In part two of our series on the formation and rise of AFC Wimbledon, we rejoin the story in the
summer of 2001. With the clubs owners having seen their attempt to move Premier League football to
Dublin rejected by the Football Association of Ireland and in turn by the FA, UEFA and FIFA, an
entrepreneur has turned up at Selhurst Park with a potential get-out for the loss-making clubs
owners.
10 years ago two of Wales' biggest clubs, the Bluebirds and the Swans, were strung up in the
dungeons of 3rd and 4th tier football battling to escape but struggling to survive in a desolate
league stripped of cash and often swept under the rug and hidden away until the FA Cup. Now,
however, it looks excitingly plausible that these two teams could be reaching the summit of English
football.
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Cardiff City are due in court in a couple of weeks fighting off a winding up order, and the
man in charge is a rather familiar one to supporters of Leeds United and Barnsley. Mark Murphy
reports on Peter Ridsdale's repeated misdemenaours and finds a predictable and depressing set of
themes.
Of all of football's recent winding-up petition sagas, Cardiff City's has had the most
soap-operatic plot twists.
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Following on from the reports this morning that Didier Drogba may (or, equally, may not) have
had a stipulation inserted into his contract at Shanghai Shenua that would allow
him to waltz right on over should Barcelona start fluttering their eyelids at him from across the
smoky honky-tonk, here's five more of football's stangest contract clauses.
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- QPR's 2010/2011 Season Review in Photos
- Flashback to the 2001 Crises Faced by QPR and QPR Fans
- Summer 2001 Flashback: Kenny Jackett, Steve Palmer, Etc Join QPR as Ian Holloway Rebuilds QPR
- Flashabck: QPR's 2008 AGM Report
- Bernie Ecclestone on Grand Prix Racing in Monacco, Bahrain, Etc
-Salary Cap in Irish Football
- Cardiff: No Sam Hammam
- Football Presidents Facing Football Time
Mail - QPR ready to splash the cash to beat off Rangers and Norwich in race to sign Morison
- QPR ready to splash the cash to beat off Rangers and Norwich in race to sign Morison
- QPR are prepared to double Steve Morison's wages to head off competition from Norwich and Rangers
and sign the Millwall striker.
As AFC Wimbledon fans took in a post-match pint on Saturday, it's unlikely the hands raising the
pint glass had many fingernails left. But Dons fans can now relax somewhat. Bar their promotion
rivals Hampton and Richmond Borough going goal crazy on the final day of the season, the fan-owned
club is set for a second successive promotion, taking them just one step away from league
football.
