Midfielder Harry Kite says he is enjoying his start to life at Yeovil Town as he works his way back of a lengthy period out of football with injury.
The former Exeter City youngster arrived at Huish Park at the end of March having not played all season due to injuries he suffered after leaving his native Devon at the end of last season.
He completed 76 minutes of the 1-0 defeat at Eastleigh on Easter Monday to take him over the 300-minute mark from his five appearances and feels be is finding his fitness.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins after the match, he said: “I feel good. I had obviously been out for a long period of time but I am very thankful for the manager and to the club for allowing me to come here and get some minutes before the end of the season.
“That will benefit me in terms of my fitness and to help the team. I got 15-20 minutes in the first game to build my minutes up from there and then played two games in four days over Easter, but I am feeling good.
“It is a shame we only have a couple of games left because I feel like I am getting in to my stride a little bit now. It is a difficult one because I have missed so much football this season, but I am hoping my performances and how well the team is doing will put me in good stead for the summer.”
Results on Easter Monday mean the Glovers are mathematically safe from relegation in their first season back in the National League Premier Division. They went down 1-0 at Eastleigh having played from the 36th minute with ten men after on loan winger Otis Khan was sent off for elbowing the hosts’ goal-scorer Chris Maguire.
Kite said he believed there were plenty of positives to draw from the performance for Yeovil as they prepare for their final two matches of the season at home to Sutton United next weekend and then a trip to Aldershot Town on the final day of the season.
He said: “We had a couple of chances we probably should have scored and we know the red card changes the game, but if we take those chances early on it is a different game. But we went up against a decent team with a man less in the second half and we gave it a really good go, so it would have been a good point but that is football sadly.
“We just had to keep our heads high (in the second half), we had nothing to lose and we were not going to sit back in the second half, so it was important that we went for it. We were so close to getting something out of it.
“It is important we put that result aside because the performance was where it needed to be. Sometimes you have games where you do not perform and end up winning and it is a different feeling to the one we have today. I think it is important we take the positives from today and take that in to Saturday (against Sutton). If we can finish with six points from these last two games, that would be amazing.“