COVID-HIT DONS DID ME PROUD – HODGES

GLYN Hodges says AFC Wimbledon should not blame Covid-19 for their defeat to leaders Lincoln City, despite asking the EFL to postpone the game.

- Matthew Baldwin

Several Dons players are believed to have tested positive in advance of the clash at Plough Lane and the club made a formal application for postponement.

But protests fell on deaf ears and Tom Hopper’s late winner condemned them to a third straight league loss – although Hodges refused to blame the virus.

“I was still confident in the team that we picked, I was confident in the players,” said the AFC Wimbledon manager.

“When we realised how many have got Covid-19 and how many should have been self-isolating over and above that, that’s when we thought ‘should this game go ahead?’ because they (Lincoln) had the same feeling.