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Toby Stephens claps the Yeovil fans

Yeovil Town midfielder Toby Stephens was in action this week and, like his parent club, was also on the winning side with Barnstaple Town.

Stephens started in midfield for his temporary side as they overcame Evesham United 2-1 in a big result for the Southern League Division One South & West strugglers.

He received treatment part way through the match after taking a knock to the head but did carry on.

Defender Ollie Haste was also in the side, Haste has been named on the Glovers’ bench on a few occasions this season and represented the team in the Somerset Premier Cup.

Former Youth Team goalkeeper, Lloyd Irish is also part of the squad.

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The Gloverscast has been nominated in the ‘Best Podcast’ category of the Non-League Bible channels across social media.

This is a category we have been nominated in before and are up against a range of other content creators in the category.

If you wish to vote for the Gloverscast, you can do so, by either leaving a comment on the twitter post we’ve attached below, or by heading to the website.

Link HERE – https://nonleaguebible.weebly.com/nlbible-awards.html

Good luck to all those nominated, apart from all the others in our category. 

 

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Yeovil Town supporters groups have issued their thanks to former manager, Darren Sarll.

The Glovers Trust have issued a short statement giving their thanks to the work done by Darren Sarll since his appointment in June 2019.

Sarll joined fellow National League side Woking ending a three year stint at Huish Park.

The Trust said the following: “The Glovers Trust would like to place on record our sincere thanks to Darren Sarll for all he has done for our club since 2019. He has led our club through some incredibly difficult times, and we wish him all the best for the future.”

The Green and White Supporters Club also released their statement this afternoon.

“The Green & White Supporters’ Club would like to place on record our sincere thanks to Darren Sarll as he departs as Yeovil Town manager.

Since arriving just weeks after our relegation from the Football League, Darren has been shown a commitment, honesty and passion for our football club which has been appreciated by us all.

He has guided us through some of the most challenging times any of us can remember during his time at the club and the dignity with which he carried himself with has been outstanding.

We will miss his willingness to engage with supporters and wish him well with his future career, but our focus must now be on supporting our team.

Our club is now at a cross-roads both on and off the field and the importance of the decisions which will be taken in the days and weeks to come cannot be underestimated.

For supporters, we must get 100% behind Charlie Lee and the team to finish the job as strongly as we can.”

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Lawson D’Ath. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

There might be some *other* news breaking at Huish Park this Monday, but it’s worth celebrating Lawson D’Ath’s inclusion in the official Vanarama team of the week. Do

He’s been a key part of the recent run which has seen Yeovil win three on the bounce, a stretch which included his first goal in green and white since his return from injury.

Congratulations, Lawson.

 

 

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Sarll chats to BT Sport

Yeovil Town have announce the departure of manager Darren Sarll as he takes up the hot seat at Woking.

As expected, a number of Yeovil players and those around the club took to social media to say thanks for his time at Huish Park.

Here are a selection, collated in one place.
This article will be updated throughout the day.

 

Midfielder Josh Staunton on Twitter

Goalkeeper Max Evans on Instagram


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Lawson D’ath, who was loyal to Darren Sarll, and vice versa following serious injury;

On loan Middlesbrough defender, Jack Robinson;

Media Officer Sam Collard on twitter;


BBC Somerset Commentator, Sheridan Robins;

 

Former Glovers Defender and BT Sport Co Commentator, Adam Virgo

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Darren Sarll

As Darren Sarll departs Huish Park to take up the First Team Manager’s job at Woking, we’ve crunched some numbers of his time at Yeovil.

1013 – The number of days Darren Sarll took charge at Huish Park.

His appointment on June 19th 2019, just a month before the season started, ushered in a new era following relegation from the Football League

114  The number of league matches Darren Sarll oversaw during his time at Yeovil

The early ending of the 2019/20 season prevented this from being higher, obviously, and doesn’t include any FA Cup, FA Trophy, Somerset Premier Cup games or the play-off fixture against Barnet.

45 – The number of league victories, during his tenure

Including a number of memorable post match celebrations with supporters and some wonderful results along the way (Ben drifts off back to Wrexham away…)

39.47% – Darren Sarll’s win ratio in league matches.

Which is broken down into; 45 wins, 25 draws and 44 defeats. This is the highest win percentage of a league manager since Gary Johnson’s first stint in charge.

153 – Number of league goals scored since the start of the 2019/20 season

It also means that for the first time since Steve Thompson’s reign after the departure of Gary Johnson in 2005, a permanent Glovers manager has a record including a positive league goal difference (+5, 148 goals conceded)

5 – Number of wins masterminded over Woking

… just saying, like.

There are far more moments we could look at beyond the stats and maybe we will over the next few days, but purely from a statistical point of view, the numbers add up to a very good spell as Yeovil Town manager.

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Darren Sarll has left Yeovil Town to take up the manager’s job at National League rivals Woking, ending nearly three years in charge at Huish Park.

The club confirmed the departure “with immediate effect” and confirmed assistant manager Charlie Lee will be in charge for “the forseeable future.”

Darren Sarll. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

It is understood senior players were told about the decision following the 2-0 home win over Southend United at the weekend and Woking confirmed his appointment with their own statement.

In a statement, the Glovers said: “Yeovil Town can confirm the departure of Darren Sarll with immediate effect. 

“Sarll, who has been at the helm since 2019, has accepted an offer from another National League side. 

“All at Yeovil Town would like to place on record our thanks to Sarll for all his efforts over his three seasons in charge. We wish him all the best in his future endeavours. 

“Charlie Lee will take interim charge of the football club for the foreseeable future.”

Woking Chief Executive John Katz said that the Cards’ board had received dozens of applications for the job and considered Sarll “a top candidate from the moment we reviewed his CV.”

He added: “We were extraordinarily impressed with his aggressive playing style, budget maximisation, and the table positions he has achieved in his time at Yeovil, including reaching the play-offs in his first season.”

In a statement, Sarll added: “I am very honoured and proud to be offered the Manager’s position at one of the last great Non-League institutions.

“For years Woking has found success at the very top of Non-League, and in tandem with John, Drew (Volpe, the Woking co-owner) and the Board, my ambition is to close that gap that exists right now within what is a very competitive division.

“After 20 years of working in this industry, I hope my experiences can accelerate the professional on-field growth of the football club. I am looking forward to meeting the players and staff and all of you – the supporters.”

Sarll is out of contract at the end of this season and last month he spoke openly about the uncertainty which the on-off takeover was causing.

It is now three-and-a-half months since chairman Scott Priestnall set a seven-day deadline to conclude a deal. However, then, as it is now, it appears no employees at the club have been given any kind of update.

Speaking about the impact on his players and himself last month, Sarll said: “As a father, as a husband, and all the other fathers and husbands in our squad, not having an idea of where you are going to be working in five months time can be unsettling and it can be beneficial to know.”

Sarll has been linked with other jobs during his time in charge having been among the favourites with at least one bookmaker for the job at League Two Carlisle United last October.

The former Stevenage manager was appointed at Huish Park on June 19, 2019 following our relegation out of the Football League and reached the National League play-offs in the first season, cut short due to COVID-19.

Last season, the Glovers finished 16th with the season rocked by the death of captain Lee Collins, and presently sit 12th after 35 matches including three back-to-back victories.

Woking have been without a manager since the start of March when they sacked Alan Dowson and are in 15th in the National League, five points behind Yeovil having played a game more.

Ironically, the Cards have lost three times against Sarll’s Yeovil, twice in the league and once in the FA Trophy.

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Credit to the Gloverscast listener, eagle-eyed Robin Bachelor for spotting this…

Toby Stephens claps the Yeovil fans

Two of the Glovers’ young guns have been playing for Southern League Division One South side Barnstaple Town for the last couple months.

Toby Stephens, who has been on loan at Hemel Hempstead already this season, joined in late February and has been playing for them since, whilst Ollie Haste who has made a couple of appearances on a bench for the first team has struck a deal on Dual Registration terms with the club as well.

We have reached out to Barnstaple Town to see how they’re doing and will report back if we can!

Go well, lads.

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Adi Yussuf trains with Tanzania ? @TanFootball

Yeovil Town striker Adi Yussuf claimed his fourth international cap by starting for Tanzania against Central Africa.

Kick off was meant to be at 4pm UK time, but a delay put that back to 4.50pm with social media suggesting that the visitors objected to a home official being used.

Young midfielder Novatus Miroshi gave the Taifa Stars a first half lead in the 10th minute.

The hosts made a number of changes at the break including replacing Yussuf with Joshua Mwakasaba.

The game ended 3-1 to Tanzania, Adi and his team have two more friendly games in this international break before his return to Huish Park

Huge congratulations to Adi 

 

Yussuf lines up with Tanzania ? TanFootball

 

 

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Lawson D’Ath. Pic YTFC

Yeovil Town midfielder Lawson D’Ath said the team is “buzzing” after a 2-1 home win over Bromley.

Speaking to his former BBC colleague Sheridan Robins having scored the opener in the victoryon Tuesday night, he was pleased, not just for himself but also for his team-mates.

“Buzzing, really happy to get the goal and we won which is the main thing, it’s a much better feeling for us to be on the winning side, hopefully we can keep this run going and push on and see where it takes us.

“We haven’t won in a while here, so it’s a good feeling and one we need to keep doing and keep this home form good.”

D’Ath had a special word on the returning Josh Neufville who, like D’Ath, has recovered from a serious injury.

“It was brilliant, I was buzzing when he came on and set the goal up as well, I’m delighted for him, because I know what he’s gone through, it was tough for me, I know that for a fact and I bet it was for him too.”

D’Ath and Neufville will earn their rest over the next couple of days with both of them hoping to be involved in the important games coming up.