The 2014-15 squad

EFL1: How they finished

	APPS	GOALS
Will Grigg	50	22
Benik Afobe	30	19
Dele Alli	44	16
Daniel Powell	49	10
Dean Bowditch	40	7
Ben Reeves	36	7
Kyle McFadzean	49	4
Lewis Baker	12	4
Dean Lewington	49	3
Devante Cole	15	3
Rob Hall	7	3
Danny Green	18	2
Darren Potter	47	2
Samir Carruthers	38	2
Lee Hodson	15	1
Antony Kay	49	1

Date	Opponents		Comp	Result	Scorers	Att	Away fans	Pos
Sat 12 Jul	Buckingham Ath	A	FR	W 4-3	Tshimanga (3) ,Weston
Mon 14 Jul	St. James's Gate	A	FR	W 6-0	Alli (2), Hitchcock, Rasulo, Tshimanga, Wiltshire
Tues 15 Jul	Drogheda Utd	A	FR	L 1-0
Wed 16 Jul	Bray Wanderers	A	FR	W 2-1	Wiltshire, Powell
Sat 19 Jul	Aylesbury	A	FR	W 1-0	Green	357
Sat 19 Jul	Stony Stratford	A	FR	W 7-1	Hitchcock(2), Powell (2), Okito, Vaughan (2)
Tues 22 Jul	Dagenham & Red	A	FR	W 1-0	Green
Sun 27 Jul	Nottm Forest	H	FR*	W 1-0	Reeves *Dean Lewington's Testimonial	4,121
Tue 29 Jul	Cambridge Utd	A	FR	L 3-1	Hitchcock	951
Sat 02 Aug	Brackley Town	A	FR	W 4-1	Reeves, Grigg, Hitchcock, Randall
Mon 04 Aug	Leicester City	H	FR	L 0-2		4,332
Tue 05 Aug	Leighton Town	A	FR	L 2-1
Sat 09 Aug	Gillingham	H	FL1	W 4-2	Grigg, McFadzean	7,595	1,048	2nd
Tue 12 Aug	AFC Wimbledon	H	FLC	W 3-1	McFadzean, Powell, Afobe	7,174	1,132
Sat 16 Aug	Peterborough	A	FL1	L 3-2	Alli, Powell	7,115	864	11th
Tue 19 Aug	Chesterfield	A	FL1	W 1-0	Afobe	5,811	246	4th
Sat 23 Aug	Coventry	H	FL1	D 0-0		10,600	3,601	7th
Tue 26 Aug	Manchester Utd	H	FLC	W 4-0	Grigg (2), Afobe (2)	26,989	6,240
Sat 30 Aug	Crawley Town	H	FL1	W 2-0	Alli, Afobe	7,148	243	3rd
Sat 13 Sep	Barnsley	A	FL1	W 5-3	Afobe, Carruthers, Alli, Grigg, Reeves	9,192	363	3rd
Tue 16 Sep	Bradford	H	FL1	L 1-2	Lewington	7,139	231	4th
Sat 20 Sep	Crewe	H	FL1	W 6-1	Alli (3), Grigg, Afobe, Reeves	7,049	244	2nd
Tue 23 Sep	Bradford	H	FLC	W 2-0	Afobe (2)	5,707	572
Sat 27 Sep	Bristol City	A	FL1	L 3-2	Bowditch, Afobe	13,119	457	4th
Sat 04 Oct	Yeovil	A	FL1	W 2-0	Grigg, Powell	4,000	337	4th
Tue 07 Oct	AFC Wimbledon	H	JPT	L 2-3	Powell, Afobe	4,407	214
Sat 18 Oct	Leyton Orient	A	FL1	D 0-0		5,014	713	5th
Tue 21 Oct	Fleetwood Town	H	FL1	W 2-1	McFadzean, Afobe	6,736	110	4th
Sat 25 Oct	Doncaster	A	FL1	D 0-0		5,976	396	8th
Tue 28 Oct	Sheffield United	H	FLC	L 1-2	Afobe (pen)	8,520	1,428
Sat 01 Nov	Swindon	H	FL1	W 2-1	Alli, Kay	9,494	1,292	3rd
Sat 08 Nov	Port Vale	A	FAC	W 4-3	Afobe (2) ,Baker, Green	6,720	314
Sat 22 Nov	Port Vale	H	FL1	W 1-0	Baker	12,007	762	4th
Tue 25 Nov	Rochdale	H	FL1	D 2-2	Grigg, Green	6,720	200	4th
Sat 29 Nov	Colchester	H	FL1	W 6-0	Alli, Afobe (3), Reeves (pen), Hodson	7,646	309	4th
Tue 02 Dec	Sheffield Utd	A	FL1	W 1-0	Alli	17,030	268	3rd
Sat 06 Dec	Chesterfield	H	FAC	L 0-1		5,591	1125
Sat 13 Dec	Preston N E	A	FL1	D 1-1	Baker	9,846	332	3rd
Sat 20 Dec	Oldham	H	FL1	W 7-0	Grigg (2), Bowditch, Potter, Alli, Afobe, Baker	7,998	400	2nd
Fri 26 Dec	Notts County	A	FL1	W 1-0	Powell	5,897	645	2nd
Sun 28 Dec	Walsall	H	FL1	L 0-3		9,311	538	4th
Fri 02 Jan	Chesterfield	H	FAC*	L 0-1	* Replay after Chesterfield used ineligible player	8,040	1,164
Sat 10 Jan	Crawley Town	A	FL1	D 2-2	Grigg, Alli	2,468	424	3rd
Sat 17 Jan	Sheffield United	H	FL1	W 1-0	Baker	9,633	1,451	3rd
Sat 24 Jan	Barnsley	H	FL1	W 2-0	Alli, Grigg	8,310	657	3rd
Tue 27 Jan	Scunthorpe	A	FL1	D 1-1	McFadzean	3,005	147	3rd
Sat 31 Jan	Crewe	A	FL1	W 5-0	Cole (2,) Bowditch, Baker, Powell	4,319	441	1st
Sat 07 Feb	Bristol City	H	FL1	D 0-0		15,642	5,109	3rd
Mon 09 Feb	Bradford	A	FL1	L 2-1	Alli	11,948	136	3rd
Sat 14 Feb	Gillingham	A	FL1	L 4-2	Cole, Reeves (pen)	5,107	321	3rd
Tue 17 Feb	Colchester	A	FL1	W 1-0	Alli	2,974	248	2nd
Sat 21 Feb	Peterborough	H	FL1	W 3-0	Grigg, Reeves (2)	11,162	1,800	2nd
Sat 28 Feb	Coventry	A	FL1	L 2-1	Powell	9,334	1,689	2nd
Tue 03 Mar	Chesterfield	H	FL1	L 2-1	L Baker	7,335	227	3rd
Sat 07 Mar	Preston N E	H	FL1	L 2-0		10,361	1,994	4th
Sat 14 Mar	Walsall	A	FL1	D 1-1	Grigg	3,887	473	4th
Tue 17 Mar	Oldham	A	FL1	W 3-1	Bowditch, Powell Reeves	2,455	66	4th
Sat 21 Mar	Notts County	H	FL1	W 4-1	C Baker, L Baker, Grigg (2	11,911	559	4th
Sat 04 Apr	Swindon	A	FL1	W 3-0	Powell, Grigg (2)	10,087	896	3rd
Tue 07 Apr	Scunthorpe	H	FL1	W 2-0	Grigg (2)	8,087	247	3rd
Sat 11 Apr	Port Vale	A	FL1	D 0-0		4,379	383	3rd
Tue 14 Apr	Fleetwood Town	A	FL1	W 3-0	L Baker, Grigg, Alli	2,752	186	3rd
Sat 18 Apr	Leyton Orient	H	FL1	W 6-1	Bowditch, Hall (3), Grigg (pen), Alli	10,137	905	3rd
Tue 21 Apr	Doncaster	H	FL1	W 3-0	Bowditch, C Baker (2)	8,159	266	3rd
Sat 25 Apr	Rochdale	A	FL1	W 3-2	Carruthers, Bowditch, Powell	3,501	422	3rd
Sun 03 May	Yeovil	H	FL1	W 5-1	C Baker, Lewington (2), Potter, Grigg	16,965		2nd

Two glorious days in one season

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	Bristol City	46	29	12	5	96	38	58	99
P	MK Dons	46	27	10	9	101	44	57	91
P	Preston Nth End	46	25	14	7	79	40	39	89
4	Swindon Town	46	23	10	13	76	57	19	79
5	Sheffield Utd	46	19	14	13	66	53	13	71
6	Chesterfield	46	19	12	15	68	55	13	69
7	Bradford City	46	17	14	15	55	55	0	65
8	Rochdale	46	19	6	21	72	66	6	63
9	Peterborough U	46	18	9	19	53	56	-3	63
10	Fleetwood Town	46	17	12	17	49	52	-3	63
11	Barnsley	46	17	11	18	62	61	1	62
12	Gillingham	46	16	14	16	65	66	-1	62
13	Doncaster Rvrs	46	16	13	17	58	62	-4	61
14	Walsall	46	14	17	15	50	54	-4	59
15	Oldham Athletic	46	14	15	17	54	67	-13	57
16	Scunthorpe Utd	46	14	14	18	62	75	-13	56
17	Coventry City	46	13	16	17	49	60	-11	55
18	Port Vale	46	15	9	22	55	65	-10	54
19	Colchester Utd	46	14	10	22	58	77	-19	52
20	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	10	22	43	75	-32	52
R	Notts County	46	12	14	20	45	63	-18	50
R	Crawley Town	46	13	11	22	53	79	-26	50
R	Leyton Orient	46	12	13	21	59	69	-10	49
R	Yeovil Town	46	10	10	26	36	75	-39	40

DATE	PLAYER	FROM
23 May 2014	Danny Green	Charlton	Free
20 June 2014	Kyle McFadzean	Crawley	Signed
01 July 2014	Tom Hitchcock	QPR	Free
18 July 2014	Will Grigg	Brentford	Loan
04 August 2014	Benik Afobe	Arsenal	Loan (to 10/1/15)
06 August 2014	Samir Carruthers	Aston Villa	Signed
26 September 2014	Carl Baker	Coventry	Free
16 January 2015	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Rotherham	Loan (to 16/2/15)
22 January 2015	Devante Cole	Man City	Loan
02 February 2015	Dele Alli	Tottenham	Loan (after transfer)
02 February 2015	Keith Andrews	Bolton	Loan
16 February 2015	George Williams	Fulham	Loan
25 February 2015	Lewis Baker	Chelsea	Loan
02 March 2015	Joe Walsh	Crawley	Loan
27 March 2015	Rob Hall	Bolton	Loan

DATE	PLAYER	TO
20 May 2014	Alan Smith	Notts County	Free
07 June 2014	Luke Chadwick	Cambridge United	Free
09 June 2014	Stephen Gleeson	Birmingham	Free
25 June 2014	Izale McLeod	Crawley	Free
26 June 2014	Ryan Hall	Rotherham	Free
01 July 2014	Jon Otsemobor	Released	Free
02 August 2014	Brendan Galloway	Everton	Signed
10 January 2015	Benik Afobe	Wolves	Loan terminated
02 February 2015	Dele Alli	Tottenham	Signed £5 million

3/5/15 Promotion to the Championship

26/8/14 Thrashing Man United 4-0

THE PLAYERS

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

TOP SCORERS

The season's transfers

OUT

Player of the Year: Carl Baker
Players’ Player of the Year: Dele Alli
Team Performance of the Year: 4-0 vs Manchester United,
Capital One Cup
Save of the Season: David Martin vs Manchester United
Goal of the Season: Will Grigg vs Manchester United
MK Dons Academy Player of the Year: Giorgio Rasulo
MK Dons Ladies Player of the Year: Claire Hollingsworth
MK Dons Sport & Education Trust Community
Ambassador of the Year: Charlie Burns
MKDSA Community Engagement Award: Charlie Burns
MKDSA Disability Player of the Year: Daniel Ellis
MKDSA Fan of the Year: Matt Wilkinson
MKDSA Young Fans of the Year: Molly and Mark Champion

No. Player
1 David Martin
2 Lee Hodson
3 Dean Lewington
4 Tom Flanagan
5 Kyle McFadzean
6 Antony Kay
7 Danny Green
8 Darren Potter
9 Dean Bowditch
10 Ben Reeves
11 Will Grigg

No. Player
12 Jordan Spence
14 Dele Alli
15 Mark Randall
16 Ian McLoughlin
17 Daniel Powell
18 George Baldock
19 Tom Hitchcock
20 Giorgio Rasulo
21 Keith Andrews
22 Samir Carruthers
23 Benik Afobe

No. Player
23 Jonson Clarke-Harris
23 Joe Walsh
24 Ben Tilney
25 Harry Hickford
26 Will Summerfield
27 Kabongo Tshimanga
28 Devante Cole
29 Charlie Burns
34 Lewis Baker
35 George C Williams
38 Rob Hall

THE RESULTS

With what turned out to be an extremely successful summer transfer window, manager Karl Robinson signed forwards Benik Afobe and Will Grigg on loan from Arsenal and Brentford respectively, as well as former loanee Samir Carruthers from Aston Villa on a permanent deal. Centre-back Kyle McFadzean was also brought in from Crawley Town.
Following a 3–1 home victory over AFC Wimbledon in the first round of the League Cup, the club were handed a lucrative second round draw at home to Manchester United. Against all the odds, the Dons won the tie 4–0 through goals from Grigg and Afobe against a United team which included David de Gea, Javier Hernandez, Shinji Kagawa and Danny Welbeck.

The result set the tone for the remainder of the season. The Dons spent the majority of the year in promotion contention and achieved several notable victories including a record 7–0 home win over Oldham Athletic, a 6–0 home win over Colchester United and 6–1 home wins over both Crewe Alexandra and Leyton Orient . In January Academy graduate and future England star Dele Alli was sold to Tottenham Hotspur for a club record fee in the region of £5 million plus add-on incentives and arrangements which included Alli being loaned back immediately for the remainder of the campaign.
For the final few weeks of the season, the club were in competition with Preston North End and

Swindon Town for second place (the final automatic promotion spot).
   With a considerable points gap to claw back, the Dons gained 25 points from a possible 27 to ensure the battle for promotion came down to the final day.
   With Preston in second place on 89 points and the Dons third on 88, Preston faced relegation-threatened Colchester United and only needed to match the Dons’ result to ensure promotion.
   The Dons went on to defeat Yeovil 5–1 but Preston lost 1-0 and the Dons secured second, achieving promotion to the second tier for the first time since their formation in 2004 along with a club record goal tally of 101 league goals

Season
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Back row: Bobby Winkleman, Tom Bromley, Harry Hickford, Dele Alli, Tom Flanagan, Kyle McFadzean, Antony Kay, Daniel Powell, Simon Crampton, Tony Hawkins.
Middle row: Rob Weaver, Damien Doyle, Samir Carruthers, Will Grigg, Dean Bowditch, Ian McLoughlin, David Martin, Charlie Burns, Mark Randall, Danny Green, Benik Afobe, Paul Heald, Adam Ross
Front row: Will Summerfield, Ben Reeves, Lee Hodson, Darren Potter, Richie Barker, Pete Winkleman, Karl Robinson, Dean Lewington, Tom Hitchcock, George Baldock, Giorgio Rasulo

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