Yeovil took the lead with their first chance of the match. A corner kick was dummied by Simpson, then struck by Fishlock and as the kick evaded both Warren Patmore and Damien Franklin, it landed at the feet of Dean CHANDLER, whose first time volley from eight yards out was hit low past the keepers left hand for an early 1-0 lead.

Straight from kick-off though, Yeovil were caught napping. Leek marched up the other end of the field, and Mike Heverin's shot could only be parried by Tony Pennock straight to Lee MORGAN and he drove the ball straight past a stranded Pennock to even the tie up barely 30 seconds after the deadlock had been broken.

Stangely enough, the third attack from either side also produced the third goal, but the move came out of nothing, and would be a contender for Yeovil's goal of the season, were it not that so few people saw it. Leek's John Diskin, who had an awful game, was trying to shield a ball out of play for a throw-in on Yeovil's right wing. Damien Franklin chased a lost cause and did a sliding tackle to rob Diskin of the ball. He left Diskin for dead with his pace, beating him a second time, then on a 40 yard run in from the touchline, FRANKLIN calmly slotted the ball home left footed, under the keepers body from 10 yards out, for a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes.

Yeovil continued to pressurise and Leek were looking a very fragile team at the back. Murray Fishlock made a good run down the left wing and his cross was flicked on by Patmore but David Piper's lob was comfortably saved by Gary Ingham in the Leek goal.

On 32 minutes Dean Chandler was booked for alleged use of the elbow when jumping high for a ball with Mike Heverin, one of the few Leek players to come out with credit on the night. A minute later Yeovil extended their lead. Damien Franklin won the ball in midfield and delivered a perfect defence splitting pass to Matt Hayfield on the right wing. Hayfield shot from close range, but the keeper parried it and in came Rob COUSINS to nudge home the ball from eight yards to give him his first Yeovil goal after four seasons with The Glovers. His celebration showed how delighted he was at breaking his duck.

But three minutes later, Yeovil extended their lead further. A through ball from Matt Hayfield again looked a lost cause for Damien Franklin. But knowing how badly John Diskin had dealt with his previous goal, he chased, and when Diskin left the ball for keeper Ingham, both contrived to miss the ball completely and FRANKLIN waltzed straight between goalkeeper and defender, picked up the loose ball and dribbled into an empty net to make the score 4-1.

To make a woeful night for Diskin worse, he received a yellow card shortly afterwards for disputing a foul on Warren Patmore. Yeovil made a double substitution on 67 minutes, with Rob Smith and Tony Pounder replacing Dean Chandler and Murray Fishlock respectively. And really, that was pretty much the signal for the end of Yeovil's attacks as they put their feet up with three points already won.

Yeovil's tiredness led to Leek coming back into the game though, and backed by some superbly humourous chanting from the band of Leek supporters behind the goal (why can't the Huish Park faithful give their team backing like this when their team are 4-1 down ?) Leek's players responded superbly. Neil Ellis put a short pass through to Mike HEVERIN, who turned smartly in the area, and shot from 10 yards out past Pennock for a 75th minute consolation goal.