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  • Date:2009-01-31
  • Kick-off:15:00
  • Venue:Matchroom Stadium
  • Attendance:4597
  • Referee:Horwood, G

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Goal!! Gavin Tomlin scores for Yeovil.

88mins

Jonathan Worthington is booked for unsporting behaviour.

78mins

Stephen Purches is replaced by Alton Thelwell.

72mins

The referee has booked Stephen Purches.

66mins

John Melligan is being taken off, Harry Baker has come on in his place.

64mins

Yeovil are replacing Aleksander Prijovic with Gavin Tomlin.

56mins

Dean Morgan is replaced by Paul Terry.

46mins

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

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by G Horwood

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, January 31st, the match has kicked off.


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Match Report

A header from Yeovil substitute Gavin Tomlin deep into stoppage time was enough to settle this bottom of the table clash in a game of otherwise little excitement at Brisbane Road.

Neither side produced much in the way of quality in a scrappy, wind-affected affair that saw the O's slip back into the relegation zone.

In a game that never lived up to its relegation six-pointer hype, it was the Glovers who went closest early on with first Shaun MacDonald forcing a save from Jamie Jones after good work on the left and then Craig Alcock firing wide from 20 yards after dispossessing Dean Morgan.

The home side looked the better in possession as the Glovers went close again on 20 minutes with Aaron Brown heading straight at Jones from an Andy Welsh free-kick.

Meanwhile, the O's had to wait until first-half stoppage time to come close when Morgan fizzed a free-kick narrowly over the bar from an acute angle.

The quality of football deteriorated further after the restart as neither side managed to cope with the windy conditions.

O's defender Tamika Mkandawire did well to put behind a dangerous cross from Nathan Smith on 51 minutes and a minute later striker Ryan Jarvis came closest for the home side, volleying over from 20 yards after a move of rare quality.

Both goalkeepers continued to be spectators for the majority of a stop-start second period with set plays creating the only real half chances for either side.

And it was a set play that won it when Tomlin leapt to head home Welsh's corner in the fifth minute of stoppage time to snatch victory in a game that neither side deserved to win.

Leyton Orient

Yeovil Town

Corners

410

Fouls

1917

Goal attempts

410

Shots off target

34

Offsides

08

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