John: AFC Wimbledon will be promoted from League Two in the 2024-25 season (2025)
prediction · status: its date passed (2025); no outcome reported · last event: predicted (2025-01-14) · owner: John · last mentioned: 2025-05-20
In January 2025 John predicted that Marcus Browne, newly signed, would help AFC Wimbledon win promotion from League Two that season.
Told alongside: John's AFC Wimbledon FIFA series on HankGames, whose ad revenue sponsors the real AFC Wimbledon with Nerdfighter-designed ads (2013)
About: Marcus Browne, AFC Wimbledon
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-14 | predicted | John, admitting he has never seen him play, truly believes Marcus Browne will help AFC Wimbledon get promoted this season. | So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player 00:03:24 |
| 2025-05-20 | recalled | John says that without Marcus Browne he is genuinely not sure Wimbledon would be in the play-off final. (hedged) | The Double 00:04:22 |
What is said about it
9 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player — John says the player is Marcus Browne, 27, an attacking midfielder who last played for Oxford United. — 00:01:56
- 2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player — John jokes that he is in love with Marcus Browne, now his favorite footballer of all time, replacing Roberto Firmino in his imagination. (playful) — 00:01:56
- 2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player — John says Marcus spent the last few months out of professional football waiting for an opportunity, and he is proud Wimbledon can give him one. — 00:02:26
- 2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player — John met Marcus on Zoom the day before and told him the money from his AFC Wimbledon FIFA streams on YouTube had gone to his signing. — 00:02:26
- 2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player — Marcus Browne says he is grateful and happy to get his feet back under the table, work and showcase his talent. — 00:02:55
- 2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player — Marcus Browne says he understands the streaming because he used to stream on Twitch himself. — 00:02:55
- 2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player — John says that for the first time in years most of Wimbledon's good players are not being poached, and with Marcus Browne the team is getting stronger midway through the season. — 00:03:53
- 2025-04-22 · The Unimportant Things — John says new central attacking midfielder Marcus Browne, signed with money from John's FIFA stream, makes the team look dangerous. — 00:03:23
- 2025-05-20 · The Double — announcement: John reports that after a very good season AFC Wimbledon reached the play-offs and won two games to reach a Wembley final deciding promotion to the third tier. — 00:01:56