The Milton Keynes Dons Herald
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Callum Paterson runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 32. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Milton Keynes Dons
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Curtis Nelson falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Marvin Ekpiteta in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Milton Keynes Dons this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Curtis Nelson gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market17 Aug 2026
Milton Keynes Dons promote Stephen Roberts from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stephen Roberts has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Milton Keynes Dons promote Liam Carter from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Carter has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Anthony Cunningham steps up from the Milton Keynes Dons academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Anthony Cunningham has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Samuel Cunningham joins the Milton Keynes Dons first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Samuel Cunningham is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Player ratings Aaron Collins was the difference for Milton Keynes Dons
- Boardroom Milton Keynes Dons turn down the training-ground plan
- Match No goals between Milton Keynes Dons and Cambridge United