FA Cup fever has hit Huish Park and the brackets were out as the Glovers won 7 (Seven) – 1 against AFC Stoneham
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The Glovers have cruised into the 3rd Qualifying Round of the FA Cup with a 7 (Seven) -1 win over AFC Stoneham.
Goals from Jordan Young, Jake Wannell, Frank Nouble, Jordan Maguire-Drew and a Rhys Murphy hattrick saw Yeovil run out dominant winners, although Duarte Robins had his FA Cup moment with a consolation for AFC Stoneham
Here’s how it went down at Huish Park… tin foil covered FA Cup cardboard cut outs at the ready…
The first thing to note was that Josh Staunton’s coin tossing ability hasn’t got any better, once everyone had flipped around, it didn’t deter the Glovers from getting a bright start.
Charlie Cooper struck an early attempt which forced a corner, the resulting set piece was well worked to Jordan Young, his cross forced a very good save from the Stoneham keeper with Jake Wannell’s header destined for the back of the net.
A blistering first three minutes set the tone for what was to come, another attack from Michael Smith ended up with his shot forcing a comfortable save from Callum Lee – nearly a very good start to a Glovers’ debut.
Charlie Cooper kept the pressure on, his effort fell to Frank Nouble, but the assistant’s flag prevented any further damage.
The first chance for the Visitors came after just 12 minutes, Jake Wannell and Charlie Cooper both coming unstuck and the Purps had a free kick which was diverted just wide by Duarte Martins.
Up the other end, two corners in quick succession came and went, inviting opportunities not quite taken advantage of.
The game was becoming a little bit more even, another chance fell the way of Stoneham’s Mat Bainbridge, he and Ryan Cluett unable to create anything clear cut.
Michael Smith was really settling in well, he and Frank Nouble combined well, but Jordan Stevens’ was unable to gamble on the cross across the six yard box.
Charlie Cooper was quick to force another save from the visitor’s ‘keeper, as the clock ticked past 20 minutes, chances were coming, but the score remained 0-0.
Callum Lee was busy again soon after, Jordan Stevens and Josh Owers combined well to secure a fifth shot on target inside the first quarter of the game.
A sixth wasn’t far away and Rght Back turned centre forward Michael Smith produced a finger tip save from Lee in the Stoneham goal.
Shortly before half an hour, it was copy and past – Charlie Cooper shot with venom, Callum Lee tipped over… another chance, another corner.
As the clock struck the 30th minute, Jordan YOUNG stood over a free kick… and as sure as night follows day, the ball ended up in the back of the net. 1-0. It had been coming.
The Glovers kept it simple for the next few moments, keeping possession and not letting their visitors get any kind of footing in the fixture.
As the half drew to a close, the hosts began to crank things up again. The two Jordans were swapping flanks with relative ease, the possession stats in-play rarely dropping below 70%.
In a rare flurry forwards, Jordan Stevens was found wanting against their full back, a shot was blocked by Michael Smith, but the corner came to nothing. Well, I say, nothing, it came to a break away attack from Jordan Stevens, blistering pace from the former Leeds United man forced a Glovers corner.
From the corner, Jordan Young turned assist king with Jake WANNELL powering a header towards goal. 2-0
It was nearly three shortly after, Stevens was again able to burst away from a challenge and Nouble was too strong for the Stoneham defence but he was unable to finish it off.
Nouble got another chance but Callum Lee (who was having a blinder), forced a corner… Owers skewing his shot just wide from the set piece… it’s all happening too quick to type along with!
No changes by either side at the break, the Glovers looking to keep their visitors at arms length… in truth, they did even better than that.
Matt Worthington laid the ball to Michael Smith who gave Frank NOUBLE a chance the big front man couldn’t say no to. 3-0, within two minutes of the game restarting.
Alex Whittle was given a breather with just a few moments gone, Jordan Maguire Drew coming on, pushing Josh Owers to left-back.
Jake Wannell was sloppy at the back for a split second, but Joe Day mopped up… and managed to get the ball down the other end in a split second to force a Glovers free kick.
That free kick… via a huge deflection went in to the net from the boot of Jordan MAGUIRE-DREW. 4-0
Mark Cooper took solace with their opponents and took off Frank Nouble…unfortunately for them though, he also brought on Rhys Murphy. Sorry lads.
Duarte Martins, with 12 goals in nine games already this season, wasn’t throwing in the towel any time soon, he did flash a shot wide of Joe Day’s goal, with 55 minutes on the clock.
With an hour on the clock, the fitness of the Purps was already starting to tell, Jordan Stevens latched onto a through ball, and set the chance up for Rhys MURPHY to slot home and add a fifth. 5-0
Stoneham, to their credit, were not going to stop, they did force a corner and a dangerous one at that, a bit of penalty area pinball just not falling to a Purple shirt.
It was a game that struggled to really get going through the gears, Matt Worthington and Rhys Murphy couldn’t quite force another chance, whilst Duarte Martins was still hustling up front.
The Purps made a couple of changes to make sure as many players as possible got their chance.
But a defensive mix up allowed Rhys MURPHY to jink around the goalkeeper and tap in, that was his second, Yeovil’s sixth… there was still 20 minutes to go. 6-0
Murphy probably could (should) have bagged a hat trick, he had time and space in the box with 68 minutes on the clock, but he couldn’t get the ball out to force the shot.
Jordan Stevens was taken off after 70 minutes, his contribution was emphatic and his recovery from injury is really coming to an end.
Jake Hyde coming on… Mark Cooper is rutheless.
Hyde had two bites at a very early cherry, he and Murphy were giving the keeper a hard time, nothing more than a corner this time.
Charlie Cooper flashed a shot over, before some action at the other end.
72 minutes on the clock, Duarte MARTINS who has been the Purps’ best player, skipped round Joe Day in the Glovers goal and got one back, fair play – nice finish. 6-1
The Purps skipper, Alex Welch, was in the book for a foul with 15 minutes left, Rhys Murphy pulled rank (someone wants the match ball!), but the free kick cannoned into the defensive wall.
The Stoneham goal, had given both sides a little wake up call, Alex Welch and Charlie Cooper both came off worse for wear after a crunching tackle on the edge of the Glovers’ penalty area.
Matt Worthington fired a shot in from distance, Callum Lee was equal to it, the final 10 minutes was a tired display of football, the Rhys Murphy hat trick proved elusive, despite his best efforts, forcing a corner with 81 minutes already in the bank.
Lee, who was still impressing, plucked another long range effort from JM-D out of the air and tried to get the attack moving quickly, Michael Smith had to do a little bit of hasty defending clearing from a corner.
More shots, (Worthington, Murphy, JMD) more corners, more chances game the Glovers way,
But the game felt like it was starting to slow down, Charlie Cooper was playing games with the away fans by placing a corner outside the quadrant with a wink and a nod.
There was time for Rhys Murphy to trigger the assistant’s flag once more before five minutes were added on, Charlie Cooper continued on his quest to everything but score, latching on to a JMD cross only to head over.
Then, finally… the Hat Trick story of the second half was complete as Rhys MURPHY completed the rout, and took his match ball home as the full time whistle soon went.
The Glovers have won their ‘no-win’ tie in emphatic style, 19 shots on target, plenty of possession, job done.
We at the Gloverscast have enjoyed learning about AFC Stoneham, and wish them nothing but the best for the rest of their season, a club with 100+ teams, 1500+ players and 300+ coaches, they’re doing good things in their local area.
Yeovil Town have picked up £3375 from the prize fund for the win.
The Third Qualifying Round matches will take place on the weekend of Saturday 30th September.
Venue: Huish Park
Saturday 16th September – 3pm kick-off
Pitch: Looking good, less slippery than last week
Conditions: Overcast, a bit drizzly
Attendance: 2021 (208 from Stoneham)
Scorers: Jordan Young (1-0), Jake Wannell (2-0), Frank Nouble (3-0), Jordan Maguire-Drew (4-0), Rhys Murphy (5-0), Rhys Murphy (6-0), Duarte Martins (6-1), Rhys Murphy (HT) (7-1)
Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Jake Wannell
AFC Stoneham: Barnes 51, Welch 75
Referee: Ollie Taylor
Yeovil Town (4-3-3)
Substitutes: Maguire-Drew (for Alex Whittle ’49), Murphy (for Nouble ’54)
AFC Stoneham: Callum Lee, Ryan Cluett, Tommy Barnes, Mat Bainbridge, Yumo Wan, Ben Clarke, Jim Orvis, Alex Welch (C), Duarte Martins, Owen Fee, Liam Callaghan
Substitutes (not used): Pattison, Godwin, Jenkins (for Bainbridge), Batt, Hills, Sampson (for Fee ’62), Nagle
Huge thank you to Debs Curtis for the ? and ?
New signing Michael Smith is handed his debut for the Glovers starting at Right Back in the FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round Tie against AFC Stoneham.
Jordan Stevens also makes his first competitive start of the campaign, alongside in form Frank Nouble and Jordan Young in attack.
With seven Subs available to be named in this competition, the bench is made up of everyone who is left, really!
The only two absentees are Jamie Sendles-White and Morgan Williams, both with slight injuries.
The visitors today are AFC Stoneham and who better to talk to us than the chairman of club, Mark Stupple. He gives us the inside track on the Hampshire-based club and he has a connection to Yeovil Town too….
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Yeovil Town’s Women’s team will get a second chance at their first competitive league game after the Somerset County League decided their abandoned opener will be replayed in full.
The Glovers were leading 3-1 against Sydenham when the game was brought a premature halt with a serious injury to the opposition ‘keeper.
It has since been ruled that the game will be replayed in full, from 0-0, at a time and date to suit both parties.
Everyone at the Gloverscast joins YTWFC in wishing the injured player well for her recovery.
This weekend, the Women’s first team take on Banwell in a home game at Somerton – Kick off is at 2pm on Sunday and Entry is FREE
The Glovers progressed through to the next round of the Women’s FA Cup with a 5-0 win over Mangotsfield Town and will be hoping to continue that good form into their second, first, league game.
FA Cup weekend and the Gloverscast has been forced into some rotation. Ben and Dave are suffering from FA Cup fever so Ian welcomes Ollie Marsh and Tom Bailey for their pod debuts.
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AFC Stoneham will be looking for a “giant killing’ as they take on notorious FA Cup slayers Yeovil Town in the Second qualifying round of the cup.
The Glovers will be looking to make it three wins from the last three in all competitions. The Somerset side have been in impressive goalscoring form recently scoring seven goals across the past three fixtures, with goals coming from all areas of the pitch. The game will also mark the earliest Town have entered the FA Cup since 1997 when they played Witney Town in the First qualifying round.
AFC Stoneham come into the game in superb form, having started the season winning all four of their games so far in the Velocity Wessex Football League, sitting fourth due to teams above having played more games. The game is also monumentus for South Coast side as it is the furthest they have gotten in the FA Cup in their history.
Yeovil boss Mark Cooper is not taking the game lightly even if his team are considered favourites. He said: “It’s a ‘no-win’ for us and it’s a ‘win-win’ for Stoneham because everyone expects us to win. For us, it’s about paying total respect to Stoneham.
“It’s about them, it’s their day but we have a job to do and our only job is to make sure we try and get in the next round.”
The 54-year-old also talked about his desire to take the club on a long cup run. He said: “ I’d love to be in charge of Yeovil to take them on a really good cup run…it breeds confidence, you win games and most importantly you can earn a lot of money.”
Cooper won’t be changing the lineup to much though as “we’re trying to win a game” and so the “strongest team will be played.” The former Darlington manager wouldn’t go into detail on whether new signing Michael Smith would make his Huish Park debut only stating “he was ready.”
Forward Jordan Young was keen to reiterate Mark Cooper’s message of it being a “tough game”. The ex-Chippenham Town man also explained that the squad was looking forward to the cup. He said: “ It’s an exciting week, FA Cup week. I think it’s a massive competition…This week we’ve been really looking forward to having an exciting cup game.
Cooper will have a full squad to pick from with the exception of Jamie Sendles-White, who misses out.
Mark Stupple, AFC Stenham Chairman, was very upbeat about his side and the trip to Huish Park. He said:” It means everything to a small club like us, we put a post up saying how nine years ago we were playing County League football and Yeovil were in the Championship. Thats the magic of the FA Cup.
“It will be the biggest game of our players’ career and as a club we have to make sure it’s a day they never forget.”
In terms of attendances this season The Purples get “80 fans on a good day” but Stupple hopes they will have a good showing Saturday. He said: ” We have two coaches, some fans coming by train and others driving so maybe 200-250, which for us is massive.
The key man for Stoneham will be Portuguese forward Duarte Martins who has scored five goals already this season. Another player Town will have to watch is Martins’ strike partner Liam Callaghan who’s netted four goal so far in the league.
Yeovil Town’s festive fixtures have been tweaked with the away game at Taunton Town brought forward.
The game at Wandsworth Drive will now take place on New Year’s Eve.
The fixture still kicks off at 3pm.
It was mentioned when the fixtures were announced that the league would allow flexibility with regards the New Year’s games with teams looking to maximise player availability and potential revenue from attracting a weekend crowd.
We’re all looking forward to the Wannell Derby double header at the back end of 2023.
Yeovil Town Women FC advanced to the next round of the FA Cup last weekend with a 5-0 win away at Mangotsfield United. Terri Will scored one and there were braces for Jess Hodge and Abbie Carslake.
You can watch the highlights (with added thoughts of coaches and spectators) below.
Jordan Young is relishing Saturday’s FA Cup tie with ninth-tier AFC Stoneham.
The forward had a successful run in the competition with Chippenham last year, beating Lincoln to reach the Second Round.
“It’s an exciting week, FA Cup week,” Young said. “I think it’s a massive competition and I’m looking forward to it.
“I had a good run last year and it’s so exciting. If you can go on a good run and get a good team, it’s exciting.
“We’re obviously focused on the league but that was last week and this week we’re really looking forward to having an exciting cup game.
“I know a little bit about them. Every game’s going to be tough because they’re going to be bang up for it so we’ve just got to concentrate on ourselves and go from there.”
The 22-year-old is enjoying a run in Mark Cooper’s team, contributing a goal and two assists in his last two games.
“I’m quite a confident player even when I’m not playing. I’m confident in myself and I just need that run of games getting in the team and thankfully I’ve done well.
“It’s tough because sometimes you want a run of games to get going, but we’ve got a really good squad with good players and rotation can help as well.”
Young has particularly impressed with his set pieces, including a sublime free-kick against Weston-super-Mare.
“I think at the start of the season we struggled with set pieces a little bit, but we really worked on it and you can tell now it’s paying off.
“We’ve got some big boys and all we need to do is go and attack it and we’ll score goals.”
“The good thing is we’re winning and we’re not playing as well as we can do. So once we get to that level, I’m sure we’ll be fine.”
