Wealdstone begin the 2023-24 National League campaign with York City the visitors to Grosvenor Vale on Saturday.

Stuart Maynard's men secured the club's highest league finish for 35 years last season and will be looking to improve further.

And striker Olufela Olomola felt their final pre-season friendly against AFC Wimbledon was good preparation for the start of their competitive schedule.

Omar Bugiel and Ali Al-Hamadi netted in each half for the visitors and Olomola told the club website: "It's been good to play against teams from higher leagues, they play with a high intensity which is what we want to come up against throughout the season.

"It's been a good test for us, a good wake-up call, and it's definitely highlighted areas we need to work on come next week."

Bugiel's looping header beat Jed Ward to open the scoring, but he was booked for a collision with Luke Dreher just before half-time, which left the Wealdstone newcomer with a suspected broken arm.

Charles Clayden and Corie Andrews had chances to level, before Al-Hamadi hammered home from close range to seal a 2-0 win for the Dons.

And Olomola, 25, knows Stones need to improve, adding: "I think we started slow, we took far too long to work out how to beat their press and get hold of the game.

"Second half we came out better, raised the intensity and showed a bit more fight, but all in all, it wasn't good enough.

"All the teams have been pretty much similar to what we've played in the league.

"Wycombe, Charlton and Wimbledon, I feel they had good intensity in their pressing.

"First and foremost, before we want to play any football, we have to match that. Today we didn't, especially in the first half, we didn't match that well enough.

"It's something we have to make sure that, come next week, we match and better the other team's intensity."

Teammate Jaydn Mundle-Smith echoed those sentiments and was clear about the team's goals for the season.

"We started off kind of slow, kind of lethargic, but as we got into the game patterns of play started to show," said the defender.

"We've been coming up against good league sides, League One, League Two, and I think we've done well.

"We want to get in the play-offs, that's the main thing, but I say just start well leading up to Christmas and just keep it going."