An early Angelo Cappello strike was enough to give FC Halifax Town their second home win of the week.
Just one change was made to the Shaymen starting eleven for Saturday afternoon’s clash against Yeovil Town. Harvey Sutcliffe replaced Max Wright as he made his first league Start for the Shaymen.
With five minutes gone it was Town who looked the more threatening, some nice work from Angelo Cappello on the left gave Zak Emmerson a yard of space to get a shot away, however new signing Frankie Terry made an important block for the visitors.
A fast start from Halifax was rewarded on the 13th minute. A lovely one-two between strike partners Luca Thomas and Zak Emmerson enabled Thomas to find Cappello with acres of space on the left wing, he took a touch before sliding it past Aidan Stone for his third goal of the season after last scoring against Woking in November.
Yeovil did grow into the game and had a good sight of goal with 25 minutes on the clock, Sonny Lo-Everton worked the ball well to Brett McGavin who found Ryan McLean with space in the box, but his effort rose high over Sam Johnson’s goal.
Chris Millington made two changes to his side at the break, Lewis Leigh came on to make his debut for the club and Jamie Cooke also entered the fray, Zak Emmerson and Jack Jenkins were the pair to be withdrawn.
Just five minutes into the second period, Mcgavin struck the woodwork for the visitors, Cooke then scored for the home side however the linesmen had judged him to be in an offside position.
Cappello picked up the game’s first booking after going in late on Marc Lavinier. Both sides then made a change, a second debut of the day was in store for the Shaymen as Josh Emmanuel replaced Harvey Sutcliffe, Ryan Mclean made way for Ciaran McGuckin for the Glovers.
A fourth change of the afternoon for the Shaymen saw Owen Bray take up the position of Florent Hoti.
Josh Emmanuel made an instant impact from the bench as he drove forward, forcing Alex Whittle into a challenge which he was later booked for. From the following free kick Jamie Cooke forced Stone into a smart stop.
Yeovil then made a double change as Sean McGurk and Dominic Bernard made their way onto the Shay playing surface.
Halifax thought they had a penalty with twenty minutes to go as Cappello skipped past his man and then got tugged to the ground, the referee waved play on, much to the amazement of the 1688 fans in the stands.
Owen Bray will not believe that he did not double the Halifax Town lead. He led the counterattack before laying the ball off too Josh Emmanuel, Emmanuel then squared it for Bray to tap home but somehow, he missed the target.
Both sides then made another change, goalscorer Cappello made way for Tom Pugh and Kyrell Wilson was replaced by Josh Sims for the Somerset side.
Yeovil Town were then forced to substitute a substitute as McGurk came off injured, Lewis Twamley replaced him.
Frank Nouble flicked a long ball onto McGuckin who poked the ball goalwards, but Johnson just about managed to get his arm out in time to prevent the ball reaching Twamley.
Ex Town man Charlie Cooper’s long throw was missed by everyone in the box before it reached Twamley who smashed the ball over the bar on the angle. Following this Finn Cousin-Dawson was booked.
Bray then broke forward deep into stoppage time as he looked to make up for his earlier miss, his powerful effort was pushed behind by Aidan Stone.
Halifax held out following one final Yeovil attack to secure another valuable three points at the Shay.
Match Stats
FC Halifax Town
1 Sam Johnson ©, 5 Adam Senior, 4 Festus Arthur, 3 Ryan Galvin, 11 Angelo Cappello (23 Tom Pugh 76), 14 Harvey Sutcliffe (16 Josh Emmanuel 58), 6 Jack Evans, 20 Jack Jenkins (28 Lewis Leigh 46), 18 Florent Hoti (26 Owen Bray 61), 9 Luca Thomas, 21 Zak Emmerson (10 Jamie Cooke 46)
Subs not used: 12 Nathaniel Ford, 27 Adam Adetoro
Yeovil:
1 Aidan Stone 5 Finn Cousin-Dawson 3 Alex Whittle 24 Charlie Cooper 20 Kyrell Wilson 10 Frank Nouble [C] 16 Sonny Lo-Everton (17 Sean McGurk 68) (7 Lewys Twamley 80) 40 Frankie Terry 28 Marcel Lavinier (33 Dominic Bernard 70)14 Brett McGavin 37 Ryan Mclean (35 Ciaran McGuckin 58)
Subs not Used:
22 Mathew Gould 7 27 Harvey Greenslade
Referee: Dean Watson
Goals: Cappello 13
Yellow Cards: Cappello 54, Whittle 64, Cousin-Dawson 90
Red Cards: None
Attendance: 1688 (144 away)
FC Halifax Town 1 Yeovil Town 0
Read more posts by Finley Carter
