September 2023 (Page 9)

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Yeovil Town’s ticket portal has updated to show that tickets for the Glovers’ FA 2nd Qualifying game against AFC Stoneham are now on sale. 

At time of writing, tickets can only be purchased in either the Thatchers Gold Terrace or in the Bamfords (main) Stand.

This includes away fans who will be situated in blocks, AA, A and some of B in that main stand.

Click HERE to purchase yours

Prices are;

Adults – £10,
Senior, Armed Forces, Under 21s – £7
Under 16s, Under 12s – £2

Please be prepared to show the appropriate ID if buying a concession ticket.

The match is on Saturday 16th of September with a 3pm kick off.

All money’s raised from ticket sales (after costs) will be split 50/50 between the two sides, yesterday, the Stoneham chairman said it was a ‘dream’ tie and they would love to get as many of the 1500 people associated to their club through their many teams to the game.

If the game is a draw at 90 minutes a replay will be arranged, winners of the tie will pick up £3375 from the competition prize fund and £1125 will be distributed to the losing clubs

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AFC Stoneham chairman Mark Stupple has spoken of his delight at drawing Yeovil Town in the FA Cup second qualifying round.

The Wessex League side have made this stage of the competition after a breath-taking 5-4 win over Basingstoke Town in the competition’s last round having been 4-1 down with 47 minutes played.

Speaking to BBC Solent, the chairman admitted he could not believe his side’s luck when they were drawn away at Huish Park having been the final tie chosen in the draw.

He said: “To get the draw we wanted out of the 160 balls in the bag, I can only think someone above us is looking down on us.

“I watched the draw and I knew Yeovil had not come out and it got down to just us and Yeovil and it was case of whether they were going to come out first and they did, Yeovil at home to AFC Stoneham which is just absolutely unbelievable.

“On a personal level a very good friend of mine used to play who them and I used to go down there a lot.

“They are a huge non-League side and anyone who knows their history going back to the 1930s, they were the plum tie in that draw. They were the biggest team in that draw and we were probably the smallest, that is the beauty of the FA Cup.

“Nine years ago we were in the Hampshire Premier League charging our players £5 a game to play and at that time Yeovil were in the Championship, so that shows you it is a funny, old game.”

The Eastleigh-based side have already made it through an extra preliminary round and a preliminary round of the FA Cup to reach last weekend’s first qualifying round, and then made history by going as farthest in the competition in their history.

The chairman added: “We have got over 100 teams at the club, more than 1500 players and what we are doing is creating one club who would love to get our managers, players, parents to Huish Park.

“It is huge for our club and I think we put a Twitter post out and within six hours we got over 10,000 views – for a team that gets about 80 for a home game.

“The other thing is the size of Yeovil and the ground. Our players and management team deserves this day and have the experience of playing at Huish Park is something they will remember forever.“

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Well, what an evening that was! With a cracking game at the Optima Stadium ending in Yeovil’s favour by 3 goals to 2 against a solid Weston-super-mare, let’s take a look at how the rest of the teams got on.

There was action on Monday night at Saturday’s visitors Chelmsford City, as they fell to a 2-1 defeat against Hemel Hempstead, thanks to 2 penalties converted by Joe Iaciofano, who scored the only goal in the Glovers’ visit on the opening day.

Onto Tuesday’s fixtures, and we start with Chippenham Town, who played out a 3-3 thriller with Taunton Town, after playing 75 minutes with 10 men. It took two goals in the last 10 minutes to save Taunton a point, but their strong start continues. Torquay United comfortably defeated Farnborough with a brace from Aaron Jarvis sandwiching a Brad Ash goal, as the hosts posted a 3-0 victory.

Slough Town lifted themselves off the bottom of the table with a 2-1 win away to Dartford, while there were two 2-0 victories, both coming for home sides. St Albans City registered their first win in 4 against Dover Athletic, and Worthing got back to winning ways following their weekend thumping, defeating Welling United.

Tuesday night also ended with new league leaders, as Aveley defeated Maidstone 1-0 to continue their fabulous start to the season. They replace Bath City, who rescued a point against a spirited Truro City with a 93rd minute equaliser, the score line ending 1-1.

Tonbridge Angels and Braintree Town played out a 0-0 draw, while in the final fixture of the night, Hampton & Richmond bagged a 1-0 win over visiting W*ymouth, with the unusual stipulation of finishing the game at 10:25pm (all fixtures kicked off at 7:45pm) as the floodlights went out not once, but TWICE! An 88th minute penalty settled the result, with the hosts dropping the visitors into the relegation zone.

And in Wednesday night’s fixture, Havant & Waterlooville played host to Saturday’s visitors, Eastbourne Borough. It was a dramatic affair, with all 3 goals coming in the final 10 minutes, and a red card for the home side to boot. A 90th minute penalty from Callum Kealy wasn’t enough, as it was immediately cancelled out by the eventual winner from Decarrey Sheriff for Eastbourne Borough, as they left as 2-1 winners.

 

National League South results – in full

Chelmsford City 1-2 Hemel Hempstead Town
Chippenham Town 3-3 Taunton Town
Dartford 1-2 Slough Town
Hampton & Richmond Borough 1-0 W*ymouth
Maidstone United 0-1 Aveley
St Albans City 2-0 Dover Athletic
Tonbridge Angels 0-0 Braintree Town
Torquay United 3-0 Farnborough Town
Truro City 1-1 Bath City
Worthing 2-0 Welling United
Havant & Waterlooville 1-2 Eastbourne Borough

National League South table

 

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An away win, the first in 220 days. Three away goals in a winning league match away from Huish Park, for the first time in nearly two years. It was a thriller alright, Ben had the stream on, here’s what he took away from the game.

Five conclusions were tough… it could have easily been ten! But we’ve whittled it down. 

Firstly, let’s talk about Jordan Young.

According to Mark Cooper post match, we parted with somewhere in the region of £5,000 to secure his services last season. 

At the back end of the 2022/23 season, we had a kid with bags of potential, down on his luck, getting to grips with the full time game. He looked raw but like he had something about him, what I saw last night was probably the best 60 minutes I’ve seen of him in Green and White (well, Yellow and Black).

He’s got a set piece delivery to match plenty of those who have smashed a dead ball for the Glovers, but I saw more than that, a fight to get the ball off his team mates, to be direct, to give defenders a nightmare, but also a desire to do his defensive work too.

He’ll probably admit he got bullied off the ball at times last season, but he’s clearly gaining strength, he’s clearly a confidence player and his confidence must be sky high right now. He’s fast approaching ‘first name on the team sheet’ status.

Let’s watch that free kick again shall we? – You don’t save those.

I watched on the stream and whilst initially had radio coverage on as well, I quickly realised that the camera and microphone positioning allowed for a real insight into Mark Cooper’s touchline style. So I listened, and learned two things.

Firstly, the Weston super-Mare fans situated near the dugout need to wash their mouth out with soap… some very fruity language on show, at times it bordered on abusive actually – Nouble, Worthington and Cooper all coming under regular fire far beyond what I would call ‘normal’ football style ‘banter’ (I hate that word).

But seriously, someone at WSM should remind their fans, that camera and microphone picks it all up… 

Anyway, I digress, Mark Cooper still kicks every ball, still makes every header and really offered a hands on approach to his coaching.

He, at times, literally helped Jamie Sendles-White through the first half, screaming where to be, where to move. Being out of position at right back would have been new to him and he got all the help he needed and put in a very solid display during the first 45.

Cooper claims the assist to Young’s free kick (above) shouting at JS-W to make sure Young took the spot kick and not allow Murphy to pull rank, he kept the team motivated and kept reminding them of the basics; “Face Up”, “Shape”, “Sprint back in”, “Less turnovers lads”… stuff that might seem fairly trivial, but for me shows he’d be out there himself if he could.

Mark Cooper in discussion with captain Josh Staunton during the 2-1 home win over St Albans. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Frank Nouble – the Green and White Berbatov?

We’ve maybe been slightly critical of Nouble on the podcast over the last couple of games, but I really tried to watch him closely in this line up. There were times he frustrated, there were times he seemed to go quiet and times he could arguably have done a bit better with what was given to him in the way of service, but then… Bang. Goal.

One he had to be strong for, one he had to get spot on under the pressure he was facing, and finished it off well from close range.

I think, there’s no doubt in my mind he’s got all the qualities to be a real force at this level, I’m not sure he’s a back-to-goal striker, I think we want to see him ball at feet, running at players and making it really difficult to win the ball from. 

But, much like Berbatov, quiet spells, drifting in and out of games all look strange, but if he takes the chances that come his way, he could easily find himself up towards double figures in no time at all. Almost without anyone noticing.

Let’s have his goal too shall we?

Squad depth, rotation and doing the dirty work in places you wouldn’t normally.

Last night we started with a central defender at right back, a right back at the heart of the midfield three and ended with Matt Worthington in an attacking left position and all whilst managing several players on Yellow cards.

It hadn’t really hit me until last night, just how stretched this season will become. Games aren’t 90 minutes, last night went well over 100, seven Glovers players were booked, taking a couple of them to within touching distance of a ban. 

Minutes in the legs will need to be managed, both Jordan Young and Rhys Murphy were probably brought off with their fitness just been looked after and most, if not all of the team were really flagging towards the end.

If Jake Hyde has a sore calf and JS-W has an achilles concern then that’s two more people to think about. It was great that Josh Owers came in and played so well, but we will certainly need our full squad. We may need to ask about Will Dawes, the only one of those with a squad number not to make a first team squad so far, we may even need to ask about Scott Pollock – spotted back training at Alvington yesterday – every squad member is going to do a lot of pitching in, playing out of position and being asked a lot of. 

That’s fine, but it’s going to take some man management, we don’t want benches going unfilled, we need our full range of options if we are to achieve our goals this season.

Jordan Young celebrates his first goal for the club.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Finally, 850 fans and everyone of them deserved that moment.

I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m gutted to be so far away this season, but watching (and listening) to the game last night, the fans were exceptional. It was noted post match by all three of Cooper, Staunton and Young how important you are. 

We’ve continued to sell away tickets in our numbers this season, I’m sure that’ll continue and so long as you keep doing yourselves and the club proud, you’re helping. You’re 100% helping.

Is it a cheesy, cliche to say you got the team over the line… maybe, but there’s no doubt in my mind, that big crowds, crowds within touching distance of the pitch can make a difference, can get their support into the minds of both sets of players.

Oh how I wanted to be in the away end on Tuesday, to watch our team play good football at times, to keep a decent enough side at arms length for periods and to be honest, pick up about as comfortable a 3-2 win as is possible, on another day that game ends 6-1 and no one bats an eyelid.

On to Eastbourne!

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Yeovil Town goal scorer Jordan Young spoke to the Glovers’ YouTube channel following the 3-2 win over Weston super Mare on Tuesday.

“I’m definitely happy, it was a good start to the game, happy with the result, we made hard work of it, but we got there in the end.”

Young also claims an assist and a pre-assist (if that’s even a thing) as it was his set pieces which saw the other two Glovers goals, he was delighted to contribute.

“Coops wasn’t playing today so, I had to take them from both side which was fine, we got off to a flying start, wen’t 2-0 up and we probably should have done better to see the game out easier than we did – if we don’t concede in the first half, we go in 2-0 and it’s comfortable”

“I want to play every game that I can, it’s been a bit tough, but I’ve got there in the end.”

There was credit for Weston’s approach, the newly promoted side gave a good fight in the search for a way back into the game.

“They’re a good team, started really well, when we went 2-0 up and they scored, they had a lot of pressure towards the end of the first half especiialy, but we came out, got the goal and then it was comfortable, we probably should have made it 4-1.

“It’s tough, we don’t want to end games like that, we want to end games in control and better than we did, but we got there in the end.”

The final, and main word was (again) for the fans, 850 additional players making sure the Glovers recorded their first away win in 220 days.

“Every game we’ve played, especially at home, but obviously away too, we had a good 800 (850, Jordan actually ?) here, it’s massive, it get’s us over the line at the end.”

 

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Goal-scorer Jordan Young is “starting to look like he belongs” at Yeovil Town after bagging his second goal for the club, according to manager Mark Cooper.

The forward opened the scoring with a sublime free-kick in the 3-2 win at Somerset rivals Weston-super-Mare on Tuesday night and the boss insisted he regularly sees him do that in training.

Young started the season on the bench after a difficult introduction having arrived from Chippenham Town in January, but has impressed since coming in to the side in recent weeks.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins after the game, Cooper said: “He’s getting his confidence now. When he came there was big pressure now you can see he is starting to get goals and his performances are starting to grow.

“He is starting to look as though he belongs, he’s the man and he looks a goal threat every time he gets near the box.

“Once he got that free kick, which he won himself, there was only one man going to take that and I see him do that every day in training.”

Jordan Young. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Young’s opener after 15 minutes was quickly followed by a header from defender Jamie Sendles-White three minutes later as the visitors turned in a dominant display from the opening whilst.

But, Weston came back with James Morton halving the deficit with a stunning strike as the home side turned on the pressure.

Cooper said: “We started the game with great, on the front foot and pressing really well and played some good football.

“But for the second 20 minutes of the first half (Weston) played really well, they penned us in and they have some very good technical players who play around the edge of the box.

“The goal comes from that and I had to then change our shape to protect our left-back (Alex Whittle) because we were getting doubled up (on). I had to put (Matt) Worthington out here with his legs.

“In the second half I thought we were dominant and scored the third goal (through Frank Nouble after 55 minutes) and then we should finish the game off with four or five (goals), but we don’t.

“If you don’t do that, good teams will always come back at you and we give away a rubbish free-kick, ball in to the box and they scored and it’s a nervous few minutes. But, on the whole, local derby, massive atmosphere, we just have to win the game.”

The win moves the Glovers up to seventh in the early National League South table with just seven matches played, but Cooper activated the Gloverscast’s ‘Green Day Clause‘ admitting he is not looking at the table – presumably until September ends.

He said: “I don’t know what other results were tonight, I have not looked at the table but all I know is we have to be consistent and keep winning games.

“Anyone who thought this was going to be an easy season is kidding themselves because there is some really good teams in this division and good players.

“We just having to keep picking points up and if by Christmas we are up and around it, I am sure we will have a really good season.

He added: “I don’t think you can be disappointed scoring three goals away from home, but it is a hard 20 minutes at the end when we should be really comfortable.

“But, it all gets a bit nervy and the supporters were really good, if they can get behind the players like that at home as well, the players will flourish. They were so positive tonight and there usually is away and the positivity just ran through the team.”

You can hear the full audio of the Gaffer’s chat with Sheridan below

As is a regular occurrence these days, Mark Cooper also did an interview with the club’s official YouTube channel which covered some similar topics, you can watch that here….

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Yeovil Town skipper Josh Staunton spoke to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins following the Glovers’ 3-2 win over Weston super-Mare, you can hear the full audio at the bottom of the article.

Staunton spoke about feeling the relief of a first away win for 220 days, abut also, a performance that seemed to click earlier than we have been.

“It feels really good, to do it in front of a massive crowd, from our following. We started like a house on fire, didn’t we? Started exactly how we wanted to start in a derby, two goals in front of our fans, the noise – which was electric – we kind of lost our way a little bit, but when you come away from home, especially when you haven’t won away from home for a long time, the most important thing is three points.

I think the 12 games for us, is about how many points can we accumulate and we’ve amassed another three points on to our total now and that’s a real springboard for us for the rest of the season.”

…that’s a real springboard for us for the rest of the season.

With the game at 2-0 to the Glovers, the Seagulls fought back, scoring a long range deflected strike and playing their way back into the game, which wasn’t a surprise to the Captain.

“When you go two goals down, you’re kind of free aren’t you? You’ve got nothing else to lose, you can commit another man forward and kind of play a bit more cat and mouse, especially when you’re at home, you’ve got nothing to lose. They did that, they went forward well, I thought they played well, we knew they were going to have a good passage with the ball, it was important we kept our shape and we did that.”

Changes were made, goal scorer Jamie Sendles-White made way for Zac Bell at half time, and the skipper had credit for all of the subs and the way the manager rotates the group.

“Credit to the gaffer really, we’ve got a squad of a lot of characters and the hardest thing about characters is that they all want to play every game, the gaffer has used his man management skills excellently and keeping everyone chomping at the bit. 

It’s clear to see, the rotation between the front boys is clear to see and will pay dividends, I think that’s testament to the way the manager is dealing with big characters, it’s easy for Belly to come and sulk today after not playing, but he came in second half excellent. 

Sends (Jamie Sendles-White) first half, out of position at right back, did excellent, it’s a long season, it’s important we manage characters and so far, so good.

I’m really pleased tonight, I thought the boys that came on made a difference; Belly opening up down the right hand side, Stevo is looking sharper and sharper. It’s just another step in the right direction, if we continue to trust the process, I think we’ll be ticking teams off.”

…if we continue to trust the process, I think we’ll be ticking teams off.

The Glovers got the win, thanks to three goals, all from set pieces. the Points, performance and the set piece prowess all pleasing the Glovers’ number 32.

“The most important thing for us was three points, as a squad, we are strong, the gaffer is dealing with everyone, keeping everyone driven and it’s a really good place to be at the moment.

Last year, we scored one or two (goals from set pieces) and (now) look really dangerous from set plays, Youngy’s free kick outstanding, the second one is a great header from Sends and the third one we’ve worked well, we worked the extra man round the back across goal.

I think if you’re going to be successful and you want to win a league, set pieces are massive, if you can keep them out at one end – which we need to get better at, we’ve been a bit unlucky, every deflection seems to go in the top corner at the moment, – if we can score more set pieces than we concede, we’ll be a very, very dangerous force.

It gives teams something else to worry about especially when shooting towards our fans, it was sucking the ball in the goal. It was a really good atmosphere tonight, it was a fun one to play in. “

850 Glovers fans sold out the away end at Weston and the skipper has been proud of the group’s ability to react to a loud, passionate and positive supporter base that continues to grow and grow.

“You can see everyone, the togetherness when we win, everyone is there, the noise is really, really, good behind the goal – I think Martin (Hellier) has purchased a drum, a massive drum for home games.

It’s just another string to our bow of togetherness, let’s enjoy the run, let’s go on a bit of a run, it’s easy to get clouded by negativity, we’re in a good position, we’re trusting the process.

As a club we’re trying to build long term success, not a knee jerk reaction and I’m really, really encouraged by what we’re doing.”

The game did go beyond 100 minutes (not for the first time this season) and Staunton was adamant that his side were up for the fight regardless of how long they were on the pitch for.

“The extra time is really, really hard to get your head round all the time, it’s almost like playing Extra Time, especially after playing Saturday-Tuesday, in the blazing heat.

It was clear for both teams, from 85 minutes onwards, the tempo really dropped, it’s just relentless.”

Soon though… it was back to the fans…

“I think we want to be together, when we concede a goal, we all concede a goal, when we score a goal, we all score a goal and that runs right from the top, right to the bottom and we want the fans to be part of that.

It’s fantastic having this sort of following, it’s really making a big difference, when you come out to the noise and you score a goal, it makes the hair on the back of my next stand up.

It’s another positive step for us as a football club, and when you look at the bigger picture it’s about learning to deal with playing in front of big crowds, big away following with big expectation and today will be a good step in the right direction for us as a Football Club.  “

 

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Goals from Jordan Young, Jamie Sendles-White and Frank Nouble saw Yeovil Town pick up three points away at Somerset rivals Weston-super-Mare in a five-goal thriller at Winterstoke Road on Tuesday night.

The Glovers raced in to a 2-0 lead after just 18 minutes after Young fired home a sublime free-kick and then Sendles-White headed his first goal for the club from a corner.

But the visitors did not have it all their own way with James Morton pulling one back with a stunning strike before the break as Weston piled on the pressure.

Nouble headed home for the third after ten minutes of the second half and substitute Jason Soule headed a late second for the hosts to set up a nervy ending.

 

First half

The first chance of the match fell to the visitors, shooting towards the packed away end in the first half. Jordan Young picked up possession on the edge of the box and played right to Frank Nouble, who hammered his effort in to the visiting supporters after three minutes.

At the other end hosts’ captain Dayle Grubb warmed the palms of Yeovil keeper Joe Day moments later, but after sharing the opening exchanges it was Yeovil who took the lead in style on 15 minutes.

Having been felled on the edge of the box, YOUNG stepped up to bend a free-kick in to the top right-hand corner, in off the post. An absolute beauty.

Yeovil went for the jugular with Worthington winning possession well and feeding in Owers whose shot was deflected wide for a corner. It was Young’s turn to turn provider as his corner found Jamie SENDLES-WHITE rising highest in a crowded area to head home. A goal from a corner and two goals in a match.

That was the urgency which Yeovil fans (well, certainly three Yeovil fans on our Monday podcast) had been calling for and it paid dividends.

Having been stunned, Weston enjoyed a good period of possession and on 22 minutes midfielder Jamie Morton’s long-range effort was held by Day.

Four minutes later, a short corner by Grubb found Lloyd Humphries whose effort was possibly dipping under the crossbar but a combination of Day and Morgan Williams turned it over for a corner.

The possession continued in the favour of the home side with Kieran Thomas’ low effort from the edge of the area well blocked by Day. The visitors’ keeper was being called in to action and it was ex-Glovers’ striker Reuben Reid who forced another save out of him. This time with his legs.

The Seagulls were certainly finding a bit of impetus and they pulled a goal back on 38 minutes. Another spell of possession saw the ball break to MORTON whose effort from fully 30 minutes flew in to the net. Perhaps a deflection on the way in to the net, but if it didn’t, he’ll never score a better one.

It was nothing more than the home side deserved for a sustained period of dominance whilst the visitors lost the urgency which had served them so well in the opening 20 minutes.

The nerves in the away end were palpable as the home side continued to turn up the pressure whilst Yeovil looked nervous in possession.

In the second minutes of three added on, a lose pass from Josh Staunton almost let Reid in, but Day was quick off the mark to clear the danger.

The half-time whistle will have been more of a relief to the travelling support than those in the home end.

Half time: Weston-super-Mare 1 Yeovil Town 2

 

Second half

Yeovil manager Mark Cooper made his first change at the start of the second half with Zac Bell replacing Jamie Sendles-White on the right side of defence.

Weston came out with their tails up after the break and a pot shot from Jason Pope on 50 minutes was as near to an opening as they carved out from the start.

Have picked three yellow cards in the first half, it was more than a little annoying to see Day pick up another for time wasting early in the first half. Sendles-White had picked one up for delaying a throw in the first half. We know referees are going to be picky this season, so why give them the excuse?

Another yellow card, this time for Owers who tripped Grubb on the edge of the box after 57 minutes. The Weston play-maker could not match the technique of Young earlier in the game and his effort went over.

But, on 55 minutes it was visitors who extended their lead. A free-kick in from the left found Staunton rising highest at the back post and NOUBLE who nodded home from close range.

Importantly that picked up a previously nervy away support – a magnificent away support of 850 travelling fans, may I say – and, equally importantly, dampened down a previously boisterous home crowd. That may have been the camera I was watching from being in the stand, however!

With the home side beginning to tire, Cooper introduced fresh legs off the bench with first Jordan Stevens coming on for Murphy and then Jordan Maguire-Drew replacing the excellent Young.

On 69 minutes, Stevens’ first foray forward saw him almost find Nouble only for Thomas to get a vital toe to the ball and then on 74 minute Maguire-Drew almost got on the end of a ball in from the right from Nouble, but hosts’ keeper Luke Purnell was there to deny him.

Having proven himself unafraid to hand out red cards on the pitch, referee Liam Corbett took his cards off the pitch sending off Weston boss Scott Bartlett. What for? Who knows. Rule #1 folks, Rule #1.

With a minute of normal time remaining, a worrying moment saw the play delayed with what appeared to be a defibrillator appearing in the shot, presumably for a member of the home crowd. Our thoughts obviously with that individual.

From the restart, a great ball in from the right by Bell found Worthington the middle but he hammered his effort wide. Should have scored. Didn’t though.

Want some more nerves though? In the seventh minute of second half stoppage time, substitute Jason SOULE headed in Grubb’s free-kick for the home side’s second.

The delay had obviously added a good deal (no idea exactly how much) of additional time on and Soule’s celebration showed he’d not given up.

In that additional time, Reid got the ball in the box and fired it in to ‘the mixer’ where Jackson and Staunton tangled. Luckily it was the skipper who got the better contact.

Let’s just say, the final whistle was a relief. Three points in the bag though and, come the end of the season, no-one will care about anything other than that.

 

Full time: Weston-super-Mare 2 Yeovil Town 3

Match Details

Venue: Winterstoke Road
Tuesday 5th September – 7.45pm kick-off

Pitch: Grass which was a relief.
Conditions: A beautiful summer’s evening……in September.

Attendance: 2,487 (850 away supporters)

Scorers: Jordan Young 16 (1-0), Jamie Sendles-White 18 (2-0), James Morton 39 (1-2), Frank Nouble 55 (1-3)

Bookings: 
Yeovil Town: Jamie Sendles-White 40, Jake Wannell 43, Joe Day 51, Morgan Williams 53,  Josh Owers 57, Matt Worthington 90+8.
Weston-super-Mare: Jason Pope 14, Kieran Thomas 66, Marlon Jackson 90+8

Referee: Liam Corbett

Yeovil Town (5-3-2)

 

Substitutes: Zac Bell for Jamie Sendles-White, 46; Jordan Stevens for Rhys Murphy, 65; Jordan Maguire-Drew for Jordan Young, 71,. Will Buse (not used), Sonny Blu Lo-Everton (not used).

Weston-super-Mare: Luke Purnell, Keith Thomas, Jason Pope, James Morton, Lloyd Humphries, Sam Avery, James Dodd, Marlon Jackson, Dayle Grubb (c), Jordan Bastin, Reuben Reid. 

Substitutes: Jamie Soule (for Jordan Bastin, 65), Harry Lee, Ed James, Jay Murray, Bailey Kempster.