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Jordan Norville-Williams has been named YOUR opening day Man of the Match following the Glovers’ 1-1 draw with Scunthorpe.

The wing-back headlined a trio of debutants on our mythical podium, with Mason Obeng taking second, thanks, in part to his wonderful goal and new ‘keeper Jos Barker finishing in third.

Much like last year your votes will be collated each and every game, with our MOTM ‘Winner’ getting three points, the second place getting two points with third picking up one.

Every month, we’ll tally the totals and declare YOUR player of the month.

Every vote counts and where points are tied, the number of individual MOTM wins will be the tie breaker. So if two players finish on 10 points for the month, but one was named MOTM twice, and the other just once, that extra spot at the top of the pile is the difference maker.

Make sure you come back to the Gloverscast website every match day evening to cast your votes.

For weekend games (including any rogue Friday night fixtures) votes will close on the following Thursday – unless there’s a midweek game in which case it’ll be kick-off of that midweek game.

For midweek games, votes will close on Fridays, we’ll share the results with a pie chart of the results and the full table below.

Almost 5,000 (4,936 to be exact) votes were cast last season – so that’s the target this year, the bigger the data numbers, the more accurate representation of the Glovers fans, so have your say!

DATEOPPONENTRESPONSES1ST
(Votes / Percent)		2ND
(Votes / Percent)		3RD
(Votes / Percent)
AUGUST
08.08.26Scunthorpe130 JORDAN NORVILLE-WILLIAMS
(91 / 70%)		Mason Obeng
(16 / 12.3%)		Jos Barker
(12 / 9.2%)
15.08.26Carlisle United152JOS BARKER
(71 / 46.7%)		Jordan Norville-Williams
(34 / 22.4%)		Zain Westbrooke
(14 / 9.2%)
22.08.26Gateshead168RYAN JONES
(57 / 33.9%)		Luke McCormick
(42 / 25%)		Archie Davies
(24 / 14.3%)
28.08.26Barrow174JOS BARKER
(114 / 65.1%)		Jordan Norville-Williams
(35 / 20%)		Luke McCormick
(10 / 5.7%)
31.08.26Tamworth156BRETT MCGAVIN
(87 / 55.8%)		Luke McCormick
(24 / 15.4%)		Jos Barker
(10 / 6.4%)
AUGUST PLAYER OF THE MONTH780 VOTES 🥇 JOS BARKER (8 PTS, 2 MOTM)
🥈 JORDAN NORVILLE WILLIAMS
(7 PTS, 1 MOTM)		🥉 LUKE MCCORMICK
(5 PTS, 0 MOTM)
SEPTEMBER--------------------------------------------------
05.09.26Southend United47JOS BARKER
(12 / 25.5%)		Archie Davies
(10 / 21.3%)		Luke McCormick
(8 / 17%)
12.09.26AFC Fylde88RYAN JONES
(47 / 53.4%)		Luke McCormick
(13 / 14.8%)		Archie Davies
(10 / 11.4%)
15.09.26Aldershot110RYAN JONES
(49 / 44.5%)		Archie Davies
(17 / 15.5%)		James Daly
(13 / 11.8%)
18.09.26Solihull Moors127RYAN JONES
(52 / 40.9%)		Zain Westbrooke
(18 / 14.2%)		James Daly
(16 / 12.6%)
26.09.26Kidderminster Harriers157JOS BARKER
(80 / 51%)		Ryan Jones
(17 / 10.8%)		Johl Powell
(15 / 9.6%)
29.09.26Worthing112BRETT MCGAVIN
(38 / 33.9%)		Ryan Jones
(35 / 31.3%)		Jordan Norville-Williams
(21 / 18.8%)
SEPTEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH641 VOTES 🥇 RYAN JONES (13 PTS, 3 MOTM)
🥈 JOS BARKER
(6 PTS, 2 MOTM)		🥉 ARCHIE DAVIES
(5 PTS, 0 MOTM)
OCTOBER--------------------------------------------------
03.10.26Boston Utd175JOHL POWELL
(47 / 26.9%)		Jordan Norville-Williams
(37 / 21.1%)		Ryan Jones
(29 / 16.6%)
10.10.26Wealdstone150BRETT MCGAVIN
(136 / 90.7%)		Jack Kingdon
(6 / 4%)		Johl Powell
(3 / 2%)
17.10.26Leatherhead (FAC4Q)62JOHL POWELL
(17 / 27.4%)		Archie Davies
(9 / 14.5%)		Jordan Norville-Williams
(8 / 12.9%)
20.10.26Leatherhead (FAC4QR)112JACK KINGDON
(74 / 55.2%)		Slavi Spasov
(20 / 14.9%)		Ryan Jones
(16 / 11.9%)
24.10.26Altrincham86JOHL POWELL
(35 / 40.7%)		Jordan Norville-Williams
(14 / 16.3%)		Slavi Spasov
(13 / 15.1%)
27.10.26Hornchurch109SEB NAYLOR
(50 / 43.5%)		Jack Kingdon
(16 / 13.9%)		James Daly
(14 / 12.2%)
31.10.26FC Halifax Town56HAYDEN MULLER
(39 / 60%)		Jos Barker
(13 / 20%)		Ryan Jones
(4 / 6.2%)
OCTOBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH750 VOTES 🥇 JOHL POWELL (10 PTS, 3 MOTM)
🥈 JACK KINGDON
(7 PTS, 1 MOTM)		🥉 JORDAN NORVILLE-WILLIAMS
(5 PTS, 0 MOTM)
NOVEMBER
07.11.26Chesterfield (FAC R1)
14.11.26Boreham Wood
21.11.26Forest Green Rovers
24.11.26Eastleigh
28.11.26Harrogate Town
DECEMBER
05.12.26Hartlepool United
09.12.26Wealdstone
19.12.26Boston United
26.12.26Sutton United
28.12.26Woking
JANUARY
02.01.27Altrincham
09.01.27Hornchurch
16.01.27
23.01.27Carlisle United
26.01.27Eastleigh
30.01.27Scunthorpe United
FEBRUARY
06.02.27Forest Green Rovers
13.02.27Kidderminster Harriers
17.02.27Worthing
20.02.27Solihull Moors
23.02.27Aldershot
27.02.27Gateshead
MARCH
06.03.27Barrow
09.03.27Tamworth
13.03.27Southend United
20.03.27AFC Fylde
26.03.27Woking
29.03.27Sutton United
APRIL
03.04.27FC Halifax Town
10.04.27Boreham Wood
17.04.27Hartlepool United
24.04.27Harrogate Town

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We welcome National League title favourites Carlisle United to Huish Park on Saturday and we will also welcome referee Lewis Sandoe to take charge of proceedings.

We’ve had Mr Sandoe three times at Huish Park, most recently a 1-0 win over Truro at the back end of last season, where Will Merry scored a late, late winner in game which ultimately sealed the Cornish sides’ relegation.

Kyle Ferguson and Harvey Greenslade both saw yellow that day.

He took charge of a 3-1 defeat to York City, where he gave Tap-In Merchant Pearce a penalty.

As far as I can tell he’s never taken charge of a Carlisle game – which given his location in and around the South of the country makes sense.

He was the man in the middle for a bit of a thriller on match day one, Forest Green’s 3-2 win over Halifax, where he booked three players – all in the first 45 minutes.

Overall, his stats for the 25/26 season in the National League read; 11 games, 41 yellows (turning one of those a red card) zero straight red cards and three penalties awarded.

He will be assisted by Anastasiya Voloshchuk and Thomas Staten, Richard J. Morris is on 4th official duty.

Lewis Sandoe at Huish Park

Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v Carlisle United (First Team)
National League – Premier
Referee: Sandoe, Lewis
Assistant Referee: Voloshchuk, Anastasiya
Assistant Referee: Staten, Thomas
Fourth Official: Morris, Richard J.

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A ‘winning draw’ to kick the season off at Scunthorpe, Ben Dave and Andy Craig ask has any group of fans ever been quite so pleased with a 1-1 draw and conceding a 90th minute equaliser?

We’re not sure, but we’ll talk about it all, we have an exclusive post-match chat with Goal Scoring Spud-man Mason Obeng and we answer your GCQs

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Starship Enterprise National League

A point away from home, a new-look side playing some eye-catching football and more than 5,000 people there to witness it. Sounds suspiciously like a decent start to the season to us.

But, as ever, our resident cartoonist Distant Glover has applied cold, hard Vulcan logic to Yeovil Town’s opening day draw at Scunthorpe United… 

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We’re back for a new season and for now, we only have one Yeovil Town player on our Loan Watch radar.

Defender Dan Ellison is now with Salisbury and was key in their opening day win in the National League South.

The defender played his part in a clean sheet in a 5-0 win over Hampton & Richmond.

Former Wycombe Wanderers front man Jaiden Bartolo scored a hat trick for The Whites and really cemented the win.

Ellison has joined the Wiltshire side on an initial six-month deal, and marked his first appearance in a friendly against Havant & Waterlooville in their final pre-season friendly where he recorded a lovely assist for his side’s second goal.

Images Courtesy of Harry Phillips Photography @HarryPhillipsPhotography.7 on Instagram

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We. Are. Back!

The summer of waking up at stupid a.m. for an advertising/hydration breaks in the middle of a game between two nations we don’t care about is over, we have the proper football! We’re all a little bit (too?) excited and we are off and running with National League action.

Ben was on the mic for the season opener at the Attis Arena here are his key takeaways.

We saw some really nice debuts.

Throwing in so many new faces all at once was something that Billy Rowley had to do, he didn’t have much of a choice. But what he saw was a really positive showing from all his new lads.

I’ll highlight a few, but honestly, I think the vast majority gave a great account of themselves as individuals and as a unit.

Mason Obeng’s goal will rightly take the headlines (and the spuds), but he was a constant threat down the left hand side. If anything I think we maybe under-utilised him during the first half, but the way Archie Davies was getting success down the right, I understood.

Jos Barker didn’t put a glove wrong in goal, one first half save in particular was crucial. Joe Gubbins is going to key at the back and organised things well and kept Scunthorpe’s danger man Danny Whitehall quiet.

Jordan Norville-Williams is going to be a real fans’ favourite. Never gives an inch, runs for his life and adds something in attack and defence equally.

Jordan Norville-Williams is going to be popular with Glovers’ fans. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz

We saw two really good goals.

He meant it. There might have been a suggestion that Luke Brennan’s last gasp equaliser was a bit fortunate, but being in the Press Box right behind it and having him confirm it post match as he walked past the media teams, we saw a genuinely brilliant goal.

No blame on Jos Barker, maybe our defenders could have closed that space down a bit quicker, but sometimes, you doff your cap to a brilliant goal.

Was it better than Obeng’s though? They’re not far apart! A seriously good finish to a seriously good delivery from Ryan Jones’ free-kick.

Mason Obeng puts Yeovil into the lead at Scunthorpe.

There’s more to come.

We didn’t see either Charlie Lennon or Ste Walker at all, both saved for another day as we looked to sure up in the second half, and that’s quite exciting. On loan defender Loick Ayina was there with the group but now we have that thing called ‘depth’ we had to leave him out. That’s bonkers!

At home, having the ability to bring quality players, exciting game changers off the bench at different times should fill the fans with optimism, and hopefully put a little fire in the belly of those who missed out at Scunthorpe.

Stephen Walker was an unused substitute at Scunthorpe. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Permission to believe. 

We would have lost that game at the exact time last season, in fact, my guess is it would have gone the same way as those Hartlepool openers the last two seasons, cagey, dull and eventually a bit of a damp squib.

But we didn’t yesterday. We’re gutted not to win, away at one of the toughest, most physical teams in the league who I expect to be play-off bound once more. That’s not something to take lightly at any point in the season. Plenty will come away from Glanford Park with little more than a Danny Whitehall bruise or six and a total of zero points.

The officials are allowed to be rusty as well, right?

You’ve probably seen the screenshot on social media of the third contentious ‘offside’ call against Luke McCormick by now. If you haven’t it’s below. I don’t think referee Michael Barlow or his friends were really up to speed yet. They are coming back off the break too, but being overly lenient in that game didn’t really do any favours to anyone and they called at least two (possibly three offsides) in the hosts’ favour that clearly were not.

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Goal-scorer Mason Obeng was delighted to mark his National League debut with a goal as Yeovil Town picked up a decent point after a 1-1 draw at Scunthorpe United on the opening day of the season.

The winger, who has stepped up two tiers of the football pyramid having signed from Walton & Hersham in the summer, coolly stroked the Glovers in to the lead with 48 minutes gone.

Speaking exclusively to Gloverscast Ben after the match, the 22-year-old said: “I was actually originally meant to be on the edge of the box, but Westy (midfielder Zain Westbrooke) said ‘go and get yourself round the back. I’m sure, they were fuming in the in the dugout, but I managed to get us a goal and put us in the lead, so no complaints. It was pretty surreal if I’m being honest and I didn’t actually know how to celebrate. But, it was it was amazing to do that, especially in front of our fans.”

Having become the Glovers’ first scorer of the season – remember it took 216 minutes to do that last season – Obeng is now the proud owner of a bag of potatoes! Yeovil have decided to follow with an old tradition which was re-introduced after decades away last season, awarding their first marksman with new campaign a sack of spuds!

Obeng seemed a little perplexed by the honour. He smiled: “You know what, I did hear about this, and I’m not going to complain, you know?” When asked if he preferred his potatoes boiled, mashed or jackets, he laughed: “All of the above.” Let’s hope there’s plenty in that bag!

Mason Obeng puts Yeovil into the lead.

Having taken the lead early in the second half, Yeovil looked to have held up well against pressure from a Scunthorpe side looking to get their season started with a win in front of their home crowd. They had to wait until just a minute of normal time remaining when substitute Luke Brennan lofted a shot in to the net.

But Obeng insisted that the late equaliser would not detract from a positive performance. He said: ”

The match ended 1-1 thanks to a late, Luke Brennan goal, whilst it’s fair to say it could have taken the wind out of the Glovers’ sails, the feeling amongst the team was remaining positive.

“It was definitely upsetting for me personally with me getting the goal that I thought had us the win, but there’s no complaints. Coming here and getting a point is something very difficult to do, especially at the start of the season, so I feel like when we look back here, we’ll see it as a very good point on the road.

“When we first got in (the dressing room) heads were down, but when you look at it you think getting that point is very important for us at the start of the season.”

Mason Obeng. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Speaking about the transition back to full time football, Obeng said he couldn’t wait to get back to working with manager Billy Rowley and assistant Darren Simpson, who he had played under at his previous club Walton & Hersham.

He said: “It was definitely something I always wanted to do, get back into full-time football. Just seeing that atmosphere here on an away day was just amazing and to have that Huish Park next weekend is just something I’ve always looked to do.

“I feel like just like the way [Billy Rowley and Darren Simpson] play football and the passion they have for it is just unreal. It was always something that I wanted to do throughout my career, so I feel like (joining Yeovil) was a no-brainer.

And now the winger is looking forward to his first league action in front of a home crowd when Carlise United make the trip down to Huish Park next weekend.

He said: “Having our home fans will definitely make a difference. I feel like we need get our heads down (in training next week), work hard and then see how we get on on Saturday.”

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Yeovil Town fans can now buy tickets for the upcoming Friday night football in Barrow.

The game is on 26th August and kicks off at 7:45pm

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS

Yeovil fans will be situated in the ACRONIS/HUDSON HILL  stand, click on the stand to select your seats.

Tickets cost

  •  Adult – £21.00
  •  Senior 65+ – £18.00
  •  18-21 – £18.00
  •  14-17 – £8.00
  •  0-13 – £0.00

There is a log in/sign up account process here, which would be your next step.

The Holker Street End: 

Away supporters are primarily accommodated in the Holker Street End, which offers standing accommodation, along with a seated section in the stand adjacent to the Main Stand. The away allocation has a capacity of 930, including 632 seated tickets. In recent years, the Club has invested heavily in improving the away section, including the installation of a brand new roof over the Holker Street End and the addition of temporary seated stands beside the Main Stand to enhance the matchday experience for visiting supporters.

​Tickets:

In most cases, tickets will be available in advance directly from your club, so we recommend checking with them first for the latest sales information.

There are no cash turnstiles on matchdays. However, our Ticket Office, located beside Main Reception, will be open from 10am until kick-off on Saturdays and from 12 noon for midweek fixtures. Supporters are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance wherever possible to avoid queues and potential disappointment on the day.

​Food & Drink: 

There is a catering outlet located inside the Holker Street End serving a range of hot and cold food, along with hot and cold drinks. The outlet is fully licensed for away supporters, with draught options including Carling, Madri and Carling Dark Fruits available before kick-off. Visiting supporters are also welcome in The Cross Bar, located beside Main Reception on Wilkie Road, where a wide range of drinks are available pre-match.

​Parking: Unfortunately, the Club is unable to provide official supporter parking at the stadium due to limited space. However, the Soccer Club, located adjacent to Main Reception, offers matchday parking on a first come, first served basis for a small charge. Supporters can also make use of parking available at Liberata.

​Contact Us: We hope this guide covers everything you need ahead of your visit to the SO Legal Stadium. If you have any further questions, please contact us on 01229 666010 or email office@barrowafc.com

Other Away Tickets On Sale To Yeovil Fans

SOUTHEND UNITED – SATURDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER – 12:30 KO

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Yeovil Town have been drawn away to Radstock Town in the first round of the Francis Hillier Somerset Men’s Premier Cup.

Ties are scheduled to take place ‘In September’ – which is not overly helpful for planning purposes.

The final is scheduled to take place on 28th April, 2027 at Bath City’s Twerton Park.

SMPC at Huish Park Pic C/O- Somerset FA