Tuesday February 24

 

FIRST DIVISION

Chessington & Hook 4-1 Welling Town

Greenways 1-2 AFC Greenwich Borough

 

The First Division served up a big night at both ends of the table, with survival hopes flickering in one corner and promotion pressure mounting in another.

At Chalky Lane, Chessington & Hook United breathed life into their season with just their second league win of the campaign — and remarkably, both have come against Welling Town. A 4-1 success gives them a pulse in the survival race, while Welling missed a golden opportunity to put daylight between themselves and trouble.

Danielius Burbulis set the tone inside two minutes before Boe Fowler doubled the advantage midway through the half. Burbulis grabbed his second from the spot just before the break, although Thomas Ngegba’s stoppage-time reply for Welling offered a glimmer of hope at 3-1. Any thoughts of a comeback were shut down on 62 minutes when Darius Dulaj made it four to cap a decisive evening for the hosts.

Over at Greenways, the drama went right to the wire. AFC Greenwich Borough edged a 2-1 win thanks to a 95th-minute strike from Stefan Payne, closing the gap on SE Dons and keeping the pressure firmly on in the promotion picture.

Oghosa Williams opened the scoring on ten minutes — his 22nd league goal of the season, underlining his status as the division’s most reliable finisher. George Wady levelled for Greenways midway through the first half, and it looked as though the points would be shared until Payne popped up deep into stoppage time to snatch all three.

At the bottom, hope. At the top, tension. Exactly how a run-in should look.

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