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Ten-man Yeovil earned a point on the road at Tamworth this evening, in a match where the Glovers could have scored two or three, before Morgan Williams 70th minute red card.

Ian was on National League TV  and here’s how he saw the goalless draw…

Thanks to Matt Crivelli for the Pic

First half

Mark Cooper named an unchanged side for the trip to Tamworth, with Bristol Rovers loanee Kofi Shaw adding further depth to the bench.

The hosts had the better of the opening exchanges with a couple of long throws causing problems for the Glovers defence. Kyle Finn came close to opening the scoring for Tamworth with an effort that skidded across the surface wide of Ollie Wright’s post.

Yeovil were forced into a change after five minutes following an injury to Matt Worthington. Jordan Young replaced the skipper on the right hand side.

Morgan Williams should have given the Glovers the lead in the 8th minute. Brett McGavin found the unmarked defender in the box and he could only head wide of the goal.

Ciaran McGuckin had Jas Singh on his toes moment later with a wicked cross (or was it a shot) that the Tamworth keeper had to help over the bar.

Yeovil enjoyed plenty of possession, controlling the ball and finding areas out wide. Nathan Tshikuna tried an audacious shot from the halfway line when Yeovil did let a pass loose, but his effort was no trouble for Wright.

Tamworth striker Dan Creaney felt he should have had a penalty in the 18th minute, going down under a challenge from Williams. The commentators on the stream felt a penalty would have been harsh. #balance

20 minutes in, James Plant had his first sight of goal, cutting inside from the left and striking a low effort towards goal. Singh claimed it at the second time of asking.

 Yeovil continued their dominance of the ball and Singh’s gloves were stung again, this time from Dylan Morgan’s long ranger.

Tamworth had another effort from the halfway line, this time from Tom Tonks. Looking forward to seeing the xG on those ones.

Tonks, a long throw specialist, got his chance to launch another one into the box before the half hour mark and Creaney couldn’t wrap his foot around the ball enough to get it on target.

The hosts had a great chance in the 32nd minute. After neat play on Yeovil’s right, the ball was worked into the box and Tshikuna snatched at it and sliced the ball high and wide.

 Tonks had another couple of long throws that weren’t dealt with convincingly by Wright or his defenders, the second of which saw Haydn Hollis snap a shot over the bar.

Jake Wannell had a free header late in stoppage time that he could only direct straight at Singh. That one will go down as another good chance for the Glovers.

On the whole, a even first half that, but for the Wannell header in stoppage time, petered out as it reached it’s conclusion.

Half time: Tamworth 0 Yeovil Town 0

Second half

The second half began with a similar pattern, a long throw from Tonks and then controlled possession from the Glovers. 

For total transparency – I was on baby duties for the 10 minutes between 55 and 65. There were some substitutions – including the new man Kofi Shaw – and Jordan Young got booked.

With 20 minutes left to go, Morgan Williams was given a straight red card for a mistimed tackle Rico Brown as Tamworth looked to break from a Yeovil corner. It looked harsh given the area of the pitch it happened in, and Williams protested but Mulligan in the middle was not swayed.

Mark Cooper immediately shored up the defence, bringing off Jordan Young for Finn Cousin-Dawson.

Kofi Shaw should have given Yeovil the lead in the 77th minute. The substitute nabbed the ball from a Tamworth defender and found himself clean through on goal but his effort was low and straight at the keeper.

McGavin had a hopeful effort deflected wide for as corner as the clock ticked down towards 90 as the hosts made multiple substitutions.

An uneventful 8 minutes of stoppage time were played out as the sides shared the points.

Full time: Tamworth 0 Yeovil Town 0

Match Details

Venue: The Lamb Ground
Date: Tuesday 22nd October – 19:45 Kick Off

Competition: National League Premier Division

Scorers: 

Pitch:  Plastic.
Conditions: 

Attendance: 1,068 (220 away supporters)

Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Plant 33
Tamworth:

Red Cards:
Yeovil Town: Morgan Williams 71

Referee: John Mulligan

Yeovil Town (3-4-2-1)

Substitutes:  Frank Nouble (for Aaron Jarvis, 66), Alex Whittle, Sonny Blu Lo-Everton, Jordan Young (for Matt Worthington, 5), Finn Cousin-Dawson (for Jordan Young, 73), Kofi Shaw (for Dylan Morgan, 59), Matt Gould

Tamworth: Jas Singh, Tom Tonks, Kyle Finn (for Enoru, 79), Dan Creaney, Luke Fairlamb, Jordan Cullinane-Liburd, Tom McGlinchey, Nathan Tshikuna (for Digie, 89), Kieran Wallace (for Fletcher, 77), Haydn Hollis, Rico Brown (for Curley 84, for Okafor, 89)

Substitutes (not used): , Williams, Phillips

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Aaron Jarvis returned to the starting line up and got himself on the scoresheet at Wealdstone as Yeovil ran out 3-0 winners.

The number 9 headed in Dom Bernard’s cross in the second half and spoke to BBC Somerset’s Ian Randall after the match. He said: It [the cross] was brilliant, the best cross of his [Bernard’s] life, I think. But no, it was, you know, I just had to get a touch on it, it was that good. And I was just glad I could just guide it into the corner.“

The Glovers controlled the match and Jarvis felt they could have scored more.

“I’d probably say it’s our most comfortable game of the season so far, from back to front. We had an abundance of chances in the first half.  The scoreline could probably have been double if we stick a few of them away. But, you know, we kept pushing and unlocking the front line. And you know, we produced the goods today.”

“everyone’s got to be ready and got to take their chance when they get it”

With multiple changes to the team, Jarvis emphasised the importance of the whole squad and how, much like we heard during last season’s title-winning season, players have to take their chance.

“We’ve got an array of talent at the front line. It’s not being on the bench or starting 11, we’re all in it together. You know, squads are really important, and the Gaffer rotates the team a lot of the time, so everyone’s got to be ready and got to take their chance when they get it.”

Jarvis said he and his teammates owed the supporter a performance but isn’t getting too excited with Tamworth and Maidenhead coming up next.

He said: “We don’t want to get too ahead of ourselves, but you know, we’re looking to carry this momentum into into Tuesday, and then hopefully into Saturday, and have a good week, because you know we can put us in a good position then.”

 

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Three points, three goals and a clean sheet saw Yeovil climb to 8th – two points outside the playoffs – and left Mark Cooper ‘really pleased’ with his side’s performance against Wealdstone.

Goals from Brett McGavin, Aaron Jarvis and Ciaran McGuckin saw the Glovers take the points home from Grosvenor Vale, leaving Wealdstone 2nd from bottom.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Ian Randall, Mark Cooper said: “I thought we were really good. It was a really organised, structurally good performance, where they always carried a threat at the top of the pitch – so everything we worked on in the week. [I am] really pleased today, we were really good.”

“For us today, it was about trying, trying to get some score, some goals, and then we looked, from the first minute, we looked a real threat. And anyone that was here today would have seen the chances we created, and we could have scored six,” he added.

“They’ve got to be ready to go in, and the boys that came in today did that.”

Cooper made four changes to the side that lost at Chesham last week, with Jarvis, Dylan Morgan and James Plant returning alongside McGuckin in the attack and Matt Worthington coming in for Frank Nouble. The manager made clear that all of his squad have to be ready: “We’ve got a group of four attacking players that have all got a part to play, but trying to find the right combination. Jarvs has been out for three weeks with concussion, and it was a chance to put him back in the team. I spoke to them attacking players to today just said, you’re there competing for three places, and they’ve got to be ready when it’s their turn. They’ve got to be ready to go in, and the boys that came in today did that.”

Jarvis’ goal came from a sumptuous ball into the box from Dom Bernard, and McGavin was in the right place a the right time to head home Jarvis’ cross. Cooper said: “You’d think that I told the players never crossed the ball, wouldn’t you? That’s not really true, but we want to cross the ball from really dangerous areas. And that area there where Dom fed the ball into the six yard box, is a really dangerous xG opportunity, and the making of the goal is delivery. The first goal was a terrifically worked goal. We had lots of play, lots of passes, great ball from Jarvis to the back post, and a good run from Brett. But, we scored some good goals today, and we scored another one that was wrongly disallowed, and could have had some more.”

The Glovers have a quick turn around with a visit to Tamworth on Tuesday and Cooper added he was looking to digest the Wealdstone match before thinking about the trip to his old stomping ground.

“I think it’s important that you’re always trying to pick players that can go again, and it’s we’ve got to think about the 3G, there’ll be some that are not keen on 3G. So, we’ll digest today and then we’ll put a plan in place for Tuesday on Monday.”

Cooper also gave his usual post-match to the club media.

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A stoppage time set piece saw Yeovil’s FA Cup campaign end at the first time of asking. Ian and Dave are joined by Chris Spittles to chat about the action and the fallout. Plus we take your GCQs.

This one was beset with internet connection issues so apologies if it’s a bit glitchy. If you don’t notice it, Ian’s available for all your audio editing needs.

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Frustrating was the word of the day in the Yeovil Town camp following FA Cup defeat at Chesham United. Captain on the day, Frank Nouble, echoed the thoughts of his manager as the Glovers drew a blank for the sixth time this season.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Chris Spittles, Nouble said: “I think it does epitomise how our season has gone so far. I think we’ve played relatively well with the ball and controlled large spells. I don’t think they created too much. That’s not about being arrogant, either, it’s just just the facts of the game. But, they took their chance when it came in last minute of the game, or whenever it was. It’s hugely frustrating for us, particularly for our supporters and our players in there. We’re all disappointed. A few things were said in there, and rightly so. But the beauty about football is always enough opportunity to go out there and reclaim some form or some sort of happiness and bring back some joy, back to our supporters.”

Frank Nouble on the charge.Pic Gary Brown

Nouble, who is yet to find the back of the net this season, is still taking the ‘small positive’ of the side playing ‘relatively well’ and that the team will keep working.

“We’re not creating gilt edged chances where someone’s one v one and they’re missing them. [It’s] a lot of half chances, but it’s from good play. And you know, last year,  you might say it’s a league below, but we we’re still taking them chances, even if they were half chances. So this year just got to keep working. You know, we’re not scored many goals in the league overall, but we still find ourselves, I don’t know, 10th or 11th in the league. So it shows that, if we do turn that form around, in terms of attacking, God knows where we could be? So it’s a small positive to take from today that we are playing relatively well, but need to take our chances.”

“I do a lot of things outside the box, but I also need to chip in and help out with the team”

Club Captain Matt Worthington has been on the sidelines in recent weeks, with Brett McGavin and Charlie Cooper the preferred midfield pairing. Nouble as a senior player in the team has taken the armband in his absence.

“Matthew Worthington is the club captain, when he’s not playing or he’s not been selected recently, I’ve stepped in. Results have been decent, and they will be decent when Worthy’s captain again. But, as a senior Pro, I do find it my duty to just voice the positive and constructive opinions, and particularly myself, I’ve got to lead by example, on the pitch as well. I’m an attacking player, I do a lot of things outside the box, but I also need to chip in and help out with the team.” 

Despite the defeat, Nouble was proud of his teammates and said that they’d be ready for the next challenge: “I’m really proud of all the players in there, and lucky to play with them as well. I think it’s a pleasure to play and work with them every week, and we’re gonna have down days. Today is a real down day for us. But the beauty of it is, the rebound, always a reaction. We can’t rest on our laurels. [We’ve] got another tough game coming up. I think Wealdstone away, and then Tamworth and stuff like that. So just got to keep working. The players in there are good enough, if they choose to go get other players to come and do it, we support them, and we’ll now be ready for the next challenge.”