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.FIRST
WITH
ALL
THE
DONS
NEWSwww
.mk-news.co.ukSEVEN
DA
YS
A
WEEK
2008-09VIEW
FROM
THE
MOOCAMPMK
Dons
ha
ve
held
talks
with
To
ttenham
Hotspur
officials
regarding
a
ground
share
idea.
The
Premier
Lea
gue
side
are
mulling
over
a
plan
to
move
to
Milton
Keynes
while
their
White
Hart
Lane
home
is
redeveloped.
Specula
tion
amongfans
has
been
increasing
and
MK
Dons
chairman
Pe
te
Winkelman
has
admitted
the
north
London
side
ha
ve
been
in
touch:
:8220
If
To
ttenham
decide
to
redevelop
on
site
it
seems
they
will
need
temporar
y
accom-
moda
tion
and
they
ha
ve
had
a
cha
t
with
us
about
using
our
stadium,
8221h
e
said.
8220They
ha
ven8217t
come
back
yet
but
their
inter
-
est
sho
ws
the
progress
we8217re
making.8221
Spurs
want
to
increase
the
ca
pacity
of
their
ground
from
36,000
to
50,000
ra
ther
than
rebuild
a
new
multi-million
pound
stadium.
stadiummk
currently
holds
22,000,
which
would
be
enough
for
To
ttenham
season
ticket-
holders,
but
once
the
upper
tier
is
complete
-
which
could
be
helped
by
the
possible
Spurs
cash
injection
-
will
increase
to
32,000.
THE
Dons8217
home
fixture
against
Carlisle
United
has
been
brought
forward
to
a
12.15pm
kick-off.
It
has
been
mo
ved
from
the
original
3pm
on
Saturday
,O
ctober
11
to
accommodate
SKY
TV
cameras.
A
NEW
MK
Dons
home
kit
has
been
released.
The
shirt
remains
all
white
with
new
fea
-
tures
inc
luding
a
wra
p-over
collar
,b
lack
flash
on
the
front
left
of
the
shirt
and
two
black
flashes
on
the
back,
while
sleeves
are
also
trimmed
with
black
piping.
ON
Saturday
MK
Dons
FC
Disability
First
Te
am
won
the
London
and
South
East
Ability
Counts
FA
Cup
with
a
remarkable
4
-
3
victor
y
ov
er
Brighton
and
Ho
ve
Albion.
Despite
going
two
goals
down
in
the
first
half
and
playing
the
Dons
fought
back
to
level
the
scores
at
2
-
2
just
before
half
time
with
well
taken
goals
from
Roddy
O8217Neil
and
Keiron
Reeves.
Some
slack
defending
let
Brighton
in
for
their
third.
Relentless
pressure
from
the
Dons
even
-
tually
paid
off
when
O8217Neil
slotted
in
his
second
to
bring
the
scores
level
at
3-3
with
15
minutes
remaining.
Then
Oscar
Undungu
then
struck
the
winner
.
Dons
FC
Disability
will
now
compete
in
the
National
finalsin
two
weeks
time.
MKSPO
RTTHE
BEST
FOR
ALL
THE
NEWS
ON
THE
DONS
BY
SIMONE
CORGAN
simone.corgan@mk-news.co.uk
NE
W
Do
ns
supr
emo
Ro
ber
to
Di
Ma
tteo
says
he
is
eager
to
keep
club
captain
Ke
ith
Andr
ews
but
MK
NEWS
under-
stands
the
club
ar
e
re
signed
to
losing
the
player
.
Di
Ma
tteo
,
who
was
unveiled
as
the
man
to
re
place
Pa
ul
In
ce
last
we
ek,
admitted
keeping
the
cor
e
of
the
squad
was
vital
to
the
Dons
8217
ye
ar
ahead.
When
asked
if
keeping
skipper
Andr
ews
at
the
club
was
his
main
pr
ior-
ity
he
said:
8220D
efinitely
,
I8217
d
like
to
keep
the
whole
squad
and
build
on
the
team
because
it
8217s
ve
ry
impor
tant
8211
we
8217l
l
see
what
happens
.8221
Wa
tfor
d
ar
e
keeping
tr
acks
on
the
27-
ye
ar
-old
midfielder
and
ar
e
thought
to
have
tar
geted
him
in
an
aim
to
re
tur
n
to
the
top
flight
next
ye
ar
while
speculation
linking
him
to
a
mo
ve
to
Bl
ackbur
n
Ro
ve
rs
,
wher
e
for
mer
boss
In
ce
is
no
w
at
the
helm,
re
fuses
to
go
away
.
As
a
vital
asset
and
the
hear
tbeat
of
the
squad,
MK
Dons
ar
e
not
pr
epar
ed
to
let
the
Du
bliner
go
on
the
cheap
and
have
slapped
a
1632million
pr
ice
tag
on
the
play
er
.
Chair
man
Pe
te
Wi
nkelman
descr
ibed
Andr
ews
as
an
8216e
nor
mously
impor
tant
cog
in
the
wheel
8217
but
hinted
he
would
not
stand
in
his
way
should
he
wish
to
leav
e
the
newly
promot
ed
side
.
Wi
nkelman
said:
8220O
bv
iously
it
would
take
something
extr
aor
dinar
y
for
him
to
leav
e.
Ke
ith
kno
ws
he
has
a
tr
emendous
tutor
(in
Di
Ma
tteo)
at
the
football
club
.8221
The
Dons
ar
e
kno
wn
as
a
club
that
does
not
hold
individuals
back
and
Andr
ews
8217
pr
ofile
ro
se
last
ye
ar
8211
aler
ting
big
name
teams
of
his
potential.
He
was
instr
umental
in
the
Dons
8217
cup
double
success
last
ye
ar
with
14
goals
to
his
name
,
his
most
prolific
season
to
date
.
Andr
ews
was
then
voted
by
his
fello
w
peers
as
the
League
Tw
o
player
of
the
ye
ar
.
He
was
also
named
in
the
Pr
ofessional
Fo
otballer
8217s
Association
League
Tw
o
team
of
the
year
.
It
has
been
a
summer
of
change
for
Dons
fans
.
Fi
rst
In
ce
switched
to
the
Pr
emier
League
and
then
Ll
oy
d
Dy
er
joined
League
One
ri
vals
Leicester
City
.
Now
it
looks
ever
mor
e
likely
that
the
skipp
er
could
be
headi
ng
for
the
exit
door
at
stadi
ummk.1632m
skipper
could
soon
be
on
his
wayFROM
BA
CK
PA
GEhis
side
as
they
wer
e
put
through
gr
u-
ellin
g
doubl
e
tr
ainin
g
sessi
ons
.
When
the
38-y
ear
-old
was
pr
esent
ed
to
the
media
on
Thurs
day
,
after
signi
ng
a
one-y
ear
contr
act
with
a
one
ye
ar
option,
he
demanded
a
fighting
spirit
fr
om
his
play
ers
.
He
said:
8220I
expect
my
team,
and
that
means
not
only
the
play
er
but
myself
and
my
staff,
to
fight
until
we
ar
e
bur
ied.
8220T
his
is
the
kind
of
mentality
I
want.
8220I
f
we
ar
e
half
dead
on
the
floor
we
8217l
l
still
fight.
8221
Di
Ma
tteo
re
fused
to
be
dr
awn
to
set-
ting
tar
gets
for
the
Dons
in
League
On
e
this
season
instead
he
simply
insisted:
8220W
e
will
do
our
best.
8221
He
added:
8220I
kno
w
a
lot
about
League
On
e
it
8217s
not
a
bad
standar
d.
It
8217s
challeng-
ing
and
we
8217l
l
just
make
sur
e
we
8217r
e
re
ady
for
it.
8220S
uccess
,
success
,
success
.
That
8217s
what
I
have
in
my
mind.
8221
The
new
boss
only
had
high
pr
aise
for
the
Dons
,
saying
he
did
not
need
to
we
igh
up
his
options
befor
e
taking
the
job
.
8220I
t8217
s
a
young
club
,
a
ver
y
ambitious
club
and
the
chair
man
has
a
gr
eat
vision.
I
think
it
8217s
a
gr
eat
oppor
tunity
for
me
as
we
ll
to
star
t
her
e.
8221
Chair
man
Pe
te
Wi
nkelman
shr
ugged
off
fears
fr
om
fans
that
Di
Ma
tteo
,
in
his
first
manager
ial
job
,
is
a
ri
sky
decision.
8220I
can
understand
why
people
think
it
8217s
a
bit
of
a
gamble
,8221
Wi
nkelman
said,
8220but
yo
u8217
ve
got
to
re
member
ther
e8217
s
a
lot
mor
e
exper
ience
at
the
football
club
no
w.
8220Ro
ber
to
8217s
got
a
ver
y
str
ong
team
ar
ound
him,
these
ar
e
fr
iends
,
col-
leagues
who
think
the
same
about
foot-
ball
and
they
can
tr
ust
each
other
.
8220S
o
ev
er
ything
is
a
gamble
in
football.
8221
And
what
was
it
about
Di
Ma
tteo
that
made
Wi
nkelman
think
he
was
his
man?
8220H
e8217
s
cool,
he
8217s
calm,
he
8217s
collected
and
ver
y
ambiti
ous
.
Ther
e8217
s
a
steely
deter
mi-
nation
in
him.
8221
9632
Sa
m
Ba
ldock
and
Lu
ke
How
ell
hav
e
signed
new
one-year
deals
with
the
Dons
.Ge
tting
to
know
all
about
youFirst
training
sessi
on
doubl
es
as
team-
boss
bondi
ng
exerc
isePla
ye
rs
wa
rm
up
in
the
Po
rtuguese
sunMo
ving
on?
Captain
Ke
ith
Andr
ews
66
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