Sloane Street Capital (SSC) has officially withdrawn from its proposed £87 million investment in AFC Wimbledon, causing the club to cancel its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) and face heightened financial pressures. The Dons Trust are holding their annual meeting on Monday. AFC Wimbledon are one of only two majority fan-owned clubs in the EFL – along with Exeter City – but that makes running a loss-making operation, as 94% of teams in England’s top five tiers are doing according to the State of the Game report, even more challenging. “In other clubs, the owner just puts their hand in their pocket, produces cash,” said Hannah Kitcher, who has been a member of the Dons Trust Board (DTB), which runs AFC Wimbledon, for seven years. “It’s harder when the owners are fans – you can only go to them so many times.” Wimbledon made a £2.6m loss in the 2024-25 season – a figure expected to increase by £500,000 when they publish their accounts next month – which, as Kitcher point...
If Palace sign Thomas Frank he should sort out their problems, in particular their defensive woes, and steer them away from the relegation zone. Frank would be a logical appointment. Although he has been out of work since an ill-fated eight-month tenure at Tottenham Hotspur ended in February, he proved to be a savvy tactician and strong figurehead during the seven previous years at Brentford, a Premier League club on roughly the same level as Palace. Equally, he would have little time to implement his principles, because Palace return to action with a six-pointer against Coventry City a week on Saturday. Moreover, Palace fans know that the problems at the club are more fundamental than the manager. One commented: ‘we (Palace) have been woeful in the transfer market for the last 3 seasons ….. we leave everything to the last possible second in the transfer window and we haven’t recognised the squad depth required to be playing European football .’ Much of the Palace supp...