Key date set for stadium

The club has issued a press release after an announcement that the Merton Council planning committee meeting to hear its planning application for a new stadium in Plough Lane will be held on Thursday 10 December.  You can read the press release on the club website.

Guidance for fans who wish to attend the meeting, or watch a live streaming of the event in the Merton Civic Centre, will be published very soon.

AGM paperwork available

The paperwork for this year’s Trust AGM will be sent out to members soon, but is also now available under the General Meetings tab of this website.

The AGM will be held on Thursday, December 17, starting at 7.30pm at Trinity United Reformed Church, in Mansel Road, Wimbledon.

The AFCW PLC AGM will be held on the same night and in the same venue. For Trust members who are also PLC shareholders, see the PLC paperwork on the club’s website for..

New date for AGM

The Trust’s AGM has been rescheduled for Thursday, December 17. It will be held at Trinity United Reformed Church, in Mansel Road, Wimbledon. More details will be sent to members next week.

The new date is because a regular monthly Merton Council planning applications committee meeting is scheduled for December 10, the original date proposed for our AGM. It is possible that this meeting will consider our application for a new stadium in Wimbledon, although this is still subject to..

Almost decision time

AFC Wimbledon chief executive Erik Samuelson provided an update on the latest regarding our planning application in the matchday programme for the game against Dagenham & Redbridge.

You can now read Erik’s article on the AFC Wimbledon website.

 

November’s board meeting summary

The Dons Trust Board (DTB) held its monthly meeting at The Cherry Red Records Stadium on Thursday, November 19. Ahead of publication of the redacted minutes, this article summarises the main points that were discussed.

The first decision taken by the meeting was to delay the scheduled Trust and PLC AGMs to Thursday, December 17 at a venue still to be confirmed. This decision was taken because the original date coincides with a regular monthly scheduled meeting of Merton Council’s..

Thank you!

Dons Trust Chair Matthew Breach is pleased to announce the outcome of the recent vote in favour of selling Kingsmeadow and thanks members for their support.

AFC Wimbledon supporters can’t fail to have noticed the Back in 2 Ticks campaign — the Dons Trust’s drive to get members to vote on the sale of Kingsmeadow. We need to sell our current home to help meet the cost of AFC Wimbledon’s planned new stadium in Merton. Without members voting in large numbers..

Election hustings available to download

A recording of yesterday’s Dons Trust Board election live hustings is now available to download, thanks to the volunteers at Radio WDON.

We recommend that you download the file to your own computer and listen to it locally – click on the ‘download’ icon at the top centre of the screen. The file is in MP3 format and is over 20Mb in size.

Members have until 23:59 on Monday, December 7 to cast their vote.

If you are a Trust member and have..

Dons Trust pays tribute to Brian Lomax OBE

Before today’s match, supporters of AFC Wimbledon and Wycombe Wanderers joined together for a minute’s applause in tribute to Brian Lomax, a leading figure behind the supporters’ trust movement and an inspiration for the Dons Trust and AFC Wimbledon. This article appeared in the matchday programme.

Dons fans have spoken of their sadness at the death of Brian Lomax, the founder of the first supporters’ trust at Northampton Town, describing him as an inspiration to them in the establishment of AFC Wimbledon…

Listen to election candidates

A live election hustings of Dons Trust Board candidates is scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 22, starting from 2.30pm. It will be broadcast live by Radio WDON.

You will be able to listen to the broadcast through iPlough Lane or direct from Radio WDON’s live stream. (Note that the latter will appear blank until the stream starts.) The broadcast will not be available via Dons Player.

It’s not too late to submit questions in advance. Questions can be submitted:

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