AFC Wimbledon is a professional English football club based in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. The club currently play in League Two of the Football League, which is the fourth tier of English football. They play at Kingsmeadow, a ground which is shared with Kingstonian F.C.The club was founded in 2002 as a result of Wimbledon F.C.'s relocation to Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire; Wimbledon F.C. was subsequently renamed MK Dons. In view of its transplanting to Milton Keynes, a large majority of Wimbledon fans felt that the original club no longer represented Wimbledon's legacy and traditions, and thus withdrew their support, choosing instead to start a new so called phoenix club from scratch. When AFC Wimbledon was formed it affiliated to both the London and Surrey Football Associations, and entered the Premier Division of the Combined Counties League, which is the ninth tier in English football. In its short history the club has been extremely successful, being promoted five times in nine seasons, and going up from the ninth tier (Combined Counties Premier) to the fourth (League Two) by 2011. The club's achievement of attaining League status after just nine seasons of existence is  the fastest such ascent for a new club since automatic promotion to the Football League commenced in the 1980s. Wimbledon were promoted to League One in 2016 after beating Plymouth 2-0 in the play-off at Wembley. They were relegated at the end of the 2021-2022 season.