Yeovil Town FC Under 19s have enjoyed a compelling 2025/26 National League U19 Alliance campaign, remaining undefeated in the league so far with three wins and two draws from five matches, scoring 24 goals and conceding only 4 — a strong goal difference!!

They have been particularly dominant at home, winning all four fixtures at The ‘Yeovil Town Community Sports Trust Centre at Alvington’ and have also picked up points on the road, most notably a 12–1 away win versus Havant & Waterlooville and narrow cup progress with a 3–2 victory over Winchester City in the National League U19 League Cup.

The young Glovers currently sit third in the division, seven points behind leaders Eastleigh, but with three games in hand on the south coast side. 

A number of standout performers have driven this success. George Geraghty leads the scoring charts with 11 goals, while Oliver Hughes and Will Jones have contributed significantly with 6 goals each.

Midfielder Alec Thomas has also weighed in with key goals and energy from midfield, while defenders such as Jaydon Biss, captain Blake Watts and Filip Opalinski have been firm at the back. Goalkeeper Ryan Collins has marshalled the defence throughout, contributing to Yeovil’s impressive defensive record.

In the National League U19 League Cup, Yeovil have advanced beyond early rounds, showcasing resilience in tight matches to maintain momentum on both league and cup fronts – they are scheduled to play Basingstoke Town in the fourth round in early February.

The Under 19s also represented the first team in the Francis Hillier Somerset Men’s Premier Cup, losing 1-0 to Odd Down, but did provide a moment of history as Blake Watts become the youngest player to captain the Yeovil Town Men’s First Team in a competitive fixture.

Their FA Youth Cup campaign was a short one, despite taking an early lead against Portland United in the second qualifying round, they eventually lost 3-1.

Futhermore, Ollie Hughes has represented England Colleges to follow in the footsteps of Ollie Haste and Corey Koerner.

Overall, the Under 19s have put together a really positive first half of the season, with the potential for both league and cup success still on the cards.

LEAGUE TABLE AS OF DEC 31ST 2025

RESULTS – CORRECT AS OF DEC 31ST 2025

UPCOMING FIXTURES

Yeovil Town goal scorer Luke McCormick has said that the Glovers are ‘heading in the right direction’ after securing a point against Eastleigh.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Mark Stillman he said;

“Obviously, it stops the little rut we were on, and yeah, we would have liked to get three points, I thought we probably deserved it, I thought for the first 20-25 minutes we were brilliant and that’s when you’ve got to put teams to the sword – and we didn’t.”

“We conceded a sloppy penalty and then I thought second half there was only one team that were going on to score, they had a few corners but I felt we dealt with them really well, on another day we score two or three, listen we’re still a work in progress, but to show the resilience to take a point today, move on to the new year and hopefully three points against Braintree”

The former Bristol Rovers man appreciates that results might not have been going the way anyone would have liked, but wanted to stress the bigger picture about a team working with their fourth manager of the season, he stressed that he feels like the club is heading in the right direction.

“[The goal] is your bread and butter as a box-to-box midfielder, getting the timing right and finding the corners, I thought Simsy did really well, it’s nice to have him back and hopefully we can create more chances, I think that’s what we’ve struggled [with] in recent weeks, it’s difficult when the staff come in, there’s a lot of things they want to implement and obviously games come thick and fast in this division, we’re moving in the right direction slowly by surely.”

“We’ve been trying to take on what the manager wants from you, because he’s the boss, his enthusiasm for the game and Dazza (Assistant Darren Simpson), all the boys are buying in but these things take time.”

McCormick’s seventh goal of the season earned him another sponsors’ Player of the Match, which he says his partner will be delighted about to have another trophy for the mantlepiece, but that focusing on earning the points is more important than the prizes.

“It’s all about the team, it’s all about the three points… we just want to keep moving in the right direction and hopefully, by 5:30pm against Braintree we can get three points. There was good elements in the Truro game, emotions are always high after games, so when you pick the bones out of things, there’s always bits that we’re working on behind closed doors, but obviously the result is the main thing and that’s what we’re tying to do… we’ll get there!”

Jed Ward has absolutely trounced the field in the vote for a Man of the Match against Truro.

It was a disappointing 1-0 defeat in Cornwall, Ward making a couple of key saves to prevent it being a wider margin.

Jake Wannell came second with a tie for third between Aaron Jarvis and Josh Tobin.

Harrison Blair will take charge of his second Yeovil Town game of the season when he looks after the Glovers’ home game vs Eastleigh on Tuesday night.

Because we’ve already had him this season, in a 1-0 away win over Solihull, I can copy and paste the next little bit…

“[Solihull vs Yeovil] be a match of significance for referee Harrison Blair who will take charge of his first match at this level as well as his first ever Yeovil Town game.

A regular match official for the Regional divisions of the National League as well as plenty of experience as a fourth official in the EFL, in recent seasons.

Blair has a rather cool story to tell from his journey to this point having spent time refereeing in Japan earlier this year.

He was part of an exchange program between the JFA and the FA PGMOL where he got to take charge of some league games and even a J League Cup tie.”

In that fixture, he took the names of Byron Pendleton and Tahvon Campbell and it should be noted that since that game, he’s not been afraid to use his little yellow friend. Six games, 20 bookings in the National League. A total of 63 (!) in 17 games across all competitions.

Just like he was at Solihull, he’ll have Grzegorz Kornasiewicz as one of his assistants, Jake Hillier is the other with Justin Amey dealing with the dugouts.

Harrison Blair, signals for a substitution when Yeovil met Solihull earlier this season.

Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v Eastleigh FC (First Team)
National League – Premier
Referee: Blair, Harrison
Assistant Referee: Kornasiewicz, Grzegorz
Assistant Referee: Hillier, Jake
Fourth Official: Amey, Justin

Luke McCormick has been named your Man of the Match for the home defeat to Forest Green Rovers.

It was a closer than usual vote actually, with the top three players separated by just five votes.

Harvey Greenslade and Jed Ward – who also filled the podium when McCormick topped the charts against Hartlepool – make up the rest of the top three for this one, with half a dozen players or so recieving a handful of votes, Kyle Ferguson, who was named the sponsors Man of the Match came fourth.

Tickets are now on sale to Yeovil fans for our game against Altrincham on Saturday 7th February – 3pm kick off

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Altrincham have not increased their prices from last year, which makes this bit nice and easy for us, we can just copy and paste last year’s details.

Adults – £20,
Concessions – £15,
12-18 Year Olds – £9
5-11 Year Olds – £4
Under 5s – £1

The good people at Atrincham have confirmed to the Gloverscast, a concession is anyone 65 years old and over, as well as members of the Emergency Services, Armed Forces and NUS members – ID may be required.

Disabled Access includes entry via Gate 4 on Moss Lane and a carer goes free with a full paying ticket.

There is unreserved seating available to the Glovers fans next to the standing away terrace.

Boxing Day’s fixture with Truro City will be officiated by Ross Martin, the proud participant of one of our favourite images (below, hat tip to Gary Brown).

It’s the first time we’ve seen Mr Martin this season, he’s been chopping and changing between EFL and National League bookings, he has refereed one Truro match though, a 1-0 over Fulham U21s in the definitely serious and totally not silly National League Cup.

15 matches across all competitions have seen 58 yellows, 3 reds and 2 penalties awarded.

As for the Glovers, we have a great record when Martin takes charge, six games, five wins and a draw (2-2 vs Eastleigh on Boxing Day last year!)

He’s actually officiated our last two games on Boxing Day, the 4-1 home win against Taunton, then that Eastleigh draw.

At this point, we should have a card for him, he comes to see us on Boxing Day more often than some relatives!

Adam Wilson and James Hooper have festive flags, whilst Steven [seven] Swan[s – a – swmming] is handing out the mince pies in the dug outs.

Truro City FC (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
National League – Premier
Referee: Martin, Ross
Assistant Referee: Wilson, Adam
Assistant Referee: Hooper, James
Fourth Official: Swan, Steven