Alfie Potter’s love for football has been reignited since his return to AFC Wimbledon and he hopes the relationship will spur the Dons to the League Two play-offs.

Winger Potter, who spent a brief loan period with Dons in 2008, returned to the CRRS in January after five years at Oxford United ended on a downbeat note.

Boss Neal Ardley watched the 26-year-old in December and saw fans getting on the his back and a player not enjoying his football.

However, despite an injury-affected start to his second spell as a Don, Potter has rediscovered his mojo, scoring his first goal in Saturday’s 3-2 win over Luton Town, and giving Sean Rigg competition for the left wing.

Potter said: “I am starting to enjoy my football again, which is the main thing.

“I was a bit unlucky at the start, I came off the bench and did my groin so I missed a couple of weeks, which is never ideal when you come into a new club.

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“But slowly but surely I am getting there, I am enjoying it and hopefully I will find my best form between now and the end of the season.”

He added: “We deserved three points at Cambridge. “Some of the football we played was unbelievable.

"We got the penalty – I thought it was a good pen, and the keeper has made a save – so you cannot complain.

“It was an unbelievable save from Shea, and then there was the save in the first half – when he tipped it over the header.

“He makes unbelievable saves all the time so when he did that, as great a save as it was, you expect it from him.

“Overall it was an encouraging performance, and we’re on a good run at the moment.”

Dons, seven points off the play-offs and with one defeat in seven, go to bottom club Hartlepool this weekend. Potter said: “Out of the tough games we’ve had in the past couple of weeks, this is going to probably be the toughest.

“They are fighting for their lives down there, it’s a long journey and it’s not the best place to go.

“We have to make sure we’re at it – we cannot beat teams like Luton, get a draw at Burton and beat Newport and then go and drop points at Hartlepool.

“We are on a good run of form so let’s see where it takes us.”

He added: “We’re taking each game as it comes, we’re seven points off and that’s a big gap - but we just have to keep performing like we did against Cambridge, then we’ll win more games than we lose, so who knows?”