Sunday 28 April 2013

GLOVERS TO FACE BLADES IN PLAY-OFFS

Yeovil Town will cross swords with Sheffield United in the League One Play-Offs after finishing in a club record 4th place in League Two.

The Glovers will face the Blades who finished in 5th place in the league in the first leg at Bramall Lane this coming Friday before the second leg at Huish Park on the following Bank Holiday Monday.

It will be the second time that Yeovil have been involved in an end of season Play-Off showdown since winning promotion to the Football League in 2003.

The last time, of course, came in the 2006-07 season when the Glovers reached the League One Play-Off final, under the guidance of Russell Slade, when they beat Nottingham Forest 5-4 on aggregate after losing the first leg at Huish Park 2-1.

In the final they faced Blackpool where they were beaten 2-0.

A key figure in that side was captain Terry Skiverton who will once again be involved, this time as Gary Johnson's assistant, a role which he has held since Johnson's return to the Huish Park hot seat in January 2012.

The last time that the Glovers visited the Steel City to face the Blades was in January when they returned to Somerset as 2-0 victors with a brace from Paddy Madden.

Earlier in the season when they faced Sheffield United at Huish Park in September, the Blades won 1-0 courtesy of a second half effort from Neil Collins.

Over the two league meetings, the Glovers came out on top 2-1 on aggregate, which must give them some confidence of repeating their performance of 2007, but Johnson has warned them they will need to better than they did in their final day defeat at relegated Bury.