Championship

There’s no logic to the Dons’ feat

by
The LeaguePaper Team
3 February 2019

FROM ZEROES TO HEROES
John Lyons

BEARDED WONDER: Scott Wagstaff, left, celebrates scoring his second goal and AFC Wimbledon’s third against West Ham with fellow scorer Kwesi Appiah
PICTURE: PA Images

FLP executive editor

FOOTBALL is a funny old game, isn’t it? Just four days before AFC Wimbledon humbled West Ham in the FA Cup, I saw them hammered 3-0 by Fleetwood Town in League One action.
The Dons were dire that night and you just couldn’t imagine them giving the Hammers any Cup nightmares.
Perhaps that was all part of a cunning masterplan – the Premier League...

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