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AFC Wimbledon Promotion from Isthmian League Premier Division
AFC Wimbledon fans and players celebrating promotion to the Conference South after beating Staines Town 2–1 in the Isthmian League Premier Division Play-off Final at the end of the 2007–08 season.

AFC Wimbledon is an English professional association football club, currently based in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. The club was formed on 30 May 2002 by supporters of Wimbledon Football Club, led by Kris Stewart, Marc Jones and Trevor Williams who strongly opposed the FA's decision to allow the relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes, to be subsequently rebranded as MK Dons.[1]

AFC Wimbledon was accepted into the Premier Division of the Combined Counties League for the 2002–03 season.[2] The club's average home attendance at league fixtures for their first season exceeded 3,000 – higher than the average attendance in the same season of Wimbledon F.C., who were still playing in the First Division (now the Football League Championship).[3] The Dons have also set a record for the longest run of unbeaten league games at any level of senior football in the United Kingdom.[4] The team remained unbeaten for 78 league matches between 22 February 2003 (a 2–0 defeat at home to Withdean 2000) and 4 December 2004 (a 2–0 defeat at Cray Wanderers).[5]

The club went on to achieve the feat of securing five promotions in nine seasons, ensuring that they were the first club to be formed in the 21st century to make it into the Football League and making them the youngest of the 92 Football League clubs by some distance.[6]

The Division is shown in italics when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation.

Champions ↑ Runners-up Automatic Promotion Promotion via Play-offs Relegated

Seasons

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Season League FA Cup Other competitions Top scorer Average Home
Attendance
References
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name  
20022002–03 Combined Counties League
Premier Division
46 36 3 7 125 46 111 3rd N/A London Senior Cup R4 Kevin Cooper 37 3,003 [7][8][9][10]
Combined Counties League Premier Challenge Cup R2
20032003–04 Combined Counties League
Premier Division
004646 004242 00044 00000 0180180 003232 0130130 1st ↑
Champions
FA Vase R6 Cooper-KevinKevin Cooper 005353 26062,606 [11][12][13][14][15]
London Senior Cup R1
Surrey Senior Cup R3
Combined Counties League Premier Challenge Cup W
20042004–05 Isthmian League
Division One
004242 002929 001010 00033 009191 003333 009797 1st ↑
Champions
QR3 FA Trophy R1 Butler-RichardRichard Butler 002424 28582,858 [16][17][18][19][20][21]
London Senior Cup R4
Surrey Senior Cup W
Isthmian League Cup QF
20052005–06 Isthmian League
Premier Division
004242 002222 001111 00099 006767 003636 007777 4th[A] QR2 FA Trophy R1 Smeltz-ShaneShane Smeltz 001919 27062,706 [22][23][24][25][26][27]
London Senior Cup R4
Surrey Senior Cup RU
Isthmian League Cup QF
20062006–07 Isthmian League
Premier Division
004242 002121 001515 00066 007676 003737 007575[B] 5th[C] QR4 FA Trophy R2[B] D'Sane-RoscoeRoscoe D'Sane 001717 25122,512 [28][29][30][31][32][33]
London Senior Cup R1
Surrey Senior Cup R2[B]
Isthmian League Cup R4
20072007–08 Isthmian League
Premier Division
004242 002222 00099 001111 008181 004747 007575 3rd[D]
Promoted via
Play-offs‡
QR3 FA Trophy R3 Ferguson-StevenSteven Ferguson 001010 26032,603 [34][35][36][37][38][39]
London Senior Cup QF
Surrey Senior Cup R2
Isthmian League Cup R2
20082008–09 Conference
South
004242 002626 001010 00066 008686 003636 008888 1st
Champions
R1 FA Trophy R1 Main-JonJon Main 003333 32193,219 [40][41][42][43][44][45]
Conference League Cup R1S
London Senior Cup R1
Surrey Senior Cup R3
20092009–10 Conference
National
004444 001818 001010 001616 006161 004747 006464 8th R1 FA Trophy R3 Kedwell-DannyDanny Kedwell 002121 35353,535 [46][47][48][49][50]
London Senior Cup RU
Surrey Senior Cup QF
20102010–11 Conference
National
004646 002727 00099 001010 008383 004747 009090 2nd[E]
Promoted via
Play-offs‡
R2 FA Trophy R2 Kedwell-DannyDanny Kedwell 002323 34863,486 [51][52][53][54][55]
London Senior Cup SF
Surrey Senior Cup R2
20112011–12 Football League
Two
004646 001515 00099 002222 006262 007878 005454 16th R2 Football League Cup Prelim. Midson-JackJack Midson 001818 42954,295 [56][57][58][59][60][61]
Football League Trophy R3
London Senior Cup SF
Surrey Senior Cup QF
20122012–13 Football League
Two
004646 001414 001111 002121 005454 007676 005353 20th R2 Football League Cup R1 Midson-JackJack Midson 001313 40604,060 [62][63][64][65][66][67][67]
Football League Trophy R1
London Senior Cup R5
Surrey Senior Cup SF

Notes

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A. ^ AFC Wimbledon were defeated 2–1 by Fisher Athletic in the Isthmian League Premier Division play-off semi-final on 2 May 2006, preventing the club from achieving three back-to-back promotions.[68]
B. ^ AFC Wimbledon were deducted 3-points and fined £400 (reduced from an 18-point deduction on appeal)[69] for the fielding of Jermaine Darlington who, it transpired, had not been registered correctly by the club as he required 'international clearance' in order to be transferred from the Football Association of Wales to the Football Association of England and had therefore played in three matches whilst still ineligible.[70] The 'Darlington affair' also resulted in expulsion from the Surrey Senior Cup and the FA Trophy that season.[71]
C. ^ AFC Wimbledon were defeated 1–0 by Bromley in the Isthmian League Premier Division play-off semi-final on 1 May 2007.[72]
D. ^ AFC Wimbledon beat Staines Town 2–1 in the Isthmian League Premier Division play-off final on 3 May 2008.[73]
E. ^ AFC Wimbledon beat Luton Town 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out after the match had ended 0–0 in extra time in the 2011 Conference National play-off Final on 21 May 2011.[74]

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Further reading

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  • Couper, Niall, ed. (2012). This Is Our Time: The AFC Wimbledon Story. London: Cherry Red Books. ISBN 978-1-901447-82-8.