The spirit of the old 'Crazy Gang' resurrected as football returns to Plough Lane

Eighteen years ago, AFC Wimbledon were in the ninth tier of English football, withouth a home. Tonight they return to their spiritual home, looking up from League One to a brighter future

CRAZY DAYS: Inside the new Plough Lane stadium prior to Tuesday's League One match between AFC Wimbledon and Doncaster Rovers. The Dons return to their spiritual home back in in the borough after a 29 year absence. 

ON a night of Champions League football, with its attendant pomp and preening, the League Division One meeting of AFC Wimbledon and Doncaster Rovers must seem like the donkey and cart.

There won’t be anyone at Wimbledon’s Plough Lane tonight, but that can’t and won’t diminish the gravitational pull and special feeling of home for locals who have waited almost 30 years for this moment.