Previously classified documents have revealed that former UK prime minister Tony Blair was keen on an idea to relocate a Premier League team to Belfast, Northern Ireland in the late 1990s.
Wimbledon FC were in need of a new stadium after the Taylor report into the Hillsborough disaster recommended that football teams in the UK have all-seater stadia.
The south London club's home stadium, Plough Lane, was deemed unfit for redevelopment, forcing the club to search for a new home.
The BBC has reported that newly released documents include a note from 1997 described as "following up earlier informal discussions about the possibility of an Premier League football club relocating to Belfast.