Gateshead claimed a 1-0 win over Yeovil Town on Saturday afternoon in a match that produced considerable late drama before the home side held on.
The opening stages belonged to Gateshead. Ashley Boatswain set the tone inside four minutes, and Harry Chapman added further threat before the half-hour mark, with Aaron Jarvis also registering activity around the same period. Jake Wannell's involvement just before the interval suggested Gateshead were controlling the tempo with reasonable authority, though Yeovil remained competitive enough to make the hosts work.
The second half produced a frenetic spell between the 60th and 66th minutes. Aaron Jarvis, James Daly twice, Will Merry, Keaton Ward, Mark Beck and Zak Gilsenan were all involved in a concentrated sequence of events that threatened to reshape the contest entirely. Mark Beck appeared again at 73 minutes, and Sam Bowen entered the picture shortly after, keeping pressure on Gateshead's defensive organisation.
The closing stages became genuinely tense. Harvey Greenslade came on at 84 minutes, and the final whistle period brought a cluster of activity involving Joshua Anifowose, Louis Storey, Finn Cousin-Dawson and Kyle Ferguson, with a 90th-minute moment also unattributed in the record.
Gateshead managed the situation well enough to secure all three points. They were the more composed side across the 90 minutes, and that composure ultimately proved the difference against a Yeovil team that pressed hard without finding a way through.
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