😲 Exploring the OLD & NEW STADIUMS of WIMBLEDON | Plough Lane

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thought it would be interesting to explore NOT JUST the new Plough Lane stadium but the site of the old one & Kingsmeadow as well 😁👍🏾 …thought I’d miss out a trip to MK for this one… Don’t forget to get your EURO 2024 video predictions over to us at [e-mail] 💙💛

[@KentWomble1]

I was your Tour Guide Ryan, was great to meet you and really glad you enjoyed it. 🤝

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks for a fantastic tour, highly recommend other football fans heading to plough lane 👏🏽 interesting for all fans, not just Dons fans 👍🏾

[@gabrielpurves7156]

Ray have I seen you at The Oval?

[@RysFootyParadise]

@@gabrielpurves7156 not really a cricket 🏏 fan personally 😁

[@gabrielpurves7156]

@@RysFootyParadise oh sorry Ry, I meant the @kentwomble (his name is RAY Armfield!) Bloody great vlog and it's great that you reply to comments! Also I've been crunching some numbers - you have enough subscribers to fill The O2 Arena!

[@KentWomble1]

You may well have, I’m a Surrey CCC member!

[@illgetmecoat1066]

Won't ever forget the cup final 🏆 a dream come true 😁 then straight to the town centre afterwards 🍻🍻 total mayhem but of the good kind🎉 couldn't get served in some pubs ,so crowded everywhere, no glasses left !! Fantastic day & night - still can't remember how I got home 😮 Wimbledon town hall in the morning to see the boys 🎉

[@bonesnasri]

The real dons 👌

[@tomafcw3893]

Loved this video being a Wimbledon fan, feel like you did a great job including summarising the history & hardly mentioning the franchise lot, great job 👏 subscribed 👍

[@RysFootyParadise]

Glad you enjoyed it! Look forward to some games at Plough Lane this season 💙💛

[@darrelhill9754]

my late mum and dad would of loved this as they were stewards for many years when they were at selhurst they loved working for wimbledon then palace mum was friends with chairman sam hamman they used to go to stadium in 50s 60s when it was a speedway track brought tear to my eye though i support palace

[@RysFootyParadise]

arrr fair play mate :) looking forward to getting to Selhurst for a game next season - hopefully you can keep hold of some of that talent in the squad

[@martinallen6838]

Great video... thanks for such a good account of our club and its history. Look forward to catching up with a few of your other videos soon 😎

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks Martin 💙💛 will be back for some matchdays in the 24/25 season 👍🏾

[@roblewis2595]

Small error. The wooden statue at 20:30 isn't Dennis Wise, even though it does look a bit like him. It's actually Ian Cooke, who was skipper of Wimbledon when we won the FA Amateur Cup in 1963 and was one of the club's greatest players during the 60s and 70s, playing about 425 games for us.

[@RysFootyParadise]

That makes sense 🤣 bloody spit of Dennis though! First club to win both FA Cups so nice to see that accomplishment recognised 👍🏾💙💛

[@davidbalchin1088]

Sorry wrong again. It is Roy Law who was captain.

[@roblewis2595]

@@davidbalchin1088 yes, you are correct.

[@benbond6066]

My first ever kit was the Elonex sponsor, it’s the best shade of blue and my favourite by a mile. Cool video. Let’s hope we can get promoted this coming season. Youuuuu donnnnnnnnnns 💛💙

[@Mystic_Mog]

Wonderful video, thanks from a lifelong Wimbledon fan.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks mate, look forward to checking out a game

[@TheOpinionatedSaint]

Great video! Can't not love Wimbledon!

[@RysFootyParadise]

Love that the history is kept alive too at the old ground 👏🏽

[@TheOpinionatedSaint]

@@RysFootyParadise Ye it's a great little ground! Love the ambition that they can expand the new one to 20K too!

[@stevemeyer2400]

Pretty good summation, sir. Nice also to see a Hereford connection - with Edgar Street being a second football home for me for the past 20 years.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Glad you enjoyed it mate 😊 some similarities between both Wimbledon and Hereford I suppose. Iconic FA Cup moments and both now phoenix clubs

[@stevemeyer2400]

@@RysFootyParadise Indeed. Let's hope (and pray) that the Bulls can eventually get out of the National North (preferably by a promotion) - although the National League is a lot tougher now than when we passed through it. I was amongst the 4,000+ crowd for Hereford's first game as a phoenix club - the 4-1 win against Dunkirk FC (from Nottingham, not France).

[@gerardcallery3659]

Another great video Ry! I really enjoyed this one, mate! Anything with a bit of nostalgia always hits the spot

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks mate, LOVE a trip down memory lane 😁🍻

[@Midge-xn9tp]

Remember 88 cup final like it was yesterday, so long ago now

[@RealSantAngelo]

Phenomenal video Ry. Hope that club crest is still lighting up your room at night ;) Did us proud with this one. Absolutely loved it. Come back on a matchday, you'll have a pint with your name on it 💙💛

[@RysFootyParadise]

legend, appreciate the kind words & very much look forward to returning on matchday! 🍻

[@Truebluemarnie]

U did the club proud with this video Ryan for sure Only a stones throw from me Ur welcome back anytime Few 🍻🍻 Next time your down 😊

[@johnnykeane9633]

Hope you get to do Hillsborough and Sheffield Wednesday, great nostalgia for them for their sides during the 90s, Reggie Blinker!!

[@jenbermol]

Wonderful club! FA Cup winners!

[@BaileyAllattBda]

What a story, I’ll always have a soft spot for the dons

[@RysFootyParadise]

everyone loves the REAL Dons 🤩

[@gun_90]

Always enjoy your content bro, feel like a real stadium tour for me, warm regards from indonesia

[@RysFootyParadise]

Glad you enjoy them 😊👍🏾

[@stevenspraggs4953]

thamks ryan not had these come up on my feed thought you had stopped doing them cracking as usual be lucky steve

[@DonsMeadow]

I was on the same tour last Friday. Glad you like our new home. The statue outside is actually Eddie Reynolds who scored 4 goals in the 1963 Amateur Cup final victory, and Dave Beasant.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Belter of a club mate 👏🏽 AFC Wimbledon were my go to club every year on Football Manager… won the Champions League a few times… 😅

[@KentWomble1]

It’s actually Roy Law.

[@DonsMeadow]

@@KentWomble1 Sorry Ray. I put Roy Law initially then doubted myself. Definitely not Dennis Wise though.

[@ferret5278]

Was helping out at the club and a DPD driver said he recognised Dennis Wise but not the other fella 🤣

[@RysFootyParadise]

Haha makes more sense than Wisey but still a spitting image of him 😅💙💛 either way, legends

[@gabrielpurves7156]

Thanks so much for this vital coverage Ry!

[@dazzledarren1271]

Another good tour son ❤

[@patrickquilter469]

Great vid mate thanks for bigging my club pal you're a womble now lol 💛💙

[@RysFootyParadise]

haha everyone's got a soft spot for Wimbledon

[@derrygowley]

Joe Kinnear rip

[@ShaneMingard]

Ry, remember going to Plough Lane when it was the old Crazy Gang times with Grimsby Town in the Fa Cup,3,000 fans and 2,000 inflatable fish 😂😂,only to be robbed by big elbows Fash The Bash,it made the opening titles of MOTD,on the nights highlights,not sure if it's in your video as only 1:13 into it

[@RysFootyParadise]

dirty bugger wasn't he 🤣

[@timvella1817]

I was there as well and you wasn't robbed. You went 1-0 up and we won 3-1 you little liar. How ever it was an amazing site the Grimsby fans that day. The blow up fish were amazing and a site iv never forgot.

[@terryscrewloosesings]

Back where they belong the true dons in their spiritual home 🔵🟡🔵🟡 👏👍😎

[@alexanderallison7131]

It wasn't quite the case that our money ran out. It was simply what we could reasonably afford to finance the initial move home. The other stands deliberately have room still to expand, as and when we are in a position to finance further.

[@dublinbrummie]

When they were to come to Dublin the ground was only up the rd from where I live. A great big shopping center went up instead called liffey valley

[@RysFootyParadise]

You’d have been all over the Dublin Dons then mate? 😁

[@dublinbrummie]

@@RysFootyParadise na only one team for me.sotv

[@fergusdesmond546]

The move to Dublin was never close to happening. Real fans here protested against it and ultimately UEFA would never have sanctioned it. As a Shamrock Rovers fan can understand the power of fans taking over and being successful. Saw Wimbledon play at Kingsmeadow but glad they are finally home.

[@dublinbrummie]

@@fergusdesmond546 been to all Rovers games in europe this season

[@charlieeady830]

Another banger

[@RysFootyParadise]

cheers mate, glad you enjoyed it

[@poulbhansen5421]

Loved this. Have you plans for a visit to Derby one day to visit the former baseball ground and pride park

[@RysFootyParadise]

100% 👍🏾 my mate growing up, Josh, his dad played for Derby - Steve Emery

[@poulbhansen5421]

👍And many years at hereford united

[@RysFootyParadise]

Absolutely 🍻

[@DavidLane-tc1yn]

Motocross!!! It was Speedway!!!! They were the Don's as well, with red and yellow colours. Sadly they didn't get a new Stadium and no longer exist. 😢

[@RysFootyParadise]

I’ll be honest - not a clue what the difference is? 😅 one cars one bikes?

[@DavidLane-tc1yn]

@@RysFootyParadise Both are motorbikes. Motocross is over rough ground/hills. Speedway, which I watch, is 500cc motors in purpose built machines which race on a shale/clay oval. 4 laps, one gear and no brakes! Exillerating to watch. More popular than football up to the end of the 60s/70s. 20 tracks in the country, your nearest is either Plymouth, Oxford or Birmingham. There's your next escapade. The riders are really approachable and it's a great family sport. I'm a Notts County supporter, but don't hold that against me! All power to your KZbin videos.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

I remember going to see Wimbledon at Selhurst when they played Newcastle in the PL in early 1997. My then girlfriend (now wife!) had a crush on David Ginola and wanted to go and see him in the flesh. Mostly N'castle fans there! And a lot of women...

[@RysFootyParadise]

hahaha Ginola in those L'oreal adverts springs to mind 😅 still a dashing chap, does the odd bit of punditry doesn't he

[@grahamjarvie3461]

If they had moved to Dublin bad for two reasons, 1 not london and two not even England

[@timothywigmore952]

1988 was the year MK Dons won the FA cup

[@RysFootyParadise]

This is gonna be fun… 🍿 👀

[@JakeMeow7]

1 hour Gang 👇

[@georgecarr9844]

If you haven't done a video on mk dons its well worth it strange massive stadium in some sort pf shopping centre and completely took over by away fans each year remember going away there as an Ipswich fan last uear we had more fans than they did 7,000 of us

[@RysFootyParadise]

100% will take a look next season, was actually gonna go on an away day with Wimbledon but weren't the fans boycotting the away fixture? I might be wrong

[@CMDraper]

@@RysFootyParadisePersonal choice for the fans. Some do, some don’t. I’ve resolved not to again, but some go every time

[@BALHAM69]

Does this mean you’ll do a Milton Keynes stadium tour? And Exeter city?

[@RysFootyParadise]

I'm an open minded kinda guy...

[@CMDraper]

@@RysFootyParadiseThe MK one would have even more space. On a match day.

[@peterarmfield9326]

How was your tour guide at AFCW?

[@RysFootyParadise]

Top bloke! 👏🏽

[@CMDraper]

@@RysFootyParadiseDon’t fall for it, it’s his dad!!

[@derrygowley]

Anyone on here ever been to see a Wimbledon match ?????

[@DonsMeadow]

Plenty of us. Over 4000 ST holders , many regular returners. Home sections often sold out and between 300-1200 away supporters.

[@georgecarr9844]

Seen them a few times over the years as an Ipswich supporter

[@timvella1817]

Seen 100s of games

[@Midge-xn9tp]

Vs Liverpool in 1995

[@CMDraper]

Supporter since the 90’s

[@Elke-f4b]

Elke: It would be nice to all the names on the flat blocks they are fotos of this men (and hopefully women), too😊 or a (pc)/(QR)-code to they history page or something like that😊 oh goodnes, the Wombles coming from there😂 ... nice fun fact❤🎉😂

[@Anthony-fk7yn]

Not a fan of the apartments dwarfing over the stadium, just doesn't look right.

[@RysFootyParadise]

the original plan was for that side to be a lot bigger like the one we looked around, but funds dried up :(

[@timvella1817]

Yes but the building plans meant there had to be homes and Wimbledon got financial help to build the ground.

[@mrbooyah5843]

You have balls up the dates quite a few times. Might wanna sack the editor.. Founded in 1989 and moved ground 1912?? More like time travelled lol

[@RysFootyParadise]

wouldn't rule out that possibility with Wimbledon and the Crazy Gang 😅

[@tmttvf]

What else did you buy? Did I miss it? 😂

[@RysFootyParadise]

it's at the end of the video lol that light up wimbledon badge :D

[@fletcherb4728]

You are patting a dog when you are recording this video aren't you?

[@RysFootyParadise]

Not sure if I was patting but my Chow Chows are noisy as f-- 😅🦁