Dover Athletic 0 Yeovil Town 2 match report: Whites relegated from the National League after defeat to the Glovers at Crabble

Dover’s eight-year stay in the National League came to an end as they lost against Yeovil on Saturday.

Ben Barclay scored for the Glovers in the first period before Dale Gorman added a second after the restart with a free-kick, while Dover’s Michael Gyasi had a second-half strike controversially ruled out in their 2-0 defeat.

The visitors created the first opportunity, as Josh Staunton flicked a Tom Knowles long throw towards goal but Dover keeper Adam Parkes made a simple save with eight minutes on the clock.

Andy Hessenthaler’s men threatened on a fine spring afternoon, four minutes later.

Poor play from Yeovil skipper Staunton saw him give the ball to Whites’ top scorer Alfie Pavey, making his 50th club appearance, and Glovers goalkeeper Ted Cann could only fumble the speculative long-range strike behind for a corner.

But the Somerset side - who had been winless in nine before the game - drew first blood in the 19th minute.

Whites failed to clear Jordan Barnett’s free-kick which had been delivered from the halfway line and centre-back Barclay slotted past Parkes for his first goal for the club.

On-loan Dover man Gyasi cut in from the right before he found Myles Judd, but the full-back screwed his effort wide.

Just after the half-hour mark, winger Knowles flashed a dangerous ball across the face of goal but no away attacker could get on the end of his right-wing cross.

Gyasi looked to be the home side’s most dangerous player and curled a shot narrowly over on 36 minutes but Whites trailed at the break.

Dover made a half-time change, with Koby Arthur coming on to replace Djair Parfitt-Williams.

Indeed, Arthur tried to test Cann five minutes after the restart, only for Yeovil defender Mark Little to make a fine block.

So