National League South

LAST-DITCH DOWRICH GOAL

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 March 2026

HEMEL H’STEAD 1 TONBRIDGE A 0
By Ollie Heathcote

FULL-BACK Darien Dowrich became an unlikely hero as Hemel Hempstead Town made up for Monday’s late defeat to Chelmsford with a 96th-minute winner of their own.
The opening stages of the game saw chances at both ends as captain Kyle Ajayi and Isiah Noel-Williams failed to make their chances count while efforts from the Angels failed to trouble Michael Johnson in the Hemel goal.
At the half-hour Tonbridge almost took the lead but Kyran Wiltshire made a crucial block.
Just before the interval Finley Wilkinson was denied b...

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