Premier League cult hero, 35, scores last gasp winner in wild seventh tier play-off clash with FOUR stoppage time goals
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Premier League cult hero Charlie Austin booked his non-league side a place in a seventh tier play-off final
Credit: Ben Sayers / Sayers Sports Photography
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Austin scored a last-second winner for AFC Totton
One of the most insane non-league
football
matches of all time saw
FOUR
goals scored in stoppage time.
Austin's side were trailing 2-0 in the final minute of normal time and were set to end their season there and then at home.
But it was somehow 3-3 by the time the referee's full-time whistle was blown in the 12th minute of injury time.
Former Luton Town
striker
Scott Rendell, 38, scored from the spot to make it 2-1 in the 90th minute.
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Before Tony Lee hit goals in the seventh and 10th minute of added time to lead 3-2.
But Dorchester's Jack Dickson levelled the scores right after Totton went ahead to ensure extra-time.
But with penalties looming, former Premier League star Austin stepped up to poke home from close range in the 119th minute.
One fan wrote on X: "This was the best end to a game I've ever seen live!"
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Austin was still playing professional
football
last season for Swindon Town before
The 35-year-old is now at the 15th club of his career, having started in non-league before rising to the glittering heights of the Prem.
Charlie Austin goes on furious rant about officials after Southampton's draw with Watford
Austin made 111 top-flight appearances across spells at
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After scoring 18 goals in his debut Prem campaign with QPR, Austin was called up to the
He teamed up with former Southampton
striker
at AFC Totton - James Beattie, who is the club's Director of
Football
.
It is the second straight season that AFC Totton have reached the final, after they were beaten by Salisbury in May 2024.
They will take on Gloucester City, who eliminated Walton & Hersham via penalties after a 2-2 draw in their semi final, on Wednesday.
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