{"id":612825,"date":"2022-05-16T13:59:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=612825"},"modified":"2022-05-16T13:59:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:59:26","slug":"afc-wimbledon-appoint-johnnie-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/16\/afc-wimbledon-appoint-johnnie-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Wimbledon Appoint Johnnie Jackson as New Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">AFC Wimbledon have appointed former Charlton Athletic manager Johnnie Jackson as their new head coach.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The 39-year-old was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/03\/manager-johnnie-jackson-leaves-giants\/\" target=\"_self\">dismissed by the Addicks<\/a> at the end of the season after a disappointing 13th-placed finish.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Johnnie Jackson Appointed AFC Wimbledon Manager<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud835\uddea\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd6\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde0\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udddd\ud835\udde2\ud835\udddb\ud835\udde1\ud835\udde1\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddd8 \ud83d\udfe1\ud83d\udd35<\/p>\n<p>We are delighted to announce Johnnie Jackson as our new first-team manager\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFCW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AFCW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LnglU5qrGo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/LnglU5qrGo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AFC Wimbledon (@AFCWimbledon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFCWimbledon\/status\/1526244331803271168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the club&#8217;s official website, Johnnie Jackson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afcwimbledon.co.uk\/news\/2022\/may\/new-manager-appointed\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>: &#8220;I cannot wait to get started. I am extremely familiar with the AFC Wimbledon story and have total respect for what the fans have achieved &#8211; especially the marvellous new ground.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;AFC Wimbledon and The Cherry Red Records Stadium don&#8217;t belong in League Two and I&#8217;ll be doing everything possible to get us back up again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Football League Experience<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jackson made his first steps into football management following the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/10\/21\/nigel-adkins-sacked-charlton-athletic\/\" target=\"_self\">sacking of Nigel Adkins<\/a> at Charlton last October.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The former defender, who made just shy of 300 appearances for the Addicks as a player in an eight-year spell, guided the club to mid-table despite being in the bottom three when he took the role.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He guided the South London club to four wins from his opening five games but form began to dip when his squad suffered several key injuries, particularly to attacking players.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">However, after failing to secure a top-eight finish, the 39-year-old was dismissed from the role.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Johnnie Jackson Hoping to Guide AFC Wimbledon Back to League One<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Dons also parted company with their manager last season following a dreadful run, which ultimately cost them their League One status.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mark Robinson was relieved of his duties following a 21-game winless run. His successor, Mark Bowen, was unable to turn the tide as Wimbledon suffered relegation to League Two on the final day of the season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It will be a difficult campaign for the Dons with several clubs boasting luxurious budgets for the division, notably Salford City and newly promoted Stockport County.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Main Photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a id=\"ADsZKs99S5Z32Zx767UxvA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1239124440\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ADsZKs99S5Z32Zx767UxvA',sig:'Ug54YEJwb_XgOnoIi2AkDbN70Eh7ipAwpl_OviBBlHM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1239124440',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFC Wimbledon have appointed former Charlton Athletic manager Johnnie Jackson as their new head coach. The 39-year-old was dismissed by the Addicks at the end of the season after a disappointing 13th-placed finish. Johnnie Jackson Appointed AFC Wimbledon Manager \ud835\uddea\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd6\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde0\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udddd\ud835\udde2\ud835\udddb\ud835\udde1\ud835\udde1\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddd8 \ud83d\udfe1\ud83d\udd35 We are delighted to announce Johnnie Jackson as our new first-team manager\ud83d\udc47#AFCW https:\/\/t.co\/LnglU5qrGo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":612826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,32],"tags":[662,779,9231],"class_list":["post-612825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league12","category-league-football","tag-afc-wimbledon","tag-charlton-athletic","tag-johnnie-jackson"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}