Truro City recorded a third consecutive win on the road thanks to Tyler Harvey’s second half brace. 

In a goalless opening 45 minutes as Weston-super-Mare, playing with a strong breeze at their backs, hit the post and forced City custodian Dan Lavercombe into a good save.

At the other end, substitute Dominic Johnson-Fisher had Truro’s best opportunity before the pendulum swung the Tinners’ way 10 minutes after the interval. 

Harvey bagged his 25th goal of an incredible season for the Tinners’ talismanic number nine, after great work from Johnson-Fisher. 

The rest of the second stanza was tense and frenetic with City scoring a priceless second deep into stoppage time from the penalty spot. The win, coupled with Worthing being held at home by Dorking Wanderers, puts the Tinners top of the table going into the final day. 

For an eighth consecutive game, City boss John Askey named an unchanged side as they looked to bounce back from defeat at home to Torquay United on Good Friday. 

Veteran home striker Reuben Reid had the first chance of note early in the piece when he shot low towards Lavercombe’s goal, but the ball was brilliantly kept out by a strong left hand. 

Harvey headed over from a Dean free kick as City looked for the go-ahead goal, but Weston continued to look the more likely, due in no small part to the wind they had in their favour. 

City were dealt an early injury blow after 27 minutes when Jaze Kabia took a knock and was replaced by Johnson-Fisher. As the game wore on, the disappointment of losing Kabia was tempered by Johnson-Fisher’s important second half contribution. 

As the interval approached, a Luke Coulson corner was only half cleared and Josh Seberry’s flicked effort came back off the post. 

Then Reid headed wide when well placed before Johnson-Fisher forced home incumbent Max Harris into action, with a fine save to match his opposite number Lavercombe’s effort earlier in the piece. 

The second half began with Zac Bell firing straight at Harris before a route-one goal broke the deadlock. Lavercombe’s clearance was left to bounce by the Weston rearguard, in nipped Johnson-Fisher who had his shirt pulled in the 18-yard box. 

Referee Neil Pratt played on and with Harris charging off his line, Harvey hooked the ball over the Cheltenham Town loanee and into the net. 

With Alfie Rutherford equalising for Dorking against fellow promotion chasers Worthing and Torquay winning at home to Weymouth, but not by enough to overhaul the Tinners, Askey’s charges were suddenly top of the pile. 

City nearly doubled their lead just after the hour mark, as Bell saw his goalbound effort blocked after great work from Johnson-Fisher and Luke Jephcott. 

Weston then huffed and puffed in search of a leveller that would have kept their play-off hopes alive, but City stood firm and always looked dangerous on the break. 

In the final minute of normal time, Will Dean suffered a nasty gash to his head leading to a long break in play. The City midfielder turned defender was helped off, looking like Terry Butcher from back in the day, with a blood soaked shirt. 

When Dean’s replacement Sam Sanders entered the fray, an incredible 12 minutes of stoppage time was signalled.

The first action of note after the resumption saw Reid once again test Lavercombe before City doubled their lead. 

Another ball down the middle troubled Weston and with Johnson-Fisher in, he was crudely upended in the box, the ball fell to Harvey who crashed an effort off the post. 

However, referee Pratt played a brilliant advantage and then pointed to the spot. 

Up stepped Harvey to send Harris the wrong way with City playing out the final minutes relatively trouble free. 

Match Facts

City: Lavercombe, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Dean (Sanders, 89), Law, Bell, En-Neyah (Palfrey, 60), Rooney, Riley-Lowe, Jephcott (Love-Holmes, 82), Kabia (Johnson-Fisher, 27), Harvey. Sub not used: Neal. 

Weston-super-Mare: Harris, Thomas (Hicks, 82), Avery, Lewis, Seberry (Britton, 69), Coulson, Kadji, Jagger-Cane (Waite, 50), Dodd, Pearson, Reid. Subs not used: Jenkins, Soule. 

Referee: Neil Pratt

Attendance: 1,970