Kidderminster 2-0 AFC Wimbledon

Following the fireworks of Thursday night came a classic case of after the Lord Mayor's show.

Legs and seemingly minds drained from the exertions of getting one over Crawley Town, today's defeat highlighted the reality of keeping pace with the big spenders at the top.

Kidderminster, poor at home, against a Wimbledon team worrying on the road. It was the hosts that cured their concerns and with ease, taking full advantage of an inexperienced defence as the teenagers succumbed only days after doing away with the Red Devils.

Part of the Dons problem was their stars from Thursday's television spectacular going missing in Worcestershire.

Goal heroes Danny Kedwell and Sam Hatton were miles off the pace. Livewire Ryan Jackson off colour and centre-back Fraser Franks often exposed. Tiredness set in, but with two big home games quickly on the horizon, there's little time to refocus.

A poor first half void of anything decent should have seen a Wimbledon opener after 38 minutes. Steven Gregory dithered in possession and instead of putting through Kedwell, the nine-goal forward, he went alone, failing quite miserably.

Although good with the ball in central midfield, Kiddy went ahead against the run of play with half-time looming.

Lee Morris to his credit stayed on his feet when Ed Harris went to ground and he picked out Chris McPhee who rattled in the first goal of the afternoon, sending Seb Brown the wrong way from eight yards out.

It got little better for the visitors after half-time. Some good officiating would have helped, the match referee Mr Handley failing to spot Ollie Thorne's arms in the way of Mark Nwokeji's drive minutes in.

It was a mental blow Wimbledon couldn't recover from. Five minutes later again the Dons surrendered the ball whilst in attack and this allowed David Hankin the freedom of the right flank.

He burst through one-on-one before Hatton eventually recovered to put off the midfielder, who shot inches wide.

Wimbledon didn't heed the warning. Brown had to go down low to keep our Keith Briggs but the game was safe when Franks, 19, lost concentration and Welshman Marc Williams slipped in.

The substitute looked like he had taken the ball too far wide but fired back across goal to secure only Harriers second home win of the season.