10-man Forest Green Rovers completed an unbelievable come-back as they beat Yeovil Town at Huish Park this afternoon.

The hosts took the lead through substitute Rhys Browne after 56 minutes following a dangerous counter-attack before Paul Digby was sent off with 14 minutes to go.

Forest Green then kicked into life as the fourth officials board went up, goals from Reuben Reid and substitute George Williams in the 92nd and 94th minutes sending the away fans into turmoil.

Manager Mark Cooper made four changes to the side that lost narrowly to Colchester United, with both Liam Shephard and Dayle Grubb returning from their respective injuries.

As a sudden downpour marked kick-off, both sides spent the early stages of the game looking to get a foothold, some early crosses from Joseph Mills looking to be FGR’s main threat in the first 15 minutes.

Reuben Reid looked to have been threaded clean through on goal with 11 minutes on the clock but as he chased down Joseph Mills’ pass and fired at goal, but the linesman’s flag pulled him back for offside.

Just one minute later the hosts had their first chance of the encounter as Jordan Green spun on the edge of the area before placing a slow-moving shot just wide of the far post.

Half an hour into the encounter Carl Winchester lead a dangerous looking counter attack for the visitors, his efforts eventually earning a corner. The ball in though, came to nothing.

Yeovil Town’s best chance of the opening 45 minutes came via a 32nd minute corner but, after some pinball in the area, Lloyd James was able to clear the ball off the line with his face.

Six minutes before the break, Forest Green’s best chance of the half fell the way of Shephard, but his deflected effort was smartly saved by Stuart Nelson in The Glovers’ goal.

Just shy of the hour mark the hosts took the lead as Nelson was quick to distribute after claiming an FGR free-kick. His long throw found Browne on the Yeovil left and despite appeals for a foul on Joseph Mills the winger drove forward and fired into the roof of the net on the angle.

At the other end, Grubb went close with 63 minutes on the clock as he latched onto Shephard’s cross but couldn’t beat the goalkeeper with his first-time effort.

Forest Green’s attempts to pull themselves back into the game were given a massive blow after 76 minutes as Digby was given his marching orders by the referee. As the defender tried to pull his foot free of the felled Browne, the officials adjudged him to have stamped down on the Yeovil man.

With 92 minutes on the clock the visitors got themselves back on level terms as a great ball in from Theo Archibald was met by a sliding Reid and the ball flew in off the far post.

Two minutes later an unbelievable turnaround from the visitors was completed as Williams raced through on goal and fired a deflected shot over a helpless Nelson in the Yeovil goal.

Referee: Michael Salisbury

Attendance: 2529 (217)

Man of the Match: Carl Winchester

Yeovil Town XI: Nelson, Gafaiti, Warren, Green, Arquin, D’Almeida, McDonald, Thomas, James, Olomola, Mahmutovic, D’Abadia.

On the bench: Dickinson, Browne (McDonald 46’), Gray (Olomola 73’), Zoko (Arquin 87'), Rogers

Forest Green Rovers XI: Sanchez, Shephard, James, Rawson, Winchester, Grubb, Brown (Morris 64’), McGinley, Digby, Mills, Reid

On the bench: Montgomery, Collins, Williams (Grubb 74’), Gunning, Archibald (Mills 79’), Worthington, Morris (Brown 64’)