100,000 litres later - Wimbledon head to Newcastle for cup tie

Johnnie Jackson says AFC Wimbledon person endured a "crazy week" arsenic they hole to look Newcastle successful their rescheduled and relocated Carabao Cup third-round necktie astatine St James' Park.

The Dons were forced to postpone nan original fixture aft flooding caused important harm to their Plough Lane pitch, which meant nan nine besides had to shelve their League Two crippled against Accrington Stanley astatine nan weekend.

"It's been difficult astatine times not knowing who we're playing and erstwhile we're playing,” nan Wimbledon leader told BBC Radio London.

"The first fewer days we spent not knowing whether we were preparing for Accrington, past erstwhile we recovered retired that wasn't going to happen, it was each attraction backmost connected to Newcastle - truthful we've almost done 2 preps for them.

"It's been a crazy week successful Wimbledon's story. But we've now managed to person a 2 aliases three-day lead-in, which we wouldn't person had before, truthful it's fixed america a spot much breathing space.”

More than 100,000 litres of h2o were pumped retired of Plough Lane aft nan adjacent River Wandle burst its banks astatine nan opening of past week, but Jackson is assured nan transportation will beryllium playable for nan Dons' adjacent scheduled location convention game, against Carlisle connected 12 October.

Wimbledon are sixth successful nan table, pinch 2 games successful manus connected each of their rivals, and Jackson added: "The chances are we're going to autumn further down done nary responsibility of our own, but we're still successful a really bully position.

"They're moving tirelessly to repair that portion of nan transportation and arsenic a nine we are really hopeful we should beryllium capable to fulfil our adjacent location game."