AFC Wimbledon 4-0 Histon

Wimbledon got back to winning ways as their midfield men finally found the way to goal.

Manager Terry Brown tore into the club’s midfielders after Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Crawley Town. He was livid that not one of them had scored a goal in the Dons’ 11 Blue Square Premier fixtures.

But that drought is at an end after Lewis Taylor and Steven Gregory chipped in to help secure the club’s first win in five.

Luke Moore – also playing in midfield – got the goalscoring under way after 13 minutes.

He tapped home after former Don Danny Naisbitt couldn’t hold Jon Main’s shot.

Histon had their chances in the first half with Michael Frew twice coming close. There were also opportunities too for midfielder Josh Simpson but with James Pullen and defender Brett Johnson in fine form there was no way through.

The home side improved after the break and ten minutes into the second half Taylor got the goal his manager had been waiting for.

Exceptional Chris Hussey’s cross was nodded back across the box by Danny Kedwell.

Moore, with three defender on him, teed-up Taylor who smashed the ball into the top left-hand corner of the net.

With a quarter of an hour left Gregory – after Sam Hatton had found him seconds after his own shot was saved – made it 3-0 from 20-yards.

Kedwell before long converted a penalty in emphatic fashion when Hatton was upended by Gareth Gwillim in the box.

Brown said: “I’m delighted they took on board what I said in midweek. We changed our system and it worked very well.

“We put Sam at right-back and I have never, ever known a match in which our full-backs were given so much room.

“They caused such mayhem and it was really good to see. I had asked a few players how much they want to keep that shirt. At this club, we can make changes.

“We don’t want to. We want a tight squad and a tight family but not at the expense of losing games.

“I know we have the quality here and I think they showed that in this performance.

“Overall we were a bit open. They were dangerous and could have had a couple of goals but with the way we were set up it was always going to be a case of ‘we’ll score more goals than you’. Thankfully we did that are shared the goals around a bit.”

Histon manager Steve Fallon claimed there was a difference in class once Taylor’s second goal hit the net.

He said: “Once goal number two went in you may as well have blown the full-time whistle.

“Up until then we were in it. We had good chances in the first half but once they got the second we were awful. We couldn’t pass it and we didn’t compete. We just looked totally lost.”