WEYMOUTH 2
Cordner 79, Blair 90+3
SOLIHULL MOORS 4
Boyes 7, Harfield 40 og, Clarke 69, Dallas 90+2
RELEGATED Weymouth missed out on the double over Solihull Moors as Andy Dallas returned to the Bob Lucas Stadium to score against his former side in a 4-2 win.
Solihull opened a 2-0 half-time lead as Harry Boyes and a bizarre Ollie Harfield own goal set the visitors on their way.
James Clarke made it 3-0 before Tyler Cordner got Weymouth on the scoresheet.
Dallas was on target in the 92nd minute to convert his only chance of the game, but Tom Blair then bagged a long-range stunner to complete the scoring.
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Before a game that highlighted Weymouth’s shortcomings at both ends, boss David Oldfield made six changes to the side that began the 6-1 thrashing by Wrexham last time out.
Ben Greenwood, Ben Morgan, Matt Buse, Bradley Ash, Andy Robinson and Aaron Drewe all missed out, with the first four absent from the squad entirely.
In came Cordner, Brandon Goodship, Cameron Murray, Harfield, Nathan Carlyle and Sean Shields.
Robinson and Drewe took seats on the bench, while Ahkeem Rose and Omar Mussa returned to the matchday squad.
Mannie Mampala retained his place in the 16 from Tuesday night.
Weymouth were seeking to end a 12-game winless run in the National League but soon had a deficit to overcome, conceding in the seventh minute.
Solihull’s goal stemmed from a Weymouth free-kick, given for a foul on Tom Blair by Boyes.
Moors cleared and set Ryan Barnett away on the left, his cross inviting the late run of Boyes and the midfielder drilled a sweetly-struck volley into the far corner past a motionless Ross Fitzsimons.
Solihull continued to look a threat on the break as the speedy Joe Sbarra cut back for captain Kyle Storer to scuff wide from the edge of the area.
Weymouth responded when Tom Bearwish slid Goodship into space and the striker made room for a shot which was blocked, keeper Ryan Boot looking to have the effort covered anyway.
Play became slightly scrappy after that chance, but Solihull went close to a 2-0 lead when the outstanding Haji Mnoga blocked Boyes’ goalbound shot.
The towering Portsmouth centre-back then headed Tom Blair into space on the right, only for the winger to overhit a cross with teammates waiting in the box.
However, Solihull did get their second in what can only be described as end-of-season fashion.
Fitzsimons did superbly well to tip away the 6ft 8in Kyle Hudlin’s header from six yards out, with Weymouth blocking the rebound from former Terras striker Dallas.
The ball then fell to Callum Maycock, whose effort struck the unsighted Harfield on the shins and somehow trickled inside the far post.
Such was the bizarre nature of the goal, it took a moment for the Solihull players and fans to realise they had scored – leading to almost apologetic celebrations.
Weymouth began the second half on the front foot and saw skipper Josh McQuoid strike a rising drive from 25 yards after an enterprising run from Cordner.
Blair ran fully 50 yards before seeing an effort blocked behind but Moors replied when Hudlin connected with a 25-yarder that rippled the side netting.
Hudlin went close to 3-0 when sub Jamey Osborne fed him into the box on the right before blasting a shot across the face of goal.
Moors did get a third with 21 minutes remaining, thanks to a rare blemish on Fitzsimons’ copybook.
The keeper, who has been one of only a handful of players to come through this relegation season with any credit, was beaten at his near post.
The goal stemmed from a flowing move and was set up by Maycock’s smart disguise on the pass to Clarke, whose low shot was too powerful for Fitzsimons to keep out.
Looking for what now would only have been a consolation, Weymouth suddenly jerked into action when Blair’s brilliant chipped pass picked out Shields at the back post.
The winger faked a shot to sit down the covering defender but then sliced horribly wide with the unmarked Goodship in support.
Moments later, Goodship bore down on goal from wide on the right, only to see his attempted nutmeg on Boot blocked.
Weymouth did get the goal their effort merited when a quickly-taken corner led to pinball in the box and Cordner was there to touch home from close range with 11 minutes to go.
With the game petering out, there was a moment of quality from Dallas to remind Weymouth of what they had missed out on last summer.
The Scot collected Hudlin’s knock down and bustled through Mnoga’s challenge before displaying his trademark lethal finishing, tucking home inside the near post.
Weymouth still had time to net in the 93rd minute, Blair finding the top corner from range, but it was too little too late for the Terras as they slid to a 27th league defeat of the season.
Terras: Fitzsimons, Cordner, Goodship (Rose 85), McQuoid (Robinson 74), Mnoga, Bearwish (Mussa 66), Blair, Murray, Harfield, Carlyle, Shields. Subs not used: Drewe, Mampala.
Solihull: Boot, Clarke, Storer, Howe, Sbarra (Reilly 62), Maycock, Barnett (Osborne 63), Boyes (Gudger 74), Dallas, Ellis, Hudlin. Subs not used: Rooney, Newton.
Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis
Attendance: 756
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