Yeovil Town make one change from the 3-0 win over Torquay with Two-Goal hero Jahmari Clarke missing out on the squad altogether.
Olly Thomas leads the line with Alex Fisher on the bench in place of the Reading loanee.
It’s as you were apart from that,
Is today the day?
Maybe, we’ll find out with Yeovil Town off to bother the Seagull Botherers and Chelmsford in action after… you just never know.
Lots of football still to play and on this episode Ben, Dave and Sheridan dissect the 3-0 trouncing of Torquay and look ahead to the Green and White takeover of that place down the A37.
Enjoy the game, Glovers!
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Yeovil Town Striker Jahmari Clarke has been named in the official Vanarama Team of the Week for Good Friday after his brace of goals against Torquay.
In that same team is Glovers’ loanee WIll Buse who is currently with Bath City.
The Romans drew 1-1 with Yeovil’s Monday opponents, W*ymouth and Buse was in top form.
Good work both!
Whilst the Glovers were giving Torquay a bit of a battering at Huish Park… some (but not all) of our loanees beat the weather, here’s how they got on.
Firstly, Jordan Maguire-Drew was an unused sub in Barnet’s 2-2 draw with Solihull Moors.
Bath City drew 1-1 with W*ymouth, Will Buse was in goal for the Romans and played well.
77′ Will Buse does well to claw away Parsons’ effort from range.
— Bath City FC (@BathCity_FC) March 29, 2024
Melksham drew 1-1 with Malvern, Benjani Jr was named on the bench, but information on if he came on is hard to come by.
Dorchester play on Saturday, away at Winchester, Gillingham didn’t play at all due to the weather, and it was a similar story for Welton who were also beaten by the weather.
So, onto our headline and Charlie Bateson and Shepton Mallet, who played Street in something of a derby clash,
Despite being named on the bench initially, Bateson came on to score the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win.
Bateson in action for Shepton v Street – Pic Daniel Holt
Yeovil Town went within six points of the National League Premier with a 3-0 thrashing of Torquay United, two goals from Jahmari Clarke and one from Jordan Young separated the sides in a feisty encounter in the Somerset sun.
Matt Worthington lost the toss to kick start the Bank Holiday weekend, it meant the Glovers were attacking the Thatchers End first up and the first coming together was just seconds in.
Jordan Young was subject to a tough 50/50 in the opening seconds, a Torquay player seemingly falling on to the winger who needed medical attention and a concussion test.
Young was booked… for getting a headache.
Tom Lapslie gave Charlie Cooper a clattering, and Jude-Boyd earned himself a booking for barging through Morgan Williams… the game barely four minutes old and the Gulls had set their stall out early.
Brad Ash and Jake Wannell tried to swap shirts as a long ball cleared them both, eight minutes on the clock and very little actual football had actually broken out. Cool heads from the Glovers needed, Torquay out to ruffle feathers as much as play football.
It took as much as 11 minutes before some football happened, ironically, from a free kick too, Torquay lofted the ball into the box, Jake Wannell dealt with the first ball before Joe Day took care of the rest.
Torquay found themselves into the attack with 15 minutes gone, but their move down the right was thwarted.
The Glovers quickly countered with Charlie Cooper who played the ball right to Brooklyn Genesini, his cross was just out of reach of the on rushing Jordan Stevens, the first glimpse of the attacking YTFC we’d all been hoping for.
Cooper gave away a free kick in the right back area with less than a quarter of the game gone, the ball, whipped in right footed never troubling anyone other than the away fans in the open terrace.
The Glovers were comfortable in possession, Frank Nouble popping up on both sides of the pitch trying to get the game going.
Jahmari Clarke, who hadn’t really got much of a touch was finally in the game on 20 minutes, he got on the end of a long ball forward from Morgan Williams, but Clarke’s knock down couldn’t quite find Nouble in a good position.
Nouble, a former Torquay man, was proving instrumental. The referee played an excellent advantage when Cooper was clattered in the Glovers’ area with Nouble and Young linking up down the right hand side, the ball squirmed away, but shortly found its way to Clarke.
Clarke wound up a shot from distance… it might still be in orbit… do let us know if you see it.
More scrappy football in the middle, more unpunished Torquay challenges and more lumped balls forward from the visitors, finally lead to Austen Booth being given a booking for a rugby tackle on Clarke.
Some lovely football between Genesini and Young led to the ball falling to Matt Worthington on the edge of the box, his shot was deflected wide and Young’s corner evaded everyone.
Yeovil were started to up the ante, Frank Nouble twisted and turned into a shooting position but his effort was blocked, Nouble then laid the ball right to Genesini who saw the headlines as his shot rose just too high.
Clarke and Stevens were next to team up down the left hand side, Stevens’ cross couldn’t find a green shirt.
No sooner did that happen did Torquay find themselves with their first sight at goal, but Brad Ash was muscled away from goal by Morgan Williams as Joe Day mopped up the ball.
Brad Ash had another flop about on the floor to win a free kick with just shy of 45 minutes on the clock, the resulting free kick was almost misjudged by Jay Foulston, who ended up flicking the ball out for a corner.
Brett McGavin’s looping header causing no danger for Joe Day.
The final five minutes became quite breathless with both sides making opportunities, Morgan Williams stretching to clear a cross, Jake Wannell breaking out some yoga move to stop an attack whilst Frank Nouble and Jordan Stevens was causing havoc.
Charlie Cooper benefitted from a great run from Stevens, his shot was blocked but fell nicely to Jahmari CLARKE who tapped home into an open net.
1-0 to the Glovers!
Yeovil weren’t switched on from the restart though and Tom Lapslie was inches away from equalising, Joe Day managing to get enough on Stobbs’ cross to force a corner. Nothing came from the resulting set piece.
The scrappiness continued – Brad Ash scuffed a shot goalwards after Charlie Cooper was bundled off the ball.
Genesini continued to find space down the right hand side, he and Nouble combined to whip a ball in, but Jordan Stevens couldn’t rise highest.
The visitors fizzed a shot wide as the game entered four minutes of added on time in the first half,
It was feisty, scrappy, at times a little naughty, but the half ended with the Glovers a goal to the good… and Jake Wannell rattling the Torquay players.
No changes by either side at the break, but the visitors had started with a new formation, a more traditional back four and a two-man front line.
Torquay started the game in the ascendancy, a throw in found it’s way to Ash in the box, but his effort was never going to trouble anyone as the ball trickled out.
Yeovil’s first attack was once again the product of a smooth passage of play down the right hand side, Genesini and Young combined to earn a number of attacking throw ins, one of which found it’s way to Frank Nouble who’s smashed cross went right across goal.
The Glovers were back in possession soon enough, the Jordans were teaming up on the edge of the box, and it was Stevens who had the chance to fire a cross in, but Clarke couldn’t quite get to the ball ahead of the visitors goalkeeper.
Torquay, to their credit, were playing some football this half and Boyd’s cross caused a moment of danger, but with the Glovers back on the front foot with Young, Cooper and Genesini all trying to get into the game from an attacking point of view.
Frank Nouble was on a mission, he locked onto a long ball, skipped past another reckless challenge and gets his head up, to see Jordan YOUNG flying towards the edge of the area, his left footed strike cannoning off the bar and into the back of the net to double Yeovil’s advantage.
Huish Park was now rocking, another National League South attendance record announced and every one of them were enjoying their day out in the glorious sunshine.
Jahmari CLARKE was back in the action, a quite sensational turn saw the Reading loanee close down on goal and slot the ball under the on rushing keeper to give the Glovers a third – a really lovely goal – and one that might have prevented him from being taken off, Olly Thomas was ready to come on and had to sit back down!
He got a couple of more minutes before making way for the Bristol City man.
He was soon into the action, causing trouble in the box as Cooper whipped a free kick in, the ball bobbled to Jake Wannell’s left foot, his traction engine of a shot was blocked for a corner.
The corner was defended well, but the Green shirts were all over the ball, possession back with the home side within seconds.
Thomas and Young were interchanging some very nice passes and Thomas was hauled down by a defender 20 yards from goal… Jordan Young territory.
Apart from the fact that Jake Wannell stood over the ball, not the most likely taker.
There was a mix up, and another free kick, which was once again set up for Wannell – it didn’t work, move on, let’s not worry about that.
Jordan Stevens was next to try his luck, benefitting from more good work by Olly Thomas, he struck a ball towards towards the top corner, rising just too far.
With 15 minutes gone, Jenkins-Davies was booked for another foul on Charlie Cooper, the possession was once again with the Glovers, the Jordans were causing all kinds of bother with Wannell, Morgan and Day mopping up everything at the other end.
With the clock ticking down, the game had a bit of a lull.
Jordan Young got another clattering, he was replaced by Dylan Morgan with 12 minutes left.
Olly Thomas was determined to get in on the goal scoring, chasing down lost causes and having a shot blocked with ten minutes to go.
Jake Wannell got booked for slowing the game down – I’m pretty sure a few worse things went unpunished.
Thomas was again causing all kinds of chaos, he nipped into the area down the left hand side, his shot was blocked for a corner, when the slightly better option might have been to find Jordan Stevens in the six yard box.
The resulting corner saw Dylan Morgan have a shot blocked, everyone was in on the act.
At the other end, Archer made progress down the left and fired a shot at goal, Joe Day was well placed, but it was nodded behind by Worthington nonetheless.
Jay Foulston was being treated for a knock, with only six minutes left.
Torquay continued to have possession in key areas, but set pieces and final balls weren’t causing the Glovers any trouble.
Yeovil were happy to see the game out by this point, winning possession at regular intervals and marshalling the game,
In a final change, Sonny Blu Lo Everton came on to give Charlie Cooper the chance to put his feet up.
The referee decided SEVEN additional minutes were required, Jake Wannell and Lo Everton were still happy to show their quick feet in the middle of the park, the Glovers were enjoying themselves.
It was some lovely simple passing from the Glovers to finish the game off, the ball moving far more than any Torquay player, both sets of players happy to wait for the ref to blow his whistle,
Venue: Huish Park
Date: Friday 29th March, 3:00pm
Competition: National League South
Pitch: Amazing considering the weather
Conditions: Beautiful Sunny Day with showers.
Attendance: 6,462
Scorers: Clarke 39 (1-0), Young 57 (2-0), Clarke 62 (3-0),
Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Jordan Young 1,
Torquay Uniteds: Jude-Williams 4, A Booth 26, A Hall 68, J Davies 74.
Referee: Matthew Norton
Yeovil Town
Substitutes: Dylan Morgan (for Young 78), Sonny Blu Lo Everton (for Cooper 89), Sam Pearson, Rhys Murphy, Olly Thomas (for Clarke 65)
Torquay United: M.Halstead, A Jude-Boyd (for Tomlinson 76), T Lapslie (for Ofori-Acheampong), A Booth, A Hall (C), B Ash, B McGavin, W Jenkins-Davies, D Moxey, J Stobbs (for Collins 79), E Archer.
Substitutes (not used): , R Lovett,
Frank Nouble has set his teammates the target of getting the nine points they need to secure the National League South title as quickly as possibe.
The front man, who scored the only goal of the game against Braintree at the weekend, was on pre-match press duties and said that the win in Essex puts a poor run of form behind the Glovers;
[It was a] good feeling, great win for the boys which in the main thing.
Everything is pretty much to bed now, results wise and performance wise, a couple of days later we analyse the game with the manager and coaching staff and then we move on swiftly to the next one, we enjoy ourselves on the day and we look back on it as an important win, I’m sure a lot of people expected us not to pick up points there,
It was a nice goal, like you say, I haven’t scored for a few games, hopefully that can inspire the next goals coming from all us attacking players.
Attention turns to an Easter Double header and the target is clear, get the points that are needed, and fast.
“Honestly, I just want to win the league as quickly as possible, I’m not going to shy away from that any more, I just want to win the league, I just want to win as many games as possible, six league games. If I score two or three before then, great, if I score five, excellent, but if I score none and we still win the league that’s the main thing.”
Ticket Sales have already topped 4500 for the Good Friday game at Huish Park and it’s a case of more the merrier for the striker.
“It’s good, it’s brilliant, it’s everything you wanted as a kid, you want to play in front of big crowds, I’ve been fortunate to play in front of big crowds in the past, it’s nothing new to me, but it’s also nice to have that at the club you’re currently at.”
As for the Glovers opponents, Torquay, Nouble respects them – as a former Gull himself – but says it’s on Yeovil to do what they do best.
“I know that they are going through a situation right now which is difficult, I’m sure as a club, we wish them all the best and hope they can come out of that,
I’ve spoken to a few of their players, I think they’re happy that we can’t win the league against them, but we expect a tough game, they’re going to be a team which is looking to ruin the party like a lot of clubs have been trying to do recently, we expect a tough game, if we didn’t get a tough game, we’d be disappointed.
These games take care of themselves in terms of atmosphere and what it means. “
“I think the last three games, we went away from the honesty of working hard before respecting our quality, considering the position we are in the league, sometimes you can forget that.
We’ve gone back to that, we look a bit more solid, more than being in rhythm but the rhythm will come back and I think we saw glimpses of that on Saturday and hopefully we can have more on Friday, but working hard for this team is the minimum requirement.”
Nouble’s goal came from a corner, against Braintree and Frank was happy to give assistant Chris Todd plenty of credit.
“Set pieces have been huge, Toddy has been brilliant with us all year, trying to create scenarios for us to get the advantage of the position, we watch clips of other teams of how they set up for set pieces, it’s important for us to know what we’re doing, it worked perfectly, to a tee – but the others didn’t work, so we need to keep working.
The older I’ve got, I’ve got more accustomed to the community, to understand what they feel and what they think, doing my football training on the side with Sonny Blu [Lo Everton] has been brilliant, some of the kids are a bit more cheeky than others, but they’re brilliant, they’re like a little family, and they let us know what the crowd are thinking. “
Finally, when asked what it was like to share a spot in the official Team of the Week with Torquay and W*ymouth players whom he’ll come up against this weekend, he said he was happy to be nominated but…
“it’s nice to be recognised, as for W*ymouth, I don’t know what they’re doing this season – couldn’t care less – we look forward to playing them and hopefully taking points off them”
We’re looking forward to it, Frank!
Yeovil Town’s Frank Nouble has been named in the official Vanarama Team of the Week after his winning goal against Braintree.
The only goal of the game was enough to put the Glovers within nine points of securing the NLS title.
Keep ’em coming, Frank, we’re nearly there!
The Glovers picked up three big ones away at Braintree on NonLeagueDay 2024, how about the other Glovers out and about.
Jordan Maguire-Drew was an unused sub for Barnet as the Bees gave Dorking a 6-0 walloping.
Will Buse has to wait until Sunday for his action this weekend, Bath play Worthing live on TNT Sports.
Benjani Jnr and Melksham didn’t have a game either, this isn’t going very well is it?
Right, onto those who did have a Saturday game…
Ollie Haste helped Dorchester maintain their fantastic recent form, they picked up a 1-0 win over high flying Salisbury, Haste started and was part of the back line that were heavily praised for their efforts in front of a bumper crowd.
On to Shepton, where it was something of a bad day at the office for the Mallet who last 2-0 to Bridgwater Utd, Charlie Bateson did start the game, but it was one to forget for them.
Aidan Skiverton started for Sherborne in a 1-0 loss to Petersfield Town.
Welton Rovers also lost, league leaders Helston Athletic got the better of a 2-1 score line, Jacob Shore put in a very positive performance at back with Mason Alden used from the bench,
Whilst at Gillingham they’ve had a double header week; in midweek, they were 3-0 down to Wincanton, dragged it back to 3-3 only to suffer last minute heart break and concede a last gasp goal.
In contrast, from a seven-goal fest to a snooze fest against Bishops Sutton. 0-0 the game ended.
Harrison Foster (who scored two of the goals in midweek), Jack Bareham, Josh Haskett, and Harry Lock all got plenty of game time across the two games.
A stalemate at Slough for the first team, but what about those elsewhere?
Well, we were hoping that Bath City could do us an almighty favour in their game against Chelmsford (they couldn’t, cheers Jerry 😉) but it was good to see Glovers’ loanee Gloveman Will Buse back in goal.
He’s made two appearances this week for the Romans, in a 2-0 win over Hemel in midweek and in their 3-1 loss to Chelmsford on Saturday.
After the game in midweek, Jerry Gill said of his number 1;
“I thought Will was excellent, gave us a calmness, came and got a lot of crosses, and his kicking was excellent as well”
In the division above, Jordan Maguire-Drew was in the starting line up for Barnet, they lost 1-0 against Woking.
JM-D was taken off ten minutes before the end.
Malachi Linton wasn’t in the W*ymouth squad for their game against Braintree, the Terras lost 1-0.
Dorchester were on the right side of a seven-goal thriller against Beaconsfield. Ollie Haste played the full 90.
Benjani Jr scored the only Melksham goal in a 2-1 defeat to Exmouth.
32’ GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL Benjani Jnr
🔵 1 v 1 🌓
— Melksham Town FC (@MELKSHAMTOWNFC) March 16, 2024
Shepton Mallet had their game postponed, it’s been VERY damp of late… too damp for Gillingham v Bitton as well.
Welton Rovers were on the wrong end of a 5-0 score line against Clevedon. Max Dyer and Jacob Shore both started for Rovers
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