The Milton Keynes Dons Herald
Squad7 Sep 2026
Charlie Setford keeps Milton Keynes Dons in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 13 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Iliya Gruev 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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 188% of everything Milton Keynes Dons earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match5 Sep 2026
Milton Keynes Dons come up short against Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Marvin Ekpiteta 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The armband comes off Aaron Collins
Milton Keynes Dons will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
In brief
- Player ratings Off the pace: Jon Mellish
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Dan Crowley