Pre Season News, Pictures, Fixtures and Results for 2014-15

Stuart Pearce Nottingham Forest manager arriving for the pre season Game that was also Dean Lewington's Testimonial.



Jimmy Gilligan Former Wimbledon assistant manager during Murdoch era and before the club became MK Dons in 2004 when he had a spell as caretaker manager



Ben Reeves


Former Dons Shaun Williams and Charlie MacDonald now at Millwall and Barnet respectively at Forest pre season.



Another former Don Gary McKenzie now at Blackpool.

Well pre season was not as successful result wise as last season as then we were undefeated.

This pre season we lost a couple of games but seemed to experiment a lot with team formations, we also gave the academy lads a good run out but more importantly we made some good signings and apart from the loss of Galloway who basically crapped on the club that developed him and took the advice of his greedy agent rather than try and get a better deal for the club we did not lose too many players.

Gleeson left for Birmingham and Chadwick to Cambridge but I thought we have replaced them with good players and the squad looks if anything stronger than last season.
The biggest loss for me was Williams and Izale was never a lone striker and I still wonder why he was ever signed as Karl would never change his system even if we signed Messi !!!.

I am reasonably optimistic anyway, changes have been made behind scenes regarding recruitment, the chairman has opened the purse a bit and is now concentrating on the new training ground the Mike Dove's academy looks in good shape and there are some good players amongst the current crop.

Here's hoping for a flying start and as usual the first target is fifty points after that Id expect with the team we have to make play offs I THINK automatic is probably too much looking at other teams but you never know !

Arsenal Striker Benik Afobe at MK Dons for 2014-15 season
SAT
12JUL 2014
Buckingham Athletic
Friendly (MK Dons XI)
A 3 - 4 W
MON
14JUL 2014
St. James's Gate
Friendly
0 - 6 W
TUE
15JUL 2014
Drogheda United
Friendly
A 1 - 0 L
WED
16JUL 2014
Bray Wanderers
Friendly
A 1 - 2 W
SAT
19JUL 2014
Aylesbury
Friendly
Att. 357 A 0 - 1 W
SAT
19JUL 2014
Stony Stratford
Friendly
A 1 - 7 W
TUE
22JUL 2014
Dag & Red
Friendly
A 0 - 1 W
SUN
27JUL 2014
Nottingham Forest
Dean Lewington's Testimonial Match
Att. 4,121 H 1 - 0 W
TUE
29JUL 2014
Cambridge United
Friendly
Att. 951 A 3 - 1 L
SAT
02AUG 2014
Brackley Town
Friendly
A 1 - 4 W
MON
04AUG 2014
Leicester City
Friendly
Att. 4,332 H 0 - 2 L
TUE
05AUG 2014
Leighton Town
Friendly (MK Dons XI)
2 - 1 L


Result Score Attendance Away Fans Position Points

Sat 9 Aug 3pm H Gillingham FL1 W 4-2 7595 1048 2nd 3pts
Tue 12 Aug 7.45pm H AFCW League Cup W 3-1 7174 1132
Sat 16 Aug 3pm A Peterboro Unt FL1 L 3-2 7115 813 9th 3pts
Tue 19 Aug 7.45pm A Chesterfield FL1 W 0-1 5811 246 4th 6pts
Sat 23 Aug 3pm H Coventry City FL1 D 0-0 10,600 3601 7th 7pts
Tue 26 Aug 8.00pm H League Cup Manchester United W 4-0 26,969 6,240
Sat 30 Aug 3pm H Crawley Town FL1 W 2-0 7148 243 3rd 10pts

Tue 2 Sep 7pm H Leicester Friendly L 0-4
Sat 6 Sep 3pm A Sheffield United FL1 Postponed International Call ups
Sat 13 Sep 3pm A Barnsley FL1 W 3-5 9192 363 3rd 13 pts
Tue 16 Sep 7.45pm H Bradford City FL1 L 1-2 7,139 231 4th 13 pts
Sat 20 Sep 3pm H Crewe Alexandra FL1 W 6-1 7,049 244 2nd 16 pts
Tue 24 Sep 7.45pm - League Cup 3rd Round Bradford W 2-0 5,707 572
Sat 27 Sep 3pm A Bristol City FL1 L 3-2 13,119 457 4th 16pts

Sat 4 Oct 3pm A Yeovil FL1 W 0-2 4,000 337 4th 19pts
Tue 7 Oct 7:45pm H AFCW Football League Trophy L 2-3 4,407 214
Sat 11 Oct 3pm H Rochdale FL1 Postponed International Call ups
Sat 18 Oct 3pm A Leyton Orient FL1 D 0-0 5,014 713 5th 20pts
Sat 21 Oct 3pm H Fleetwood Town FL1 W 2-1 6,736. 110 4th 23pts
Sat 25 Oct 3pm A Doncaster Rovers FL1 D 0-0 5,976 396 7th 24pts
Tue 28 Oct 7.45pm H Sheffield Unt League Cup 4th Round L 1-2 8,520 1,428
John Motson Match of the Day and commentary legend arrives for the Swindon game.
Sat 1 Nov 3pm H Swindon Town FL1 W 2-1 9,494 1,292 3rd 27pts
Sat 8 Nov 3pm - A Port Vale F.A.Cup 1st Round. W 3-4 4,120 314
Sat 15 Nov 3pm A Scunthorpe United FL1 Postponed International Call ups
Sat 22 Nov 3pm H Port Vale FL1 W 1-0 12,007 762 4th 30pts (3 games in hand)
Tue 25th 7.45pm H Rochdale FL1 D 2-2 6,720 200 4th 31 pts (2 games in hand)
Sat 29 Nov 3pm H Colchester United FL1 W 6-0 7,646 309 away fans 4th 34 pts

Tue 2 Dec 7.45 A Sheffield United FL1 W 1-0 17,030 248 3rd 37 pts (gamein hand)
Sat 6 Dec 3pm H Chesterfield FA Cup 2nd Round L 0-1 5,591 1,125 to replay
Sat 13 Dec 3pm A Preston NE FL1 D 1-1 9,856 322 3rd
Sat 20 Dec 3pm H Oldham Athletic FL1 W 7-0 7,998 400 2nd 41 pts
Fri 26 Dec 7.45pm A Notts County FL1 W 0 - 1 5,897 645 2nd 44 pts
Sun 28 Dec 3pm H Walsall FL1 L 0 - 3 9,311 538 4th 44 pts

Fri 2 Jan 7.45pm H Chesterfield FA Cup 2nd Round Replay L 0-1 8,040 1,164
FA took unprecedented decision to punish MK Dons by replaying match and incurring costs despite Chesterfield FC fielding an ineligible player.

Sat 10 Jan 3pm A Crawley Town FL1 D 2-2 2,468 424 4th 45 pts
Sat 17 Jan 3pm H Sheffield United FL1 W 1-0 9,633 1,451 3rd 48 pts
Sat 24 Jan 3pm H Barnsley FL1 W 2-0 8,310 657 3rd 51 pts
Tue 27 Jan 7.45pm A Scunthorpe Unt FL1 D 1-1 3,005 147 3rd 52 pts
Sat 31 Jan 3pm A Crewe Alexandra FL1 W 5-0 4,319 441 2nd 55 pts

Sat 7 Feb 3pm H Bristol City FL1 D 0-0 15,642 5,109 3rd 56 pts
Tue 10 Feb 7.45pm A Bradford City FL1 L 2-1 11,948 136 3rd
Sat 14 Feb 3pm A Gillingham FL1 L 4-2 5,107 321 3rd
Tue 17 Feb 7.45pm Colchester FL1 W 0-1 2,974 248 2nd 59 pts
Sat 21 Feb 3pm H Peterborough Unt FL1 W 3-0 11,162 1,738 2nd 62 pts
Sat 28 Feb 3pm A Coventry City FL1 L 2-1 9,334 1,689

Tue 3 Mar 7.45pm H Chesterfield FL1 L 1-2 7,335 227 3rd
Sat 7 Mar 3pm H Preston NE FL1 L 0-2 10,618 1,994 4th
Sat 14 Mar 3pm A Walsall FL1 D 1-1 3,887 473 4th 63 pts
Tue 17 Mar 7.45pm A Oldham Athletic FL1 W 1-3 2,455 66 4th 66 pts
Sat 21 Mar 3pm H Notts County FL1 W 4-1 11,981 559 4th 69 pts


Sat 4 Apr 3pm A Swindon Town FL1 W 3-0 10,087 896 3rd 72 pts
Tue 7 Apr 7.45pm H Scunthorpe United FL1 W 2-0 8,087 247 3rd 75 pts
Sat 11 Apr 3pm A Port Vale FL1 D 0-0 4,379 383 3rd 76 pts
Tue 14 Apr 7.45pm A Fleetwood Town FL1 W 0-3 2,752 186 3rd 79 pts
Sat 18 Apr 3pm H Leyton Orient FL1 W 6-1 10,137 905 3rd 82 pts
Tue 21 Apr 7.45pm H Doncaster FL1 W 3-0 8,159 266 3rd 85 pts
Sat 25 Apr 3pm A Rochdale FL1 W 3-2 3,501 422 3rd 88 pts

Sat 2 May 3pm H Yeovil Town FL1 W 5-1 16,965 150tbc 2nd 91 pts

MK Dons secured Automatic Promotion to the Sky Bet Championship