It’s three in a row for Burgess Hill Town after win at Wingate
Burgess Hill Town made it three successive victories and extended their excellent away form with a hard fought 2-1 triumph over Wingate & Finchley in North London on Tuesday evening.
The Hillians took the lead with the first genuine chance of the contest after 14 minutes. Harry Lawson was found in behind the defence and his cut back was perfect for Chris Whelpdale to absolutely hammer into the bottom left corner for his 11th goal of a fantastic season so far for the veteran.
The Hillians took pressed for a 2nd and Whelpdale almost doubled his tally but he glanced a header both just wide and just out of reach of Kaan Bennett at the far post.
Hill continued to have the better of things and another chance came and went when Harry Lawson saw a shot blocked on the edge it fell kindly for Harry Lawson to hit on his favoured left foot but his effort when high and wide from inside the box.
The hosts’ best chance came towards the end of the first half as a free kick was fizzed in, and it fell kindly for a Wingate man but he walloped an effort high over Michael Dike’s crossbar.
Less than 5 minutes into the 2nd half, Hill won a corner which eventually dropped to Bobby Price who was fouled inside the box and the referee pointed to the spot. Up stepped Mr Reliable, George Vorster, who put his pen right in the corner and out of reach of Charlie Grainger.
The dust had barely settled before the referee was pointing to the spot again, this time down the other end as Josh Spinks was adjudged to have tripped a Wingate man as he turned in the box, something the home attacker made the most out of, but a pen nonetheless. Stefan Illic sent Michael Dike the wrong way and halved the deficit.
That goal saw the momentum switch and Wingate enjoyed a good spell. Dike was called into action to repel a good chance before he wasn’t needed as Wingate smashed over a very presentable opportunity in the area.
Chances were few and far between even though the pressure was all coming towards the Hill goal, one final chance came for Wingate but they couldn’t get past Dike, who produced a great low save to secure all three points for the Hillians on the road.
Next up Hill host Welling on Saturday.
Hill: Michael Dike, Hamish Morrison, Bobby Price (Ben Parkinson 63), Glen Rea, Josh Spinks, Alex Malins, George Vorster (James Stone 61), Kieran Rowe, Chris Whelpdale (Jake King 85), Harry Lawson, Kaan Bennett. Subs not used: Ben Pope & Thomas Sekyere.