And to compound the misery for the Terras, Stephen Reed and Jordan Collins were both taken to hospital with suspected broken ankles.

The kick-off was delayed by 10 minutes after Welling defender Ryan Johnson appeared to suffer a fit during the warm up.

He was taken to hospital for treatment however, the incident seemed to affect the Terras more than the home side who opened the scoring after just 54 seconds.

Lee Protheroe took a short free-kick to Lee Blackburn who got behind the Terras’ defence before pulling the ball back to Loui Fazakerley. The Wings’ man hit a ball across the penalty area which found Charlie Sheringham who gleefully drilled the ball into the empty net.

The visitors tried to fight back with Collins finding Reed whose cross fell to Ryan Williams, but the Terras’ club captain saw his effort hit the side-netting.

Shortly after, Stuart Beavon headed just wide following a good build-up involving Chris McPhee, Reed and Adam Bygrave.

Weymouth had a mountain to climb after 18 minutes, when the hosts doubled their advantage.

Once again the visiting defence failed to deal with a set-piece. On this occasion Sonny Cobbs’ throw-in was helped on by Blackburn only for Reed to intercept.

Unfortunately the Weymouth man sliced his clearance allowing Moses Ademola to run in and fire home past Danny Knowles from 12 yards.

Almost from the restart Black-burn fed Sheringham, but the home striker shot wide when he might well have added a third.

The Terras tried to come back and Collins’ free-kick was met by McPhee with a clever flick only for home keeper Clark Masters to save superbly.

The situation worsened for the visitors when Collins rose to head Bygrave’s cross narrowly wide only to land badly and suffer a nasty ankle injury which necessitated him being stretchered from the field.

As the half drew to a close Wey-mouth were relieved to see Sher-ingham shoot wide following a very neat four-man move and Knowles was forced to tip a free-kick from Blackburn over his crossbar.

The home side certainly seemed to have lady luck on their side as Weymouth hit the woodwork twice within the final six minutes of the half.

Firstly Beavon got on the end of a pass from McPhee and rounded Cobbs only to see his shot go across the face of the goal and rebound off an upright and into the grateful hands of Masters.

Then Joseph-Dubois’ header from a Bygrave cross was pushed out by the Wings’ keeper only for Reed to drill the rebound against the crossbar.

Although a stern half-time talk by caretaker-boss Alan Lewer seemed to have a positive affect on his men the Terras were not able to exert any real control on the second period as Welling continued to show that whatever they may have lacked in skill they more than made up with determination.

Early in the half Sheringham headed wide for the hosts and Sanchez Ming shot over the crossbar.

Knowles’ long clearance found McPhee who put Williams clear on the left. The Terras’ man found Beavon, but his shot was saved by Masters at the second attempt.

Beavon went close again seconds later after McPhee had found him with a good ball but this time the shot flew just past a post.

Welling came back and Knowles had to save when Sheringham met a free-kick from Blackburn with a powerful header while Ademola fired wide when he reached another Blackburn set-piece before the Terras’ defence.

Dubois latched on to a Knowles’ clearance and found space to hit a shot, but his effort went wide.

Beavon saw two efforts fly high while Welling’s Ademola was off target with a shot from distance before Weymouth hit the woodwork for a third time.

Cameron Mawer found McPhee with a cleverly weighted ball and the ex-Ebbsfleet man ran on to chip the ball over the head of the advancing Masters only to see the ball take a dramatic bounce and clip the crossbar before going harmlessly for a goal kick. n Weymouth Supporters’ Travel Club is running a coach to the Blue Square Premier game at Mansfield Town this Saturday.

The coach will leave the Wessex Stadium at 8am and the cost at the moment is £28, but this will fall if the coach is full To book a seat on the coach telephone 836361.