TODAY was Help for Heroes day at Welling and the Wings produced a fitting performance to mark the occasion by beating high-flying Farnborough.

The visitors arrived at Park View Road on the back of a 3-0 win at Eastleigh and within one point of the leaders Braintree Town.

Indeed, it was Farnborough that made the lively start, with the bright Kezi Ibe and ex-Wings striker Paul Booth both having efforts on target but they failed to trouble John Whitehouse.

As the first half developed, the home side started to express themselves and grew in confidence.

A long ball over the top enabled Loick Pires to run onto it and the Wings striker stabbed his shot past the on-rushing goalkeeper but a Farnborough defender was on hand to clear the danger.

Farnborough were showing signs of attacking flair but it was this which would cause their undoing.

A clearance out of the Welling defence was not dealt with properly by the visiting back four and the ball run free to the on rushing Lee Clarke who broke away and played an inch-perfect pass to Andy Pugh.

Farnborugh claimed for offside but the Wings top scorer was clearly onside and expertly took possession in his stride before drawing the keeper out and placing a shot into the top corner of the net with the outside of the boot.

As expected, Farnborough came back strongly and a free-kick was whipped in but former Ebbsfleet striker Ibe headed straight at Whitehouse.

Within 60 seconds a long ball over the home defence enabled Ibe to get in behind them and he lobbed the on-rushing Whitehouse, although luckily Graeme Andrews was on hand to put the ball wide for a corner.

Just before the half hour mark Farnborough lost the impressive Ibe and he was replaced with new signing Jay Davies.

Davies was quickly in the thick of things when he was fouled on the edge of the Welling area.

However, the resulting free-kick was put wide by Jack King.

Farnborough had the last chance of the half as Booth was put through down the right channel and he cut a pass back for Daryl McMahon but his shot was deflected wide for corner.

The game had been played in good spirit but this changed two minutes after the restart when things turned ugly.

Anthony Acheampong successfully shielded the ball out of play for a goal kick and as he and Farnborough’s Dale Binns fell to the ground, Binns appeared to raise two fingers in the direction of Acheampong's eye, leaving the Wings player in agony on the ground.

Luckily for Binns this act was amazingly not seen by referee Mr Hair.

Had it been it would have certainly produced a straight red card but the only person making an early exit was the victim as Acheampong was unable to continue and had to be replaced by Ben Martin.

Pires battled his way through the visiting defence and produced a stinging shot which was parried away by the Farnborough keeper.

Michael Jordan was given a yellow card for picking the ball up outside the area when under pressure by Pires.

Davies burst into the Welling area but his cross-shot went well wide of the goal before Booth showed good trickery on the edge of the Welling area, although his eventual shot was blasted over the bar.

As the pulsating game drifted into the last 15 minutes with Farnborough continuing to push forward, Welling had their best chance to double the lead.

A poor clearance by the keeper fell to skipper Jack Parkinson, who laid the ball into the path of Clarke.

His dummy left Pires with a clear scoring opportunity but with the goal at his mercy, he screwed his shot wide.

Farnborough started to pile on the pressure but Welling were equal to all which was thrown at them.

A teasing cross in from McMahon was cleared to safety by Andy Sambrook but it was in the first minute of injury time Farnborough had their best chance to equalise when Michael Malcom headed back across goal Jack King put his firm header over the bar.

Welling remain fourth in the table, four points clear of Dover in sixth and with four matches still to play.

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