Terry Brown laughed off promotion talk on Saturday despite seeing his AFC Wimbledon side move up to fourth in League Two with a comfortable 3-1 win over Gillingham.

Two early goals from Christian Jolley were added to by Jack Midson before the break and although Charlie Lee pulled one back in the second half, Dons did enough to secure their third league win in a row.

In their first season in the Football League, AFC Wimbledon have acclimatised well but Brown branded premature talk of a play-off push as "absolute rubbish."

"I look to see how the teams at the bottom are doing first," he said.

"The priority is to remain in this league. We haven't worked hard for nine years only to go straight back down."

Early Dons pressure was rewarded on 10 minutes when an unfortunate slip by Matt Lawrence allowed Jolley to nip in and score from 10 yards with a finish Brown described as "like a League Two Thierry Henry."

Jolley then scored his fourth of the season with a diving header after a fine delivery from the right by Sam Hatton.

That lead became unassailable on 22 minutes when Jolley pounced on some Gills flapping at the back to provide Midson with his eighth goal in 12 games and put Wimbledon 2-0 ahead.

Brown was quick to praise his strikers after the game.

"I'm really pleased to have a strike force with legs and pace," he said.

"I assure you, they will get even better as the season goes on."

Brown admitted the half time team talk was always going to be difficult going into the dressing room with a 3-0 lead. He said: "Whatever you say at half-time, you know they are going to come out fighting."

And that they did. Luke Rooney gave Sam Hatton a torrid time down the left, while West Ham loanee Frank Nouble bombed down the down the right at any given opportunity.

Rooney's quick feet eased past Hatton the longer the game wore on and by 70 minutes, Hatton appeared to be chasing the long afternoon shadows.

Goal of the game came when Jo Kuffour set the ball to Lee on the edge of the box for the Gills midfielder to sweep a controlled shot into top corner.

The Dons had keeper Sam Brown to the thank for maintaining a flattering scoreline as he made a superb double save with 10 minutes to go - denying former Don Danny Kedwell and Kuffour.

Rooney went close after another waltz into the Dons box, only to be blocked by the despairing lunge of Lee Minshull.

The concerted Gills pressure allowed Jolley and Rashid Yussuff to exploit the gaps appearing in the visitors defence, but the game finished 3-1.

The Dons faithful gave their play-off hero Kedwell a standing ovation as the striker left the pitch.

Kedwell said after the game: "It was a bit emotional coming back here.

"Wimbledon is always the score I look first for on a Saturday and I hope they do really well."

Brown now looks forward to the daunting prospect of Steveange on Tuesday in their first ever Johnstone's Paint Trophy match.

"Stevenage are a big, strong team," he said.

"It's a facet which you need in this league, we have to be prepared."

The match will go straight to penalties if level after 90 minutes and teams must include at least six players in their starting line up who started the last game or six players who are in the top 11 players who have started games this season.