Charlton end Yeovil dream

FT Charlton 3 Yeovil 2

Yeovil’s FA Cup dreams came to an end at The Valley today, where Charlton edged through to the last 16 after a 3-2 victory.

Glovers defender Paul Terry, whose brother – Chelsea star John – was watching from the stands, struck the post midway through the first half and then cancelled out Bryan Hughes’ effort which had put Charlton ahead.

However, Francis Jeffers and Shaun Bartlett then gave the Addicks a two-goal cushion, only for substitute Arron Davies to set up an anxious finish with a fine strike 25 minutes from time.

With 15 minutes to go, there was a mad scramble in the Charlton box when Davies broke clear and drew Kiely from his goal-line.

The ‘keeper made a fine block with his legs, but the ball fell to Jevons on the left.

As he shaped to shoot, somehow El Karkouri got a boot in the way to deny the Glovers an equaliser.

Yeovil gave their all in the closing stages but could not find a way back into the tie.