tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454177196473423897.post5921320164082765386..comments2024-01-05T09:12:46.914+00:00Comments on The truth about Franchise FC: Franchise FC is not a legal continuation of Wimbledon FCBathWomblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783437659871690378noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454177196473423897.post-9263002452556028992016-09-28T22:22:46.209+01:002016-09-28T22:22:46.209+01:00MK Wrongs don't even respect the "full&qu...MK Wrongs don't even respect the "full" 100+ year Dons history like the AFC fans do and most often even diss the old club. We've always been more Dons than they could ever wish to be. The name is derived from WimbleDON, so it's a local connection to AFC Wimbledon fans anyway.<br /><br />Also MK still constantly publicly deny us (the real Wimbledon FC fans) our natural closer ties with the old club by spreading constant lies. For instance, they continue to insist that we deserted the club when it was the owners who actually deserted us first.<br /><br />MK Wrong supporters also often try to make out to us and everyone else that they don't consider themselves associated with Wimbledon FC and that us AFC Wimbledon fans shouldn't either. But with the other hand they still insist on calling themselves The Dons, rubbing the name in our faces in huge big bold letters as their club name, on their shirts and inside their stadium ground. They argue it's to remember where they supposedly came from. Say one thing but do another. The bloomin' nerve of them, eh?<br /><br />Now this is where I bring something else up. In exchange for MK to enter the FSF (Football Supporters Federation), the agreement was for MK to totally disassociate themselves from Wimbledon FC breaking all connections with the club and to hand Merton Council back all the history, honours, silverware and "trademarks" associated with Wimbledon FC... I'm fairly sure that MK are now effectively breaking that agreement by not dropping The Dons. Surely that's just as much a trademark as the badge itself.<br /><br />They still insist that they're keeping it though to remind themselves of where they supposedly came from. Which strongly suggests that they are still associating themselves with Wimbledon FC, which they would find extremely difficult to disprove. They cannot convince anyone now that they're keeping it just because they like the name. They may argue that Aberdeen FC are also known as The Dons and that we don't have sole rights to the name, but it's not so much just the name on its own, but the intentions behind them using it which I'm almost certain is breaking their agreement of complete disassociation with Wimbledon FC.<br /><br />Meanwhile Merton Council has legally donated all the Wimbledon FC rights to AFC Wimbledon which is in their power to do. There was no FSF agreement for us to disassociate ourselves from the old club as it was MK who were in the wrong, not us. Legally and morally we're more the Dons than they can ever claim to be.<br /><br />Surely MK Wrongs wouldn't have a leg to stand on in court if we challenge them to drop our nickname.Kettering Donhttp://stadium.wimbledonstadium.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1454177196473423897.post-81421710055535652612016-05-18T22:21:20.127+01:002016-05-18T22:21:20.127+01:00As a Reading fan I agree with everything you say o...As a Reading fan I agree with everything you say on this site apart from one thing.<br /><br />I definitely regard Franchise FC as undeserving of their current place in the football league pyramid. But I think the argument about Wimbledon not being in dire financial straits misses the point (though I do understand why you would focus on that as a wimbledone fan). <br /><br />Even in Wimbledon had gone under, so what? (obviously spoken as a non Wimbledon fan😊). Many other teams have gone under in the past and their places have been taken by the next team in line not the highest bidder.<br /><br />I certainly hope the league has seen the error of their ways and never allows this to happen again. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340216361779767484noreply@blogger.com