Yeovil v Swindon preview

Yeovil v Swindon preview

Published Mar. 18, 2013 3:15 p.m. ET

Barnsley boss David Flitcroft celebrated signing his contract with the club with three points against promotion-chasing Watford at the weekend.

Highly-rated Flitcroft took charge at Oakwell just before New Year after Keith Hill was sacked by the South Yorkshire club.

In that time he has won 10 out of 16 games and lost just three, and has guided Barnsley to the FA Cup quarter-finals and out of the relegation zone in the Championship.

However, Flitcroft only put pen to paper on a deal taking him to the summer late last week and he did not want to take the focus off his charges.

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"I am pleased to have got the contract thing out of the way, and I am delighted to have signed," he told Sky Sports.

"As I have said before, your past experiences bring you to this point in time and I am very happy with how things have gone, and everyone at the club is pulling in the right direction.

"The players have reacted well, but the hard work has only just begun and we all realise that."

The current deal runs until the end of the season and, asked about beyond the summer, Flitcroft added: "That is something that will be discussed at an appropriate time."

Yeovil's two new signings will be involved in Tuesday night's televised clash.

Latvia international Vitalijs Maksimenko has joined from Brighton, along with Charlton striker Jordan Cook.

The versatile Maksimenko, who can play anywhere down the left flank, moved to the Amex from Skonto Riga in the January transfer window, while Cook had made nine Addicks appearances this season before heading to Huish Park.

The pair, who will stay with the Glovers until April 17, are both available to be involved against the Robins.

Part of the thinking behind Gary Johnson's double signing is that captain Jamie McAllister and Byron Webster are both on nine yellow cards and should they pick up cautions against Swindon they would miss the next two games.

McAllister (foot) and Sam Foley (hip) are both likely to be involved.

The visitors will be without midfielder Alan Navarro.

The former Brighton man, 31, was an unused substitute in the 2-1 defeat to Brentford but a hamstring injury will sideline him against their fellow promotion hopefuls.

Nathan Thompson shrugged off a knock to his knee to play for 90 minutes while Tommy Miller also started despite having also picked up a knock.

Youth team players Connor Waldon and Alex Ferguson have been named in the squad as Kevin MacDonald's men look to close the four-point gap on the automatic promotion places against a side level on points with the Robins.

Meanwhile, defender Troy Archibald-Henville has made a return to light training having been ruled out since early November with a knee injury.

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