Fleetwood 1 AFC Wimbledon

1 MARK BOWEN hit out at referee Anthony Backhouse after a decision that virtually relegated AFC Wimbledon.

After Luke McCormick put the Dons ahead, Backhouse awarded a free-kick when goalkeeper Nikola Tzanev inadvertently played a free-kick to himself – and Joe Garner then netted the equaliser.

Dons boss Bowen groaned: “Things have conspired against the team yet again.

“People could lose their livelihoods and the club could get relegated on the back of that.”

Fleetwood manager Stephen Crainey said: “These are tense times, especially with where we are in the table.”