The coach Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Why dont they drop the dons gonads and go with MK utd or MK city or summat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Whittonowl Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Milton Keynes. Home to one of the largest universities in Europe. Over 200,000 students. I recon that this allows them to use the nickname ‘Dons’. Wimbledon. Home of the Wombles. Just an observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 A win and we will be in the top 6. Should be a big incentive for the players. Come on Wednesday!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I lived in Milton Keynes for a year (long time before the MK Dons move). Slightly odd place really. I remember going into the Tourist Info office in the shopping centre at Central Milton Keynes and asking where the town centre was; ‘this is it’ said the lady. Couldn’t compute it really. But driving around the centre was a piece of pîss, and the people were actually really nice. So good on them for getting themselves a club. Can’t blame them for it really. Tough fixture on paper. We don’t have the fast forwards for playing on the break so let’s go all out attack and the result goes as it goes. UTO! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Weird place Milton Keynes. I went for our game there at the Hockey Stadium back in 2005 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Bakewell Owl said: yup we have Stoney Middleton, but just off the M40 is a village called Middleton Stoney, this OMDT could turn into a weird geography trivia thread I was going to say that. It's just down t'road 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 13 minutes ago, The coach said: Why dont they drop the dons gonads and go with MK utd or MK city or summat? They've being trying to become a city for years and years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Anyway, they're in Bletchley not Milton Keynes Bletchley Town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 2 hours ago, mcmigo said: Of course And I don’t disagree. Not sure MK dons disagree either. Hence the massive focus on younger fans ( under 12 free to get in ) for whom the history is as relevant as arsenal moving from woolwich is to us . Maybe it’s because I lived there for a bit, but I never really thought the move from Wimbledon to Milton Keynes was that big a deal. Milton Keynes needed a club and Wimbledon was struggling to survive where they were. Maybe it wasn’t perfect but as you say, to the younger supporters 2004 is ancient history. The only real question that matters is are the club trying to do things the right way now? And the answer seems to be yes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwellOwl Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Should be a good game tonight against two in-form teams. Moore should setup to go at MKD and catch them cold. Interesting to see if Gregory, Windass or NML will start. I would imagine Byers may come in tonight for Luongo but you never know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwë Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 16 minutes ago, CircleSeven said: Maybe it’s because I lived there for a bit, but I never really thought the move from Wimbledon to Milton Keynes was that big a deal. Milton Keynes needed a club and Wimbledon was struggling to survive where they were. Maybe it wasn’t perfect but as you say, to the younger supporters 2004 is ancient history. The only real question that matters is are the club trying to do things the right way now? And the answer seems to be yes. There were football teams in MK before the Dons move. They could have moved up the pyramid like non-league Cheltenham had to. Wimbledon were struggling yes, where they were very much so, but in what way does a struggle make it acceptable that they are replaced by a new start-up who can't be arsed to earn the right to play in the professional leagues? Everything about MK Dons is wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Just now, Manwë said: There were football teams in MK before the Dons move. They could have moved up the pyramid like non-league Cheltenham had to. Wimbledon were struggling yes, where they were very much so, but in what way does a struggle make it acceptable that they are replaced by a new start-up who can't be arsed to earn the right to play in the professional leagues? Everything about MK Dons is wrong. But it happened and now it’s 17 years on. Maybe it was all wrong, but it just seems so irrelevant now and the club seems to be trying hard to be a community club focused on its young fans. I do have a bit of a personality disorder to be fair where I really struggle to get massively het up about stuff like this. It didn’t affect us or really massively harm anyone so I’m just happy enough to move on. Maybe I should be seething about the events of 2004 but as I said as a former citizen of MK I don’t see it as a terrible outcome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) When it happened, it was wrong, but thankfully it has not created a precedent. If it were my club I would never forget and never forgive. Nobody, or virtually nobody still at the club had anything to do with it. It has nothing to do with their fans. The rest of just need to get over it FFS. Edited November 23, 2021 by OxonOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Really looking forward to the game. Should be exciting stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I utterly despise MK Franchise. They were parachuted into the league on the back of another clubs misfortune. I have no problem with Milton Keynes having a football club, but they should have made their way up the pyramid like everyone else, like Harrogate, Barrow, Sutton, Accrington, Fleetwood, like the real Winbkedon, and earned their league status on merit instead of picking at the carcus of Wimbledon. Nothing but a vulture picking at the carcus of a dead animal. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddogbob Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, S36 OWL said: I utterly despise MK Franchise. They were parachuted into the league on the back of another clubs misfortune. I have no problem with Milton Keynes having a football club, but they should have made their way up the pyramid like everyone else, like Harrogate, Barrow, Sutton, Accrington, Fleetwood, like the real Winbkedon, and earned their league status on merit instead of picking at the carcus of Wimbledon. Nothing but a vulture picking at the carcus of a dead animal. While I agree, totally with you. They are just another little muggy lower league team like Wimbledon to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando_Trustful Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Tricky dicky toneet. 1 v 1 El Pato (66) Them (69) 21,009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodwickOwl Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Be a tough one, but I think we can continue the good form. Expect a few goals, 2-1/3-1 Weds - think the bigger pitch will suit us well. Gregory, Dunkley, Bannan, Luongo, Corbeanu should be the backbone to get us through this one tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Owl Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Come on Wednesday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 1 hour ago, OxonOwl said: Anyway, they're in Bletchley not Milton Keynes Bletchley Town I've got it ! The new MK Dons name that says it all about not being in Milton Keynes. ALAN TURING'S STONEY BLETCHLEY ENIGMA CODE BREAKERS F.C. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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