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JAKE’S HAT-TRICK PROVES IN VAIN

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
4 January 2026

PREMIER SOUTH
HAVANT & W’LOOVILLE 4 SHOLING 3
By Josh Verroken

JAKE McCarthy’s hat-trick for Sholing proved all in vain as Havant & Waterlooville snatched a winner deep into added time in a seven-goal thriller.
And it was former Sholing player George Milner-Smith who sparked delirium at Westleigh Park.
Sholing took an early lead as McCarthy’s deflected effort wrong-footed Lorenz Ferdinand to nestle in the bottom corner.
The lead didn’t last long as keeper Declan McCarthy scuffed a clearance from a Dan Wishart back-pass to Harry Thorpe who lobbe...

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