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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Huish Park
  • Attendance: 4985
  • Referee: Lee, R

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90 mins

Goal!! Tranmere have scored with Steve Davies putting it in the back of the net.

78 mins

Ritchie Jones goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

72 mins

Shane Sherriff is booked for unsporting behaviour.

71 mins

Craig Curran is replaced by Carl Tremarco.

66 mins

Tranmere are replacing Paul McLaren with Adnan Ahmed.

57 mins

Goal!! Marcus Stewart scores for Yeovil.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

41 mins

Chris Greenacre is booked for unsporting behaviour.

28 mins

Lloyd Owusu is being taken off, Darryl Knights has come on in his place.

20 mins

Justin Cochrane is being taken off, Anthony Barry has come on in his place.

8 mins

The referee has booked Steve Davies.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, September 1st, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Leeds United made three unsuccessful bids before the transfer deadline to sign Tranmere winger Steve Davies and Yeovil were left rueing the fact that the move didn't go through.

In the sixth minute of stoppage time, with the Glovers clinging to a slender lead, controversial referee Ray Lee gave the Rovers a free-kick on the edge of the box and Davies stepped up to slam the ball home.

Yeovil's manager Russell Slade stormed "It was never a free-kick. There was no contact at all and if the referee is honest, when he sees the video, he will hold his hands up and say 'I made a mistake'."

Both sides hit the woodwork early on. In the ninth minute Yeovil's Paul Warne volleyed against the underside of the bar and ten minutes later, at the other end, the lively Davies saw a fierce 25-yard drive flick on to the bar and away for a corner by goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall.

There was a double blow for the home side early on. On 20 minutes they lost midfielder Justin Cochrane with a leg injury and two minutes later big striker Lloyd Owusu was knocked unconscious in a clash of heads with Ian Goodison and had to be replaced.

Yeovil battled bravely and on 57 minutes took the lead. Substitute Darryl Knights flicked the ball to Marcus Stewart and the former Premiership striker rolled back the years by cutting inside from the right and hammering the ball past keeper Danny Coyne from outside the box.

Ronnie Moore, the Tranmere boss, also criticised the referee and in particular, for his use of the yellow card, which saw three Rovers booked.

But he said: "When Russell Slade wakes up in the morning he will be happy with a point."

Yeovil Town Team

Tranmere Rovers Team

Yeovil Town

Tranmere Rovers

Corners

3 4

Fouls

18 12

Goal attempts

6 8

Shots off target

4 4

Offsides

1 0

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