Sunday 7 October 2012

PADDY POWER HELPS GLOVERS END LOSING STREAK

A debut brace from loan signing Paddy Maddern helped Yeovil Town end their six match losing run with a win over Colchester United.

Maddern recently arrived at Huish Park on loan from Carlisle United and opened his account for the Glovers in the 20th minute before Jabo Ibehre levelled for the U's five minutes later.

The Irishman then bagged his double on 34 minutes and his strike partner James Hayter then added a third in the second half to clinch Yeovil's second victory over Colchester this season having previously beaten them in the Capital One Cup.

Paddy was one of three loan signings in Gary Johnson's starting eleven, the other two were defender Daniel Burn and midfielder Korey Smith who are on loan from Fulham and Norwich City respectively.

In recent years, Yeovil have used the loan market to good effect, to the benefit of both themselves and the players whom they have recruited.

One player for whom this policy has proved to be hugely beneficial for is Spurs defender Steven Caulker who, after virtually sweeping the board at the Glovers' Player of the Year awards in the 2009-10 season during a season on loan from White Hart Lane, is now been given a run of games by Andre Villas-Boas.

Earlier today he managed to do for Spurs the one thing that he failed to do during his time at Huish Park, which was to score a goal when he found the back of the net in their 2-0 win over Aston Villa.