AFC Wimbledon’s resurgence came to a thudding end as Anthony Straker scored twice to give Aldershot Town a 2-1 win at Kingsmeadow.

The Dons were competitive throughout but, apart from Jack Midson, struggled to test Ross Worner in the Aldershot goal.

They started sluggishly too, conceding Straker’s first in only the fourth minute before Sammy Moore’s deflected free kick levelled matters.

But Staker’s spectacular second gave the Shots the win and ended Wimbledon’s run of three straight wins.

Danny Hylton had already had a header tipped over and Guy Madjo wasted a good chance before Straker opened the scoring with a simple move that would not have pleased Terry Brown.

Straker advanced toward the box before swapping passes with Guy Madjo and then firing home via a hefty deflection off Dons debutant Gavin Hoyte.

Byron Harrison had a shot blocked as his goal drought since joining Wimbledon continued but in-form Sammy Moore did bring them level on 28 minutes.

Ben Herd fouled Luke Moore on the edge of the box and although George Moncur shot over, the referee gave the free kick and not the advantage.

Sammy Moore stepped up and his low effort deflected off the wall to deceive Worner and level matters.

Jack Midson was the Dons’ main threat but he shot straight at Worner and also landed a lob on the roof of the net as the teams went in level at the break.

Rashid Yussuff replaced Luke Moore at half-time and almost inadvertently gave the Dons the lead when he got in the way of Harrison’s shot to deflect it just past the post.

Midson was then thwarted again by Worner after making room for a shot in the box and Yussuff hit the rebound over.

Aldershot took the lead again when Straker found space wide on the left and smashed the ball past Seb Brown and into the far corner.

Midson’s shot on the turn was acrobatically tipped past the post by Worner as Wimbledon pressed for another equaliser.

They should have hit in the last minute too but Christian Jolley blazed wildly over with the goal gaping after Worner failed to hold Billy Knott’s free kick.

The miss proved costly and Wimbledon ended the day pointless.