WIMBLEDON are using their head to enjoy their first year of third-tier football since reforming.

The original Dons come into the sold-out clash with City tomorrow on the back of an eight-game unbeaten run that has lifted them into sixth spot.

And, in a nod to the past traditions of the Crazy Gang, they are taking the aerial route to success.

Tom Elliott’s winner at Peterborough last week was their tenth headed goal. Nearly half of their tally has come that way – a larger percentage than any other club in the entire league.

Wimbledon had only two points from the opening five games and fans were predicting a season of struggle ahead.

But five wins in their last eight, including three on the bounce away from home, have shot Neil Ardley’s side up the table.

Another victory tomorrow would put them level on points with the Bantams.

And they are not sneaking wins – a national TV audience saw them impressively see off Oxford at the Kassam, something City could not do a week later, and they gave Posh a 1-0 “battering”.

“It was the most one-sided game I’ve ever been involved in,” said Ardley. “From Tom Elliott (pictured) at the top to James Shea at the back, they were faultless.”

Ardley deliberately built a big squad this season and has not been afraid to use the numbers. He made six changes last weekend, although one was forced when Darius Charles was deemed unfit to play during the pre-match warm-up.

The Dons chief said: “We were not weakening the team. We feel we have a really strong 21 or 22 players this season.”

Striker Elliott, who had a trial with City during Peter Jackson’s brief stint in 2011, said: “The manager keeps rotating it but the boys keep pushing each other for places.

“I love it when the fans sing my name and the boys do too. We’re out there doing it for them – like one big family.”