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Mark Jones

Mark Jones

Co-founder of AFC Wimbledon; Head of Brand, Marketing and Communications at AFC Wimbledon

Aug 21, 2026

12:14
... towards end of first season.
12:15
So, so I think we did have, I think we did have a pre-sea-...
12:18
I think the g- the, the original part of that kind of timeline was we had that meeting upstairs at Crystals and where...
12:25
And I, I remember saying to people, "You're gonna give them your money- And they're gonna use your money to fight you- Yeah ... and pay, pay a solicitor to tell lies about e- everything, which obviously we know they went on and did, right? And, and I think...
12:38
So we took some people there.
12:39
So we'd set this kind of stall out of saying, "We need to kinda do stuff.
12:43
You know, we need to start..." I mean, we're al- always very organized.

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47:25
Yeah
24:30
What made you choose that path over maybe a much
24:33
easier one? I mean, it's a really good question.
24:35
One I've asked myself often in times of poverty and peril, you know, I'm blessed to be in a family that kind of like understand your passion and kind of caring about stuff.
24:45
I'm never blasé about what I've done for the football club, but a perfect example is, you know, I designed the kit and the crest that you're sitting wearing, but I'm not sitting here going, I did that.
24:54
You know, it doesn't strike me.
24:55
It's just kind of like, it's what I do.
24:58
And I guess it's a bit like, you know, if you was a baker, and you formed a community and someone went, we've got no food, you just bake some bread, right? You wouldn't kind of go, you wouldn't stand up and announce it.

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35:45
yeah, my grandfather was a bastard as well.

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