The game kicked off in perfect conditions; bright, mild and with no wind to spoil things. So much for the weather. If only referee Mr Jones had forgotten his whistle then there might have been something more to report on as far as first half action was concerned; sadly he seemed determined to turn the game of football into a non-contact sport. The slightest of touches between players was penalised, whether real or imaginery, and the game as a spectacle suffered as a consequence.

In between the shrill sound of Mr Jones' whistle one or two chances were created. For Yeovil Warren Patmore really should have scored from a Jamie Pitman free kick, but he glanced his free header inches wide. Minutes later the visitors could have taken the lead when Carl Henry's snap-shot was bravely blocked by Tony Pennock. Witney came close again from a corner, but the ball was scrambled away.

The second half began where the first left off, with Mr Jones penalising everything in sight and Yeovil struggling to gain any kind of control. Indeed, it was Witney who now began to look marginally the better team. Certainly they were creating more chances than the home side now. A deep cross was tipped over the bar by the straining Pennock and from the resultant corner Patmore was there to head the ball clear with Pennock stuck in no-mans-land. Then Simon Abercrombie shot over after a one-two with Carl Henry split open the Yeovil defence.

The game was slipping away from the home team, so all credit to caretaker coach Steve Thompson for having the courage to change things early enough. Hayfield and Cousins replaced Smith and Stott, both of whom were looking tired. It must be said that immediately there seemed to be greater bite in midfield, and five minutes later Yeovil took the lead - albeit in bizarre circumstances.

Yeovil were awarded a throw-in next to the visitors corner flag. Jamie Pitman hurled the ball into the penalty area, where it evaded everyone and bounced to the visitors keeper. Incredibly the hapless Kevin ALDER somehow contrived to make a total mess of gathering the bouncing ball, only managing to touch it into the net. 1-0 to Yeovil, and you could cut the relief amongst the Huish Park faithful with a knife.

The goal seemed to knock the wind out of Witney's sails and for the first time in the match the home team began to impose themselves on the game. Alder partially made amends for his error with a fine save from a close-range shot following a Yeovil corner, but the Glovers turned the screw in the 78th minute. The hard-working Adrian FOSTER received the ball in space deep in the Witney half, cut inside and beat the diving Alder, stroking the ball into the net.

The first goal was an own goal by their keeper - I was just standing by Jamie as he threw it because I was warming up. It was obviously distressing for the keeper, but we needed that bit of luck and got it there. The second goal was a great finish by Adrian Foster. He was left one-one-one, didn't have the greatest of angles, and just curled it with the outside of his right foot into the bottom corner. It was a great finish and something that we know Adrian is well capable of.

I'm delighted to win the game but I'm not delighted with the performance. We've got some players here who have got a lot of heart and a lot of bottle, and we just need to start playing better basically, and in our fluency of play.

Regarding the double substitution, I thought the midfield were looking very tired for us there, probably because we had such a tough game at Kingstonian on Wednesday night, which is only just over 48 hours away from the Saturday match. I made two changes to try and give us a little more impetus and a little boost in midfield, and both Rob Cousins and Matt Hayfield came on and did good jobs.