America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2023
- SECOND TO LAST DAY OF PIZZAMAS! pizzamas.com
There's a 20-way tie for third.
In which John discusses his beloved AFC Wimbledon, which is not Wrexham (the club owned by Rob McIlhenny and Ryan Reynolds) but is ........ in second place? Other topics discussed included Joe Lewis's shorts, Ali al-Hamadi, Jack Currie, and Joe Lewis's shorts. Also, the surprising ways in which AFC Wimbledon is helping nerdfighteria learn how to make change.
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Hey, I know this is not the focus of the video, and I love the work you're doing for Sierra Leone, but can you please address the crushing international debt they are under. They are still paying off debts related to (among other things) the Ebola outbreak, and this is affecting their ability to pay for public services like healthcare and climate change adaptation measures. I haven't seen any mention of it in your videos, and Sierra Leone and other African countries that are in a similar economic position have been calling out for debt relief.
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The fact that they held on to a 1-0 lead for a FULL GAME is truly a pizzamas miracle
Longest we've held a 1-0 lead in literally five years! -John
i been tryna make it out the hood so on my UA-cam channel i do food reviews while I’m high g
Was it an early score? That's impressive.
@@YoJesusMorales 6 minutes in! The last time we scored that early and stayed 1-0 was 5 mins in in January 2019 😮
@@phoebelambdon79542019 feels so weird now. It was in the before times. Surely it happened, right? It feels so distant now. Yet individual memories feel like they're from the beginning of this year?
I don't know if it's just me not being a child anymore, or was the pandemic really this world altering.
For some reason John talking about AFC Wimbledon always gets me teary.
Glad someone else caught that gem!!!
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Here I was thinking "nah it can't be me crying over soccer" And how wrong I was.
@@GotAnUmbrella I've got tissues if you need them!!!
As of 5th October, 2023 (of 24 teams in the division):
Wimbledon, 2nd (!)
Wrexham, 9th
Some Franchise, 11th
I love the tier list of 4th tier english football popularity in the US. it was just so inspirying and hilariously accurate.
Milton Keynes didn't have to get done like that tho lol
@@knaughta.masso-kist5944the franchise absolutely deserves that and so much more
@@knaughta.masso-kist5944no yeah they did
@knaughta.masso-kist5944 it literally did what do you mean. That was the best part 😂
@@knaughta.masso-kist5944 Yes it did. In case you're unaware of the history, this wasn't just a "Haha Milton Keynes bad" joke. MK Dons are called "Dons" because of the decision by the owner of Wimbledon, affectionately called the Dons by their fans, to move their football club to Milton Keynes, in much the way that franchises are done in US sport, particularly American football. This is not at all how English football works. Clubs are part of the community. Many have been around for over a century. It was devastating for the fans of the local club to be left without a team, and left them with the only solution being to create their own club and start from the absolute bottom of England's "football pyramid". It's been a long, challenging road for AFC Wimbledon to get to where they are now, and it's for good reason that John celebrates them now being above "The franchise currently plying its trade in Milton Keynes."
Wrexham is Welsh, so AFC Wimbledon is still America's favourite Englsih football team no matter what Ryan Renalds and Rob McElhenney do.
It does play in the fourth English tier though.
@@sIightIybored But that makes them a fourth English tier soccer team, not a fourth tier English soccer team. Actually that should be fourth English tier football team.
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I thought Wrexham was also owned by the fans as well though? I know Ryan Reynolds now owns it but idk how that all works, do the fans not anymore?
@@samc2i think johns point was that afc wimbledon is completely owned by fans whereas for wrexham fans probably only own like half the club cause ryan and the co owner owns the other half?
I really hope there's a future Welcome to Wrexham/John Green crossover at some point.
There already was in Season 1, John did a short Crash Course style segment on the history of Wales/Wrexham for Welcome to Wrexham
@@craigsalmon1371 I completely forgot about that lol. I was thinking more of something happening at the AFC Wimbledon/Wrexham game since there's a couple of them now that they are in the same league.
As someone who just watched Welcome to Wrexham and is fan of the Vlog Brothers, Ryan Reynolds, and a little bit of Rob McElhenny, I actully would love to see a collaboration episode.
@@pinkkrystalz7610 I believe Mr. Reynolds was a guest on Dear Hank and John! Episode 314!
@@untappedinkwell No, I mean an episode of Welcome to Wrexham.
I am so ready for Dear Hank and John to return!!
Same! Should be by the end of the month. -John
@@vlogbrothersoooh we're gonna get a spooky themed episode of the podcast?
@@vlogbrothers I am also really excited! Someday, my dream is to have one of my questions picked, haha. But regardless, always love hearing you and Hank do the podcast.
Yayyyyy. Every now and again lemon men or dystopian nihilistic Wendy's pop into my head and make me happy.
@@Alfonso162008 Pumpkins and pissed-out cancer
As a Philadelphia Union fan, “We’re never gonna be the kind of football club that can buy big stars, so we’re gonna have to make them, and we’ve done a really good job of that” is such a mood.
The DH&J hiatus has had some strange fallout: just this week I inexplicably found myself, at 3am, looking up AFC Wimbledon scores. For context, I watch maybe two football games a year. So thanks for the update, and for making us care about this special team. Enjoy your day at Plough Lane!
ME TOO! Not at 3am, but i did look it all up and got confused and immediately emailed hank and john to bring back the pod
I'm so glad to hear news from AFC Wimbledon again, thanks John!!!
I appreciate a good dig at Milton Keynes, especially the unexpected ones
They would be our rivals except that in a normal rivalry, both clubs should exist. -John
@@vlogbrothers As we say in home town, Vawulence! Lol
@carruthers100 yeah that's my favourite Asda
What’s the beef with Milton Keynes?
@@RayJJohnstonTLDR: AFC Wimbledon got bought by some idiot and moved them to a new town. It was renamed MK Dons. The current AFC Wimbledon is a team started by fans of the old team. John did a video about it a while back.
Get yourself someone who loves you as much as John Green loves a fourth tier English soccer team ❤
I regret to inform you that it's actually currently a 21-way tie for 3rd, though may I recommend my local team Stockport County for anyone looking to break that tie by filling the bronze medal slot on their list. The team recently got promoted back into the fourth tier and has very quickly made attempts to go even further, and they play in the heart of the community at Edgeley Park (which formerly hosted our local rugby team as well).
love seeing another stopfordian in the wild
@@bumpybeaglehere's another one! 👋
Stopfordians unite!
@@nesspadfield 😁 Should our HQ be the Hatworks or the Air Raid Shelters?
@@coolstertothecore the air raid shelters are safer...but I get annoyed that Luton Town are also named the Hatters so I feel like we need to cement our hatters status and choose the Hatworks
I’m so here for the visual AFC Wimbledon news experience!! You mean I can actually SEE what the players look like while John is talking about them????? REVOLUTIONARY!
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It's like the podcast, but, like, with video!
Haha I thought something was different!
I know, right? So weird knowing what the players look like.
I don't care about football or the fact that John is weirdly into it. Yet, in less than 5 minutes he's managed to convince me to look into possibly supporting AFC Wilmbledon. Who knew that the best marketing is being a genuine, interesting person?
That would be one of the best decisions of your life.
It is amazing to me how two fourth-tier teams slowly but surely have grown to become my favourites in England. I still watch Manchester United most games, but it is just not as fun as watching Wimbledon and Wrexham who are actually by and for their communities, as football teams should be.
I'm sorry if this comes off as pedantic, but Wrexham is not an English team, they're Welsh. The two countries share their professional football league system.
@@davidmoule3067 you are absolutely right, I should have said Britain and not England
ggmu
@@davidmoule3067to say the truth, wales & england dont share their professional football league. wrexham is only allowed in the english league because at the time they started rising there wasnt an established a welsh football league
@@jameskilgour387 Cardiff City, Swansea City, Newport County, Wrexham AFC and Merthyr Town all play in the English league for historic reasons. Llanymynech play in an English league because their stadium is in England, weirdly Chester plays in England but their stadium is in Wales
Merry Pizzamas everyone! There have been so many highs this year, like Hank with a mustache, and a few lows, like Hank with. . . a mustache.
Or Hank dancing while wearing Pizzamas shirts... and a mustache. (Choose your own adventure on whether that's a high or a low.)
Hank led a widespread discussion about a scientific debate. John went to the UN General Assembly _and_ he announced that collective effort from activists had convinced a corporation to work to improve access to healthcare. But the highlight was still, unmistakably, Hank with a mustache.
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Lol, ain't that the truth 😂
That is Joe "Knickers" Lewis and you know it John!
Thank you for the appreciation of his true name and the persona he’s weirdly somehow only taken on since coming to us??
Proud part owner of AFC Wimbledon here. Thank you for continuing to celebrate our story and successes with us, and supporting our community. I'm very grateful to be part of 2 excellent groups of people :)
Bought everyone in my family a different one of the shirts this year. hope everything goes well, you boys have been doing a lot this year, both of you and those around you are endlessly impressive.
i’m getting the sense that john has a strong admiration for this man’s rolled up shorts
Whatever makes you think ... ?
Hank, whether The Format makes a Pizzamas appearance is all on you now. Can you deliver a Pizzamas miracle?
I've been relistening to old Dear John and Hank episodes all through the hiatus, and I've finally joined the Wimbledon Supporters Trust :)
Oh I super appreciate this actually! I've really missed my weekly Dons updates since the podcasts been on hiatus. (But I can't wait for its return this month!)
Go Dons! Reminds me of our new expansion MLS team in STL. Everyone expected our team of rejects from other clubs to be bottom of the bunch and we just clinched the top spot in the West. Merry Pizzamas and hope the pod returns soon!
Huzzah from another St Louisan!
I love when that kind of thing happens.
I don't follow MLS much but that reminds me of what the Vegas Golden Knights did their first year. All the players that were pretty good but didn't fit with their existing teams and came together and made a run at the Cup. I'm rooting for you St Louis.
I am grateful for the update. You are right, I've lost all knowledge of how the team is doing. Thanks for the pics and ... good news! Those short shorts are excellent.
As an Aussie I did not expect to find my people in a comment section of an American UA-cam channel talking about 4th tier English football but as an MK hater, lover of Wrexham and AFC Wimbledon, lover of underdog stories, and even a fan of Philadelphia Union who I have spotted some fans of here, I am very happy to be here
Oh wow, I hadn't realized that I wasn't getting updates about AFC Wimbledon due to the pod being on hiatus until you just straight up said it in this video. I'm really looking forward to the return of the pod and future AFC Wimbledon updates on it. And I'm glad to hear they're doing surprisingly well now
I love that team photo of them at 3:39 because it's such a stark contrast to all of the hackneyed, picture day line-ups of stone-faced players that you normally see. Here, you actually get to see the people behind the kit, and it's so warm because of it.
It’s a great photo!
I’m hyped for the 10-minute outtake video that’s just John saying “I will see you tomorrow” and smiling
Ordered a shirt for my first ever Pizzamas yesterday! It’s a very exciting time to be a newbie nerdfighter. Hope you enjoy England John! I may be Welsh and therefore predisposed to not liking England but I’ll try and get past it to show some support for some football.
This felt a lot like a video-version of Dear Hank & John! 😄 Go Dons!!
Do we think Hank will give us a Mars update for tomorrow's final video?
Really comforting to hear AFC Wimbledon new again 🙏
Making stars > buying stars
When I moved to London from Chicago last year, I looked for housing exclusively in SW London so I might be able to get to Cherry Red Records Stadium easier. Happy to say I’ve been to upwards of a dozen Dons games in the last 12 months 🎉
I loved to London in 2017 and since then I never found any reason to support any team that wasn't from my hometown in Porto, but a friend introduced me to AFC last month and I've been to the stadium a few times since then and I'm really rooting for our boys now! Would be good to get back to League One. What a wonderful story that would be!
I never actually paid attention to Wimbledon until just now when I saw the players' photos. I'm in.
I did not know how much I needed an AFC Wimbledon update. Thank you❤
Love the stories of communities coming together and doing something good for themselves rather than needing to maximize profit for shareholders. Community ♥
Your enthusiasm is infectious! Love that you're pointing at your problem from a positive perspective. To achieve notoriety by creating well-known players. Brilliant!
Did not realize how much I needed an AFC Wimbledon update. Nor did I expect said update to feel this fantastic. I’m actually astonished
You guys have been a huge inspiration for me, specially how John made me feel heard and acknowledged the challenges of having OCD, for someone who has it and continues to go to therapy for it, it genuinely felt very special when he put out the video "What is OCD like for me?" and I also wish Hank the best health and post chemo recovery. I have and have loved all of John's works but Looking for Alaska and Turtles all the way down are my favorite. Been watching vlogbrothers since I was 13 and now I am 17, exactly the age of Augustus. They both have been greatly influential on the lives me and my friends, namely Suhani Nagle, Sayee Pradhan, Parnika Joshi, Atharva Shidhore, Ria Jadhav and Manasi Kulkarni, these are just the ones on top of my head right now, rest there are many more, I have tried contacting him through other ways before but it hasn't really worked out yet, hopefully this happens, thank you so much for everything that you are doing, would be absolutely astonishing if this does seem to work out like The fault in our stars but one can only hope.
As invested as I now am in Wrexham's fortunes, I'm always gonna be rooting for AFC Wimbledon as the true feel-good underdog story of the fourth division!
I would argue that Wimbledon is America's favorite fourth-tier English soccer team, since Wrexham is Welsh.
as a dons trust shareholder for almost 10 years because of this channel, who will never forget watching on an illegal choppy stream the day we got promoted at Wembley, we deserve this run of form after such a hard few years. Up The Dons!
I always assume we are doing bad when I don't have updates on Afc W (and I will only hear updates from John). But Man is it good to hear some good news!
"We will always be the underdog."
Not in the next round of the Cup you're not. We are the Ramsgate, mighty mighty Ramsgate
I deeply appreciate this update on AFC Wimbledon. Thanks John! I cannot believe Pizzamas ends tomorrow!
I was really glad to get AFC Wimbledon news! You are right but I haven't gotten any information about them since dear Hank and John went on hiatus.
Finally an update on wimbledon. Fourth in english soccer tiers, first in our hearts
Well I have a pizzamas shirt. Now looks like I’ll have to get some AFC Wimbledon merch to make it a spectacular holiday
i appreciate the visual aids in this update, i had been imagining all of AFC Wimbledon including the star players you talk about often as just human-shaped blobs, but this really brought them to life for me
Is the AFC Wimbledon movie still going to be a thing? I remember news about it a few years back, and I'll be so sad if it's stuck in development limbo
I've only started listening to Dear Hank and John after Hank first revealed the news about his cancer (so I've not had the pleasure to listening to a new episode with the two of you), but I've already listened to all the episodes from December last year until now, and I've grown accustomed to hearing the latest news from AFC Wimbledon (and Mars 😉), so I can't wait to hear more from them in the new episodes.
P.S: Wimbledon's t-shirt is basically the same as argentinian club Boca Juniors. Was that deliberate?
"A twenty-way tie for third." Wow, how easily he forgets and casts aside poor Swindon Town
Never forget the Swoodlypoopers!
Getting you and everyone else get to see Aron play is an absolutely delight. There’s only more academy kids coming up to absolutely steal your heart (Paris Lock (on loan rn), Ed Leach amongst others)
How dare youtube not send me a notification for this amazing video😳 would never want to miss it!
I didn't realize how much I was missing the news from AFC Wimbledon at the end of the pod until now. Please continue to update us, John! Hope you're having fun!
I was JUST thinking about how I had no clue what was going on with AFC Wimbledon since we haven’t had the pod. I’m so glad to have an update!
I have wondered a few times about AFC Wimbledon in the pod’s absence. So happy to hear they are currently playing well!!
I’ve missed AFC news! Eagerly awaiting my favorite podcast return!
AFC Wimdledon's sudden success after the DH&J hiatus feels very reminiscent of John's tweeting-during-a-game curse 😂
I don't understand what John is talking about, but I'm still listening intently because it's John. Thanks for trying to help us non-sportsballers know a thing or two about a sportsball.
The backstory is the community of Wimbledon got their team taken away from them (what is now the MK Dons). They essentially built a new team back up
0:40 As a long time American fan of world football the Milton Keynes placement is GOLD 😂😂
thanks for the update, John. I've been trying to reduce my screen time recently and undoing so that has led me to listen to dear hank and johns that I had missed, and after listening to probably 5 episodes already today, I have been thinking a lot about AFC wimbledon which I just now am realizing is spelled with a D and not a T. Anyways, glad to know they're doing well, excited for the pod to come back!
Ali Al-Hamadi's had some absolutely beautiful touches, and he really is fun to watch whenever he gets the ball.
AFC Wimbledon is the #1 fourth-tier soccer team with everyone important.
3:19 I love the descriptors! Can we have more please??!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
I have genuinely missed the weekly afc wimbledon updates, and hey if you need a reason to brag to hank... I do about monthly google afc wimbledon to see how the standings are, but i haven't once googled mars news in the interim. So I guess one of you got me more than the other. I was shocked yesterday to see them in 2nd!! what a moment to savor
THIS BRINGS ME SO MUCH JOY!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE I NEEDED IT!!!
And Messi is playing in as many AFC Wimbledon games as Inter Miami games lately!
YOUR FRIEND MIKE BIRBIGLIA?!? That makes so much sense
When I saw the title I thought “oh god I forgot and AFC Wimbledon! Why did they stop playing?!” And then I realized they haven’t stopped playing but I just stopped receiving updates 😂
I had a similar train of thought! I now also need to know how Mars is doing.
I don't care about sports, but John's enthusiasm for AFC Wimbledon is adorable
I've been missing my weekly updates drom Dear Hank and John, thanks for the update :)
Awww! That makes so much sense for you to be friends with Mike Birbiglia!
This video made me realized how much I've missed AFC Wimbledon updates
Fourth-tier football teams:
Entertaining underdogs-
Big heart wins big games
Can't wait to travel and see AFC Wimbledon play in person rather than online or with highlights. So happy your introduced me to the club all those years ago while you played some FIFA. I love stories like theirs and I am happy to be a supporter. DFTBA.
Iraqi here, we're very happy with Ali's time at Wimbeldon, we hope he plays just as well for the national team and scores more hattricks for yall and goodluck!
I lived in Wimbledon 2 years ago and I saw the Dons Local Action Group at the supermarket all the time, always such awesome people
Football Manager being the jersey sponsor is both great and hilarious
i'm seeing a worrying correlation with that one messaage on dh&j that pointed out that whenever john tweets about wimbledon they're worse, by mere coincidence when john hasnt talked about them in a while bc the podcast is suspended they get good? suspicious
That’s great! Now I’ve heard of twice as many teams in the 4th tier of English football as before.
Damn it John, now Guns'n'Roses is gonna be stuck in my head all day
IT IS SO WEIRD to SEE these players. I'm so used to just hearing about them on DH&J updates for so long that I just never pictured them inside my mind's eye.
Ive missed my weekly AFC Wimbledon news on Dear hank and john
I didn't realize how much I'd missed the news from AFC Wimbledon
Wish you guys the best from a fan of another small team who just made the prem, COYH
I love all the qualifiers in this video title
Who are we saying is America's favourite fourth tier English football team if not AFC Wimbledon? If you mean Wrexham, they are welsh, not English
I didn’t know I could hold a grudge against an athlete until I saw Harry Pell in the Wimbledon v Wrexham game
What did he do?
@@CL-go2ji unnecessarily nasty tackle
Tackle? Wait, wir talking about assocation football here, known in USA als "soccer", yes? @@hermitworks
Does "I'm traveling to England to visit friends and watch football" really count as a bummer? Sounds great to me! I hope you have an amazing time!
Patiently awaiting the return of Dear Hank and John to get my weekly AFC Wimbledon update. Take your time coming back, but I do hope you come back.
Alright, I've already been following the news from Mars, so I'm now completely up-to-date on all of the important news topics.
Maybe next year's Pizzamas merch can include shorts with John's mustachioed face on shorts in the liminal space between thigh and buttock.
I love hearing "we" so much
I love how the nickname of the Franchise currently plying its trade in Milton Keynes is blacked out on the league table 😅
Do Hank and John watch the videos via notifications just like the rest of us?