Jacob Blyth thought he had won it for the Brakes when he fired home from the spot in the 87th minute but Warren Byerley then equalised with a penalty of his own just moments later, before Craig Duff headed the winner deep into added-time.

Following three years of doom and gloom both on and off the pitch, days like this at Weymouth appeared to be a thing of the past but it seems the good times are slowly returning.

Boss Brendon King certainly appears to have the Midas touch at present and for the third game in succession he kept faith with the same starting XI with Stephen Reed once again having to settle for a spot on the bench.

Leamington made the brighter start but the Terras defended well for the most part.

Richard Batchelor tested Tom Manley from long range and Scott Dixon made a vital block to turn a strike from Asa Charlton out for a corner but apart from that the hosts remained untroubled.

However, they struggled to maintain possession at times and it was not until the 43rd minute that they finally made headway at the other end.

Lewis Tasker’s free-kick into the box was headed down by Ben Gerring at the far post and there was Duff to turn the ball into the net from eight yards.

The Brakes were stunned but a raised flag from the eagle-eyed assistant at that end of the pitch soon saved them.

Referee Adam Penwell had seen nothing wrong but after consulting his fellow official he ruled out the effort and booked Duff for using his hand, which the midfielder later owned up to.

After the break, Leamington continued to look the better side with Manley producing two fine saves to deny David Koldynski before Stephan Morley broke into the box and saw his low drive roll agonis-ingly wide of the far post.

Reed was introduced for Tasker on 64 minutes but the away side carried on knocking at the door with Michael Tuohy striking the outside of a post with a stunning half-volley from 30 yards before a bad injury to Jamie Hood finally offered the Terras some respite.

The defender had to be stretchered off and it immediately disrupted the Brakes’ rhythm with the unfortunate Byerley heading a pinpoint cross from Sam Malsom on to the crossbar with 11 minutes remaining.

The game had now become stretched and on 87 minutes some desperate defending by the Terras ended with substitute Luke Corbett taking a tumble in the box after a brush with Gerring.

The forward appeared to take a couple of steps before finally deciding to go down but Penwell was convinced enough to point to the spot, allowing Blyth to break the dead-lock.

Many teams would have capitulated after that setback but King’s men poured forward and three minutes later their incredible efforts were rewarded when Gerring went down under a challenge by Morley, giving the man in the middle another huge decision to make.

Once again it looked a bit soft but Penwell put the whistle to his lips and Byerley sent Lee Evans the wrong way with the resulting pen-alty.

The home fans went wild, but better was yet to come with Duff going on to grab the winner with a sublime header from Reed’s pinpoint cross, which took the roof off in the fourth minute of added-time.