AFC Wimbledon's non-league giant-killing bandwagon rolls on after dumping Nationwide Conference high fliers Gravesend & Northfleet out of the FA Trophy.

After beating fellow Conference side Aldershot Town in the first round, many thought a victory over Liam Diash's men would be a bridge too far.

But Roscoe D'Sane's second half strike was enough to see Dave Anderson's men into the last 16 of the competition and record arguably the most famous win in the club's brief history.

Dons' ecstatic chief Anderson admitted beating Gravesend ranked among the highlights of his managerial career.

He said: "It is a great result and a great performance and it had to be because they are third in the Conference.

"You don't beat teams like that unless you are at your very best.

"We are delighted with the result and it is a massive achievement but over 90 minutes of football anything can happen.

"They are a team of heroes - and that includes the staff and the players who didn't get involved.

"It's about being a unit and the togetherness of the team."

Anderson's players never looked under any real threat over the 90 minutes apart from the final 10 minutes when the hosts threw everything but the proverbial kitchen sink at the Dons.

Stacy Long's 25-yard drive that was tipped round the post by Andy Little was the only action of note in the opening 10 minutes.

But the cup tie burst into life after 13 minutes after Jermaine Darlington beat two men to drive a low cross into Lewis Cook whose first time shot from seven yards shaved the post.

The Dons should have gone behind two minutes later after another long-range effort from Long was saved by Little, but Onome Sodje could only blaze the rebound over the bar from six yards.

AFC Wimbledon should have taken the lead on the stroke of half time after a pinpoint cross from Luke Garrard found Darren Grieves in acres of space the box but the front man could only guide his free header wide.

Perhaps the greatest moment in AFC Wimbledon's history so far came 11 minutes after a half-time.

A corner fell to Anthony Howard. His low cross was met by D'Sane, who lifted the ball over the advancing Lance Cronin to score his 15th goal of the season.

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