09-10-2014, 12:31
Strange innit, when Wimbledon were lumping the ball into the air, Vinnie Jones was chopping down anything with legs and, John Fashanu had more elbows than the human body legislates for .......... nobody loved Wimbledon much. They were the hackers of London's football scene, crude underdogs who revelled in the their role.
Now the Dons play cultured football in a city that craves achievement beyond business. Wimbledon are a fans' club brilliantly making their way back through football's lower reaches. Both have prospered.
On Saturday Chesterfield get to play Bristol City under Stevie Cotterill. If by some chance we take the lead and start passing round and through them as we did to The Blades, how long will it be before Mr Cotterill reverts to Route One? If it succeeds, which it probably will, because Mr Cotterill knows his stuff, will we be praising the legacy of Wimbledon and the forgettable delights of Plough Lane?
Wimbledon made a virtue out of stopping the opposition, out of bridging the skills gap with physicality and commitment. They were bad boys who made it in the top class by fair means or foul - model Thatcherites.
The Dons lost a game insignificant to them that mean everything to Wimbledon, but MKD with a small playing staff and a reasonable crowd are succeeding. And they have the great virtue of not being yet another London club.
Now the Dons play cultured football in a city that craves achievement beyond business. Wimbledon are a fans' club brilliantly making their way back through football's lower reaches. Both have prospered.
On Saturday Chesterfield get to play Bristol City under Stevie Cotterill. If by some chance we take the lead and start passing round and through them as we did to The Blades, how long will it be before Mr Cotterill reverts to Route One? If it succeeds, which it probably will, because Mr Cotterill knows his stuff, will we be praising the legacy of Wimbledon and the forgettable delights of Plough Lane?
Wimbledon made a virtue out of stopping the opposition, out of bridging the skills gap with physicality and commitment. They were bad boys who made it in the top class by fair means or foul - model Thatcherites.
The Dons lost a game insignificant to them that mean everything to Wimbledon, but MKD with a small playing staff and a reasonable crowd are succeeding. And they have the great virtue of not being yet another London club.