Terry Brown admits he is keeping close eyes on the crisis at Chester City as the Deva Stadium side lurch ever closer to liquidation.

The Blue Square Premier strugglers sank to new depths on Tuesday night, failing to play their fixture at Forest Green after the squad refused to board the team coach in a dispute over lack of pay.

And boss Brown reveals he has more than a passing interest in Chester’s calamitous goings on, a situation that saw the club deducted 25 points before a ball had even been kicked for financial irregularities.

He said: “I am paying very close attention to what is happening there because the bottom line is it could have a very big impact on us.

“We have only played Chester once this season when we lost to them away, whereas some of the sides around us have played them twice and beaten them twice.

“If those results were wiped out it makes things look a lot different.

“To me it seems a ridiculous situation - why should clubs get away with not paying the taxman?

“You cannot say you are not going to pay up just because you are a football club and expect to carry on as normal.

“We run a very tight ship here and we should not be penalised for that.

“I don’t think Wimbledon fans will be losing too much sleep over this though - this club has gone through enough adversity itself and had to start from scratch to get where we are now.”

Brown watched his side get back to winning ways in the league on Saturday thanks to a 2-0 win over Forest Green with goals from Nathan Elder and Will Hendry, before Jon Main bagged a brace in Tuesday night’s London Senior Cup penalty shoot-out win at Tooting & Mitcham.

And the Dons boss welcomes the selection headache heading his way.

Brown added: “With Elder, Main and Danny Kedwell I now have three great forwards for two places and that is a nice problem to have.

“The issue will be to keep all three happy and fresh as there is little doubt they will all have a big part to play over the remainder of the season.”

Brown was at Luton versus Oxford on Tuesday night to run the rule over two of Wimbledon’s next three opponents.

But up first is a Saturday trip to Cambridge United, a place Brown is relishing visiting.

He added: “These three games will be a big test for us and if we can cope with the crowds and the venues that will go a long way to helping us.

“I am lumping the three games in together as in many ways they are similar occasions, and my target is for at least four points from the three games.

“I would be happy with that return and anything more would be a fantastic achievement.”

AFC Wimbledon’s next three matches: Feb 13 Cambridge United (a), 20 Luton Town (a), 23 Oxford United (a)