Matt Crabb put Borough ahead after some lacklustre defending before Stuart Beavon levelled with a retaken penalty after his initial effort was saved by Lee Hook, who was judged to have moved off his line before the ball was struck.

Chris McPhee then made it 2-1 but shortly after the break a mistake by Scott Doe led to him hauling down Andy Atkin in the box and receiving a straight red card.

Danny Knowles saved the resulting penalty on his competitive debut but the visitors went on to equalise through Matt Smart.

Eastbourne had seemingly assumed complete control but the Terras belied their one-man disadvantage by finishing the stronger team and after Beavon had hit a post, Joseph-Dubois snatched his side the three points with a strike in the final minute.

The Terras made two changes to their starting XI with Knowles replacing Richard Barnard, who missed the game to support his pregnant partner, and Beavon coming in for Joseph-Dubois.

Having only collected two points from their previous four home games Weymouth were clearly keen to set the tone in the early stages.

McPhee got in behind the visiting defence on four minutes only to send a tame cross into the hands of keeper Lee Hook before Michael Malcolm had two opportunities to run one-on-one at his marker only to fail to get the ball under sufficient control.

Borough had hardly offered anything but on eight minutes they took the lead with their very first attack. Some hesitant defending allowed Matt Crabb too much space in the box and he turned and shot low past Knowles from eight yards.

The Terras responded by putting in a fine cross from the right that caused problems in the visiting defence. Doe had a shot blocked before Anton Robinson was wrestled to the floor by an opponent while trying to latch on to the loose ball. Unfortunately for the hosts their shouts for a penalty were turned away by referee Mike Bull.

Neither side were looking comfortable at the back in the blustery and wet conditions and on 15 minutes Weymouth dropped too deep allowing Atkin to take aim and fire a low drive just wide from 20 yards.

The Terras desperately needed a spark to get them going and it came two minutes later when Matt Crabb was judged to have impeded McPhee in the box while contesting a high ball, handing the hosts a chance to level from the spot.

Beavon had his first attempt superbly saved by Hook but the officials ordered it to be taken again and this time the Weymouth striker slotted the ball into the left corner of the net.

Borough clearly felt aggrieved and they took their protest too far with manager Garry Wilson being sent to the stands and Neil Jenkins picking up a booking for dissent.

The Terras were now looking the more dangerous side and on 25 minutes they got a second with a stunning move on the break.

Ryan Williams broke down the right and found Sam Cutler who showed superb composure to play in Malcolm on the left. The flying winger then broke into the box and slid the ball across to McPhee who tapped in from three yards.

It was a glorious breakaway goal that would have graced any standard of football but Eastbourne soon hit back with Atkin heading at Knowles on 26 minutes and Matt Crabb having a shot blocked wide after a poor punch by the home stopper.

However, the visitors' best chance of levelling before the break came 15 minutes later when Allan Tait again fired an attempt straight into Knowles' hands after a superb one-two with Matt Crabb.

Weymouth brought on Santos Gaia for Stephen Reed at the interval in an attempt to shore up their defence but within four minutes of the restart they suffered a calamity when Doe sliced a clearance allowing Atkin to run clean through.

The young centre-back retreated to make amends but he ended up pulling the forward down in the box and receiving a red card for a professional foul. Skipper Paul Armstrong took the spot-kick but his effort was saved brilliantly to his right by Knowles.

The Terras immediately made another change by replacing Malcolm with defender Adam Bygrave but their hopes of holding on to their lead evaporated on 58 minutes when a fine ball in from the left found Smart whose flick at the near post was palmed into the net by Knowles.

The hosts were now being swamped but after Darren Budd had a shot from distance pushed wide for Eastbourne, Beavon broke away at the other end only to see his low strike across Hook hit the base of the far post.

Borough continued to huff and puff in search for a winner but with 18 minutes remaining 10-man Weymouth created another good chance with Beavon playing in substitute Joseph-Dubois whose shot rolled across the face of the target and just wide.

Despite their numerical advantage the visitors were now looking shaky and moments later Kevin Sandwith went close with a sweet effort from 30 yards that Hook was relieved to see go the wrong side of his left post.

Borough responded with an opening for Matt Crabb whose touch let him down allowing Knowles to race off his line and clear before Joseph-Dubois latched on to a pass from Beavon and shot home a dramatic winner that Hook failed to stop despite getting a hand to it.