Wimbledon Football Club relocated to Milton Keynes in September 2003, 16 months after receiving permission to do so from the Football Association on the basis of a two-to-one decision in favour by an
Graffiti on the locked gates of Wimbledon F.C.'s home ground, the original Plough Lane, in 2006. The club, nicknamed "the Wombles" or "the Dons", last played first-team matches there in 1991, and the stadium was demolished in late 2002. Blocks of flats have covered the site since 2008.
Liz Leyh's Concrete Cows, a symbol of Milton Keynes created in 1978 (2006 photograph)
A view of The Valley in 1981. Charlton Athletic threatened to leave for the Midlands in 1973, before groundsharing elsewhere in London from 1985 to 1992.
Wimbledon playing against Oxford United at Plough Lane during the 1981–82 season
Plough Lane (1912–1998)
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Plough Lane was a football stadium in Wimbledon, south west London, England. For nearly eighty years it was the home ground of Wimbledon Football Club.
Relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes
…before being elected to the Football League in 1977. A series of club owners believed that its long-term potential was limited by its home ground at Plough Lane, which never changed significantly from the team's non-League days. Meanwhile, the Milton Keynes Development Corporation envisaged a stadium in the…
The South Stand, pictured in 2000