The Gloves made a long Tuesday night journey up to Yorkshire to take on old rivals Doncaster Rovers at their new and impressive Keepmoat Stadium, and came home with a valuable point after a 0-0 draw.

Coming into the game Russell Slade reverted to the diamond formation that had been so successful at Bournemouth.

This saw Arron Davies come back into the side, just behind the front two, and Nicky Law returning next to Chris Cohen in midfield, in front of Jean-Paul Kalala who played the holding role.

Scott Guyett failed to recover from his ankle injury, so was replaced in the line-up by Matty Rose at right back, with Terrell Forbes moving back into the centre.

It soon became clear as to how the play was going to develop.Both teams seemed intent on attack, but coming up against two tight and well-organised defences, goals were always going to be hard to come by.

A good midfield battle soon developed, with Kalala having a fine game, and both Cohen and Law looking inventive coming forward, though due the form of the home defence, few balls got through to Stewart and Gray up front.

Doncaster were attacking well, with Jason Price in the middle of most moves.

Terrell Forbes was in excellent form for Yeovil, as was Terry Skiverton, and with Steve Mildenhall looking solid, the home side had few opportunities to score.

This seemed to be the pattern of the game throughout, with both teams attacking well, but little or no chances for either side.

Lewis Guy had a good opportunity on 25 minutes, when he gained possession and raced into the Glovers' box, but his shot was deflected away by Forbes, with Matty Rose clearing.

The two Yeovil forwards were working hard, but having little luck, with only a few half chances coming to them.

However, Wayne Gray did manage to break into the box on 35 minutes, but pursued by a couple of defenders fired his effort over the bar.

Rovers put Yeovil under some pressure for the final minutes of the half, forcing a number of corners, but came up against a determined Steve Mildenhall and Yeovil defence, who held their ground well.

Then right on the forty-five minute mark, Cohen won a good ball in the final third, wrong-footed Lockwood to dribble down the touchline for a short cross that saw Stewart go close.

Half Time - Doncaster Rovers: 0  Yeovil Town: 0

The new half carried on in a similar vein, with both sides showing plenty of invention in midfield, and attacking well, but creating very little in front of goal.

Law and Cohen were combining well in midfield, and Kalala was having a busy time in the centre, with the strikers working hard.

Mildenhall was the busier of the two 'keepers, but was looking strong and assured, rising well to meet what ever was thrown at him.

Doncaster initially attacked fast, with Price and Wilson looking impressive, but Forbes and Skiverton had the measure of them, thus allowing very little to penetrate the Glovers' box.

On 72 minutes Russell Slade added Lee Morris to the action, obviously hoping that his extra pace would add something to the attack.

The former Leicester man put himself about with some spirited play, and for a time the game became end to end, with Wilson shining for Rovers too.

The game did seem to accept its fate to remain goalless, with neither defence willing to give anything away, with both teams in reality largely cancelling each other out.

Both sides seemed to have the desire, but two well-organised defences put a stop to any chance of goals, with even the introduction of the enthusiastic Sweeney making little difference.

Looking back, this was largely a scrappy game, but it was a valuable point gained, and one which might prove vital come the end of the season.

Russell would have been reasonably happy with his side's performance, though he perhaps would have hoped that they could have gained a goal from one of the few opportunities presented to them.

It was not to be though, and with it, Yeovil travel up to Port Vale this weekend still in a strong position.