Free-falling AFC need a win over arch enemies to keep up the fight
Evening Standard|April 08, 2022
The face of defeat: Jack Rudoni after AFC Wimbledon’s loss at Sheffield Wednesday
- Simon Collings
Free-falling AFC need a win over arch enemies to keep up the fight

FOR some AFC Wimbledon fans, the prospect of facing MK Dons at Plough Lane tomorrow is the stuff of nightmares. Their team is in free-fall as they prepare to face their most bitter rivals without a win in 22 matches in League One, 22nd in the table and spiralling towards relegation.

Wimbledon are four points from safety with just five matches to play. The original ‘phoenix’ club needs another miracle to avoid a return to League Two.

MK Dons, on the other hand, arrive at Plough Lane in rude health and sit second, unbeaten in their last 18 matches and chasing automatic promotion.

Should they hammer a nail in Wimbledon’s coffin, then it would be a painful experience.

Wimbledon’s predicament is the result of a disastrous run since early December.

The mood around the club at the start of the season was high, mainly because they were finally back at their spiritual home and there was optimism around then-head coach Mark Robinson. The Wimbledon fan, who originally joined the Dons in 2004, had been handed the job permanently last February and was in charge of a team playing attractive football and filled with players he had worked with previously in the academy.

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