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Weymouth 1-1 AFC Wimbledon: Scorer was close to exit before FA Cup heroics

Weymouth manager Bobby Wilkinson revealed he was on the verge of substituting Akheem Rose before his superb free-kick earned the National League side a draw at home to AFC Wimbledon.
Weymouth

By Alex Crook

WEYMOUTH 1
Rose 70

AFC WIMBLEDON 1
Assal 5

SLIDE RULE: Akheem Rose celebrates his equaliser for Weymouth
PICTURE: Mark Probin

WEYMOUTH manager Bobby Wilkinson revealed he was on the verge of substituting Akheem Rose before his superb free-kick earned the National League side a draw at home to AFC Wimbledon.
Rose struck emphatically 20 minutes from time to earn the Dorset club a replay at League Two Wimbledon’s Plough Lane ground.
Wilkinson said: “Being brutally honest, I was about to take him off because he was struggling with cramp, but he asked me to keep him on for an...

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