Ian Perkins (Page 91)

Yeovil Town have made three changes to the side that drew 1-1 with Maidenhead United on Tuesday night for this evening’s 17:20 kick off against Chesterfield.

Adi Yussuf leads the line in place of the injured Olufela Olomola and Matt Worthington and Jordan Barnett return to the starting line up, replacing Lawson D’Ath and Alex Bradley.

Yeovil Town: Grant Smith, Mark Little, Luke Wilkinson, Ben Barclay, Morgan Williams, Matt Worthington, Josh Staunton, Jordan Barnett, Charlie Wakefield, Tom Knowles, Adi Yussuf.

Subs: Max Evans, Alex Bradley, Lawson D’Ath, Sonny Blu Lo-Everton, Reuben Reid

Former Glovers Joe Quigley, Tom Whelan and Scott Loach line up for the Spireites.

Chesterfield: Loach, Miller, Whittle, Maguire, Grimes, King, Kellerman, Whelan, Mandeville, Quigley, Asante

Subs: Williams, Denton, Khan, Rowley, Kerr

Dave and Ben are joined by Marcus Duncomb to chat about the draw at Maidenhead and we catch up with our friends at SpireritesWrites about our opponents on Saturday, Chesterfield.

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Venue: York Road
Tuesday, February 22nd, 7.45pm kick-off

Conditions: Cold but dry
Pitch: Sandy in the penalty areas and cutting up everywhere else.

Attendance: 1153

Scorers: Olomola 18, Ferdinand 44

Bookings: Wilkinson, Williams, Massey, Clerima

Referee:



Yeovil Town
: (4-4-2)

Grant Smith

Mark Little, Luke Wilkinson, Ben Barclay, Morgan Williams

Lawson D’Ath (Jordan Barnett 62), Josh Staunton, Alex Bradley(Adi Yussuf 87)

Charlie Wakefield, Olufela Olomola (Reuben Reid 54), Tom Knowles

Substitutes: Matt Worthington, Sonny Blu Lo-Everton

Maidenhead United

Gyollai, Beckwith, Blissett (Smith 77), Clerima, De Havilland, Donnellan, Ferdinand, Kelly, Massey, Sheckleford, Sparkes (McCoulsky 83)

Substitutes: Adams, Parry, Upward


Match Report

A first half goal for both sides saw Yeovil Town earn a point on the road at Maidenhead United this evening.

The Glovers had two goals disallowed on the night, but Olufela Olomola’s 18th minute opener. Kane Ferdinand levelled things up before half time and neither side could find a winner in the 2nd half. Although, Reuben Reid was denied a late winner by an offside flag which our man at the ground, David Coates couldn’t understand.

Here’s how he saw the game… 

First half

It was Maidenhead danger man Josh Kelly who had the first opportunity, the ball breaking to him inside and Grant Smith was equal to his effort from a tight angle.

Shortly after Olomola was found from a long throw by Tom Knowles but could not get an effort in on goal.

The first opportunity half-chance for the Glovers as Tom Knowles’ long-throw escaped everyone and fell to Olufela Olomola who couldn’t get a clean connection on the ball.

But on 14 minutes, the visitors had the ball in the net when Alex Bradley (released from incarceration) found Luke Wilkinson at the back post and he headed home.

A pint went up from the away end but it was in ruled out for climbing – seen a lot worse.

The officials levelled it up on 16 minutes when Maidenhead were denied by the offside flag. Smith pulled off a fine save before a barrage of shots with the ball in the net from Remus Clerima, but the flag denied him.

The deadlock was broken on 18 minutes when Knowles’ persistence saw the ball broke to Olufela OLOMOLA whose effort took a deflection on its way in to the net. If Adi get the one against W*ymouth, they one belongs to Fela. 1-0

A free-kick from Dan Sparkes came rattling back of the back off the bar and, from the second ball, a superb intervention from Ben Barclay denied the home side on 24 minutes.

For the remaining 20 minutes, neither side threatened with the combination between Olomola and Lawson D’Ath proving fruitful without carving out a meaningful chance.

The punishment came a minute from the break when a corner from Sparkes appeared to be missed everyone including Smith for Kane FERDINAND to prod home the equaliser. 1-1

Nathan Blissett put a header wide for hosts moments later, but the game was level at half time.

Half time: Maidenhead United 1 Yeovil Town 1

Second half

The first action of the second half saw Olomola hit with a heavy tackle. The loanee got up and carried off, but went down in the 55th minute replaced by Reuben Reid.

In only his second match, Olomola again showed flashes of what he is about and his desire to have a shot shows a lot of what we have been missing up front. Let’s hope the change was precautionary.

Sparkes had a free-kick deflected wide, which Smith may have got a touch on, it was hard to see from the away end. But there was no doubt the keeper did superbly to deny Sparkes with a smart stop on 63 minutes.

D’Ath was replaced by Barnett and he took much of the quality out of midfield, and at the other end it was Sparkes versus Smith.

The Magpies’ number 11 fizzed in another effort from the edge of the box which the keeper turned wide with another stop.

In the away, the supporters broke in to a burst of The Great Escape and there was a feeling of holding on.

Knowles had a free kick deflected wide before another effort from the edge of the box was dragged wide.

Three minutes from the end we threw Adi Yussuf as a Hail Mary, but there was no sign of divine inspiration.

It almost came when a minute in to stoppage time a corner was met by the head of Wilkinson and broke to Reid and whose stabbed it in, only to be denied by the the offside flag.

The linesman had his flag up early but, for the life of me, I don’t see how he can be offside from there.

Three points for either side would have been an injustice, so perhaps there was a divinity involved.

Full time: Maidenhead United 1 Yeovil Town 1

There was no footy for the Glovers, but Ian, Ben and Dave managed to fill an hour of not totally nonsensical chat.

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Huish Park will be the venue for the Somerset Premier Cup quarter-final with Cheddar.

Yeovil Town have confirmed that tomorrow’s home fixture with Dagenham & Redbridge has been postponed due to safety reasons as Storm Eunice carries through to Saturday.

In a statement released moments ago the club said: “Yeovil Town can confirm that tomorrow’s fixture against Dagenham & Redbridge has been postponed.

This is due to the adverse weather conditions forecasted to continue into tomorrow afternoon. The safety of all in attendance is at the upmost importance to us, therefore we have had to make the difficult decision to postpone the fixture. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. 

Further information regarding a rearranged date will be issued in due course.”

Better find something to do tomorrow then…

Elliot Watts joins Dave and Ian to talk SPC, Dagenham and listener questions on today’s episode.

Plus, Dave spoke to our friend Terry from the A Game of Headers and Volleys Podcast to talk all about Dagenham’s recent form.

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Ben, Dave and Ian are here to brighten up your Valentine’s Day with some chatter about the 0-0 draw at Eastleigh and we kind of preview our trip to the Theatre of Cheese.

 

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Darren Sarll was pleased with his side’s dominant performance but disappointed that Yeovil couldn’t get the win in this afternoon’s match at Eastleigh.

Speaking after the Glovers’ 0-0 draw with Eastleigh, Sarll said: “I thought we played very very well. There’s not many times in these divisions, we’ll say League One down, that you get 80 plus minutes of dominance but I actually thought today we were very dominant for 80 plus minutes. And we’re disappointed not to win the game. When you’re that dominant and you play that well, and we did, I thought we should have, quite rightly, won the game.”

Tom Knowles received a booking seven minutes from time, when all the reports suggest it should have been a red card for an Eastleigh player. When asked about the red card, Sarll didn’t go into great depth saying: “It’s a red card isn’t it? When you run and throw someone to the floor?”

Followed up quickly with: “I don’t really care about all the crap, it was irrelevant. There was a good a edge to it [the match] to be fair, I thought both teams had an edge. We’re just disappointed that we don’t win the game because we’re so comfortable and so on top, it was a good a performance I’ve seen from us for a while.”

Striker Olufela Olomola in action during his loan spell with Yeovil Town.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Yeovil announced the loan-signing of Olufela Olomola last night, and the striker went straight into the forward line with Tom Knowles and Charlie Wakefield. Sarll used quite the image when describing the signing from Hartlepool.

“We’ve flirted for many years, Fela and I, without really getting to, excuse the pun, second base. But he’s got good qualities. I thought he was very good, he obviously needs to improve physically but that only comes at this level now with game time and playing week in week out. He’s got some really good qualities, pace and power being the obvious ones. I thought he carried a threat for us. It will be nice to get him to a point, because he has had injury problems in the past, where he’s operational how we’d like him for 90 minutes. But, he’s going to score goals.”

Sarll also confirmed that the club will confirm who will fill the vacant assistant manager position left by Terry Skiverton. He said he had a couple of conditions when it came to finding the right man.

“I’m quite a dominant character in terms of the coaching pitch so its making sure that we get the right fit for the gaps that need filling. I broke this into a specification of two, of; does the individual know me and my character? Can they work with me and my character, because I’m not an easy man to work with at times. And, does he need to learn the role? Because if he didn’t know me and needed to learn the role I may as well have done it by myself. We’ve found someone who definitely knows me and will need to learn the role, but is a super intelligent chap and will be a brilliant addition to us.”

Let the guessing begin…

On today’s episode Ian and Dave welcome back Marcus Duncomb to talk about Tuesday’s defeat at Wealdstone.

Ian talks to yet another Ian – Ian Wilding, a freelance journalist who’s been covering Eastleigh for BBC Solent.

Plus we take your questions and we have the quiz.

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Start the week off in the right direction with Ian, Ben and Dave’s conversation about the Glovers 0-0 with Solihull Moors.

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