Note: Danny Maguire couldn't play cos of Loan limits for Yeovil.
Western Daily Press -Skivo's loanees do it for Yeovil Town as they pick up crucial win over rivals - Monday, March 30, 2009,
Yeovil Town fans have seen 32 players arrive at Huish Park on loan in the last two seasons.
Some have performed impressively and signed permanent deals and others have sunk almost without trace.
Manager Terry Skiverton is convinced he has recruited the right type of characters for the Glovers' current relegation battle.
Football League rules limited Skiverton to selecting only five of the six loanees he has in his squad so QPR's Danny Maguire was the unlucky man to miss out.
But the on-field quintet played their part in a first victory for Skiverton which was as needed as it was deserved.
Tottenham striker Jon Obika grabbed the winner when he ran onto a long pass from Paul Warne to lob over Phil Smith on 33 minutes.
The England youth international has the makings of the targetman the Glovers have needed all season.
"He has had a great week this week," said Skiverton. "He has represented England for the Under-19s and to round it off with your first league goal, it is memorable.
"He scored on his debut (against MK Dons) which I thought was a good goal but it was disallowed but for me that is two in two. His movement was very good and it was a clinical finish."
Obika's Spurs team-mate Andros Townsend was man of the match for some skilful wing play. His corners often failed to find their target but he almost scored with a long range free kick midway through the first half.
The third Tottenham loanee, Danny Hutchins, is already a much-improved right back since his debut at home to Carlisle three weeks ago. One tackle on Billy Paynter proved crucial.
"Tottenham have given us good lads who are going to progress not lads who they don't think are going to have a career with them," said the manager. "Those are the type of people we want to bring in."
Bristol City's David Noble showed signs of his undoubted ability in the centre of midfield.
"To have that experience in with the young lads was what I wanted," said Skiverton. "I was a little bit disappointed I couldn't bring in a centre half as well but with the window shutting I feel I have got the right bodies and the right people in.
"David Noble was very frustrated at Bristol City – he wanted to play games and he is too good to sit in the reserves.
"I know there were three or four teams who actually wanted to take him so it is nice to be a Yeovil manager and win one of those things for a change because I have lost out on a few in this window. Not many players want to come down to Yeovil."
Goalkeeper Chris Weale, another City loanee, has already resurrected his fan club in the Blackthorn Stand and when called upon he produced a couple of fine saves.
"Sometimes when you do get loan signings in you can get characters whose heart isn't in it and they are coming just to get games for themselves," said Skiverton. i
"It can be a selfish thing but Chris Weale actually does love this club. He is a local boy who has jumped at the chance to come back and help us and I am really glad he did.
"That is two clean sheets from Wealie on the spin so Uncle Gary (Johnson) has looked after us a bit there.
"I am glad the window has shut because I have put more miles on my car than I ever did before! I was only used to driving round Yeovil but I have been up to the Midlands, London, everywhere, so I am just glad to have a rest."
Swindon started the stronger side but lost Hal Robson-Kanu and Sean Morrison to injury.
Robson-Kanu set up Paynter before he went off but Weale made a fine save. Obika, Townsend and Noble all had efforts before the former opened the scoring. Gary Roberts was then wide with a shot before Simon Cox spurned a trio of decent chances to add to his impressive goal tally.
If Yeovil do stay up they may have cause to thank the former Reading man who was also profligate when the Glovers won 3-2 at Swindon in December.
The hosts should have made the game safe in the last 20 minutes but Phil Smith made a great save from Gavin Tomlin and Obika could have had a couple more at the death.
"I feel we could have had a few more goals – I was a bit disappointed with that," said Skiverton. "But with the week leading up to it, with all the talk of Cox and Paynter and what they were going to do to us, I was really pleased with the back four.
"Where the ref got four minutes of injury time from I don't know. He had a go at us for time-wasting and then booked one of our players (Noble) for taking a quick free kick. You feel you can't win."
Skiverton admitted to feeling relief at getting his first win ahead of tomorrow night's key game at home to Northampton. He said: "The Press have made it more of a monkey on my back than what it was but we don't want to get too carried away with this result.
"Northampton are another team who score a lot of goals. It is a massive game for us."
Yeovil Town (4-4-2): Weale; Hutchins, Forbes, Peltier, Smith; Warne (Murtagh 88), Noble, Roberts, Townsend; Tomlin (Rodgers 78), Obika. Subs not used: Jones, Welsh, Schofield.
Swindon Town: P Smith; Amankwaah, Greer, Morrison (Ifil 13), J Smith; Robson-Kanu (Kennedy 25), Nalis (Pook 76), Timlin, McNamee; Paynter, Cox. Subs not used: Brezovan, Razak.
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