Wick win at Billingshurst – Littlehampton Town break their Isthmian duck
Wick FC are celebrating their first away win of the season – and Littlehampton Town can finally enjoy their first league victory.
Dragons boss Lee Baldwin urged his players to show more aggression in their SCFL Premier outing to Billingshurst on Saturday – and was rewarded with Wick’s first away win of 2026-27.
They were soon in control with Joe Bennett breaking the deadlock in the tenth minute and Tom Holland, who scored against Crawley Down Gatwick in the previous Southern Combination League Premier match, adding another a couple of minutes later.
The match was effectively over five minutes before the interval when Danny Howick bagged a third, leaving the south coast side to kill the game off at the Recreation Ground after the resumption of play.
"The pitch was bobbly and where we've been used to playing on good surfaces we had to adapt,” Dragons boss Baldwin said.
‘”The boys were brilliant and were pretty old school Wick if I’m honest. I said to them before the game that I'd seen the pretty side of their play and that now I wanted to see the other where they roll their sleeves up, win more headers, more tackles and be more aggressive.
“We did exactly that and it was near-on a perfect performance as we were 3-0 up by half-time and could then afford to relax in the second half and didn’t have to sacrifice as many bodies forward.
"It was a really pleasing performance and I was happy to see some of the more technically gifted players show the other side to their game which is need in this league.”
Wick intend to build on the victory when they face bottom club Forest Row at Three Bridges FC on Saturday (3pm).
Meanwhile, the Marigolds – beaten 8-1 at home to Hartney Wintney on Saturday – were celebrating their first Isthmian South Central win of the season on Tuesday night after Cobham were beaten 3-0 at The Sportsfield.
Harry Heath gave them an early lead and George Gaskin and Lewis Olajide added two more in the final few minutes to lift the Golds to 17th in the table ahead of a visit to Ascot United on Saturday.