September 2024 (Page 9)

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Full-back Alex Whittle says his Yeovil Town team-mates know too many of them were below par during the midweek defeat at home to Solihull Moors.

The Glovers were booed off by some sections of the Huish Park crowd on Tuesday night having turned in a disappointing performance which saw them go down to their third 1-0 defeat on home soil in their opening four attempts of the new season.

On Saturday, they are looking to put that right when an Altrincham side which has picked up one win in their opening three away fixtures visit Somerset.

Whittle said: “It was disappointing (on Tuesday night) and if you have a few lads who are off it, you are going to struggle to win a game. We looked a little bit off it.

“You want to play as quickly as possible after a defeat, so we are grateful we have another game coming up this Saturday. We need to put that right on Saturday, we know Altrincham are a good passing team, but we have to be positive and try and get three points.”

Alex Whittle rises highest in the opening day defeat to Hartlepool United. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

 

Having started with the  back four of Whittle, Morgan Williams, Jake Wannell and Michael Smith which was such a mainstay of last season in their opening three matches of this season, injuries and suspension have seen them field five different defensive combinations in the last five games.

Whittle believes that a return to a more settled backline will lead to an upturn in results, and he is confident the hamstring which has troubled him in recent weeks is back to full fitness.

He said: “Playing Saturday-Tuesday is a lot. I have just got an unfortunate hamstring injury back in March and I was out for a while, but it feels good now. I had a little blip after the Saturday-Monday game, but I feel strong now so hopefully I can kick on. I think I am back to full fitness, I have played the last two and I hope to kick on now.

“We have gone up a level so we are playing better opponents, but I don’t think we have been defending that badly. There has been a lot of mistakes and if we can cut those out in general. We have not had a settled back four yet this season, we have had to make a long of changes through suspensions and injuries, but that give you a more solid foundation.”

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Yeovil Town manager Mark Cooper has challenged his Yeovil Town players to show their desire to win when they face Altrincham in front of a home crowd this weekend.

The Glovers suffered their third 1-0 home defeat in the National League Premier Division when they went down by that scoreline against Solihull Moors on Tuesday night, having grabbed a dramatic 4-3 victory at AFC Fylde just three days earlier.

Speaking on Thursday, the boss said: “I can put up with mistakes, but we have to have the commitment and desire to win a game of football and sometimes those things are enough to get you a point or three.

“It was too much ‘after the Lord Mayor’s Show’ on Tuesday after the euphoria of winning fantastically with a brilliant performance at Fylde. The message before the game was ‘whichever team turns up with the best attitude and commitment will win, it won’t be about tactics or ability, it comes down to desire and they had more than us.

“That’s the really frustrating thing and that is what has frustrated us the most, they just did not turn up – let’s hope it was a one-off.”

Following the midweek defeat, Cooper questioned his forward players saying they could have stayed out on the Huish Park until the following day and still not found the net.

Aaron Jarvis. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Frontman Aaron Jarvis, who netted his second of the season in the win at Fylde last weekend, was joined by Frank Nouble and Sam Pearson against Solihull.

Cooper said: “We scored seven goals in two games before that, so I don’t think it is anything we are not doing in training. It comes down to personal pride. Our forward players were incredible on Saturday (at Fylde) but on Tuesday night they were just not at it. It is really hard as a side if your front players do not spark, it is really hard to get up the pitch.

Asked whether he was still looking to bolster his squad, he added: “That team was good enough to win at Fylde and Boston, but you cannot carry players. In any game of football you have to have seven or eight players who are at it and if you have just two or three you will get beaten.

“We have enough players to field a team, we are still looking, we have some money to still bring players in but we want to bring the right ones in. I have said before I can go and sign 100 players on loan, but I want to try and get the right type.”

Central defender Morgan Williams returned on the bench against Solihull having missed the away wins at Boston United and AFC Fylde with concussion. He replaced new signing Dom Bernard, whose slip led to Connor Wilkinson’s first-half goal, on Tuesday night.

Cooper said: “Morgs has had a couple of days training. Tuesday was probably a bit too early for him, and we are trying to look after him. But he is back and he looked really good today in training.”

Morgan Williams. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown

On-loan Bristol City defender Raphael Araoye has had a second scan on a dead leg suffered at Boston, but the Glovers are still waiting to hear back from his parent club about the severity of the injury. However, Cooper confirmed that he expects Harvey Greenslade to be out for “another three to four weeks.”

Araoye we are still waiting to get a definitive answer on his second scan and how long he is going to be.
Harvey we think will be another three to four weeks. That is football, you are going to get injuries, we just have to deal with it.

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Yeovil Town Women held to draw in first league outing of 2024/25

Match Round Up

Yeovil Town Women were held to a point in their season opener in the Regen Arable South West Regional Division One South.
The Glovers took on Sticker, a side based in St Austell Cornwall, who left Yeovil with a hard earned point, as the hosts struggled to capitalise in the final third.

Paul Knight’s first league lineup of the season saw a league debut handed to defender Katie Evans, as well as a first start for youngster Ava Beattie. New signing Orla East was named on the bench and Les Spearing started in goal for the first time in her Yeovil career.

The Glovers began life in a new division in perfect style as Becky Miles opened her league account and gave her side the lead. An impressive individual effort saw Miles bypass multiple players before converting to give Yeovil the dream start.

 

Despite this, the advantage lasted virtually no time, as Sticker equalised immediately, squaring it back up within seconds of Miles’ goal.

Yeovil responded positively and pushed to regain their lead, as the goal-scorer Miles had her next best effort of the game in the 21st minute, her long range strike fizzed wide of the post.

Soon after this the visitors completed a 12 minute turn around and scored again to put themselves ahead.

As the match edged closer to half time, Yeovil sought a response and nearly got one, as a headed effort resulting from a corner, was cleared off the line by a Sticker defender.

The Glovers thought their persistence in front of goal had been rewarded minutes before the interval, as last season’s top scorer Niamh Nicholls found the net, however the linesman’s flag ensured that Sticker went in at the break one goal to the good.

Yeovil continued to attack Sticker’s low-block throughout the second half, and were rewarded with an equaliser as usual goalkeeper Emily Hall converted a penalty. After last season’s consistent penalty woes, Hall has proved to be effective from the spot.

 

Despite dominating possession and relentless attempts to break down a rigid Sticker block, Yeovil were unable to find a winning goal and the points were shared in the league opener.

That’s What They Said

Yeovil Town Women manager Paul Knight spoke post-match:

Paul began, “It’s not the ideal start to the season, we’ve drawn to a side which we should not have drawn to today in all honesty. Due to weather conditions we are not playing at our home ground, it’s a smaller pitch, I don’t want to make excuses but it’s just one of those. It’s very difficult to be negative about the side in terms of performance because  we’ve just pinned the opposition for 45 minutes, they haven’t come out and we scored the goal to give us a draw.”

Knight expressed the disappointment amongst his team to not take all three points,
“The players know that I didn’t want anything less than a win today, they’re disappointed, this is a positive side, there was some good football out there and we completely controlled it. We played against a complete block on a small pitch and to beat a block is quite difficult.”

The manager praised POTM winner Becca McManus, “I think there were moments of brilliance from a lot of different individuals. Becca McManus has won player of the match, I think the main reason for that is her discipline, as her level headedness shone through.”

Finally, Paul reiterated his frustration with the result in Yeovil’s first league match, as his side were not clinical enough, “Going forward, if you were taking stats today, without sounding rude, disrespectful or patronising, we should be in double figures. We can’t miss that many opportunities, it’s not good enough. It’s a good result for Sticker today, they had a game plan and set it out successfully.”

“We reset and we go again next week”.

Match Highlights

Up Next

Yeovil Town Women remain unbeaten in the league since the reforming of the team last season and will be looking to earn their first three points of the season next week, as they make the long journey to Cornwall to face Helston Athletic on Sunday 15th 14:00 KO .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Devonshire-born Lee Swabey is the man in the middle for Saturday’s clash between Yeovil Town and Altrincham.

Swabey, who has been officiating for the most part in the EFL drops down into the National League for the first time this season.

It’s a name that Glovers fans might recognise as he’s reffed our matches eight times throughout his career, most recently just last season in the FA Cup.

He took charge of the Aldi v M&S 2nd round clash as Yeovil took on Wrexham.

He didn’t book Percy Pig, or Cuthbert the Caterpillar on that occasion.

But Jake Wannell and Charlie Cooper both had their names taken.

Of the eight games Mr Swabey has taken charge of for Yeovil, we’ve won three, drawn two and lost three.

He did send off Liam Walsh 16 minutes into a game against Cambridge in 2016 and took charge of a feisty game in the LDV Checkatrade Pizza Paint Pot Bristol Motors trophy between Yeovil and MK Dons earlier that same year.

The Glovers won 4-1, scored two penalties and Samir Carruthers saw red that night for the visitors (below). Ouch.

Mr Swabey will be assisted by Kevin Morris down one side and flying up and down the other will be Steven Plane. 

Samuel Fudge (who was an assistant at Huish Park for the opening day game against Hartlepool) swaps his flag for a Substitutes board instead.

 

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It’s back down to earth with a bump for Yeovil following their defeat against Solihull Moors on Tuesday night. Let’s see how the rest of the division got on…

We start at Rochdale, who are starting to get some momentum going with their fourth straight win in a 3-1 victory over Maidenhead United, Kairo Mitchell getting two of Dale’s three goals. There were goals aplenty for other home sides too, as both Forest Green Rovers and Dagenham & Redbridge registered 3-0 wins over AFC Fylde and Sutton United respectively – a shoutout to former Glover Dion Pereira, who scored two of the Daggers’ goals.

There were three 2-1 wins across the league, and we’ll begin with Barnet‘s win over Saturday’s visitors Altrincham – a 92nd minute winner from another former Glover, Rhys Browne, bagged all three points for the Bees. The other two games saw newly promoted teams take the lead, before falling to defeat, as York City and Hartlepool United overcame deficits against Braintree Town and Boston United.

Southend United condemned early pace setters Eastleigh to a 2-0 defeat, with yet another ex-Glover – Nathan Ralph – on the scoresheet, while FC Halifax Town and Oldham Athletic shared the points in a 1-1 draw containing two yellow cards in as many minutes for, you guessed it, another former Glover – Otis Khan, who will be back in time for Yeovil’s visit to Boundary Park next weekend.

In the final two games, Woking defeated Wealdstone via a Cian Harries penalty, and Ebbsfleet United secured a point in their first game since dismissing head coach Danny Searle, as they held Aldershot Town to a 0-0 draw. Gateshead and Tamworth didn’t play on Tuesday night.

National League results – in full

Barnet 2-1 Altrincham
Boston United 1-2 Hartlepool United
Dagenham & Redbridge 3-0 Sutton United
Ebbsfleet United 0-0 Aldershot Town
FC Halifax Town 1-1 Oldham Athletic
Forest Green Rovers 3-0 AFC Fylde
Rochdale 3-1 Maidenhead United
Southend United 2-0 Eastleigh
Woking 1-0 Wealdstone
Yeovil Town 0-1 Solihull Moors
York City 2-1 Braintree Town

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Well, I guess someone had to do the negative one.

Gloverscast Ben was watching on National League TV – with a Camera Operator who couldn’t keep track of the football – and watched the Yeovil Town produce a… flat… performance against Solihull Moors. Conclusions, five of them, incoming.

Are we unfit or just a bit knackered?

Post match, Matt Worthington called the performance, ‘leggy’ and ‘lethargic’ and it was absolutely evident from very early on we had some players really feeling it.

As early as the latter stages of the first half, some players were running in custard whilst our opponents were gliding across the pitch, making closing down and pressuring look really easy.

This staggers me, I cannot believe that a Mark Cooper side would ever not be fit, but I don’t quite know what else to think?

Is it the many, MANY motorway miles? The quick turnarounds? The sheer effort that as been exerted against Boston and Fylde or something else that it catching up with a few players? I don’t know, but it’s a long old season and on the face of it, we already look like we could use some time to rest.

For what it’s worth, only Olly Wright has played every minute so far this season, (820), with Nouble (669), Smith (649) and Matt Worthington (651) next on the minutes played list. 

We were done by the dark arts again.

Just like against Hartlepool, we not only gave our opponents something to hold onto, to defend, but we also… let them defend it.

Our very own Ian Perkins made a great point on commentary that when Laurie Walker, the Moors’ keeper was booked for time wasting on 79 minutes, it was really only the crowd who got on the official’s back to do something… are we being too nice?

Where was the oomph we saw at Boston? the Ability to give a bit back to let the referee know about every pulled shirt, every kick out of sight, every second delayed?

I don’t get it, make a song and dance about it lads, there were times that Frank Nouble literally had the shirt lifted off his back and it was just… let to pass by.

A couple of times Solihull players felt the whiff of a nearby passing of wind and decided to have a roll about and really take their time to get back going – I’m not knocking it, I’m wanting us to play those games too, or at very least put up a bit of a fuss that it’s happening.

A physical encounter on the opening game of the season against Hartlepool United. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Right, breathe, let’s do a positive one.

Jarvis is the real deal up top – let’s get with him

Aaron Jarvis chased back over 50 yards in the 94th minute to snuff out one final Solihull counter attack. He and Sonny – who had just been brought on – found more in their legs than just about anyone to get back and prevent a second goal.

Ok, that’s great, but Jarvis again was doing so much up front but really felt lonely at times.

We’ve chopped and changed the trio of attacking talent in behind the front man, but he’s been a fairly constant figure and for the most part and has put his body on the line and played really well for annoyingly little return.

Mark Cooper said he was underwhelmed with his attacking players, I say let’s give Jarvis a partner. He’s got all the attributes to either do the back to goal stuff or get himself into the box, but all too often there’s not enough bodies around him to either pick up the pieces or be a second body in the box for a cross, or even provide the cross for Jarvis to get on the end of.

Is it Sims, maybe a big-man-little-man? Could it have been Greenslade if it wasn’t for the injury? Is there a Sonny Cox-style striker out there? I’m not going to go full Mike Bassett here, but would 4-4…2… be worth a go?

…and actually maybe that’s the point.

What is our best team line up?

We’re heading to Oldham next week for the tenth game of the season, and even if the next two go badly, we’ll be sitting on 12 points from 10 games, not bad at all.

But there’s still this rumbling debate on the terrace (and on the pod… and in the WhatsApp chats)… “Is that a four at the back? Have we gone to wingbacks? Surprised to see him starting, I thought he’d be on the bench. Isn’t he more of an impact player?”

You’ve had those conversations haven’t you?

What is our preferred way of setting up? Because last year you could rattle the eleven off in seconds, you know where each of them are going to be and how well they’re going to do it.

This season, through injury, suspension and new faces and new opposition, I don’t think we do know.

We’ve now made the Half-Time double sub Hail Mary on each of the last two games, suggesting the first eleven probably wasn’t right, we’ve seen the defence chop and change more times in eight games than we did in 48 last year. 

Is it time to nail down a team, a style, a formation, a way of playing and sticking to it?

Picture Courtesy of Gary Brown

Let’s get Huish Park back to the fortress it can be.

In the National League South, Huish Park was essentially every team’s Wembley final, some loved it and pushed us all the way, some wilted under the pressure of playing in a stadium with more than three stands in it.

This year, it isn’t the same, teams have been to us before, it’s not the big day out for them. So, what we have now is an expectant home crowd, who’s heard our last two away games, watched on streams and heard the Gloverscast wax lyrical about them… now they want to see some of that for themselves.

Matt Worthington is right, it’s a two way street, the players need the fans behind them (booing in September, by the way, have a word… it was poor, but come on) but also, you need something to cheer.

How about this, on Saturday, Glovers fans promise to give you everything, the drum will beat, the ‘Everywhere we go…’ chat will fill the Thatchers stand..

But as the lyric says… ‘watching super Yeovil putting on a show’.

Glovers fans will do their bit, the team will do theirs… deal? Good.

You know what to do next weekend, people.

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Yeovil Town manager Mark Cooper has said that he felt that his side could have taken a point from the game against Solihull Moors on Tuesday night.

The boss said his side’s a lack of quality in forward areas, and a questionable offside call, cost his side from getting anything from the match.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Mark Stillman after the game, he was audibly frustrated at how easily the Glovers allowed their visitors to dictate the game.

He said: “We gave a team that wanted to counter attack and sit in, the perfect fillip with the goal, which means they can sit even deeper and catch us on the break and that makes us really tense and erratic.

“We huffed and we puffed, but we never really looked like scoring. We did score a great goal, a free kick that’s not offside, [I’ve] just seen it, it’s miles onside and a draw would have been a fair result.”

Speaking on the Glovers’ form at Huish Park, which has seen three 1-0 losses in their four home games since of the season so far, Cooper suggested there was probably more to it that the final scorelines.

He said: “We played really well against Rochdale for 70 minutes and deservedly lost, didn’t deserve to lose against Hartlepool and I didn’t think we deserved to lose tonight. 

“The second half, all the play was in their half, but we didn’t have any quality, our forward players produced zero quality, we had a really good attacking performance where all our forward player contributed on Saturday and tonight, apart from the free kick where we ‘scored’ the header, I don’t think from open play we’d have scored if we’d have been there until tomorrow night.”

“I don’t think from open play we’d have scored if we’d have been there until tomorrow night.”

The manager confirmed that his half-time substitutions were made with the fitness of both defenders Dom Bernard and Morgan Williams in mind saying that they both needed the minutes as they both work towards full fitness.

He did not want to evaluate the season’s start as a whole just yet, focusing on picking apart Tuesday’s showing instead.

“I’m just evaluating tonight, now we’ve got to look at why were so good on Saturday – really good offensively – and tonight, in the forward areas we were really, really poor.”

As for Saturday, Cooper said that it was full focus on their own actions, particularly in the final third.

“We want to win the game, it doesn’t matter what the opposition do, if we’re that toothless and we don’t ask enough questions in and around the penalty area, it’s not going to work.” 

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Yeovil Town captain Matt Worthington has said there will be no excuses from his side as the Glovers lost 1-0 at home to Solihull Moors on Tuesday.

A single first half goal from Conor Wilkinson was all that separated the sides in a game where the home side did not register a shot on target despite having two efforts off the woodwork. 

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Mark Stillman after the match, Worthington said:

“It was difficult, I don’t think we really got going, we looked lethargic and quite slow I’d say.

“It’s disappointing, off the back of two wins we were full of confidence and to lose the way we did, at home, it’s disappointing.”

Yeovil did have the ball in the back of the net late on, a Jake Wannell header from a Charlie Cooper free-kick was deemed to have come from an offside position.

The skipper wasn’t convinced that was the right call, he said:  “I thought it was onside, a few times the lino didn’t really put his flag up, so the ref made the decision. It went against us, it was frustrating, we have to move on.”

“No excuses from us, we should have been better and we’ll look to turn it around on Saturday.”

The Glovers have now lost three of the four National League Premier Division games at Huish Park this season and supporters were audibly frustrated throughout.

The captain said: “It’s difficult, a few boos coming in at half-time, as players we need to feed off the fans really, but then again, if we put in a performance where we’re not at it, not creating enough chances, it’s hard for them to really get behind us, it’s a disappointing night all round, but we’ll look to bounce back on the weekend.

“There’s no excuses from us, obviously there’s been a lot of travelling, it was a game on Saturday where we had to chuck everything at it, really, so it took a lot out of the lads, and maybe that’s a factor why we looked leggy and lethargic today, no excuses from us, we should have been better and we’ll look to turn it around on Saturday. “

The Glovers are back in front of the Huish Park faithful on Saturday when Altrincham make the trip to Somerset, a chance to put Tuesday’s performance right, says Worthy.

“Every game is tough, there’s going to be no easy games in this league, we just have to prepare right, rest up and get ready to put a performance on Saturday.”

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Yeovil Town went down to their third home defeat of the season as they failed to break down a well-drilled Solihull Moors side on a miserable night at Huish Park.

The only goal of the game was one of the few moments of quality on offer as Conor Wilkinson lifted a beautiful chip over stranded Glovers’ keeper Ollie Wright with 11 minutes on the clock.

Brett McGavin’s free-kick off the top of the crossbar in the first half and Jake Wannell had a goal ruled out for offside after the break, but Yeovil never got better than an arm’s length from their opponents.

It was a performance as flat as the weather in Somerset and the final whistle was met with some boos among the home supporters.

First half

The Glovers got turned around from the off and were forced to attack the Thatchers’ Stand with a strong wind and plenty of rain behind them.

But, despite being against the elements, the first effort came from Solihull with John Bostock flashing past the post with Ollie Wright at full stretch.

Unfortunately, it was a sign of what was coming as the next attack led to the opening goal for the visitors. With 11 minutes gone, Dom Bernard misread a forward pass from Solihull and slipped and Conor WILKINSON picked it up and lifted an inch perfect chip over Wright.

In any game that finish was something special, but in these awful conditions and over a keeper who stands 5’8″ that is even more special. Huish Park which started in lively mood, fell silent.

Conor Wilkinson opens the scoring at Huish Park,

A loose pass back from Nouble put Cooper in trouble and Jamey Osborne broke away and got the ball in to Wilkinson whose effort came back off the inside of the post. The Yeovil defence was statuesque there and it should have been 2-0.

There seems to be a lot of fingers being pointed at each other in the hosts’ backline and Solihull are taking advantage of it. Matt Warburton warms the palms of Wright. We really need to wake up.

Definitely contrasting styles, Yeovil playing their usual controlled, possession-based style whilst a lively Solihull side want to play it to the big man Wilkinson and then play some short, sharp passes. In the first half-an-hour, it’s working out better for the visitors.

It was going to take something special to get past a wall of yellow shirts that banked behind the ball whenever Yeovil were in possession. Brett McGavin almost found it when his tried an audacious free-kick from fully 30 yards and Moors’ keeper Laurie Walker could only watch it bounce off the top of the bar.

Osborne caused problems for the Yeovil defence on 42 minutes, he scrambled his way through the defence but flashed his shot wide and a minute later he put one wide of the other post. The speed of Solihull’s passing versus their more ponderous hosts is the difference. Pass and move from the visitors, pass and wait from the hosts.

A couple of boos from some inside Huish Park as the half-time whistle sounded.

Half time: Yeovil Town 0 Solihull Moors 1

Second half

Mark Cooper responded with two changes at the start of the second half with Morgan Williams and Jordan Young coming on in place of Dom Bernard and Brett McGavin. That reunited Williams alongside Wannell whilst Young and Pearson took up wide positions with Nouble playing closer to Aaron Jarvis as Yeovil went in search of an equaliser.

The first chance of the second half fell to the hosts on 52 minutes. Good endeavour from Pearson down the left side and the ball was cleared as far as Michael Smith who controlled it on his chest and lashed an effort just over the bar.

 

Michael Smith sends an effort dipping over the bar.

But not long after some more shaky defending at the other end with Wannell allowing Newton to hit a shot in which was saved by the legs of Wright.

Another promising moment for Yeovil on 57 minutes as Cooper picked out Nouble who was in a good position on the corner of the penalty area, but rather than pick out a team-mate, he tried the spectacular and it went (spectacularly) over the bar. That one has gone in to the car park behind the empty away end.

Morgan Williams put a header wide from a Cooper corner, and you just feel that a set-piece is going to be where a chance is going to come from. No luck from breaking down that yellow wall.

Huish Park is dead and I really can’t blame it.

There’s that yellow wall.

Josh Sims replaced Michael Smith with 12 minutes of normal time remaining. But the next chance fell to Solihull, a mistake from Matt Worthington in the middle allowed ex-Glover Matt Warburton to get away down the left and put one in to the box where Newton was barrelling in. The effort went wide, luckily.

Yeovil thought they had equalised on 83 minutes when Charlie Cooper lifted a free-kick towards the back post where Jake Wannell was to meet it with a header. The ball flew in to the net, the offside flag went up. Ugh.

As the game ticked in to six minutes of injury time, Sonny Blu Lo-Everton replaced Pearson, who appeared to be suffering with cramp just before.

There was not to be any more late drama and the final whistle was met by some boos from sections of the Huish Park crowd. In truth, we never really laid a glove on Solihull.

Full time: Yeovil Town 0 Solihull Moors 1

Match Details

Venue: Huish Park
Date: Tuesday 10th September – 7.45pm kick-off

Competition: National League Premier

Pitch:  Held up remarkably well in the conditions
Conditions: Pretty miserable

Attendance: 2,489 (42 away supporters)

Scorers: Conor Wilkinson 11 (0-1)

Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Charlie Cooper 84, Sam Pearson 87
Solihull Moors: Conor Wilkinson 15, Jamey Osborne 55, Laurie Walker 79, Sam Bowen 90+2

Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

Yeovil Town (4-2-3-1)

 

Substitutes:  Morgan Williams (for Dom Bernard, 46), Jordan Young (for Brett McGavin, 46), Josh Sims (for Michael Smith, 79), Sonny Blu Lo-Everton (for Sam Pearsonl, 90), Finn Cousin-Dawson (not used), Corey Koerner (not used), Matt Gould (not used).

Solihull Moors: Laurie Walker, Joe Newton, Olly Tipton, Alex Whitmore, Jordan Tunnicliffe, John Bostock, Jacob Pinnington (for Joss Labadie, 66), Jamey Osborne, Sam Bowen, Matty Warburton, Conor Wilkinson (for Bradley Stevenson, ).

Substitutes (not used):  Aaron Flahavan, Finn Howell, Kian Ryley, Kyle Moseley.