It also refers to two defunct English football clubs, both of which were non-League sides based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
[3] In 1979, after yet another poor season which saw the club finish second from bottom,[1] Ron Noades, then chairman of Wimbledon, claimed to have entered talks with the Milton Keynes Development Corporation, although this was denied by the corporation,[citation needed] about the possibility of moving the south London club to Milton Keynes.
[4] Noades purchased a controlling interest in Milton Keynes City and installed fellow Wimbledon directors including Sam Hammam, Bernie Coleman and Jimmy Rose as directors on top of their identical roles at Wimbledon, which at that time was still legal under the Football Association's rules.
As with Bletchley in the 1970s, City's directors believed that they could build their club up to be accepted as representing Milton Keynes as a whole, but a severe lack of local interest in this plan meant that they never achieved it.
Following the resignation of the directors in June 2003,[7] the team folded in July, unable to secure the investment needed to continue.
The club's chairman, Bob Flight, cited both a lack of any local football interest in the area and "the confused situation" surrounding Wimbledon F.C.