Former AFC Wimbledon manager Dave Anderson has quit the game after more than 30 years as a football manager.

Anderson become the club's second permanent manager in May 2004, two years after the Dons were formed, after taking over from Nick English, who had taken temporary charge following Terry Eames' suspension.

Anderson took over a side who had just been promoted to Division One of the Isthmian League and led them to the title at the first attempt, helping set a new English senior record of 78 successive games unbeaten along the way.

However, the Premier Division proved to a tougher nut to crack the following season, and although Anderson led the Dons to the play-offs, they lost the final 2-1 to Fisher Athletic.

The following season, Wimbledon again reached the play-offs, despite a three-point deduction for fielding Jermaine Darlington while ineligible, but after losing to Bromley in the semi-finals, Anderson stepped down and was replaced by Terry Brown, who eventually led them into the Football League.

He would later manage two west London teams, Northwood and Harrow Borough, his second spell as Earlsmead, as well as St Albans, who he had also managed previously, but had been out of the game for a year after leaving Harrow.

A former goalkeeper who grew up with Manchester United legend Norman Whiteside in Northern Ireland, Anderson played for Glentoran and Bangor as well as Northern Ireland B.

Before managing Wimbledon, Anderson, had a first spell at Harrow and took the reins at two other west London clubs, Southall and North Greenford United. He also managed Enfield and Aylesbury United.

Anderson was at Wembley last month to watch his former side win promotion to League One for the first time.

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