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Loan signing Dion Pereira is thrown straight in to the line-up as Yeovil Town manager rings the changes for today’s fixture with Notts County at Huish Park.

The boss has benched Charlie Wakefield, Mitchell Rose and Ben Seymour who all started the midweek goalless draw against Maidenhead United in favour of Matt Worthington, Sonny Blu Lo-Everton and Pereira, who joined from Luton Town in the week.

Jordan Barnett remains on the substitutes’ bench alongside striker Adi Yussuf who returns after a one-match ban for his sending off at Boreham Wood.

For the visitors, former Torquay United man Kyle Cameron returns after injury in place of former Glovers’ defender Alex Lacey who drops to the bench.

No sign of assistant manager Michael Doyle who has been rumoured to return to playing after the Magpies threw away leads in their past two matches.

Yeovil Town: Smith, Moss, Staunton, Hunt, Robinson, Worthington, Gorman, Pereira, Knowles, Lo-Everton, Quigley. Subs: Barnett, Rose, Wakefield, Seymour, Yussuf.

Notts County: Patterson, Chicksen, Cameron, Brennan, Brindley, O’Brien, Palmer, Roberts, Rodrigues, Nemane, Wootton. Subs: Kelly-Evans, Francis, Vincent, Mitchell, Sanm.

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The big news coming out of Notts County ahead of their visit to Huish Park is that 40-year-old midfielder Michael Doyle is due for a return to action.

The former Coventry City player was appointed as assistant head coach to manager Ian Burchnall and took a step back from his role as a player.

However, after seeing his side give up a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 against a ten-man FC Halifax Town on Tuesday night, the manager is looking to bring back the experienced head in the middle of the park.

Burchnall said: “We have discussed it and it’s not necessarily that we need Michael to play every game but there might have been a moment against Halifax where he could have come in and settled the environment.

“A lot of what we do will come from the way in which we train and I’ve said to Doyler maybe you need to get back on the training pitch and help the players understand from a coach on the pitch.”

The capitulation of the Magpies in West Yorkshire in the week and last weekend when they gave up a 1-0 win to lose 4-1 at home to surprise package Woking.

 

FROM THE MANAGER

Notts County manager Ian Burchnall described his side’s performance in the 3-2 defeat at FC Halifax Town as “junior football“.

Having led 2-0 when Halifax defender Tom Bradbury saw red, Notts collapsed to a 3-2 defeat with a 100th minute winner from ex-Yeovil Town man, Matt Warburton.

Speaking afterwards, Burchnall told the Nottingham Post: “We’ve got to understand that over the course of the season goals go in but we can’t have such a negative reaction.

“When they do we have to bring ourselves together and reorganise. Until the red card, when I felt the game unravelled a little bit, I thought it was a very good away performance.

“We were 2-0 up and looked very stable. We have to remember why we’re in that position and what put us there.

“We started to chase the game and chase the result even at 2-1.

“When we’re 2-1 up, I still felt like we’re so desperate to chase that third goal to close it, that we leave ourselves vulnerable and a bit open to counter-attacks.

“We just have to completely manage the game and kill the opposition at that moment.

“And I think that is a mindset to be able to do that, to stay focused and disciplined even with a setback within the game.”

 

TEAM NEWS

Goalkeeper Sam Slocombe has been missing since the middle of September after picking up an injury in training.

The club have brought in highly-rated Sunderland youngster Alex Patterson has played the last three matches, conceding seven times in his last two matches.

Slocombe’s injury was described as being “for around three weeks” when it was reported on September 24, meaning there’s a chance of him returning at Huish Park.

Central defenders Connell Rawlinson and  Kyle Cameron, the latter signed in the summer from Torquay United, have been big misses through injury in recent weeks.

As with Slocombe, both were ruled out for “up to three weeks ago”…..around three weeks ago and may be brought back in to the fold this weekend.

Ex-Yeovil central defender Alex Lacey is recently back after a hip operation in the summer following a four-month lay-off, but returned to the side at the beginning of September.

He has been an ever-present in the Notts side since the 3-2 win over Aldershot Town and has scored twice in that time, including in the 3-2 defeat at FC Halifax Town on Tuesday night.

 

A FOOT IN BOTH CAMPS

On the pitch, there will be at least one player on either side of the weekend’s fixture facing their old employers.

In the green corner, Jordan Barnett arrived at Huish Park following his release by Notts at the end of last season, where he played 12 times scoring once….against Yeovil.

Barnett was on the bench for the goalless draw with Maidenhead United in midweek when his all-action display was lacking, so may return.

Midfielder Mitchell Rose, who played the full 90 minutes against Maidenhead, played more than 50 times for Notts during an 18-month spell between January 2019 and November 2020. He was part of the County side who dropped out of the Football League.

In the black-and-white corner, central defender Alex Lacey was a virtual ever present in his two seasons at Yeovil in 2015-16 and 2016-17.

In the latter season, he was was awarded with the Green & White Supporters Club and Community Sports Trust Player of the Season.

Having rejected an offer of a new contract in Somerset, he signed for League One Gillingham and arrived at Notts in November 2019 following his release from the Gills.

He signed a contract extension in August 2020 and (ominously) scored in the 3-2 defeat at FC Halifax Town in midweek.

Other players who recent experience playing for both teams include:

Francois Zoko – Notts County (2012-13), Yeovil Town (2015-2019)
Carl Dickinson – Notts County (2016-18), Yeovil Town (2018-2021)
Yoann Arquin – Notts County (2012-14), Yeovil Town (2018-2019)
Leroy Lita – Notts County (2015 – loan), Yeovil Town (2016)
Adam Coombes – Notts County (2013-14), Yeovil Town (2010 – loan)

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Tickets are on sale to season tickets for the FA Cup derby draw with W*ymouth at Huish Park next weekend.

The club has confirmed the game at Huish Park will be all ticket and no sales will be made on the day.

Season ticket holders are advised to take up their first refusal on their seats using the club’s ticket portal – here. They have until 5pm on Wednesday to confirm their seats.

However, tickets are also on general sale via the same ticketing portal – here.

Prices are here:

Seated Home fans

Adult £19

Senior / Armed Forces £17

Young Person 16-23 – £12

Under 16 –  £5

Under 12 – £3

Home Terrace

Adult £16

Senior / Armed Forces £13

Young Person 16-23 – £12

Under 16 –  £5

Under 12 – £3

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Josh Staunton has said it is “a massive honour” to wear the captain’s armband in the absence of Luke Wilkinson.

The 26-year-old, who has also taken the skipper’s spot in the heart of defence for the last two games, said the responsibility is bringing out the best in him.

Speaking to the Gloverscast’s Ben Barrett ahead of the weekend’s fixture with Notts County, Staunton said: “To be handed the armband for a club like Yeovil is a massive honour and I feel proud every time I have done it.

Josh Staunton in the thick of it against King’s Lynn Town.

“I have really enjoyed it and always felt it brings the best out of me, when I was under-23 captain I seemed to find an extra per cent in me.

“I’m delighted to be wearing, I like the responsibility.”

Despite being on four yellows cards and only one away from a suspension, Staunton said he will not change his whole-hearted approach.

He added: “I think all my bookings have been for tackles and I would much rather that than be done for dissent.

“As a player you are if you are committed you are going to get a few. I don’t change my approach, I don’t go out there thinking I can’t get yellow carded.

“You still have to make sure you are making the right decisions and the team has to come first, if I have to take a yellow card for the team and miss Tuesday night (at home to Altrincham) so be it.”

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Defenders Luke Wilkinson and Morgan Williams could both return to the Yeovil Town side towards the end of the month.

Wilkinson has not featured since limping off after 28 minutes of the defeat at home to Chesterfield, whilst boss Darren Sarll has revealed Williams picked up a knee injury in the Somerset Premier Cup win over Bridgwater United last month.

Luke Wilkinson wins a header.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

The manager said Wilkinson was “not too far off and may be the back end of the month” whilst Williams could be “a couple of weeks.”

On the long term injuries, he added that right-back Mark Little and striker Reuben Reid were still looking likely to return towards the end of the year.

Sarll said: “We are still looking at December for Reidy, so probably Reid first and then Mark (Little).

“(Reid, Little and Wilkinson) are the three most experienced players and three of our better players and we have to try and make sure we are in a competitive position when they are back in the squad.

“They will make a huge contribution to whatever we do in the second part of the season.“

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Darren Sarll has called on Yeovil Town‘s supporters to back his young side after the frustration of a goalless draw with Maidenhead United.

The Glovers’ side were faced with boos from some parts of the Huish Park crowd on Tuesday night and the manager warned that many of his players needed to be encouraged when Notts County come to town this weekend.

His comments echoed those he made following the game when he called for patience from the crowd.

Yeovil Town manager Darren Sarll.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

He said: “Creative players like Sonny (Blu Lo-Everton) and Tom Knowles need to know they are not going to get battered for making a mistake.

“Those players have to take risks and sometimes those come off and sometimes they don’t, so we have to try and create a positive interaction which develops their confidence where they feel like they can do those things.

“The culmination of the four home games is the biggest derby the club can have in a brilliant competition, so we are building up to that.”

He added that he wanted to create an atmosphere where his players “want to come and play at Huish Park” building up to the FA Cup fourth qualifying round tie at home to Weymouth at the end of the month.

The manager said he did not feel the midweek match was “quite the right start” to throw defender Jordan Dyer, who was signed on loan from Exeter City, in to action.

But, he was happy with the performance of striker Ben Seymour who played 69 minutes alongside Joe Quigley against Maidenhead.

Sarll said: “Ben has got that movement and grace in his running, he reminds me a lot of Jamie Cureton which are qualities which are different than we have.”

He added he was hoping to work with Seymour, Dyer and midfielder Mitchell Rose, who has signed on a month-to-month contract, “for longer than a month.“

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Mitchell Rose in action for Yeovil Town.
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Midfielder Mitchell Rose is playing on a month-to-month contract following his arrival at Yeovil Town, according to manager Darren Sarll.

The former Notts County and Grimsby Town player arrived at Huish Park at the end of last month having played just five games for National League North side Boston United last season.

In the summer, the 27-year-old was given a suspended prison sentence for an assault on a man and a woman which left a 26-year-old woman with a broken cheekbone.

Asked about the decision to sign the player following his first 90 minutes for the club in the goalless draw with Maidenhead United, Sarll said he would encourage people to get to know the player.

He added: “People should understand and know the full extent of any situation before we start beating people down.

“Mitch is an ex-youth team player of mine, I have known him years and if something untoward has happened in his life I have certainly not got any details about it.

“He’s a player I have admired for a while and with Luke Wilkinson out, the options to bring in another central defender were very thin, so we wanted to have Mitch on a month-to-month basis.”

Rose, who worked with Sarll during his time in the academy at Rotherham United, played the full 90 minutes of the goalless draw with Maidenhead.

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Darren Sarll has called on Yeovil Town supporters to be patient with the club’s players after a frustrating goalless draw at home to Maidenhead United on Tuesday night.

The Glovers managed just two shots on target despite the visitors going down to ten men when midfielder Jay Mingi was dismissed for a second booking after 71 minutes.

Yeovil Town manager Darren Sarll.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins after the match, the manager said: “We have to be patient. Our supporters, me included, the board, we all wanted a young team and we have got to be patient with these boys.

“We have to create the environment where they feel like they can take a risk. Sonny had the ball and got in a brilliant position, he went to jink back inside on to his stronger foot to open the goal up, and he gave the ball way.

“What do we expect creative players to do? Pass it sideways and backwards? There’s two sides of the coin on that one. We have a foundation which we can build on.”

The boss said he felt his side were “getting better” and described the clean sheet as “a good defensive performance.”

He added: “It is another point. When you can’t win them, not losing them is an important attribute, too many games last year we lost from these positions late on.

“But, we were not smooth or effective in our attacking play but we haven’t had a game so far where we have had to dominate the ball and open teams up.

“We are still piecing together everything, we are seven games in and we have got far more points than we had last year.”

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Tickets are on sale for Yeovil Town‘s trip to high-flying Grimsby Town in our next away trip on Saturday, October 23.

Adult: £20.00
Concessions: £13 (18-22 years, 65+ years plus NUS students, unemployed – proof of status may be required)
Unaccompanied (aged 12-17 years): £7
Accompanied (aged 3-17 years): £5
Under-3s: Free.
Registered disabled (see below for eligibility): £20 plus carer free.

Tickets available to buy – here.

NOTE: there is a matchday surcharge of £2.00 for all ticket categories, except for the Under 17 rates, if you choose to purchase at the ground on the day of the match.

Further disabled information: Ambulant and Wheelchair disabled supporters are charged £20.00 with an assistant going free of charge. You need to be on the High or Enhanced rate of Living Allowance. There are 20 wheelchair spaces in the away area. These must be booked in advance. If needing to make a booking, or more information on facilities, or further assistance, Amanda Stephenson is the club’s Disability Liaison Officer – call 01472 605050 or e-mail safety@gtfc.co.uk. Disabled supporters enter the ground via Harrington Street (the sea facing side of the stadium). There is a fully accessible toilet within the away end.

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On-loan striker Ben Seymour and defender Jack Robinson and midfielder Mitch Rose are in the starting line-up for tonight’s visit of Maidenhead United to Huish Park (7.45pm kick-off).

Jordan Barnett drops to the bench with Matt Worthington

For the visitors there is no place for ex-Glover Shaun Donnellan, who does not make the squad having played the past two matches following a ten-month lay off through injury.

 

Yeovil Town: Smith, Robinson, Hunt, Staunton Moss, Gorman, Rose, Knowles, Wakefield, Quigley, Seymour .  Subs: Evans, Barnett, Bradley, Worthington, Lo-Everton.

Maidenhead United: Lovett, Massey, Wells, Parry, Clerima, Minigi, Ferdinand, Upward, Barratt, Smith, Blissett. Subs: Adams, Asonganyi, Beckwith, Acquah, Rees.