TORRENT OF GOALS AS STEVENS OVERFLOWS

MATTY Stevens scored a hat-trick for AFC MA Wimbledon as his boss Johnnie Jackson said a return to the Cherry Red Records Stadium had inspired his team.

- Jonathan Bray

The Dons were forced to postpone three home games after major flooding lead to the pitch collapsing.

Jackson's side were 3-0 up at half-time thanks to two fine finishes from Matty Stevens and a Cameron Harper own goal.

It was 4-0 shortly after the break as Stevens completed his hat-trick to condemn the Cumbrians to their eighth defeat of the season.

Jackson believes that overcoming adversity is what AFC Wimbledon is all about.

"It was no one's fault, so we just had to make sure that when we turned back up here, we had energy and enthusiasm about what we were doing," he said.

"It was brilliant that we could get back here [so quickly] and play.

"That has been the message really all week, that we need to use being back here to our advantage and that is what we have done.

"We know we are a good team, we never lost sight of that.