2:52pm Sunday 7th February 2010
PERFORMING well for 70 minutes failed to satisfy frustrated Forest Green boss Dave Hockaday who watched his relegation-haunted side serve up a shocking opening 10 minutes to gift AFC Wimbledon the points.
Hockaday said: "OK, we may have done well for 70 minutes but even I would have shown character out there after the way we started.
"It was chaos for the first 15 minutes. We carried on from where we left off against Mansfield last weekend and it was nowhere near good enough."
Nathan Elder's goal set Wimbledon on their way early on. A minute later, impressive Will Hendry secured ninth-minute daylight between the sides.
Danny Kedwell fired a fifth minute warning before the visitors' defender Mark Preece had to clear off his line to stop Elder from scoring.
He couldn't halt the striker moments later. Will Hendry's cross was nodded in by Elder for his third goal in four games.
It was 2-0 within a minute - Ricky Wellard putting Hendry in the clear and he shot beyond Rovers keeper David Wilkinson.
Lewis Taylor soon after hit the post but the away team had their chances, too.
Reece Styche got his lob all wrong and Sam Hatton headed against his own crossbar ten minutes before half-time.
From the resulting scramble, Pullen kept Tomi Ameobi and Craig Rocastle at bay.
The second half was a non-event but Hendry, once with a headed and later with a great half-volley, came closest to adding a third.
AFC Wimbledon: Pullen, Hatton, Johnson (Conroy 67), Lorraine, Blanchett, Wellard, Taylor (Parker 84), Gregory (Poole 76), Hendry, Kedwell, Elder.
Subs Not Used: Brown, Main.
Booked: Wellard, Kedwell, Parker.
Goals: Elder 8, Hendry 9.
Forest Green: Wilkinson, Hodgkiss, Preece, Thorne, O'Cearuill (McDonald 46), Smith, Rocastle, Platt (Brown 46), Rankin, Ameobi, Styche.
Subs Not Used: Burton, Else, Powell.
Booked: Smith, Thorne, Rankin, Styche.
Att: 3,272.
Ref: Warren Atkin (West Sussex).
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