What a difference a week makes. After two disappointing bank holiday weekend results, AFC Wimbledon returned to winning ways with a 4-0 demolition of Folkestone Invicta. Scott Fitzgerald scored his first goal for the Dons to accompany strikes from Roscoe Dsane, Antony Howard and Wes Daly.

The Dons were keen to bring their 'A' game to proceedings and didn't disappoint, delivering that elusive home win, a few much-needed goals, a clean sheet and some free-flowing football for supporters to enjoy * in other words a performance that ticked all the boxes.

Dave Anderson sent the team out in an orthodox 4-4-2 formation. Luke Garrard returned to the side at right-back, nudging Steve Wales into a conventional midfield role. Byron Bubb was asked to work the left flank and Wes Daly would receive a more attacking brief in his central midfield berth. Steve Butler was rested so Mark Rooney stepped in to wear the Captain's armband.

Invicta hadn't started their campaign too promisingly and, with the scars of last week's 5-1 home defeat to Margate still fresh, they were caught cold after just three minutes. Folkestone keeper Tony Kessell could only parry Scott Fitzgerald's powerful header and Roscoe Dsane was wide awake to convert the rebound from five yards.

The Dons settled into their passing rhythm and engineered a second goal just eleven minutes later, when Steve Wales whipped in a low cross to coincide with Scott Fitzgerald's well-timed run. Folkestone were playing statues, hoping for an offside decision that never materialized, and Fitzgerald slotted past the keeper.

Wales was finding his range. The former Yeading midfielder threaded an elegant pass through the Invicta backline and once again Fitzgerald was onto it like a flash. Kessell got his angles right and denied the striker's attempt to double his tally.

Number three seemed imminent. Mark Rooney's snap-shot from 10 yards forced Kessell to parry once again and the ball broke to Antony Howard. The Dons defender tried to steer it into the net but his effort was blocked by Paul Lamb, who bravely threw himself in the way to keep the match alive.

Howard then turned provider, his bullet header splitting Folkestone in two. Fitzgerald's pace was too hot to handle and he found himself head-to-head with Kessell yet again, thundering his shot just the wrong side of the post.

If the tide was going to change it may have come in the second half, with the visitors' attempts to exploit a strong following wind. The lively Walid Matata put down an early marker with a clever run and shot from 25 yards, but it wouldn't be long before the Dons regained their momentum.

Kingsmeadow is not a happy hunting ground for Invicta, who were walloped 4-1 in the corresponding fixture last season. And things were looking a whole lot worse for them when Wimbledon won their third penalty in five matches. Adam Flanagan bundled over Roscoe Dsane as they raced into the box. Dsane stepped up but struck his penalty against the post and Steve Wales volleyed the rebound into the Tempest End.

Unabashed, the Dons pushed on. Kessell denied Bubb a certain tap-in with a fantastic diving interception from Fitzgerald's cross. But the reprieve was short-lived and the Dons' third goal duly arrived courtesy of Man-Of-The-Match Howard, heading in Bubb's corner at the back post.

Dave Anderson replaced Dsane and Fitzgerald with Paul Barnes and Darren Grieves, who were quick to make their presence felt. Barnes eased his way into the game by setting up Wes Daly to strike a shot from twenty yards that curled high and wide.

To their credit Folkestone stuck to the task, causing Andy Little problems late on with high deliveries into the box. The visitors had their hosts scrambling on a couple of occasions but were ultimately unable to find a consolation goal to take back with them.

The Dons' fourth was as quick and devastating a counter-attack as you'll see this season, starting with Lee Kersey at one end and finishing with Wes Daly sliding in on Darren Grieves's cross at the other. And they nearly made it five. Barnes almost added insult to injury following some tidy interplay with Grieves. Sadly, as emphatic as his finish was, Barnes's run was deemed offside.