On this episode of the Gloverscast, Ian met with a Sahil Prabhu at Huish Park to talk about his role at Yeovil Town, what part he’s played so far and what the future holds. Dave caught up with Jonny from the Barrow Fanzine, Give ‘Em Beans.
Enjoy the match!
Well that was excellent wasn’t it?
Ian, Dave and Ben wax lyrical about a wonderful afternoon at Huish Park where the Glovers turned it on to triumph over Gateshead. We talk an unbelievable first half, a controlled second, Luke McCormick, Ste Walker and the rest.
Many thanks to this week’s plebstensions: Don Gibson, Tim Hubble, Chris ‘Jaegerbomb’ Fox, Dan Franklyn and Michael Stone & Andrew Foot.
Ian was at a resplendent Huish Park for the lunchtime kickoff as the Glovers carved through Gateshead again and again. Here are his Five Conclusions…
The first half was as complete a performance as I can remember. The Glovers were scintillating from the off. Breaking forward at pace, perpetual motion from the forward players and it took just 2 minutes for Ste Walker to bag his second goal in green and white. In truth, it should have been four by half time. Ryan Jones hit the bar, Walker couldn’t get his feet untangled, Charlie Lennon caused all sorts of problems and the Glovers had 8 shots on target in the first half. It was probably the first time since Gateshead at home last season that we’d seen such a performance…
The midfield duo are finding their feet. Brett McGavin, who Gateshead clearly hadn’t watched, was given the license to dictate all afternoon. When McGavin is given the sort of time he was afforded he will control the tempo and pick out pass after pass after pass. But, he has had the perfect partner in Zain Westbrooke. Westbrooke is the ever-willing runner who quietly goes about his business. He’s one of those that may go unnoticed during a game, but lose him and it’ll leave an almighty hole.
We’ve got fantastic depth. It’s a testament to the recruitment and the ownership group that we’ve got the most depth I can recall us having in National League, if not further back. The be able bring on Loick Ayina, Mason Obeng, Hayden Muller, Slavi Spasov and Johl Powell and have the levels not drop shows how far we’ve come. They’d be starters in previous seasons and there’s still the likes of Jack Kingdon, Joe Gubbins, James Daly and Joe Haigh that weren’t available or didn’t get on the pitch.
Super Luke McCormick. It’s only taken three matches but the skipper looks to be back to his mercurial best. His goals yesterday were calmness personified, in those moments he was the coolest head in Huish Park we needed that to finally put a game to bed this season. We saw that sort of performance so many times before his injury last season and to see it this soon is promising. Chants of ‘Super Luke McCormick’ rang out of the Thatchers yesterday, the chant solly reserved for Super Gav has been passed on.
What is this feeling? Is it confidence? Is it comfort? Have you ever seen such a one-sided highlight package in our favour? There was a moment yesterday where we had Gateshead chasing shadows and it reminded me of us, and how teams come to Huish Park and give us the run around. Yesterday, we were the dominant team and we have set a benchmark now for what we are capable of. Next weekend will be another challenge with two fixtures so close together but for the first time in years, I’ve got confidence in the Glovers.
Welcome back to another Mini Matchday Edition of The Gloverscast! With a grueling lunchtime kickoff looming this Saturday, we’re getting the inside track on our upcoming opponents, Gateshead FC, straight from the foot in the opposition camp.
To help us make sense of the Heed’s incredibly chaotic summer, we are joined by Dave from the Heed Army Podcast. From boardroom drama to massive squad turnover, Dave walks us through a rollercoaster offseason and breaks down exactly what Yeovil Town can expect to see on the pitch.
Whether you’re braving the early start or following along from home, this episode gives you everything you need to know about the opposition before the referee blows the whistle.
As an affiliate member of the Football Supporters Association, we have been invited to a meeting of supporter groups on 3rd September to share what we think the priorities are for the FSA when communicating with the National League.
We wanted to put the questions to you so your input on this form so that we can share a good summary of YTFC views at the meeting, would be greatly appreciated.
How great was it to be back at Huish Park? On this episode of the Gloverscast, the Plebs discuss the boardroom changes at Huish Park and what that could mean going forward. We also go over the late heartbreak against Carlisle – but with reasons for optimism – and we take your GCQs.
With huge thanks to Tim Hubble, Dorset Jim and Stoney and Andrew for their voice notes.
Welcome to another edition of the Gloverscast’s mini matchday episode, Foot in the Opposition Camp! This week, we are looking ahead to Yeovil Town’s first match of the season at Huish Park against title favorites, Carlisle United.
To get the inside scoop on our upcoming opponents, we are joined by Lee from the Carlisle United podcast, the Brunton Bugle.
In This Episode, We Discuss:
So we recorded this one early. It was out of date before I’d even cobbled it together. So, as you’ll hear, we don’t speak about the news that broke yesterday evening but we will, of course.
We did talk about the first match of the season at Huish Park though. Bring on Carlisle!
& Happy Birthday Dave!
Five National League Premier League clubs have been placed under transfer embargo for breaching financial regulations.
AFC Fylde, Aldershot Town, Altrincham, FC Halifax Town and Hornchurch were all placed under ‘ongoing’ embargo yesterday for ‘non-compliance of league financial regulations’.
The National League website states:
The National League may place a Club under embargo if it meets one of the following criteria:
An embargo prevents the Club from signing a new player or changing the terms of an existing loan, except where the terms of the Embargo allow.
Of the clubs affected by embargoes, AFC Fylde are the first opponents which Yeovil Town will face with the Lancashire side due to travel to Huish Park on September 12th, closely followed by a trip to Aldershot Town three days later.
UPDATE: Altrincham has since had its embargo lifted after filing necessary paperwork and FC Halifax and AFC Fylde have also reassured their supporters that it they have both supplied required paperwork.
A point away at Scunthorpe United on the opening day is nothing to be sniffed at, but there was still disappointment from the Yeovil Town manager Billy Rowley following his side’s 1-1 draw.
After am even first half, the Glovers took the lead when winger Mason Obeng stroked home the opener with 48 minutes on the clock and the visitors looked to have done enough to earn three points before Iron substitute Luke Brennan found a late equaliser.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Mark Stillman after the match, Rowley said: “When you come to Scunthorpe away, when you eat your breakfast this morning, you probably would take a point. But, having just watched and been part of this game, I feel like I think we’re a bit unfortunate not to win. They’re really good team – Andy (Butler, the Iron manager) does a great job here, home support was excellent – but we’ve had a couple of big chances.
“We’ve had two offsides given which I’ve been shown on freeze frame, that aren’t offside and I think Macca (midfielder Luke McCormick) goes on to score one of those and makes it 2-0, which makes the game very different, so I think there’s two sides of this. I’m happy with a point here, but I’m a little bit frustrated we didn’t win it.”
A new look starting XI saw nine debutants make their first competitive appearances in green and white, including an entirely new back line and Rowley was pleased with his defensive unit’s efforts despite the late equaliser.
He said: “Scunthorpe are really good at what they do, they put the ball in the on your back line and they’re great at running off you, they create little overloads out wide and we dealt with all that really well. I’m really happy with all the lads, in particular (goalkeeper) Jos (Barker), he’s young lad who’s come from two leagues below and made a made a (league) debut in front of 6,000 people. He’s not really put a foot wrong. I thought the goal was an unbelievable goal from them although I think we probably could have done a slightly better job of of closing off that lane and showing him outside.”
One man who is familiar to the Yeovil supporters was midfielder Brett McGavin, who replaced Hayden Muller at half time. Rowley was full of praise for the midfielder, saying: “Brett is elite at this level for technical ability to dictate games, he’s able to shape people off his back, he can receive the ball in tight spaces. The idea was to bring on Brett when the when their legs are a little bit tired and do that job for us and I think he did it really well and I think he matched defensively as well. I was really pleased with Brett when he came on and I thought he did excellently.”
After an even first half, the Glovers took the lead with just three minutes of the second half gone after Ryan Jones’ free-kick from way out on the right found Obeng at the back post. The winger showed great coolness and technique to confidently stroke the ball in to the net and celebrate in front of the 260 away supporters.
Rowley was pleased with the goal and all of the trio of players he brought from his former club Walton & Hersham – goalkeeper Barker, Obeng and midfielder Johl Powell, who appeared as a second half substitute.
The boss said: “Initially, I thought our goal was a bit lucky, but after rewatching it’s just an unbelievable goal. I am really pleased for Mason. I made a big point at the end of the end of the game with the boys in the dressing room, Jos, Mase and Johl, they are lads that have come from two leagues below to play in front of one of the biggest crowds they have done in a long time and I felt they all dealt with it superbly well. I thought the the goal from Mase, might make goal of the week this week in this league.”
There were 260 supporters who made the long journey up from Somerset for the opening fixtures and made themselves heard in a crowd of 5,111 on a sweltering day in Lincolnshire.
Rowley said: “The support was incredible. I was smiling throughout the whole warm up. Some of the staff that are new here as well, they were amazed by it. I can’t thank them enough and I know all the boys absolutely loved it as well, it made the warm up, made this whole day really special.”
