Aaron Wildig: Shrewsbury will fear no-one

The former Cardiff City man is one of only a handful of players remaining from the last campaign, which ended in relegation.

And he has been hugely impressed by the re-building job overseen by manager Micky Mellon, who has brought in 16 new signings during the summer.

The Dons have also bolstered their squad over the close season, and Wildig said: "We have got a difficult game tomorrow. Wimbledon have made some good signings – but so have we.

"Adebayo Akinfenwa's a handful, a big guy and Matt Tubbs knows where the goal is. They have signed some other experienced players as well.

"But you have got to look at our squad too and we are not going to fear anyone in this league with the players that we have got.

"We will go there looking to get a positive result and there is no reason why we can't go there and take the points."

Wildig would have preferred to start with a home game. But he added: "You play everyone throughout the season and personally it wouldn't bother me where we went first day."

He has unhappy memories of his last visit to AFC Wimbledon, a 3-1 defeat on the final day of the 2011-12 season.

But Town had already secured promotion and knew they would finish second by the time that game arrived – and he expects a far more fiery encounter this time round.

He said: "It was the last day of the season, we had already been promoted, couldn't finish first or third.

"We still approached the game in the right way, but the game was a bit like a friendly or a reserve game.

"It was quite slow, there wasn't really a tackle made. So it was a lot different to what it will be like tomorrow."