Eastbourne Borough will have to make do with a place in the National League South play-offs, despite a comfortable win over Weston-super-Mare.

That comes after Truro City beat St Albans to seal the title, with Borough finishing third in the table – just one point off the Cornwall side.

Kai Innocent, Jack Clarke and Camron Gbadebo got the goals as the Sports wrapped up a 3-0 win in front of a 2,754 strong crowd at The ReachTV Stadium.

Adam Murray made one change to the starting line up which won at Salisbury on Bank Holiday Monday, with Jason Adigun replacing Michael Klass, whilst Moussa Diarra returned to the subs bench following suspension and Siya Ligendza was called up to the squad.

The Sports started on the front foot, but without really creating an opening early on. However, they were given a boost when Weston were reduced to ten men after twelve minutes.

Gbadebo headed a ball forward and over the top of the Weston defence for Alfie Pavey to latch onto, before the striker was pulled down by Emlyn Lewis on the edge of the area – with the visiting skipper shown a straight red card with Pavey through on goal.

It wasn’t necessarily a good thing for Borough – who have struggled against ten men in recent weeks – but not on this occasion.

The Sports looked dangerous on the front foot, but good defending denied Pavey from turning home Yahaya Bamba’s low ball in before Clarke had a low effort saved by Max Harris.

Bamba then forced the Weston keeper into a great save low to his right from the edge of the area, before the Sports couldn’t turn home a loose ball from the resulting corner – both Brad Barry and Gbadebo unable to hit the target.

Weston sat deeper to keep the Sports at bay, and it took something special to get the breakthrough on the half hour mark. Jayden Davis’ ball in wasn’t really cleared and the ball came out to Kai Innocent, and his strike from 25 yards swerved beyond Harris and into the top corner.

Just six minutes later, it was 2-0. Freddie Carter lifted the ball in from the left and picked out the run of the unmarked Clarke, who nipped in at the far post to volley in his first goal of the season.

However, it wasn’t all one-way traffic, and the visitors missed a golden chance to get back into the game when Louis Britton pounced on a ball over the top and got round the advancing Joe Wright, but he couldn’t find the target with the goal open.

Borough started the second half straight on the offensive, with Innocent firing a low effort wide before Bamba had a shot from a tight angle saved, and the loose ball fell to Adigun but his follow-up was blocked on the line by Sam Avery.

Carter then saw a header loop off the bar from Clarke’s corner, before Harris produced a cracking save to keep out Davis after good work from Bamba.

The Sports’ pressure was relentless, and they added a third on the hour mark. Pavey kept Adigun’s diagonal ball alive on the right and he picked out Gbadebo, who wrestled off his marker to send a bullet header past Harris from six yards out.

Pavey and then Davis went close shortly after as Borough kept on the front foot, before the latter cut inside onto his right foot but was just off target as he searched for the far corner.

Murray then rang the changes as the game wore on, with all five substitutes coming on to get minutes before the final whistle came – with Borough preserving a season-long unbeaten league record at The ReachTV Stadium in 2024/25.