In 2015, Darren Ward arrived at Huish Park to bolster the defence. Signed by Paul Sturrock, Ward went on to captain the Glovers under Darren Way. On this episode of the Glovers Past, Ben chats to Darren about his time at Yeovil Town FC.
Another week goes by and there’s a couple of things to discuss around YTFC! Ben, Ian and Dave return to chat tapping up, U19s and +1s at a party.
The plebs are back to talk about the Ciderspace crowdfunder, the playoffs and take your GCQs.
Join the crowdfunding efforts here, we’re more than a third of the way there.
We’re happy the club has pledged to carry on with the Ciderspace name, it’s absolutely the right thing to do. But, Ciderspace was famously and fiercely independent, with no ads, no sponsors or any of that guff that modern local media depends on.
We think to retain the Ciderspace name and slap a brand in there (if one comes along) is not in keeping with the spirit of it’s legacy.
This all stemmed from two things, wanting to preserve the Ciderspace Fan Zone name and wanting to club together to raise the money to support the club, after all that’s what we are all here for. So, with that partially done, we’re going to continue to try and reach the target of £6k.
Fellow Glovers,
The Fanzone at Huish Park is more than just a place to grab a pre-match pint, it has become the beating heart of a matchday for many supporters. For years, the Ciderspace name has represented the very best of Yeovil Town supporters. It is a name built by fans, for the fans.
The Gloverscast is calling on everyone who bleeds green and white to come together and raise the £6,000 needed to sponsor the Ciderspace Fanzone for the upcoming season.
We firmly believe that the legacy of Badger, Huish Hugh, and Taff should remain at the heart of the fanzone. Their dedication, passion, and spirit are woven into the very fabric of this club and supporters. Their legacy belongs at Huish Park, and it is up to us to keep it there.
This isn’t just about naming rights, it’s about preserving their legacy. Whether you can chip in the price of a pint or make a larger contribution, every single donation gets us closer to our goal. Let’s prove the power of YTFC supporters.
Donate today, share this appeal with every Yeovil supporter you know, and let’s keep it the Ciderspace Fanzone!
In this episode of The Glovers Past, Ben and Ollie sit down with a towering Huish Park fan favorite: former Yeovil Town centre-back Paul Huntington. Joining the club in 2010 after a frustrating, injury-hit spell at Leeds United, Paul reflects on how his two-year stint in Somerset revitalised his love for the game and got his career back on track.
From the initial culture shock of Huish Park’s training facilities to earning the captain’s armband in his early twenties, “Hunts” takes us on a nostalgic journey through a highly memorable League One era for the Green and Whites.
It’s the must-listen awards show of the year, it’s the Glovies. Ian and Ben take you through the categories and dish out the awards for 2025/26.
Before that though, we’ve got a championship win to talk about, a released and retained list and your GCQs.
We also gave a shoutout to Jon Cooper who is raising funds for Cloud House and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Read all about it and donate here.
Our YeoGov End of Season Survey for the 2025/26 season has closed. Thanks to everyone who participated, we will get back to you once we have had a chance to collate the response.
Distant Glover has been treating us to ‘cartoons’ for a few seasons now and always captures the moment wonderfully. Now, he captures the season in his 2025/26 review in true Distant Glover fashion. (This one’s not a cartoon.)
In pre-season, it’s revealed that we’re training in South Gloucestershire in order to attract players from Birmingham. Apparently, we just miss out on Jude Bellingham. As the season draws to an end, there are rumours that next season we’ll train just outside Miami. We’ll just miss out on Suarez and Messi, but sign two coaches called Crocket and Tubbs on the basis that they’ll show the squad how to really roll their sleeves up. Also, we’ll head out just before Jed Ward’s loan ends and then hide his passport.
For tactical reasons, it was decided to make the pitch smaller and move the goals away from the stands. After a review, it’s been decided for next season to move the goal we’re defending further away from the stands and into the car park.
The season begins with reviving the old tradition of our first goal scorer winning a sack of spuds. It takes longer than expected, but does mean there’s one thing off the Sims family Christmas dinner shopping list. Next season, fans are hoping the club can revive another old tradition: the 2003 one of getting into the EFL.
Ten seconds into the first game of the season, keeper Jed Ward becomes the fastest ever winner of Player Of The Year. He celebrates by kicking the ball out for an opposition throw.
Cooper’s tactic of having a small squad might have worked better if his other tactic hadn’t been getting rid of our best players. According to some sources, he actually sacked himself for not being passive-aggressive enough in post-match interviews.
Thanks to the new home kit letters and numbers, commentators who aren’t fans spend the season unable to refer to anyone in the squad by name. However, it does stop commentators who are fans from complaining about squad numbers higher than 11. As a season of moaning about a lack of big personalities draws to a close, it becomes clear that actually there were loads of characters in the team all along. It’s just that no-one could see them on the back of the home kit.
As a player at Southampton, Richard Dryden was famous for losing cars. As a manager at Yeovil, he was famous for losing other things, including matches and tall tattooed defenders. He even managed to lose another manager between his first and second stints.
Yeovil fans discover the best method of keeping calm is meditation, and that the key to meditation is having a mantra to repeat over and over again. The mantra is either “Gerrit forward” or “Sign a striker”.
Danny Webb lasts just one match in charge. Whilst his sudden departure never is fully explained, fans who were there understand that Tamworth away has that effect on people.
Staff find one of Mark Cooper’s old notebooks in a cupboard. In it, he appears to base his management style on police interrogation techniques. This finally explains the whole good half, bad half thing.
Fun fact: since the arrival of Billy Rowley, 86% of Yeovil fans’ favourite metaphor for describing the last few years is “like a rollercoaster”.
Club accounts reveal half the club’s budget is being spent on shampoo and conditioner for our magnificently-coiffured squad. Any complaints are quickly forgotten when we win “Non-League Hair Of The Year” award, and attract both Toni and Guy as shirt sponsors for 26/27. Also, we sign Claudia Winkelman.
Whilst taking a penalty, Brett McGavin kicks the ball so hard it enters hyperspace. The ball goes clean through the back of the net and travels to another dimension, landing in a seaside resort in a faraway galaxy called Dorset. Its path is halted by the back of an unfortunate steward’s head, prompting him to wave his fist at the sky and shout “Not again!”.
Documents leaked from Somerset Council reveal that the Huish Park rent is funding ambitious plans to twin Yeovil with one of eight Caribbean islands. Councillors are keen to stress that a final decision will only be made after exhaustive due diligence has been completed on all eight islands. Formally.
Photos of a mould-covered Huish Park go viral. Closer inspection reveals the mould is green, and could be in the running for club mascot. Galvanised into action, Jolly Green Giant rents a jet wash and a cherry picker.
Statistics finally prove that the Curse Of The Ex-Glover Scoring Against Us isn’t actually a Curse, but just a Highly Probable Event. This is because 74% of players in the National League have played for us. In the past three seasons.
By March, it feels like the season started around the time King Charles was crowned. By April, it feels like it started when he was beheaded.
After York make it really hard for them to buy tickets, 209 Yeovil fans get their own back by briefly pretending they’re Rochdale fans in Braintree. That shows ’em.
There’s a back-to-school flavour to the end of the season as we finish Mathematically safe, Geographically on the beach, Historically slightly better, Biologically exhausted, Chemically depressed, Physically limping and English Literally hoping the Midsummer Night’s Dream of promotion comes true. (One for the Shakespeare fans: hope we don’t finish Bottom.)
After the final game of the season, the club shop launches a new deodorant. It’s called Roll On 26-27.
Well it’s over, finally. The curtain has come down on a season that has felt over for a while, with the 4-1 defeat against Solihull Moors.
Ian, Ben and Dave have a chat about the match, reflect on episode 500 and the gesture made by the club on Saturday and we take your GCQs.
Thanks to Tim Hubble and Abby Carter for their voice notes.
