as there would undoubtedly be great interest and coverage of the match which has to be good for us and might generatre additional revenue. However they have moved on and so have we. I don’t feel any animosity for their supporters who were gifted a league team & to harbour a grudge or show ill feelings displays our own weakness. |
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if the players wish to play them thats ok but i personaly wound not attend |
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If we are drawn against them we should play them and beat them My stance on the use of the word ‘futurely’ however is unprintable. |
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if we had to play them at KM I would go |
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If we have to play them we are commited by FA are we not? I would watch the game at home but wouldn’t travel to the concrete city to see it. |
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If we have to play them we do so by approaching it professionally and intending to win. We never forgive or forget but if we want success that comes from being a league club we will have to face them at some point. They will not go away however much we’d like them to. Playing them on a level playing field would be a good kick in the teeth for them and a good two fingered salute from us….you knocked us down but we ARE back again. |
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If we have to play them, then so be it. Personally, I wouldn’t go- I take my kids to matches, and I would worry that idiots supporting both clubs would spoil the day, and AFCW’s reputation (couldn’t care less about Franchise’s reputation) |
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If we have to play, then we have to play them. Hopefully we will by pass them. |
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If we have to then we do. I wouldn’t attend and I’d abhor the negative publicity that would arise. |
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If we have to we have to. I don’t want to play them but I’m not as fussed as I used to be about it. More interested in AFC Wimbledon than I am about them now. |
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If we play that at Kingsmeadow, I think it should be treated as a normal game as much as possible. If playing away, a full fan boycott and only players and management entering the ground with the fan base outside a la Gilllingham. |
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If we play them away. Supporters should go. The more fans at MK the better. |
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If we play them so be it at our ground ban away support, and I would hope they would do the same as I wouldn’t want to step in to the hole that finalised our demise |
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if you mean would I attend, then the answer is YES. It’s the perfect opportunity to shout abuse at the scum. |
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In some ways I hope we don’t as i think there or one or two “of us” that could do something silly, But then to coin a phrase “i would love it just love it” to beat them and have the vast majority of football fans around the country enjoy the real Dons winning. |
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in some ways i would love it, but in other ways i would hate it. If we beat their club stealing arses, then it would be great, but defeat would be intollerable. Having seen franchise a couple of times, i find their ‘fans’ very irritating, but the stockport v franchise was great for winding them up! Also having had the misfortune to have travelled past the scumbowl, i dont think i could enter that pile of shite. A point to note, as my coach was in m****n k****s, i was looking for the stadium, and in all honesty if it had not been signposted, i would have missed it, i actually thought it was a warehouse or something, not a football ground! |
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in the cup it needs to be at home. |
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in the cup, at home we should make it as expensive as poss to put the game on- for example pay all the usual volunteers, get in extra police then hope that no people turn up. Play the game though and beat them. Away-no fans but beat them at their place! |
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Individual choice for supporters |
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Initmidate at home, boycott away – as we have asked other fans to do. |
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It has to be played. Zero WFC attendance INSIDE the stadium if away. |
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It is will be just another game – get on and play it. |
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It veers from out and out hostility to total apathy |
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It will be difficult to treat it as ‘just another game’ but in all honesty it should be. |
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it will be worth getting nicked! |
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It will happen eventually, lets not make a fuss and therefore our cause will be reported more favourably. |
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It will happen in the not so distant future so im prepared for it – i just hope everyone is sensible about it and the necessary precautions ar etaken – ie ticket sales, stewarding/policing, the media wil have it whipped up enough anyway |
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It would be a hard decision to go to their ground. If we did play them there would be so much media attention it would be a good time to educate people about how wrong the move was and the return of the honours etc… Oh and losing to the scummers would be unthinkable |
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It would be a watershed moment. Once it’s over with – win, lose or draw – we move on. |
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It would pain me terribly if it meant giving even a penny to them, but i would have to go to hurl abuse, and i cannot imagine a sweeter feeling than beating the bastards! |
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it’s a game of football,we should move on and get over the the bitterness.Play them with pride win or lose,with fans that bought football, not football that bought fans. |
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It’s just another game! All our fans should attend the match. Ok, I don’t like them either, but they are nothing to do with me any more! |
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Just another game. Honest. |
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Just beat them |
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Just get on with it, outplay them and win the media battle. |
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just treat home game as any other, boycott by fans for away game. |
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Keeeeeel them!! Seriously … what are the alternatives? Not show up? Sulk? Blow raspberries at them from the halfway line? It would be a game to be played and hopefully won. And then party like its …. errrr 1999 …. |
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kill the fuckers! |
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Lats beat the bastards. But dont want to play them unless we can be competative against them, couldn’t take losing to them |
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Let’s be professional and just do it. We don’t have the right to decide which games we do and don’t play in league and cups. |
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Let’s just go out and beat the living poo out of them |
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Let’s play them and whip them good! Let bygones be bygones and let’s move on, we have achieved a lot in 5 years and are better off than groundsharing with Crystal Palace. |
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lets beat the crap out off them on and off the pitch |
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lets beat them |
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make it behind closed doors for the safety of their management/players. we have to play them for legal reasons we should not jeopardise our league status by forfitting games against them. |
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My current inclination would be to give it a miss |
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Never |
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Never ever ever ever want to play them just in case we lost. I could not take that! If we ever have to play them then for the away game a full boycott, for the home game we must make it more hostile then a Galatasaray v Panathinaikos game in hell. |
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Never ever play them, regardless of age/sex/competition |
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never ever want it to happen |
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Never forgive, never forget, then give em a good hiding… |
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Never to go to “their ” ground |
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Never travel to wankydome |
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Never want to play them. But if we have to, make sure that we bitch slap them. |
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no choice |
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No comment |
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no grudges just bring it on!! |
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No option but to play them – aim to ensure as little money goes to them as possible but overall to beat them. |
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No problem. I couldn’t care less about them, and apart from when we play them I think our fans should get over it all! This may sound controversial, but if anything the whole MK thing has ultimately been completely beneficial. We now have a club which we are in control of and it is secure. So many fans all know each other, and people enjoy the social side along with the football. We’ll also get our league place back. When we do play them though, it should rightly be a massive rivalry! |
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No question…we play them end of. We have the moral highground and any crossing of paths gives us the opportunity to remind football about the treachery and injustice that was done to us as fans. Think of the amount of press coverage we would attain and what we could do with that. |
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no thank u |
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No views |
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Not a good idea but would have to be done to avoid penalties. Suggest done behind closed doors |
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not bothered as long as we win! |
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Not bothered. Let them be MK Dons and then beat them 1-0 in the FA cup. |
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Not looking forward to it; I think the Club should fulfil the fixture as I can’t see the point of taking the points deduction/fine that would follow if we didn’t. If it was in Mk I doubt I’d attend. |
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Not something we have a choice over I had hoped they would have gone bust by then. |
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nuke ‘em, but I am biased – worry about the fall out later. ;o) |
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Of course we should play them, or we would face huge punishments from the FA/Leagues for refusing to do so. |
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ok |
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On a purely football level I’d love to beat them. Looking at the bigger picture I’m not sure the football would take precidence in any meeting and it probably would be a game remembered for other reasons. |
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personally – never. However, the FA would sanction us if that happened, so : if away – behind closed doors, if at home, make room for us all and limit away tickets to 50. |
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Personally wouldnt go – wouldnt trust myself to control my feelings – but wouldnt support an organised boycott – everyone should follow their gut instinct on this with no recrimination either way |
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play |
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Play them and beat them. |
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Play ‘em, and fuck ‘em up. |
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Play ‘em, play well against ‘em, be proud of ourselves and what we have achieved, get on with the next match, forget ‘em, shove ‘em, we know who we are, WTID. |
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play and beat |
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Play and stuff the bastards. Try and get the Police to force the FA to ban travelling fans would be good; it would be carnage off the pitch if they don’t. |
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Play and WIN! “futurely”? |
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Play but don’t go. Hope it never happens |
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Play em and destroy em |
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play em, beat em |
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play if we have to, but make no more concessions to their business and customers than we have to. If at home, do not mention them at all in the matchday programme. |
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Play in front of an empty stadium in any gate shared match ie cup or play-off and boycott any away match. For a home League match, make the experience as intimidating as possible for their officials, players and supporters, whilst staying within the law and the regulations of the tournament. |
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Play it but nobody to enter the ground if it’s away from home. If at home, everybody ‘volunteers’ to steward but charges enough to mean that lot don’t make any money. |
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Play the fixture. Make as much publicity out of it as possible to remind people how much of a crime was committed. Don’t be polite or cordial to the bunch of thieves – ie: no Franchise in our ‘board room’ / hospitality areas and I would expect Erik et al to politely decline any invitation from them. |
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play the game as any other |
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Play the scum, beat the scum, support our team and maintain our dignity. No boycotts; no violence. Show the world what being a real fan means and the injustice of what happened. A few bob going from our pockets into Winkleman’s will be irksome, but it’s not going to make or break the scum and it’s not going to be worth missing our historic victory for. |
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Play them |
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Play them & beat them, no different from any other team we may play. |
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Play them and beat them |
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Play them and beat them! |
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Play them and beat them. |
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play them and fucking stuff the bastards |
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play them and totally destroy them |
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play them, beat them |
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Play them, beat them thoroughly, and use the publicity to show the world who the real Wimbledon is. |
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Play them, beat them. Offer zero hospitality other than what we legally have to supply. Anything else means we are a protest and not a football club. Us not playing them won’t make them any weaker, us beating them however… (ps piss in their tea urn, leave a fucking big turd in their dressing room bog and make sure their team bus parks a mile away). |
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Play them, but behind closed doors at a neutral venue. |
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Play them, but boycott any home cup fixtrue, or any away match. If a home league match to support the team. |
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Play them, but I will not pay admission for a game with gate-share. |
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Play them, stuff them. |
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play them. Beat them (on the pitch) |
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Play them. Beat them. Make the experience as unpleasant and uncomfortable for them as possible. No hot water in the dressing rooms, piss in their tea. Refuse to allow their officials into the president’s lounge (and if FA rules say we have to let them in then none of our players or officials or staff should set foot in there – close it using staff shortage as a reason). No away supporters permitted for safety reasons. Make sure they run out to “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves”. Boo, jeer and whistle at ear-splitting volume whenever they have the ball. And sing, sing sing for AFC Wimbledon throughout. |
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Play them. Great publicity. Beat them! |
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play them. I would be bitterly against any attempt to boycott these fixtures. |
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Play thrm and beat them |
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Protest outside and cheer from outside – no money to the scum! (what does futurely mean?) |
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Purely hypothetical and something that a lot of people waste a lot of time thinking about. Play the game – I am totally against any sort of stance which could lead to sanctions against the club – that would let them win a second time. |
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Really looking forward to it. |
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Refuse to play them and create as much publicity as possible around it. That’s probably a tiny minority position though and will never happen though, so I’d hope our supporters would boycott the game and donate the money they’d pay in an entrance fee to a football charity, or to be shared out amongst CCL clubs or something. |
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Rules is rules. |
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Rules state we will have to play them. Personally I would not go into their ground but would be prepared to stand outside and make a stand against their existence. |
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Should play them (too risky not to) but do everything in our power to make the experience unpleasant for them. If playing at MK, supporters should boycott and refuse to attend. |
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Should play, but at a neutral ground. Them coming to us would corrupt “The Fans Stadium”, us going to them is disgusting. |
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Should refuse to play or send a youth side if forced. and refuse a ticket allocation if drawn away. |
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Since it would be a league requirement to play the game(s), then they go ahead. I wouldn’t attend though. |
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sooner the better |
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Stance ? Odd. We have no choice under FA Rules to boycott. However I am not sure I could go. I probably would have to resign from work if I did go, just in case things got ourt of hand……. |
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still support the team |
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stop it, you are giving me nightmares! I wouldn’t attend the match, but maybe we should play them…and win. |
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sure, play them and win |
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team has no choice in the matter, but i will only go to home game. Cant bring myself to finance those scum |
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That’s such a tough question. I think we will have to play them as any boycott just won’t be understood by everyone else in the football would. Let’s face it, not many people really cared about us when it (franchise) first happened, even less now! |
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The club should definitely play the fixture. I’d support a fan boycott if it was in MK, but expect us to fill KM with a very hostile crowd to cheer us on to a big win! |
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The club would obviously have to fulfill the fixture. I would attend wherever the game was played to support AFCW. |
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The dilemma of do I go? The answer has to be yes. We cannot not support our team in such a fixture plus if we were to beat them how could you ever say “I wasn’t there” |
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The game would have to be played – and you must support your team!! |
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The match has to be played. Attendance by fans is to their own choice and conscience. |
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The supporters are what matters. It would be wrong to put old prejudices in the way and we should be big enough to get on with playing the game. I know some supporters say they will never forget. I am more for moving on. |
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There Bridge Cross That Let’s When Get We. |
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They are forgotten now. Lets just get on with things ourselves. Would be great to beat them, sure, but lets remember we still have our dignity and a bloody good club to boot!! |
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they are just another team. |
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They are the real dons, you set up another club and stole another clubs ground SCUM |
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They mean nothing to me, they stole our league postion but, in all honesty, I wouldn’t swap the AFC Wimbedon experience for anything. Afterall, if they hadn’t have taken away what was ours, we’d never have experienced the likes of Merstham Chairman and cheese rolls, the semi final at Sutton, cup finals at Woking, Promotions, winning 8-1 at Wembley, it’s all priceless as far as I’m concerned! Tad concerned that the fixture would be used by idiots as an excuse for violence (…wish someone would have the balls to ban for life anyone who displays violent conduct at any match as we are a family club and am sick of sad idiots trying to ruin it for the majority) personally I’d much rather just rise above it and get on with supporting our team! |
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They will always be HELLS creation,but I will go to the Pig Pen and protest outside but I will not give them a brass farthing of my money.The Devil Incarnate can make his fortune from another donkey.Oh I’m a lifer as this is my 45th season coming up. |
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They would have to move an away match to Kingsmeadow after the unexpected firebomb attack… But seriously, I would have to think very seriously about paying one cent towards the club stealers that could go to starving children in Africa if the match were not at Home. Don’t get me wrong, I would just love it (in a Kevin Keegan kind of way) to be there if we beat them, but can’t bear the thought of assiting them IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER. |
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think we should fufill the fixture as a club. as fans consider boycotting the game. always feel postive protests doing “something” rather than “nothing” |
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This is a very difficult question, for the following reasons : 1) Away: Lining the pockets of the scum. 2) Home: I think it was said that if we had a home cup game, we would put the ticket prices at around £2 per head, meaning the monies gained by the scum to be very low. 3) Losing. If I was in attendance, losing to them would be worse than the Fisher / Bromley payoff SF put together. |
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This is the day i live for, to play the scum would be a massive achievement for the club, and we would without doubt have the support of everyone apart from Franchise FC of course. |
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To be honest, I am looking forward to that day. I want to show those c*nts that we’re still alive and kicking. |
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To me they are just another team now. If we meet ‘em let’s beat ‘em! |
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Undecided |
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under competition rules we would have to play them. if it was at their place i probably would not attend. we don’t want to play them in the cup yet anyway, as they would probably beat us and we can’t be having that. the media would love it though, so some money could be made. |
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Unfortunately, they are a ‘legal’ club. FA rules will require us to play them if we were drawn against or in the same league. Consequences could be harsh if we failed to play a fixture without ‘valid’ reason. Play them but do/take the bare minimum required for/from them. |
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Unsure, I think that in general I’d want to be there and make as much noise as possible to show those wankers what they did and that it is not forgotten. But rage is a dangerous thing, there is a lot of pent up aggression here, a little worried how I would react to a Frannie giving it large in my face. |
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Utter contempt  I’d travel away but not pay to get in. I can see a good chance of there being trouble as some will use it as an excuse just to cause trouble. |
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wankers!! ave em, sign on the fans as players to play, and if away game boycott outside the ground. |
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Wanna play them but would be worried about off the field issues – particually in-fighting between those AFC fans who want to play them and those that dont. |
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We are AFC Wimbledon fans and if we were to play them we should support the team no matter where it was held. We would outsing them and their ‘fans’ would know who the real Dons were. |
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We are now AFC Wimbledon,they are now MK Dons(wish they would get rid of the Dons bit though)and as such we should play them.I would attend these fixtures. |
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We are obliged to play them in the league and cup so should play the games. I would hope for a home cup tie that the club lowers ticket prices to a level that just about covers costs. Also the lub should pay volunteers a large wage on the day that they can then donate back to the club at a later stage. This way profits will be negligible and the Frannies will go home with barely nothing. |
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We can’t choose, can we? If we have to play them, then we play them. |
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We cannot refuse to play them but we must ‘celebrate’ the occasion sensibly with no violence _ mark it sensibly but be sure to let the world know how wrong franchising is |
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We could not refuse to play them without draconian penalties but would never go away to see the fixture and would probably avoid a home fixture in a cup. Home league would be a different matter as a ST holder I would be deemed to be there whether I was or not |
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We go whatever happens, Im happy to take part in any demonstration be it to wear old shirts etc. In fac i belive there should be some kind of demonstration or protest at the game. |
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we gone beat them |
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We have to abide by leagure rules and play the fixture, as much as we do not want to. The game would raise our profile more than there profile anyway, we would gain more by playing the fixture. |
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we have to fulfill our fixtures |
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We have to fulfill our fixtures. I will never go to MK, not sure about attending a home game, especially where Franchse would get a share of the receipts. |
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We have to play them – the consequences of a gesture ( not playing) would be too great for the club and the directors |
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We have to play them, beat them well and if at home, charge their fans double! If away, our fans should do some kind of peaceful, but clear protest against franchising |
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We have to play them, lets not give the FA anymore reason to punish us. However, I would not attend an away game but would be willing to take part in a peaceful protest outside their ground. At our place we should fill the place to capacity and remind them in a vocal but peaceful manner that they have no right to exist. |
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We have to play them, we have no choice. If it’s an away game I won’t be attending (despite living less than 20 miles from the Winkiedome). It’s the fans who have to decide if they will attend or not. |
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We have to think purely of ourselves. We can make our point on the day against franchising football, but ultimately we must concentrate on our own club! |
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we must play every fixture |
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We must play them in either competition or be expelled. So now lets just push whats happened to the back of our minds, play them and win. that’s the only way to get ‘revenge’. Don’t desert AFC players on these occasions, they still need our support wherever the game is played. Notice I don’t say ‘forget’ what’s happened. |
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We play them and get on with it. Although not (and never will be) for us, for other football fans it’s all in the past and we’d just be seen as petty if we refused to acknowledge them and play them. It would be a massive media circus so I actually think it would be good as it’ll remind the football fraternity what happened and give Ivor, Kris, Erik etc., the opportunity to promote all the positives that AFCW stand for to a national audience again. Hopefully, the greater good would overcome and we’d hammer them 5-0. |
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We play them and we beat them. Except in friendlies when have you been allowed to pick which teams you play? Rules is rules… That last comment was a joke in case the sarcasm was missed. |
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We play them, we slay them… the result doesn’t matter (well it does but) so much as the chance we have to make a massive point to one and all…. mind you if any of their “fans” turn up it could get very unpleasant. |
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we shld kill them |
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We should ban away fans at the very least, and possibly consider a symbolic boycott or playing in black to mark the death of football |
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We should beat them. |
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We should fulfil the fixture. I wouldn’t boycott a home fixture against them. Undecided about an away fixture – but wouldn’t begrudge anyone who decided to go (or stay away). |
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We should never play them. Relegation, or a fine is better than legitimizing them. |
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We should not recognise them as an opponent and refuse to play the fixture. |
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We should play Franchise FC in accordance with FA constitution and not jeopardize our status. Attendance at the games should be left to the individual without there being any reproach from others. |
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We should play them and all go and support the team. MK Dons was wrong but it’s happened, go to the match and show them the great club we have created. |
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We should play them and be as hostile as possible, both on and off the pitch. This is an example of hostility for a very real reason, not just local rivalry (eg Liverpool and Everton); Also we should demand they drop the “Dons” tag. That really bugs me… |
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We should play them and fans should come out in force and get behind the team. |
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We should play them and need to move on from the whole MK obsession as painful and unjust as the whole thing is and was> |
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We should play them but I won’t go, I’d get arrested. |
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We should play them, I would go to a game at home but not away |
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We will have to play them despite our objections to the way they inherited our football league place |
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We would do ourselves more harm than good by not playing them. Whilst we shouldn’t forget, there will be a lot of people out there who would view us less well for throwing our toys out/taking our ball home or whatever. Whilst we shouldn’t forget, we are not going to make them go away. |
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We would have an obligation to play them under league/cup rules but should ensure the team and fans! get the reception they deserve. |
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We would have to play them as it would be in the wider interest of football.. But the fans could make a protest by wearing black / turning our back on them etc etc but we must do it it together |
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We would have to play them or risk harmful points deductions, or suffer a big fine/expulsion from cup competition and they are not worth the aggravation. Definitely protest outside the ground against their very existence, at the very least. Support AFCW even by singing loudly outside. I would seriously have a problem with paying money to get into their ground. |
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We would have to play them, if we enter a competition we know they also enter (FA cup for example) and we draw them we should play them. In fact by entering the competition we’ve stated we will abide by the rules and rthe rules say you need to play who the draw gives you. |
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we would have to play them, what other option is there ???? |
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We would have to play them. Any withdrawl would be self defeating nonsense |
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We’ll have to do it at some point I expect. Won’t go to the away game and would suggest the club refuses any allocation of tickets. For any home game where a percentage of gate recepits has to go to the visiting club (Cup games ?) I’d suggest that we charge a nominal entrance fee (1 penny) and ask people to donate the “real” entrance money once inside the ground. |
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We’ll have to play them, as we’ll be bound by the competition rules. Just don’t expect it to go off quietly! |
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We’ll have to play them, but don’t expect me to attend. |
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Well we have to fulfill the fixture and do our best to win the game. We should probably not attend the game up there but maybe just protest outside the ground. Personally I never want to set foot inside their ground but others may feel differently. Hopefully it’s a situation that wont arise as they’ll go bust first |
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Well, in a ‘competitive’ situation we will HAVE to play them. |
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What can we do? It will raise the club’s profile in a major way – so as long as we handle ourselves with good grace on and off the pitch we’ll be winners whatever happens |
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Whats done is done,there is no going back so play them and get on with it. |
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WHen we play against MK DOngs we`ll beat them |
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Where we have to (i.e. to avoid FA imposed sanctions), but never where we don’t. |
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Whilst it would be great to beat them, personally I am a little worried that there could be trouble at the match, and that is something I don’t want to see. |
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Who |
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who? |
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why not |
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win, lose or draw I will enjoy hurling abuse at them all afternoon! |
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With the return of the silverware I think we should play them. A boycott may work in their favour. We may be in for a nasty shock, insofar that from their laughing stock days the club does seem to have taken off locally, so I think when the fans meet it could be a violent encounter. Our hearts will say beat them on the field, beat them on the terraces, but the reality is we could lose both battles. We will always occupy the moral high ground on this one, but may emerge as the smaller club. My sense is, to keep hating them, but enocurage them now to drop the final delusions of having anything to do with Wimbledon and drop the Dons tag. |
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withdraw – not recognise their legityimacy |
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Won’t go. Hope club take control of PR so does not descend into bitter arguements. |
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wont go |
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wont go to their shit hole |
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Worry about it if it ever happens ,dont care about them though. |
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Would attend. |
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Would hate us to have to play them. I would not go. |
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Would like to beat them, but not sure if I would attend the match. I definately would not attend any match where the scum would get a share of my money. I would not call for the club to call out of any fixture. |
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Would like to stage a protest and stage a boycott at any game that Franchise stood to make money from. Would be nigh on impossible to achieve however. |
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Would like us to explore the possibility of playing supporters. Fit ones though that can catch up with the Frannie scum before launching in a 2 foot lunge to break their legs and their careers. No remorse, and I’m serious. Other than that, pull out of the game. |
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Would love to watch us stuff ‘em 3-0. |
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Would never go there if we had to play away. If we were drawn at home, we would have no choice but to play them. Would make for a lively game. |
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Would not attend an away match, but would consider going to a home game |
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would not attend and suspect would damage us as a club as there will be trouble and we would come off worse from a PR point of view |
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would not wish to play them – will not be able to watch. still too angry |
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would rather avoid them. there would be serious crowd violence before and after the game, especially as many troublemakers from other clubs would join up wth AFCW fans. plus we’d probably lose the match by 2 or 3. But if it came to it, I think the club should propose that we refuse to play the match if in the cup, and put it to a vote. |
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Would want to beat them convincingly |
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wouldn’t be too happy about it. if we were to lay them at home, it’d feel better though |
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Yes but we need to beat them! |
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Yes. |
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You can’t really prevent the two clubs playing. I guess the match would create a lot of media interest and it is likely to be a tight and competitive match. |
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