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Gloverscast #208 – “You’re a cheeky little monkey”
On this episode of the Gloverscast, Ian, Ben and Dave chat about the defeat to Woking and the aftermath of it. We look ahead to Maidenhead and take your GCQs.
Games that changed my life – Yeovil Town vs Swindon Town – 18.07.98
Everyone remembers their first match don’t they? I do. It wasn’t a big Hollywood clash, we’re not talking Arsenal, Liverpool or Manchester United in the FA Cup. It turns out I didn’t need the show, the crowd or the pizzazz to get me hooked on green and white
On the 18th of July 1998 I stepped foot into Huish Park for the first time to watch a match. (I’d been dragged to the car boot sale in the car park plenty of times) Fresh off the back of France ’98 my interest in football was a critical mass and with no Zizou to watch, and my first heartbreak of an England penalty loss (cheers Becks), I needed something to fill the void.
Recognising my unhealthy enthusiasm for he beautiful game, my Grandad decided to give me a taste of real football. Yeovil were heading into their second season in the Vauxhall Conference under Colin Lippiatt and the game my Grandad felt was the one to whet my appetite was a pre-season friendly against Swindon Town.
We took up our seats in the then (always?) Bartlett Stand, in Block H for a summer’s afternoon of entertainment. Iffy Onura gave Swindon the lead, and from our vantage point and my inexperienced eyes, I was adamant it didn’t go in – it hit the advertising boards behind the goal and hit the back of the net. I was wrong on that, not for the last time.
My first taste of celebrating a Yeovil goal was an own goal. The Swindon right back has comfortable possession, and decided to knock it back to his goalkeeper. Unfortunately for him, he got a little bit too much on it and it went all the way over the keeper and into the net – up the might Glovers. And that was that for the game.
In hindsight, what a dull game to kick off supporting a club that’s taken up an unhealthy amount of time, money and commitment in life. My first taste of Yeovil wasn’t Fergie circling Huish Park in a chopper. It wasn’t Ian Wright scoring a hattrick. It wasn’t Nathan Smith wiping out Alexis Sanchez. It wasn’t Ed Upson heading us to Wembley. It wasn’t anything memorable in our history. We conceded first and our equaliser wasn’t even scored by someone in green – perhaps a perfect initiation for a life spent supporting Yeovil.
And you know what? I wouldn’t change it. Yeovil Town vs Swindon in July ’98 was a game that changed my life and shaped a future of supporting Yeovil Town FC.
Glovers Past #11 – Leroy Whale
On this episode of the Glovers Past, Dave and Ben speak to former Glover Leroy Whale about his time at Huish Park in the mid-nineties. Enjoy!
Albion’s Andrews legs it south
Mark Cooper has secured his first signing as Yeovil Town manager, bringing Jamie Andrews in on a short-term loan from West Bromwich Albion.
The 20-year-old centre midfielder will add an extra body in a position that we’ve been a bit short in at points this season, and he’ll go straight into the squad for El Sarllico tomorrow night.
Speaking to YTFC.net, the Glovers new number 18 said: “It feels great to be here. I wanted to come and experience playing in front of the fans and grafting to get those three points, I just can’t wait to get started.
“The manager and I had a few good conversations where he said what my role would be. He wants me to come in and add some more legs, something which I’m happy to do; I’ll run up and down the pitch all day.”
Andrews, who spent time on loan a Leamington in the National League North last season revealed he spoke to former Yeovil loanee, Ted Cann, before signing: “Ted and I spoke, he told me what the Club is like and how his time went here. All he could say was good things, so I really couldn’t wait to get down here!”
Welcome to Huish Park, Jamie!
YeoGov Opinion Tracker: October 2022
It’s time for your views on October. Obviously, last week we saw the departure of Chris Hargreaves, who was replaced with Mark Cooper – given that Hargreaves was in charge for all but one game in October, base your score of the manager on his performance, rather than Cooper’s one match.
Here’s how it went on the pitch…
1st October – Southend 1 – 0 Yeovil Town
4th October – Dorking Wanderers 1 – 1 Yeovil Town
8th October – Yeovil Town 1 – 0 Solihull Moors
15th October – Yeovil Town 0 – 0 Taunton Town
18th October – Taunton Town 1 – 0 Yeovil Town
22nd October – Oldham 2 – 0 Yeovil Town
25th October – Yeovil Town 0 – 2 Aldershot
29th October – Maidstone 1 – 1 Yeovil Town
Off the pitch, Scott Priestnall also shared an update regarding various topics.
Gloverscast #207 – “He had a really deep bleat”
Mark Cooper’s Glovers were undone by a horrendous penalty decision, we broke rule one on this episode.
Dave’s back from Maidstone and he joins Ian and Ben to chat about the appointment of Cooper, the draw with Maidstone, the briefest of looks to El Sarllico and your GCQS. Plus, Rob Manley gives us his Fan’s Five!
Fisher: Maidstone draw feels like defeat
Glovers goalscorer Alex Fisher said the draw at Maidstone felt like a defeat. A late penalty decision, questioned by Fisher and new boss Mark Cooper, saw Yeovil let their one goal advantage slip.
Speaking to BBC Somerset, Fisher said: “Any team is vulnerable when they’re only one goal up. You’re just one decision away from being pegged back.It really hurts to concede to late on, it’s a draw but it feels like a defeat.”
Fisher scored an impressive header after 13 minutes, with his new manager watching on in the stands, and he said that Cooper had kept things simple in his first two days in charge, but that he expected him to ‘stamp his print’ on the squad soon enough.
“He’s kept everything very simple. It’s a fresh start and we wanted to try and get the three points today, as we do every week, and its a shame that we could quite get that today.
“I think in time, any manager would like to stamp their print on things. And I’m sure in the coming weeks he’ll start to do that. Today our game plan was to try and enjoy the game as much as we could and keep things simple and for 94/5 minutes it seemed to work.”
“Often when there is a change you do get a spike, everyone’s playing for their position as they always have been, but there’s that extra impetus when there’s a new manager. We tried to go out an play with as much freedom as possible.”