Hinshelwood gives verdict on Worthing FC’s perfect weekend and says: There’s more to come

It’s five wins from six now for the National League South leaders after they won 2-0 at Dover on Satuday and defeated Weymouth by the same scoreline at Woodside Road on Monday.

Boss Adam Hinshelwood was delighted with the six-point haul and two clean sheets and promised: “There’s still more to come from us.”

Early and late goals by Nicky Wheeler and Reece Myles-Meekums clinched the points at Dover, while two loan stars – Sonny Fish and Ricky Aguiar – netted to see off the Terras in front of a bumper 1,613 crowd on Monday.

31 pictures from Worthing’s win at Dover.

Mike Gunn’s 42 photos from Worthing 2 Weymouth 0.

There’s no let-up for the Rebels: they head to Braintree on Saturday then host Welling next Tuesday.

Hinshelwood is pleased with progress – and looking forward to welcoming some key players back into the first-team selection picture.

"At Dover we should have been more than 1-0 up at the break,” said the manager. “At 1-0 you’re never safe and we nearly let them in from a slip-up.

"We need to kill games off earlier, but fortunately on this occasion we weren’t punished.

"Weymouth gave us a different test. They were higher in their press which left space in behind.

"We were a bit tame with some of our efforts and again it took a while to get a second goal, but it’s two wins and clean sheets in three days and we can’t complain at that. There’s certainly more to come from us.”

Goals have been shared around and Hinshelwood’s said striker Fish’s arrival on loan from Crawley was timely with Ollie Pearce ruled out by illness at the weekend and Greg Luer coming back from a toe injury.

Hinshelwood ran the rule over numerous players in a closed-doors friendly versus Bighton U21s on Tuesday – including Pearce, Kane Wills, Cam Tutt, Liam Vincent and Joan Luque.

Also getting minutes was forward Jake Robinson, who Hinshelwood said might be on the bench on Saturday or Tuesday after just over a year out.

"It will be great to see Jake in a matchday squad, and we have a number of others almost ready to return,” Hinshelwood said.

Meanwhile Fish is proving his worth after joining Worthing to help them over their striker shortage.

The 19-year-old has been brought in with Hinshelwood short of options up front because Jake Robinson is still working his way to full fitness and Luer has been struggling with a toe injury, and Pearce with illness.

Fish started both Worthing’s holiday weekend wins – scoring his first Rebels goal in Monday’s 2-0 home victory over Weymouth.

Fish secured a two-year deal with Crawley Town after training with them throughout the summer. His only appearance so far for the Red Devils came in the EFL Cup defeat at Exeter City earlier this month.

Fish is a product of the Leyton Orient Academy and signed his first professional contract at Brisbane Road in 2022. He spent some time on loan with Bowers & Pitsea in the Isthmian League premier division last season, scoring 3 times in 14 appearances.

Worthing said: “With Greg Luer sidelined through injury and Jake Robinson still nursing his way back from a long lay off, the Welsh under-18 international arrived on a one-month deal to provide manager Adam Hinshelwood with another attacking option.

"It continues a growing relationship with our close neighbours which has also seen Davide Rodari and Mo Shubbar gain first team experience with loan spells at Woodside Road in recent seasons.”