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Yeovil Town penalty hero Aaron Jarvis has said that the squad is “buzzing” after picking up a third straight win on Tuesday.

Speaking to BBC Radio Somerset’s Josh Perkins he said;

“We’re going on a great run now, it was a bit of an end to end game, especially in the first half, each goal was getting a lot of action, but we managed to do what we had to do today and that’s get another win on the board.”

The front man put home a second half penalty to land his first goal of the campaign and said it’s been a fair bit of time coming.

“I’ve been waiting a long time for that penalty, I haven’t actually been on the pitch when we’ve had one, it’s a sign, so, yeah, I was going to put my hands on that and put it down on the spot, I knew where I was going the whole time, and I’m glad to get off the mark.

I think I kind of deserve one with the amount of fouls that I don’t get, but like I said, happy to help the team get the three points today

It’s been a bit stop-start, especially this season, whether that’s not being selected or picking up a little knock here or there, but I’m there when needed and hopefully I’ll get a few more opportunities.”

After a run of form which has seen the Glovers get within touching distance of the play-offs he said the squad is in a good place. 

“We’ve had three games in the last six days and a bit of travelling as well, so credit to the boys and the whole squad, we need to use the numbers especially off the bench as well, it’s not easy for the boys, but three wins from three, we are absolutely buzzing.”

Yeovil Town’s interim manager Richard Dryden says that the dressing room has real belief after notching up a third consecutive win.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins after the Tuesday night win over Sutton, he said that the whole club was in a good place after a busy few days;

“It’s been a good week, it’s been even less than a week, because it’s Wednesday-Saturday-Tuesday, it’s been a good week for the club, a good week for the players and for the fans.

Great support tonight, on a Tuesday night coming all the way up to London, it’s great support and it’s very much appreciated.”

Andrew Oluwabori got his first goal of his second loan spell with the club in the first half with an Aaron Jarvis winner proving to be the decisive moment of the second half; speaking of the loanee Dryden said;

“I just don’t know how he keeps the ball sometimes, I don’t know how he keeps the ball, but he does something, he looked a little bit tired first half, we had a bit of a chat at half time about doing a bit more of the horrible stuff – which he did – but his attitude towards being attacking and being positive is fantastic.”

“[The half time message] was do much the same, we had to be a little bit wary because of the number of minutes that the lads have had, I’m big on if you’re fit from winning a game, then go out and play again.

Tav did brilliantly, but I just thought he looked a little bit tired as the half went on and he’s done a lot of minutes on a short pre-season, but he’s been fantastic, and when you’ve got someone like Jarv to come on, it’s a big bonus.

We’re heavy up front with good players and players who can run as well.”

Yeovil have a thin squad, naming the same starting XI for the third game in a row and there was plenty of praise for how the side saw the game out too.

“The keeper made a great save first half, the back three, the wing backs – Simsy, is just a great right wing back when he should be playing as a ten, but how can you get him out of that position with what he’s done today? there are a lot of positives again.

I haven’t looked at the [Sutton] goal, I know it was a bit of a scramble, but it was a great finish, 

It was a great finish, nice to see it go by Jarv, but there’s that little bit of belief, when you get pegged back a little bit and there’s always a chance.

We had to sit back a little bit today, but on the counter we looked strong, whoever was up front.”

The manager took time to give his squad their dues after a crazy few weeks, with the Glovers sitting outside the play-off spots by a fine margin.,

“I’ve been here since pre-season, with a good manager in Mark [Cooper], he’s been there, seen it and done it and got the club promoted from the league below, the roots were there, you could see it, that little bit of belief and we’ve got a good squad, we’ve got a little bit of experience, but we’ve got players who haven’t played in this league; Macca has come and just blossomed as the season has gone on. There’s a belief in there that we can win games and these are the games where you come and win and they’re great wins.

Now, we’ve got a lot of good teams coming up who are in the half where we are at the moment.

But I’m confident, if we set up right, we can win more games.

Let’s just keep picking up the points, there’s some real, real top class teams in this league, you can almost mark up the top eight with five or six teams already, so, we just keep plugging away and picking up points, we can’t get excited yet because we’ve got a long, long way to go, we’re a quarter of the way through the season, there’s a lots of ups and downs to come.”

Yeovil Town have been drawn against either Hemel Hempstead or Hereford in the FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round ties will take place the weekend of Saturday 11th October. 

The draw was made on TalkSport on Monday lunch time. 

The two sides replay on Tuesday night as they drew 2-2 at the weekend.

Winners of the fixture will receive just shy of £10,000 along with a spot in the first round proper.

Fourth round qualifying winners (32) £9,375
Fourth round qualifying losers (32) £3,125

Full Southern Draw

South

16 Worthing v Forest Green Rovers
17 Maldon & Tiptree v Flackwell Heath or Bracknell Town
18 Woking v Brackley Town
19 Wealdstone v Whitstable Town
20 Slough Town v Enfield Town
21 Eastbourne Borough v Boreham Wood
22 Hampton & Richmond Borough v Eastleigh
23 Southend United v Folkestone Invicta
24 Ebbsfleet United v Solihull Moors
25 Braintree Town v Farnborough
26 Cray Valley (PM) or Tonbridge Angels v Chatham Town
27 Weston Super Mare v Needham Market
28 Hemel Hempstead Town or Hereford v Yeovil Town
29 Banbury United v St Albans City
30 Chelmsford City v Chippenham Town
31 AFC Totton v Truro City
32 Salisbury or Dorking Wanderers v Aldershot Town
33 Farnham Town v Sutton United

Jed Ward has become only the 2nd goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet against Altrincham this season and that is enough to land him a spot in the Enterprise National League Team of the Week. 

🎵”…in the middle of our goal…”

A quite brilliant 4-1 away win for the Glovers last Wednesday, and whilst he might not have scored, Andrew Oluwabori got your vote for Man of the Match,

Tahvon Campbell’s brace and Luke McCormick’s goal put them on the MOTM podium too.