Roscoe Dsane was more than happy to step off a six-hour flight to rescue AFC Wimbledon from a striker crisis against Heybridge Swifts on Saturday.

The frontman netted a first-half penalty to salvage a point just three hours after landing at Heathrow, back from an enforced trip to Ghana due to a family illness that had already ruled him out of matches against Boreham Wood, Staines Town and Folkestone Invicta.

Dsane was not even due back in the country until Sunday morning but, with Richard Butler nursing an injured ankle and Richard Jolly not permitted to play against his former club under the terms of his contract, boss Dave Anderson was left with Steve Ferguson and out-of-form Stephen Goddard as his only recognised strikers.

After a plea from Anderson on Wednesday, he agreed to return a day early - and the Dons leading scorer says he did not think twice about making the 3,172-mile flight to help out his team-mates.

"I was due back on Sunday but I spoke to Dave on the phone, and he asked if I would come back early and I was happy to," he said.

"To start off with, they couldn't get a direct flight so I would have had to go to Milan, but they managed to get me a flight straight through."

Dsane confessed he kept abreast of his side's promotion fortunes when in Ghana, getting regular updates either on the computer or from his girlfriend.

With the Dons heading to East Thurrock needing to match Margate's result against Hendon on Saturday, Dsane is looking forward to going in with slightly better preparation this time round.

"Everyone knows we have no option but to win," he said.

"But we will go out there and do our jobs.

"I can't wait for Saturday. That's what I'm in football for."