Will Dean’s Stoppage-Time Winner Lifts Truro City to Second Place

Will Dean’s decisive goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time propelled Truro City to a 2-1 win over St Albans, securing their rise to second place in National League South. This victory contributed to Truro’s record of eight wins in their last 14 league games. Earlier in the match, Zane Banton had given the hosts the lead three minutes into the second half. Truro City appeared headed for consecutive defeats, following their loss to Maidstone United the previous week. However, substitute Andrew Neal equalized in the 79th minute, flicking home a corner just two minutes after entering the game. Ten minutes later, Dean had a shot cleared off the line before he ultimately scored the winning goal, striking left-footed from the edge of the box deep in stoppage time. “We have played better, but I thought again the players when we went a goal behind rolled their sleeves up,” Truro manager John Askey told BBC Radio Cornwall. “We could have had more goals, but you just thought it was going to be one of those days.” “Then obviously Rocky’s (Neal) come on and I don’t know how it managed to go in, it seemed to go a mile into the air and then drop into the back stick and we were just pushing them for a second and Will Dean’s come up with a fantastic goal at the end.”