Ollie Pearce made it thirty league goals for the season as Worthing put Wingate & Finchley to the sword at The Crucial Environmental Stadium.
A late winner from debutant Owen Worsdell saw Worthing advance to the quarter-finals of the Velocity Trophy, as they finished the game with six teenagers on the pitch.
Worthing drew 1-1 for the second time in three games as the chasing pack closed in.
Two goals from on-loan striker Callum Kealy helped Worthing to reverse the opening day score at The Buildkent Stadium to reassert their authority in the title race.
Three superply-taken goals led to three more points for Worthing as they overcame Dulwich Hamlet for the second time in six weeks.
Worthing saw two points slip from their grasp thanks to a stoppage time equaliser from Tom Wraight.
Worthing’s first Sussex Senior Cup win over Bognor since March 1963 saw them progress to the semi-finals, courtesy of goals at the end of each half from Will Seager and Jasper Pattenden.
Worthing returned to winning ways with a comfortable 5-0 victory over Whyteleafe.
A repeat of September's four-nil win at Fetcham Grove saw Worthing maintain a healthy seven-point lead over the chasing pack.
Pride, passion and no little skill but, alas, it wasn’t to be on a bitterly cold night in Horley as the two-division gap proved just a little too much to fully bridge in the end.
