Unless you live under a rock, or you literally cannot be bothered to care about any other team than AFC Wimbledon, then you are familiar with the sacking of Brendan Rodgers.

There’s a lot that can, and has, been said about his tenure as Liverpool manager and the particular ways in which it didn’t work out.

But whatever one may think of his tactics and training ground routines and press conference commentary, one thing is difficult to deny - Brendan Rodgers loved the club.

Despite his failings, his heart was always in the right place.

Liverpool have never been short of people like Rodgers - managers or players. There are many, many former Reds players for whom their memories and hearts linger long at Anfield, no matter how many clubs they play for in their career.

Liverpool is a club that many have called home, even after they’ve moved on.

AFC Wimbledon is one of those clubs.

There are so many clubs in this division, and those directly above and below, that are just places of employ - stepping stones on the way up (or down) the career ladder.

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But the Dons is a club you can call home. There are so many former players that consider AFC Wimbledon their club, even decades after leaving, that listing them all would carry me well over my word count.

But there’s one I can single out: Neal Ardley.

Apart from sojourns to other clubs at the end of his playing days, and a few years at Cardiff’s academy, the Dons have been the only club Ardley has known.

Whatever you may think of his tactics or how he sets up the team, you cannot honestly deny that Neal’s heart is in the right place.

And I think that’s worth remembering and keeping, even - especially - when results don’t go our way.

Not only because it’s exceedingly rare in the modern game, but because our club being home for so many is part of what makes it special.