The AFC Wimbledon Herald
Squad14 Sep 2026
7 saves: Nathan Bishop was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match12 Sep 2026
No end in sight to AFC Wimbledon's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at AFC Wimbledon has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Alistair Smith goes up and wins it — 7.57
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.57 for the rest of it.
Match12 Sep 2026
Port Vale take the points off AFC Wimbledon
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Brighton tell AFC Wimbledon: Michael Svoboda is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Both jobs done by Harry Cornick — 7.21
A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 11 actions, 7.21, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑3 Michael Simmons left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout14 Sep 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 ahead14 Sep 2026
Matty Stevens faces his old club
Peterborough United next, and one man in the AFC Wimbledon dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
In brief
- The dugout No place in the plan for Billy Blacker
- Squad Kévin Keben has taken the shirt
- Squad A season on the outside for Adler Nascimento