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Yeovil Town booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Francis Hillier Somerset Men’s Premier Cup with a 2-1 win at a damp and drizzly Wells City on Tuesday night.

The Glovers took the lead from the penalty spot after 18 minutes when Owen Dean netted having been brought down inside the box by the hosts’ Sydney Camper, who was sent off for his challenge, before winger Charlie Lennon added a second with an impressive effort on 34 minutes.

Wells, who play three tiers of the football pyramid below their opponents in the Western League Premier Division, did not show their numerical disadvantage after the break and pulled a goal back from the spot when Jacob Reader netted with 67 minutes played.

Having fielded a strong side in the home win over Radstock Town in the previous round, manager Billy Rowley named another starting XI with plenty of first-teamers in the line-up. There was a place for two members of the Under-19s side in Archie Brown and striker Liam Nardiello, the latter who has featured on the first-team bench on a number of occasions this season.

There was no sign of midfielder Joe Haigh, whose arrival has been keenly-awaited since he joined in the summer having undergone surgery on an ankle injury, or captain Brett McGavin, who missed the FA Cup exit at Chesterfield at the weekend after picking up a calf injury.

Yeovil took the lead after 18 minutes when Owen Dean was nudged in the box by Wells striker and captain Sydney Camper and the Glovers were awarded a penalty and the hosts’ skipper was shown a red card. The former Farnham Town man made no mistake from the spot to open his account in green-and-white.

With a numerical advantage, the visitors were in control with Ste Walker having a couple of opportunities and Dean seeing an effort deflected wide before on 32 minutes Walker was replaced by Under-19s player Archie Bryce after the striker pulled up with what looked like a hamstring injury. Two minutes later, the Glovers added to their advantage when Dean fed the lively Charlie Lennon, the Barnsley loanee cut inside and curled a right footed shot in to the corner of the net.

The Glovers led 2-0 at half-time and the start of the second half saw the arrival of three other Under-19s players in Ollie Crittenden, son of former Glovers’ legend, Nick, Harry Rooke and Seb Woods. They replaced Archie Davies, Loick Ayina and Seb Naylor.

The home side enjoyed far more of the game after the break with the experienced heads dominating a Yeovil side which had a far more youthful look than in the first half. On 67 minutes Wells reduced the deficit after Mason Obeng brought down Jacob Reader inside the box. There were protests that the Glovers’ player should be shown red, but he only got a yellow. Reader stepped up and despite Matt Gould (sponsored by Gloverscast) guessing the right way, the ball found the way in to the net.

In this half it was Yeovil who found themselves counter-attacking and on 73 minutes Dean picked out Lennon who chipped Wells keeper Tom Creed, but the winger’s effort dropped just wide of the post. There’s some physical challenges from the home side as they look to put pressure on their now more junior looking opponents. Owen Dean had the ball in the back of the net with 76 minutes on the clock, but he was denied by an offside flag.

There were opportunities for both sides to add to the scoreline before the final whistle with Lennon having two good openings for the visitors, but the Glovers progressed to the quarter finals and a home tie against Southern League Premier South side Bath City.

Yeovil Town: Matt Gould (sponsored by Gloverscast), Archie Davies (for Ollie Crittenden, 46), Ashton Brown, Loick Ayina (for Harry Rooke, 46), Ben Radcliffe (for Will Jones, 65), Seb Naylor (for Seb Woods, 46), Mason Obeng, Charlie Lennon, Owen Dean, Ste Walker (for Archie Bryce, 32), Liam Nardiello.

Substitutes (not used): Slavi Spasov.

Goals: Owen Dean pen 18 (1-0), Charlie Lennon 34 (2-0), Jacob Reader pen 67 (2-1)

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Yeovil Town made it through to the Premier Knockout Cup semi-final and secured bragging rights in the ‘YTFC derby’ by beating Yate Town 4-1.

The Glovers took the lead on a misty afternoon at Alvington, as Izzy Foster squeezed the ball past the Yate goalkeeper with 26 minutes on the clock.

It was two before the break when Lesley Spearing’s cross was dropped, allowing Erin Bloomfield to punish the error by seeing off a couple of defenders before smashing the ball into the roof of the net.

Photo c/o Graham Braid

The Bluebells responded less than two minutes into the second half, with Yeovil goalkeeper Emily Hall unfortunate to see her smart save fall at the feet of the visitors’ striker.

But the goal proved to be only a minor setback for the Glovers, thanks to a moment of brilliance from Holly Meakins. She picked the ball up in the middle of the park, drove forward and unleashed an unstoppable effort from all of 30 yards. An absolute scorcher!

And even though the conditions deteriorated, the fog didn’t get in the way of Bloomfield’s eye for goal. She went on a mazy run of her own, worked an opening and curled the ball home to make it four for Yeovil.

Speaking to club media after the match, manager Dave Court said: “It was a well-fought victory today. It was a very competitive game, as they all are. To go to the semi-final is great – we want to be at the back end of competitions, so yeah, really pleased.”

Gloucester City are next on the Glovers’ schedule, when we welcome them to Alvingon on Sunday 15th November, kicking off at 2pm.

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Yeovil Town have played three FA Cup games this season, there have been 20 goals across the three. The seven on Saturday made for a thrilling encounter and Gloverscast Ben was in the press box to keep across it all.

Chesterfield are what we should aspire to be.

The Spirites have, of course, spent their fair share of time in Non League in recent times, but after finishing third behind Wrexham and Notts County they got their chance to get promoted and have kicked on again.

But that journey is one we could look to emulate in time. They have a larger average attendance (although only 3500 of them could be bothered on Saturday) have a wonderful set up to generate turnover off the pitch and have an attacking unit with some incredibly exciting attacking players who play some wonderful football.

It might take time, patience and more than a few quid along the way, but I couldn’t help but think how nice it would be to challenge ourselves to be in that position in the not too distant future.

A Premier League Dusting of Quality.

Kaino Dyer is some player. The Chelsea youngster has a teenie bit of first team experience with the Stamford Bridge side and he was a real difference maker for the home side.
He’s not played every minute for his loan side, but I’d be stunned if he didn’t get a run in the side after an all controlling performance. He and fellow loanee Louis Marsh had complete freedom to run the show and everything the hosts did well, went through them.

Glovers didn’t crumble

We heard pre-match that we’d come out swinging in this game and whilst we were up against the possession for the majority of the game, I think we have to admire the way we kept putting the effort in.

Not just to keep the hosts out for the first 30 minutes, but to counter well and take the chance to go in front, but also to come back from 3-1 down when it would have much, much easier to coast towards the end of the game and accept defeat against the higher opposition.

But that’s just not how we’re doing things anymore, we took the chance to make it 3-2 and the Hayden Muller header is a moment that will stick with me for a while.

There was a Jordan Norville-Williams-shaped hole in the Yeovil side 

Full back back ups.

Chesterfield got so much joy down the flanks, this was a very clear tactic from the home side, not just because it suited their better players, but because they knew we were playing players who aren’t quite in their best position.

Archie Davies and Jordan Norville-Williams have been sensational, but without them, we did feel a little lop sided. Loick Ayina had a tough time down the right at times and didn’t link up with Ryan Jones nearly as well as Davies has been doing and James Daly down the left did his usual job of putting an almighty shift in, but you can’t help but think he’s wasted back there. The sooner we can get those two back the better for all concerned I think.

Boreham belief

I said after Halifax that these three games (Chesterfield, Wells and Boreham Wood) represented a pressure free week and that is even more relevant now.

Billy Rowley said after the game that there would be a 50/50 ish approach to first teamers in the SMPC on Tuesday and that will be a positive, to see the likes of Walker, Lennon and the duo returning from suspension to get going ahead of a big one on Saturday.

Boreham Wood are unbeaten still and should win this league by a mile, but they’re coming up against a Yeovil side who will not roll over and let them just take the three points without a fight. We’ve pushed one League Two side all the way. Time to do the same to a future League Two side on Saturday.

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Speaking exclusively to The Gloverscastafter the final whistle, Glovers’ midfielder Hayden Muller reflected on a breathless 4-3 thriller against Chesterfield that saw Yeovil push their League Two opponents all the way before ultimately crashing out of the competition.
“Yeah, especially when you look at the last sort of 20 minutes of the game, I felt like we had a lot of belief as soon as we got the second goal that we were back in it,” Muller told The Gloverscast. “The game could have gone either way.”

“When we got it to 3-3, I thought if anyone’s going to go and win it, I thought it could be us. Obviously, it wasn’t to be. We concede the probably, a fairly sloppy goal, to make it go 4-3. But no, we’re proud of the boys, to be fair. Against a team in the league above, like you said, I thought we’d done well.

“We’d done the analysis of them, throughout the week. We can see they had really good rotations. They were really patient with the ball. A bit like Boreham Wood, similar style. Really patient with the ball. They move you about, they like to create gaps. But we just thought like if we had a good, compact shape, pressed at the right moments, stayed narrow, made it hard to play through that, we’d always give ourselves a chance. And like you saw in the last 20 minutes, that’s exactly what we did. We gave ourselves a chance, and, we were unlucky in the end not to at least take it to extra time.”

Hayden Muller
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The climax arrived in the dying moments when Yeovil clawed their way back to 3-3 through Hayden Muller’s back post header. Charlie Lennon delivered a pinpoint corner to the near post, and Muller escaped his marker to bundle the ball home, sending 514 travelling and home supporters into absolute raptures.
“[An] unbelievable feeling, to be honest. Probably the best I’ve had so far in football. We practice that a lot. We done it yesterday a lot. Set pieces is what we thought was an area we could get them. So when I saw Charlie’s delivery go to the near post, I actually lost my man around the back. So, luckily Ste [Walker] got the first contact, and then I had to just keep my eyes open and make sure it went in the back of the net”
Muller was full of praise for the fans who backed the team, noting that the late equaliser and the subsequent push for a winner were as much for them as for the players.
“I’m happy that we could give them that moment,” Muller said of the 514 fans in attendance. “Obviously, it’s a long way for them to travel, coming to a great arena like this. I’m happy that we could make it a fairly even game and give them something to cheer about. It’s annoying that we didn’t take it to extra time, but I hope the 500-odd of them that come, I hope we made them proud, we need to just carry on and get better, to bring this sort of form into our home game next week”
YOU’LL BE ABLE TO HEAR THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION WITH HAYDEN MULLER ON MONDAY’S EDITION OF THE GLOVERSCAST

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Yeovil Town on the wrong side of a 4-3 scoreline against a formidable Chesterfield side. Speaking to BBC Radio Somerset after the final whistle, Glovers’ goal scorer James Daly reflected on an extraordinary cup tie that had everything: intense drama, brilliant goals, and a late, valiant fightback that fell agonisingly short.
“Tough, is the first word that comes to mind there,” Daly admitted “Yeah, they’re a fantastic side, Chesterfield. I think they gave us a proper good test today. They didn’t take the occasion lightly at all, and that’s EFL level, EFL opposition. It was… they just took the chances and capitalised on our mistakes. So, yeah, it was, a nice occasion, but, yeah, I think we got schooled today.”
“Yeah, defensive role,” Daly explained when asked about his positioning. “We’ve had Jordan Norville-Williams out; he’s been a great player for us, so he’s a big miss. So, yeah, I think I pride myself on being a bit of a utility player at times and filling the gaps, but, yeah, I enjoyed it. Managed to get myself up the pitch at times and get a goal. So, yeah, I’m more natural on the left, I would say, but, yeah, I did enjoy it today. It was tough, but, yeah, they’re the games you want to be playing in.”
That willingness to get forward paid dividends in a chaotic finish. With Chesterfield seemingly in control, Yeovil refused to lie down. Hayden Muller rose at the back post to head home, making it 3-3 and sending the travelling supporters into raptures.
“Oh, 100%,” Daly agreed when asked about the game going either way from there. “And that’s the magic of the FA Cup sometimes. You can get some upsets, and, yeah, at least we give some, uh, something for the supporters to go home cheering about anyway. But, yeah, it was a difficult evening, but, look, we gave them a test and made them nervous at times, so, yeah, it was. Regroup now and focus on the league.”
Reflecting on the broader picture, Daly emphasised that encounters against EFL opposition are invaluable for a young Yeovil squad with serious aspirations of climbing back up the football pyramid.
“Oh, 100%. We’ve got a young squad, and boys have ambitions to play in the EFL and higher,” Daly said. “So, that’s your test, and that’s what I think we told the lads in the dressing room: it’s a great opportunity just to see where you’re at against a real good side in the division. And, yeah, fair play to Chesterfield, they were classy and didn’t take it lightly at all. So, that is what you’re going to come up against week in, week out if you want the ambitions of playing in the league. So, yeah, it was a good test and an eye-opener for us.”
On the travelling fans, Daly said;  “Yeah, that’s fantastic support,”  “And even towards the end there, at full-time, we’re clapping them, and they’re chanting and singing away. You’ve got to realizse you’re on a pitch for them, and they’re the ones giving the income to the club and supporting us home and away, and they’re spending their money every week to come watch us play. So, the least you can do is just work your socks off for them. Just, yeah, give them something to go home and be proud about. So, I think we’ve done that today.”
On next week’s game vs Boreham Wood, Daly said it would be another tough test;
“Yeah, and that’ll be a similar test to Chesterfield,” Daly previewed. “I think that’ll be a game with the same intensity. They’re obviously doing very well in the league and [have] not been beaten yet, so it’s going to be a similar test. So, we knew that going into today, and there’s stuff to learn about today which we will analyse on Monday and, yeah, work towards Boreham Wood in the week because, yeah, we’ve got a league campaign of our own with fighting for promotion as well in the play-offs, and we want to be right up there come the end of the season.”

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Heartbreak for Yeovil Town in the FA Cup , following a narrow 4-3 defeat to Chesterfield, manager Billy Rowley was left reflecting on an afternoon of fine margins, missed opportunities, and an immense late fightback that ultimately fell just short.
“I think it was a little bit flattering on our side,” Rowley admitted
“We came here with, not going to say one hand tied behind our back, but, you know, we’re obviously missing our captain, missing Radcliffe, missing Jordan Norville-Williams, missing Archie Davis,” Rowley told BBC Radio Somerset. “We couldn’t fill a bench… but enough with the excuses. We got beaten by definitely the better team today.”
“Loads to reflect on after this game. I look forward to watching it back, because there’s going to be so much to improve on. But all in all, credit to Chesterfield. I thought they were better than us and if we would have scraped extra time, brilliant. But I can’t thank our supporters and the lads’ effort. You know, I think both of those two things for me highlighted the day.
As the game wore on, Yeovil dug deep to fight back from 3-1 down. The highlight for the travelling faithful came when Hayden Muller headed home to make it 3-3 in the dying moments, sparking wild scenes of celebration among the fans and the bench.
“Hayden, I can’t speak highly enough of [him],” Rowley said. “Top three players in the last month in every single game he’s played, so full credit to him, deserved the goal. It’s just probably a few minutes too early, that really. We needed that in the 92nd [minute], I think!”
James Daly
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Earlier, James Daly capped off an industrious performance in a makeshift defensive and midfield role by popping up in the centre-forward position to slot home a brilliant goal.
“JD popped up, I don’t know how he’s got that far, he’s a machine,” Rowley smiled. “He’s run from left-back into the box, in the penalty spot finishing, so he’s a great guy, JD, he epitomises everything we want from an individual in this club.”
“I thought Charlie Lennon when he came on, like injected a real energy and some quality to the game down the left. Put their right-back on the back foot and allowed sort of spaces to then run behind him”
Despite the disappointment of exiting the cup, there is little time for Yeovil to dwell on the result. With a Somerset Men’s Premier Cup game on Tuesday involving youth and fringe players to help sharpen up ideas, attention quickly turns back to the league and a tough upcoming clash against Boreham Wood on Saturday.
“We’re going to use all of this as motivation,” Rowley concluded. “We’re going to face ups and downs all season… and it’s just about us all as a group sticking together, realising that we need the whole squad.”
“[We’ll] Find out more about Brett [McGavin] this week. Radcliffe will come back in, Archie Davies will come back in. So that will obviously bolster us in different ways. It will add different options to how we want to play in that game. Which will be nice, not having that today. It’d be much needed for sure. We’ve omerset Cup game as well on Tuesday. A lot of youth teamers involved in that, but it’ll give us a real chance to actually sharpen up some ideas that we want to improve on. And there’s no better time to do that in game. W’re looking for a positive week. We’ll get to work. Recover tomorrow, get back to work Monday, review this and obviously prepare for a really tough game in Boreham Wood.”

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Yeovil Town’s FA Cup journey ended with a dramatic seven-goal thriller at League Two side Chesterfield in the First Round Proper on Saturday.

The Glovers went ahead when Slavi Spasov scored a 39th minute penalty, before the home side grabbed two goals through Jack Simpson and Josh Koromba in as many minutes to lead 2-1 at the interval.

When Simpson got his second ten minutes after the restart, the tie looked to be out of Yeovil’s reach, but they showed amazing spirit to pull one back through James Daly after 78 minutes and four minutes later Hayden Muller headed his first goal for the club to level the tie.

Then, with the game seemingly heading for extra time, Chesterfield substitute Joel Randall grabbed a winner to break the hearts of the travelling supporters.

First half

The opening ten minutes definitely saw the home side dominating the attacks moments with full back Remeao Hutton, who was weirdly booed by some of the away support, a threat down the right wing. But perhaps  bigger threat was the assistant referee on that same side who struggled to keep up with the play when Lee Bonnis pulled the best effort of the opening exchanges wide after ten minutes.

Yeovil were indebted to goalkeeper Jos Barker on 18 minutes when he reacted quickly to get down to a header from the hosts’ Louie Marsh, with Chesterfield clearly targeting Yeovil down the right side where James Daly and Mason Obeng were forming an unfamiliar partnership.
Going forward, there was very little from Yeovil with striker Slavi Spasov about the only target in an attacking position and not a lot to support him. Meanwhile, Chesterfield full back Lewis Gordon pulled an effort wide on 24 minutes and then nine minutes later Barker did superbly to deny another effort from Marsh. There was a worrying moment when the young keeper went down with an injury requiring treatment, but was fit to carry on.
There had been very little going forward from the visitors until the 38th minute when Johl Powell broke forward from the right side and was brought down in the box by Spireites’ captain Jack Simpson and referee Scott Oldham pointed to the penalty spot. Slavi SPASOV stepped up to smash the spot kick high in to the net and the Glovers were ahead with their first effort on goal.
But four minutes later, the home side were level as Jack SIMPSON made amends for his defensive error when he rose relatively unchallenged in the box to head home from inside the box. Then as the game crept in to injury time, the home side pulled level through a familiar sight as Hutton got far too much time and space down the right and whipped a dangerous ball in and Josh KOROMA was there to tap it home.
From being a goal to the good, the Glovers found themselves going in to the second half behind and, given the superior possession of their opponents, that was probably not an unfair reflection of the opening 45 minutes.

Half-time: Chesterfield 2 Yeovil Town 1

Second half

The second half started in a similar fashion to the first with the home side exerting all the pressure. Bonis putting one over the bar from a superb free-kick from Liam Mandeville, but with ten minutes of the second half gone Chesterfield added to their lead. It was a great bit of skill from Kiano Dyer to dribble his way to the edge of the box before picking out out Jack SIMPSON to stroke home his second of the match.

With an hour gone, Yeovil boss Billy Rowley decided a change was needed and made three of them. Striker Ste Walker, winger Charlie Lennon and defender Seb Naylor, on loan from Bristol City, replacing Spasov, Obeng and Westbrooke.

It was a picturesque view of the SMH Group Stadium from the away end in the second half.

The substitutions seemed to enliven the visitors as Yeovil threw caution to the wind more than they had been up until that point. With 15 minutes remaining, Owen Dean replaced Ryan Jones and three minutes later a ball into the box from one of the new arrivals Lennon found James DALY who controlled it and then fired in to the net to spark the tie back in to life.

The away end of 514 travelling fans, who had been in superb voice all afternoon, upped the decibel levels further and four minutes later they were rewarded when Hayden MULLER rose at the back post to head home after Ste Walker had got a touch on a Lennon cross.

Suddenly the prospect of extra time and maybe even penalties seemed real, but with a minute of normal time remaining Chesterfield substitute Joel RANDALL was inside the area to turn home the winner.

Seb Naylor came within a whisker of finding another equaliser when his shot clipped the top of the crossbar. At the final whistle, every man, woman and child in the away end stayed to applaud the efforts of the Glovers who once again showed they are a group with amazing spirit.

Full time: Chesterfield 4 Yeovil Town 3

Match Details

Venue: SMH Group Stadium
Date: Saturday, 7th November, 2026, 3pm kick-off

Competition: FA Cup 1st Round Proper

Scorers: Slavi Spasov pen 39 (1-0), Jack Simpson 43 (1-1), Josh Koroma 45 (1-2), Jack Simpson 55 (1-3), James Daly 78 (2-3), Hayden Muller 82 (3-3), Joel Randall 89 (3-4).

Conditions: Cool but dry
Pitch: Green

Attendance: 4,010 (514 away supporters)

Bookings:
Yeovil Town: None
Chesterfield: None

Referee: Scott Oldham

Yeovil Town


Substitutes: Seb Naylor (for Zain Westbrooke, 60), Charlie Lennon (for Mason Obeng, 60), Ste Walker (for Slavi Spasov, 60), Owen Dean (for Ryan Jones, 75), Liam Nardiello (not used), Matt Gould (not used).

Chesterfield: Zac Hemming, Remeao Hutton, Alfie Pond, Jack Simpson, Lewis Gordon, Kiano Dyer (for George McEachran, 83), Ryan Stirk, Liam Mandeville (for Dilan Markanday, 69), Louie Marsh (for Joel Randall, 70), Josh Koroma (for Dylan Duffy, 76), Lee Bonis (for Fraser Bryden, 76).

Substitutes (not used): Ryan Boot, Junior Eccleston, Tom Pearce, Tom Naylor

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There is no Brett McGavin in the Yeovil Town line-up for today’s FA Cup 1st Round Proper tie at Chesterfield (3pm kick-off).

The captain is missing after picking up a calf injury in the defeat at FC Halifax Town last weekend and Zain Westbrooke and Hayden Muller are lining up in the middle of midfielder.

Loick Ayina is playing in the centre of defence with Mason Obeng on the left wing.