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Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (c-eniconˌmɪltən_ˈkiːnz_ˈdɒnz; usually abbreviated to MK Dons) is an English professional football club founded in 2004 and based since 2007 at Stadium mk, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. MK Dons are currently contesting Football League One, the third tier of English football, during the 2011 � 12 season.

Milton Keynes Dons were created on 21 June 2004 as the result of Wimbledon F.C.'s relocation from south-west London to the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes nine months earlier. Although the team originally claimed the history of Wimbledon F.C. as its own, it stopped doing so in 2007, in part to ensure the recognition of its supporters groups by the Football Supporters Federation, which had previously boycotted them. Despite remaining a legal continuation of the original Wimbledon club, MK Dons has maintained since 2007 that it is a new team, founded in 2004.

Following Wimbledon F.C.'s relegation, MK Dons played in League One for the 2004 � 05 season and were relegated again to the fourth-tier League Two after 2005 � 06. Under the management of Paul Ince, the club won both the division and the Football League Trophy during the 2007 � 08 season, and was promoted back to League One for 2008 � 09, where as of 2011 � 12 they remain.

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