The Golden Goals is an incidental lottery, which takes place at most AFC Wimbledon home matches. It is run for the benefit of the Dons Trust – the not-for-profit society through which AFC Wimbledon supporters own our football club.
2023 – 24 Season
Latest result
Match number 23: AFC Wimbledon versus Tranmere Rovers on 30 September 2023
1st prize (£100): Player 8 minute 4 (Unclaimed)
2nd prize (£25): Player 6 minute 21 (Unclaimed)
Deadline for claiming: 30th September
Previous results
Match number 22: AFC Wimbledon versus Crewe Alexandra on 16 September 2023
1st prize (£100): Player 5 minute 30 (Unclaimed)
2nd prize (£25): Player 3 minute 38 (Unclaimed)
Deadline for claiming: 30th September
Match number 21: AFC Wimbledon versus Stockport County on 09 September 2023
1st prize (£100): Player 6 minute 32 (Unclaimed)
2nd prize (£25): Player 9 minute 50 (Unclaimed)
Deadline for claiming: 23rd September
Match number 20: AFC Wimbledon versus Forest Green Rovers on 26 August 2023
1st prize (£100): Player sub minute any (Unclaimed)
2nd prize (£25): Player sub minute any (Unclaimed)
Match number 19: AFC Wimbledon versus Wrexham on 12 August 2023
1st prize (£100): Player 11 minute 22 (Unclear laimed)
2nd prize (£25): Player 4 minute 81 (Claimed)
Deadline for near miss claims: 1st September
2022 – 23 Season
Match number 18: AFC Wimbledon versus Tranmere Rovers on 29 April 2023
1st prize (£100): Player 8 minute 68 (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): Sub, any minute (Claimed)
Deadline for claiming: 6th May
Previous Results
Match number 17: AFC Wimbledon versus Swindon Town on 22 April 2023
1st prize (£100): Player 8 minute 8 (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): Player 7 minute 16 (Claimed)
Deadline for claiming: 6th May
Match number 16: AFC Wimbledon versus Salford City on 10 April 2023
1st prize (£100): Player 8 minute 7 (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): Player 9 minute 55 (Unclaimed)
Deadline for claiming: 29th April
Match number 15: AFC Wimbledon versus Rochdale on 1 April 2023
1st prize (£100): Player 10 minute 64 (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): No second goal (Donated to AFC Wimbledon Foundation)
Match number 14: AFC Wimbledon versus Crawley Town on 18 March 2023
1st prize (£100): Player 6 minute 6 (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): No second goal (Donated to AFC Wimbledon Foundation)
Deadline for claiming: 1st April
Match number 13: AFC Wimbledon versus Mansfield Town on 4 March 2023
1st prize (£100): Player 6 minute 25 (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): Player 2 minute 30 (Claimed)
Deadline for claiming: 20th March
Match number 12: AFC Wimbledon versus Hartlepool United on 18 February 2023
1st prize (£100): Player 8 minute 31 (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): Player 6 minute 53 (Claimed)
Deadline for claiming: 4th March
Match number 11: AFC Wimbledon versus Carlisle United on 11 February 2023
1st prize (£100): Nil nil result (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): No second goal (Donated to AFC Wimbledon Foundation)
Deadline for claiming: N/A
Match number 10: AFC Wimbledon versus Stockport County on 28 January 2023
1st prize (£100): Player 4, Minute 49 (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): No second goal (Donated to AFC Wimbledon Foundation)
Match number 09: AFC Wimbledon versus Bradford City on 14 January 2023
1st prize (£100): Nil nil result (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): No second goal (Donated to AFC Wimbledon Foundation)
Deadline for claiming: 28th January
Match number 08: AFC Wimbledon versus Newport County on 26 December 2022
1st prize (£100): Player 6, Minute 58 (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): Player 5, Minute 70 (Unclaimed)
Deadline for claiming: 7th January
Match number 07: AFC Wimbledon versus Grimsby Town on 3 December 2022
1st prize (£100): Player 6, Minute 60 (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): No second goal (Donated to AFC Wimbledon Foundation)
Match number 06: AFC Wimbledon versus Chesterfield on 26 November 2022
1st prize (£100): Player 5, Minute 44 (Unclaimed)
2nd prize (£25): Player 6, Minute 76 (Unclaimed)
Deadline for claiming: 10th December
Match number 05: AFC Wimbledon versus Harrogate Town on 29 October 2022
1st prize (£100): Player 11, Minute 39 (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): Player 10, Minute 48 (Claimed)
Deadline for claiming: 26th November
Match number 04: AFC Wimbledon versus Sutton United on 15 October 2022
1st prize (£100): Player 6, Minute 30 (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): No second goal (Donated to AFC Wimbledon Foundation)
Deadline for claiming: 12th November
Match number 03: AFC Wimbledon versus Colchester United on 1 October 2022
1st prize (£100): Player 11, Minute 18 (Claimed)
2nd prize (£25): Player 5, Minute 47 (Claimed)
Deadline for claiming: 29th October
Match number 02: AFC Wimbledon versus Barrow on 27 August 2022
1st prize (£100): Player 6, Minute 10 (Donated to AFC Wimbledon Foundation)
2nd prize (£25): No second goal (Donated to AFC Wimbledon Foundation)
Deadline for claiming: 24th September
Match number 01: AFC Wimbledon versus Doncaster Rovers on 13 August 2022
1st prize (£100): Substitute, Any Minute (Unclaimed)
2nd prize (£25): Substitute, Any Minute (Unclaimed)
Deadline for claiming: 10th September
How it works
The lottery takes the form of a scratch-card that anyone attending home matches can buy for £1.
On the ticket are two areas for you to scratch off – a player number and a minute number. If both the player number (numbers 1-11 based on the order players are on the team sheet – not squad number) and the minute (the minute the goal is scored within, not how many have passed since kick-off) both match the first or second goals (for either side) in the game, then you win a prize.
Own goals and nil-nil results have standalone tickets. Only one prize will be awarded if there is a nil-nil result or single goal in the match.
If there are two own goals within a match, the first own goal and therefore prize will be awarded to the person with the own-goal ticket. For the second own goal, it will be announced as per the usual method – by minute the second own goal was scored within, and by the player number it was scored by.
Prizes can be awarded to “near misses” (please see Unclaimed prizes – “near misses” below) after 14 days if the exact winning ticket(s) are not presented, so hold onto your ticket!
The match number on the ticket will help you remember which match your ticket is from.
Minutes 45 and 90 include any stoppage time in the first and second halves.
Cup games (when Golden Goals are run on those occasions) that are goalless after normal time will be treated as nil-nil results.
The organisers will determine the scorer and minute, and their determination on all matters relating to the running of Golden Goals will be final.
To date, Golden Goals has raised over £200,000 for the Dons Trust, and is an enduring and popular part of our fundraising effort. At a time when the Trust is working hard to return AFC Wimbledon to its rightful home in Merton, every ticket sold is making a difference to this goal.
How to claim a prize
The goals and winning ticket details will be announced over the public address during and at the end of the match, as well as being advertised here and in subsequent matchday programmes.
If you have a winning ticket, please go to the entrance to the Club Shop at the front of thr West Stand after the match. Alternatively, email goldengoals@thedonstrust.org or speak to a Golden Goal seller at a subsequent match, no later than 14 days after the match date.
Unclaimed prizes – “near misses”
If a prize remains unclaimed 14 days after a match, we will award the prize(s) to a “near miss” ticket. This will be decided as follows:
- tickets with the same player number, showing a minute within two minutes either side of that when it was scored, will be considered. For example, if a goal is scored in minute 67, then we would consider tickets for 66 and 68 minutes, and then tickets for minutes 65 and 69, if required. If both tickets are submitted (i.e. 66 & 68, or 65 & 69), then the prize will be shared.
- The procedure is modified for a winning ticket in minutes 1, 2, 89 and 90. For example, if a goal is scored in minute 89, we would consider minutes 90 and 88, then 87, and then 86.
- Where a nil-nil match or an own goal ticket occurs, and if the person with the relevant standalone ticket does not claim the prize, that prize will be donated to the AFC Wimbledon Foundation.
- Similarly, any other prizes which remain unclaimed after the near miss procedure, within the 14 day time-frame, will also be donated to the AFC Wimbledon Foundation.
The organisers reserve the right to change the procedures for allocating unclaimed prizes.