AFC Wimbledon - Kingsmeadow

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AFC Wimbledon was born out the the ashes of Wimbledon FC, who left their home at Plough Lane and moved to Milton Keynes and became the Milton Keyne Dons. The supporters felt abandoned by this and formed a new club, AFC Wimbldon and started on a 9 year crusade to get the team back into the English Football League. Kingsmeadow has been the temporary home for AFC Wimbledon as they wait for the completion of their new Plough Lane stadium, expected to be complete during the 2020/21 season. The club played at the 4,850 capacity Kingsmeadow stadium in Kingston upon Thames from 2002 until May 2020. From 2003 to 2017, AFC Wimbledon groundshared with Kingstonian, AFC Wimbledon being the landlords and Kingstonian the tenants, before then the roles were reversed. In November 2015 AFC Wimbledon supporters backed the idea of selling Kingsmeadow to Chelsea F.C. to help fund a planned new ground in Merton. At the end of the 2011–12 season, AFC Wimbledon commenced work on building a new 1,000 capacity all-seater stand to replace the existing Kingston Road End. This was completed by 13 October 2012 game against Cheltenham Town which saw an attendance of 4,409. The new stand was named the North Stand before being renamed The Nongshim Stand and in July 2015 the John Green Stand following sponsorship deals. The work increased the stadium capacity to approximately 4,850 with 2,265 seats. [Wikipedia]