The Junior Dons Christmas party is back! Book your place now.

We’re delighted to announce that the much-loved Junior Dons Christmas Party is back!

The annual party is a highlight of the year for Junior Dons, and includes player appearances from both the men’s and women’s team, Haydon the Womble, a disco, party food and a gift voucher for the club shop.

The party is suitable for all Junior Dons aged 12 and under. 

This year’s party is on Sunday 4 December from 10 am until 1 pm (slightly earlier..

Junior Dons logoJunior Dons Player of the Year vote

The voting deadline for the Junior Dons (JD) Player of the Year (POTY) has been extended to Monday 18 April 2022. 

Junior Dons will be receiving a newsletter and questionnaires asking for your Player of the Year, and other questions about the Junior Don experience, in the post in the next few days. There are few options for submitting POTY votes:

From today, you can email juniordons@thedonstrust.org with the name of the player you’re voting for (please include the JDs..

Junior Dons Christmas party bookings and volunteers

Bookings can be made and volunteers are being sought for the annual fun celebration for young Wimbledon supporters – The Junior Dons Christmas Party!

The annual party – a highlight of the year for Junior Dons includes player appearances from both the men and ladies players and management teams, Haydon the Womble, a disco, party food and a gift for all, the party is suitable for all Junior Dons aged 12 and under.

This year’s party is on Sunday..

Junior Dons LogoExclusive matchday offers for Junior Dons

Matchday exclusive opportunities for Junior Dons (JDs) are now available. All JDs have been mailed with some exclusive opportunities on a matchday including ball boy/girl, player walkout, flag bearers and reading out the team sheet. Full details are set out in the article below – if you are interested, please apply by following the instructions in the article.

Matchday Ball Boys/Girls

Are you aged 14-17 years old and would like to be pitchside and part of the AFC Wimbledon team..

Jane LonsdaleAn update on Junior Dons and Diversity & Inclusion

Jane Lonsdale, Dons Trust Board Vice-Chair and Chair of the Junior Dons and the Diversity and Inclusion working groups gives an update on recent activities. 

Junior Dons

As members of the Trust, you will be aware that over the summer we launched the new membership packages for the Trust. Working with the club, we have been able to increase the offer and introduced the new Dons Trust Plus membership package and the stadium card. Full details of the packages can..

Junior Dons LogoHappy Birthday, Junior Dons – a message from Terrell Thomas

Terrell Thomas has sent a special message to the Junior Dons who are celebrating their birthday in July and August. Unfortunately, as there are still no games, and therefore no matchday programmes where the birthdays would normally be printed, the Club and Dons Trust would like to wish happy birthday to all the Junior Dons who are celebrating their birthday’s in July and August.

As well as Terrell, Haydon the Womble has also sent his birthday message.

Junior Dons will still receive their..

Junior Dons LogoCompetition time! Calling young Dons – this is your chance to create a football club and design a flag.

When it was decided to continue the club as AFC Wimbledon back in 2002 it was the start of a truly remarkable journey. Who would have thought nine years later the club would be playing in the football league again? And that just nine years after, we would be looking forward to our first game in an exciting brand-new stadium? But what did it take to get AFC Wimbledon going? What obstacles did we have to overcome? What were the..

Junior Dons LogoHappy Birthday, Junior Dons!

As there are still no games, and therefore no matchday programmes where we would normally celebrate the birthdays of the Junior Dons, the Club and Trust would like to wish Happy Birthday to all the Junior Dons who have turned a year older since Joe Piggott delivered his message in April.

Glyn Hodges, on behalf of the players, Club and Trust has passed on his birthday message.

Haydon has also passed on his birthday wishes too, and has sent us..

Extra-time for Junior Dons to vote for Player of the Year award

The deadline for the Junior Dons Player of the Year (JD POTY) has now been extended until 31 May.

Recognising that it is unclear when the season will finish, we are giving JDs more time to cast a vote, so young Wimbledon supporters that haven’t so far voted have extra-time to do so!

To help you decide which player to vote for, take a look at the video below.

Please note that any player who has played in a..

Haydon Womble Happy Birthday Junior DonsHappy Birthday, Junior Dons!

The Club and Trust would like to wish Happy Birthday to all the Junior Dons who have turned a year older since our last home game (against Bolton Wanderers on March 7).

Junior Dons would usually get a birthday shoutout on Haydon’s page in the matchday programme but, with games currently suspended, we’re conscious that some will miss out. So, for all Junior Dons with birthdays from mid-March until the end of May, we’d like to wish you a very..