WHEN referee Eddie Evans moved a Yeovil Town free-kick forward ten yards and within shooting distance, manager David Hodgson feared the worst.

Back in November the Glovers earned a controversial FA Cup replay with Quakers when Bartosz Tarachulski salvaged a dramatic injury-time equaliser following official Phil Joslin's decision to advance a set-piece within goal range.

On Saturday, Evans handed the visitors a similar chance when he carried the ball forward to the edge of the Quakers area.

This time the home wall stood its ground to charge down Lee Johnson's low drive, but Hodgson was less than impressed with the Salford official and Yeovil's tactics.

"When they made it 2-1 you could see that they were looking for free-kicks," fumed Hodgson. "It was like the FA Cup game all over again when they took a free-kick forward five yards. The referee then took the ball another ten yards and all of a sudden they're on the edge of the box, within shooting distance.

"If that had gone in I would have been the first ever manager to run on to the pitch and strangle the referee!"

No other side in League Two has scored more goals from the penalty spot this season - ten - than Yeovil, who have also netted eight from set-pieces.

"Yeovil are a fantastic little football side, but they also have an ugly side to them," said Hodgson. "They hit the deck at any given moment, which is a gift, because it does work for them.

"They've had more penalties than anyone this season and you could see why in the first half. The referee should have stamped on it and made an example of it but he didn't."

Evans failed to book Kevin Amankwaah in the first half after the Glovers defender took a dubious tumble in the box under an innocuous challenge.

Hodgson is also facing up to the prospect of being without Clyde Wijnhard for three games after the Dutch striker was sent off for clashing with Darren Way.

"If Clyde has elbowed their lad then he deserves to go off," said Hodgson. "I do know that their lad was antagonising our players in the box.

"That doesn't give Clyde any reason to lash out and if he has he deserves to be punished for it.

"He's only just came back from a one-match ban and it is disappointing that we're going to lose him for more games."

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