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AFC Wimbledon furious over MK Dons World Cup status

AFC Wimbledon are furious over the Football Association's decision to select Milton Keynes as a host city for the 2018 World Cup bid.

Stadium MK, which will be increased to a 44,000 capacity, was a shock inclusion among the 15 grounds put forward by the Host Cities panel yesterday.

MK Dons were only formed in 2002 after the FA made the unprecedented decision to allow Wimbledon FC to relocate 56 miles to Milton Keynes.

And the Conference Premier side believe naming the new town as a potential World Cup host is another slap in the face.

AFC Wimbledon commercial director Ivor Heller stormed: "Milton Keynes was created after the FA allowed a disgraceful decision to be made.

"I am incredibly disappointed that they have endorsed that dreadful decision by allowing the town to be a part of the World Cup bid. The FA should know better.

"It is disgraceful. There is nothing traditional about Milton Keynes as a football town and it the only franchise that has happened in this country.

"When are the FA going to do something about rebuilding a stadium for us at Wimbledon? It is hideous what has happened. It's like getting a slap from the FA all over again. This has opened up all the old wounds again."

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