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Huddersfield Town v AFC Wimbledon
Sky Bet League One
Saturday November 29th - 15:00 ko
at the J'Accuse Stadium

Huddersfield Town welcome AFC Wimbledon to the Town Ground on Saturday afternoon for a game of football.

The Wombles, with their Sporting Director Great Uncle Bulgaria, will be meeting up with a Terriers team who themselves have a brand new Sporting Director. No stranger to the club, Chris Markham spent the years 2009 to 2017 here as Head of Performance Analysis, but returns now as the top dog, filling the role vacated in the summer by the fans' favourite, the ever popular Mark Cartwright. On leaving Huddersfield, Markham took up a job with the FA before moving to Bolton.

What, dear reader, is your opinion on the role of Sporting Director? Personally, I'm not right bothered, but it gives us somebody else to scapegoat when it all goes wrong. Again!

Link to page on Town website

The first question for the new SD could be, what are you going to do about all these injuries? An injury list that has two new long term names on it. Or should that be, back on it, as Antony Evans and Mickel Miller have only just gotten off it. David Kasumu could come into contention having got off the treatment table onto the grass.

Marcus Harness though, one of the game's softest players, has somehow managed to pick up five yellow cards and will be suspended for this one. Herbie Kane, Jack Whatmough, Will Alves, and Zepiqueno Redmond remain unavailable as long-term absentees.

Match preview on You Tube






A brief history of AFC Wimbledon: formed in 2002 when a club that had previously played at Wimbledon relocated to Milton Keynes.

They started out in the Combined Counties League Premier Division in 2002/03 and rapidly rose up the league pyramid system. So rapid was their rise that they made it to the Football League in less than ten years. In the 2010/11 season, they finished as runners up to Crawley Town in the Conference Premier League. This qualified them for the Play Offs.

They played Fleetwood Town at the semi final stage and won the first leg 2-0 away. This the attracted a massive crowd of 4,538 into Kingsmeadow for the second leg and they weren't disappointed as any nerves were settled in the first minute by a goal from Kaid Mohamed. He went on to score a hat trick as the Wombles won 6-1 and 8-1 on aggregate to reach the Final.

In that Final, played at the Etihad Stadium, they faced Luton Town. It ended 0-0 after extra time and so went to a penalty shoot out. Danny Kedwell scored the winning penalty as the Wombles won 4-3. It was his last kick in a Wimbledon shirt, signing for Gillingham a few weeks later.

Penalties v Luton on YouTube

Their first four seasons were a struggle, finishing closer to relegation than promotion, but then in 2015/16 they finished 7th in League Two to qualify for another Play Off campaign. Their opponents? The mighty Accrington Stanley.

Stanley had looked like getting automatic promotion, but cocked up on the final day of the regular season and now lost the first leg of the Play Off semi when Tom Beere rolled out the barrel for the home fans by scoring in the 3rd minute of added on time, to take a 1-0 lead up to the Wham Stadium.

Accrington levelled before half time in the second leg, a penalty taken by former Town junior, Josh Windass. They then took the lead in the tie when Piero Mingoia scored an absolute screamer. The home fans were screaming again when the Beast came off the bench for Wimbledon. That beast was Adebayo Akinfenwa and it was his headed goal that took the match into extra time, where a goal from Lyle Taylor booked AFC Wimbledon their first trip to Wembley.

The same two players were on target in the Final as the Wombles earned promotion with a 2-0 win against Plymouth Argyle. Taylor in the 78th minute, followed by the Beast from the penalty spot in the 11th minute of added on time. That would be his last kick in a Wimbledon shirt, being released shortly after. He knew it as well and was determined to take that spot kick, nicking the ball off the regular penalty taker. Well would you argue with him?

Play Off Final v Plymouth on You Tube

They finished their first season in League One in 15th position, which was to be a high for the club to date, as their six season stint at the third level came to an end with relegation in 2021/22. Before that though, the club had returned to their spiritual home in 2020, by moving into a new stadium on Plough Lane, about 200 yards from the original Plough Lane football ground.

It was a three year stay in League Two, coming back up via the Play Offs again last season, after finishing 5th in the league table. It was three 1-0 wins that did it for them. Riley Harbottle scored against Notts County at Meadow Lane, then Josh Neufville scored in the home leg for a 2-0 aggregate victory.

At Wembley, Walsall awaited, fresh from throwing away automatic promotion, but buoyed by a 4-1 aggregate win over Chesterfield in the semis. It was another one-niller to the Wombles though, with Myles Hippolyte giving them the lead on the stroke of half time. More importantly though, it was another clean sheet for Crystal Palce loanee, Owen Goodman in his last game for them before joining Huddersfield Town in the summer.

Play Off Final v Walsall on You Tube



Head to Head:

This is the first ever meeting of the two clubs..........

But in old money it's 8 wins to Wimbledon, with 4 Town wins and 4 draws. However, this is a completely different club.



So. Seeing as we can't post images anymore, here are some links to click on.....

An image of the old Plough Lane

An image of the new Plough Lane

An image of a Womble

An image of a Cockwomble


Recent form - last 6 matches:

Luton 2-1 Town
Mansfield 1-3 Town
Town 3-1 Plymouth
Town 3-1 Mansfield (EFL Trophy)
Bolton 2-1 Town (FA Cup)
Wycombe 3-0 Town

AFCW 1-2 Wigan
Bromley 1-2 AFCW (EFL Trophy)
PishPosh 5-0 AFCW
AFCW 0-2 Gateshead (FA Cup)
AFCW 0-1 Burton
Plymouth 1-2 AFCW

Town are 8th in the League One table with 25 points. AFC Wimbledon are 9th, also with 25. We have a better goal difference, five better, believe it or not.