Highlights: Horsham 5 Hashtag United 1

Horsham had won seven in a row and welcomed Hashtag United and another sold out crowd of two thousand five hundred, starting the day in second place- a goal behind Billericay Town in the race for the title. The Hornets defeated the Tags four-one in August, and hoped for a similar scoreline this time around, but they were shocked on thirteen minutes as Max Cornhill put the visitors ahead. They quickly recovered- it took only two minutes for Ola Ogunwamide to level and to take them to the top of the live table- and then they saw a spot kick saved. 

They were ahead nine minutes before the break when Lucas Rodrigues put them in front, and held that lead at the break. Six minutes into the second half Harvey Sparks made it three-one, and just after the hour Jake Elliott added a fourth- which put the Hornets top on goal difference despite the fact that Billericay had gone ahead at New Lodge! On sixty five minutes Rodrigues made it five-one, and then the Hornets wasted their SECOND penalty of the afternoon- but as it turned out, it didn’t matter. 

Horsham won the title by just one goal- and reach National League South for the first time in their history. Many congratulations to the Hornets and their Lardy Army- and to boss Dom Di Paola, whose ten years in charge have brought success after success.