August 2021 (Page 6)

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Yeovil Town midfielder Albi Skendi has donned his boots and shin pads in the states to play alongside pop sensation Justin Bieber.
(Yes, really)

Skendi was is action for a local Californian side Churchhome Football Club, the paparazzi were there in force, not for the Albanian, but rather for the multi-millionaire pop star.

There’s video below, but Skendi himself was tagged in a picture of him sat alongside the singer on the sidelines on Instagram, according to the Daily Mail, the game took place this past weekend.

Darren Sarll confirmed that Skendi is still under contract but has chosen not to report for training.

 

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Former Yeovil Town midfielder, Alex John has found a new home in Wales after signing for Merthyr Town.

We reported recently that he had been on trial in Scotland with Dundee FC, but has opted for a move to the Welsh side instead.

A regular in the first team squad for the last few seasons at Huish Park he failed to make an competitive appearances and spent time on loan at Hull City.

All the best at Merthyr, Alex.

 

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Pre-season is underway for both the senior and junior sidest at Huish Park and the Yeovil Under 18s lost 2-1 to Paulton Rovers in their first fixture of the new campaign.

No details were given regardling team line ups, but the score ended up 2-1 to Paulton with the Glovers’ only goal coming from Korey Andrew.

Andrew is a new name to keep an eye on, the Under18s would likely have been without Ollie Haste who was with the first team for the game against Weston super-Mare.

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Yeovil Town‘s upcoming friendly against Southampton B has been called off following confirmation of a “number” of positive Covid-19 tests.

All individuals with that positive test have been placed into isolation as per current guidelines and further information regarding the knock on to the Bournemouth U23s friendly will be announced in due course.

Everyone at the Gloverscast wishes all those who have tested positive a swift recovery.

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Yeovil Town manager Darren Sarll.
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Yeovil boss Darren Sarll was disappointed with his side’s “garbage” performance at Weston-super-Mare this afternoon.

Tom Knowles salvaged a draw with a vintage strike (don’t fall in love with footballers, kids) but Sarll was unhappy at the defensive aspect of the afternoon.

“We’ve probably given away  more chances today than we did in the other three games combined, which is the disappointing thing for me.

“I was just disappointed with our defending intent today. I thought it was poor, we let people through. It was far too easy to play in behind us, far too easy to get set plays. I think we gave away seven corners in the first half from eight balls in behind the fullbacks. I think there’s lots to be done,” said Sarll.

Never one to not look for positives, Sarll did say that playing badly and picking up a draw is a good quality to have.

He said: “One thing I did like, was that we’re going to play badly and take points this year. And that’s a good quality to have. Normally you try and attribute those qualities to teams that win leagues and trophies. So I quite liked it that we kept it to one nil and it doesn’t matter that it’s Weston. They’ve got lots and lots of football league appearances in their team.”

“That’s been our first real tough week and it seems to have beaten a few in terms of the energy levels and physical capacities,” he added.

 

 

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Reuben ReidReuben Reid is set for an extended spell on the sidelines after picking up an injury in Yeovil’s 1-1 draw at Weston-super-Mare.

Speaking after the match, Glovers boss Darren Sarll the loss of Reid would be huge.

“That looks bad. I think that looks like a hamstring tear. You get that horrible sick feeling because normally the hamstring it takes all of the your resistance to put your foot down straight away and players just literally drop to the floor, and we obviously saw that with Reuben today. He’ll be a huge huge miss for us.”

Sarll also admitted the squad was looking ‘threadbare’ with ‘complications’ for Mark Little, Charlie Wakefield coming off with tightness in his thigh and Luke Wilkinson absent through risk of ‘tightness’ and ‘cramp’. 

“There’s lots of recruitment to be done because now it is threadbare. So we’re going to have to start working properly.”

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Thanks to Ryan Jones for the following report from Weston!

Tom Knowles rescued a draw by the seaside this afternoon as Yeovil Town came from behind after a stunning free kick from Dale Grubb.

The afternoon was marred by an injury to Reuben Reid which saw him forced off in the second half.

First Half

Bright start from Yeovil, good work from Quigley brought the ball inside the penalty area. The ball fell to Ismail whose tame shot was easily saved.

Quigley and Reid linking up well and Ismail was being used as a good outlet particularly on the break.

Town had other chances throughout the half with Worthington hitting a shot straight at the keeper after good play from Reid.

Reid also had a shot that sailed over the keeper after beating his marker. Weston also had a few chances in an entertaining first half with a couple of shots whistling past the post.

They also forced a fair few corners which the impressive looking Yeovil defence were able to keep at bay.

Half Time: Weston-super-Mare 0 Yeovil Town 0

Second Half

After a slightly more measured start to the second half, Weston took the lead with a stunning free kick from Dayle Grubb.

Around about 5 minutes later, Reid was running through on goal from the right hand side. Just as he looked as though he was about to shoot on goal, he fell to the ground and had to be helped from the field and substituted due to injury.

The game fell into a lull for a little while with Weston seemingly taking control of the game and Yeovil not able to get anything going.

Weston had a good opportunity to double their advantage with a good strike which clipped the crossbar. Yeovil then equalised shortly after.

Lo-Everton (Trialist) played a good one-two with Wakefield before playing the ball to Knowles who cut inside and his well placed right footed shot flew past the Weston keeper.

Shortly after, Dale Gorman had a free kick which flew over the bar.

Final Score: Weston-super-Mare 1 Yeovil Town 1

Team: Smith, Bradley, Staunton, Hunt (Williams) Barnett, Gorman, Trialist (Wakefield, then replaced by Trialist, Worthington (Simper) Knowles, Quigley, Reid (Trialist)

Unused sub: Evans

 

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Lo-Everton in action against the Glovers

The Gloverscast understands that Yeovil Town are taking a look at Watford youngster Sonny Blu Lo-Everton in the game against Weston-super-Mare today

Lo-Everton is an 18-year old academy product for the Hornets who spent time on loan at Wealdstone last season, playing ten times, scoring twice, once on his debut against Woking and once in his final appearance against Hartlepool.

He did play against the Glovers as an 18th minute substitute replacing Alex Dyer as Yeovil ran out comfortable, 2-0 winners in early May.

An attack minded player, he can play in a number of different roles and has been involved in a number of Watford’s first team friendly fixtures wearing the number 10 shirt.

At the moment, it’s unclear if we’ve have sealed a loan deal already or if this is simply a trial agreement.

The youngster is a Scottish youth International who has been at Vicarage Road for nearly a decade already after signing for the club aged just nine. He is under contract with Watford until the end of this current 2021/22 season suggesting a loan deal is more likely than a permanent one.

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Yeovil have topped up the trialist contingent for today’s match in Weston, with three in the squad, one of whom is starting.

Luke Wilkinson and Mark Little are absentees this afternoon but Morgan Williams makes the bench.

Starting Lineup: Grant Smith, Alex Bradley, Josh Staunton, Max Hunt, Jordan Barnett, Dale Gorman, Trialist, Matthew Worthington, Tom Knowles (#DFILWF), Joe Quigley, Reuben Reid.

Subs: Max Evans, Morgan Williams, Lewis Simper, Charlie Wakefield, Ollie Haste, Trialist, Trialist