To the losers banishment to the First Division wilderness and long coach trips to footballing outposts like Grimsby, Stockport and Portsmouth.

Bradford chairman Geoffrey Richmond believes he will be consumed by 'sheer terror' during the nail-biting relegation showdown with the Dons.

Monday's 1-0 success at Sunderland was Bradford's first away win for seven months and has set up what Richmond reckons is 'the biggest game in the club's history'.

The battling Bantams, who had taken just one point from the previous 36 on the road prior to their trip to the virtually impregnable Stadium of Light, now face a desperate do-or-die battle with Wimbledon at Valley Parade.

While another victory will not guarantee manager Paul Jewell's side safety, they will move out of the bottom three for the first time this year and become favourites for survival.

All the momentum is with Bradford as Wimbledon are in freefall, having lost seven matches on the trot.

But Richmond knows the club's hopes of avoiding an immediate return to the First Division are still resting precariously on a knife edge.

He said: 'We still think Wimbledon are hot favourites to survive as they have two more points than us and a significantly better goal difference. We also still think Sheffield Wednesday have a better chance than us of surviving as they have a game in hand and a better goal difference.

'But there's a door that's opened just a little for us and given us a glimmer of hope, where perhaps before Monday that door was closed.

'It means we now face the biggest game in the club's history this Sunday.

'If somebody had said last summer when the fixtures came out our biggest game of this season, or any other, would be with Wimbledon then I would have looked surprised to say the least but that's the way it has turned out.' Wimbledon manager Egil Olsen, who has suffered a huge fans' backlash during his team's plunge down the table, admits it is vital for the club to safeguard their Premiership status.

But the former Norway boss is confident the Dons can escape the clutches of relegation and even if they don't, it won't be the end of the world.

He said: 'It's important we stay in the Premiership, and you can't say more than that, because there is also a lot of money involved. I've heard people say if Wimbledon should go down, they can never come up again, but I disagree with that.' But those words cut no ice with former Wimbledon keeper Hans Segers. 'If they go down I'm afraid it will be the end of them. Players will not want to go there anymore,' said the Dutchman.

After seeing his beloved old team slump to their seventh straight defeat against Spurs last weekend, Segers said the famous Crazy Gang spirit had disappeared.

'This isn't the Wimbledon I used to know. All the qualities they had in the past have gone and the players look really down,' said Segers, now goalkeeping coach at White Hart Lane.

'There is no spirit and I cannot see any system. The only time they are going to score is from set-pieces. The club survived on spirit and determination over the years but since the man behind the Crazy Gang, Sam Hammam, decided to sell his shares it has fallen apart.

'When people play them now, they know they will get three points. You can talk about tactics but it is down to the players. We used to talk about winning our own personal battles for the good of the team and everyone had a job to do. If you look through the team now there doesn't seem much there and it's a shame.