What a difference a week can make in the world of football.

Seven days ago, the atmosphere around AFC Wimbledon felt like a funeral after defeats to Hereford United and Plymouth Argyle left them looking over their shoulders toward the League Two drop.

But two home victories in the space of four days against fellow strugglers Dagenham & Redbridge, 2-1, and Bradford City, 3-1, have all but guaranteed their return to the Football League will last more than 12 months having moved 12 points clear of the relegation zone.

“It’s been a brilliant week for us after what I think was one of the hardest weeks I have had in football,” said manager Terry Brown, whose side were helped by Bradford’s Craig Fagan being sent off after 38 minutes on Tuesday.

“I haven’t yet had to do the maths you do when you are at the top or the bottom as it has always been about us.

“We have had the games and have 30 points to play for still and I would love to think we can get another 15 or 20 which would be brilliant.

“There is no reason why this team, once they can get rid of this nervous blip, can go and start playing the sort of football we played at the start of the season.

“On Tuesday, the press was edgy, the bench was edgy and the fans behind me were especially edgy in a way where they just don’t want to lose.

“But the boys were resilient and worked hard and we had to find little through balls through eight people and I know Barcelona make it lose easy every week but, trust me, it wasn’t easy for us.”

Jack Midson took his tally to 20 goals for the season by scoring two penalties against the Bantams, sandwiching a Billy Knott header, to follow up his opener against the Daggers on Satrday – when Kieran Djilali marked his return from a four-month injury lay-off by scoring the winner with four minutes left.

“Jack is phenomenal,” added Brown, whose team go to Bristol Rovers on Saturday.

“I know he got a couple of penalties on Tuesday but I think only three of his 20 goals are penalties.

“He has deserved and worked hard for those goals but he is more than just a goalscorer, he is our talisman up front.

“He runs channels, works for headers, gets back and tackles so credit to him.

“He has been the difference between us staying up and not, because, if you took them 20 goals away we would be struggling.”