The Dons extended their record of never having won away in the FA Trophy after being held by Southern League Division One East outfit Dartford.

Despite the Dons fielding a near full-strength side, and against a team one level lower in the non-league pyramid, the game never really came alive and the hosts were good value for the draw.

Dave Anderson - for once - had the luxury of being able to select the same team for the second game in a row, while the only change on the bench was Mark King coming in for Sonny Farr who was unable to make the game.

Due to late arrivals, the game was actually put back to a 3.10 start, and thereafter a one-minute silence - held in tribute to the late George Best - was immaculately observed.

Within two minutes of kick-off Frankie Howard was in the wars as his brave header led to clash of heads with an oncoming attacker. Other than that, the main action to be seen came from Dave Anderson barking orders to his defenders to tighten up their marking. The first real move of the match saw Michael Harvey skip past the home right-back and deliver a decent ball across the six-yard box, only to see the Dons frontline lagging behind. Three minutes later Richard Butler looked to go one better as he bore down on goal, with keeper Hudson having to be on his toes to block. Butler struck again from the rebound but wasn't able to get any power behind his shot and a defender was able to clear comfortably.

But Dartford weren't backwards in going forwards either, and created several half chances opportunities of their own. First up, McClements fizzed a screamer over the bar from 20 yards out. Next up, a run from deep in the Darts half ended with Little comfortably collect a weak shot from the edge of the box.

On 24 minutes, the Dons came the closest yet as Wes Daly and Dwayne Plummer linked up well on the right, with Plummer's cross picking out the head of Harvey. But the wingback, who had scored twice in midweek against Redbridge, couldn't connect cleanly and his attempt was easily saved by Hudson.

Despite plenty of Wimbledon possession, and with the sides playing neat triangles, the visitors were finding it hard to apply the finishing touches. A Barry Moore free-kick from the edge of the box curled narrowly wide, and Plummer found himself one-on-one with the keeper but took too long to pick his spot and was easily foiled. With Howard then heading over from a Moore corner, there was just time for Dartford to blaze a speculative shot over the bar before a rather subdued first half came to an end.

As the second-half kicked off the skies opened and a mistimed Dartford tackle saw Moore shape up for a second free-kick from the edge of the home side's box. With the crowd looking for something spectacular, the ball looped around the wall only to fall the wrong side of the upright. For the next 10 minutes, the game stuttered with both sides failing to take the game by the scruff of the neck. With 57 minutes gone, Simon Sohiby looked to show the forwards how it's done. The Dons broke from a corner through Plummer, who then found Harvey on the left. His sweeping pass found Daly whose deep cross was met by Sohiby. Unfortunately, the defender could only send his powerful header wide.

From thereon it was Dartford who had the best chances to seal the win. On 72 minutes an inviting pass across the goalmouth found nobody on hand to tap it in while, with five minutes left on the clock, Hayes skipped passed the Dons defence before shooting high and wide. Then, in the last minute, it was left to Andy Little to save the Dons ¬first doing well to block at the feet on Hayes, and then beating out a shot from point blank range in what was to be the final attack of the game.

A draw was a fair result to both sides, but the Dons would hope to do better back home the following Tuesday.