National League South

YOUNG AT HEART OF A GREAT GULLS FIGHTBACK!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 February 2026

By Stephen McEnnerney

Balanta 9
HORNCHURCH 1

Young 50, 68
TORQUAY UNITED 2

OPENER: Hornchurch’s goal scorer Angelo Balanta celebrating

PAUL WOTTON heaped praise on his Torquay United side for their second-half response which earned all three points against Hornchurch.
“I wanted us to be more aggressive, winning more duels, the first goal came from that, and the second was a bit of quality. It should give the players confidence and a bit of belief. It’s a tough place to come, I thought it was a good, competitive game, you can see how both teams are fighti...

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