NINE-MAN Wealdstone lost their second game in a row after a ruthless Yeovil Town won 6-0 at The Vale.
There were two changes from last weekend’s defeat at Barrow, with Milton Oni replacing Dylan Kadji, who was suspended after picking up a red card in that game. Daniel Chesters also came in to replace Joe Newton.
The Stones had a strong start to the game, with their first chance coming in just the third minute. A corner from the right-hand side was floated in towards the penalty spot but skipper Connor McAvoy’s header bounced over the bar.
Just three minutes later the Stones had another opportunity to take the lead. Ronan Maher played a through ball to put Fejiri Okenabirhie through on goal, but he couldn’t finish past the onrushing Yeovil goalkeeper.
The visitors were quiet until the 16th minute, when they had an appeal for a penalty. Ryan Jones beat his man on the right wing and drove into the box before being brought down by Olufela Olomola. The referee wasn’t convinced and waved play on.
The game then turned on its head in the 25th minute, when Wealdstone were reduced to 10 men for the fourth time this season. A long ball in behind put Archie Davies through on goal, who was met and taken out by Stones goalkeeper Dante Baptiste 35 yards away from his goal. With the red card forcing an early substitute with Olomola having to make way, Endurance Johnson came on for his first league game for Wealdstone.
The Glovers then took the lead eight minutes after the sending-off through James Daly. Davies cut the ball back from the right side of the box for Brett McGavin, whose deflected shot fell into the path of Daly. He calmly fired the ball into the bottom left corner and put the visitors into the lead in front of the travelling supporters.
The visitors started to get a grip on the game and dominate the possession with the man advantage. In the 39th minute, they had a chance to double the lead when Jordan Norville-Williams’ cross was met by Slavi Spasov, whose near-post shot was tipped round the post by Johnson.
The Stones had a couple of half chances before the half-time whistle. Luke Norris had an effort from distance deflect just wide before a corner produced a headed opportunity, which was the last action of the first half.
HALF TIME- WEALDSTONE 0-1 YEOVIL TOWN
Wealdstone struggled to get into the game at all in the second half, with the visitors putting their man advantage to good use and dominating the ball. McGavin started to stamp his authority on the game, playing a couple of great passes to his wingers to create some good opportunities for the Glovers.
They eventually broke the Stones defence down and doubled their lead in the 63rd minute, when another troubling long ball in behind found Johl Powell through on goal. He did well to keep the ball under pressure and slide the ball into the bottom left corner.
From then on, the Stones capitulated and the visitors ran riot. They added a third goal in the 67thminute when the ball fell to McGavin on the edge of the box and he fired it into the bottom right corner for his first goal of the game. He got his second just three minutes later, when Johnson played a loose pass under pressure straight into his path, and he carried it into the box before sliding it past the young goalkeeper into the bottom right corner.
The Stones had their only opportunity of the half in the 73rd minute, when a corner from the left-hand side was floated to the back post and met the head of McAvoy, who missed the target with his header.
Ten minutes later, the Glovers had their fifth and McGavin had his hat-trick. He had the ball 30 yards out and couldn’t find an option, so decided to let fly from distance and found the bottom right corner. They added their sixth in the 90th minute after their press forced Johnson into another loose clearance. This time it fell to Powell, who slotted it into the bottom right corner to get his second of the game.
Stoppage time wasn’t short of drama either, with the Stones picking up yet another red card, putting them down to nine men. Stephen Walker was played in behind and squared it to Powell who was up with him, but he was taken out from behind by Aidan Francis-Clarke, who conceded a penalty and was sent off.
Powell had the opportunity to score a hat-trick of his own, but was denied from the spot by Johnson, who got down well to meet the shot at the bottom right corner. The referee then blew the whistle for full time, putting the Stones out of their misery.
FULL TIME- WEALDSTONE 0-6 YEOVIL TOWN
Wealdstone: Baptiste, Chesters, Francis-Clarke, McAvoy, Kanu (Uchenna 75), Wells-Morrison (T Newton 75), Oni, Okenabirhie (J Newton 66), Maher (Conroy 66), Olomola (Johnson 28), Norris
Subs not used: Henry, Kaunda.
Attendance: 2,082 (561 away fans)
Oxford City U19 Wealdstone U19
October 14, 2026
2 pm
