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Money not the seesnce of 'paupers' challenge

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GOOD old Wimbledon.

After losing their first three matches of the season, they have bounced back with four successive victories to move into sixth place (that's right, sixth) in the Premiership.

You just can't keep a good Don down, can you? The Dons, admittedly, are not everyone's cup of 'Rosie Lee' but, in these days of silver service executive boxes, GBP30,000-a-week players and GBP15 million transfers, they continue to prove that there is room at the top for the more down-to-earth, homely members of the Premiership.

Players come and go (and, like a certain Mr Vincent Jones, sometimes come back again) but the Wimbledon spirit and resilience remain - qualities which brought them through the four divisions after joining the Football League in 1977 and all the way to that 'Prince and Pauper' FA Cup final against Liverpool in 1988, when the Dons won 1-0.

Descriptions of Wimbledon range from 'lovable rogues' to 'a bunch of thugs' but maybe they're just a half-decent football team whose collective spirit sees them through time after time.

Whoever's at the top of the table, Wimbledon away (or at home for that matter) will continue to be one of the big tests of the season.

Up the Dons - the Premiership needs you.

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