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  • Date: 2005-09-10
  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Attendance: 5979
  • Referee: Armstrong, P

Live Commentary

90mins

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

73mins

Mark Kinsella is being taken off, Michael Standing has come on in his place.

73mins

Simon Osborn is being taken off, Mark Wright has come on in his place.

70mins

Goal!! Yeovil have scored with Kevin Gall putting it in the back of the net.

68mins

Michael Husbands goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

65mins

Goal!! Phil Jevons scores for Yeovil.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by P Armstrong

45mins

Luciano Alvarez is being taken off, Arron Davies has come on in his place.

45mins

Yeovil are replacing Nathan Jones with Phil Jevons.

42mins

The referee has booked Terry Skiverton.

36mins

The referee has booked Craig Pead.

34mins

Matt Fryatt takes a penalty for Walsall and scores!.

33mins

Walsall are replacing Darren Wrack with Michael Husbands.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Walsall had enough chances in the first half to have buried bottom-of-the-table Yeovil. But the Glovers, who have had a tough baptism after winning League Two, bounced back with a spirited second-half showing to snatch the points and move off the bottom of the table for the first time.

Matty Fryatt, the teenage striker linked with several Premiership clubs, was denied a fourth-minute goal by a superb save from Yeovil's Chris Weale, and the keeper repeated it two minutes later when a goal seemed inevitable.

The Saddlers continued to pen Yeovil back and took the lead when they were awarded a penalty in the 27th minute.

Darren Wrack was brought down by a rash challenge from Colin Miles near the byline. He lay motionless for a long time and it was seven minutes before the kick could be taken - Fryatt sending Weale the wrong way from the spot.

By then Wrack was on his way to hospital with a broken left leg.

If there was a silver lining to this unfortunate incident it was that it meant the introduction of Michael Husbands. The midfielder, making his debut, caused the Glovers plenty of problems with his pace.

Just before the interval Yeovil boss Gary Johnson sent on last season's top scorer Phil Jevons, together with Arron Davies, who missed the last match on Wales Under-21 duty

Jevons, League Two's top scorer last term with 29, has been out with a groin injury. He made an immediate impact and in a much better second-half Yeovil performance got the equalising goal - his first of the season.

Pablo Bastianini rounded the goalkeeper and slipped the ball to Jevons who netted from close range.

That was in the 65th minute, and five minutes later, speedy winger Kevin Gall back-headed the winner. He had previously missed a much easier chance.

Yeovil Town

Walsall

Corners

314

Fouls

1514

Goal attempts

910

Shots off target

46

Offsides

22

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