Windlesham Don

A curate’s egg of a performance from the team yesterday, although the good parts were very good indeed. Whether deliberate or not we seemed to give up the midfield very early in the game, as once again the 3 man midfield lost out against Oxford’s talented 4. However, despite being dominated in the middle third, we seemed to control both ends of…[Read more]

Two big games at Kingsmeadow in the next week, and both look like selling out.

Firstly, Oxford in the league and amazingly a chance to complete a double over our former jinx opponents. Of course ‘one swallow does not make a summer’ and Oxford will be formidable opponents. They are on a good run and are still involved in both the FA Cup and…[Read more]

Well done, Pete, a comprehensive and expressive report of a very enjoyable evening. The young lads are really doing the club proud as they march into the last 16 of the FA Youth Cup for the second consecutive season.

Sterner tests await, especially a potential trip to Goodison Park in the next round, but these kids look to be loving their…[Read more]

I’m not sure whether you managed to pick up live coverage Down Under, but if you didn’t then trust me you missed very little! A truly shocking match and a very poor performance from the Dons.

Personally I feel that NA’s approach to this game was wrong, highlighting how difficult the 3G pitch would be to play on. The players seemed to be very…[Read more]

Nerves starting to kick in for tomorrow’s big cup match! All the omens seem to be against us: Sutton’s cup pedigree, 4G pitch, Tubbs and Worner in the opposition and Tubbs’ personal cup pedigree.

The pitch could be a massive equaliser and it has to be asked whether ‘plastic’ pitches should be allowed once the league teams join the draw – if they…[Read more]

Going to be a tough start to the festive fixtures for the Dons with a trip to Phil Brown’s on fire shrimpers. I’m pretty annoyed that the fixture computer has given us two horrible trips between Xmas and the New Year. No trains running today and an early kick off (why?), meaning an unpleasant drive with little parking for those hardy fans who…[Read more]

I wonderful Christmas to all WDSA members! Liam, I hope we can meet up during the New Year at a match. Pete, I’m glad you managed to get a ticket for Sutton in the end.

Onwards and upwards in 2017 for the mighty Dons!!

I was lucky enough to get a ticket in the ballot for the Sutton game. I hope that Pete, Liam and any other WDSA potential applicants have had the same luck. I believe someone posted that the match is being show on Fox 1 or 2 in the USA and so hopefully it will be available somewhere on a feed in Oz. It should be an exciting cup tie with a great…[Read more]

Well my concerns for yesterday were well and truly put to bed! Many thanks, Pete, for another great summary from the WDSA’s new ‘official match summariser’! ;o)

I’ll try to add to Pete’s thoughts with a few of my own from the day…

Firstly, the atmosphere before the match was extremely subdued. I had a friend with me and I had mentioned that…[Read more]

Neal’s update ahead of tomorrow’s match has not improved my mood. Poor Will Nightingale goes under the knife again. Let’s hope it is only a minor op, but we must start worrying whether Will’s body will ever allow him to realise his undoubted potential.

Darius is still not even training, now 2 months on from a training ground knock. This is…[Read more]

After a couple of stress filled weeks for players, officials and supporters alike, it is back to the relative mudanity of the league on Saturday with the visit of Port Vale.

However, IMO there are warning signs for us at the moment and we would do well to take heed of them: we haven’t played well since Bury in the league in mid-November; after…[Read more]

I will also not be attending today, and personally I will only reconsider if they drop the deliberately antagonistic “Dons” from their name. That word, when referring to Winkleman’s club stealers, still has the power to provoke hurt and anger.

Anything could happen today, but I fear the new manager ‘bounce’. We need to start strong and not give…[Read more]

…And our reward is a trip to Sutton! It should be a cracking atmosphere and will bring back memories of our first ever match in our current guise. There will be a scramble for tickets though, as I doubt we will get more than 2000 tickets in a ground nominally holding 5000 – I’m willing to bet there will be a few Wombles in the home end!

With…[Read more]

And relax…

Yet another incredible match which we will be talking about for many years to come (especially if we get a plum tie in the 3rd round draw!).

I sat in the pub with a few Womble friends and the whole thing seemed to pass in a surreal blur. We’d barely ordered our first pint when we went a goal down, and the next 80 minutes passed…[Read more]

PS – If you are around Singapore, I’ll be in the Prince of Wales and would love to buy you a beer!

As Wimbledon fans we have a long history of being the banana skin for bigger clubs. Tomorrow we are the foot trying to avoid the banana skin!

The management will have done everything in their power to keep the players focussed and to send them out on the pitch with the right attitude, but the FA Cup is an unpredictable beast. Villains can…[Read more]

A friend of mine who knows the northern non-league scene very well is not impressed with Curzon Ashton. His view is that they are a workmanlike side, who were probably lucky to get promoted to Conference North. Their ground is relatively new and should be in decent condition, so no excuses there.

If we are determined and completely focussed…[Read more]

Just listened to the interview with Robbo on the Dons’ Player and I’d forgotten quite how many first team starters we had out yesterday. It isn’t surprising that we struggled without Fuller, Meades, Charles, Barcham and Taylor (and Elliott for the first 45 minutes) and it shows just how far we have come to expect a result without so many key…[Read more]

Good summaries by all. Just to add that to me it felt like a League 2 game from last season, against a combination of Mansfield and Wycombe! None of the guile or skill that we have been witnessing in League 1, just lots of energy and plenty of head tennis.

Sadly our much lauded triumvirate in central midfield: Bully, Jake and Deano, have one…[Read more]

A return to KM for our old foes from Fleetwood. We have met them in the Conference, League 2 and now both teams are just outside the playoff positions in League 1. The progress of both clubs has been similar, but there the similarity ends – the Wombles: fan owned, fan run and fan financed, Fleetwood: the plaything and possible tax efficient…[Read more]