Ian Holloway did not quite get it right when he was asked how much of the credit Neal Ardley should take for Wimbledon's promotion to League One.

"Oh 100 per cent," said the manager turned Sky pundit, but there is no way Holloway meant any slight to any of the other heroes on and off the pitch.

From Kris Stewart, Ivor Heller, Marc Jones and Trevor Williams, who were instrumental in getting the club off the ground in 2002, to the present day there are so many people who have helped to create Hollywood interest in our part of south-west London.

But where Ollie is right is that no one at Wimbledon should under-estimate the importance of Ardley, assistant Neil Cox and the backroom staff to keeping the story going now.

Winning promotion with what he considers "his" club meant a huge amount to Ardley, something even more evident in the pride in his face as he gripped the AFC Wimbledon scarf than in his post-match interviews.

But that doesn't mean the club can afford to take that loyalty for granted.

Despite his boyish looks (is he really 43?) and bubbly personality, there is a steel that won't let sentimentality get in the way of success.

For evidence of that see his decision to release Adebayo Akinfenwa and Callum Kennedy in the run-up to the play-off final - both proved pivotal figures at Wembley - and the high turnover of players during his four years in charge.

Of the other promoted clubs, Northampton boss Chris Wilder has joined Sheffield United, and Bristol Rovers' Darrell Clarke has been strongly linked with Leeds. Ardley must now be in that bracket of most up-and-coming managers in the game.

Whether Ardley or his contemporaries would be better off at some of the basket-case clubs where it's the players rather than managers who become part of the furniture is open to question.

Clubs are also bound to be sniffing around Lyle Taylor, whose Wembley performance will put him on a host of clubs' shopping lists.

But 100 per cent top of the priority list as Wimbledon plan for League One must be ensuring Ardley remains in the dugout.