Former Wimbledon legend John Scales has put his weight behind the “Bring The Dons Home” campaign, and he urges you to do the same.

On Monday, Merton Council will stop accepting letters supporting the proposed new stadium complex ahead of making its decision.

It is a decision that will change the course of Dons’ history – for better or for worse – and there are only three days left for fans to make sure it is for the better.

Scales, who made 280 appearances for Dons between 1987-94, sees the proposed stadium plans as more than just a new football ground, rather the Dons’ rightful passage back home.

“Merton is the club’s spiritual home. It’s the borough where Wimbledon should be, a borough it should never have left in 1991,” he said.

“We almost became nomadic. We lost our sense of identity, it was such an upheaval, and so disappointing.

“Then the FA allowed the franchise to take our place in the Football League, wrongly in my view.

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“This move has been treated as a new issue, but in my view it’s simply the rightful return of a football club that played a stones throw from the proposed site.”

He added: “I’d beg people to write to the council over the weekend, get it in by Monday, and say they are in support of the plans, every single letter means a lot.

“Go on the Bring The Dons Home website and read about it, click the yellow button to show your support.”

Scales, who played in the 1988 FA Cup final win over Liverpool, admitted to having reservations about the proposals, but after carefully reading the plans and absorbing all the arguments, he is 100 per cent behind it.

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FA Cup winner: John Scales, right, with team-mate Eric Young             Picture: Dave McKnight

He said: “I feel very passionately about it. Watching from afar, I can see that the efforts put in to get 
the Dons together over the past 12 years have been tremendous, and if I can help promote the move, then I am happy to do so.

“There were issues about the move, but the club have satisfied them all.”

He added:“It is not just about AFC Wimbledon moving back in and getting a ground, they have made a big commitment to working with the community.

“They understand what a football club must do to work alongside its residents.”

To show your support go to bringthedonshome.org.