Barnet’s last away win in the Football League came at AFC Wimbledon 30 months ago and it was the Dons who extended that run with a 2-0 victory at Kingsmeadow this afternoon.

That win, on April 1 2013, came courtesy of a Keanu Marsh-Brown goal. But Martin Allen’s side were missing the creativity, spark and sheer unpredictability the winger provided as they slumped to a sixth defeat on the road in League Two.

Lyle Taylor’s seventh-minute strike settled this utterly forgettable contest with the Bees unable to truly test James Shea in the Dons’ goal.

Former Barnet loanee George Francomb – who made 15 appearances on loan from Norwich City during the 2010/11 campaign – missed a penalty just after the half-hour mark to let the Bees off the hook, but the visitors could not make the most of their second chance.

And at the death substitute Sean Rigg raced clean through the roll into the empty net after Crocombe joined the attack in a gung-ho attempt to force an equaliser.

Even in defeat Allen has found solace in some of the Bees’ performances away from home this season but this contest will be filed a drawer up from the horror show at Bristol Rovers in August.

Allen made two changes with Gavin Hoyte and Mauro Vilhete restored to the starting XI in place of Luke Gambin and Michael Gash – both named amongst the substitutes.

Centre-back Bira Dembele, who had missed the Bees’ last two, travelled but was not included in the matchday 18 as Michael Nelson and Bondz N’Gala continued at centre-half together for the third game in succession.

Aaron McLean again began down the right with Andy Yiadom playing off of John Akinde in a number ten role. Vilhete was deployed on the left of the three.

The Dons made just one change, Adebayo Akinfenwa left on the bench after suffering a hamstring problem a week ago – Taylor taking his place in Neal Ardley’s starting XI.

As has been a feature of Barnet’s away trips so far this season it was the hosts who took an early lead.

Bondz N’Gala was penalised for holding 30 yards out and the hosts worked the set piece cleverly. Francomb picked out the run of Taylor down the right-hand side of the penalty area and he lashed instinctively across Crocombe into the far bottom corner.

A minute later the shell-shocked Bees should have fallen 2-0 behind when the lively Taylor scampered away down the right flank and cut back for Adebayo Azeez who, had he got any kind of contact on the ball, would surely have fired past Crocombe from close range.

Clearly unhappy with what he had seen in the first quarter of the game, Allen made an early change by hooking Vilhete and introducing Michael Gash to switch back to a flat 4-4-2.

The Dons had been well and truly on top in the first period and had an even better opportunity to enhance their lead when they were awarded a 32nd-minute penalty.

Nelson was the offender, sliding in on Azeez on the far side, a challenge referee Gavin Ward adjudged worthy of a spot kick.

But Francomb’s penalty was weak and Crocombe guessed right, diving to his left to gather the ball into his body with ease.

Barnet had created next to nothing in the first period; Weston’s hopeful chase of a bouncing ball in the penalty area and a piece of Akinde miscontrol the closest thing to chances for the visitors.

Allen made a second change at half time, replacing Nelson with former Wimbledon youngster Luke Gambin. That meant a re-shuffle at the back as Hoyte moved to partner N’Gala and Yiadom dropped back in at right-back.

The Bees continued to struggle for chances during the second goal, their best opportunity of the second period coming when Dons keeper James Shea miscued a clearance straight to Gambin, who was dispossessed before he could shoot at the open goal.

In an even half both sides struggled to gain the upper-hand, though the Dons might have doubled their lead when Andy Barcham carried the ball from halfway before prodding tamely wide when one-on-one with Crocombe.

Johnson moved into midfield with the introduction of Sam Muggleton at left-back and that afforded the Bees’ number three greater licence to get forward. He took full advantage of that with ten minutes remaining, but could only scoop a half-volley over after meeting an inviting knockdown.

Barnet's commitment to finding an equaliser could not be questuioned with loan keeper Crocombe in the Dons' half for what seemed an age as the ball bounced around.

That approach was clinically punished, though, as the Dons broke at speed and Rigg slotted into the empty net to finish the Bees off.

Thankfull it's all back to The Hive for Accrington Stanley in a week's time.

Wimbledon: Shea, Fuller, Robinson, Ajayi, Meades (Kennedy 79); Francomb (Rigg 67), Bulman, Reeves, Barcham, Azeez, Taylor (Akinfenwa 63).

Subs: McDonnell (GK), Osborne, Kaja, Toonga.

Barnet: Crocombe; Hoyte, N'Gala, Nelson (Gambin HT), Johnson; Weston, Togwell (Muggleton 72) McLean, Yiadom, Vilhete (Gash 23); Akinde.

Subs: Stephens (GK), Champion, Shomotun, Gondoh.

Referee: Gavin Ward.

Attendance: 4,068.