Seb Brown has confirmed he will leave AFC Wimbledon at the end of the season but says he hopes to be back cheering on his beloved Dons at Plough Lane if their proposed move home is completed.

The Dons keeper was afforded a rare start in Saturday’s 3-0 defeat to Morecambe as manager Neal Ardley gave the lifelong Wimbledon fan the chance to say goodbye to the Kingsmeadow crowd.

Brown’s contract is up at the end of the campaign, which concludes next weekend at Accrington Stanley, and the former Brentford youngster has been playing understudy to Ross Worner this term.

The 24-year-old might be leaving but will never be forgotten for his part in Wimbledon’s march into League Two as he saved two penalties in the Conference Premier play-off final victory over Luton in Manchester in 2011.

His support for the Dons will not wane despite his departure this summer and the ex-England C international hopes to one day see his boys in blue back in their spiritual home of Merton, with plans to redevelop Wimbledon greyhound stadium in the pipeline.

“I’m leaving it in a better state than I joined it,” Brown said of his time at AFC Wimbledon.

“I think that’s probably the best way to look at it. This season is our best points total. I can’t say I’ve had a great hand in that but it [the club] is in a great place and they’ll build again in the summer. I’ll be supporting the team, watching and hoping they can build again.

“When you’re in it [the club] I don’t think you appreciate it as much. I think it’s when you come away from it.

“Hopefully when I’ve stopped playing and they’re playing at Plough Lane I’ll come down there with my family and watch. I think that’s when I’ll think to myself: ‘It was quite a good thing that I did’.

“It’s good to see Ross [Worner] doing so well and it’s good to see him get a player of the year award. As a number two, you are there to build on what he’s got and it’s the old goalkeeper’s union I suppose. I think the club is in safe hands.”

Brown, who has a PFA sports science degree after graduating from Roehampton University, has no plans to hang up his gloves yet and remains determined to continue in full-time football next season.

“The season has finished for the Conference clubs,” he explained. “We’ve got another week in League Two and people still don’t know what they are doing with regards to promotion and relegation in some cases.

"At the moment it’s just a case of waiting until pre-season to see where I end up, if I end up anywhere.

“I’ll see what the summer brings. It’s all about what’s out there. My aim is to stay in full-time football. I know that the pool is getting smaller and smaller. Everyone thinks they’re good enough and I’m no different.

“I still think I’m good enough to play in the Football League and play full-time football. Hopefully I won’t need to do anything with my degree yet but it’s always there as a fall-back.

“Games are the most important thing. Everyone in the summer will want games though so you need to be in the right place at the right time. Until the end of June or July comes around then we’ll start to make decisions. It’s nice to have a couple of months off to chill out first though.”

Ardley admitted he felt the club owed it to give Brown a proper send off and was delighted for the goalkeeper to have once last Kingsmeadow outing against Morecambe.

“I think the values this club has is to recognise somebody who has played a major part of where this club is,” Ardley said.

“I thought 4,000 fans here would be nice to give him a good send off. For me, it was the right thing to do and it’s what this club is all about.”