While the Terras' visit to Cheshire may not have been a match to please the purist it certainly had everything to keep the interest of the 700 who paid to watch.

For the small number of travelling Terras' fans it turned out to have more than that as Coutts hit the winning goal in the fifth minute of added time, going some way to erase the memory of Kidderminster's late strike the previous weekend.

Boss John Hollins fielded an unchanged side from Tuesday night's 2-2 draw with league leaders Crawley, but found a place on the bench for striker Stuart Beavon.

Weymouth started confidently enough when they forced a corner on the right, however, Anton Robinson's strike from Ryan Williams' cross was too high.

Play switched rapidly from end to end and Richard Barnard was able to easily hold a shot from Matty Crowell before the visitors were forced to play with 10 men as Scott Doe, who - for the second time this season - had to leave the field with a head injury. However, the central defender was able to rejoin the fray after five minutes.

Having survived the storm, the Terras came back when Sam Cutler found space before shooting high, Williams saw his effort from Chris McPhee's pass deflected by Michael Welch and well saved by Scott Tynan and Cutler brought another save from Tynan when Cameron Mawer created another opportunity for the youngster.

Just before the interval Jamie Mullen, who had been lively throughout the half, put Crowell free, but his shot was well wide.

The second period was just seven minutes old when Weymouth took the lead through a bizarre own goal. Doe's long clearance caused confusion in the Northwich defence as Pierre Joseph-Dubois chased through.

Tynan came off his line to attack the ball just as Welch took the decision to head it back, with the ball sailing into the net as the two collided.

The game was then held up for several minutes while Welch received treatment before finally being stretchered off and taken to hospital with facial injuries.

Just eight minutes later Northwich drew level when a corner by Danny Williams was not dealt with and Roberts headed goalwards, although Mawer appeared to have cleared the ball off the line the assistant referee thought otherwise and the Terras full-back received a caution for protesting as the goal was given.

The game began to open up with both sides seeking to add to their tally, Danny Williams shot wide for Northwich and Beavon fired just over the crossbar after good work by Williams had given him a half chance.

When Aaron Burns latched on to a well placed pass from Darryn Stamp to shoot home over the advancing Barnard and put the home side in front after 74 minutes Northwich had completed a remarkable turn around.

However, the Terras were not done yet and levelled in the 81st minute - when Beavon and Coutts worked together to find Williams 12 yards out. The Terras' club captain was felled by Roberts as he shaped to shoot leaving Beavon to step up and beat Tynan from the penalty spot.

With both sides looking far from comfortable in defence the game really opened up in the final 20 minutes. Burns fired high at one end with both McPhee and Williams doing the same at the other.

As both sides sought to find the winning goal Beavon was just wide with a snapshot on the turn and Stamp was too high after Aaron Burns had slipped past Mawer to create the chance.

Then up stepped Coutts to fire his 25-yard curler past Tynan and into the top left-hand corner to give the Terras three very welcome points.