Yeovil Town’s fixture on Saturday 24th January. has been postponed.
The Glovers’ fixture at the Laithwaite will have to be rearranged, meaning new dates for Tamworth (H), Aldershot (H) and now Woking (A) will likely all be given prime midweek slots somewhere in the calendar.
If you purchased tickets, hold on to them, you’ll be able to go to the rearranged fixture – or, you’ll need them to secure an appropriate refund.
Yeovil Town fans heading to Telford for the FA Trophy 5th Round ties can now buy their tickets.
Nice and easy process this one, Yeovil fans are in the Frank Naggington Stand to the south of the ground, tickets range from £12 to £1.
Concessions are classed as 65 and Over.
There is a sneaky little processing fee of a quid on top of your ticket price.
The game will be fully segregated with turnstiles opening at 1:30 pm.
Yeovil Town fans have been allocated the Frank Nagington Stand (all standing), with some seating available on request. Requests to transfer to allocated seating should be made on the day to a club steward and are granted at their discretion.
Tickets are available to purchase from 9 am on Friday, 23rd January 2026.
Ticket sales on the day of the game will be permitted, both online via TicketCo and at the club’s ticket office, but will incur an administration charge.
In-Person Sales
Tickets can be purchased in person on Saturday, 24th January at the ticket office, i.e. before the home fixture with King’s Lynn Town, or from the Learning Centre club office on Tuesday, 27th January between 9 am and midday.
Ticket pricing.
Car Parking
Car parking is available at the SEAH Stadium, with additional parking at Telford College.
The cost at either location is £5 per vehicle.
Payment for parking at the SEAH Stadium should be made using the card machines located near the ticket office in the main car park (no cash option is available).
Payment for parking at Telford College is by card ONLY.
One match postponed on Tuesday and Saturday is looking at best, a bit damp.
Still, that won’t stop us from chatting all things Yeovil Town. Ben and Dave are joined by FGCQC Rob Manley to talk about the weather…
We continue with the theme of debutants in recent Yeovil Town games with the first ever appointment of Matthew McQuillan to officiate a Glovers game. By the looks of his record, it’s also the first time he’s taken charge of a Woking game too.
His season list and all time appearance record shows a huge preference to Northern sides, with games in Gateshead, Altrincham and Halifax in the books this season. He’s only refereed as far south as the Tamworth Lamb Ground.
Four national league games has seen him brandish 13 yellows, two reds (both in the same game between Tamworth and Eastleigh) and four penalties. We won’t hold his record against him though, his man bun on the other hand…
Thomas Holden and Damith Bandara are his assistants, Adam Merchant is the fourth official.
Woking FC (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
National League – Premier
Referee: McQuillan, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Holden, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Bandara, Damith
Fourth Official: Merchant, Adam
Tuesday night’s game between Yeovil Town and Aldershot has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
The match official, Richie Watkins was called to inspect the surface at 4:45pm at deemed the surface unplayable.
A new date will be announced in due course, with the club saying that any tickets purchased for the original date will still be valid for the new one.
The Glovers travel to Woking on Saturday before heading to either Hornchurch or Telford the week after, meaning, that unless this one gets rearranged before then, our next home game is not until Valentines Day when Rochdale come to town for a 3pm kick off.
We don’t want to dwell on this one too much, so we won’t!
Dakarai Mafico has won back to back Gloverscast Man of the Match votes following the 2-1 defeat to Brackley on Saturday.
Only 80 votes were cast, but the Cardiff loanee still picked up the majority of those after also impressing on debut against Alvechurch.
There was a fair share of votes behind him, with 14 different players represented by at least one vote.
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESPONSES | 1ST (Votes / Percent) | 2ND (Votes / Percent) | 3RD (Votes / Percent) |
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| August | |||||
| 09.08.2025 | HARTLEPOOL (Home, 0-0 draw) | 172 | JED WARD (52 / 32.4%) | Morgan Williams (44 / 25.6%) | Jake Wannell (22 / 12.8%) |
| 16.08.2025 | FOREST GREEN (Away, 2-0 loss) | 87 | JED WARD (39 / 44.8%) | Byron Pendleton (16 / 18.4%) | Morgan Williams (11 / 12.6%) |
| 20.08.2025 | BRACKLEY TOWN (Home, 2-1 win) | 153 | JED WARD (89 / 58.2%) | Josh Sims (23 / 15%) | Tahvon Campbell (14 / 9.2%) |
| 23.08.2025 | BRAINTREE TOWN (Away, 1-0 loss) | 71 | JED WARD (29 / 40.8%) | Josh Sims (15 / 21.1%) | James Plant (7 / 9.9%) |
| 25.08.2025 | GATESHEAD (Home, 4-3 loss) | 174 | HARVEY GREENSLADE (65 / 37.4%) | Junior Morias (59 / 33.9%) | Josh Sims (23 / 13.2%) |
| 30.08.2025 | HALIFAX (Away, 3-2 loss) | 93 | JOSH SIMS (36 / 38.7%) | Harvey Greenslade (29 / 31.2%) | Junior Morias (13 / 14%) |
| AUGUST PLAYER OF THE MONTH | 🥇 JED WARD (12 PTS, 4 MOTM) | 🥈 JOSH SIMS (8 PTS, 1 MOTM) | 🥉 HARVEY GREENSLADE (5 PTS, 1 MOTM) |
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| 02.09.2025 | SOLIHULL M (Away, 1-0 win) | 98 | JUNIOR MORIAS (28 / 28.3%) | Luke McCormick (24 / 24.2%) | Jed Ward (15 / 15.2%) |
| 06.09.2025 | YORK CITY (Home, 3-1 loss) | 108 | JOSH SIMS (48 / 44.4%) | Luke McCormick (33 / 30.6%) | Jed Ward (7 / 6.5%) |
| 13.09.2025 | WOKING (Home, 1-0 win) | 127 | LUKE MCCORMICK (47 / 37%) | Kyle Ferguson (37 / 29.1%) | Harvey Greenslade (11 / 8.7%) |
| 20.09.2025 | TAMWORTH (Away, 1-0 loss) | 62 | JED WARD (17 / 27.4%) | Kyle Ferguson (10 / 16.1%) | Josh Sims (7 / 11.3%) |
| 24.09.2025 | ALDERSHOT (Away, 4-1 win) | 94 | ANDREW OLUWABORI (36 / 38.3%) | Tahvon Campbell (25 / 26.6%) | Luke McCormick (10 / 10.6%) |
| 27.09.2025 | ALTRINCHAM (Home, 1-0 win) | 154 | ANDREW OLUWABORI (51 / 33.1%) | Jed Ward (37 / 24%) | Morgan Williams (18 / 11.7%) |
| 30.09.2025 | SUTTON UTD (Away 2-1 win) | 119 | JOSH SIMS (88 / 73.9%) | Andrew Oluwabori (20 / 16.8%) | Jed Ward (6 / 5%) |
| SEPTEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH | 🥇 ANDREW OLUWABORI (8 PTS / 2 MOTM) | 🥈 JED WARD (8 PTS / 1 MOTM) | 🥉 JOSH SIMS (7 PTS / 2 MOTM) |
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| 04.10.2025 | BOREHAM WOOD (Home - 0-3 loss) | 87 | JED WARD (61 / 70.1%) | Harvey Greenslade (10 / 11.5%) | Kyle Ferguson (5 / 5.7%) |
| 11.10.2025 | HEMEL HEMPSTEAD (Away 2-1 loss) | 44 | HARVEY GREENSLADE (18 / 40.9%) | Jed Ward (10 / 22%) | Byron Pendleton (6 / 13.6%) |
| 18.10.2025 | ROCHDALE (Away 3-0 loss) | 49 | JED WARD (17 / 34.7%) | Harvey Greenslade (10 / 20.4%) | Kyle Ferguson (5 / 10.2%) |
| 25.10.2025 | CARLISLE (Home 1-1 draw) | 140 | Max Jolliffe (60 / 42.9% | Harvey Greenslade (16 / 11.4%) | George Nurse (13 / 9.3%) |
| OCTOBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH | 🥇 HARVEY GREENSLADE (9 PTS / 1 MOTM) | 🥈 JED WARD (8 PTS / 2 MOTM) | 🥉 MAX JOLLIFFE (3 PTS / 1 MOTM) |
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| 04.11.2025 | WEALDSTONE (Home 0-2 loss) | 67 | LUKE MCCORMICK (13 / 19.4%) | Jed Ward (12 / 17.9%) | Aaron Jarvis (9 / 13.4%) |
| 08.11.2025 | SCUNTHORPE (Away 1-0 loss) | 46 | JAMES PLANT (15 / 32.6%) | Jed Ward (12 / 26.1%) | Harvey Greenslade (10 / 21.7%) |
| 15.11.2025 | SOUTHEND (Home 0-1 loss) | 89 | JED WARD (74 / 83.1%) | Max Jolliffe (5 / 5.6%) | Junior Morias (3 / 3.4%) |
| 22.11.2025 | MORECAMBE (Away 0-0 draw) | 49 | JED WARD (22 / 44.9%) | Harvey Greenslade (12 / 24.5%) | Finn Cousin-Dawson 4 (8.2%) |
| 29.11.2025 | BOSTON UNITED (Home 2-1 win) | 108 | LUKE MCCORMICK (68 / 63%) | Brett McGavin (10 / 9.3%) | James Plant (6 / 5.6%) |
| NOVEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH | 🥇 JED WARD (10 PTS, 2 MOTM) | 🥈 LUKE MCCORMICK (6 PTS / 2 MOTM) | 🥉 JAMES PLANT (4 PTS / 1 MOTM) |
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| 06.12.2025 | HARTLEPOOL UTD (Away, 2-0 win) | 106 | LUKE MCCORMICK (78 / 73.6%) | Jed Ward (11 / 10.4%) | Harvey Greenslade (7 / 6.6%) |
| 13.12.2025 | MAIDSTONE UTD (Home, 1-1 [4-2 on pens]) | 125 | JED WARD (83 / 66.4%) | Brett McGavin (10 / 8%) | Harvey Greenslade (9 / 7.2%) |
| 20.12.2025 | FOREST GEEEN (Home, 0-2 loss) | 94 | LUKE MCCORMICK (22 / 23.4%) | Harvey Greenslade (20 / 21.3%) | Jed Ward (17 / 18.1%) |
| 26.12.2025 | TRURO CITY (Away 0-1 loss) | 67 | JED WARD (55 / 82.1%) | Jake Wannell (3 / 4.5%) | Josh Tobin / Aaron Jarvis (2 / 3%) |
| 30.12.2025 | EASTLEIGH (Home 1-1 draw) | 113 | LUKE MCCORMICK (46 / 40.7%) | Jed Ward (29 / 25.7%) | Jake Wannell (10 / 8.8%) |
| DECEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH | 🥇 JED WARD (10 PTS, 2 MOTM) | 🥈 LUKE MCCORMICK (9 PTS / 3 MOTM) | 🥉 HARVEY GREENSLADE (4 PTS / 0 MOTM) |
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| 03.01.2026 | BRAINTREE (Home 3-1 win) | 164 | LUKE MCCORMICK (44 / 26.8%) | Aaron Jarvis (27 / 16.5%) | James Daly/Brett McGavin (20 / 12.2%) |
| 10.01.2026 | ALVECHURCH (Home 0-0 [3-1 on pens]) | 172 | DAKARAI MAFICO (86 / 50%) | Jed Ward (55 / 32%) | Josh Sims (9 / 5.2%) |
| 17.01.2026 | BRACKLEY TOWN (Away, 2-1 loss) | 81 | DAKARAI MAFICO (19 / 23.5%) | Harvey Greenslade (15 / 18.5%) | Kyle Ferguson (12 / 14.8%) |
| 31.01.2026 | AFC TELFORD (Away, 2-0 win) | 191 | HARVEY GREENSLADE (79 / 41.4%) | Dakarai Mafico (60 / 31.4%) | Joy Mukena (11 / 5.8%) |
| JANUARY PLAYER OF THE MONTH | 🥇 DAKARAI MAFICO (8 PTS, 2 MOTM) | 🥈HARVEY GREENSLADE (4 PTS / 1 MOTM) | 🥉 LUKE MCCORMICK (3 PTS / 1 MOTM) |
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| 06.02.2026 | ALTRINCHAM (Away, 1-0 win) | 92 | JED WARD (57 / 61.3%) | Troy Perrett (12 / 12.9%) | Kyle Ferguson (7 / 7.5%) |
| 11.02.2026 | BOREHAM WOOD (Away 3-2 loss) | 46 | JAMES DALY (13 / 28.3%) | Jed Ward (12 / 23.1%) | Jake Wannell (8 / 17.4%) |
| 14.02.2026 | ROCHDALE (Home 1-1 draw) | 155 | DAKARAI MAFICO (73 / 45.6%) | Finn Cousin-Dawson (34 / 21.3%) | Jed Ward (13 / 8.1%) |
| 17.02.2026 | ALDERSHOT (Home 2-1 loss) | 86 | JED WARD (50 / 58.1%) | Jake Wannell (10 / 11.6%) | Terrell Works (9 / 9.3%) |
| 21.02.2026 | CARLISLE (Away 3-0 loss) | 47 | JED WARD (21 / 42%) | Finn Cousin-Dawson (10 / 20%) | Harvey Greenslade (6 / 12%) |
| 25.02.2026 | SUTTON UTD (Home 3-2 win) | 82 | JAMES DALY (50 / 61%) | Brett McGavin (7 / 8.5%) | Greenslade/Jones (6 / 7.3%) |
| 28.02.2026 | SOUTHPORT (Away 1-1 draw [2-4 on penalties]) | 54 | JAMES DALY (19 / 35.2%) | Jed Ward (15 / 27.8%) | Harvey Greenslade (7 / 13%) |
| FEBRUARY PLAYER OF THE MONTH | 🥇 JED WARD (14 PTS, 3 MOTM) | 🥈JAMES DALY (9 PTS / 3 MOTM) | 🥉 DAKARAI MAFICO (3 PTS / 1 MOTM) |
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| 03.03.2026 | TAMWORTH (Home, 2-0 win) | 129 | RYAN JONES (53 / 41.1%) | Dakarai Mafico (23 / 17.8%) | Sims/McGavin (19 / 14.7%) |
| 07.03.2026 | SCUNTHORPE (Home, 0-3 loss) | 84 | JOSH SIMS (34 / 40%) | Brett McGavin (23 / 27.1%) | Ryan Jones (8 / 9.4%) |
| 14.03.2026 | BOSTON UTD (Away, 2-1 loss) | 49 | JED WARD (23 / 46.9%) | Josh Sims (15 / 30.6%) | Jarvis/Jones/Whittle (3 / 6.1%) |
| 17.03.2026 | WOKING (Away, 1-0 loss) | 48 | JED WARD (11 / 22.9%) | Brett McGavin (9 / 18.7%) | Harvey Greenslade (8 / 16.7%) |
| 21.03.2026 | MORECAMBE (Home, 3-2 win) | 189 | JAMES DALY (88 / 46.6%) | Josh Sims (33 / 17.5%) | Jones/McCoy Splatt (14 / 7.4%) |
| 25.03.2026 | WEALDSTONE (Away, 2-0) win | 84 | JAMES DALY (53 / 63.1%) | Kyle Ferguson (8 / 9.5%) | Ryan Jones (7 / 8.3%) |
| 28.03.2026 | GATESHEAD (Away, 2-1 loss) | 47 | JED WARD (18 / 38.3%) | Brett McGavin (9 / 19.1%) | Harvey Greenslade (8 / 17%) |
| 31.03.2026 | SOUTHEND (Away, 2-1 loss) | 24 | JED WARD (10 / 41.7%) | Jake Wannell (8 / 33.3%) | Brett McGavin (3 / 12.5%) |
| MARCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH | 🥇 JED WARD (12 PTS, 4 MOTM) | 🥈JOSH SIMS (8 PTS / 1 MOTM) | 🥉 BRETT MCGAVIN (8 PTS / 0 MOTM) |
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| 03.04.2026 | TRURO (Home, 1-0 win) | 94 | WILL MERRY (48 / 51.1%) | Jed Ward (21 / 22.3%) | Brett McGavin (11 / 11.7%) |
| 06.04.2026 | EASTLEIGH (Away, 2-1 loss) | 79 | JED WARD (40 / 50.6%) | Dan Ellison (22 / 27.8%) | Harvey Greenslade (9 / 11.4%) |
| 11.04.2026 | HALIFAX TOWN (Home 0-0 draw) | 105 | JED WARD (32 / 30.5%) | Dan Ellison (21 / 20%) | Harvey Greenslade (20 / 19%) |
| 18.04.2026 | YORK CITY (Away 3-0 loss) | 56 | JED WARD (29 / 51.8%) | Dan Ellison (9 / 16.1%) | Will Merry (8 / 14.3%) |
| 25.04.2026 | SOLIHULL MOORS (Home) | 82 | DAN ELLSION (16 / 19.5%) | Terrell Works (15 / 18.3%) | Jed Ward (14 / 17.1%) |
| APRIL PLAYER OF THE MONTH | 🥇 JED WARD (12 PTS, 3 MOTM) | 🥈DAN ELLISON (9 PTS / 1 MOTM) | 🥉 WILL MERRY (4 PTS / 1 MOTM) |
Yeovil winger James Daly said there was ‘massive frustration’ after the Glovers defeat at Brackley.
In a conversation with BBC Somerset’s Ian Randall following the 2-1 defeat Daly said: “[There’s an] element of massive frustration really. I think those games as well, I think disregarding tactically that’s more about the character of a person on the pitch and the desire to win it really. I think first half was good, but same old case of look good first half and didn’t capitalise on the chances and it comes back to bite us.”
Not for the first (or second) time this season Yeovil gifted goals to the opposition and as Brackley dug deep to hang on Daly said the game became about who wanted it more.
“That’s the National League and you get a lot of games like that at this level. Sometimes tactics do go out the window and it’s about who wants it more. And I know that sounds old fashioned and what-not, but sometimes if you’re not there, if you’re not meeting the physical duels and winning your winning your battles then you can come unstuck like we did today.
“It’s frustrating because you don’t want to be the team that looks nice, looks pretty and doesn’t have that, doesn’t have that spine, has a soft underbelly and we we don’t want that at all. So we need to find a way to first and foremost win the battle, win the duel and simplify it and we’ve got to beat the man in front of you who’s wearing the other jersey,” he added.
Since Billy Rowley took over from Richard Dryden in November, in the league the Glovers have won three, lost three and draw one and Daly said the team were playing better football but needed to learn how grind out a game.
“We’re playing better football as well. We’re looking better, which is a credit to Billy and Daz that have come in and we are creating more chances but we are very conscious of not becoming a team that looks pretty and can’t grind out a game against a Brackley because there’s a lot of teams in this league where physicality comes first, that is the National League.
“There’s plenty of times where it’s going to be rough and physical and we need to find a way to be able to withstand that so the quality comes through on the ball.”
When asked why Yeovil couldn’t create more in the second half Daly said it was difficult to break Brackley down once they got ahead.
“They’ve, they’ve got something to hang onto first half. We switched off from a set piece and have a mistake and all of a sudden when you’ve got something to hold onto then it’s a lot easier to defend and keep every man back. It makes it much more difficult when they’ve got men behind the ball and something to fight for and we can’t break them down then and it becomes a classic case of rue our chances that we haven’t taken and mistakes we made at the other end.
“We’d like to apologise to the traveling fans as well because to put on a display first half, we create chances but then second half it becomes a case of what’s the character of the player like on the field and that’s a big thing for us and that’s a question mark we don’t really want to have above our heads. We’ve got a game Tuesday to put things right and go from there.”
A Tuesday night under the Huish Park lights? Oh, yeah, go on then.
A referee who’s overseen just three Yeovil games, all of which have resulted in Green and White losses? Ah, that’s a shame.
Look, we’re not holding it against Richie Watkins, but we’d sure like it if we could put that stat to bed this midweek.
He was in charge for the Glovers’ loss to Hemel Hempstead in the FA Cup earlier this season *shudders*, he took charge of a 1-0 defeat to Bromley in the National League relegation season and oversaw the Parma Violet Glovers losing 2-0 to Maidenhead United in 2023.
That FA Cup game saw him caution Finn Cousin-Dawson and Morgan Williams.
This season, his Transfermarkt stats read 15 games officiated, 60 yellows (4 per match for the mathematicians out there), eight reads and two penalties.
Those stats include a 2-2 draw between Aldershot and Brackley, where the Shots’ Ben Jackson saw red in the second half.
He’ll be assisted by Ryan McILravey and Adam Wilson, with Jack Clench on the bench, just in case.
Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v Aldershot Town (First Team)
National League – Premier
Referee: Watkins, Richie
Assistant Referee: McILravey, Ryan
Assistant Referee: Wilson, Adam
Fourth Official: Clench, Jack
Former Yeovil Town loanee Ben Wodskou came back to haunt his old side as he scored the winner for Brackley Town on a frustrating afternoon for the Glovers on their first visit to St James’ Park.
The Birmingham City striker stabbed home from close range after a corner from another ex-Glover Scott Pollock was not dealt with by the visitors’ defence just before half-time.
Yeovil had gone behind to Shane Byrne’s opener after just four minutes before defender Kyle Ferguson drew the game level with a 12th minute header, and then the visitors were unable to break down a resolute Brackley despite dominating possession in the second half.
The stats show the Glovers had far more of the possession, but the hosts did more with less to take the win. Here’s Dave’s on the whistle report.
Yeovil boss Billy Rowley gave just one debut to his six news signings with Jonathon Page, who joined from the manager’s old side Walton & Hersham, starting in midfielder. On the bench were defender Joy Mukena, midfielder Ryan Jones, on loan Cardiff City youngster Troy Perrett and Terrell Works, the attacker on loan from Premier League Fulham.
The game started about as badly as it could have for the Glovers with Brackley taking the lead with their first attack. A long ball forward saw Scott Pollock challenging with Kyle Ferguson whose poor back pass to goalkeeper Jed Ward was massively underhit allowing the midfielder to hit an effort which the keeper blocked. But it only broke to Shane BYRNE who was able to tap in to an unguarded net with the Yeovil defence jogging back in to position. Another poor, poor goal and our defence proving the creators of their own problems yet again.
It did not take long to get a response with Ferguson atoning for his earlier error with the equaliser after 11 minutes. A corner from James Daly was cleared out as far as the winger who floated it back in to the area and Kyle FERGUSON rose highest to head home.
Six minutes later, Brackley had a golden opportunity to restore their advantage when a long throw from Yeovil was easily dealt with by the hosts and a long ball up the middle of the pitch saw Ben Wodskou easily get past Josh Sims, the only player anywhere near him. The former Glovers loanee was one-on-one with Ward, but he took his shot early and the keeper was able to save with his foot. Wodskou should have done much better there.
Ten minutes later there was another chance for Brackley when Tyler Lyttle was unchallenged to put a cross in from the right side and striker Danny Newton rose at the back post to head just wide.Yeovil were dominating possession, but doing nothing to threaten to find their way through a well-organised Brackley. Meanwhile, we looked fragile every time we went forward with the home side seemingly able to get balls in to our box at will.
Sure enough with two minutes of normal time remaining in the first half, Brackley took the lead and there was more sloppy defending on display again. Pollock’s corner was met at the back post by another unchallenged header this time from defender Kyle Ferguson, Ward pushed it out but Ben WODSKOU was there to stab it home.
In general play we have dominated possession, but Brackley have kept us where they want us and aside from a goal from a set-piece, we have not threatened to create a chance. Even more concerning is our defence which has a massive Morgan Williams-shaped hole in it, the ease at which Brackley have scored their two goals has been appalling.
Striker Tahvon Campbell replaced the anonymous Aaron Jarvis at half-time and with three minutes of the second half played James Daly curled an effort wide which was speculative at best. Then with fewer than ten minutes of the second half elapsed, manager Billy Rowley made two further changes with Fulham loanee attacker Terrell Works and midfielder Josh Tobin replacing Harvey Greenslade and Jonathon Page with 53 minutes on the clock.The difference? Not very much, to be honest.
The square root of nothing happened between that set of substitutions and ten minutes later when new boy Ryan Jones, who joined from Aldershot Town during the week, was introduced. Brackley are quite happy to sit there and watch us pass the ball around without enough urgency; the amount of times a player in a green-and-white shirt has put their foot on the ball because there is no-one making a move is unbelievable.
The final throw of the dice came 20 minutes from time when Cardiff loanee Troy Perrett replaced Finn Cousin-Dawson, with Tobin dropping back in to defence. At this stage there were a lot of players on the pitch for us who have never played together outside of training, but we have looked like this for much of the match with players who have played countless matches together. Brackley have offered very little to threaten us, but they don’t need too – we are the side which is behind in this game!
Perrett offered that rarest of things, a player who looked to positively move forward when we were in possession and he had a couple of efforts blocked after coming on the pitch. It was therefore not surprising when he was involved in our best (only?) meaningful opportunity with five minutes remaining. His Cardiff City team-mate Dakari Mafico found him on the edge of the box and he cleverly laid it off to Luke McCormick whose effort was turned aside by Brackley keeper Cameron Gregory. I think that is the first time I have mentioned Gregory in this report and that tells its own story.
McCormick had another shot late on which Gregory was able to hold and then with four minutes of second half stoppage time played there was a late corner which goalkeeper Ward came up for. But, on this day after this performance, it was no surprise to see it turn in to a farce with an appalling corner leading to a Brackley break away with the goal unprotected. Ward raced back towards his goal and luckily Ferguson was able to get back with a covering tackle.
The final whistle was met by the sound of boos from some in the travelling support and it is difficult to blame them after a performance where we had dominated possession but never looked like we were going to do anything with it. Brackley did a job on us and we made it easy for them to do one.
Venue: St James’ Park
Date: Saturday 17th January, 3pm kick-ff
Competition: Enterprise National League Prem,ier Division
Scorers: Shane Byrne 4 (1-0), Kyle Ferguson 12 (1-1), Ben Wodskou 44 (2-1 )
Pitch: Sloped in about six different directions
Conditions: Dry but cool
Attendance: 1,125 (319 Yeovil Fans)
Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Jake Wannell 45, Kyle Ferguson 72, Josh Tobin 80.
Brackley Town: Tyler Lyttle 16, Shane Byrne 24, Zak Brown 75.
Referee: George Laflin.
Yeovil Town (3-4-1-2)
Substitutes: Tahvon Campbell (for Aaron Jarvis, 46), Terrell Works (for Harvey Greenslade, 52), Josh Tobin (for Jonathon Page, 52), Ryan Jones (for Josh Sims, 64), Trey Perrett (for Finn Cousin-Dawson, 71), Michee Efete (not used), Joy Mukena (not used)
Brackley Town: Cameron Gregory, Tyler Lyttle, Kyle Morrison, Scott Pollock, Zak Brown (for Jack Price, 90), Danny Newton, Matt Lowe, Michael Nottingham (for Zak Lilly, 70), Ben Wodskou (for Morgan Roberts, 59), Byron Pendleton, Shane Byrne.
