AFC Wimbledon Trivia Quiz

Answer: Milton Keynes

The original Wimbledon FC were formed in London in 1889, and were elected to the Football League in 1977. They were members of the top flight of English football between 1986 and 2000. In 1988 they won the F.A. Cup, upsetting hot favourites Liverpool in the final.

Their fortunes waned at the turn of the century, with attendances declining rapidly after they were forced to ground share with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. The club decided to move to pastures new in the Buckinghamshire new town of Milton Keynes. Fans were naturally upset at this and decided to form a new club, called AFC Wimbledon, in the summer of 2002.

Answer: Kingsmeadow

The new club obviously didn't have their own ground when first formed, so they ground shared with another London non-league team, Kingstonian FC, at Kingsmeadow. They would go on to buy the stadium from their landlords.

Answer: Blue with yellow trim

The AFC Wimbledon strip was very similar to the one worn by the original Wimbledon FC team during their glory years of the late 1980s/early 90s. The old team changed their strip to an all-white outfit when they departed London.

Answer: A double-headed eagle

The double-headed eagle badge is very similar to that of the original club. The crest is based on that of the former Municipal Borough of Wimbledon, and apparently alludes to Julius Caesar who is alleged to have once set up camp on Wimbledon Common.

Answer: Combined Counties League

The Combined Counties League was the ninth level of the pyramid, five steps below the bottom tier of the Football League. Incredibly, the new club worked their way through the various divisions of the Isthmian League and National League in just nine seasons to reach the promised land of the Football League in 2011.

Answer: The Dons

The original team were known as The Dons and the new version were always going to retain that nickname. An alternative moniker sometimes used is The Wombles, with a womble named Haydon playing the part of the club's match-day mascot.

Answer: Luton Town

AFC Wimbledon finished the 2010-11 National League season as runners-up to Crawley Town, thus having to take part in the play-offs to secure promotion. After seeing off Fleetwood Town in the semi-finals, they faced Luton Town in the final. The match finished goalless, with Wimbledon triumphing 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out.

Answer: Neal Ardley

Neal Ardley played for the original Wimbledon FC between 1991 and 2002. He was in charge of the Cardiff City Academy for five years before joining AFC Wimbledon as manager in October, 2012. After a couple of narrow escapes from relegation in his first two seasons, he established them as promotion challengers, eventually taking them up to League One in 2016.

A poor run of results saw him leave the club by mutual agreement in November, 2018.

Answer: Plymouth Argyle

AFC Wimbledon finished the 2015-15 League Two regular season in seventh position to clinch the last of the play-off places. After defeating Accrington Stanley in the semi-finals, they faced Plymouth Argyle in the final at Wembley, and triumphed 2-0 with goals from Lyle Taylor and Adebayo Akinfenwa.

Answer: Plough Lane

The original Wimbledon FC played at a ground called Plough Lane between 1912 and 1998 before it was sold to a supermarket chain for redevelopment. The new stadium shares its name with the old ground and is situated a few hundred yards from the site of the old stadium.