AFC Wimbledon Stadium plans

After a lengthy period of assessment with Merton Council, the Dons have already been provided authorization to make the move from Kingsmeadow back again to the location in which Wimbledon played up to 1991.

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AFC Wimbledon leader Erik Samuelson feels it's one of many moments within their record, having formed in 2002 after Wimbledon relocated to Milton Keynes and had been rebranded MK Dons.

“We are typical positively delighted, ” Samuelson told the club’s official website. “This is a momentous day for the club additionally the key event since we re-formed it 13 many years ago..

“Following the sale of our previous Plough Lane web site additionally the choice because of the FA allowing Wimbledon FC’s Football League spot to be moved to Milton Keynes, our fans did some thing unprecedented in the football world - we made a decision to re-form the club, enter the football hierarchy at the cheapest amount and duplicate what the old Wimbledon FC performed with huge success, particularly make our way-up through numerous leagues in to the Football League.

“We started with nothing, no staff, no arena, no manager, not a strip to put on.

“But what had been different this time around ended up being your club had been formed by and stays possessed because of the followers, in other words we have been solidly rooted in our neighborhood.

“We haven't lost sight of the therefore we focused most our neighborhood deals with Merton because this is our residence and then we tend to be thrilled that individuals have now been granted planning endorsement to come back to Wimbledon.”