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Gills blog: Gillingham's defeat to AFC Wimbledon could be the sign of things to come as non-league grows stronger

The Gills found life difficult against Football League's newest members. Pic: Barry Goodwin
The Gills found life difficult against Football League's newest members. Pic: Barry Goodwin

Eyebrows were raised on Saturday as "little" AFC Wimbledon battered the Gills into submission.

Under-estimating clubs coming up into the Football League is an easy mistake to make and just ask fans at Grimsby, Lincoln and Darlington if they think the Conference is a walk in the park.

In recent years the non-league scene has been transformed with full-time players. Only a handful of teams in the Conference Premier are now operating on a part-time basis, which has narrowed the gap between the top of non-league and League 2 massively.

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