English league set for most bonkers final day ever with SIX-HORSE title race and leaders who could win and not go up

THE National League South title race is going down to the wire with SIX teams able to win the league going into this weekend’s final day.

With only one team earning automatic promotion to the National League, it’s been a battle for the ages heading into the season’s final stretch.

Truro City occupy top spot following their 2-0 win at Weston-super-Mare.

Tyler Harvey’s second half double saw the Cornish side finish Easter Monday ahead of Devon rivals Torquay on goal difference, with both sides locked on 86 points following the Gulls’ 3-0 triumph over Weymouth at Plainmoor.

Harvey’s 97th minute penalty took Truro’s goal difference to +30, two ahead of Torquay’s tally of +28.

If both sides win on the final day, Torquay could still be champions if their victory is by three goals more than Truro’s.

The Tinners host relegation-threatened St Albans City this Saturday, while Torquay go to Hemel Hempstead Town.

Worthing – who had a film made about their incredible rise under inspirational owner George Dowell – missed the opportunity to go into the final day in top spot following their 1-1 Bank Holiday draw with fellow promotion hopefuls Dorking.

Jack Spong gave the Rebels the lead on 42 minutes, only for Alfie Rutherford to equalise for Wanderers shortly after the interval.

Third placed Eastbourne, meanwhile, won 1-0 at Salisbury yesterday, meaning they and Worthing are both one back from Truro and Torquay on 85 points apiece.

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Eastbourne are on +24 goal difference and host Weston-super-Mare this Saturday.

Worthing, meanwhile, sit fourth on +16 – with a trip to Enfield Town to come this weekend.

Boreham Wood and Dorking go into the final day fifth and sixth respectively on 83 points apiece.

Both sides possess a better goal difference than Truro, Torquay, Eastbourne and Worthing.

So if Truro and Torquay both lose, and Eastbourne and Worthing fail to win, Boreham Wood would become champions with a win at Tonbridge.

That is, unless Dorking were to beat Chesham United by four goals more than their margin of victory, in which case Marc White’s side would be unlikely champions.

Following Truro’s win at Weston yesterday, their boss John Askey told the BBC: “The other results and us getting a win today puts it back in our court.

“At the start of season if you said you need to win your last home game to possibly win the league we’d have all taken it.”

Torquay boss Paul Wotton, who left Truro for the Gulls last year, said: “We had a perfect start and I thought the first 15 minutes we were electric.

“I think that’s our seventh clean sheet in nine games, we’re on a hell of a run of form, and now there’s no if’s and ands, it’s set in stone what we’ve got to do next week.

“For us to be where we are with a game to go, after the club nearly went out of existence last year – I’ve signed 31 players, lots of comings and goings, and I think to take it down to the last game is tremendous.

“I can’t wait, I wish it was tomorrow. There’s an awful lot to play for, and I’ve said for a long time it can go down to the last five minutes of the last game, and it looks like that’s going to be the case.”

Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk