Some things never change - defeat again at Accrington

We have played Accrington Stanley six times since we made it back into the football league and I think we have only managed two draws against them in six matches and they were both draws at home.

Today we continued our good form against Stanley going down 3-2 in a one sided performance where we looked second best and not very interested. Stanley were worthy winners. This is disappointing as last weeks 3-0 drubbing at home to Morecambe and the lost of 3 points owing to the registration farce has brought the season to a very disappointing end. Thank god it's over and long may the summer last, I can't say I'm that keen on the football season returning.

A view from the Away End

We were one nil down after four minutes when Wil Antwi failed to take control of a very short pass by Bennett, the Stanley centre forward nipped in to slotted the ball past Ross Worner. Antwi had plenty of time to deal with the situation, in his defence he may not have known the Stanley striker was bearing down on him and calls into question communication on the field, who warned him  - no one me thinks.

This was doubly disappointing as we looked quite good for the first three minutes! On twenty minutes we found ourselves 2-0 down when the ball was headed in from a corner. We did not improve as the half proceeded.

The travelling AFC fans

The Away seating - not very much leg room!

The second half kicked off and we found ourselves 3-0, another header from a set piece, very poor. We pulled a couple back, a Midosn penalty and another goal which at the time of writing I have no idea who scored, in fact no one realised we had scored the linesman having given the goal. Maybe the football league show will show what happened but I won't be rushing to watch that! Kwesi Appiah in fact headed the goal from a Hylton cross.

A good turnout of Dons supporters given last weeks farce, no direct trains and our record away against Stanley P3 L3 F3 A9. So we end up fourth bottom thanks to the 3 point deduction and a lot of poor performances especially at home, awful attacking play, some crass personal defending errors and some poor tactically decisions by the Manager, and I know these things because I'm a football supporter and I've been to all the games!

Now what was that I was saying about seasons end, Tuesday's the London Senior Cup final!

Post-script I travelled to Thames Ditton to see the London Senior Cup against Met Police. Nice ground, nice bar, nice facilities and a good performance by the youngsters all under 21 apart from Chris Arthur and Seb Brown. A 2-1 win, but an awful trip home only one train a hour I finally arrived home at midnight.

Imber Court - London Senior Cup Final