AFCW FRONT PAGES (3)
All the ones done since May 28th 2002. Neeedless to say, this will be added to as and when.
What I've done is given a brief explanation about them, be it contextual or whatever.
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Sometimes, basing stuff on current league form doesn't always work out. |
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Walton and Hersham fans have fast become the most disliked amongst AFCW supporters. Anyone puzzled why just needs to look at this. |
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So, you qualify for the playoffs and you expect to know when you're playing, right? Not quite. To cut a very long story short, we were earmarked to play Heybridge Swifts away, firstly on a Bank Holiday Monday, then a workday Tuesday. Needless to say, after all this, they settled on Tuesday. And then we ended up playing Fisher anyway. On the Tuesday. And we lost. |
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During the 2006 close season, Franchise had no less than four friendlies cancelled, against Ipswich, Colchester, QPR and - best of all - Histon. Their fans blamed us, of course, though we had genuinely nothing to do with it.... |
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Major problems at the top of Government, internal wranglings at AFCW. |
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A major event threatens world stability, leading to hostile debate and possible armed conflict. In other news, North Korea tests nukes. |
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Around this time, Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was infamously poisoned to death, allegedly at the hands of the Kremlin. This also coincided with a loss of form for AFC Wimbledon. Rumours that KM tea was similarly tampered with are as yet unconfirmed. |
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One of the easiest front pages I've ever needed to do, in response to the FA chucking us out of the FAT for the notorious International Clearance document. |
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Suddenly, it felt like the whole world was against us. Fined, banned from the FA Trophy and Surrey Senior tinpot. All for a box that wasn't ticked. Surely the Ryman League would see sense and give a realistic punishment................ |
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........... don't bet on it. The page reflects the feelings held at the time that the Ryman enjoyed punishing us, and indeed many still think that to this day. |
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At least there was always Franchise to keep spirits up. Can't remember the exact story behind this one, but I believe some MK town planners were off to Iraq to rebuild the cities there. Obviously somebody felt the Iraqis hadn't suffered enough. |
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Finally, after so much politicking it was unreal, AFCW managed the impossible and got a decision overturned. 18 points to 3 ain't bad going. Of course, the reaction was that we were cheats for having the temerity to appeal the decision (which we weren't allowed to do for the SSC and FAT). Sadly, Turdey and co didn't take the hint. |
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So, you'd think we'd steamroll the division after such a let off? Urm, not quite. Too many draws ultimately scraped us into the playoffs, where Bromley beat us. |
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Franchise bashing again. 90 minutes away from Wembley and they fucked it up. I am NOT laughing. Not even a tiny little bit. No way. Never. Absolutely not. |
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Enter Terry Brown, enter a new load of players. Except for one missing ingredient. |
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In the summer of 2007, the Ryman League introduced plans for its own TV channel. The logic behind it was that as plenty of people watched it in the 1950s it would automatically command the same viewing figures as before. Other things popular back then were rationing, telegrams and TB. |
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After five years in stolen hands, the honours of Wimbledon FC were finally returned to Merton. There was one major criminal act that was still outstanding... |
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In Spain, a team called Granada 74 was created as their owner literally bought out the second division place of Ciudad de Murcia. Finally, Franchise shared a common bond with another side in the world. |
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During the opening months of 2007/08, AFCW went through no less than three goalkeepers (not including Luke Garrard) in one month alone. |
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Remember a guy called John Darwin? To save you googling him up, he was the notorious "Panama canoest", namely an individual who was pronounced dead in a canoe then mysteriously turned up a few years later, just as his wife was about to get married to somebody else and subsequently take the money. The fact this happened in 2002 was just too tempting.... |