It was their first season based in their spiritual home of Wimbledon at the newly built Plough Lane stadium.

On Friday 6 November it was announced there had been a covid outbreak amongst the first team squad leading to the matches against Barrow in the FA Cup and the league fixture against Wigan being postponed.

With fans still unable to attend games due to COVID-19, AFC Wimbledon began pre-season with a behind-closed-doors friendly match against Corinthian-Casuals.

Source: BBC Win Draw Loss Postponed The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

[45] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.