VENUE #67 AFC WIMBLEDON Cherry Red Records Stadium

SKY BET LEAGUE TWO

17th October 2015

Cherry Red Records Stadium

Ground Cap.:- 4,850 (2,265 Seated)

Kick Off:-  14:00

Entry Fee:-  £20

Programme:-  £3

Ground:-  # 67

AFC WIMBLEDON ... 2   MORECAMBE ... 5

     Wimbledon lose their third league home match of the season in devastating style while

Morecambe extend their unbeaten away record to seven.

     It was the Wombles who took the lead in the third minute when Kyle Taylor linked well with Andy Barcham who curled the ball past Barry Roche in the Morecambe goal.

     Five minutes later and the scores were level as Semi Ajayi fouled Shaun Miller in the penalty area  and referee Trevor Kettle whistled to signal a penalty, (sorry), Miller took the spot kick himself and converted with ease.

     

Another five minutes passed and Morecambe had turned things around with another goal from Shaun Miller, Tom Barkuizen chested the ball into Miller's path and he blasted the it from 35 yards past a stranded James Shae shocking and surprising his own team mates as well as everybody else in the stadium.

     A lengthy injury to Andy Barcham saw the Wimbledon goal scorer stretchered off and the first half extended by ten minutes of which the ninth minute saw the visitors 3-1 to the good when Alan Goodall's header made the Morecambe dressing room a very happy one at the half time break.

     Four minutes into the second period and Wimbledon reduced the deficit with a headed goal from

Adebayo Akinfenwa which seamed to cause some controversy with the Morecambe defenders and the referee who consulted his linesman briefly before pointing to the centre circle signalling the goal.

     We had to wait till the eightieth minute for the next goal which was a lobbed shot from Tom Barkuizen and then ten minutes later the killer fifth goal from Paul Mullin made it a wonderful trip home for the shrimps and a down right miserable afternoon for the Wombles.  

 

 We all know the story about Wimbledon in 2002 being relocated in Milton Keynes some 56 miles from their original home of Plough Lane in London.  Wimbledon fans recognised this as the end of their club and decided to rebuild under the name of AFC Wimbledon in the Greater London area starting in the Combined counties league and being promoted five times in nine seasons worked their way up through the Isthmian league and the Conference to regain league status in 2011 in League Two.  The club now play their home games at Kingsmeadow otherwise known as the Cherry Red Records Stadium in a ground share scheme with Kingstonian FC who play in the Isthmian Premier League.

     On one side of the pitch is the Paul Strank Stand which is the main Stand and has one and a quarter thousand seats.  It is fully covered and quite modern with no supporting pillars which is good news for the viewing of the game.  T'is quite small and bijou but as league two main stands go perfectly adequate.  There are toilets at each end of the stand which are quite small and cramped not the best by a long chalk.  The food van situated at the Chemflow side of the stand sells burgers and pies but are quite expensive with a quarter pounder cheeseburger with bacon priced at £6.

     Across the pitch is the Your Golf Travel or East terrace which is covered at the back and has the dugouts situated at the front which means subs and managers have to cross the pitch to get to the dressing rooms at half and full time.  Away supporters are housed in one half of this stand toward the John Green Stand where seats are also made available for visiting fans.

     The Chemflow end or Athletics end so called because of the athletics stadium behind it is a fully covered terrace which sits close to the edge of the playing field and houses most of the home supporters.

     At the other end is the John Green Stand or Nong shim Stand named after the sponsors is a 1,000 capacity all seated and fully covered with a new TV gantry for capturing different angles of players for the website video archives.

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