JOHN Coleman doesn’t want his team to be thought of as "Little Accy" any more, even though he feels they’ve had some shocking decisions this season.

The Reds boss slammed referee Steve Martin after Saturday’s 1-0 play-off semi final first-leg defeat at Wimbledon for not dealing with the Dons’ "roughhouse" tactics and missing a dive in the build-up to the injury-time winner.

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It’s not the first time Coleman has vented his anger at officials, including after the league match at Kingsmeadow when Billy Kee’s goal was ruled out because the half-time whistle was blown before the ball crossed the line.

But he admits he’s trying to curb his tendency to highlight the shortcomings of the men in charge and ditch the get away from an image of his side as moaning minnows.

“Since I came back I’ve tried to throw away this tag as ‘Little Accy’,” he said.

“I’m perpetuating myself by saying we’re not getting this and we’re not getting that because we are ‘Little Accy’, so I’ve got a problem and I need to look at myself first and stop that.

“Everyone knows we’re one of the best teams in this league and I still believe we were good enough to go up automatically.

“We’re certainly not ‘Little Accy’ any more and if I’ve got any say about it we never will be.”

Coleman admits his side were pushed back in the last 10 minutes of Saturday’s game, and that Wimbledon’s good fortune stemmed from their positive approach.

He added: “You’ve got to make you’re own luck and if you want to get decisions you’ve got to be on the front foot.

“That’s when the decisions that go in your favour can really enhance your chances of winning the game.

“You do the interviews straight after the game on Saturday and you come across as a moaner and as though you’re whinging and trying to blame everything else.

“The fact is I stand by what I said after the game — it should have been a foul for us for a blatant dive.

“But any break that they (Wimbledon) got is because they’re on the front foot, and they were on the front foot for the last 10 minutes.

“I’ve tried to ease off doing that (complaining) throughout the season, but maybe a leopard doesn’t change his spots.

“At the end of a game you’re analysing it without having the chance to look at a video and you’re still passionate about it.

“But everything I said after the game is probably true, that challenges went unpunished and that fouls were given and no further sanctions.

“Maybe I shouldn’t be saying that after the game because people get the perception that you’re moaning.”

Coleman has also criticised the Football League for the scheduling of Stanley’s play-off ties, with the Reds not returning to East Lancashire until the early hours of Sunday morning.

But he is confident his players can cope with the upheaval and be fully prepared for tomorrow night.

“We have to do our normal recovery from any game on a Saturday,” he said.

“We’ve got into a groove that’s been successful this season and we’re not going to change it.

“Obviously we’re disappointed that we’ve lost our unbeaten run, but every time we’ve been tested this season we’ve bounced back and I’m hoping the same applies on Wednesday.”