The Pompey Chimes

PHOTO: Gabor Gyepes celebrates scoring the winner in Pompey's 2-1 win at Yeovil

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Gabor Gyepes barely trains at present and has injections to nurse his ankle through the rigours of football.  A hulking scrapper with a never-say-die attitude – and how Pompey were indebted to his indomitable spirit last night.

A poor Yeovil side had hauled themselves level through Reuben Reid’s penalty to leave those 1,297 travelling Blues fans shocked.  Stunned that their side, for all their dominance, were facing just a point in a match they had led for so long.

So enter the gutsy Gyepes, the new-found goal hero who, for the second match running, dug his team out of trouble. 

With 78 minutes on the clock, there appeared no danger when the Hungarian set off in pursuit of the ball as it travelled away from goal after Brian Howard’s corner had been cleared.  But with the grace of any self-respecting striker, he retrieved the ball, spun round, and fired in a low shot from outside the penalty area.  It arrowed through a ruck of players to enter the net – a moment which would prove decisive.

In all the excitement, the Tannoy announcement proclaimed the scorer as Johnny Ertl, a feat also matched by the BBC’s website.  But it was that man Gyepes once again who was the real hero and a goalscorer for the second successive match.  To think, it was his fourth goal in his previous nine competitive matches spread over the past three seasons.

Friday September 7, 2012  

Gabor Gyepes has joined Pompey until the end of the year.

Michael Appleton has now decided to bring the Hungarian on board, however, he will need international clearance to feature at Crawley on Sunday.

Gyepes, who has 26 international caps, spent four years at Cardiff City after spells with Northampton Town and Wolves.

Having started his career at Ferencvaros, he has been with Hungarian outfit Vasas for the past few months.

Appleton is keen to add experience to the heart of his defence, to help young centre-backs Kevin Long and Josh Thompson.