leaked files revealed that the Premier League almost had a Northern Ireland based team the plan involved moving Wimbledon to Belfast rebranding as Belfast United Tony Blair then prime minister supported the idea for its potential to unify the city and boost cross community support the proposal included a 40,000 catar Stadium funded by the private sector and a Sporting Academy Irish football authorities opposed the move and the plan never materialized Wimbledon eventually rebranded as Milton kan's Dons in 2003 after Administration while a fanf founded AFC Wimbledon emerged in response