Fault in Our Stars author John Green to make film about AFC Wimbledon

Bestselling YA author has acquired rights to the story of the fan-founded football team who improbably achieved promotion to the Football League

John Green, author of the YA novels The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, is to write and produce a film about English lower-league football club AFC Wimbledon.

Wimbledon FC were given permission by the Football Association to move 50 miles away to Milton Keynes in 2002, and became MK Dons. The move angered fans and led to the creation of AFC Wimbledon, who worked their way from the bottom of the football pyramid system all the way to League Two.

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