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Milton Keynes Dons
MK Dons badge
Full nameMilton Keynes Dons Football Club
Nickname(s)The Dons
Short nameMK Dons
Founded2004
GroundStadium mk
Capacity30,500
ChairmanPete Winkelman
ManagerKarl Robinson
LeagueLeague One
2013–14League One, 10th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (/ˌmɪltən ˈkiːnz ˈdɒnz/; usually abbreviated to MK Dons) is an English football club based since 2007 at Stadium mk, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. The result of Wimbledon F.C.'s relocation to Milton Keynes from south London in 2003, officially it considers itself to have been founded in 2004, when it registered its present name. The team is playing in Football League One, the third tier in the English football league system, during the 2013–14 season. The name Milton Keynes Dons was registered on 21 June 2004, nine months after Wimbledon F.C.'s relocation in September 2003. Being in law the same club, MK Dons contested the 2004–05 season in League One, resumed Wimbledon F.C.'s place in the English league structure, and initially claimed the history of Wimbledon F.C., dating back to 1889, as its own. The club officially abandoned its claim to any history before 2004 in October 2006 as part of an agreement with the Football Supporters' Federation, which had previously boycotted the team and its supporters groups; under this deal MK Dons transferred Wimbledon F.C.'s trophies and physical patrimony to Merton Council in south London in 2007.

Starting in League One following Wimbledon F.C.'s relegation at the end of the 2003–04 season, MK Dons were relegated to the fourth-tier League Two at the end of the 2005–06 season. Under the management of Paul Ince, the club won the 2007–08 League Two title, thereby gaining promotion back to League One, and the Football League Trophy during the same year. The team has remained in League One since the 2008–09 season. The club has built a strong reputation for youth development, in its first 10 seasons of existence as MK Dons, it gave first team debuts to 14 local academy graduates.[1][2]

Creation

Main article: Relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes

A series of club owners believed that Wimbledon's long-term potential was severely limited by its home ground at Plough Lane, which never changed significantly from the team's non-League days. Extending this dissatisfaction to the stadium's location, Wimbledon chairman Ron Noades briefly explored moving the club to Milton Keynes in 1979. As a new town formed in 1967, Milton Keynes had no Football League club representing it, and moves there were also fleetingly mooted by Charlton Athletic in 1973 and Luton Town in 1982. Wimbledon remained at Plough Lane until 1991, when the club was told to redevelop the old ground by the Taylor Report. The club's owners could not afford to do the necessary work, and so arranged for the club to temporarily share Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park ground, about 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Plough Lane, while they sought a new stadium site for Wimbledon in south-west London. They searched fruitlessly over the next decade. Starting in 2000, the Milton Keynes Stadium Consortium, led by Pete Winkelman, proposed a Football League-standard ground in Milton Keynes, partly funded by an attached retail development. This stadium site was offered to Luton, Wimbledon, Barnet, Crystal Palace and Queens Park Rangers. None of these clubs was interested at first, but the introduction of a new chairman at Wimbledon, Charles Koppel, led to more receptive talks. These ultimately led to the club moving to Milton Keynes with the intent of playing on Winkelman's proposed site. It was in financial administration when it did so, and remained in this state until Winkelman bought it in 2004. On buying the team, Winkelman changed the club's name, badge and colours. Milton Keynes Dons initially claimed Wimbledon F.C.'s heritage and history as its own, but renounced this in 2007, soon after its new stadium opened.

History

2004–05, Stuart Murdoch; 05-06 Danny Wilson

MK Dons (in white) take on Blackpool at the former England National Hockey Stadium during the 2004–05 season

The first season for the club as MK Dons was the 2004–05 season. At the season's start, the team still being managed by former Wimbledon manager Stuart Murdoch, who was sacked after a long run of bad results, and replaced by Danny Wilson half-way through the campaign. Under their new manager, MK Dons managed to stay in League One on the final day of the season — but only because of Wrexham's 10-point deduction that had been their penalty for going into administration. The following season, MK Dons struggled all year, and were relegated to League Two. Wilson, as a result, was sacked.

2006–07, Martin Allen

Wilson's successor for 2006–07 was Martin Allen, who had just taken Brentford to the brink of a place in the Football League Championship. With a new manager taking charge of a team in a new division, MK Dons looked more consistent than they had done in either of the previous two seasons. They were in contention for automatic promotion right up to the last game, but eventually finished fourth and had to settle for a play-off place. They then suffered a defeat to Shrewsbury Town in the play-off semi-finals. During the 2007 summer break, Allen left MK Dons to take over at Leicester City.

2007–08, Paul Ince

For the 2007–08 season, former England captain Paul Ince took over as manager. MK Dons reached the final of the Football League Trophy, while topping the table for most of the season. The final was played on 30 March against Grimsby Town — Milton Keynes Dons won 2–0 at Wembley to bring the first professional trophy to Milton Keynes. The club capped the trophy win with the League Two championship, and the subsequent promotion to League One for the 2008–09 season. Following his successes, Ince left at the end of the season to manage Blackburn Rovers.

2008–09, Roberto Di Matteo

Ince's replacement was Roberto Di Matteo. In the 2008–09 season, MK Dons missed out to an automatic promotion spot by two points, finishing third behind Peterborough United and Leicester City. They were knocked out of the play-offs by Scunthorpe United, who defeated MK Dons by penalty shootout at stadium mk. Di Matteo left at the season's end for West Bromwich Albion.[3]

2009–10, Paul Ince again

A year after leaving, Paul Ince returned to manage the Dons in place of Di Matteo, for the 2009–10 season.[4] Ince resigned from the club on 16 April 2010, but remained manager until the end of the season.[5]

2010–present, Karl Robinson

On 10 May 2010, Karl Robinson was appointed as the club's new manager, with former England coach John Gorman as his assistant. At 29 years of age, Robinson is the youngest manager in the Football League.[6] In his first season in the club MK Dons finished 5th in 2010–11 Football League One. They faced Peterborough United in the play-off semifinals. Although they won the first leg 3–2, a 2–0 defeat at London Road meant they missed out on the play-off final.

The 2011–12 season brought similar results to the previous season with the Dons finishing 5th in 2011–12 Football League One facing Huddersfield in the play-offs. Losing the first leg 2–0 followed by winning 2–1 at The Galpharm saw MK Dons lose 3–2 on aggregate against the eventual play-off winners. The away leg was John Gorman's last match in football after announcing his retirement a few weeks beforehand. Gorman's replacement was announced on 18 May 2012 as being ex-Luton manager Mick Harford along with new part-time coach Ian Wright.

MK Dons experienced their best ever FA Cup campaign in the 2012–13 season by beating a spirited Cambridge City (0–0 and 6–1), League Two AFC Wimbledon (2–1), Championship Sheffield Wednesday (0–0 and 2–0) and Premier League Queens Park Rangers (4–2) to reach the Fifth Round of the competition for the first time ever in their footballing history. Their record-breaking run ended in the Fifth Round at stadium:mk on 16 February 2013, losing 3–1 to Championship side Barnsley.

Following a disappointingly poor end to the 2013–14 season, Karl Robinson made some very shrewd summer signings to take the football club forward in 2014–15, including Danny Green, Kyle McFadzean, Benik Afobe (on loan from Arsenal F.C.), Samir Carruthers, Jordan Spence and Will Grigg (on loan from Brentford F.C.).

The 2014–15 season began well. The highlight event of the season's first month was being drawn against Manchester United in the League Cup second round (having dispatched A.F.C Wimbledon in the first). The Dons recorded a stunning 4–0 victory over United in front of a sell out crowd at stadiummk. After the game, MK Dons Manager Karl Robinson stated: "I'm a little in shock. It's the stuff dreams are made of."[7]

Supporters

Cowshed

The South stand of Stadium mk is known as the Cowshed by Dons fans, as Milton Keynes is known for its Concrete Cows. This nickname was also used for the home end at the Dons' previous ground in Milton Keynes, the National Hockey Stadium, now demolished. It is where both of the clubs ardent fans stand.

Rivalries

MK Dons biggest rivals are considered to be Peterborough United: they have vied for promotion to the Championship, the rivalry between the two cities exists in other sports (e.g., there's also a MK Lightning-Peterborough Phantoms rivalry in ice hockey which pre-dates the rivalry in football), and they are both (substantially) New Towns. Wycombe Wanderers are the only other professional team in Buckinghamshire, and therefore contest the Bucks Derby. Northampton Town and Luton Town are also considered rivals due to geographic proximity, though neither has been in the same League as the Dons for some years.

Vs AFC Wimbledon

MK Dons fans have a rivalry with AFC Wimbledon, who they pejoratively call AFC Kingston, due to the fact the new team has not played in Wimbledon since its inception but in Kingston-upon-Thames.[8] MK Dons fans reiterate that Wimbledon F.C. and MK Dons were legally the same entity. The chairman, Winkelman was unequivocal when answering readers' questions in FourFourTwo magazine in November 2004: "MK Dons and AFC Wimbledon share the same heritage, but we're the real child of Wimbledon", he wrote.[9] One reader asked if Winkelman agreed that, in light of his "renaming and thorough rebranding of the relocated club", AFC Wimbledon now carried "the true spirit of Wimbledon"; Winkelman replied that AFC Wimbledon's founders had betrayed their club, and had "left their team before their team left them". In another answer, he poured scorn on suggestions that he might give Wimbledon F.C.'s trophy replicas to AFC Wimbledon, writing that the fans had "abdicated their right to it when they all walked away."[9] "The fans who have continued to support us from London—they're the ones who've had to put up with this shit for so long", he concluded.[9]

The first fixture between the two sides took place in the second round of the 2012–13 FA Cup, where they were drawn to play each other at stadium:MK. MK Dons won the match, held on 2 December 2012, by two goals to one, with a winner scored in injury time, scored by Jon Otsemobor and dubbed by the MK Dons fans as "The Heel of God" (a spoof of the Hand of God).[10] In the second game when Kyle McFadzean scored the opening goal with his heel it was immediately dubbed "The Heel of God II".

2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) FA Cup R2 MK Dons 2–1 AFC Wimbledon Milton Keynes
12:30 GMT (UTC) Gleeson 45'
Otsemobor 90+2'		 Report Midson 59' Stadium: Stadium:MK
Attendance: 16,459
Referee: Scott Mathieson
12 August 2014 (2014-08-12) League Cup R1 MK Dons 3–1 AFC Wimbledon Milton Keynes
19:45 BST (UTC+1) McFadzean 19'
Powell 49'
Afobe 76'		 Report Tubbs 90+4' (pen) Stadium: Stadium:MK
Attendance: 7,174
Referee: Dean Whitestone
7 October 2014 (2014-10-07) FL Trophy R2 South MK Dons 2–3 AFC Wimbledon Milton Keynes
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Powell 2'
Afobe 40'		 Report Azeez 26'
Rigg 68'
Akinfenwa 76'		 Stadium: Stadium:MK
Attendance: 4,407
Referee: Tim Robinson

Chants

The most popular chants include "Can't Help Falling in Love", "No one likes us, we don't care", "When The Dons Go Marching In", "We're the real Wimbledon", "We're the Dons", "We all follow the MK", "Wimbledon!", "MK Army" and a modified version of "the Barmy Army". Most chants are footballer specific, and almost the entire squad has a chant attributed to each player sung to popular tunes, for example club hero Dean Lewington has a song named "We love you Lewie" to the tune of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You".

Supporters' club recognition

On 4 June 2005, at the 2005 Football Supporters' Federation "Fans' Parliament" (AGM), the FSF refused the MK Dons Supporters' Club membership of the FSF in a debate that, among other arguments, questioned why the Football League had yet to introduce any new rules to prevent the "franchising" of other football clubs in the future.[11][12] In addition, the FSF membership agreed with the Wimbledon Independent Supporters' Association that the Milton Keynes Dons Supporters' Association should not be entitled to join the FSF until they give up all claim to the history and honours of Wimbledon FC. With this in mind, the FSF began discussions aimed at returning Wimbledon FC's honours to the London Borough of Merton.

Shortly afterwards, following heavy criticism for allowing the move, the Football League announced new tighter rules on club relocation.[13]

At its AGM on 5 June 2006, the FSF again considered a motion[14] proposed by the FSF Council to allow MK Dons Supporters Association membership if the honours and trophies of Wimbledon FC were given to the London Borough of Merton. In October 2006, agreement[15] was reached between the club, the MK Dons Supporters Association, the Wimbledon Independent Supporters' Association and the Football Supporters Federation. The replica of the FA Cup plus all club patrimony gathered under the name of Wimbledon F.C. would be returned to the London Borough of Merton. Ownership of trademarks and website domain names related to Wimbledon F.C. would also be transferred to the Borough. The Borough subsequently transferred all trademarks to AFC Wimbledon. As part of the same deal it was agreed that any reference made to Milton Keynes Dons FC should refer only to events subsequent to 7 August 2004 (the date of the first League game of Milton Keynes Dons FC). As a result of this deal, the FSF announced that the supporters of Milton Keynes Dons FC would be permitted to become members of the federation, and that it would no longer appeal to the supporters of other clubs to boycott MK Dons matches.[16] On 2 August 2007, MK Dons transferred the replica trophies and all Wimbledon FC memorabilia to the London Borough of Merton.[17]

Famous supporters

The Dons' most famous non-football related supporter was Jim Marshall, the founder of Marshall Amplification, who were one of the earliest shirt sponsors.[18] Dan Wheldon him and his family was also reported to be keeping fingers crossed for the Dons before his tragic death,[19] after which a minute's silence was held in a game against Scunthorpe in his honour.[20] June Whitfield was a Wimbledon F.C. supporter and continues to support the MK as well as AFC.[18][failed verification] Former cricketer and talkSport radio presenter Darren Gough,[21] despite being a Barnsley F.C. fan attends Dons games from time to time, as he lives nearby, and also frequently speaks fondly of the Dons when presenting on the radio.

Other notable fans who are either Dons fans or regularly attend games are: Gabi Downs, a London 2012 Paralympic Fencer; Andrew Baggaley, table tennis Commonwealth Games double Gold Medallist; Gail Emms, Badminton World Champion; Frank Bruno, Boxing World Champion; James Hildreth and James Foster both England cricketers; Mark Lancaster, Member of Parliament and Government Minister in 2012; Craig Pickering, 100m sprinter - Bronze Medal at World Championship in 2007; Craig Gibbons, London 2012 Olympic 100 metre swimmer; George Webley, a former Radio Broadcaster; and Mikey Burrows, a Sky Sports Radio Presenter.[22]

Stadium

stadium mk's East Stand in 2007
Main articles: Former England National Hockey Stadium and stadium mk

The club's first stadium was the former England National Hockey Stadium, which was temporarily converted for football for the duration of the club's stay. Their lease on this ground ended in May 2007.

On 18 July 2007, the club's new 22,000 seater, stadium mk in Denbigh hosted its first game, a restricted entrance event against a young Chelsea XI.[23] The stadium was officially opened on 29 November 2007 by Queen Elizabeth II.[24] The stadium features an open concourse at the top of the lower tier, an integrated hotel with rooms looking over the pitch and conference facilities

The complex was to include a 3,000 seat indoor arena, where the MK Lions (now London Lions) basketball team would be based. The completion of this arena was delayed due to deferral of proposed commercial developments around the site,[25] leaving the Lions to find a new home away from Milton Keynes.

In May 2009, the stadium was named as one of 15 stadia put forward as potential hosts for the unsuccessful England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid. Plans were announced to extend the capacity to 44,000.[26]

In May 2013, the organisers of the Rugby World Cup 2015 announced that they had selected this stadium to be one of thirteen to host the tournament.[27]

Community

Through the work of MK Dons SET (Sport and Educational Trust), the club works locally (Milton Keynes and the neighbouring towns) in the fields of education, social inclusion, participation and football development.[28] It works with schools, has 14 disability teams playing in regional or national competitions, works with BME (black and minority ethnic) community groups and runs many activities for women and girls. MK Dons also supports the Football v Homophobia initiative (one of only 25 premiership and football league clubs supporting the programme in 2012 and only 30 in 2013).[29]

MK Dons' work in the community was recognised by the award of Football League Awards Community Club of the Year for London and the South East for 2012, and in the award of an honorary doctorate to chairman Pete Winkelman by the Open University in June 2013.[30]

League history

Only seasons played by Milton Keynes Dons are given here. For a statistical history of Wimbledon F.C., see List of Wimbledon F.C. seasons.
Statistics are correct as of 27 November 2014.[31]
Season League FA Cup League
Cup 		Other competitions Top scorer Average
Attendance
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name #
2004–05 League One 46 12 15 19 54 67 51 20th R3 R2 Football League Trophy R2S Izale McLeod 18 4,896
2005–06 League One 46 12 14 20 45 66 50 22nd R3 R1 Football League Trophy QFS Izale McLeod 18 5,619
2006–07 League Two 46 25 9 12 76 58 84 4th R2 R3 Football League Trophy R2S Izale McLeod 24 6,033
2007–08 League Two 46 29 10 7 82 37 97 1st R1 R2 Football League Trophy W Mark Wright 15 9,456
2008–09 League One 46 26 9 11 83 39 87 3rd R1 R2 Football League Trophy R2S Aaron Wilbraham 16 10,550
2009–10 League One 46 19 7 20 60 68 60 12th R3 R1 Football League Trophy FS Jermaine Easter 20 10,290
2010–11 League One 46 23 8 15 67 60 77 5th R1 R3 Football League Trophy R2 Sam Baldock 14 8,512
2011–12 League One 46 22 14 10 84 47 80 5th R3 R3 Football League Trophy R1 Dean Bowditch 15 8,794
2012–13 League One 46 19 13 14 62 45 70 8th R5 R3 Football League Trophy R1 Dean Bowditch
Ryan Lowe 		12 8,611
2013–14 League One 46 17 9 20 63 65 60 10th R3R R2 Football League Trophy R2 Patrick Bamford 14 9,007
2014–15 League One 17 10 4 3 38 18 34 4th R2 R4 Football League Trophy R2 Benik Afobe 18 8,011

Players

As of 1 July 2014.[32]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG David Martin
2 DF Northern Ireland NIR Lee Hodson
3 DF England ENG Dean Lewington (captain)
4 DF Northern Ireland NIR Tom Flanagan
5 DF England ENG Kyle McFadzean
6 DF England ENG Antony Kay
7 MF England ENG Danny Green
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Darren Potter
9 FW England ENG Dean Bowditch
10 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ben Reeves
11 FW Northern Ireland NIR Will Grigg (on loan from Brentford)
12 DF England ENG Jordan Spence
13 MF England ENG Carl Baker
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF England ENG Dele Alli
15 MF England ENG Mark Randall
16 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Ian McLoughlin
17 FW England ENG Daniel Powell
18 MF England ENG George Baldock
20 MF England ENG Giorgio Rasulo
22 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Samir Carruthers
23 FW England ENG Benik Afobe (on loan from Arsenal)
24 FW England ENG Ben Tilney
25 DF England ENG Harry Hickford
26 MF England ENG Will Summerfield
27 FW England ENG Kabongo Tshimanga
29 GK England ENG Charlie Burns

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW England ENG Tom Hitchcock (on loan at Fleetwood Town)

Former players

For a list of all Milton Keynes Dons players, past or present, see Category:Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players.

Notable players

Dean Lewington, the present captain of MK Dons, has played more matches for the team than any other player. Pictured in 2011, he is also one of only two former Wimbledon players left in the club's squad.
This list contains players who have made 100 or more league appearances. Appearances and goals apply to league matches only; substitute appearances are included. Names in bold denote current MK Dons players.
Statistics are correct as of 13 May 2014.[33]
Name Nationality Position[A] MK Dons
career		 Apps Goals Notes
Sam Baldock  England Forward 2006–11 102 33
Luke Chadwick  England Midfielder 2008–2014 210 17
Gareth Edds  Australia Midfielder 2004–08 122 10
Willy Guéret  France Goalkeeper 2007–11 135 0
Stephen Gleeson  Ireland Midfielder 2009–2014 174 16
Dean Lewington  England Defender 2004– 430 16 [B]
Peter Leven  Scotland Midfielder 2008–11 113 22
Izale McLeod  England Forward 2004–07
2013–2014		 165 62
Sean O'Hanlon  England Defender 2006–11 157 15
Clive Platt  England Forward 2005–07 102 27
Aaron Wilbraham  England Forward 2005–11 178 50
David Martin  England Goalkeeper 2004–06
2010–		 175 0
Mathias Kouo-Doumbé  France Defender 2009–2013 121 11
Daniel Powell  England Forward 2008– 146 25
Shaun Williams  Ireland Defender 2011–2014 108 19
Darren Potter  Ireland Midfielder 2011– 115 6
Dean Bowditch  England Winger 2011– 103 22

Technical staff

Karl Robinson First-team manager
Richie Barker Head of Coaching
Paul Heald Goalkeeping coach
Damien Doyle Fitness coach
Simon Crampton Head of sports medicine
Andrew Sanson Kit manager
Mike Dove Director of youth/Under-18s manager
Dan Micciche Assistant academy manager
Karim Suleman Head academy physiotherapist
Joe Aylett Head groundsman
Dr Martin Cave Club doctor
Dr Turab A Syed Academy doctor
Dr Gary D Jackson Chiropractor

Managers

Paul Ince, pictured in 2006, managed the club over two spells between 2007 and 2010.

The first manager of Milton Keynes Dons was Stuart Murdoch, who had previously been manager of Wimbledon.[34] Murdoch only lasted three months before being sacked[35] — his assistant, Jimmy Gilligan, managed the club for a month before Murdoch's replacement was revealed to be Danny Wilson.[35][36][37] Wilson managed to keep the team up during the inaugural 2004–05 season,[31] but failed to repeat this feat during the next season.[31] Following relegation,[31] Wilson was shown the door and replaced with Martin Allen.[38] After Allen's team fell at the play-offs,[31] he left to manage Leicester City.[39] Paul Ince was appointed manager for the 2007–08 season,[40] and proved to be a shrewd appointment as MK Dons won the League Two championship as well as the Football League Trophy.[31] Ince too left after only a season, to become manager of Blackburn Rovers.[41]

Former Chelsea player Roberto di Matteo was then appointed in July 2008, his personal first ever managerial position[42][43] and left after a season to manage West Bromwich Albion.[3] Ince was reappointed in his stead on 3 July 2009.[4] Paul Ince resigned as Manager on 16 April 2010, stating "a reduction in funds for next season was the reason behind his decision to leave", although he will remain with the club until the end of the 2009–10 season.

Karl Robinson was appointed manager of League One team Milton Keynes Dons on 10 May 2010, having previously been the club's assistant manager under previous boss Paul Ince.[44] At 30 years of age, he was the youngest manager in the Football League and former England coach John Gorman was named his number two. He was also the youngest person to ever acquire a UEFA Pro Licence at the age of 29. At the end of the 2011–12 season Gorman retired and was replaced by former Luton player/manager Mick Harford. At the same time, ex-Arsenal and former England international Ian Wright was also enlisted in a part-time role to provide assistance with coaching duties.

In January 2013, Robinson turned down an offer to manage Blackpool FC, a well established Championship and former Premier League team, in favour of his continuing commitment and loyalty towards MK Dons, something which has endeared him to the fans of MK Dons.[45]

Statistics are correct as of 27 May 2013.[43]
Name Nationality From To Matches Won Drawn Lost Win % Notes
Stuart Murdoch  England 7 August 2004 8 November 2004 21 5 5 11 23.8 [34][35][C]
Jimmy Gilligan  England 8 November 2004 7 December 2004 4 2 0 2 50.0 Caretaker[36]
Danny Wilson  Northern Ireland 7 December 2004 21 June 2006 81 25 32 24 30.9 [37]
Martin Allen  England 21 June 2006 25 May 2007 46 25 9 12 54.3 [38][39]
Paul Ince  England 25 June 2007 21 June 2008 55 35 11 9 63.6 [40][41]
Roberto di Matteo  Italy 3 July 2008 30 June 2009 40 22 7 12 55.0 [3][42]
Paul Ince  England 3 July 2009 10 May 2010 44 22 4 18 50 [4]
Karl Robinson  England 10 May 2010 Present 221 98 52 71 44.3

Honours

2007–08 Champions[46]
2007–08 Winners[47]

Club records and achievements

Football Trophy: League Two Title & Trophy 2007[citation needed] Record Home Attendance: 26,969 vs Manchester United, Capital One Cup, 26 August 2014 (stadium:mk)[48]
Youngest League Manager: Karl Robinson (b. 13 September 1980) May 2010 – Present[citation needed]
Longest Serving Manager in all Football Leagues[citation needed][clarification needed]
 Most appearances playing for MK Dons : Dean Lewington 500+ League One/Two matches with MK Dons[49][better source needed]
Best FA Cup progression : Fifth Round, 2013 (lost 3–1 to Barnsley on 16 February 2013)[citation needed]
Youngest player: Giorgio Rasulo – 15 years and 10 months[50]

See also

Footnotes

A. ^ For a full description of positions see Football Positions.
B. ^ Dean Lewington had previously played for Wimbledon before the club's renaming. 7 August 2004 is the date of Milton Keynes Dons's first league match, and so is given as the date on which Lewington ceased to play for Wimbledon and began to play for Milton Keynes Dons.
C. ^ Stuart Murdoch had previously managed Wimbledon before the club's renaming. 7 August 2004 is the date of Milton Keynes Dons's first league match, and so is given as the date on which Murdoch ceased to manage Wimbledon and began to manage Milton Keynes Dons.

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  2. ^ Small is beautiful at Milton Keynes... and it could make us play like Brazil – Daily Mail, 6 February 2013
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  29. ^ Football v Homophobia
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