AS the lights started to go out at Huish Park 90 minutes after the final whistle on Saturday, a billboard reminded home-goers that among those gracing the Somerset venue next summer will be 1980s music heroes A-Ha and 90s pop-dance quintet Steps.

Given what had just transpired inside Yeovil’s stadium, perhaps it was only appropriate that comebacks were being advertised outside it.

Thankfully, shortly before referee Craig Hicks called time on a contest which had been played at a fierce pace throughout, it was the travelling support doing the singing on this occasion.

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Kellan Gordon’s leveller and Keshi Anderson’s late intervention at least ensured the Town supporters could serenade everyone with their own renditions of ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ and ‘We Are Going Up.’

If those were definitely not music to home ears, they were at least more pleasant offerings than could have been expected had Town not turned the scoreboard around to finally reflect more accurately what had transpired on the pitch.

To the relief of everyone, there was no need to borrow a hit from one of the aforementioned groups - namely ‘Tragedy’ - instead.

It was difficult to overstate how dominant the visitors were at Huish Park after they had been woken from some early slumbers by Rhys Browne giving Yeovil a fourth-minute lead.

Certainly, boss David Flitcroft was at a loss later to explain how his side had gone in at half-time trailing, notwithstanding he made the changes from the bench that finally helped to break the Glovers’ sustained, if limited, resistance.

Justice was eventually done, heralding a seventh win from nine away matches for Flitcroft’s men and adding further weight to the theory that they are a League Two promotion force to be reckoned with this season.

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The eye-catching selection headline from Swindon came on the bench where goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux returned after a 10-game absence.

On the pitch, injury victim Amine Linganzi missed out as John Goddard came in, with Kaine Woolery dropping to the bench as top scorer Luke Norris joined fellow big man Harry Smith up top.

It was a Town line-up that brimmed with differing attacking options, yet it was the Glovers - perhaps smarting from their own previous 4-0 reverse at Carlisle - that were out of the blocks.

Four minutes in Browne picked up a loose ball at the right edge of the area and galloped past the exposed Matt Taylor before bearing down on Reice Charles-Cook’s goal. The low cross was threatening, too much so for Town’s defence, as it was diverted high into the net.

Thereafter, the away side were the dominant factor, while occasionally not exhibiting the kind of control Flitcroft would have wished for, especially in front of goal.

Norris headed straight at the excellent Yeovil keeper Artur Krysiak before the hosts responded as Tom James let fly with a wobbly 35-yard free kick that flew two or three yards over Charles-Cook’s bar.

Norris was then denied by defender Sid Nelson after finding space from a Goddard ball in the box, but the threat was nearly all from the men in red.

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Anderson’s turn and shot from the edge of the box flew wide, the ‘oohs’ from the crowd and proximity of Smith at the far post indicating how close he had gone, before a totally unmarked Smith teed up Timi Elsnik from no more than four yards directly in front, but the Slovenian’s effort was somehow blocked over the top by a lunging James.

Norris nodded harmlessly wide from a floating cross after the hard-working Smith had hassled Yeovil’s Nathan Smith into an error on the right touchline before there were more gasps just after the half hour as Taylor’s free kick from all of 35 yards billowed the net but, unfortunately for the visitors, it was the side-netting.

Swindon were well on top but were given another warning as James let fly from long range again with a free kick, Charles-Cook parrying it out to Sam Surridge, who shot well over.

It was head in your hands time again for Town minutes before the interval as Goddard played in Anderson down the right and he stood up a cross which Elsnik looped goalwards with his head, only for Krysiak to reach back and virtually claw it out of the net superbly.

The pace had been frantic and that showed little sign of slowing after the break with Yeovil’s Browne wriggling free and sending in a cross that no green-shirted colleague was within 15 yards of before Goddard and Anderson had shots blocked at the other end as Town pressed.

The visitors then lost Elsnik to a muscle pull with Gordon coming on, before Yeovil’s James and Town’s Purkiss exchanged yellow cards.

Five minutes after Woolery had replaced Norris, the visitors were level at the midway point of the half.

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Anderson made progress towards the box and although Smith’s rasping low drive was well saved by Krysiak, Anderson regained possession and laid it back to substitute Gordon, who buried it high into the net from an angle 15 yards out.

That seemed to knock any semblance of belief out of the hosts and the game entered something of a brief lull while Town regathered ahead of a final head of steam.

Everything was heading towards the Glovers’ penalty area, Goddard had another shot blocked before finding the side-netting from a difficult angle after the ball had only been partially cleared to him.

As the clock ticked towards 89 minutes Matt Preston found himself free at the far post as a Ben Purkiss free kick was allowed to bounce in the box, but as the Town defender tried to get his body in shape to shoot, Krysiak tore off his line and got out well to block.

With impeccable timing though, Town found their winning moment.

The ball down the left channel seemed more of a speculative offering than anything else but a fresh Woolery latched on to it.

Speeding past the Yeovil defence he regained possession and started to move in towards goal.

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With teammates steaming towards the box to join him, Woolery looked up and picked the perfect low pass into the path of Anderson, who slammed it gleefully into the net.

In the nick of time? Definitely. Deserved? Certainly.