Milton Keynes Dons F.C. facts for kids

Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
Full name	Milton Keynes Dons Football Club
Nickname(s)	Dons
Founded	2004
Ground	Stadium:MK
Capacity	30,500
Chairman	Pete Winkelman
Manager	Karl Robinson
League	League One
2014–15	League One, 2nd (promoted)

Milton Keynes Dons F.C. are an English football club. They are also known as MK Dons.

They play their home games at a stadium called Stadium:MK which is in Milton Keynes (about 45 miles or 75 km north of London). The club began again in 2004 from the remains of Wimbledon F.C., which had moved to Milton Keynes in 2002 and then went bankrupt.

The stadium now has a capacity of about 31,000 seats.

League highlights since 2004

In the 2007/08 season, the Dons came top of Football League Two and won the Football League Trophy. They were promoted into Football League One.

In the 2008/09 season, the Dons came third in League One, but failed to win the play-off between the next best three teams and themselves and so did not go up to the Football League Championship. So they stayed in League One for the 2009/10 season, they only reached 12th.

On the last day of the 2014/15 season, they reached second in League One and so were promoted to the Championship for the 2015/16 season. Their stay in the Championship lasted just one season: they were relegated back to League One for the 2016/17 season.

League position

Season	League	Position
2004/05	League One	20th
2005/06	League One	22nd
2006/07	League Two	4th
2007/08	League Two	Champions
2008/09	League One	3rd
2009/10	League One	12th
2010/11	League One	5th
2011/12	League One	5th
2012/13	League One	8th
2013/14	League One	10th
2014/15	League One	2nd
2015/16	Championship	23rd

Images for kids

Pete Winkelman, in 2011
Milton Keynes Dons (white) take on Blackpool (tangerine) at the former England National Hockey Stadium during the 2004–05 season
Stadium MK's East Stand in 2007
Milton Keynes Dons sold Dele Alli to Tottenham Hotspur for £5 million in 2015
Dean Lewington, the present captain of MK Dons, has played more matches for the team than any other player. Pictured in 2011, he is, as of October 2017, the only former Wimbledon player left in the club's squad.
Paul Ince, pictured in 2006, managed the club over two spells between 2007 and 2010.
Karl Robinson (R) and Head of Coaching Gary Waddock (L), pictured in 2013. Robinson held the longest tenure of any MK Dons mangager, in charge from 2010 through 2016.