Wrexham stay on Notts County’s trail with vital win at Aldershot

Sam Dalby’s stoppage-time winner secured a last-gasp crucial 4-3 victory for Wrexham away at Aldershot in the National league.

Paul Mullin opened his and Wrexham’s account with two goals inside 23 minutes, but Olly Pendlebury’s reply sparked a fightback from Aldershot.

Striker Mullin was denied a hat-trick in the 35th minute, when his backheel was judged to be an own goal against Corey Jordan, but still the Welsh side’s two-goal lead was restored.

Jack Hutchinson reduced the deficit to 3-2 in the 39th minute, before Aldershot thought they had earned a point when Wrexham’s Jordan Tunnicliffe scored an own goal with seconds left.

However, in the sixth minute of stoppage-time, Dalby headed home from a Luke Young corner to get second-placed Wrexham back to five points behind Notts County but with two games in hand over the league leaders.