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    Wimbledon Football Club relocated to Milton Keynes in September 2003, 16 months after receiving permission to do so from the Football Association on the...
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  • between AFC Wimbledon and Milton Keynes Dons arose from the formation of both clubs due to the relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes. For many years...
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  • level of the English football league system. The club was founded in 2004, following Wimbledon F.C.'s controversial relocation to Milton Keynes from south...
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  • name until its own demise in 2003, coinciding with the relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes. The first version was a Southern League team founded...
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  • August 2009. "Report of the Independent Commission on Wimbledon F.C.'s wish to relocate to Milton Keynes" (PDF). The Football Association. Archived from the...
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    national stadium from 1995 to 2003 and then as a professional football stadium from 2003 by Wimbledon FC, renamed as Milton Keynes Dons in 2004. In summer...
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    controversial relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes in September 2003, Wimbledon F.C. was renamed Milton Keynes Dons F.C. along with a change of club crest...
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    Association to allow the relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes, to be subsequently renamed as Milton Keynes Dons. AFC Wimbledon was accepted...
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  • supporters of Wimbledon after the Football Association allowed that club to relocate to Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, about 60 miles (97 km) north of Wimbledon...
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    the Lions could not secure a venue within Milton Keynes, resulting in their relocation to London. In addition to association football, the stadium occasionally...
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  • club was formed from Wimbledon F.C. after the latter had relocated to Milton Keynes. The club renamed itself as the 'Milton Keynes Dons' but subsequently...
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    independent commission appointed by the FA to allow the relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes, to be subsequently rebranded as MK Dons. The club...
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  • season was Milton Keynes Dons' inaugural season as a new club following the team's change of name from Wimbledon FC on 21 June 2004. This change of name followed...
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    Gander Green Lane (category Sutton United F.C.)
    relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes. In a pre-season friendly, Sutton defeated the reformed Dons 4–0 in front of a notably large crowd of 4...
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    Pete Winkelman (category Milton Keynes Dons F.C.)
    with Wimbledon and ultimately Milton Keynes Dons. In 2001, in a deal facilitated by Winkelman, the Wimbledon FC board of directors decided to relocate the...
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    unpopular relocation to Milton Keynes in 2001, which received permission a year later, causing the foundation of AFC Wimbledon by the majority of Wimbledon fans...
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    This history of Milton Keynes details its development from the earliest human settlements, through the plans for a 'new city' for 250,000 people in northern...
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  • Angry supporters in Lincoln compared the move to the 2003 relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes. The club withdrew from the FA WSL 1, the top...
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    Milton Keynes (/kiːnz/ KEENZ) is a city in Buckinghamshire, England, about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of...
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    Ollie Palmer (category Wrexham A.F.C. players)
    Milton Keynes, stating "My team was Wimbledon as a kid – but I wasn't going to support Milton Keynes Dons". He attended Therfield School from 2003 to 2008...
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  • binding decision to permit the move, and two years after the foundation of AFC Wimbledon; see Relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes. In the early...
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  • example being the Relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes). As in the U.S., team relocations have been controversial as supporters of the club will...
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  • same year as A.F.C. Telford United. The Norwegian owners of Wimbledon F.C. proposed to move the club from South London to Milton Keynes in 2001. The proposal...
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    included Wimbledon relocated to Milton Keynes in 2003 and were rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons F.C. In 2008 the club renounced all claims to Wimbledon's history...
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  • season. Wimbledon relocated from London to Milton Keynes in 2003, and renamed themselves Milton Keynes Dons a year later. For the entirety of their time...
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    David Martin (footballer, born 1986) (category Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players)
    to a goalkeeper. Martin moved to Wimbledon of the First Division aged 17 in 2003, shortly before the club relocated to Milton Keynes in September of the...
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  • Following the relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes, Wimbledon F.C.'s footballing assets became MK Dons in 2004. MK Dons, however, agreed to relinquish...
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    Plough Lane (1912–1998) (category Wimbledon F.C.)
    Retrieved 5 June 2009. "Report of the Independent Commission on Wimbledon F.C.'s wish to relocate to Milton Keynes" (PDF). Wimbledon Independent Supporters Association...
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    included. Wimbledon relocated to Milton Keynes in 2003 and were rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons F.C. the following year. The club renounced all claims to Wimbledon's...
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    chose Milton Keynes as their destination. However, a new Wimbledon club – AFC Wimbledon – was formed to represent the local area in 2002 by fans of the...
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