Ben Barrett

Richard Dryden says the team have been ‘working and working’ on getting the Glovers firing again. Yeovil visit Morecambe (fresh off a 2-0 win against Brackley) at the weekend and with no wins and two goals in seven matches,  Yeovil need to turn things around.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins, Dryden said: “We’re working and working on it [creating chances]. We need to be a bit higher up the pitch. We created a fair few chances and they stopped, probably from last month. We’ve maybe not has as much possessions as we’d been used to and a few other issues. So, we know what we’ve got to do more of, and we know what we’ve got to do better. So, you know, we’re steadily working on that.”

Morecambe – who came on the verge of going out of business this year – picked up a crucial win over 17th placed Brackley in the week, but have conceded 48 goals this season – more than any other team.

Dryden paid close attention to Saturday’s opponents on Tuesday night: “We watched these [Morecambe] Tuesday night and they were pretty good against Brackley. They’ve changed their shape, whether they keep that shape or not, again, it’s going to be about us creating and being solid possession. [There’s] a lot of attacking stuff from them. They move the ball quick. They’ve got good movement. They got players that can score a drop of a hat. I think that was proved on Tuesday night.  Every game is tough, but we go into it with some confidence with how we can play against them.”

When asked about Prabhu Srinivasan’s comments about the ‘blueprint’ potentially resulting in promotion to EFL by the end of next season, Dryden said: “I expect every owner wants to be in the Football League this time next season. You look at the quality of the teams in there, we have to be realistic, where we are and that’s like every other club. We’ll give it a go. But where we can be, whether we’re there or not, the end of the season time, will tell.”

Dryden added that due to the frost (cold up North), they’d not been able to get on grass at SGS, but had ‘decent 4Gs’ to train on. Aaron Jarvis misses out this weekend after picking up a fifth booking against Southend, Jacob Maddox is ‘getting there’ and Brett McGavin will be back and available.

Yeovil Town’s Ollie Hughes has followed in the footsteps of Corey Koerner and Ollie Haste by being called up to the England Colleges squad.

Hughes, who has appeared on the bench a number of times for the senior side in the League and played in the Somerset Men’s Premier Cup clash earlier this season has starred for the Under 19s this campaign.

Hughes has been selected from a number of open trials throughout October, including one at SGS College in Bristol. 

The next step was a phase two trial in Shrewsbury this past weekend, Hughes now goes forward for selection for a fixture against England Independent Schools XI on December 10th and a further fixture against their Welsh counterparts in the new year.

The 2026 schedule also includes a tour to Italy in March.

Hughes has been playing for both Sherborne and Plymouth Parkway as part of his progression plan with the Glovers this season.

Congratulations from us at the Gloverscast on your selection, Ollie! 

George Nurse’s loan deal at Yeovil Town has come to an end with BBC Radio Shropshire saying that he has returned to Shrewsbury Town.

Nurse made his debut in the defeat to Rochdale, making three games appearances in total, but didn’t make the match day squad for either of the last two games.

Yeovil Town will face Maidstone United  at home in the FA Trophy Third Round.

Ties will be played on Saturday 13th December, winners  receive £4500, losers receive £1250.

The draw was made live on TalkSport2 by former Exeter and Swindon forward Sam Parkin.

James Daly has spoken of his – and his teammates – frustration after the Glovers fell 1-0 to Southend on Saturday. A 92nd minute winner saw the Shrimpers take all three points. The forward spoke to BBC Radio Somerset’s Jack Killah after the game:

“It’s a gutter, I think, as well as we played first half, I think the intent was there, the work rate, the attitude, it’s what you want to see. It’s the bare minimum you need when you’re, in a rut like this and you’re not getting results, every man carried themselves brilliantly in terms of their work rate and effort but, when you’re in a way like this and you’re not getting the results things can go against you, so, we’re just bitterly disappointed really.

Our intent, our pressing definitely, as I say, work rate, a togetherness that we haven’t really seen, been isolated at times, the second ball recoveries were brilliant today, I think our reaction when we lost it, and to break as well was good. Both boxes, brilliant as well, Jed [Ward] made some unbelievable saves, and I think decision making in the final third let us down today, including myself.”

The Glovers have failed to score if five of their last six league games, and only three sides (Brackley 13, Braintree 15, Truro 17) have scored fewer this season, speaking on their troubles in front of goal, he said;

“It’s disappointing, it’s going to take one of them that comes off a shin pad or comes off a knee and go in, and that’s what we need right now is a bit of a break and that happens on the training ground, get back to work and we’re all in agreement, we need more emphasis on crosses, we need more quantity getting into the final box, the final third, then something will come our way, something will drop, if we keep playing how we are with the work rate, and intent, things will change.

I think the only way out of these situations is [Richard Dryden] goes to one side and you’ve got to work as hard as possible and something will drop, so we’re bitterly disappointed, we’re gutted in there, but it’s back to the training ground on Monday and keep going.”

Yeovil head to Morecambe next week, a side who have conceded 48 goals so far and he wants his side to really up their game.

“I wouldn’t put the emphasis on [doing things] differently, there’s positives to take, you’ve got something from that, definitely, I think, more final third entries, decision making, including myself at times, today wasn’t good enough, but as a basis, a foundation of the work rate and intent was good, it’s something to build on, it’s not all bad.”