The Return of the Dons | AFC Wimbledon

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  • Опубліковано 18 січ 2021
  • AFC Wimbledon represent the reformation of an historic London football club, who’s incredible tradition and reputation famously beating Liverpool in the FA cup final in 1988. AFC Wimbledon and Plough Lane were a staple of London football until the 1991 Taylor Report forced the club to move to Selhurst Park.
    In 2002, the club was moved to Milton Keynes, the first move of its kind in English football, ripping the heart out of the community.
    AFC Wimbledon supporters responded in 2002 forming their own Phoenix club. Over the years AFC Wimbledon rose the divisions, and is now on par with MK Dons in League one. This year, after years of funding, the mighty AFC Wimbledon have returned to Plough Lane, bringing this historic club back to its natural home after over 20 years.
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  • @vlogbrothers
    @vlogbrothers 3 роки тому +963

    Home after 10,000 days. Such a testament to what a community can accomplish when they stick together. -John

    • @copa90stories
      @copa90stories  3 роки тому +105

      There really is something about the community at AFC Wimbldeon.

    • @kingngolokante3558
      @kingngolokante3558 3 роки тому +19

      Wow, hello John. I’ve watched almost all of the crash course history episodes.

    • @lukehill449
      @lukehill449 3 роки тому +15

      Well said..something I'm afraid modern football fans in the prem will never truly understand.

    • @cb-k2984
      @cb-k2984 3 роки тому +14

      I rate that you watched this mere hours after it came out. Big respect John. You're not wrong either, the Dons are a testament to community over corporate, spirit over money, care over gain. The world could learn a thing or two...

    • @soyuzdavillan721
      @soyuzdavillan721 3 роки тому +20

      @@copa90stories this was REALLY good. I love how you do docos on the clubs in the lower leagues (Brentford/Forest/Bury) I think it's important people know stories about clubs outside of the premier league

  • @fritzgordon2470
    @fritzgordon2470 3 роки тому +320

    As an 1860 Munich fan I know that feeling of "homeless" as a football fan.
    Even though my first game was at the Allianz Arena it still felt wrong in the following years cause having 18000-20000 in a 70000 capacity Stadium is just depressing.
    When we got relegated from the 2nd to the 4th tier cause of financial problems, we returned to the Grünwalder Stadion in 2017/18 for the first time in over a decade. And even though I've only had visited the ground for a few times before it was so clear to me that this ground was our home. I feel the proud of coming home every time I walk up the stairs to the stands and I can't imagine myself watching my club play somewhere else.

    • @stefanschwalenberg8320
      @stefanschwalenberg8320 3 роки тому +16

      From one 1860 fan to another, I wholeheartedly agree. I became "ein Lowen fan" watching them at the Grunwalder while on vacation many years ago. The best atmosphere I ever edxperienced. In ewiger treue!!

    • @fritzgordon2470
      @fritzgordon2470 3 роки тому +3

      @@stefanschwalenberg8320 ELIL 💙🦁

    • @justinbulmer
      @justinbulmer 3 роки тому +14

      Same with West Ham tbh nothing beats the atmosphere of the Boleyn Ground

    • @TOTN17
      @TOTN17 3 роки тому +1

      well if you want 1860 to stay at the Grunwalder you better hope 1860 dont get promoted

    • @fritzgordon2470
      @fritzgordon2470 3 роки тому +7

      @@TOTN17 The Grünwalder actually has a license for second division football as of 2019 so we can get promoted.
      Plus there is an expansion in plans for the stadium which would see the capacity climb up to around 18-20000.
      So unless the city cuts that part we should be fine.

  • @BigRice21
    @BigRice21 3 роки тому +281

    This deserves a Grammy award!
    So awesome! What a comeback! I hope clubs like Bury FC and Macclesfield will copy their traits.

    • @copa90stories
      @copa90stories  3 роки тому +30

      This is made by the same director made our doc on Bury FC!
      ua-cam.com/video/PtE50b-hAkM/v-deo.html

    • @vicovendale6955
      @vicovendale6955 2 роки тому +7

      A Grammy award? It's an awful musical. ;)

  • @TheMyron2013
    @TheMyron2013 3 роки тому +298

    Best comeback story ever. Great to support this beautiful club. COYD!

    • @josephbellamy7989
      @josephbellamy7989 3 роки тому +6

      COYD

    • @finnmolloy8462
      @finnmolloy8462 3 роки тому +2

      Ya lost to us yesterday ya club abandoning bastards. Up the franchise

    • @josephbellamy7989
      @josephbellamy7989 3 роки тому +15

      @@finnmolloy8462 You literally said up the franchise. If you want franchise in football you can piss off to america

    • @averagefutplayer3607
      @averagefutplayer3607 3 роки тому

      youse really sacked your manager after we beat you

    • @martinjenkins8359
      @martinjenkins8359 3 роки тому

      Womble till I die

  • @iamjoestafford
    @iamjoestafford Рік тому +19

    What a brilliant documentary. I'm a Wolves fan, but I felt so bad for Wimbledon's supporters when their club was stolen from them - getting the 'new' team back into the Football League so quickly was a miracle, but returning to Plough Lane through the sheer willpower of their own fan base is possibly an even greater achievement. It's one of the greatest and happiest football stories ever told ❤

  • @spyros219
    @spyros219 3 роки тому +39

    Wimbledon are exactly what football is all about.
    Clubs are there to represent their communities and their people.Football clubs bring people together,they unite them.No club should ever be left to die!
    One of the best football docs I've ever seen.What a story!

  • @jamescruttwell375
    @jamescruttwell375 3 роки тому +114

    From a Gillingham fan, it’s great to see the Dons back where they belong! Can’t wait to do the away day there!

    • @myeyes2urs340
      @myeyes2urs340 3 роки тому

      Good man James, mabe "Another Town" as were both "London Boys" perhaps if we "sticking with our guns" its the way its go top be!!!! sorry mate, couldn't resist, hope to catch up with you when the current situation is all over with. hope your keeping well.

  • @dabuboo
    @dabuboo 3 роки тому +94

    A perfect ending to an incredible story, but I will miss the sound of the fans at Kingsmeadow that I could always hear from my bedroom window. I am a Fulham fan, but have attended many AFC Wimbledon games - great fans finally getting the dedicated ground they deserve.

    • @patrickrichmond6531
      @patrickrichmond6531 3 роки тому

      oh the prawn sandwich brigade...funny fulham were getting 3-4 thousand in div 3

    • @morganic917
      @morganic917 2 роки тому

      Fulham fans unite 😯

    • @gordonferrar7782
      @gordonferrar7782 2 роки тому +1

      @@patrickrichmond6531 wow original. What you don't realise is those few fans fought tooth and nail to stop their club being another Wimbledon.
      At the end of the 91/92 season we were homeless in the last game of the season against Bradford, Hill came on the pitch and told us he had done a deal for the next season.
      We fought for our club all the way through the 90s with Fulham2000 project trying to raise the money to stay. We didnt even secure the freehold on the ground till Al Fayed came in.
      We were dead and buried and still had the best attendances in the 4th tier.
      So save you pissy little comments dickhead.
      We fought harder than Wimbledon ever did and most others did and I'm proud to say i was at every game and i did my bit.

  • @Tel_the_beard
    @Tel_the_beard 3 роки тому +38

    I grew up around Plough Lane. The club moved to Crystal Palace when I was pretty young but I've always felt strongly about the ground and team. When it was announced the dog track was going to be the new stadium it was bitter sweet but if it had to go it definitely went for the right reason! What a mighty story.

  • @UncleWru
    @UncleWru 3 роки тому +144

    Away teams were pretty intimidated back in the day coz of the close stands, and Vinni in particular. Terrific story. Respect from N17 lads

    • @georgemacpherson1992
      @georgemacpherson1992 3 роки тому +2

      He was a absolute legend at Leeds.

    • @EnforcerX71
      @EnforcerX71 3 роки тому +2

      @@georgemacpherson1992 Funniest thing I ever saw him do was seemingly purposely run into the referee and run off a completely different direction "after the balls".

    • @ronniegilbert7998
      @ronniegilbert7998 3 роки тому +4

      Yidoooo

  • @coryshannon3815
    @coryshannon3815 3 роки тому +43

    The one cool thing about English football is that if a group is disenfranchised by its favorite team, they can start a new team to take back its pride and fandom. We can't do it here in the States, but it's really beautiful that fans can in English football.

    • @callumatkins6891
      @callumatkins6891 3 роки тому +15

      Cause in the states sport isn't sport but a business there is no growth, the mls only allows mew franchises from big cities rather than giving smaller clubs a chance of growth so until the mls joins the rest of the football world in a proper structure it will never be taken seriously

    • @Bongaboi151
      @Bongaboi151 3 роки тому +2

      @@callumatkins6891 Pro/rel, to be fair, also doesn't work in Mexico.

    • @bridgerdeschamps
      @bridgerdeschamps 2 роки тому +6

      And this applies to other sports as well. I was raised in Seattle and had season tickets to SuperSonics basketball games growing up. They moved away in 2008, and that situation is very similar to Wimbledon's move to Milton Keynes. Unfortunately, it has been 13 years and there is no way of knowing how long it will be before Seattle gets a team again. An entire generation has grown up without having a local professional basketball team to support. There's no option to start a small team and have them move up in the levels, and no way locals could raise the 2.5 billion dollars to pay for a new NBA team.

    • @RytheCodplayer
      @RytheCodplayer 8 місяців тому

      @@callumatkins6891”Proper structure” will never work in America. The combined size of the US and Canada is larger than continental Europe. Any league in America/Canada that has tired a proper promotion and relegation system has failed because fans aren’t going to travel 1000s of KM’s every week to watch a club in the 2nd tier, let alone the 3rd or 4th.
      Also your point about American sports being all about money is ironic considering this documentary is literally about greedy ownership ruining a club over profits and also the rise of oil clubs. Money is much more of a factor in European football than it is in American sports.

  • @GHowd7
    @GHowd7 3 роки тому +100

    Respect to the people of Wimbledon as a rangers fan I know what it’s like to go to the bottom & work you’re way back nobody can take away all the great memories 💙

    • @jamesjames7358
      @jamesjames7358 3 роки тому +4

      Wdym to the bottom rangers is dead.

    • @GHowd7
      @GHowd7 3 роки тому +12

      @@jamesjames7358 last time I checked moon howler there 20 points clear at the top

    • @jamesjames7358
      @jamesjames7358 3 роки тому +5

      @@GHowd7 rangers is dead pal you’re talking about a different team

    • @GHowd7
      @GHowd7 3 роки тому +11

      @@jamesjames7358 must so embarrassing losing the league to a new club then like the most embarrassing league win of all time 🌜🐺

    • @jamesjames7358
      @jamesjames7358 3 роки тому +2

      @@GHowd7 aye probably is

  • @paddyanglais91
    @paddyanglais91 3 роки тому +48

    As a Brentford fan living in Merton the rise of the club off the pitch has certainly been noticeable! Welcome back!

  • @markopopovik
    @markopopovik 3 роки тому +42

    Up the Wimbledon, much love from a Leeds fan 💙💛

  • @AdanyKai
    @AdanyKai 3 роки тому +75

    From Malaysia, played Fifa 15, and managed AFC Wimbeldon in career mode when they were in League 2. From there, i supported the club and saw their rise into league 1, im happy for the club and the fans, this what a phoenix should achieve.

    • @oldcentral
      @oldcentral 3 роки тому

      Terima kasih from a native Don working in KL, darimana? Definitely a Womble till I die.

    • @AdanyKai
      @AdanyKai 3 роки тому

      @@oldcentral Saya Dari Selangor.

    • @oldcentral
      @oldcentral 3 роки тому

      @@AdanyKai In Klang Valley as well then so take care at present then. The AFCW story is a great one and shows what a community can do. Not sure if there is a Malaysia equivalent.

    • @ifumie3267
      @ifumie3267 2 роки тому +1

      if anything this story teach you to support your local club. go to their games, they need you

  • @jkelz7856
    @jkelz7856 3 роки тому +18

    this is beautiful, as a charlton fan who also lost our home and went to Sulhurt park, great to see them back

    • @stablestaple
      @stablestaple 3 роки тому +4

      and your fans were magnificent back in the day to get your club out of selhurst and back to The Valley - have always had a lot of respect for Charlton supporters for getting that job done. Good luck with your promotion push this season!

    • @otaviofrn_adv
      @otaviofrn_adv 2 роки тому

      @@stablestaple that's true. The video Charlton posted about the campaign for the return to The Valley was one of the greatest I've ever seen. The sound of "The Cave" by Mumford & Sons was a match to perfection

  • @sayerma
    @sayerma 3 роки тому +17

    Well done Dons fans, everything you deserve. From South Melbourne FC supporters in Australia.

  • @wimbledan
    @wimbledan 3 роки тому +9

    Looking back at some the old photos of Plough Lane and then seeing myself. Lots of great memories from the 80's

  • @FootballManiaHD
    @FootballManiaHD 3 роки тому +44

    What a story, what an inspiring club. So glad the real Dons got their home back 💙💛

  • @ArmyofLove
    @ArmyofLove Рік тому +4

    This story is more important than the history of Real Madrid and Barcelona put together.
    Real fans that fight for the club they love.
    Good luck AFC.
    A leyton orient fan

  • @SaintsAwayOllie
    @SaintsAwayOllie 3 роки тому +33

    "Nothing should ever take a club away from its home again".... RIP West Ham

    • @AS-mw6pw
      @AS-mw6pw 3 роки тому +7

      West Ham, Tottenham, Man City, Arsenal, Bolton, Hull, Wigan, Brentford, Sunderland, Boro, Southampton, Brighton, Reading, Everton, Cardiff, Swansea, Derby, Rotherham, Doncaster, Chesterfield, Huddersfield, York, Millwall, Wembley, and that’s just off the top of my head. I can’t grasp how clubs just move grounds after they’ve built so much history and character around a place for around 100 years, and many fans support it and see it as progression.

    • @aidanmoran12
      @aidanmoran12 3 роки тому +1

      @@AS-mw6pw would you say in your opinion that building a new ground right where the old one stood is as bad as fully moving out of curiosity?

    • @AS-mw6pw
      @AS-mw6pw 3 роки тому +3

      @@aidanmoran12 I don’t think it’s as bad as moving away completely because it’s all round less change. I do think it can kill the soul and atmosphere though just as much. Like the King Power will never have the same feel as Filbert Street, Cardiff’s new ground and Ninian Park, Spurs’s new ground and White Hart Lane. I get why it’s done because it’s cheaper sometimes to knock a few falling-to-pieces terraces down and start from scratch. But I feel like the best way to do it is to just to expand stand by stand over time. Maybe it’s not a good way to do it financially, but I know as a fan I just would rather never move away from home.

    • @AS-mw6pw
      @AS-mw6pw 3 роки тому +4

      @@aidanmoran12 I’m not an idiot though, I get the logic behind it. Like if City never moved to the Etihad they would likely never have been bought by Shinawatra and later Sheikh Mansour, and wouldn’t be the club they are today. But at least city had a proper soul at Maine Road. That’s not completely gone by any means, but the board at city is so out of touch with the match-going Mancunians because pandering to the yanks and Chinese “fans” brings in the most revenue. The culture around proper city fans is still the same, but not having that famous ground to play at after playing there for 80 years and making so much history through ups and downs gives that empty feeling. City belong at Maine Road, no proper city fan will tell you the Etihad feels just as like home as Maine Road does.

    • @aidanmoran12
      @aidanmoran12 3 роки тому +1

      @@AS-mw6pw I know what you mean, my club has had a rebuild on the cards for a long time, and to be fair it's in amongst houses so new room for expansion, and it's over 100 years old so its half derelict and falling to bits but I cant help but fear that it will lose its soul at a new incarnation

  • @joboyette9675
    @joboyette9675 3 роки тому +20

    As a Dons fan this made me cry,
    Thank you so much

    • @h.dwaynearchibald3371
      @h.dwaynearchibald3371 3 роки тому +1

      I'm not a Dons fan not am English and I'm crying like a baby for some reason

    • @westcoast747
      @westcoast747 2 роки тому

      It’s been emotional.

  • @rizmirza1829
    @rizmirza1829 3 роки тому +15

    Watching this brought so many tears to my eyes. Football belongs to the fans. owners, managers, bean counters and legends all come and go it's the fans that remain. Going back to Plough lane is a testament to the fans (or Owners as we call them). Some whose souls have sadly departed. The story of AFC Wimbledon shows that in football you should never give up. No matter the odds.

  • @mr.mattruss1455
    @mr.mattruss1455 3 роки тому +43

    Editing is class

  • @RichardGjerdin
    @RichardGjerdin 3 роки тому +57

    The Crazy Gang 🔥

  • @callmedavid9696
    @callmedavid9696 3 роки тому +43

    Such a shame Covid has delayed the fans getting in. Great story.

  • @Dreadlock_Kickboxer
    @Dreadlock_Kickboxer 3 роки тому +10

    Hey COPA90. I'm the shouty sod with the scarf you used for the title cover. Bradford away, what a nervous day!

  • @kellentran7770
    @kellentran7770 3 роки тому +27

    As an American this makes me so happy to see these stories of these clubs

    • @drustro
      @drustro 3 роки тому +3

      i live in Texas & I want my family to grow up w a club of its own one day, I want to have this here in the states so bad

    • @lukehill449
      @lukehill449 3 роки тому +3

      @@drustro I can't see it happening due 5o the franchise nature of us sport clubs. It's so easy for them to just rip a club out of a city and move it to the other side of the country. It's quite sad!

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 3 роки тому +3

      Well Said Drew. The merger with Milton Keynes to become " Milton Keynes Dons" was never going to work in English Football. haha
      From The South West side of London where Wimbledon is to Milton Keynes is 80 miles but it might as well be 8,000 miles.
      West Ham moved 5 miles to a hated new ground 4 years ago and the fans have never forgiven them.
      My team moved 1/2 a mile in 1993 to an All Seater Stadium and 28 years later I have never forgiven them...haha

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 3 роки тому

      Well Said Thunder The merger with Milton Keynes to become " Milton Keynes Dons" was never going to work in English Football. haha
      From The South West side of London where Wimbledon is to Milton Keynes is 80 miles but it might as well be 8,000 miles.
      West Ham moved 5 miles to a hated new ground 4 years ago and the fans have never forgiven them.
      My team moved 1/2 a mile in 1993 to an All Seater Stadium and 28 years later I have never forgiven them...haha

    • @MrBlazemaster525
      @MrBlazemaster525 3 роки тому +2

      @@Isleofskye what merger?lol Winkleman pulled an American relocation

  • @2kpal10
    @2kpal10 3 роки тому +4

    As a Wigan Athletic fan, can't wait to go back to Plough Lane as a away fan. Glad there is a team back in Wimbledon again

    • @SportsFan-vq9kk
      @SportsFan-vq9kk Рік тому

      I hope Wigan can get promoted to the Prem. Now that's a classic Premier League team

  • @pieceofeden182
    @pieceofeden182 3 роки тому +142

    The Phoenix club. The real Dons.

  • @CA-LW1
    @CA-LW1 3 роки тому +4

    Never tire of hearing this story. If you truly love football, this is one of its greatest stories and still one that flies very much under the radar I believe. Fingers crossed this period is over by this time next year and the Crazy Gang can all have a full house massive party! Well played, truly.

  • @punkndisorderly3324
    @punkndisorderly3324 3 роки тому +3

    Dons fans were treated terribly. So glad you're back and doing well. Respect from a Bradford fan.

  • @alexwarner6979
    @alexwarner6979 3 роки тому +2

    been an wimbledon fan since the day i was born (98) and was to young to go to and rember plough lane but me and my family always had season tickets at kingsmedow and thats where youd find us every other saturday or on cold tuesday nights. I was there though all our promotions, been up and down the country for away games and have been watching them as much as i can this season online. nothing makes me prouder then being asked in a pub 'oi what team do you support' and i can turn around and say AFC wimbeldon. WOMBLE TILL I DIE.

  • @gregmulqueen8171
    @gregmulqueen8171 3 роки тому +9

    Home is where the heart is, Welcome home AFC Wimbledon.

  • @colinwalker6994
    @colinwalker6994 2 роки тому +2

    From a Notts fan, this is a brilliant film, it's fantastic you're back in the league. What happened to your club, should never have happened. I remember chatting to some of your fans, when we last played you at Meadow Lane. They seemed surprised that we were happy that you got back to your rightful place and our fans and just about every other fans, hated the MK Dons.

  • @keiththeboz
    @keiththeboz 3 роки тому +3

    I'm a 76 year old Chelsea Fan who was born in Wandsworth just one road away from Plough Lane. That very long road was Garratt Lane which ran from Wandsworth to Tooting. As a lad I would often go to Plough Lane to watch the Dons play in the Southern League and my strongest memory is the hot Bovril at half time. Things aren't going too well on the pitch at the moment and I always look for the Dons result first hoping they get a result. I've been a member of the Dons Trust for sometime and look forward to visiting the new ground but I live in Norfolk now so not sure when that will be.

  • @Andek74
    @Andek74 Рік тому +1

    My favourite club story ever. Great respect for AFC Wimbledon fans who made this happen! Have always been a fan of the Crazy Gang, I remember Vinnie, Fashanu, Wise, Beasant, Phelan and others. Legendary club.

  • @KamLovesArsenal
    @KamLovesArsenal 3 роки тому +3

    I'll never forget back in 2002 my shock and sadness at the news of relocating. This beautiful story is why Football is my religion. ❤️

  • @JRS-Royal1871
    @JRS-Royal1871 7 місяців тому +1

    So much respect and admiration for the supporters of AFC Wimbledon. So sickening to see what happened to the club and so pleased to see them back at Plough Lane in their rightful home.
    My team Reading FC are currently at rock bottom and the owner is killing our proud club and the EFL are just punishing the club with continual points deductions, embargoes for a number of years now. We protested in a march against Dai Yongge at the weekend.
    Our fans are so drained by years of mismanagement by an owner who was rejected by the Premier League when he tried to buy Hull City and was approved by a not fit for purpose EFL. We were formed in 1871, the fifth oldest club in England. And right now we as fans are staring into the abyss, contemplating the loss of OUR football club is truly heartbreaking and I'd never wish it on any fanbase. I just wanted to say all the best to AFC Wimbledon for the future, I really do hope fans of other clubs can help the Royals in our fight against our crook of an owner and against the EFL.

  • @JayIgnition
    @JayIgnition 3 роки тому +8

    I don't think I have enjoyed a video on YT as much as this one in a very long time. Brilliant watch.

  • @pompeypaul72
    @pompeypaul72 3 роки тому +3

    Cracking story, very well told and superbly edited...from an editor myself! Thoroughly enjoyed regularly watching Wimbledon on the terraces at Kingsmeadow through the Blue Square South and Premier days, whilst ‘my’ club, Portsmouth were going through perpetual bad owners and administration after administration. It gave me back some real joy in watching football, at my ‘local’ club with some friends who are long term Dons fans. Everything AFC Wimbledon has now, and in the future, it deserves so much. Can’t wait to get to Plough Lane once fans are allowed in. Brilliant achievement and a great film. 👏

  • @adrianhughes8143
    @adrianhughes8143 Рік тому +1

    I am a Chelsea fan and I was so happy that when I heard that AFC Wimbledon were going back home to Plough Lane. I have been to the original Plough Lane when us Chelsea went to play there, it was definitely an experience but a good one. I have been to many Football Grounds in my years of supporting Chelsea, I am not a fan of these new stadiums like the Emirates or the Etihad or the London Stadium or even the Tottenham Stadium but I do love the old type grounds. Your new Plough Lane is a beautiful stadium. I wish AFC Wimbledon and there fans all the best in the future and hope to see AFC Wimbledon in the Premier League one day. CFC 55💙⚽️🏆💂‍♂️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💙💛🇺🇦

  • @garykillington8282
    @garykillington8282 3 роки тому +5

    I'm a arsenal fan and deliver stuff behind ploughlane I have to say you should be so proud what you have achieved and the new stadium on the famous ploughlane site

  • @barrybaird1243
    @barrybaird1243 3 роки тому +9

    Great video, glad to see Wimbledon back home where they belong. All the best in your new stadium. From an Airdrieonians fan

  • @jasonirwin2947
    @jasonirwin2947 3 роки тому +2

    As a Bohemians fan were not english but i understand what its like for a clubs heart close to its fans it feels like its more then just a club a family thats a true club im starting to see how much this club means to the people ive so much respect for Wimbledon 🟡🔵🇬🇧❤🇮🇪🔴⚫

  • @nielsjunker1487
    @nielsjunker1487 8 місяців тому +1

    What a great story it bring tears and joy 👍 i still remember you win the fa cup i watch it in danish tv would love to visit your beautiful stadium one day. 🙏💛💙

  • @pgreen5583
    @pgreen5583 7 місяців тому +1

    Lovely , great , amazing English football ❤😊 Respect !!! Well done Dons!!!🎉❤Home old or new is HOME !!!❤❤❤Great amazing documentary!

  • @agn855
    @agn855 Місяць тому

    Football fans all over this Planet share this moments. Reminds me of Germany's Union Berlin where the fans rebuild their stadium with their own hands, recently have played the CL. Kudos to all who make things like this happen! ⚽ Greetz from the Continent 🤟

  • @robbiebalboa
    @robbiebalboa 3 роки тому +4

    Watch this documentary and ask yourself “do you really love it with your inner core, & embrace their true valued” these guys certainly do. Incredible story.

  • @tobiasiversen4095
    @tobiasiversen4095 3 роки тому +8

    What a club

  • @sirmuzzelot3360
    @sirmuzzelot3360 28 днів тому

    Incredible story. I am stunned by the raw emotion this documentary delivers. One of the best documentaries I've ever seen! Hats off to the production team, to the Dons and the Fans! If I ever visit England I will definitely come and watch a game at Plough Lane! Greetings from Austria! Cheers to one of the most amazing football clubs out there! Go Dons!

  • @tarkanbashllari1627
    @tarkanbashllari1627 3 роки тому +5

    Pity that no fan will be there to enjoy this moment. Hope that we can get to see Premier League football back at the Plough Lane soon!

  • @wanextoo
    @wanextoo 3 роки тому +2

    As always, another brilliant documentary! Keep up the good work lads

  • @joshbusby47
    @joshbusby47 3 роки тому +6

    The consistent quality of this channel's content is amazing. Awesome, awesome work!

  • @okafisher9490
    @okafisher9490 3 роки тому +2

    Was in the Plymouth end for the play off final but was hoping for a dons win. Seeing the celebrations after that Akinfenwa penalty gave me goosebumps. Spoke to a couple dons fans before a game at Portman road last season as well. Great club👍

  • @derekmarshall6332
    @derekmarshall6332 3 роки тому +1

    This is a very good documentary. I am a Leicester City fan, and we have been on our own fairytale journey the past few years, but I remember all the agony around the move to MK, and I felt so much for the supporters back then. I remember being so pleased when it was announced that there was going to be the fledgling AFC Wimbledon, and ever since formation they have always been my second team, hunting for tables to see how they were doing in the Combined Counties seasons etc. This is what football is about, and the AFC story is everything that is right about football.
    I look forward to seeing pictures after Covid of fans in the new ground, and I look forward to coming down to Plough Lane and seeing some games in the future.

  • @connorevans26
    @connorevans26 2 роки тому +1

    The reveal of the new Plough Lane at the end really got me emotional. I have no affiliation with AFC Wimbledon ( I won't say who I support as it isn't relevant) but it is so heart-warming to see what happens when people come together. You deserve this. Not just the fans, not just the club, but Wimbledon. Wimbledon deserves this.

  • @peternovysedlak5854
    @peternovysedlak5854 3 роки тому +1

    Great great document
    Proud to be a Womble (since1985)
    I love football 💛💙⚽
    I love Wimbledon Fc & Afc Wimbledon 💛💙
    Greetings from Košice All Dons fans
    Come on mighty Dons..WTID
    ⚽💛💙⚽💛💙⚽💛💙⚽💛💙⚽💛💙⚽💛💙

  • @MegaBenny666
    @MegaBenny666 3 роки тому +9

    Welcome back to your home lads!

  • @LY3355
    @LY3355 3 роки тому +2

    Amazing video. @29:50 really highlights how special all this is.
    Thank you all the Dons of the past and DT never giving up! “Nothing should ever take you away from your home!”
    Thank you Ivor, Andy, and Andrew...and Copa90!
    - Larry Espana, proud DT member

  • @TimForzaTorinoF95Ole
    @TimForzaTorinoF95Ole 3 роки тому

    Absolutely brilliant story ⚽️👏👏👏❤️ love to see these stories from the beautiful game

  • @jamesgolder373
    @jamesgolder373 3 роки тому +2

    What an incredible story well done to Wimbledon and it fans for never giving up 👏👏

  • @halcyonliverpool509
    @halcyonliverpool509 3 роки тому

    Brilliant this! Keep em coming, big respect to the fans who stuck by the club

  • @douglaschankalian4057
    @douglaschankalian4057 2 роки тому +1

    Well done dons of Wimbledon. I may be a yank, but I remember the "Crazy Gang "of the glory days back in the late 80s! You guys deserve your moment in the sun once more. Much respect! Long live "Vinny Jones"!!!! Remember their FA Cup win against "The Culture Club" Liverpool ! You'll get their again. Fight on👊! Peace ✌☮out

  • @joshuamunting2017
    @joshuamunting2017 2 роки тому

    Inspiring watching this all the way from Australia. Plough Lane will continue to bring you to generations of fans. Go Dons!

  • @shakesaspear9084
    @shakesaspear9084 Рік тому +1

    Its an absolutely amazing story, i am afc wimbledon

  • @myeyes2urs340
    @myeyes2urs340 3 роки тому

    What a fantastic piece of work, The Footage, The memories, The Joy and the tears, i now live abroad and haven't been to a game since we got battered at Dulwich Hamlet before we actually began our full rebirth, but that day it was absolutely amazing, we went home happy. I plan to come home as soon as physically possible to kiss that hallowed ground, i get my shirts etc online and from the ripe age of 6 years old to my current age of 51 i will Forever be a Womble!!! thank you so much for this fantastic work. COYDS

  • @Empty_Edd
    @Empty_Edd 2 місяці тому +1

    I feel sorry for any club that looses their home it’s disgusting and should never be forgotten. West Ham and Wimbledon have never been the same.

  • @danp6515
    @danp6515 3 роки тому +10

    We are the team that came from nowhere, We are the famous Wimbledon

  • @wtslimerick
    @wtslimerick 3 роки тому +1

    Great documentary lads, well done to all involved 👏

  • @merzaqwassim3861
    @merzaqwassim3861 3 роки тому

    Wouah! Big respect to all of you! Powerfull passion! Football is about heart and passion! I hope to see you in the premier league. A young football coach in Belgium fan of Manchester United.

  • @samfentem284
    @samfentem284 3 роки тому

    What a great story, brilliant as ever Copa!

  • @dompne33
    @dompne33 2 роки тому +1

    absolutely fantastic video

  • @Sri_48
    @Sri_48 3 роки тому +3

    Incredible Story !!

  • @rick_fortune
    @rick_fortune 3 роки тому +1

    Applause. Well done to all of you at AFC Wimbledon. Legendary effort.

  • @ribsi85
    @ribsi85 3 роки тому

    Absolutely love this channel, keep it up lads!

  • @danb1360
    @danb1360 4 місяці тому

    its amazing to see where this club went , i remember watching afc wimbledon vs godalming town at weycourt back in the early 2000's

  • @chezzamkd3405
    @chezzamkd3405 3 роки тому +9

    mk dons fan here. what a comeback story, call us franchise this and tinpot that, im 15 and i support my local team

    • @louist9479
      @louist9479 3 роки тому +1

      it’s not a comeback story though ? Wimbledon FC never died and they play in Milton Keynes

    • @chezzamkd3405
      @chezzamkd3405 3 роки тому +1

      @@louist9479 yeah ik that utf but what im saying is the fans created their own team so im talking about them. I fucking hate them tho

    • @blcmtn6261
      @blcmtn6261 3 роки тому

      @@louist9479 any true fan knows when a club has been forcefully deported into a new area far away, it’s been killed

    • @louist9479
      @louist9479 3 роки тому +1

      @@blcmtn6261 Should keep this same energy for when AFC deported Non-League Kingstonian out of their ground

    • @ThisIsReMarkable
      @ThisIsReMarkable 3 роки тому +1

      Support your local teams, yes, but if Milton Keynes stopped calling themselves "Dons," I think everyone would be much happier.

  • @LeedsUnitedJohn
    @LeedsUnitedJohn 3 роки тому +2

    . Marvelous story of Commitment by the Wimbledon fans. Well done.

  • @markneighbor
    @markneighbor 3 роки тому +1

    Beautifully produced. We all know the story of Plough Lane and Wimbledon, but this a great piece about the club and fans! Usually it’s ex players, so this is fresh and new! Love it!

  • @rhizoidx
    @rhizoidx 3 роки тому +1

    I was very moved by this. Sending you all my best wishes and best of luck for the future to AFC Wimbledon. - From Lebanon 🇱🇧

  • @paulnewton1001
    @paulnewton1001 3 роки тому

    Shows whats true fans and the power of people can do , well done to all, fantastic 👏

  • @scottherron8007
    @scottherron8007 3 роки тому

    Fantastic story. Well done and respect to everyone that made this happen. Onwards and upwards.👍

  • @ashbasher613
    @ashbasher613 3 місяці тому

    Such a great video and I’m not ashamed to say I got a little emotional during the section where the club made it back to Plough Lane. Definitely got themselves a new fan 🔵🟡

  • @heisyahweh7148
    @heisyahweh7148 3 роки тому +1

    Fuck me! The chills at 29:47. Wimbledon fans, you did it! After all those trials and tribulations, the ups and downs, you finally went back home; a much improved home!😭😭😭

  • @bigpmal
    @bigpmal 3 роки тому +1

    I have no words to describe the emotion I feel with my beloved Wombles coming home. Thank you to everyone who made this dream come true COYD’s 💙💛

  • @afcwdon89
    @afcwdon89 3 роки тому

    Saw some games in the old Plough Lane as a 7 year old, then lived through the Selhurst years and then AFC...it's been one hell of a journey. Think the film is really nicely done, top work

  • @isaacpereira6897
    @isaacpereira6897 3 роки тому +1

    I love these sort of videos docos about clubs

  • @jayshore9708
    @jayshore9708 5 місяців тому

    I'm so proud to support Wimbledon, its all ive ever known. It is something I will forever hold onto and I have made memories I will never forget. This video is phenomenal and I can't stop watching it even 2 years later. It truly shows what the club is about and the true meaning of football. We're back where we belong. For ever and ever we'll follow our team, we're Wimbledon FC 💛💙

  • @starguy321
    @starguy321 3 роки тому +1

    Had a lump in my throat watching this. I’m an Argyle fan and when we lost the playoff to Wimbledon, I was still happy that a club formed by fans for nothing but the passion of supporting your local football club went up. Wimbledon moving home after so long, after being robbed of their home, honestly brings a tear to the eye.

    • @Stevekendo
      @Stevekendo 8 місяців тому

      And look at you now! We beat Luton in another play off final and their doing even better!

  • @charlieleahy9569
    @charlieleahy9569 3 роки тому +19

    we are such a special club💙💛

    • @copa90stories
      @copa90stories  3 роки тому +11

      We completely agree with you Charlie. Hope you enjoyed the film?

    • @charlieleahy9569
      @charlieleahy9569 3 роки тому +6

      @@copa90stories class. absolutely spot on👊

    • @maxpowerii7368
      @maxpowerii7368 3 роки тому

      @@copa90stories great film, only thing that could be improved was fewer adverts. The sheer number was distracting and off putting.

    • @DavidSmith-ul4ns
      @DavidSmith-ul4ns 3 роки тому

      You are and you’ve got more fans than ever before! Good to have you back!

  • @sale_fatale
    @sale_fatale 3 роки тому +1

    Respect from Serbia and a Partizan Belgrade Fan!! Come on DONS!!

  • @davidadkins1881
    @davidadkins1881 3 роки тому +1

    Work of art. Well done.

  • @ze5258
    @ze5258 Рік тому

    Amazing documentary

  • @jermens6653
    @jermens6653 3 роки тому

    What a club! What a story! What a Support! Beautyfull 🤩
    Greetings from The Netherlands!

  • @GrantoBhoy
    @GrantoBhoy 3 роки тому

    Congratulations to all involved in retaining your rightful place. Much love From a Glasgow Celtic man

  • @WhiteHartDane
    @WhiteHartDane 3 роки тому +5

    Thanks for another beautiful documentary. Even though I'm a Spurs fan it was difficult not to be affected by it despite knowing all about the history of FC / AFC Wimbledon. Let's hope that the fans can return to Plough Lane too before too long.

  • @soyuzdavillan721
    @soyuzdavillan721 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome doco.. from a Villa fan in the Holte End

  • @davidc7475
    @davidc7475 3 роки тому

    Astonoshing story fair play to the real fans for never giving up. To start a football club basically from scratch and to now be in league 1 is truly incredible, let alone getting back to plough lane. Hope to see you back in the premiership so day soon

  • @ciaranburke6252
    @ciaranburke6252 3 роки тому

    How can you not love a story like this ?