The match started with pressure appearing quickly at both ends of the field as play moved freely but in the 12th minute as United were being driven back on a very fast counter attack, John Brough was easily beaten as he watched the ball fly back over his head, allowing himself to be rounded by Ben Smith, who collected the ball and finished it cleanly past Andy Quy.

The early goal was a sure sign that United were going to have problems and for those that attend the Bulls games regularly, the fact that they were forced to chance ends before kick-off almost confirmed the loss of the game before they even started.

United made a brave attempt to reply to the early deficite but the pure skill of the Yeovil midfield was overwhelming as United were clearly outplayed on what was an excellent pitch.

Not even Gavin Mahon was able to compete in the skill stakes as he played one of his lesser performances of the season.

Yeovil's second, in the 30th minute, was almost a duplicate of the first. The United defence were again beaten by a high ball back over them, and again they allowed Ben Smith to race through leaving Quy to face him alone. Not really a fair contest in the best of conditions.

This just about finished the match as United were held back by the Yeovil defence and pressured almost immediately after each attack by Owen Pickard and Steve Parmenter who combined well up front.

United's problems ranged across the whole team today, the defence was weak and yeilded easily under pressure. The midfield was held together by Brian McGorry who again played well throughout and moments of brilliance from Mahon. The strike force left alot to be desired though, Gavin Williams, who has been quite useful in the reserve fixtures and has shown a great deal of promise in his first team matches, was substituted about halfway through the second half by Craig Mansell, which considering we were two goals down was a strange move anyway.

The real problem of the day was Tony Agana, the persist injury and the fact that he no longer has anything to play for may explain his complete lack of committment. When he did receive the ball he either gave it away again or had it taken from him and he made no effort to move into space for much of the match. I in fact kept tabs on him once and while United held possession in Yeovil's half for at least two minutes they neither entered Yeovil's penalty area and Agana walked around on the edge of the box and actually stood still for 20 seconds while no effort was made to assist the attacked.

In conclusion, Yeovil deserved their victory and I cannot deny them that. They were by far the more committed team on the day.

They could also teach us a number of other things in respect of the Conference and how clubs should be run. As I mentioned, the pitch was in excellent condition and they produced one of the best programmes I have seen this season.

To be perfectly honest, the only good thing about today was the pub meal at the Full Pitcher, Ledbury, on the way back.