AFC Wimbledon coach Mark Robinson on developing the next generation of the Crazy Gang We started at the top level of Sunday league because AFC Wimbledon were a non-League team. Various clubs, such as Chelsea and QPR, came in for players. I lost a couple along the way but the rest stayed with me. I sold them this dream that AFC Wimbledon would one day get back into the Football League. We have now completed our first two years of having scholars. From the Sunday league group we have had Fenlon, who has played more than 20 League games, and another four who have been signed on professional contracts. In two years it's quite a good output. When we were Sunday league I tried to run it as a centre of excellence. Instead of parent managers I introduced coaches. At under-18 level, to show you what we are up against, we have faced the likes of Cardiff City and Reading and competed with, and drawn or beaten, them. They have a huge budget and can take players from all over the country. I don't even have a budget for lodging so our players have to be local. At schoolboy level our players still pay contributions. I pull up at games and am still getting the balls and bibs out of my car and we are playing teams who have sometimes got as many staff as I've got players in the squad! That's what has driven me forwards. I quite enjoy the fact that we are up against it. I am not a Wimbledon fan but I was very aware of the old club, a club who upset the apple cart against all odds. We try to get the Crazy Gang mentality without the stuff that gets you in trouble! Mark Robinson is professional league phase coach at AFC Wimbledon