Wellington 1-0 Helston Athletic

Helston Athletic fell victim to Wellington's best performance of the season on Saturday, writes Lewis Wiseman.

The Tangerines pulled out all the stops for their final home game, with a shock victory over league leaders Helston at the Playing Field.

It made amends for their midweek agony against second-placed Falmouth Town when they were foiled by an 86th minute winner.

This time, the Tangerines made no mistake – taking the lead just before half-time and then shutting out their high-riding visitors for the rest of the match.

Helston took the game to Richard Cherry’s side from the off, but Wellington defended The Blues' attacks and then stunned the title hopefuls by taking the lead.

Sully McKenna sent over a corner from the right and central defender Kieran Bailey, signed from Westbury United, headed home unchallenged.

Wellington knew they were going to have to be at their best in the second half, but it was a similar story to the first with Helston having plenty of play without creating any clearcut chances.

They weren’t helped when influential midfielder Jordan Copp was sin binned but, after he returned to the action, they thought they had drawn level with two minutes of normal time remaining.

A thumping volley from sub Curtis Dammerell was heading for the top corner until keeper Jake Viney flung himself to produce the save.

Helston continued to launch the ball forward in stoppage time but there was no way through as Wellington followed up their draw in Cornwall on the opening day of the season.

The Blues now have it all to play for, with five matches left to play in just 14 days.