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JOHNNIE GLEE AT HIS DONS’ DISPLAY

FA CUP
By Tom Blackett

DOUBLE: Ali Al-Hammadi

DELIGHTED Johnnie Jackson saluted his AFC Wimbledon players after they put Non-League Ramsgate to the sword with a thumping 5-0 win in the second round on Monday night.
Ali Al-Hammadi (26 and 53 mins) led the way with a double, while Jake Reeves (8), Josh Neufville (43) and Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (48) also got on the scoresheet against the Isthmian South East side.
“If the early goal didn’t come we’d have kept doing our thing,” insisted Jackson. “Speaking to a lot of the media, you get a sense that...

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