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.2008-09VIEW
FROM
THE
MOOCAMPTHE
fixture
list
has
been
tampered
with
once
ag
ain.
MK
Dons
were
scheduled
to
face
Southend
on
Sa
turday
,A
pril
11
but
the
da
te
has
been
brought
forward
a
day
.
The
Dons
will
no
w
tra
vel
to
Roots
Hall
stadi
-
um
on
Good
Fr
iday
and
kick-off
is
at
1pm.
The
kick-off
time
for
the
Boxing
Day
cl
ash
at
Bristol
Rovers
has
also
been
brought
forward
to
1pm.
FOLLOWING
Pa
ul
Ince8217
s
departure
more
back
room
staff
members
have
left
MK
Dons.
Assistant
Ray
Mathias,
first
team
coach
Karl
Robinson
and
fitness
coach
Duncan
Russell
have
joined
Ince
in
his
mo
ve
to
Blackburn
Ro
vers.
Chief
scout
David
Tu
ttle
and
masseur
John
Seeley
have
also
left
stadiummk
SPECULA
TION
on
players
coming
and
going
never
stop
but
no
w
cl
ubs
can
make
the
moves
for
their
wanted
men.
Ye
sterday
the
transfer
windo
w
officially
opened.
Deals
ha
ve
alread
y
been
completed
throughout
the
lea
gues
but
July
,1
is
the
da
te
players
are
allo
wed
to
play
for
their
new
cl
ubs.
But
there
is
no
need
for
panic
buying
as
they
windo
w
remains
open
until
August,
31.
FIFTY
supporters
are
being
given
the
opportunity
to
voice
their
opinion
on
the
MK
Dons
stadium.
A
year
after
opening
MK
Dons
and
MK
Dons
Supporters
Association
are
asking
for
fa
ns
to
comment
on
the
general
run
-
ning
of
stadiummk.
A
fa
ns
forum
will
be
hosted
on
Thursday
,
July
10
from
6pm-8pm.
The
cl
ub
want
fa
ns
to
tell
them
what
is
working
and
what
needs
impro
ving.
If
you
would
like
to
be
in
the
select
panel,
and
you
are
aged
16
or
ov
er
,s
end
an
e-
mail
to
matt.co
ve@mkdons.com
with
8216F
ans
Forum8217
in
the
subject
box.
Yo
u
will
need
to
inc
lude
your
name,
date
of
birth,
address,
telephone
number
and
whether
you
are
a
season
ticket
holder
or
not.
Closing
date
for
entries
is
this
Friday
at
5pm.
Appl
ican
ts
wi
ll
be
notified
if
they
are
successful
on
Monday
,J
uly
7.Spirits
high
in
MK
ca
mp
BY
SIMONE
CORGAN
simone.corgan@mk-news.co.uk
MK
DONS
hav
e
scrapped
their
re
ser
ve
s
team.
They
hav
e
pulled
out
of
the
Co
mbination
East
division
to
focus
on
the
attentions
on
the
first
team
and
academy
set-up
.
Las
t
sea
son
Mi
ke
Do
ve
,
who
is
cur
-
re
ntly
wor
king
as
car
etaker
manager
,
spent
time
wor
king
with
the
re
ser
ve
s
as
we
ll
as
his
academy
bo
ys
.
Bu
t
it
has
been
decided
the
re
ser
ve
s
we
re
hindering
the
dev
elopment
of
yo
uth
play
ers
.
Sp
eaking
to
MK
NEWS
Do
ve
ex
pl
ai
ne
d
why
the
system,
which
was
used
main
-
ly
for
injur
ed
play
ers
and
yo
uth
play
ers
,
has
been
axed.
8220W
e8217
re
not
having
a
re
ser
ves
team
this
ye
ar
.
It
was
decided
by
all
those
involved
that
it
would
be
bette
r
to
conce
ntr
ate
on
the
first
team.
We
can
always
book
games
in
for
fr
inge
players
and
yo
ung
play
ers
.
We
can
get
teams
in
and
play
under
our
conditions
.
8220P
laying
Sa
tur
day
for
the
academy
then
midw
eek
you
could
be
going
to
Gr
ays
At
hletic
to
play
against
senior
play
ers
.
It
8217s
not
good
for
the
develop-
ment
of
17-18
ye
ar
-olds
.
8220A
s
a
club
we
have
to
focus
on
our
first
team.
To
get
success
we
have
to
keep
putting
all
our
re
sour
ces
,
ri
ghtly
,
in
to
our
first
team.
8220A
nd
this
ye
ar
with
the
re
ser
ve
s
it
8217s
ve
ry
difficult
for
a
manager
because
yo
u
don
8217t
want
to
ri
sk
play
ers
so
yo
u
delay
games
then
have
two
games
in
a
week.
8220Y
ou
can
8217t
expect
the
pros
to
play
them
so
it
then
falls
on
to
the
yo
ung
play
ers
and
it
8217s
too
much
for
them
as
we
ll.
8220W
e
need
to
wor
k
to
war
ds
getting
a
dev
elopment
gr
oup
as
a
club
and
then
that
can
be
used
as
a
re
ser
ve
team,
that
8217s
not
just
used
as
a
kick-ar
ound,
it
needs
to
be
used
pr
operly
.
He
added:
8220I
believ
e
if
yo
u
ar
e
going
to
ru
n
a
re
ser
ve
team
yo
u
wor
k
to
get
in
ther
e
on
merit
as
opposed
to
sticking
in
a
few
academy
play
ers
.
8220Y
ou
hav
e
yo
ung
lads
playing
in
re
ser
ve
games
that
a
couple
of
ye
ars
ago
wouldn
8217t
.8221Reser
ve
team
sacrificed
to
concentra
te
on
first
team
BY
SIMONE
CORGAN
simone.corgan@mk-news.co.uk
MOOD
in
the
MK
Dons
camp
is
positiv
e
despite
the
players
re
tur
ning
to
training
without
a
manager
,a
ccor
ding
to
Dean
Lewington
(pictured
right).
On
Mo
nday
the
pla
ye
rs
re
gr
ouped
at
their
Wo
ughton
on
the
Gr
een
tr
aining
facilities
and
mulled
ov
er
the
six
we
eks
apar
t
which
saw
Pa
ul
In
ce
leave
for
Bl
ackbur
n
Ro
ve
rs
.
Bu
t
Lewington
insists
the
play
ers
have
not
been
unsettled
by
the
depar
tur
e
of
a
fifth
man-
ager
in
as
many
ye
ars
,
in
fact
he
was
mor
e
wor-
ri
ed
that
his
team
mates
would
hav
e
been
snapped
up
.
8220W
e8217
ve
come
back
and
we
hav
en
8217t
got
a
manag-
er
...again.
It
always
seems
that
summer
is
a
bad
time
for
us
,
ob
viously
we
8217r
e
re
ally
pleased
Pa
ul
In
ce
has
got
such
a
good
mo
ve
to
the
Pr
emiership
,
I
don
8217t
think
any
one
can
begr
udge
him
of
that.
8220T
he
spir
it
is
re
ally
good
in
the
camp
.
We
8217v
e
come
back
with
nearly
all
the
play
ers
which
is
a
bonus
because
yo
u
her
e
all
the
ru
mours
and
think
some
people
might
go
.
8220B
ut
we
8217v
e
still
got
a
good
cor
e
squad
and
ever
yo
ne
8217s
quite
optimistic
about
the
new
sea-
son.
8220I
am
looking
for
war
d
to
it.
Ther
e
ar
e
such
gr
eat
games
this
season
Leicester
and
Leeds
.
They8217
re
all
big
games
for
us
but
it
8217s
another
step
up
and
it
8217s
something
we
can
all
look
for-
war
d
to
.8221
The
first
day
back
at
pr
e-season
tr
aining
is
not
one
most
play
ers
look
at
with
gr
eat
ex
cite-
ment
but
the
left-back
admitted
he
was
itch-
ing
to
get
back.
8220I
actually
look
for
war
d
to
it,
six
we
eks
off
is
a
long
time
and
yo
u
star
t
to
go
stir
cr
azy
,
it
8217s
nice
to
be
back.
8221
It
was
also
the
first
time
new
signing
Pe
ter
Leven
got
to
integrate
with
his
new
team
mates
after
signing
fr
om
Chester
field
in
the
close
season.
Although
it
was
a
fairly
re
laxed
session
tr
ain-
ing
will
soon
go
up
a
notch
when
the
Dons
meet
their
new
Ga
ffer
.
8220E
ve
ry
one
likes
to
impr
ess
a
new
manager
and
it
8217s
a
clean
slate
for
all
of
the
players
.
Yo
u
hav
e
to
go
to
ze
ro
and
star
t
again
and
ear
n
re
spect
from
the
manage
r.
8221MK
SPORT
SSH
OR
TSSprinter
on
comeback
trailCRAIG
PICKERING
made
a
successful
return
from
injur
y
at
the
weekend.
The
Marshall
Milton
Keynes
Athletics
Club
runner
finished
third
behind
former
world
champion
Kim
Collins
over
100met
ers
at
the
Gaz
de
Fr
ance
meeting.
Pickering
has
been
troubled
with
a
ham
-
string
injur
y
and
was
forced
to
pull
out
of
the
Norwich
Union
GB
European
Cup
4x100m
relay
squad
last
week.
Despite
that
he
still
managed
to
cl
ock
10.25
seconds.
Collins
won
the
race
in
10.10secs
ahead
of
Martial
Mbandjock.
Pickering
is
set
to
face
former
drugs
chea
t
Dwain
Chambe
rs,
who
is
curren
tly
under
pressu
re
from
the
Britis
h
Olympi
c
Associ
at
ion
not
to
compete
at
the
Olympic
Games,
in
the
Olympic
trails
in
Birmingham
next
week.Swimming
plan
in
local
poolWOUGHTON
Leisure
Tr
ust
is
the
latest
organisa
tion
to
implement
the
National
Plan
for
Te
aching
Swimming
(NPTS)
at
its
pool
in
Milton
Keynes.
The
new
five-year
deal
will
see
the
organisa
tion
working
in
partnership
with
the
na
tional
governing
body
until
2013.
The
ag
reement
to
use
the
NPTS,
a
tem-
pla
te
for
learn
to
swim
schemes,
means
the
centre
will
use
the
highest
quality
syl
-
labus
and
awards
system.
The
plan
is
a
comprehensive
and
pro
-
gressive
teaching
programme
based
upon
sound
technical
and
educational
princi
-
ples.
The
Na
tional
Plan
will
run
alongside
the
Kellogg8217
s
Awards
Scheme
and
looks
set
to
benefit
over
400
children
and
adults
tha
t
currently
access
swimming
lessons
at
Wo
ughton
Leisure
Centre.
The
Tr
ust,
a
registered
charity
,h
av
e
been
running
sw
imming
lessons
for
over
twenty
years
at
the
centre
which
is
located
in
an
area
of
social
deprivation.FA
Cup
draw
for
NewportNEWPOR
T
Pa
gnell
To
wn
ha
ve
been
drawn
ag
ainst
VT
,f
ormally
known
as
Vo
sper
Thorn
ycroft,
in
the
Extra
Preliminar
y
Round
of
the
FA
Cup.
The
tie
will
be
played
on
August,16.
Should
they
make
it
through
to
the
Preliminar
y
Round
they
will
host
Cirencester
To
wn
on
August,
30.Emms
to
quit
after
OlympicsBADMINTON
ace
Nathan
Robertson
has
vo
wed
to
continue
playing
when
his
part
-
ner
from
Milton
Keynes,
Gail
Emms
retires
la
ter
this
year
.
Robertson
says
he
wants
to
fea
ture
in
the
London
2012
Olympics
although
he
will
ha
ve
to
find
a
new
mixed
doubles
partner
.
The
British
duo
won
Olympic
silver
in
Athens
four
years
ago
and
followed
tha
t
with
the
2006
world
championship
title.
They
ha
ve
recently
been
selected
to
take
part
in
the
2008
Beijing
Olympics.
Robertson
said:
8220I8217ll
be
35
at
London
2012.
It8217
s
not
unrealistic
to
think
I
can
carry
on
until
then
for
a
perfect
career
-ending
moment.8221
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