Get Pedalling 22 – Day #3
2022-05-04
We’ve got another update from the Get Pedalling 22 team on day three of their #milesforminds ride.
Elliot speaks to Nathan Lewis about why he’s taking part.
Skivo departs Charlton
2022-05-03
Former Yeovil Town, player, captain, assistant, Manager and all round legend, Terry Skiverton has left his role as Charlton first team coach.
Skivo joined the Valley side to work with Johnnie Jackson in January but has left after Jackson was relieved of his duties on Tuesday.
In a statement Charlton’s Owner and CEO, Thomas Sandgaard, said: “I’d like to thank Terry Skiverton for his hard work and dedication during his time at the club. We wish him the very best for the future.”
Lee credits Wealdstone defence after stalemate
2022-05-03
Charlie Lee credited Wealdstone’s defensive performance following Yeovil’s 0-0 draw at Huish Park.
Speaking to the BBC, Yeovil Town’s Interim Manager said his side just couldn’t find that little bit of magic to break the deadlock.
“As we say about this group, they run, they try, they give everything and today they just couldn’t unlock a team who, to be fair, were excellent with ten men. That was also a team (Wealdstone) who’s not given up on the season. They put their bodies on the line and they were really hard. Lots of teams have found it hard to play against ten men before, and they were very good at it, so you’ve got to give a lot of credit to them.”
Alex Reid was given a straight red card for a tackle on Sonny Blu Lo-Everton in the 37th minute and the second half saw a dominant Yeovil struggle to break through. Despite early attacking substitutions, a familiar pattern emerged against a team below the Glovers.
Lee said: “Everything that we tried it just didn’t work. It’s a day when you just need that little bit of magic to unlock and the game changes. We just didn’t find that today.
We had plenty of attacking threat on the pitch at numerous times [and] we went very attacking with our formations. We had two defenders on at the end and everyone else playing forward. We’ve got to unlock teams, you’ve gotta find a way and that’s what we didn’t do.
“We’re disappointed that we haven’t managed to score. It’s happened to us a few times, well quite a lot actually, throughout the whole season, so it’s something that I’ve got to look at and see what we can maybe do better.”
A growing trend for Yeovil this season has been the lack of goals from set pieces. The Glovers win plenty in promising areas but fail to capitalise on those opportunities. Lee, who was coy on the stats, said: “We haven’t scored enough from set pieces, that’s clear. A set piece today changes the game. They have to come out and you end up getting two and three because you can get them on the counter attack. It’s a group effort, you defend as a team and you score as a team, and we did one really well today and maybe not the other.”
With no midweek action, the Glovers host Boreham Wood this coming Saturday in the final home fixture of the season.
- The Glovers boss was full of praise for his full backs, Morgan Williams and the returning Jack Robinson, saying: “I thought Robbo was excellent. He was dynamic in the final third, he was a real highlight today. And Morgan just gives everything. Normally they’d be two defenders that you might think about bringing off, but they were producing more than maybe some of our attacking players were.”
- Lee hopes to welcome Charlie Wakefield back to the side next week. The attacker has missed the last three matches through illness.
Frustrated Worthington not happy with a point
2022-05-03
Yeovil Town midfielder Matt Worthington spoke to the BBC after a frustrating 0-0 draw with Wealdstone on Monday.
Despite the visitors having ten men for nearly an hour, Yeovil couldn’t find a winner, something which frustrated Worthington as much as supporters.
“It was a tough game, the sending off sent them down to ten men and they sat behind the ball and we found it hard to unlock them. I think we just missed that little bit of ability to unlock them and get the goal, so yeah, very frustrated.”
Worthington, who was returning after a four match suspension, admits the side should have found a way through.
“I still think we needed to be better at times. A couple times this season a team has gone down to ten men and we haven’t been good enough to unlock them, it’s something we have to work on.”
“We do press really well, we do with the ball up high, but we need to take more chances – we’re not happy with just a point we should have had more.”
There was concern for the Glovers lack of quality from set pieces but despite that and the result as a whole, there was praise for the attitude of the side, who continue to push despite the season drawing to a close.
“We are playing for personal pride as well as for the club, I know that whenever I get the chance to get on the pitch I’ll give it my all, and everyone else in there does.”
Worthington, who is by far and away the longest serving Yeovil player at the club confirmed that there had been discussions regarding his future after Chairman Scott Priestnall said last week he had begun offering contracts to players.
“I’ve loved being here, I’ve loved the amount of games I’ve played and I really enjoy the place and I’m happy. There’s been (contract) discussions, but I’m just concentrating on the pitch for the last few games and then whatever will be will be.”
Que sera, sera, for Worthy as the season comes to an end.
Weekly Poll: This season YTFC have…
2022-05-03
It’s time for the weekly YeoGov poll. This week we want to know if you think Yeovil have underachieved, overachieved (by Unity?) or are about where you expected them to be.
Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.Last week we asked if you supported the SSDC’s deal to purchase Huish Park.
170 people cast their vote with 118 (69%) saying no, 32 (19%) saying they didn’t know, and 20 (12%) saying yes. There are still things for SSDC and YTFC to clear up on that one then.
Five Conclusions: Yeovil Town 0 Wealdstone 0
2022-05-03
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.
Yeovil didn’t have enough to find their way through ten-man Wealdstone on Bank Holiday Monday. Here are Ian’s Five Conclusions from the John Lukins press box at Huish Park.
Up until the red card, Wealdstone looked in the mood. The North-London side took control of possession early on and carried themselves with purpose, zipping the ball around Huish Park. They looked comfortable in and out of possession and should have taken the lead in the first half after missing a flurry of chances in the six yard box. They showed that being part time can mean little in the National League and they played like a team well worth their spot in the division.
It was the same old story against a team below us. If Saturday was a similar story against a team towards the top, yesterday’s was the same against a team below us. Once again this Yeovil side couldn’t break down a resilient defence and failed to create anything meaningful. Half chances for Josh Neufville and Jack Robinson alongside pot-shots from distance never overly troubled Wealdstone and but for Grant Smith’s flying save from Jack Cook’s effort, the Stones could have taken all three points.
It was nice to see both fullbacks getting forward. Jack Robinson’s return from injury moved Morgan ‘Mr Versatile’ Williams to fullback and for what feels like the first time in a long time, we saw both Robinson and Williams get high up the pitch and give Wealdstone’s wingbacks something to think about. While we never found a winner, it felt like with fullbacks flying forward we caused more problems than we have in previous fixtures when we’ve been chasing a goal.
Despite throwing players forward, we never looked like we’d find a goal. After the red card, I felt like it was a perfect opportunity for Lawson D’Ath, Matty Worthington and Sonny Blu Lo-Everton to take control of that midfield battle and show what creativity they have to offer. Despite flashes of skill from Lo-Everton he wasn’t able to unlock the defence from his ‘number ten’ position. Sonny has definitely grown over his time at Yeovil and he’s come on leaps and bounds from his first outing and with experience he’ll find the right key in those positions. But for now, we’re left with the disappointment of ‘what could have been?’
Can we get this season over and done with? 2021/22 has dragged on and I couldn’t be more ready for it to end and the preparation for the next season to begin. There’s a hell of a lot to sort out in the boardroom, in the dugout and on the pitch and the sooner it’s sorted the better. The crowd at Huish Park was flat, the weather was dull and the football was about as mid-table as it gets. Let’s all get to the beach and figure it out over a Thatchers.
Get Pedalling 22 – Day #2
2022-05-03
On Day 2 of #milesforminds, Elliot chats to YTFC’s Commercial Manager Mark Robinson about a tricky second day, plus Mark tells Elliot why he’s taking part in Get Pedalling 22.
You can donate to Mark’s JustGiving page here.
Listen to their chat below.
Match Report – Yeovil Town 0 Wealdstone 0
2022-05-02
Venue: Huish Park
Monday, 2nd April, 3pm kick-off
Conditions: Overcast
Pitch: Held up nicely
Attendance: 2210 (153 away)
Scorers: None
Bookings:
Yeovil: D’Ath 27, Worthington 45,
Wealdstone: Cooper 78,
Sending Off:
Wealdstone: Dyer 37.
Referee: Savvas Yianni
Yeovil Town : (4-4-2)
Grant Smith
Jack Robinson, Luke Wilkinson, Ben Barclay, Morgan Williams
Tom Knowles, Matt Worthington (Gorman 65), Lawson D’Ath, Sonny Blu-Lo Everton (Bradley 79)
Reuben Reid (Yussuf 55), Josh Neufville
Substitutes: Alex Bradley, Jack Robinson, Dale Gorman, Reuben Reid, Max Hunt
Wealdstone: Howes, Cook, Okimo, Umerah (Charles 63), Sesay, Tavares, Dyer, Clayden (Browne 70), Henry, Mundle-Smith, Cooper
Substitutes: Charles, Browne, Hearin, Mascoll, Shrowder
Match Report
Yeovil Town played out a 0-0 draw with Wealdstone in the penultimate home game of the 2021/22 season, despite plenty of attacking intent against a Stones’ side who played nearly an hour with ten men, the Glovers could’t get through a staunch back line. Here’s how it went at Huish Park.
First half
In a half lacking goals, there wasn’t much lacking in terms of talking points.
The drama kicked off early with a concerning injury to Wealdstone’s Charlie Cooper, he looked to take a nasty bump and concern was high, but after a number of minutes of treatment, he returned with tissue stuffed up his nose and a new bloodless shirt.
He would actually be one of the livelier players for the visitors with a couple of early pot shots, but he was a key player in the Stones’ best chances when the clock hit 30 minutes.
However, the Glovers did have the ball in the back of the net shortly before, Adi Yussuf and Lawson D’ath combined to cause chaos in the Wealdstone’s defence, the ball hit the net, the music started blaring but there was a foul given on the travelling goalkeeper.
Back to that big chance, on 29 minutes a flurry of near misses, half chances and shots on goal resulted in not one, not two but three goal line clearances. Luke WIlkinson and Morgan Williams both throwing their body on the line in the name of a clean sheet.
The game would take on two more defining moments, Jack Cook hit the crossbar from a header, before Alex Dyer, the Monserrat midfielder was shown a straight red for a challenge on the Glovers’ Sonny Blu Lo Everton.
This changed the Glovers’ intensity; Lo-Everton drove forward for force shots in on goal, whilst the full backs began to venture forward more often.
Ben Barclay, who was returning to the starting line up, had a half chance from a Tom Knowles throw in, but despite six additional minutes being added on, the half-time whistle came in time for the visitors.
Half time: Yeovil Town 0 Wealdstone 0
Second Half
The second half began with plenty of attacking intent from the Glovers, but the number of clear cut chances didn’t match the amount of possession.
Charlie Lee made his first change with Reuben Reid replacing Adi Yussuf, with an desire to bring more control to the front line, but it was the visitors who actually went close shortly before the hour, David Sesay giving Grant Smith a chance to earn his corn.
Lawson D’Ath and Tom Knowles saw shots cleared, parried or sail high into the stand behind the goal as the hosts continue to huff and puff.
Dale Gorman was brought on to replace the booked Matty Worthington, and the Northern Irishman was straight into the action but his free kick was well saved.
The next chance to break the deadlock fell the way of Middlesbrough loanee Jack Robinson; with the ball pinging about in the box, the stand-in right back saw his shot squirm just wide.
The stats were all in favour of the Glovers, with plenty of shots flying in, Josh Neufville continued his exciting form with an effort which was blocked. Shots became corners, but rarely became clear chances.
Sam Howes in the visitor’s goal continued to keep the Glovers out, as the game became a glorified attack vs defence session.
As with all matches like this, there was always going to be an inevitable chance for the ten-man visitors and it came from Cooper, who had an eventful game with the injury and booking, he forced Smith in the Yeovil goal into a fantastic save with less than ten minutes on the clock.
With the clock winding down, Yeovil found frustration kicking in but there was still more opportunities coming the way of the home side.
Josh Neufville had a penalty shout turned down, Gorman saw another effort fly wide as the clock ticked beyond the 90 minute mark, Reid couldn’t convert late on either as the game ended up finishing a disappointing stale mate for the Glovers
Full time: Yeovil Town 0 Wealdstone 0
Team news – Wealdstone (home)
2022-05-02
Yeovil Town: Grant Smith, Morgan Williams, Luke Wilkinson, Ben Barclay, Jack Robinson, Lawson D’Ath, Matt Worthington, Sonny Blu Lo Everton, Josh Neufville, Tom Knowles, Adi Yussuf.
Substitutes: Max Hunt, Jordan Barnett, Alex Bradley, Dale Gorman, Reuben Reid.
Wealdstone: Howes, Cook, Okimo, Umerah, Sesay, Tavares, Dyer, Clayden, Henry, Mundle-Smith, Cooper
Substitutes: Charles, Browne, Hearn, Mascoll, Shrowder
Gloverscast #166 – The No-One Gives A Monkeys Derby
2022-05-02
Gloverscast #166 – The ‘No one gives a monkey’ derby.
Ben and Dave team up once more to chat about the Halifax game the Bank Holiday Monday dead rubber with Wealdstone and we hear from Elliott Watts and Tony Rich after day one of the YTFC Get Pedalling team #Miles4Mind charity cycle ride.
Plenty of plugs for the YTFC Legends Game on May 14th and we answer some GCQs