The scenes that followed were just as unsavoury with stewards, players and club officials among those involved in a mass brawl that resulted with double goalscorer Jermaine Clarke receiving a post-match red card.

The game that preceded between the division’s two bottom sides saw substitute Tom Richardson score with his first touch, before Clarke turned the game on its head inside the final two minutes.

Teenage goalkeeper Michael Neish came into the side for his debut after Tim Sandercombe injured himself playing for Exeter City Reserves while Scott Dixon was also unavailable and replaced by Rushden & Diamonds’ loanee Jamie McGuinness, who returned after a virus.

The absence of Dixon meant a switch in positions for skipper Simon Radcliffe, who moved to left-back, and John Lamb, who operated from the left flank instead of the right.

It took just 46 seconds for the visitors’ Danny Burnell to fire the first warning shot, rippling the side of the net with a volley after a poor clearance from Jamie Frampton but it was the latter who really should have opened the scoring.

Frampton peeled away from his marker at the back post but could not get a clean contact on Stephen Reed’s left-wing free-kick to guide it into the net, instead glancing harmlessly wide.

Shane Evans went even closer to netting his first Terras goal, also with his head, but the ex-Bridport striker only guided McGuinness’ delicious cross on to the crossbar.

Less than a minute later, the home side were granted a lifeline by the assistant when Weston had a goal ruled out for offside after Ben Cleverley’s deep free-kick had been bundled past Neish.

Reed’s angled ball from deep was just clung on to by visiting custodian Kevin Sawyer while another excellent cross by McGuin-ness deserved better than a complete miss-hit by Evans.

Both sides were struggling to impose themselves on the game and all Weston had to offer in reply was a wayward long-range strike from Burnell, another from the same player that deflected just beyond the crossbar and Clarke’s dragged shot that was never likely to test Neish.

Man mountain Clayton Fortune finally had the game’s first effort on target six minutes after the break, but Neish scrambled across to hold the midfielder’s low, skidding effort.

At the other end, Nicholls screwed wide from 25 yards while the Terras’ first on-target attempt was a poorly-executed 45-yard lob from Reed.

However, a substitution from caretaker-boss Andy Harris made all the difference as Richardson came off the bench to score with his first touch.

Lamb showed great heart to win possession and find Radcliffe on the left and the captain swung over a perfect cross that was inviting a finish, which Richardson provided from inside the six-yard box.

The visitors nearly responded immediately but bundled wide from a corner and Burnell went close once again, thumping the crossbar from 25 yards with his last action before being somewhat harshly replaced by Jake Harris.

Reed stung the hands of Sawyer from the right corner of the penalty area and Lamb, who was much improved after the break, shot wide from the opposite angle of the box after a surging run by Robin Nicholls.

On-loan Macclesfield midfielder Reed almost received a massive slice of luck but his free-kick deflected narrowly wide past a static Sawyer and the same player tried his luck again, forcing Sawyer to spill his fierce drive before the custodian fell on it.

However, the Terras were to throw away the advantage they had done so well to gain when they failed to clear and Clarke hooked in from just eight yards.

A point would have still relegated Weston-super-Mare but they gave themselves a stay of execution when Weymouth again failed to clear and Clarke was on hand once more to lift his header over Neish.

The final whistle was greeted with frustration, none more so than by one particular fan who ran onto the pitch to confront Green, and Clarke’s day took a turn for the worst when the referee brandished a red card for his part in the post-match nastiness.