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Yeovil Town fell to a 3-1 defeat on the road at Gateshead this afternoon. The first half was a great game for the neutrals, with both sides playing some nice stuff going forward with a side of terrible defending.

An own goal by Jordan Thomas was added to by former Yeovil trialist Brandon Haunstrup inside 22 minutes before Aaron Jarvis got one back.

Mark Cooper’s side gave as good as they got against the league leaders, but a late penalty from Luke Hannant saw it finish 3-1.

First half

Yeovil had Gateshead chasing back in the 3rd minute.  Sam Pearson was played through on the left hand side of the Gateshead defence and he chose to cut it back rather than get it across the six yard box.

Moments later, Aaron Jarvis had a sighter from distance that skipped past the post of Tiernan Brooks.

Both sides exchanged possession in the early stages and in the 12th minute, Jacob Butterfield’s left footed strike was diverted in by Jordan Thomas. A spell of possession led to a cross in the box that came in too easily and wasn’t cleared away. 0-1

Yeovil tried to hit back and cross into the box found Jarvis who rose highest to head towards goal but his effort was comfortable for the keeper.

Ollie Wright was called into action in the 17th minute after the Oseni pounced on the Glovers as they tried to play out. The loanee got down low to deny the Gateshead striker.

Calamitous defending from Yeovil allowed former triallist Brandon Haunstrup to double Gateshead’s lead. A sloppy pass from Worthington didn’t quite make its way to Michael Smith and Haunstrup pounced to fire into the roof of the net. 0-2

The Glovers should have got one back in the 24th minute through Matt Worthington. A ball over the top caught Gateshead napping and Worthington found himself face to face with Brook in goal. The midfielder could only fire straight at the man in purple.

A few minutes later Aaron Jarvis got his goal. A great cross from Michael Smith found Yeovil’s number 9 on the spot and his powerful header couldn’t be kept out despite Brooks’ best efforts. 1-2

Jarvis nearly levelled the score with the next attack. Another cross in from the right caused Gateshead all sorts of problems but Jarvis could only strike high and wide.

Yeovil switched to the familiar back four and started to get more joy. Morgan Williams came within the width of the post to drawing Yeovil back level. 

Gateshead thought they’d scored their third moments later after Louis Storey’s header across the box was nodded in by Oseni. On this occasion the assistant’s flag saved the Glovers.

Half time: Gateshead 2 Yeovil Town 1

Second half

Mark Cooper made a half time change with Frank Nouble replacing goalscorer Aaron Jarvis.

Harvey Greenslade snuck in past Louis Storey on the 52nd minute and struck a good effort at goal and earned a corner for his efforts.

Butterfield came close to getting his 2nd of the afternoon moments later, drawing a save from Ollie Wright who clawed it out low to his right.

Gateshead maintained the pressure and whipped strike from Hannant went over Wright’s bar.

On the hour Yeovil Town made a triple substitution with Charlie Cooper, Sonny Blu Lo-Everton and Dylan Morgan coming on for Greenslade, McGavin and Sims.

Morgan nearly made an instant impact. sloppy play from Gateshead allowed Nouble and Morgan to link up and Morgan’s effort was blocked by a sliding Heed defender.

Gateshead made some changes of their own with former Glover Mark Beck entering the fray. But it was his teammate, Kain Adom who’s shot was deflected wide with Wright at full stretch.

The second half never quite lived up to the first, with neither side able to get their passing game flowing and plenty of substitutions disrupting the flow.

The Glovers conceded an 87th minute penalty after a shirt pull on Mark Beck. Luke Hannant coolly despatched past Wright. 1-3

Gateshead could have scored a fourth in stoppage time but Adom’s effort was skied over.

Full time: Gateshead 3 Yeovil Town 1

Match Details

Venue: Gateshead International Stadium
Date: Saturday 24th August – 12:30pm

Competition: National League Premier

Pitch: Far away.luscious with dark green rugby lines
Conditions: Bright sunshine with a northern chill

Attendance: 1096 (157 away supporters)

Scorers:  Jordan Thomas OG 14 (0-1), Brandon Haunstrup 22 (0-2), Aaron Jarvis  30

Bookings:
Gateshead: Regan Booty 65, Louis Story, 76
Yeovil Town: Matt Worthington 36, Frank Nouble 82

Referee: Martin Woods

Yeovil Town (4-2-3-1)

*It changed multiple times during the match!

Substitutes: Frank Nouble (for Aaron Jarvis, 46), Charlie Cooper (for Harvey Greenslade, 60), Brett McGavin (for Dylan Morgan 60), Sonny Blu Lo-Everton (for Josh Sims, 60), Raphael Araoye (not used), Finn Cousin-Dawson (for Michael Smith 72), Matt Gould (not used).

Gateshead : Tiernan Brooks, Kenton Richardson, Louis Storey, Brandon Haunstrup, Callum Whelan (for Will McGowan 80), Ben Worman, Regan Booty, Jacob Butterfield (for Kain Adom 73), Luke Hannant, Thomas Allan (for Tyrelle Newton 70), Owen Oseni (for Mark Beck 70) Substitutes (not used): Harry Moss, Jean Belehouan, Charlie Colkett

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Jordan Thomas makes his first National League Premier appearance for Yeovil Town as they take on Gateshead this lunchtime (12.30pm kick-off).

The full-back, who joined from Hampton & Richmond in the summer, replaces Alex Whittle at left back with forward Harvey Greenslade back in the starting XI in place of Frank Nouble.

Cooper told Ben Barrett that Jordan Young misses out as his girlfriend is ‘expecting today’. 

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Yeovil Town have ranked 111th in the country in the Fair Game Index 2024.

The report which is ‘based on extensive research’ ranks every all of the clubs from the Premier League to National League North/South.

Each club is scored out of 100, with 40 marks coming from financial sustainability, 30 from good governance, 20 from equality and ethical standards and 10 from fan and community engagement.

For Financial Sustainability, the Yeovil scored 9.1 out of 30. For Governance the club scored highest in NLS with a score of 9.8 out of 30. On quality and ethical standers Yeovil scored 3.6 out of 20 and on fan and community engagment was 2 out of 10. 

A final score of 24.5 out of 100 ranked Yeovil 111th in the country.

Tonbridge Angels topped the charts in National League South and York City topped the National League… 

Financial Sustainability includes 38 touchpoints and includes measures such as accounting, debt, ticket pricing and sponsorship.

Good Governance draws on 55 different metrics and covers areas such as board structure, accountability and transparency.

Equality and ethical standards has the most touchpoints – 106 – and covers a very broad range of topics from ethics to sexism, and from environmental impact to racism.

Fan and Community Engagement has 30 touchpoints, including fan representation and community investment.

Niall Couper, the CEO of Fair Game said: “Football is far from perfect but with the likelihood of an incoming football regulator there is a real chance to change it for the better.   

“To deliver real and meaningful change we need to understand the problems. We’ve designed the Fair Game Index to do exactly that and help reshape the game we love. 

“It is the most comprehensive analysis yet of what it means to be a well-run club, and we’re calling on the authorities, the Football Regulator and football’s governing bodies to work with us.”

Read the full report here

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It was an entertaining Tuesday night at Huish Park and Jonathan Hooper has delivered us with yet another stat pack to chew over. 

 

We didn’t dominate possession

That stats show we were quite comfortable letting Ebbsfleet have the ball, especially in the first half. A lot of our chances came from ‘Fleet trying to play out from the back and us then catching them on the break. Over the course of the 90 minutes the visitors had 59% possession but did very little with it. Their xG was 0.44 and the two they did score were gifts.  You can see on the momentum chart, Yeovil were in total control until around the hour mark, where that crazy spell saw Ebbsfleet take control and level it up. Fleet switched to wing backs, and really isolated Raphael Araoye, who lost 10 of his 15 ground duels and conceded possession six times.  Sonny Blu Lo-Everton came into the game at left wing back in the 70th minute, to protect his teammate and nullify that threat which did halt that momentum.

 

We did dominate in attack

You can’t criticise the Glovers for not going for it. Yeovil had 14 shots at goal with 8 on target and an xG of 3.49. Mark Cousins goal was peppered with shots from inside the 18-yard-box and you can see from the average positions that the attacking midfielders had a lot more influence on the game. It was a similar pattern for Aaron Jarvis as on the opening day though. His one shot at goal was brilliantly saved – and led to Michael Smith scoring – but he didn’t get a lot of the ball. A lot of Jarvis’s work has been what he’s done off the ball, rather than on it, so far. 

Brett McGavin Tuesdays

The centre midfielder enjoyed his night on Tuesday, bagging a wonderful goal from the edge of the box. McGavin had 46 touches of the ball, was accurate with 84% of 31 passes and made three key passes. What you get with McGavin is risk, however. He conceded possession 12 times against Braintree, 11 times against Ebbsfleet and 10 times against Hartlepool. Since the Hartlepool match, McGavin’s average position has been further forward than his partner, Matt Worthington, meaning he’s taking those risks in higher up the pitch rather than in his own half.

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Referee, Greg Rollason, Ref

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