RESULTS
NOTE: All SW19's comments are in brown
LAST SEASON
Who was your hero of the season? :
| Mark Williams | 25 % |
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| Kelvin Davis / Gareth Ainsworth | 19 % |
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| Patrick Agyemann | 13 % |
OTHERS: Terry Burton, Kenny Cunningham, Jason Euell, Damien Francis
YOUR COMMENTS:
Kenny Cunningham, things started working when he came back.
Mark Williams, good old style dons
Damien FRANCIS. Renewed my faith in the football club. A young, hungry player that does their job well and does not bite the hand that feeds them. This bloke is a star.
Kelvin Davis, did a great job filling Sully’s boots when many thought we would miss him badly. Turned out to be better than the player he replaced IMO
It has to be Mark Williams. Took a big knock in confidence last season after Graham Taylor said he was no good. But has proved what a valuable team player he is.
Mark Williams. For sheer bloodymindedness, goal scoring mayhem and getting up from that Ehiogu haymaker.
Ainsworth – the things he says on his site are either bloody well made up, or bloody good to hear. And he looks like a bloody good, 100% type player as well.
Looks like Ronseal brushed away (sorry) the opposition here. A lynchpin in our defence, especially after Voodoo started liasing with women from the dark side
Who was your tosser of the season? :
| John Hartson | 31 % |
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| Mick Harford / Michael Thomas | 8 % |
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| Marcus Gayle / Winklemann / Koppel / "bloke behind me" / Simon Jordan | 5 % |
OTHERS: Carl Cort, Reg Davis, Crystal Palace, first division officials, Jason Roberts, Stan Bowles, Neil Ardley, Wycombe linesman, Paul Robinson, Sam Hammam, Johnathon Barnett
YOUR COMMENTS:
Marcus Gayle, twat in a hat Carl Cort has still not been forgiven.
Reg Davis for fucking the fans over.
Pete Winkleman for being a jumped up, I was once famous cunt. Surprisingly few compared to last season though.
WFC = John Hartson for lack of effort. Others = Jason Roberts for exactly the opposite at Selhurts!
Stan Bowles, 12 more fans, fuck off you old bastard.
Marcus Gayle, John Hartson are two players that could so much better with the talent.
Charles Koppel – should have resigned over the merger fiasco
The bloke who sat behind me at Burnley, moaning his fucking face off and trying to be clever starting wanky obscure chants and failing miserably (I was witness to this and can confirm this did happen)
Fatty Hartson, even if only for his ‘performance’ vs Palarse, and Micheal Thomas – the most un-WFC player I think we’ve ever had in terms of both attitude and ability
John Hartson for his general lack of committment on and off the pitch.
The bloke in front of me who threatened to beat me up because I said Marcus Gayle wasn't very good (or words to that effect!)
Barnett (bfj’s agent). everything he says pisses someone off – even the clubs/players he is trying to deal with. I think he’s probably a bit simple.
Big Fat Fuck Harston, nuff said.
John Hartson. His Pompey away non-performance cost us, ultimately, the play-offs.
For obvious reasons, had this poll started on 2 August 2001, a certain South African gentleman would have won this with about 100%. Hartson did himself no favours, the fact that he jumped ship almost immediately to Celtic says it all.
Who was your most improved player of the season? :
| Damien Francis | 44 % |
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| Trond Andersen | 16 % |
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| Jason Euell / Andy Robers | 6 % |
OTHERS: Rob Gier, Gareth Ainsworth, Kelvin Davis, Peter Hawkins, John Hartson
YOUR COMMENTS:
Jason Euell - showed a lot of effort.
The great thing is that most of them we hadn’t seen before to know that they’d improved. I’ll give it to Damo, after the LB shambles at Fulham. Euell’s attitude has improved but if he thinks I’m going to reward him for that, he’s got another think coming.
Damien Francis – an England player in the making for sure.
Damo - top draw that boy
Andy Roberts was starting to show what an influential player he can be given a run in the side.Some sad tossers seem to blame him for his transfer fee.
Tough one to call because the best players were new or injuries returning but I would have said Damo up to his injury. After that it would be Hawkins who gets a lot of unnecessary stick despite being played out of position.
Euell – leading literally from the front, better attitude than ever before, loads of goals
Peter Hawkins by virtue of the fact that he was truly abysmal to start with.
It was probably no coincidence that when Damo got injured our midfield took a while to recover. Will he be the same again when he returns? Time will tell
Who
was your most deteriorated player of the season? :
(ie, who in your opinion was the player whose general play declined the
most?)
| Marcus Gayle | 33 % |
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| Alan Kimble | 20 % |
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| Neil Ardley | 13 % |
OTHERS: John Hartson, Chris Wilmott, Johnathon Hunt, Dean Blackwell, Darren Holloway, Par Karlsson, Michael Thomas, Michael Hughes
YOUR COMMENTS:
Marcus Gayle twat of a man.
Gayle. WTF was going on with him. Shadow of his former self.
Neal Ardley, but Hartson and Gayle weren’t far behind!
Alan Kimble. Good servant, no time for sentiment.
Marcus Gayle became a very poor player just before he left. I think that he should quit the game.
Hmm hard one – probably Kimble who is starting to ‘creak’
Unfortunately it was Deano,though he probably needed match fitness. Shame this as we went to school together.
Darren Holloway, although he did show the odd touch of class. Too indecisive on the ball though.
Michael Hughes, hard one to answer because so many of the current team are new, so there aren’t that many to choose from. But he ain’t what he used to be.
Like Hartson, Gayle's performances seemed to be justified on the basis that he was good once.
Who looked the most promising new player?:
| Patrick Agyemann | 44 % |
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| Kevin Cooper / Lionel Morgan | 16 % |
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| Damien Francis | 9 % |
OTHERS: Par Karlsson, Kelvin Davis, Rob Gier, Peter Hawkins
YOUR COMMENTS:
Patrick Agyemang, his legs move as if they were not a part of his body
Wu Tang Agyemang, but I think that he might have lost out to Lionel Morgan if the latter had not been injured.
Out of Francis, Agyemang, Hawkins, Holloway, Cooper, Karrlson, Gier, Willmott??? Bloody hell… Francis probably.
Does davis count? (yes he does)
Rob Gier I believe could go on to be a Dons great.
Peter Hawkins – did really well even when played on the left
The Power Of Wu is spellbinding many.
Best SP game of last season:
| QPR / Middlesbrough FA Cup | 34 % |
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| Gillingham | 14 % |
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| Birmingham / Palace (won 1-0) | 7 % |
OTHERS: Tranmere
YOUR COMMENTS:
Middlesborough at home FA Cup when I almost managed to knock one of your
teeth out. ;-) (thanks for reminding me. Not)
Gillingham, although it was a bit surreal
Middlesbrough FA Cup 3-1, Showed we could play Tezzaball at Selhurts
3-1 against Boro in the cup. Had the lot.
QPR - party time
Worst SP game of last season:
| Burnley | 19 % |
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| Sheffield Utd | 16 % |
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| Palace (lost 3-1) | 13 % |
OTHERS: Blackburn, Fulham, Norwich, West Brom, Gillingham, Bolton, "first five games", Wycombe, Wigan, Huddersfield, Wolves
YOUR COMMENTS:
Burnley, we were clueless on the night and looked scared of winning
Bolton , we should have won!
Any one of the first five ‘homes’ – it was like virtual Mogadon
There were so many games when we were> very poor but the hardest one to take was probably the Wycombe FA cup match although fair do's to them.
Burnley – threw any chances of play-offs completely out the window
Us v Sheffield United, the only game I saw all season!
Blackburn - Prem V Nationwide
Best away game you went to last season:
| Fulham / Norwich / Crewe | 14 % |
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| Birmingham / Sheffield Wed | 11 % |
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| None / Bolton | 7 % |
OTHERS: Huddersfield, Sheff Utd, Notts County (didn't specify which attempt), Boro, Tranmere, Wolves
YOUR COMMENTS:
Sheffield Wednesday. They were pony and maybe Tranmere or Birmingham wins
on performance, but after not having won away for over a year, that was
unbeatable.
Probably Sheff Utd for performance.
Notts county - get in there Trond
I didn’t see any away wins remarkably, I saw all the draws and most of the defeats. But I thought that the Boro cup away game showed that we had progressed.
Fulham, as I was so pissed after the W&WW boat trip
Tranmere – for a shit load of reasons. (many of which included a limo…)
Only went to london based games so missed the best
Wolves – best 45mins by WFC in years
Birmingham, dons fighting tooth and nail for the club (though JH did fight a tad TOO hard)
Norwich City (not a great game but, boy, did we have a good time)
Bolton (Coops last minute equaliser did it)
Bolton – for the whole day Sheffield Wednesday – but didn’t make as many away as normal.
Crewe - Fantastic Dons support and Harley was sublime
Worst away game you went to last season:
| Portsmouth | 31 % |
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| Watford | 14 % |
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| Palace / QPR / West Brom | 10 % |
OTHERS: Burnley, Fulham, Stockport, Man City, Blackburn
YOUR COMMENTS:
Blackburn (travel) Portsmouth (weather/match/stewards)
3-1 Watford - i was in the middle of the homo Watford board members.
CR***A* P*****
West Brom, didn’t start competing until we were 2-0 down
Pompey, no guts from the team, shit atmos, disgraceful stewards, scummy place, inbreds, I could go on all day.
Pompey. We played like Children. Plus the fans were involved in some nasties.
Stockport County – we played like eejits
Palarse - fucking tossers
Pompey – 657 Crew masquerading as stewards
Portsmouth - nuff said
Those there at Pompey that day will not be surprised one bit.
Best opposition fans of last season:
| Wycombe | 37 % |
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| Huddersfield | 17 % |
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| Sheff Wed | 13 % |
OTHERS: None, Portsmouth, Forest, Watford, Grimsby, Crewe, Birmingham
YOUR COMMENTS:
Sheffield Wednesday, kept singing despite getting pummelled.
Sheff Wed fans at Selhurst. Never gave in.
Despite their cheating bastard team, the Wycombe lot were cool.
In many ways, Wycombe are like what we used to be and still are in many ways. Unfortunately, they're from Bucks....
Worst opposition fans of last season:
| Palace | 50 % |
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| Birmingham | 14 % |
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| Boro | 7 % |
OTHERS: Burnley, Barnsley, Gillingham, Stockport, Grimsby, Huddersfield, Wolves, Forest
YOUR COMMENTS:
Palace. Arrogant 15 yr-old-hitting tossers
Boro. Silent both home and away
Barnsley fans were a bit dull really
Erm, do we have to ask this question? (yes we do) We share a ground with the arrogant cunts.
Palarse - fucking tossers
Birmingham – no singing, and so few of them at Selhurts
Wolves away I think – quiet as fook and tossers
The old animosity lives on.
Best stewards of last season:
| None | 37 % |
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| Tranmere / Crewe | 11 % |
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| Huddersfield / Norwich / Wycombe | 7 % |
OTHERS: Blackburn, SP, Fulham, Bolton, Wigan
YOUR COMMENTS:
Were there any?
Are you taking the bloody piss? (no I'm not. Honest)
Huddersfield away were pleasant and didn’t keep telling us to sit down!
Good stewards, you are joking? Right?
The Spaniard behind the goal at Selhurst, Holmesdale, is friendly, chatty and is a credit to stewards.
Tranmere again – letting certain alcoholically challenged members of the Womble posse walk up and down under the stand to sober up was the coolest behaviour by a fluorescent goon ever,
Crewe – very funny stewards
Worst stewards of last season:
| Portsmouth | 57 % |
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| SP | 18 % |
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| None | 7 % |
OTHERS: Bolton, Man City, Fulham, "is this a trick question?", Watford
YOUR COMMENTS:
Pompey, silly question aint it lol?
Wasn’t at Portsmouth. Honestly can’t think of any this season. Actually, might as well give it to Bolton.
Portsmouth. Scum Hmmm.
I reckon the Portsmouth wanker who took to dragging WFC fans out of the ground by his eyesockets is in a league of his own.
Portsmouth Animals
Bit of a no-brainer this one. The fact it got as far as a court case (all WFC fans let off), and the club claiming they were putting in an official complaint says it all. My only surprise is that the final percentage was so low.
Best police of last season:
| None | 27 % |
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| SP | 15 % |
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| Don't know / Fulham / Wycombe / Merseyside | 8 % |
OTHERS: Burnley, Gillingham, Sheff Utd, Norwich, Stockport, Traffic (?), "all the same"
YOUR COMMENTS:
I am a law abiding person ;o) so I wouldnt know
Burnley. For laughing at the Champagne Song instead of lifting people out of the ground by their heads.
Wimbledon away at Fulham, had a nice conversation with lots of them that take us around the country. And they said to a lot of pissed up fans coming off the boat “come on we’ve got to get you to a pub”. Nice
I liked the Old Bill at Sheff Utd when they laughed at the Champagne song!
All police are scum
Are there any good police?
Merseyside and Stockport. The geezers who come into the Farley and helped us out with the demos were consistently good eggs.
What?
Traffic - Motorway cop who let me off 98mph on the M1 back from the first aborted visit to Grimsby (ah...)
Palace (seriously)
Like the stewards it makes little difference to me….I go to watch the game and fuck off back home as soon as possible!!
None. What a surprise.
Worst police of last season:
| Portsmouth | 19 % |
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| Palace / None | 14 % |
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| Norwich / Fulham / don't know | xx % |
OTHERS: Tranmere, "take your pick", Burnley, Huddersfield, Watford
YOUR COMMENTS:
Norwich. For playing power trippers by nicking people for fun for being
drunk. And threatening John Venables for singing Old MacDonald had a farm
to his daughter.
Portsmouth again for letting the stewards act like Nazis at a Bar Mitzvah
All police are scum
The coppers outside Fratton Park who had a serious assault reported to them by numerous sober members of the public and did fuck all about it. Cheers guys, you’re a credit to your profession.
Ahem. Norwich - Got a £30 parking ticket. The sign advising no parking was obscured by a bush
Selhurts – I slipped and fell, cutting my leg badly and got told to ‘better call yourself an ambulance then mate’. Septocemia, 2wks off work, missed 6 games……..
Portsmouth for doing fuck all
Oh dear, looks like those who uphold the law in South Hampshire haven't done very well in the past 12 months.
Best stadium visited last season:
| Reebok | 16 % |
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| Huddersfield | 13 % |
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| San Siro / QPR / Boro | 10 % |
OTHERS: Millennium, Wycombe, Birmingham, Watford, Stockport, Notts County, Sheff Utd, Blackburn, SP, Wolves, Wigan
YOUR COMMENTS:
San Siro – for the Champions’ League Final
Huddersfield – are you reading this Charles? (obviously not)
San Siro. Not relevant for a Dons poll but I won tickets to the Champions League Final, boast boast.
Bizarrely I liked Stockport. It was small and compact, the fans made some noise and it reminded me of Plough Lane.
Gillingham had a similar ground. But unfortunately too many tossy Dons fans moaned because it was raining. Oh how annoying (grow up) (and I was one of those moaning, thank you)
Loftus Road is a nice little ground although a bit squashed for away supporters.
Stadiums on Hokk&Lobb web site. Yes please!!
Cardiff Millenium – OK it was a rugby match but the best nevertheless. (well in that case my poll entry will be Toronto Skydome)
Huddersfield’s MacAlpine made me very jealous……
Wycombe, small but friendly. Middlesborough (although the atmosphere was shite)
Apart from the away toilets, Brammal Lane
The amount of votes for San Siro suggests one of three things : 1) a lot of readers travel, 2) a lot of our readers like watching Euro football, or 3) WFC managed to play a game in Milan last season
Worst stadium visited last season:
| Selhurst Park | 48 % |
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| Portsmouth | 14 % |
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| Crewe | 10 % |
OTHERS: Gillingham, Stockport, Bolton, West Brom, Grimsby, Baldock Town
YOUR COMMENTS:
Bolton. Plastic. Premier League cum-sucking pile of shite
Selhurts for obvious reasons, but everywhere else I went seemed nicer with the possible exception of Grimsby.
West Brom. Big and dull.
Gillingham - little hole
Norwich's ground wasn't bad. (er….)
Baldock Town (You didn't say it had to be with the Dons!) (bugger, and just when I thought I'd made the poll foolproof)
SP wins yet again. Though given current circumstances about 99% wouldn't mind still being there in 36 months time.
Funniest moment of last season:
In
no particular order - stop me if it's repeated
Newcastle v Bradford. Just watching Carl Corts crapness.
When the never-ending line of incredibly gorgeous girls entered the train on the way back from (Brum I think?) (yup) that Kev was trying to chat up.
The players going for the free-kick and kicking each other.
Twinkletoes dancing at Wycombe. ;-) (piss off)
Ainsworth’s Superman dive
Opposition team went to take a free kick, two of them ran up and hit each other.
Linesman's decision for Wycombe's 2nd AP goal (this person has a warped sense of humour :) )
GA tackling a Middlesbro player with his head
Gareth Ainsworth’s tackle with his head against Boro (I think) with the ball at the opponent’s feet!
Incey! What’s the score? Incey! Incey! Whats the score?
Chris Wilmott OG v Gillingham (funny 'cos it was so bad)
Gareth Ainsworth being crazy, diving headfirst at footballs
WW&W boat trip to Fulham and watching the Fulham fans not knowing what is going on…
The terrace banter at Gillingham and Stockport still creases me up.
Gareth Ainsworth’s head tackle.
Went to fulham away with 2 mates. I had a ticket for the Enclosure which was covered, they were on the open end. As we approached the ground it was pissing down & the look on their faces when they reliased they were in for a drenching & I wasn’t was a picture
Running round Ewood Park trying to get in 25 minutes late (and you reckon that was funny???????????)
Gareth Ainsworth Super Man dive closely followed by GA head tackle although The Dogz Bollox air kick was quite a laugh.
Ballboy throwing the ball hard into a puddle to soak an extremely pissed off Burnley player
Are you Hartson in disguise chant to the mascot at Wycombe!!
Gareths head – dive - block - mental - thing
The anti-Palace songs
Phillo playing steptoe and son tune at half-time in the qpr game
Off the pitch) Chants at Grimsby away or the “I would call you a cunt Kimble but they have their uses” shout at Stockport Away On the pitch anything involving players at left back
Peter Hawkins scaling the wall at HT to come and sit in the Holmesdale.
An 11 year old girl in front of me slagging off Marcus Gayle vs Wycombe in her high pitch voice after just 5 minutes of him coming on. OK, it might have had something to do with my own abuse at him!
Clocky slipping on his arse trying to celebrate Euells goal against Sheff Wed
Probably ga.com’s superman dive Ainsworth’s head tackle
DEEPDALE DUCK!! And the following 'gentle ribbing' of yourself. That was truly hilarious. (piss off. Again)
The whole of the Holmsdale saying ‘Wots up’
Us finally getting rid of Big Fat Johnny hartson
Rangers paying money for Marcus Gayle
Funny how most of it involved Gareth Ainsworth.Com
In your own words, sum up one incident that best described last season :
Wimbledon 3-3 Crewe Alexandra and signing Jonathan Hunt :0((
Conceding the equaliser to Barnsley as home. Outplayed them again but still sitting back on leads, not quite able to kill teams off.
Undoubtedly the most significant single event was the final disposal of Hartson. That symbolised the death of the old coarse, unattractive and unprofessional baggage of the club. From then on it was onwards and upwards into the New Age of Wimbledon.
Hartson transfer saga
Drawing against Crewe when a win would have been easier
Mark Williams jumping into the Holmsdale end after scoring against Brum (I think).Showed the team spirit that the team possessed and a great rapport with the fans from a player who wasn’t with us in the Prem. Magic.
Hartson, will he, won’t he? Teased for long enough and finally delivered.
Gillingham, 4-4, going in front but not killing teams off
Damien Francis getting crocked. With him we would have had that extra edge for those annoying home games that we couldn’t win.
Bad refs in the Nationwide and their inconsistancy
The Crystal Palace ‘home’ game – so much hostility, lack of atmosphere, bad blood. We have to leave soon. (oh dear...)
Willo sending his pen into orbit v Wycombe - so near yet so far
Praying for us NOT to equalise against Man City because the game was so shite
Protests Protests Protests Hope next season we remember it for the beautiful game! (doubt it somehow)
The loan of a Molde centre-back to Grimsby – classic demo of the owners being clueless as far as fans are concerned – utterly frustrating at a time when Voodoo had just been suspended, KC & Deano were still unfit and the central defence was looking shaky. And the pissing away of £1.5m on Andreson was frankly disgusting when you remember how skint we’ve always been
Any Gareth Ainsworth move ie superman impression, tackling using his head etc.....
Ronseal (Mark Williams)diving into the crowd after scoring. Class
Wu-tang taking on three Sheff Wed players and beating them
Scoring 4 at home to Gills yet still not winning due to useless defence till kenny returned
The failure to finish off Wycombe in extra time, summed up our failure to take chances and close teams down, also showed all that was promising about the squad :
One of Mark Williams’ dives into the crowd
Gayle on his way for a million quid! It summed up the season as the Dons became wealthier (excluding the loss of Sky money) and got rid of dead wood.
Clocky slipping on his arse trying to celebrate Euells goal against Sheff Wed
Kramer having to shout at Gayle for being a lazy arse. summed up how the new breed were prepared to work hard (and trying to hold things together) while some of the seniors were not really making the effort.
Not one incident but the opening match against Tranmere was typical of the season: we were blatantly the better side but couldn’t win it.
The Fulham game………so near and yet so far seems to sum the whole season up, really, and a major upset over Fulham was on the cards until some ‘interesting’ officiating
Game of two halves?
Hartson sold and we go on a massive unbeaten run. We cleared out the passengers and the team is reborn.
Wilmotts abhoration v Gillingham (h)
Additional Comments on last season :
The hot dogs at selhurst have got a bit better...he he he
Very promising. Enjoyed myself loads at all the new grounds. It’s good fun in this division.
Few outsiders realise the fundamental changes for the better that took place at Wimbledon last season, with the Nogs stamping their own management style and ambitions onto the club off the field and Terry reengineering the team and playing style into attractive Championship-material.
Lets get a fucking ground
I really enjoyed the season as much as I had hoped to.
The team made big changes but didn’t suffer as a result.
I went to 40 games, which is my highest total since the last time we were in this division when I went to all of them.
We have brought through some real talent who have not let the team, Terry or the fans down, despite what some may say about Hawkins and Wilmott particularly.
TB’s signings have, with the exception of Robinson, been shrewd and a pattern has emerged of how Tezzaball is played and the players needed to succeed at it. If this was rebuilding, let’s have some more!
The standard of refereeing in Div 1 is appalling.
Transitional, and generally encouraging People forget just how bad we were at times. But thankfully after key players returned and shit ones left a new team is taking shape.
The MK thing followed by the QPR rubbish spoiled what I thought wasn’t a bad season for a new look Tezza style Wimbledon…(don't think TB is particularly chuffed either)
First 30+ season for me ever.
Met a great bunch of people, and can’t wait for the next one.
Terry’s doing a great job Best for a long time.
We have joy, we have fun, down here in Division One
Got married wore my WFC top to my reception. Had a baby boy and wrapped him in my WFC top. A season to remember....Oh yeah still sitting in a red fucking seat every other week.
10 years……….
The most enjoyable season I've watched for a few years. Nice to see us playing the ball on the deck and seeing a few of the younger players coming through. brilliant, more of the same next ! More Beer ! More away trips !
Bring on next season
Thomas and Selley. Wasters or what?
Could we please solve the left back crisis, and could a little more noise be made by home fans (don't hold your breath)
I enjoyed it more than any other season in a very long time
Goodbye Marcus you lazy git
I think overall we did well all things considered in the latter part of the season – much more enjoyable than our previous season (obviously) lots of good work done in a relatively short space of time. some good players have left, but they probably weren’t feeling wanted and (as a result?) not playing to their potential – or even setting bad examples to the younger guys. In which case we are better off rid. shame to lose so much money. other players we lost could have played a role - herman and maggie perhaps.
I think under many other managers we could have sunk without trace after losing so much talent and bringing in so little. but the young guys did us proud and, in retrospect, relegation and the chance to regroup/restyle/blood the next generation could be the best thing that has happened to us in a long time. It was superb.
Great season, made me so proud It was a frustrating season because I knew it would be a transitional one, something that hasn’t ever really happened at Wimbledon before. But on the whole it was good, if at times a little depressing…what with merger talk and the like.
Most enjoyable since 96/97. I would sooner watch us win in Div one than loose in the PL.
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