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Yeovil Town make four changes, as well as a formation change, for their trip away to Slough Town in a bid to end their three game winless run.

There is a debut for new signing Brooklyn Genesini, who slots in at RWB. Jay Foulston slots in at CB, with Jordan Stevens expected to play as a number 10. Another new signing, Jahmari Clarke, is named among the subs. Frank Nouble is the fourth change, as he returns to the starting lineup in place of Olly Thomas, who isn’t involved at all today.

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It was a second defeat in a row for Yeovil Town on Tuesday night, as they fell to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Chippenham Town. Let’s see how the rest of the league got on, across the first half of the week of fixtures!

The standard Monday night slot was taken up once again by Aveley, who continued their push for the playoffs with a 2-1 win at home to Tonbridge Angels. Moving on to Tuesday, and we begin in West Sussex, where Worthing were dealt a blow in their title hopes as they were toppled by an impressive Farnborough performance. A Joe Haigh double helped the visitors along the way to a 3-2 win, bumping them up to 11th.

A shock came at Plainmoor, where Torquay United were handily defeated by Taunton Town; perhaps the extra rest from those postponements came in handy (more on that later!) – there were further issues for top-of-the-table sides on Tuesday night, as Chelmsford had a man sent off, and were sent home defeated by Maidstone, meaning all of the top three were defeated on Tuesday night.

There were three more 2-0 wins, all for playoff contenders – Bath City had a man sent off late on, but it didn’t matter as they beat a sinking Hemel Hempstead side, Braintree Town finished off another relegation candidate in Dartford, who were down to 10 men near the end of the game, while St Albans won away at Weston-super-mare, courtesy of a Shaun Jeffers double. In the final game of Tuesday night, Dover Athletic were denied their first win since January, as a late equaliser from former Glover Jack Clarke meant the points were shared with Eastbourne Borough.

There was a Wednesday night fixture to top off the running order, as Havant & Waterlooville came from behind to beat Saturday’s hosts Slough Town in a 2-1 win.

Finally, postponement watch, with our guest stars Truro City and Taunton Town! Truro had their game with W*ymouth called off on Tuesday night, while Taunton were supposed to play tonight (Thursday night as I write this) at home to Weston-super-mare, with the game initially being ruled as ON, before being ruled as OFF.

 

National League South results – in full

Aveley 2-1 Tonbridge Angels
Bath City 2-0 Hemel Hempstead Town
Braintree Town 2-0 Dartford
Eastbourne Borough 1-1 Dover Athletic
Maidstone United 2-0 Chelmsford City
Torquay United 0-3 Taunton Town
Truro City P-P W*ymouth
Weston-super-mare 0-2 St Albans City
Worthing 2-3 Farnborough
Havant & Waterlooville 2-1 Slough Town
Taunton Town P-P Weston-super-mare

National League South table

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Chippenham made it four points from a possible six against Yeovil this season, as they inflicted a double dose of home defeat on the Glovers. An uninspiring performance was witnessed by Tom, who has given us his Five Conclusions…

Alex Fisher celebrates his goal against Farnborough.

Classy from Fisher! There were some pretty dour performances out there tonight, but one player that did impress me was Alex Fisher. His header was taken expertly, meeting Olly Thomas’ wonderful cross to give Yeovil the lead. I think his determination alone earned him my Man of the Match (and the sponsor’s Man of the Match as well). His work rate, and success in aerial duels across his 90 minutes were great to see, and I think he’ll continue to play a part in Yeovil’s run-in. Credit must also go to Sonny-Blu Lo-Everton, and Alex Whittle, who also put in solid performances.

Credit to Chippenham. As much as Yeovil clearly weren’t up to the races tonight, credit to Chippenham for executing their gameplan to a tee. I spoke to Steve Rutter before the game, and he said we had to be careful of a potential banana skin here, as their away form, particularly against better teams, has been impressive this season – and we saw exactly that. Calm in defence, with Fisher’s goal the only real lapse in performance for the visitors, three well taken goals to give them three well earned points.

Jordan Young. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

It’s time to discuss Jordan Young. He started the season quietly, before setting fire following his opening goal against Tonbridge Angels, but since his contract extension at the start of 2024, I’ll be honest and say I’ve seen nothing from our number 11 at all. Tonight was no different, as we saw Young either trying too much at once and being dispossessed, or being pushed out of the game. I don’t know where the Jordan Young of 2023 has gone, but I’d desperately like him back for the end of the season please!

Some positives… It’s easy to be negative after a loss, but there were some positives to take from tonight. Josh Owers gave a good account of himself when he replaced the injured Charlie Cooper, that pairing with Sonny-Blu gave us a little bit of both defensive stability, and a little bit going forward with our special number 16. We looked a bit more fluid in the second half compared to the first, before the goals took the wind out of our sails, and the ideas were there from Nouble and Stevens, nothing was coming off for us though. It’s not all doom and gloom yet!

However… we got away with it tonight. Yes, I’ve listed off the positives above, but these are games we need to be clinching, and widening the gap at the top. We have got seriously lucky tonight, with Chelmsford and Worthing both losing too, there’s no need to panic but we have got to be careful that this doesn’t set a precedent for the end of the season. Up the Yeo!

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It was a first home defeat for Yeovil on Saturday, as they fell to a 1-0 loss against Welling United. Let’s see how the rest of the league got on, and how it impacts the table…

We begin in Devon, where Torquay United won for the first time since a win in January over basement-side Dover, as they thumped Dartford 4-1, lifting them back into the top half of the table and leaving the visitors perilously close to the drop zone. A big shock came at Worthing, where Taunton Town registered their first win of 2024 in a 3-1 win over the hosts to boost their own survival hopes. Havant & Waterlooville played host in a thrilling 2-2 draw against Tonbridge Angels, former Glover Ryan Seager continuing his goalscoring run with the relegation threatened side.

10-man Maidstone couldn’t recover against St Albans, as they fell to a 2-1 defeat to further boost the visitor’s playoff ambitions; Hampton & Richmond continued their own playoff push with a dramatic 96th minute winner over Tuesday’s visitors Chippenham Town, while Aveley’s promotion hopes took a hit as they fell to a Malachi Linton double against W*ymouth. In Essex, there was a 1-1 draw between Braintree Town and Slough Town, while in East Sussex, Eastbourne Borough boosted their hopes of survival in a 1-0 win over new manager Alan Dowson’s Hemel Hempstead side.

In the 4pm kickoffs (you read that correctly, an RTC on the M4 delayed these games), the wait was worth it for visiting side Farnborough, as they defeated Bath City in a 2-0 win. In the other later kickoff, Weston-super-mare defeated bottom side Dover Athletic in a 1-0 win. In the “even later” kickoff, the 7:30pm game between Truro City and Chelmsford City did not disappoint. In the second game played at Gloucester City’s Meadow Park by Truro, the Clarets romped to a 4-1 win, two George Alexander penalties contributing to their victory.

 

National League South results – in full

Aveley 0-2 W*ymouth
Braintree Town 1-1 Slough Town
Eastbourne Borough 1-0 Hemel Hempstead Town
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2-1 Chippenham Town
Havant & Waterlooville 2-2 Tonbridge Angels
Maidstone United 1-2 St Albans City
Torquay United 4-1 Dartford
Worthing 1-3 Taunton Town
Bath City 0-2 Farnborough
Weston-super-mare 1-0 Dover Athletic
Truro City 1-4 Chelmsford City

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With Yeovil’s dull Monday night draw with Aveley over and done with, let’s see if anyone was able to capitalise on the dropped points at Parkside…

There was another huge clash at the top of the table on Monday night, as 2nd placed Chelmsford City hosted 3rd placed Worthing. If you’ve read one of these before, you’ll know that Worthing won (thanks to the bold font), and it was a thunderbolt from Jack Wadham that separated the two sides in a narrow 1-0 win for the visitors.

There were four more games to cover, and we begin at the Gallagher Stadium, as Maidstone twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Bath City. Saturday’s hosts Farnborough got back to winning ways with a 1-0 win over Saturday’s visitors Welling United, while Hampton & Richmond continued their playoff push with a 1-0 win over 10-man Eastbourne Borough. In the final game of the night, Weston-super-mare won on their travels in a 1-0 victory over Chippenham Town.

Taunton were meant to host Slough Town, but of course, their pitch was deemed unplayable, resulting in a postponement…

 

National League South results – in full

Chelmsford City 0-1 Worthing
Chippenham Town 0-1 Weston-super-mare
Farnborough 1-0 Welling United
Hampton & Richmond Borough 1-0 Eastbourne Borough
Maidstone United 2-2 Bath City
Taunton Town P-P Slough Town

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Yeovil’s “bouncebackability” was on full display yesterday as they left Farnborough with all three points after their 3-1 win. Let’s see how everyone else in the National League South got on!

We begin at Welling United, where they took on Braintree Town. On what was essentially a quagmire in some areas (take notes Taunton!), the two sides played out an entertaining 2-2 draw, in which the relegation-threatened hosts took the lead twice, only to be pegged back by their playoff-chasing visitors. Moving to Gloucester now, where Truro City played their “home” game, as they took all three points home with a 2-0 win over Taunton Town.

There were further 2-0 wins across the league, a dramatic one coming at last weekend’s hosts Chelmsford City, where a fight broke out just before half-time, resulting in one Chelmsford, and two Aveley players being sent off. Aveley’s manager Danny Scopes was also sent off in the second half, as well as one of their physios… we’ll see them all on Monday as their suspensions won’t kick in yet. Tonbridge Angels deepened Eastbourne Borough’s relegation worries with their win at home, while Havant & Waterlooville picked up another important three points with their win away to Hemel Hempstead.

Down to the South Coast now, where new BFFs W*ymouth and Torquay United met – the game finished in a 1-1 draw, Kevin Dawson making his long-awaited return from injury being the highlight for Glovers fans. The final game of the day took place at Dover, where they once again fell to defeat, Maidstone leaving as 1-0 winners.

There were a string of postponements across the division, thanks to the weird and wonderful weather… Chippenham’s game against Weston-super-mare will need to be rescheduled, as will Dartford’s home tie against Worthing. St Albans also failed a late pitch inspection, as they intended to host Hampton & Richmond, while the game at Slough was called off for a different reason entirely.

The game got underway, with Slough racing into a 4-0 lead over Bath as the two sides went into half-time. The visitors got two goals back, before a medical emergency in the crowd paused the game. After a delay, the game was abandoned, meaning the two sides will face each other once again. Our best wishes to the supporter in question, who it has been announced is healthy and well.

 

National League South results – in full

Chelmsford City 2-0 Aveley
Chippenham Town P-P Weston-super-mare
Dartford P-P Worthing
Dover Athletic 0-1 Maidstone United
Hemel Hempstead Town 0-2 Havant & Waterlooville
Slough Town A-A Bath City
St Albans City P-P Hampton & Richmond Borough
Tonbridge Angels 2-0 Eastbourne Borough
Truro City 2-0 Taunton Town
Welling United 2-2 Braintree Town
W*ymouth 1-1 Torquay United

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A difficult afternoon for Yeovil, as they left Chelmsford empty handed following their 1-0 defeat in Essex. Let’s see how the rest of the league fared…

It was a day for a draw, so we’ll run through the three other games that ended with a winner – the biggest win (yet smallest in scoreline) was at title challengers Worthing, where Braintree Town did us a big favour by grabbing all three points, courtesy of Aaron Blair. There were also two 2-1 wins, with one of them being earned by Slough Town, in controversial circumstances. A goalmouth scramble was ruled to have crossed the line in the 91st minute, handing the visitors the full three points away to Tonbridge Angels, while Chippenham Town recovered from a goal deficit to win at home against Dover.

Onto the draws, and we start with Torquay United, who got off to a solid start under interim manager Aaron Downes with a 2-2 draw at home to Aveley. There were FOUR 1-1 draws, the most dramatic of which came at Hampton & Richmond, as Farnborough buried a 92nd minute equaliser, while there was more late drama at Havant & Waterlooville, where Daniel Hayfield scored an 86th minute equaliser for Bath City. The final two games were dead heats between Dartford and 10-men Taunton Town, and St Albans City and Welling United.

Two games were postponed, and one was cancelled entirely; of course Truro’s “home” game was postponed against Hemel Hempstead, and Weston-super-mare’s home tie against Eastbourne Borough was also postponed due to an unplayable pitch, while W*ymouth’s trip to Maidstone was rescheduled due to the host’s involvement in the FA Cup on Monday night.

 

National League South results – in full

Chippenham Town 2-1 Dover Athletic
Dartford 1-1 Taunton Town
Hampton & Richmond Borough 1-1 Farnborough
Havant & Waterlooville 1-1 Bath City
St Albans City 1-1 Welling United
Tonbridge Angels 1-2 Slough Town
Torquay United 2-2 Aveley
Truro City P-P Hemel Hempstead Town
Weston-super-mare P-P Eastbourne Borough
Worthing 0-1 Braintree Town

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Another weekend, another 3 points for the Glovers! As Yeovil registered a narrow 1-0 win over Havant & Waterlooville yesterday, let’s see how the rest of the league got on, during a day of yet more miserable weather!

We begin in Dorset, where W*ymouth fell to a farcical 4-1 defeat at home to title chasing Worthing. Ollie Pearce made it 32 goals in 31 games as he hit another hattrick, as W*ymouth struggled against 9 men, and a managerless visiting side (Adam Hinshelwood was sent off with 20 minutes to go). There were also big wins for fellow playoff contenders, as Chelmsford City won 3-0 at ten-man Eastbourne Borough, while Bath City secured a huge 3-1 win at home to St Albans City to make it four consecutive wins.

Farnborough won a thrilling 3-2 encounter at home to Truro City, an 89th minute winner from Hady Ghandour handing the hosts the three points, while there was yet more late drama around the London area – Welling United and Tonbridge Angels played out a 2-2 draw, Sonny Fish equalising for the hosts against his former employers in the 92nd minute; while Slough Town recovered from a two goal deficit to draw 2-2 at home to ten-man Chippenham Town.

Tuesday’s visitors, Weston-super-mare, continued their four game road trip with a 2-1 win over Hemel Hempstead, courtesy of an 86th minute winner from Jacob Cane; elsewhere, another 2-1 win came at Dover Athletic, as Dartford left with all three points to further dent Dover’s survival hopes. There was a massive win for Aveley to keep their playoff push alive, as they defeated Hampton & Richmond in a 1-0 finish, and the same score line could be found in Essex, as Braintree Town condemned Torquay United to their fifth consecutive defeat.

There was supposed to be a final game to mention, however as expected, Taunton’s fixture against Maidstone was postponed thanks to… yes you guessed it, an unplayable pitch.

 

National League South results – in full

Bath City 3-1 St Albans City
Braintree Town 1-0 Torquay United
Dover Athletic 1-2 Dartford
Eastbourne Borough 0-3 Chelmsford City
Farnborough 3-2 Truro City
Hampton & Richmond Borough 0-1 Aveley
Hemel Hempstead Town 1-2 Weston-super-mare
Slough Town 2-2 Chippenham Town
Taunton Town P-P Maidstone United
Welling United 2-2 Tonbridge Angels
W*ymouth 1-4 Worthing

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Well, there were goals galore in the National League South today, despite a reduced schedule thanks to the FA Trophy 5th Round, as well as Mother Nature herself. Let’s take a look at how everyone else got on as Yeovil won away at Tonbridge Angels in a 4-2 cracker!

We’ve become accustomed to this in these roundups now – we begin at Worthing, who hit six at home to bottom side Dover Athletic, Ollie Pearce bagging four of them himself. The visitors did their best, scoring four of their own as Worthing had to replace their goalkeeper in the first half following a serious injury to Josh Jeffries (who is in hospital and recovering). There were another six goals for a home side, as St Albans City stuffed Taunton in a 6-0 drubbing, Shaun Jeffers scoring a hat-trick in the process.

There was late drama at Plainmoor as Torquay United surrendered a lead three times to Slough Town, a 91st minute winner from Leon Chambers-Parillon handing the Rebels the three points and leaving the hosts with one win in ten games. Last weekend’s hosts Maidstone were held to a 1-1 draw by Hemel Hempstead, courtesy of a 96th minute equaliser by George Williams; meanwhile Chippenham Town fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat at home to Braintree Town.

There were two more games in the National League South, and both finished in 1-0 scorelines. Bath City registered their first win against Dartford since 2019, thanks to an early Cody Cooke goal, while Chelmsford City ended W*ymouth’s four game win-streak with their home win. There were two games cancelled due to the weather, with Truro City’s first game at Taunton’s ground, infamous for its drainage (or lack thereof) being called off against Eastbourne Borough, while Weston-super-mare had their home game against Farnborough called off too.

There were three teams from the National League South in FA Trophy action on Saturday as well, and all three faced elimination from the tournament. Bromley ended Aveley’s run with a 2-0 home win, while Welling United took a 3-0 defeat at home to Barnet. Hampton & Richmond were the subject of an upset, as they were defeated by step 3 side Macclesfield at home.

 

National League South results – in full

Bath City 1-0 Dartford
Chelmsford City 1-0 W*ymouth
Chippenham Town 0-1 Braintree Town
Maidstone United 1-1 Hemel Hempstead Town
St Albans City 6-0 Taunton Town
Torquay United 3-4 Slough Town
Worthing 6-4 Dover Athletic

FA Trophy 4th Round results (NLS teams in bold)

Bromley 2-0 Aveley
Hampton & Richmond Borough 0-2 Macclesfield
Welling United 0-3 Barnet

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As Yeovil come back down to earth with a thump in their 2-1 defeat away to Maidstone, let’s see how the rest of the league took advantage of this, as well as quickly looking over the three midweek games, one of which involved the mighty Glovers!

We start on Monday night, where a 92nd minute equaliser for Weston-super-mare rescued them a point away to promotion-chasing Chelmsford City. On Tuesday night, Yeovil Town registered a 3-1 win (see match report here) at home to Slough Town, and in the other midweek fixture, relegation-threatened Welling United came from a goal down to win 2-1 at home to Hampton & Richmond.

Onto the weekend fixtures now, and we begin at our noisy neighbours, as W*ymouth came from behind twice in a thriller against Hemel Hempstead, Malachi Linton contributing to their 4-3 win. Torquay United’s woes continued amid protests against Gary Johnson and Clark Osborne, as they were hammered 4-0 at home against St Albans City, and there were two 3-0 wins, for Braintree Town at home to Dover Athletic, and Worthing on their travels to Aveley, Ollie Pearce grabbing a double to further cement his position as the league’s top scorer.

There were three more 2-1 wins, all for home sides, as Havant & Waterlooville continued to fight for survival with a comeback win over Chelmsford City, 10-man Hampton & Richmond took the three points against Truro City, and Farnborough battled back against Dartford to take a hard earned win in a mid-table clash.

Slough Town bounced back from their midweek defeat to the Glovers with a 2-0 win at home to Weston-super-mare, while next week’s hosts Tonbridge Angels registered a 2-0 win at home to Chippenham Town, the hosts did go down to 10 men for the last 5 minutes however. Ex Yeovil man Ewan Clark scored the winner in a 1-0 win for Bath City at home to Eastbourne Borough, and in the fina game of the day, Welling United and Taunton Town played out a 0-0 draw, a result that doesn’t help either side.

 

National League South results – in full

Midweek

Chelmsford City 1-1 Weston-super-mare
Welling United 2-1 Hampton & Richmond Borough

Saturday

Aveley 0-3 Worthing
Bath City 1-0 Eastbourne Borough
Braintree Town 3-0 Dover Athletic
Farnborough 2-1 Dartford
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2-1 Truro City
Havant & Waterlooville 2-1 Chelmsford City
Slough Town 2-0 Weston-super-mare
Tonbridge Angels 2-0 Chippenham Town
Torquay United 0-4 St Albans City
Welling United 0-0 Taunton Town
W*ymouth 4-3 Hemel Hempstead Town

National League South table

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