Editing Roberto Di Matteo (section)

===Milton Keynes Dons===
On 2 July 2008, Di Matteo succeeded former England midfielder [[Paul Ince]] as manager of [[Milton Keynes Dons F.C.|Milton Keynes Dons]] on a one-year contract, after Ince took the manager's job at [[Premier League]] club [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]].<ref name=MKStart>{{cite news |title=Di Matteo appointed MK Dons boss |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/milton_keynes_dons/7484484.stm |publisher=BBC Sport  |date=2 July 2008 |access-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> A club statement by the Dons said that both Di Matteo and the club were "young, ambitious and hungry to succeed".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/milton_keynes_dons/7484484.stm|title=Di Matteo appointed MK Dons boss|publisher=BBC|date=2 July 2008|access-date=25 January 2013}}</ref> On 26 November that year, Di Matteo took former Chelsea teammate and Norwegian international striker [[Tore André Flo]] out of retirement by signing him on a contract until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Flo rejoins Di Matteo at MK Dons|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/milton_keynes_dons/7742104.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=21 November 2008|access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> In his only season at [[Stadium MK]], Di Matteo led his team to third place in [[2008–09 Football League One|League One]] behind [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] and [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]].<ref name="Roberto_LMA"/><ref>{{cite web|title=League One Table 2008/2009 Season|url=http://www.skysports.ie/league-1-table/2008|publisher=Sky Sports|access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> They then lost a play-off semi-final on penalties to [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]], with Flo missing the decisive penalty in sudden death.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rae|first=Richard|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/16/mk-dons-scunthorpe-play-off|title=Flo flop for MK Dons sends Scunthorpe to Wembley|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=16 May 2009|access-date=25 January 2013}}</ref>