What a difference a week makes in football, 3 games, 3 wins, 3 clean sheets, 9 points, add another + 8 to the goal difference and a thumping 5-0 win at home.

After loosing at Tranmere where we looked out of sorts and pretty much like sliding out of the promotion race, the lads responded in the best possible way with 3 on the bounce.

In a game where we just had to win, Town served a first half display of fluent, attacking sexy football, not seen for some time. A match where the forwards may have been licking their lips in anticipation, not one of the scored but certain Graham and Booth caused lots of problems and were both unlucky not add to the Dons misery.

Town opened the scoring from the most unlikely of sources, veteran centre back Martin McIntosh swept the ball home after some great work in the box from the impressive Captain John Worthington. I should have stuck with my instincts and had a bet on him being 1st goal scorer! 1-0 soon became 2, Gary Taylor Fletcher rounding off and fantastic flowing move with a far post header on the end of Smith curling cross.

Town all but sealed the points before the break when the non stop David Graham intercepted indecision from the MK keeper and rounded him at the edge of box, rather than being greedy and going for goal, Graham picked out Worthington on inside the 6 yard box and it was 3-0, simply, effective, decisive!

The word, game of 2 halves is often used in football and during long periods of the second, that's what we were thinking as Town again switched off at the start of the latter period and were lucky to see the ball just over the bar from a free header. Maybe that was a little wakeup call? Maybe not as it was the Dons who started playing some football and Town looked to have switched off.

Town kept the clean sheet they deserved and eventually got back into the game and started to push forward looking for another goal. Fletcher had gone off at half time with a knee injury, contract rebel Schofield replacing him on the right wing. The 2nd half effort was ended when David Mirfin connected to knock home a late 4th and get the crowd lifted again. Holdsworth for Worthington who had been booked and Abbott for Booth were subs made by Jacko as Town pressed on. The final act came from young Michael Collins after another great flowing passing move from Town with some unselfish play from Abbott and Brandon for the academy graduate to smash home the 5th and Town biggest win of the season.

Good day at the office, a nice warm up for next Fridays Live tv match at Swansea!

Is the dream over? It seems not now.

By Mark Overend from the Blue-Army mailing list.