Non-League Paper

Whelpdale’s late, late show shatters Welling

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
8 March 2026

BURGESS HILL TOWN 2 WELLING UNITED 1
By Jack Naldrett

IF you want entertainment in Non-League football, there is simply no better place to watch it than Burgess Hill Town right now.
The Hillians scored in the 91st and 99th minutes, their seventh and eighth goals that have come in 90-plus minutes in the Premier Division this season since promotion, as they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against a Welling side fighting for survival.
In all fairness, it was a deserved victory for Town, who were denied by two outstanding saves from Wings stopper Mackenzie Foley in the first h...

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