On This Day in 1950
Charlie Smith heads a goal as the Dons' fightback from a 0-3 half time deficit proves to be of no avail - Northern League Willington eventually winning an Amateur Cup tie 4-2 in front over 5,000 spectators at Hall Lane. "The supporters coach left Plough Lane at midnight," Shirley Wooton, one of around 100 fans who travelled north, recalled. "I was only 15 at the time, but there was never any problem with me going. My dad had died at the end of the war, and my mum didn't mind me going as she knew there were plenty of people who would look after me. Those were the days before motorways, and it must have taken nearly 12 hours all told to get to the ground - and after all that we lost."
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