Truro City defeated 10-man Welling United to keep hold of third place, with this latest reverse plunging Rod Stringer’s side into the relegation zone. 

Tyler Harvey scored two of City’s three goals with Connor Riley-Lowe continuing his hot streak on a Saturday, to open the scoring after just two minutes. 

Welling, without a win since late January, must have feared the worst at this point, but they didn’t crumble and equalised just after the half hour mark through Deon Moore. 

The score remained level at the interval, with the pendulum of momentum swinging towards City early in the second stanza, after the visitors were reduced to 10-men, when captain Dave Winfield was sent-off. 

Truro had to be patient to unlock a stubborn visiting rearguard thereafter, but they did so through Harvey with 20 minutes left. And City’s leading scorer seemingly wrapped up the victory four minutes from time with a powerful finish inside the box. 

However, Welling gave themselves hope with a stoppage time goal through Riccardo Di Trolio, but they couldn’t force an unlikely late leveller. 

City boss John Askey named the same side which defeated Boreham Wood on Tuesday, as midweek matchwinner Jaze Kabia was once again only fit enough for the bench. 

Dom Johnson-Fisher would lead the line with Tyler Harvey and the former Whitehawk attacker would claim yet another assist, as the deadlock was broken just two minutes in. 

Quick thinking from Will Dean played in Johnson-Fisher down the right, with his cross picking out Riley-Lowe who found the mark at the back post, for his fourth of the season. 

It was a dream start for City and it almost got even better when Johnson-Fisher was a whisker away from turning home Luke Jephcott’s ball through the corridor of uncertainty. 

Riley-Lowe almost scored a carbon copy of his first before Harvey had his first effort of the afternoon, with Johnson-Fisher causing the Wings rearguard all sorts of trouble. 

Gradually, though, Welling did gain a foothold in the game and they levelled through Moore, who got in behind and fired past Dan Lavercombe. 

Despite their lowly league position, that goal galvanised Welling and they should have gone in at the break with more than just one to their name. 

A home free-kick routine went wrong and with Scott Kashket and Gene Kennedy forcing Lavercombe into action, after a swift counter-attack. 

Winfield then made his side’s task an uphill one when he pressed the self-destruct button and was shown a second yellow card after the turnaround. Already into referee Said Ouchene’s notebook for a foul on Johnson-Fisher during the opening period, the veteran defender grappled with Harvey on halfway, wrestling him to the ground. 

There was then a spate of afters with the red mist descending on Winfield. Once the dust had settled, for the second time this season, he was dismissed against City and the hosts had a numerical advantage. 

It was one they took a while to capitalise on, but eventually City made their extra man count. Good work out on the right involving Zac Bell and Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain eventually saw the ball set back for Will Dean, who delivered a brilliant cross into the box, which was headed into the net by Harvey. 

And after Welling had a couple of half chances at the other end, the points were seemingly made safe five minutes from time. 

Substitutes Billy Palfrey and Andrew Neal combined to win the ball off Jack Burchell, with Harvey then emphatically finishing past visiting custodian Rhys Lovett, for his 19th goal of the season. 

City thought they were home and hosed at this point, but Welling kept it interesting right until the last when Di Trollio slammed home a loose ball in the box. 

Match Facts 

City: Lavercombe, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Dean, Law,  Bell, En-Neyah (Palfrey, 71), Rooney (Bates, 90), Riley-Lowe; Jephcott, Harvey (Sanders, 86), Johnson-Fisher (Neal,, 71). Sub not used: Kabia

Welling United: Lovett, Quick, Winfield, Burchell, Di Trolio, Kenedy, Grant (Kamara, 74), Kelly (Taylor-Crossdale 83), Walker (Statham 56), Kashket (Bramble 56), Moore (Redfearn 65). 

Referee: Said Ouchene

Attendance: 1,611