Stadium questionsThe Dons Trust and AFC Wimbledon boards recognise that Trust members and AFC Wimbledon fans have many questions they want to ask, following the paper regarding the financing of the new stadium released to Dons Trust members on Monday.
The boards wish to be as open as we can with members regarding the current situation and the options open to us. However, responding separately to each and every question members and fans send in is a difficult logistical exercise.
We..
Latest video from our new stadium siteOur friends at The Air People have been back onto our new stadium site and taken some more footage as some of the first steel beams were lifted into position.
Check the ‘Returning to Plough Lane’ playlist on our YouTube channel on a regular basis for more videos as they’re released.
New stadium: crowdfunding updatesLooking for the latest news about the club’s crowdfunding to help finance our new stadium in Wimbledon?
Visit the new stadium page of the club’s website for all the latest news, including two question-and-answer documents that will be updated as questions come in – one on the new stadium itself and one on the crowdfunding campaign.
Update on stadium consultationsThis update on stadium consultation has three parts: confirmation of the situation regarding the main stadium consultation; an update on consultation on the semi-permanent stands; and a quick ‘heads up’ about forthcoming consultation about the matchday experience.
Members who attended the stadium meeting on Monday 3 June or have read May’s board meeting summary will know that, as stadium costs became finalised, it became increasingly clear that we couldn’t afford the stadium options that we had been..
Slowly but surelyDons Trust Board vice-chair Rob Crane explains why there have been delays in making announcements about the progress of the crowdfunding initiative to help meet the cost of our new stadium.
Welcome back to the Cherry Red Records Stadium for the start of what, all being well, will be our final season here before returning home to Wimbledon – and what an amazing achievement that will be.
In 2002 we were told that AFC Wimbledon would not be “in the..
Stadium videos onlineTwo videos from the stadium meeting held on Monday 3 June are now available on our new YouTube channel.
Please accept our apologies for the delay getting these online. This was because of an extensive sign-off process necessary as we build up to our crowdfunding campaign.
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Meeting invite: Moving forward with the new stadiumSupporters are invited to find out more about the new design for our stadium and how you can play a part in funding the return to Plough Lane.
Since the club’s reformation in 2002, we have worked together to both regain our football league place and to try and return to Wimbledon. We are now in the final stretch and will need your help to achieve the next chapter in our amazing story.
Join us on Monday 3 June when..
New stadium update – 19 April 2019Our contractors took possession of the stadium site at 8.30 am on Monday (15 April). They are on site to do initial preparatory work.
Our photographer visited the site on Tuesday 16 April and took these photos, some of which were shown at Wednesday night’s Dons Trust SGM.
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New stadium update – 5 April 2019We have now given the official go-ahead for preliminary earthworks to start on the site of our new stadium. This is essential preparatory work and our contractors should be on site very soon, once they have mobilised their workforce and resources.
When the site was handed to us on 24 December, demolition work had already been completed and some initial ground-preparation work had been done. The work that is starting now – the first work on site since we gained..
New stadium update – 22 March 2019Last night Merton Council’s planning committee voted in favour of a ‘resolution to approve’ our request for some amendments to our original planning application. A significant amount of work had gone into preparing the documents that were submitted to the council in support of our request, so we are pleased that the planning committee has agreed with the case for approving them.
The amendments won’t be officially approved until a deed of variation is signed, documenting the necessary changes to the..