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Wimbledon administration history: every insolvency event since 1986
Wimbledon has one insolvency event on record in 2003, with no points deducted. The most recent: administration in 6 June 2003, First Division.
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Wimbledon, whose losses had grown after chairman Charles Koppel's planned move to Milton Keynes and a fan boycott, went into administration with Grant Thornton. The club carried on, moved to Milton Keynes and later became MK Dons.
Owner at the time: Charles Koppel (chairman)
Outcome: Survived. Club moved to Milton Keynes in September 2003, was relegated in 2004, and Pete Winkelman's InterMK consortium took it out of administration in 2004, after which it was renamed Milton Keynes Dons (BBC, 21 June 2004).
Sources: BBC Sport: Wimbledon call in administrators · BBC Sport: Wimbledon to change name