Mark Jermyn attempts to flick the ball on to Jones Awuah
DORCHESTER TOWN
1	Francisco Ramos
2	Jamie Cumming		77
3	Jake Smeaton
4	Danny Clay
5	Patrece Liburd
6	Roy O'Brien
7	James Rowe		46
8	Nick Eastham		61
9	Jones Awuah
10	Tareq Khalil
11	Mark Jermyn
Substitutes
12	Alex Browne		77
14	Jon Docker		61
15	Tom Mitchell
16	Darren Watts
17	Ivan Forbes		46
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WESTON-SUPER-MARE
1	Ryan Northmore
2	Mike Green
3	Michael Bell		73
4	Andy Robertson
5	Barry McConnell
6	Ian Herring
7	Lewis Powell
8	Ashan Holgate
9	Wilfried Domoraud
10	Gareth Hopkins
11	Marc McGregor
Substitutes
12	Aaron Wilson
14	Dean Grubb		73
15	Charlie Comyn-Platt
16	Ben Willshire
17	Elvis Ewruje
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Referee
Lee Swabey (Plymouth)
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Saturday 22nd March 2008
		Weston-super-Mare	1
		Powell 36
		Dorchester Town	0

Despair for Magpies

by Echo Reporter

The Magpies remain rooted in the Blue Square South relegation mire after this single goal defeat at the Woodspring Stadium.

In a crucial six-pointer clash, that lacked good football, both defences dominated with few chances on goal and Weston a shade lucky to take all three points and complete the double over their Dorset opponents who are now nine points adrift of safety.

Director of football Shaun Brooks made two changes from the side that beat Basingstoke on Saturday.

Jamie Gleeson was missing through illness and was replaced by Mark Jermyn while Tareq Khalil was promoted from the substitutes' bench to the starting XI in place of Jon Docker.

For the first 20 minutes the Magpies dominated, forcing six corners with Jermyn and top scorer Jones Awuah making several strong runs.

Saturday's hero Nick Eastham forced a point-blank save from home keeper Ryan Northmore on 12 minutes following Jamie Cumming's cross, which was the away side's first effort on target. And on 18 minutes Eastman was again denied - his superb long-range effort forcing a flying save from Northmore at the expense of a corner.

As Weston gained momentum, Magpies' keeper Francisco Ramos made a smart stop on 23 minutes to deny Marc McGregor's free-kick and the Portuguese gloveman did well on the half-hour mark to punch ex-Terra Wilfried Domoraud's teasing cross to safety as several Weston players closed in.

The game's only goal came on 36 minutes when Lewis Powell was put through to beat Ramos with a low drive.

Ramos though, kept the deficit at one by tipping Barry McConnell's corner kick over the bar in a crowded six-yard box.

For the second half the visitors, in desperate need of a goal, brought on Ivan Forbes for James Rowe and in the opening minutes both Awuah and Eastman saw efforts go just over.

Later on, Docker took over from Khalil while Alex Browne, sporting a heavily bandaged head, replaced Cumming, and Docker looked lively up front, going close with a couple of late efforts.

Domoraud should have added to Weston's advantage on 83 minutes when he got the better of Patrece Liburd and rounded Ramos, who did well to force the striker wide, and the shot went just the wrong side of a post.

Near the end, Powell and substitute Dean Grubb had close-range efforts beaten away by Ramos.

	MATCH STATS
10	TOTAL ATTEMPTS	5
4	ATTEMPTS ON TARGET	2
6	ATTEMPTS OFF TARGET	3
0	HIT WOODWORK	0
6	CORNERS	8
6	OFFSIDES	4
9	FREE-KICKS CONCEDED	11