Mk Dons 2, Wycombe 3.

KEVIN Betsy struck a winner four and half minutes into stoppage time to keep Wanderers' survival hopes alive.

He provided the lifeline they deserved after two Alex Revell strikes for Blues had been cancelled out by an Aaron Wilbraham double in a nailbiting local derby.

Betsy's winner sparked scenes of unbridled delirium among the 1,300 travelling fans as the Blues made it three wins out of three at the expense of the managerless Dons.

The victory propelled Wycombe to within five points of safety with three more matches to go at home to Swindon and Gillingham with a trip to Leyton Orient sandwiched in between.

The Dons were in turmoil with their manager Paul Ince resigning 24 hours before kick off after a disagreement over budgets for next season and the Blues cashed in with a gutsy performance that brought its deserved reward.

Twice they recovered from the disappointment of seeing their lead wiped out but they refused to die and Betsy's equalsier rammmed in at the death was full reward.

The game didn't look capable of such a climax as both sides cancelled each other out in the early stages.

After Sam Baldock screwed an early good chance wide for the hosts it took 25 minutes before either keeper was forced into a save with Blues' Tom Heaton getting down low to stop Luke Chadwick's daisy cutter.

Wycombe responded by creating their first good chance through Betsy down the flank. He picked out Matt Bloomfield but the midfielder's effort was blocked by his former Adams Park captain Dave McCracken.

But the Blues did break the deadlock with their next attack on 29 minutes.

Again workaholic Betsy was the architect, weaving his way down the left before stopping and cutting the ball back to Revell.

The in-form striker adjusted his body before guiding his shot past Willy Gueret and into the back of the Dons' goal for his third goal in two games.

Dubbed a flop, just weeks earlier, Revell has found form at the just the right time.

With just one goal prior to his midweek brace at Tranmere the former Southend man has been reborn with confidence now surging through every vein.

Six minutes later and Revell turned provider as Blues went close to a second but his low cross into the feet of Bloomfield was somehow guided out of play by the stretching boot of Mathias Doumbe.

Without a manager to guide them from the dugout, the Dons looked rudderless although Aaron Wilbrahan did flick a warning header straight at Heaton.

It was only a rare moment of concern though in a first half in which Wycombe looked quite comfortable.

And the Blues came within an ace of doubling their lead towards the end of the first half when Lewis Hunt's effort from a Craig Woodman corner was bundled off the line by defender Luke Howell.

It was all looking good until the very last kick of the two minutes added on for first half injury time.

Wanderers switched off as Howell swung a hopeful free kick into the box, Heaton was slow to react and Wilbraham stole in to knock in an equaliser which had not been on the cards.

Wanderers boss Gary Waddock was angry the goal stood as it came almost 60 seconds after the advertised two minutes of stoppage time had elapsed.

Clearly angry, his team exploded out of the traps in the second half with an early driving Gareth Ainsworth run producing a corner.

But having made all the running they were nearly made to pay in their own half when Lewis Montrose's casual touch allowed Wilbraham a run and shot on goal. That was blocked but the ball fell kindly to Baldock and Heaton needed to smother the ball out for a corner.

Although the Dons had nothing but local pride to play for the stakes could not have been higher for Wanderers and after coming close to falling behind they should have taken the lead.

Jon-Paul Pittman exploded off on a run from the halfway line, driving into the box, but he sent his big chance just wide of the far post where the Blues fans were preparing to celebrate.

Danny Woodwards, who had tried to keep up with Pittman, pulled his hamstring in the chase and had to be replaced by Sol Davis as the hosts were forced into their second injury-enforced reshuffle of the day.

Wycombe sensed their chance and looked dangerous every time they ran at the MK defence.

But they couldn't afford to leave the door open at the other end and Heaton had to stay alert to field Dean Lewington's effort which bounced awkwardly in front of him.

Blues had to go for the win though and in the space of 30 seconds their season took a huge turn for the better.

Hunt cleared off the line from Dons' Baldock at one end and Blues went straight downfield to snatch their second with Revell poking the ball through Gueret's legs for a vital 63rd minute second.

Wanderers did not sit on their lead but they were rocked back on their heels when they conceded a 74th minute penalty with Ainsworth adjudged to have fouled Baldock.

Heaton did brilliantly to keep out Baldock's well struck spot kick and came mightily close to keeping out Wilbraham's follow up which squeezed its way into the back of the net for a heartbreaking second equaliser.

Twice in front, twice pegged back and with a spectacular penalty save not being enough to prevent a goal, Wanderers had every right to feel crushed.

Instead, they rolled their sleeves up once more. No matter how choked they were feeling they knew they had no option but to go for it in the 16 minutes that remained and they went for it with their lives.

Bloomfield pulled back to substitute Matt Phillips who was denied by a last ditch Sol Davis block and then fellow sub Beavon shot the wrong side of the near post with a defender breathing down his neck.

There was hope again when Phillips was fouled on the edge of the box but Revell's free kick was deflected over the top for a corner.

And Beavon headed the flag kick wide.

MK Dons were lashing the ball away anywhere as Wycombe set up camp in the home half.

Beavon hammered in a shot which three quarters of the ground thought had gone in before it ended up in the seats and not the net.

Still they came though and when the referee gave them an additional four minutes it was met with a roar of encouragment from the blue end of the ground.

Phillips waltzed his way through half the home defence, getting very closer to goal. Surely this was the moment, but Dean Lewington hacked his cross shot clear.

It looked like the last chance but no-one had reckoned on Betsy.

He had one last thing up his sleeve and deep into the 95th minute, he slammed in the winner from close range.

The irony of it was lost on the Wanderers bench as they cavorted wildly on the pitch.

They had done to Milton Keynes what the Dons had done to them at the end of the first half by scoring in stoppage time of stoppage time