We Are Wimbledon

I haven't blogged about the dons for a while, I meant to keep it up way more this season but then I opened a brewpub and the Womble blog went the way of the beer blog.

We lost to Swindon today and because we seem to be in a bit of a rut, certain AFC Wimbledon 'fans' think it's acceptable to abuse the players and manager on twitter as if we were some lower form of club, like some sort of (wait for it).....franchise.

We're not.

We are a small club but we are better than the hatred that is currently being vented .

Some of us are real fans, some of us don't leave the ground early, some of us applaud the players off the pitch no matter what the score was. Win, lose or draw we will support our team, our manager and each other.

Let's not forget where this club came from, utter despair and anger. We've been lower than most fans will ever find themselves when supporting their club. If we think about it reasonably we all knew that this season would be hard, after all we have one of the smallest, if not the smallest budget in League Two.

We are however, IN League Two. We have arrived at the promised land and I firmly believe that this group of players can and will keep us there! If we finish 22nd in the table the squad and the manager would have done their job and kept us in the division, don't think for one minute that I want us to finish 22nd, I'd very much like us to finish in mid table and not have a squeaky bum finish but hey, if that's what it takes to stay in the league then so be it, I will be there at the end applauding MY team off the pitch along with all the other real fans at the club.

There's something different about this club, where else can you go in the league where the players drink in the bar with the fans after the game. It's not as if they're getting roaring pissed and acting like assholes either, they act professionally and with respect to the fans. We don't have any John Terrys or Wayne Rooneys in the club who go out on the lash and act as if they are untouchable. Our players are down to earth people, that's right, they're people. They have put on the AFC Wimbledon shirt and we must trust that they can keep us in the league because they can.

So give it a rest all you non believers, stop being fair weather fans and show your support, we have the right players, the right manager and a club run the right way.

I believe and I will be there at the end. Because I'm a Womble, Til I die.