We have previously covered how the International Weekend was received by all those who attended, and of course, appreciate all those that helped make it a great success. It is always welcomed when others from outside of the club also recognise the spirit of what we do at WiSH and how it brings us all together.
So, it was again nice to see that Football Weekends magazine published a special feature on that weekend in its latest issue. We have reproduced an excerpt from the feature below.
Wombling The World Over
The festivities began the previous evening when the fans began arriving in London, gathering in the clubhouse bar, The Phoenix. They were then entertained to an entertaining matchday tour that took in the changing rooms – a world away from the basic facilities of the original Plough Lane ground – the dugouts, around the stands and executive lounges.
The weekend was put together by long-time Dons fan John Lynch, a club vice president and Managing Director of Wimbledon in Sporting History Charity. He said, “As a fan, I’ve always been aware of the interest in this club that has reached out across the world. My background is in theatre, a storyteller, and what’s struck me, watching games in my seventh decade, is how you can reach out to people and they will come back to something again and again.
“What’s resonated with me is that football is a hearts and minds thing. So if there’s a great story it touches people, and that’s been the secret to the success of this club being adopted around the world.”
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