The AFC Wimbledon Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Joe McDonnell
47 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. AFC Wimbledon lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
AFC Wimbledon bid $64.0K for John Egan
The offer went to Hull City this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Alex Bannon
AFC Wimbledon asked and Burton Albion said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at AFC Wimbledon
Andy Yiadom and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nathan Bishop signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nathan Bishop commits to AFC Wimbledon for another 4 years.
Looking ahead10 Aug 2026
AFC Wimbledon take on the side everybody is chasing
Barnsley arrive as leaders. A side at the top is beaten roughly once a month, and the club that does it gets a week it remembers for a year.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Nathan Bishop 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.
Looking ahead10 Aug 2026
A reunion for Andy Yiadom
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Barnsley in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Antwoine Hackford knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Antwoine Hackford trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between AFC Wimbledon and Andy Yiadom
- Market The clock runs on Ryan Johnson's contract
- Squad Somebody is after Harry Cornick’s shirt