Yeovil started the game as by far the brighter side, and this trend was to continue throughout the game. Warren Patmore, Matt Hayfield and Paul Tisdale all had early shots that went wide, but it was clear that Yeovil were playing as a very confident side, and the Weymouth front two were extremely unemployed.

That all said, the first booking of the game went against Yeovil. Kevan Brown was the first of many cards dished out by Mr Spicer for a foul on John Waldock. The game could never be described as dirty, but Spicer was to ultimately put his own mark on the game that would leave it looking as such.

The first shot on target came on 17 minutes when Matt Hayfield shimmied past two defenders, and struck low and hard, but Danny Potter in the Weymouth goal was able to swallow the ball with great ease. Yeovil dominated, with Weymouth pinned back in their own half, but few chances were created, as the Glovers once again failed to capitalise on a strong head wind.

Things livened up around the half hour mark though, with Weymouth finally recording their first shot of any note. Wing-back Mark Gammon received the ball on the corner of the area, but his low shot was wayward and well off the mark. Yeovil woke up to the possibilities from the Terras and headed straight for the other end of the field. Matt Hayfield was allowed to waltz all the way down the left wing without a single tackle coming in. At the touchline, he screwed the ball back across the face of the goal, and with Ben Smith under heavy pressure from a Weymouth defender, the ball scrambled out to Warren Patmore, whose fierce shot was well saved by Potter.

The second half began with a highly controversial moment in the game, after Ben Smith had won Yeovil a corner. Just like the game at Ninian Park in January, a bright orange flare was lit, as the ball was floated in by Jamie Pitman, and chaos ensued as Weymouth tried to scramble the ball away. Just as the ball was cleared, the flare was thrown stupidly onto the pitch, six yards in, and close to Warren Patmore and a Weymouth defender. Somehow, Mr Spicer did not stop play, despite a steward racing onto the field, with the ball still in the Weymouth half. With the flare rescued, there was no harm done, but the possibilities of what could have happened don't bear thinking about.

Controversy of a football nature continued ten minutes into the half, and it was one in a series of incidents that involved Warren Patmore and defender Matthew Hare, who seemed to spend much of the game with his elbows somewhere around the Yeovil striker's ear, with little sympathy from the now much derided official. Patmore guided a short ball into the penalty area past Hare, but seemed to have the ball taken off his boot by the hand of the Weymouth defender. The Yeovil team and crowd cried in unison, but it was becoming more and more obvious that the Hampshire official was not going to be moved by anything remotely controversial.

Sixty seconds later, he had the crowd on his back once again, as Hare fell to the floor rolling in agony, clutching his head, and a free kick was awarded, only for the Weymouth defender to recover at the speed of light. It was deeply ironic given Patmore's continual protestations regarding the use of elbows during the game.

Yeovil were continuing to press, and Jamie Pitman produced a delightful free kick, following a foul on David Piper, but Terry Skiverton could not keep his header down. Warren Patmore gave Ben Smith an excellent knock-down, and Smith dummied the ball past Hale with arrogant ease before setting up David Piper, but the wing-back's shot failed to hit the target.

Further controversy struck on 65 minutes. Paul Tisdale ran through the centre of midfield and produced a superb defence splitting ball aimed at Ben Smith. The Yeovil midfielder was running shoulder to shoulder with a Weymouth defender, and shrugged off his challenge, and slotted the ball into the net provoking wild celebrations. But somehow, linesman Mr Greenwood had judged Smith to be offside, and the celebrations were in vain, and 30 seconds later, Smith, Patmore and Co, untangled themselves from the Yeovil supporters at the retaining wall, only to realise to their fury that the score was still 0-0.

The officials were now in control of the game, for all the wrong reasons, and Rob Cousins was the recipient of the world's fastest ever yellow card, as he bundled over a Weymouth midfielder, and with the two still trying to innocently untangle themselves, Cousins already had a card shoved in his face, and Mr Spicer was running off. Such acts of impetuous behaviour usually get evened up by such officials, and it didn't take long before Mark Gammon joined Cousins in the book for what seemed to be a half-hearted short tug, with Spicer again producing his yellow card at lightning speed. The two cards were made sublime when Jamie Pitman was chopped down by a two footed Mark Robinson tackle, only for the referee to consider this not worthy of punishment.

On 69 minutes, it was the turn of the Weymouth crowd to scream at the official. Dean Chandler jumped for a header and as he headed the ball away, the ball ricocheted back off a Weymouth players head straight onto Deano's elbow. It clearly hit him on the arm, but referee Spicer either decided it was a case of ball-hit-hand, or was not interested in penalties. The ricochet probably gave Chandler the benefit of the doubt.

The infamous Paul Adcock replaced rookie Weymouth striker Peter Knox, who had seen very little of the ball all day, and with ten minutes left, Matthew Hare finally got the yellow card the Yeovil crowd had been demanding all game. But ironically, it was for a far less worthy foul than many of his previous infringements. His sparring partner Warren Patmore joined him two minutes later when he slid in on John Waldock. You almost got the idea that Mr Spicer had it all pre-scripted.

There were penalty shouts out there for both teams, although I have to say I didn't see a good penalty out there. I'm a long way away but I didn't see one that was worth giving.

We played better in the second half against the wind where we held the ball up. I don't think they had a clear cut chance in the second half and probably their only clear cut chance was in the first half. To be against the wind, and not allow a single chance on our goal was a great performance by our team in their defensive duties. Obviously we would have liked to have done more attacking-wise, but it was a very strong swirling wind which made it difficult for creative football at times.

The crowd were absolutely magnificent, and the colour and spectacle that they brought to the occasion made it a better day for everyone. I'm sure that the Weymouth people would say that to have such a big away crowd certainly plays a large part with the atmosphere. We're lucky to have the fans that we've got.

I wasn't surprised with how well Weymouth played. I've played in a lot of these games before where a lower league team is playing someone one division higher and they are always difficult games, and today was no exception.

The result, as voted for by YTFC fans across the internet, is as follows :

YTFC INTERNET MAN OF THE MATCH VOTES

Terry Skiverton 19%

Jamie Pitman 16%

Kevan Brown 13%

Ben Smith 11%

MATCH RATING 5.4