Match Report: Carlisle United 3 Yeovil Town 0

Yeovil Town were sunk by three first half goals at Carlisle United as they dropped to one place above the National League Premier Division relegation zone.

The Glovers were outclassed from the moment Morgan Feeney headed the home side in front after just five minutes before Luke Armstrong added a second from the penalty spot and then Ryan Galvin added a third in first half stoppage time.

The second half was a more even affair as Carlisle took their foot off the gas, but remained in complete control.

The gap between us and the bottom four is the same as it was before the game, but Wednesday night’s home match with Sutton United is looking enormous.

First half

Half time: Carlisle United 3 Yeovil Town 0

Second half

There was a notable drop in the intensity of Carlisle from the start of the second half which gave Yeovil the chance to get forward a little more without ever testing keeper Gabe Breeze.

But it was Armstrong who had the first chance of the second half when his stroke from outside the box was pushed away by Ward with 51 minutes gone.

There were attacks by Yeovil with Josh Sims switching sides to try and fashion a chance, but you got the impression Carlisle were happy to let us had possession in the knowledge we had no cutting edge to cause a threat. There were three corners in quick success which could effectively be catching practice for Breeze.

Armstrong put one wide for Carlisle after 68 minutes before a moment which summed up our ineptitude in front of goal. Campbell bundled his way forward down the right, tried to lay it off to Luke McCormick only for the ball to run behind him as far as James Daly who smashed it high over the bar.

On 75 minutes, Carlisle introduced two attacking players valued in six-figure fees in Chris Conn-Clarke and Reagan Linney, we brought on Terrell Works and Harvey Greenslade. There are levels to this game.

As the game pushes in to the final ten minutes, Carlisle pushed to extend their lead and Conn-Clarke had a goal disallowed for offside before Hugh Parker was denied by Ward from a one on one chance on the edge of the area.

There was a welcome return to action for Alex Whittle who was introduced with four minutes remaining, but overall it was a miserable afternoon for those supporters who face not seeing home until the early hours of tomorrow morning.