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PLAY IT AGAIN SAM, AS NOMBE WRITES DONS’ PERFECT SCRIPT

PLAY IT AGAIN SAM, AS NOMBE WRITES DONS’ PERFECT SCRIPT

By Neil Metcalfe

MK DONS 1 STEVENAGE 0
SAM NOMBE’S first league goal for MK Dons felt written in the stars according to manager Paul Warne – as they won at Stevenage yesterday.
He got on the end of an Aaron Collins’ cross after 81 minutes, heading home in front of the near one-thousand MK fans.
And it was the striker who took their adulation at the final whistle.

“Yeah, it did feel a little bit like Hollywood,” said Warne. “The only part
Nombe 81
STEVENAGE: Setford 6, Earley 6, Piergianni 7, Vancooten 6, MK DONS: Dennis 7, Goode 8, San...

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