Skiverton's first half in charge of Yeovil Town is an eventful one

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Saturday, February 21, 2009
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Half-time: Yeovil Town 2 Oldham Athletic 2. The Terry Skiverton era began with two bizarre goals and deadlock at 2-2 against Oldham.

Deane Smalley opened the scoring for the visitors before a brace from Gavin Tomlin had Yeovil ahead. Terrell Forbes' unfortunate own goal ensured it was all square at the break.

The new manager made two changes to the team beaten 3-0 at Bristol Rovers, with Danny Schofield and Tomlin replacing loan players Aleksander Prijovic and Shaun MacDonald.

But the Glovers fell behind in the 12th minute when a long ball through the middle from Kevin Maher was controlled by Smalley and finished low into the corner.

However, they were 1-0 down for only three minutes when a simple free-kick from Andy Welsh was swung in from the right side for Tomlin to head into the roof of the net despite keeper Greg Fleming getting a hand to the ball.

And the hosts were ahead on 33 minutes thanks to a terrible mix-up between Reuben Hazell and goalkeeper Fleming.

Hazell inexplicably hit a simple back-pass beyond his keeper, handing Tomlin the chance to walk the ball into an empty net.

Fleming then showed safe hands to hold a Lee Peltier free-kick and his side were level moments later.

A long free-kick bounced deep into the Yeovil box and Forbes' attempted back-header looped over Josh Wagenaar and in.

Yeovil Town (4-4-2): Wagenaar; Alcock, Forbes, Brown, Smith; Schofield, Peltier, Worthington, Welsh; Tomlin, Warne. Subs not used: Jones, Rodgers, Downes, Murtagh, McCollin.

Oldham Athletic (4-3-1-2): Fleming; Hines, Hazell, Gregan, Golbourne; Allott, Maher, Taylor; Windass; Hughes, Smalley. Subs not used: Budtz, Eardley, Whitaker, Liddell, Stam.

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