Elections AheadDons Trust Board Elections 2020 – Manifestos

The manifestos of all candidates standing for this year’s Dons Trust Board are now available.

You can either download all the manifestos here [1MB colour PDF] or click on the individual candidate’s name below to view their manifesto.

The following have been nominated for the election to fill five places on the Dons Trust Board :

Click on the name of a candidate to see their manifesto :

Luke Mackenzie Freddy Flaxman Xavier Wiggins Charlie Talbot Trevor Williams Andy Silvester..

Bring the Dons homeIt only took 29 years

Dons Trust Board member, Graham Stacey, looks at the journey that got us back to Plough Lane and what comes next…

When Wimbledon Old Centrals took to the field for the first time 131 years and one day ago, on 2nd November 1889, they surely had no idea of the epic scale of the journey Wimbledon’s football club was embarking on.

Sometimes in life you really do have to stand back, take a breath, and take it all in. Now..

Tonight’s historic game

It is with great sadness that tonight’s historic game, our first home game in almost 30 years, must be played behind doors.

However, we are pleased to have been able to extend the opportunity to join remotely by sponsoring the match against Doncaster Rovers and offering around 300 Dons Trust members free iFollow passes.

We also hope you’ll get involved with the celebrations remotely by sending in videos and photos during the day using the hashtag #BackToPloughLane on Twitter and..

The Dons Trust AFC Wimbledon Club OwnersThank you and a vital message

We would like to state our thanks to all the fans and groups who stepped forward with offers to buy passes for fans who may have otherwise struggled to watch our historic first game back at Plough Lane.

On Friday we announced that the Dons Trust would be sponsoring the game versus Doncaster and that we would be giving away 250 iFollow passes to those who need them so that as many members as possible could share the experience on..

Bring the Dons homeThank you for bringing us home!

On the eve of AFC Wimbledon’s first match at Plough Lane, Dons Trust Chair Mark Davis expresses his thanks to everyone who’s had a hand in the Dons’ return to Plough Lane.

Tomorrow marks a landmark day in the history of AFC Wimbledon, when our first team will turn out for the first home match in Merton following a diaspora one day short of 29½ years. It will be a strange experience, in some ways, with our fans not able..

The Dons Trust AFC Wimbledon Club OwnersDons Trust match sponsorship and pass update

Further to our earlier announcement that the Dons Trust would be giving away 250 free iFollow passes to members for Tuesday’s historic game, we are able to confirm that those 250 passes have now been snapped up.

While we cannot all attend the match in person, we are delighted that these 250 members will now be able to in some way share the experience of our first game back at Plough Lane. We would also like to thank those members..

The Dons Trust AFC Wimbledon Club OwnersDons Trust membership renewals

Emails are being sent out to a number of Dons Trust members whose membership has now lapsed, following the expiry of a 90 day grace period.

Membership renewals are due on 1 August each year. In practice, we give a grace period during which we remind members who have not yet renewed that their membership will lapse unless they renew. That grace period has now expired and we are emailing all members who have not renewed during that period.

If..

The Dons Trust AFC Wimbledon Club OwnersThe Dons Trust sponsors first game back at Plough Lane

November 3 marks a historic day in the story of Wimbledon’s football club – 131 years and one day since Wimbledon Old Centrals first took to the field we are playing a game back at Plough Lane. And, while we can’t all be there to enjoy it, we want as many of the club’s owners as possible to share the experience.

We know times are tough. Many of our members have told us about job losses and money worries. To..

Important communication for Plough Lane Bondholders – bank account details and interest payments

An important email about the Plough Lane Bond is currently being sent out to those Bondholders whose bank account details are incomplete or that we need to confirm. The email is not being sent to all bondholders – only those that we need to confirm details for.

The email covers the arrangements for annual interest payments early next year, which will start from 1 February. In order for us to pay you the interest due on your Bond, we need..

Mark DavisALL ABOARD!

Dons Trust Chair Mark Davis offers a few thoughts about serving on the Dons Trust Board (DTB)

If you are a Trust member considering standing in the board election, you have just three days left to get your application in – the closing date for nominations is 30th October. You can find out here what you need to do. It isn’t too late even if you’re starting from scratch – but you’ll need to hurry.

So, what can you expect..