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Yeovil Town have announce the signing of former Chesterfield goalkeeper Grant Smith on a one-year contract.

The former Brighton stopper has spent time at a number of non-league clubs including Hayes and Yeading, Bognor Regis and Boreham Wood before spending the back end of the most recent season with the Spireites.

 

He played – and kept a clean sheet in Chesterfield’s 3-0 win over Yeovil in March, goals from Akwasi Asante, Tom Whelan and Jack McCourt sealed the three points.

We will bring you reaction on his signing here on the Gloverscast when we hear from our new ‘keeper.

Welcome to Huish Park, Grant!

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Yeovil Town are being linked to former Harrogate Town defender Jay Williams.

The72.co.uk is reporting that the Glovers are leading the way in the hunt for the former Northampton Town defender’s signature since his name appeared on Harrogate’s released list at the end of the League Two season.

The website’s reporter Luke Phelps simply cites “sources” with regards to the where his information has come from, so at the time of writing this is nothing more than speculation and rumour… but who doesn’t love a bit of that during the off season?

Williams begun his career for the Cobblers (no, it’s true, he did) and has spent time with both Kettering Town and for the back end of the 2020/21 season Harrogate Town.

Predominantly a central defender, Williams has been used in as a midfielder in the past.

We will bring you news on where Williams ends up – whether it’s Huish Park or somewhere else!

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Former Glovers favourite Kieffer Moore has been in the news recently for his exploits at Euro 2020 with Wales, and his former coach, Darren Way has been speaking to BBC Radio Wales about the strikers journey, including a stint playing for the Glovers at centre-back.

“Gary Johnson was manager, we were in the dizzy heights of us in the Championship at the time, we signed him from Dorchester and he came in to a level which was a few jumps up,” said Way.

“For me, personally, to work with him, to play 50 games was excellent for his experience”

Way was asked about how Moore adapted from part-time Non League football to Tier 2 of the football pyramid after swapping Dorchester Town for Yeovil Town in the Championship.

“Gary Johnson has to take huge credit for giving Kieffer that opportunity… it was a huge jump and I think it took him time to adjust to that level”

The former Swansea midfielder was quick to praise Moore’s attitude and talked about how much he learned in a short period of time, whilst also having to adapt to some slightly unusual situations when asked to play in defence.

“One thing I can witness is that his perseverance, the number of clubs [he’s played for], dealing with team selections, coming in, coming out, it’s helped him massively”

“He’s very brave, he had a number of bandages playing for us, in fact he had a number of appearances playing as a central defender, to put someone at centre half, you’d got to be willing… show a huge willingness to be brave”

“I think that was one of his strengths, his willingness to run, you can see his athleticism… there was always going to come a time where someone was going to bear those fruits”

“The experience of playing in all of those positions, I think, has helped his understanding of the game”

Moore scored nine goals in 57 appearances for the Glovers.

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Former Yeovil Town player, coach and manager Darren Way has been speaking to BBC Radio Wales about a couple of the nation’s Euro 2020 stars and their time at Yeovil.

On Connor Roberts, who spent a season on loan at Huish Park in 2015, played 50 times for the Glovers something which Way says says wasn’t a surprise given his attitude.

Way said: “(He’s) probably the hardest working player that I’ve ever coached, I feel quite honoured to still speak to Connor regularly, he would probably be the only player that I’ve seen complete a full training session and then do 10 ‘box to boxes’ off his own back”

“It doesn’t surprise me that Connor Roberts would be defending in the last five minutes and end up in the six-yard box in the last five minutes all in one run”

“He’s got an incredible drive”

Darren would go on to draw comparisons with another former Glover who has gone on to better things in higher divisions, Luke Ayling:

“It wouldn’t surprise me if he did get a big move, because he’s gone under the radar for the quality that he’s got…”

“He reminds me of Luke Ayling in terms of that journey (to the top) completing 50-odd games in a loan spell…  I had huge belief that Connor’s perseverance, his hard work, his commitment, his energy around the training ground, he inspires others… I feel very proud to just be a very small part of Connor’s journey, because you want to work with the best players.”

“He was up there as being one of the best that I’ve worked with”

Huge congratulations from everyone at the Gloverscast to Connor on his performances with Wales, and his goal vs Turkey.

 

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Former Cambridge United  and W*ymouth striker Andrew Dallas has been linked with a move to Yeovil Town this summer

Nottingham Post reporter Leigh Curtis has claimed that the Glovers are one of a ‘number of clubs’ monitoring the front man.

Notts County are also named as touting the forward who scored a dozen goals for the terracotta and blue seasiders.

Dallas would have played alongside Tom Knowles at Cambridge and would know the area well from his time by the beach.

Yeovil have announced two signings so far with Charlie Wakefield and Morgan Williams already secured for the upcoming season.

Dallas was mentioned in the Gloversblog based on nothing but rumour and speculation of replacements for Rhys Murphy: 

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Yeovil Town have released their full pre-season schedule with games against Southampton and Bournemouth XIs added to the six-game schedule.

Previous games against Taunton Town and Weston Super Mare had already been confirmed, but now we also have dates set in stone for games against Forest Green Rovers, Stratford Town and the Under 23s from both Southampton and Bournemouth.

The full schedule is below.
Tickets for the away game at Weston Super Mare are already on sale, with further ticketing details to follow for the other five pre-season fixtures.

Yeovil Town Full Pre-Season Schedule.

  • Sat 24thJuly – Stratford Town (A) – 3pm
  • Sat 31stJuly – Forest Green Rovers (H) – 3pm
  • Tues 3rdAug – Taunton Town (A) – 7:30pm
  • Sat 7thAug – Weston-Super-Mare (A) – 3pm
  • Tues 10thAug –Southampton B (H) – 7pm –
  • Sat 14thAug – AFC Bournemouth XI (H) – 3pm

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Former Yeovil Town forward and long time friend of Lee Collins, Marc Richards, has spoken to BBC Northampton about his friendship with Lee and his disbelief at receiving the news of Lee’s passing.

Speaking To Annabel Amos, Richards said; “I got a phone call from the Yeovil Town manager Darren Sarll, it’s a little bit of a haze, I can’t remember what he said, but I certainly remember how I felt. I was taken back, I didn’t want to believe it, it was really tough, it felt like I was in a bit of a daydream.”

Richards, and Collins played together at Huish Park during the 2019/20 season, but their relationship goes back further, something which Richards said makes the situation harder to come to terms with.

“I knew he had been struggling on and off. I know quite a lot of his history, I know what he’s been through, he’d been in positions before where, not so much that he was close to doing that sort of thing, but he had spoken to me about it previously. I was gutted he hadn’t reached out and felt like he could speak to me about what was going through his mind at the time.”

The Northampton Town coach spoke of how’d he’d been in contact with Lee just a few days before his tragic passing.

“I only spoke to him on the Saturday prior, everything seemed OK, I just wish I had probed more, because in that moment, you don’t because it seems fine.”

Collins passed away on 31 March and Richards admitted that he’s still coming to terms with the news.

“It really took me back, I don’t think I’ve really had time to process it to be honest. I’ve certainly not done the grieving I need to do. I know the lives that Lee touched throughout his career and throughout his life. Everyone that has ever met Lee, come across Lee as a player, as a person can say the same thing about him. No matter what football club he played for, he touched so many people’s hearts as well.”

Yeovil Town are leading the way with a Crowdfunder to support Lee’s family and the mental health charity Young Minds.

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National League side Dover Atheltic will start the 2021/22 season bottom of the table on -12 points, it has been confirmed by the FA.

Non-League journalist Ollie Bayliss tweeted confirmation, that nearly a dozen sides had lost appeals following charges of failing to fulfill fixtures during the season that has just come to a conclusion.

Ten of those sides originated from the National League North and South and have been handed fines and suspended points deductions, meanwhile Dover’s orginial punishment of 12 points and £40,000 fine has been solidified.

Dover haven’t kicked a ball in anger since losing 3-1 to Yeovil Town in January.

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Yeovil Town midfielder Lawson D’ath has confirmed he is set for surgery on a knee injury sustained in the final game of the 2020/21 season.

Speaking to supporters on twitter, the former Reading play maker confirmed he was to go under the knife “next Thursday” (17th of June)

Despite being out of contract at the end of this season, it was noted in the recent player update that D’ath was going to be offered the chance to do his rehab with the team at Huish Park with hope that a contract can be offered once he’s back to full fitness.

D’ath has spent two spells with the Glovers during his career, an initial loan spell in 2012 before returning on a permanent basis in 2019.

It has been a frustrating couple seasons in the green and white for D’ath who only made his comeback from a long term injury in the final games of the season – something which Manager Darren Sarll noted was indicative of the midfielder’s character.

It goes without saying, but everyone at the Gloverscast wishes Lawson well, on his day, a fit and firing D’ath is as good as anyone at this level.