To add to the beleaguered club’s misery midfielder Jordan Rose was sent off five minutes from time after collecting two yellow cards within a minute.

Manager Matty Hale made three changes to the side that lost last weekend to St Albans. Kyle Crit-chell, Chris Allen and Joe Arnold all being absent, with the manager bringing Matt Townley, Matt Groves and himself into the starting line-up.

With Matty Bound also unavailable, due to a rib injury, the Terras were left with only four men on the bench, including young reserve player Ollie Tribe.

In Critchell’s absence Andy Har-ris took the captain’s armband, but he had to pass this to Scott Brice when he left the field injured shortly before the interval.

Weymouth started brightly enough as Harris fed Andy Caton, but the youngster delayed his shot just long enough to allow John Cant to clear at the expense of a corner.

The home side showed that they would not be overawed when, in the fourth minute. James Vercesi worked an opening, but his shot was deflected for a corner.

From the kick Terras’ keeper Ryan Harrison had to be alert to tip Adam Mayo’s close range header over the crossbar.

When Hale’s ninth minute free-kick was allowed to go right across the home penalty area it looked as if Sam Avery controlled the ball with his arm before clearing, but nothing was given.

Harrison was forced to save Kevin Slack’s 25-yard effort as the visitors failed to clear after a long throw from Ben Gascoyne caused problems in the visitors’ defence.

Weymouth were a little unlucky not to take the lead in the 22nd minute when both Matt Cooper and Caton saw their efforts blocked by the home defence, a similar fate befalling Matt Groves a few minutes later.

The hosts took the lead in the 33rd minute when another long throw – this time from Slack – was not cleared and Gascoyne hooked the ball over the static figure of Harrison and into the net.

Weymouth’s injury problems increased when in the 40th minute Harris and Vercesi both went for a loose ball leaving the Terras’ skipper writhing in agony.

Then deep into added time Harr-ison made a mess of a kick and the lively Slack was on hand to glee-fully double the home side’s advantage.

Weymouth replaced Harrison with Simon Evans at the interval and again started well with Brice and Hale combining to present Caton with a good opportunity, but he was comprehensively outmuscled by Steve Jones allowing home keeper Tom King to gather.

In the 62nd minute Slack ended the game as a contest when he shrugged off a poor challenge from Townley to drive home.

Within a couple of minutes the same player should have added a fourth, but he managed to shoot well over the crossbar with only Evans to beat.

Weymouth looked to have pulled a goal back after 67 minutes when Townley’s free-kick was allowed to fly through a crowd of players only for Cant to head clear from under his own crossbar.

With the Terras having pushed players up Slack collected from Cant’s header and make a lot of ground before again shooting off target.

As the match drew to a conclusion Weymouth had chances to pull a goal back. Firstly Rose headed weakly into King’s hands from Ian Hutchinson’s free-kick and Caton failed to reach Hale’s cross after Brice and Hutchinson had given the player-manager a chance to run at the home defence.

For the home side Vercesi’s last action of the match brought a smart diving save from Evans, while the substitute goalkeeper was well placed to hold on to a header from Gareth Hopkins.

There was one further nail to be hammered into Weymouth’s coffin before the match ended as Rose was penalised and cautioned for a foul on Richard Mansell in the 84th minute.

Sam Avery found Mansell with the resulting free-kick, wide out on the right, only for Rose to launch himself at the Bishops’ man with a two-footed tackle.

The Terras’ substitute was lucky to escape with a second caution and subsequent dismissal – rather than the straight red card the challenge deserved.

Both keepers were called upon to make a couple of comfortable saves before the referee brought an afternoon of suffering to an end for Weymouth, leaving Cleeve to celebrate a well deserved win.