Discipline key for Rangers
Discipline at the back and taking advantage of opposition errors played a full part as Stafford recorded their first win of the season.
Discipline at the back and taking advantage of opposition errors played a full part as Stafford recorded their first win of the season.
First half goals from Marco Adaggio and David McNiven gave Stafford a two-goal cushion at the interval though a long-range effort from Nick Crittenden halved the lead 11 minutes after the restart.
But McNiven quickly struck again and Stafford snuffed out any threat from Weymouth in the closing stages.
Phil Robinson made three changes. David Oldfield and Richard Sutton came into the midfield with McNiven preferred to Neil Grayson in attack.
Rangers survived an early scare when Stuart Beavon's lob hit the bar though a raised offside flag may have ruled out any goal.
Defence Chances were created at either end during an end-to-end start.
Djoumin Sangare, up with the attack, forced a save out of Weymouth's Jason Matthews while Kyle Critchell's header was blocked by a defender.
A well-worked move in the 15th minute, which sliced open the home defence led to Stafford opening the scoring for the first time in a game this season.
Adaggio exchanged a one-two with McNiven before guiding the ball past Matthews and into the net.
The second breakthrough came in the 41st minute. Matthews could only palm McNiven's clever lob into the roof of the net after being caught out.
Weymouth went on the attack after the restart. Daniel was put under pressure by Jefferson Louis and forced to concede a corner.
Louis also drove a free-kick against the defensive wall. The home side gained hope of salvaging a point in the 56th minute with either a spectacular strike or miss-hit cross.
Whatever Crittenden intended, his long ball from the right sailed over the head of Scott Loach into the top left corner.
But Rangers restored their two-goal advantage within four minutes.
McNiven stayed onside and slotted past Matthews in a one-on-one with the keeper.
Stafford kept things tight and Loach, on loan from Watford, produced a diving save to push away a low drive from Crittenden.
It could have been an interesting last ten minutes had that shot gone in.
Late on Adaggio could have scored again but fired wide.
Weymouth: Matthews, Weatherstone, Kitamirike, Vickers, Critchell, Crittenden, Platt (Roberts, 71), Vernazza, Coutts (McCallum, 66), Crittenden, Louis, Beavon. Unused subs: Stewart, Phillips, Doe.
Stafford Rangers: Loach, Avinel, Daniel, Sangare, Murray, Sutton, Draper, Oldfield, Street, McNiven (Grayson, 79), Adaggio. Unused subs: Alcock, Ingram, Arnolin, Hopkinson.
Referee: Keith Yeo (Essex).
Attendance: 1,217.
