FROME Town suffered a surprise defeat on Wednesday night as they were beaten 4-2 on the road at Cinderford Town, who are rock bottom of the Southern League Premier Division table.

The home side took the lead in the 20th minute as Frome failed to deal with a cross from the left wing, which eventually found Nick Harrhy and he made no mistake with his effort.

Nine minutes later, they struck again when Sam Teale was guilty of some lacklustre defending as Hurrhy burst in.

Kyle Phillips was on hand to haul down the striker, who slotted the resulting penalty past the Frome keeper, who picked up a yellow card for his troubles.

Three then became four when Callum Mconie waltzed through the Frome defence to make it 3-0.

Despite his earlier mishap, Teale was able to redeem himself as he reduced the hosts’ lead to two at the end of the first half.

During the interval, the heavens opened and the Cinderford pitch was struggling to cope with the downpour.

However this wouldn’t deter Frome, who looked much improved in the second half.

After a spell of pressure, Josh Jeffries’ men gave themselves every chance of getting back into thegame when James Fitzgibbon slotted home his 18th goal of the season from the penalty spot.

But the hosts provided a sucker-punch as Mconie doubled his goal tally to wrap up a 4-2 win.

On Saturday, Jeffries’ men drew 3-3 at home with Kettering Town.