The dates for your diary are in and now is the time to start planning your 2025/26 season watching the Dons in Sky Bet League One – beginning with Luton Town away!
Taking place on Friday 1 August, Wimbledon will head to Kenilworth Road to take on a Luton side that we have had plenty of memorable clashes with over the years – our play-off final win in Manchester, 2011, and last-gasp draw in the 2018/19 season spring to mind.
Our opener is then followed by the first action of the season at the Cherry Red Records Stadium with Lincoln City the visitors (Saturday 9 August), in a match-up that is sure to get the atmosphere pumping on home turf.
A trip to Reading on August 16 is then followed by two home games against Cardiff City (Tuesday 19 August) and Barnsley (Saturday 23 August) before we round-off the month at Bradford City on Saturday 30 August.
Here’s a selection of other eye-catching fixtures to look out for:
Boxing Day: Friday 26 December – Stevenage (H)
New Year’s Day: Thursday 1 January – Leyton Orient (A)
Final away game of the season: Saturday 25 April – Wigan Athletic (A)
Final game of the season: Saturday 2 May – Huddersfield Town (H)
So far, though he seemed to impress in his unveiling to win more supporters around, the general mood around fans would suggest a little uncertainty over the former Luton Town boss’ appointment. Most will surely give him a chance, but it’s fair to say he wasn’t many people’s first choice. We sought the views of our fan panel on the man Boro have chosen to take them forward.
Youtube analyst Phil Spencer, Boro Breakdown co-host Dana Malt, Boropolis co-founder Chris Cassidy and Twe12th Man member John Donovan make up our Boro fan panel and they offer their verdicts on Boro’s new head coach and their hopes for him in the role.
Chris Cassidy
Rob Edwards was never my number one candidate to replace Michael Carrick, but after a week of listening to his interviews, the announcement of Adi Viveash, and then hearing him speak for the first time as Boro head coach, I’m feeling a lot more optimistic about the appointment.
Middlesbrough weren’t good enough on the pitch for the majority of last season, but they also got a lot wrong off it. Particularly Michael Carrick’s handling of the media. Admittedly, how your head coach handles the media doesn’t win you points, but it does help create unity, and after one interview it already seems that Edwards’ heart-on-the-sleeve approach may benefit Boro in the stands.
