1. Aaron Jarvis takes his tally to eight for the season.
A brace of penalties took Aaron Jarvis' goalscoring tally for the 2023-24 campaign to eight. Jarvis stepped up to convert in the 34th minute after he was felled by Welling goalkeeper James Holden. He then completed his brace on 64 minutes when he struck from the spot after referee Tom Ellsmore spotted that he had been pushed by Wings' right-back Crossley Lema.
Remarkably, Jarvis' haul of goals includes six successfully taken penalties. However, they all count and the former Luton Town and Scunthorpe United striker is now one goal short of reaching 50% of his 2022-23 campaign of 18 after only 12 games.
2. Brett McGavin's long range strike.
Brett McGavin's third goal of the campaign in the 40th minute was also his third from long range. McGavin, who has excelled in his new role as a deep lying midfield playmaker, found the back of the net four times in the 2022-23 season, but is currently one goal away from equalling it.
3. Donnellan on target.
After only finding the back of the net against Hampton and Richmond in the FA Cup last season, Shaun Donnellan scored his first league goal for the Gulls against Welling.
Donnellan connected with a diagonal free-kick from left to right from Jack Stobbs before lobbing Wings' keeper James Holden, who later saw red for a second yellow card.
4. United's second five goal haul of the season so far.
The Gulls' five-goal haul against Welling was the second time that they have found the back of the net five times in 2023-24, after also putting five past Hungerford Town in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup.
It was a display reminiscent of United's previous season in the National League South in the 2018-19 season, when they defeated Oxford City 7-2, Dulwich Hamlet 5-2 and St Albans City and Slough Town 4-0. Hopefully there will be more similar results to come across the remainder of the current campaign.
5. Coming from behind to win.
United's win over Welling was also the third time that the Gulls have won this season after falling behind. In August, United came from behind to beat Slough Town and Braintree Town 2-1 on both occasions. However, neither of them were as emphatic as the Gulls' victory over Welling.
6. The Gulls now up to fourth.
The result sees United move up three places after Aveley and Maidstone United drew with Truro City and Farnborough respectively and Worthing were beaten by leaders Yeovil Town.
If the Gulls were to miss out on clinching top spot in National League South at the end of the campaign, finishing second would give them home advantage not only in the semi-finals of the NLS play-offs, but also in the final itself should they reach it.
However, everything is still to play for as far as winning the league is concerned.
