Mark Shaw

Left Forward - Milton Keynes Dons
24 Mar 2030
Sunday
Process

Marked for Mark Shaw

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The Milton Keynes Dons Herald

25 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Milton Keynes Dons's wait for a win

13 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Milton Keynes Dons has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Curtis Nelson

150 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Milton Keynes Dons lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match

A hiding for Milton Keynes Dons

Beaten 0‑5 by Hull City, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Match

Milton Keynes Dons bow out of the cup

Sheffield go through and Milton Keynes Dons go home, 2‑3 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Squad

Zakaria Bengueddoudj keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Milton Keynes Dons may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Player ratings

Up for the corner, and Marvin Ekpiteta delivers — 7.68

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Marvin Ekpiteta scored, was marked 7.68, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Player ratings

A chastening introduction for Mark Shaw — 5.65

It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.65 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.

Squad

Tempers go at Milton Keynes Dons

Aaron Collins was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Jay Matete 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.

In brief