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Match-winner Luke McCormick is loving life at Yeovil Town since his summer move from Bristol Rovers. The midfielder scored the only goal in the Glovers ‘hard graft’ against Woking this afternoon.

McCormick’s stoppage time winner in front of the Thatchers set off celebrations all around Huish and McCormick told BBC Somerset he’d thought about it on his way to the match.

“That’s what I was thinking about and on the drive up today. So, yeah, it’s brilliant. But I’ve got to give credit to the boys. We kept going. We could have sat off and taken a point, steadied the ship but we didn’t. It’s a little knock down from Wanns and yeah, just found the back of the net. I think probably I was that tired that I had to take a touch. And then obviously I’ve looked up and I’ve seen, seen the top bracket, yeah, luckily, it’s gone in.”

The Glovers struggled to get a foothold in the match in the first half and McCormick said that Interim Manager Richard Dryden just told them to stay calm.

“You get those games sometimes. They’re [Woking] obviously off the back of a really good result.  We grafted and we came in at half time. We tweaked a couple of things and then I think [in the] second half we were probably the best team. First half, they probably had the better the chances. But yeah, I think we showed, showed real resilience. And the three points is the main thing.”

McCormick has impressed in the middle of midfield in recent weeks having started further up the pitch at the start of the season, and the 26-year-old is loving life in green and white.

“I love the club. Love the boys, love the staff. Fans have been brilliant with me. I’ve settled in really quickly, playing in the position that I’m more comfortable with. Me and Brett have got a really good partnership and all credit to him, he’s been working his socks off. I feel like I’m getting a bit more of the plaudits at the moment, but his time will come. The team have been brilliant. The boys that haven’t played have been brilliant. Training is great. So, yeah, long may that continue.”

Luke McCormick in action for Yeovil Town.
Luke McCormick. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

New manager Danny Webb was unveiled to supporters before the match and was sat in the Directors’ box scribbling notes through out the match. McCormick said Webb had already put his ‘mark down’. He also praised Dryden and Chris Todd, adding that they deserved the win.

“So we’ve met the gaffer today, and he’s come in and had some words at the end there. So putting his mark down already, but Monday morning that that will obviously come to fruition more. Obviously Dryer and Toddy, have been excellent. Obviously, in limbo it’s tough for them. I think people should understand that it’s really difficult for them. So they’ve kept the ship moving in the right direction. Maybe we haven’t got results we deserved, but today, I think they deserved that.”

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Jake Wannell leads Yeovil Town's players on to the pitch.

Yeovil skipper Jake Wannell said the defeat to Braintree was a tough one to take, but that he wouldn’t put it on the forward in the team.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins he said: “Yeah, tough one to take, obviously. After dominating the first half like we did, it was disappointing not to come away with a point, at least I feel like we had enough chances to win the game, [by] 2, 3, 4, [goals]. 

Ultimately, we win lose or draw as a team, so not going to push it on to the forwards at all. We’ve obviously conceded the goal, so we’ll look back at that and see where we could have done better there. Obviously, we know, the forwards know that we had plenty of chances to win the game, so we dust ourselves down and go again Monday.”

For the second match in a row, the Glovers conceded plenty of chances and Wannell put it down to the lack of the control of the ball.

“Too many turnovers, especially today, turnovers leads to chances most of the time, so we cut out the turnovers, the less chances that the opposition will have. But that’s full focus now on Monday.  We’ll put that one to the side.

“It could have been a 5-4, 5-5, type of game, which we didn’t want, almost a game of basketball, like, which is not us. We want to start controlling a bit more. That’s where we’re really good, but just didn’t work today.

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Marcel Lavinier made his debut for Yeovil today in the 1-0 defeat at Halifax. The fullback signed until the end of the season from Forest Green Rovers told BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins that he was happy join the club.

Asked how the move came about, Lavinier said: “I was away with Forest Green in York, because they’re playing York later today, and I was just in the hotel, and the gaffer [Steve Cotterill] said, we’ve had a chat with Yeovil about you. And I was happy and willing to come. It’s a big club, and, it’s good for me for the end of the season. So I’m happy to be here.”

Marcel Lavinier

Lavinier has barely kicked a ball in recent months and said his goals for the rest of the season were to ‘remain fit’. He added: “Keep performing and doing the best I can and trying to help the team. I strive high, and I want to push for playoffs if we can do it. So that’s how I will try and help the team.”

On the Yeovil performance in Yorkshire the right back said: “I thought the team done well in the first half – all game really. We dug, was on the front foot, w had chances in the first half, and the game’s different if you put those chances away. It was unlucky and unfortunate to concede an early goal and they just sat back for the rest of the first half and made it difficult for us. But, we still played around the box, still got a few chances, but on a different day we put them away and the game looks different.”

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Port Vale loanee James Plant has told BBC Radio Somerset’s Jack Killah he’s delighted to be fit again and back at Huish Park for the rest of the season, after securing a loan move from the League Two side until the end of the campaign.

Speaking ahead of the weekend’s game with Dagenham & Redbridge he said that he was just itching to get going…in the kitchen as much as on the pitch.

“I’m really happy to be back. Obviously, [I] got back in there with the lads and [I’m] just looking forward to a game now. Can’t come fast enough, really.

Speaking about the injury which cut his previous spell on loan in Somerset, Plant said: “It was just a hamstring injury. Obviously [they’re] quite common in football, but I was gutted. I ended up doing my rehab at Vale, just a five-week period of rehab, and then did a couple of weeks training with them. Then I just asked a question: ‘Can I go back to Yeovil’? And the answer was yes. So here I am!”

Plant returned to Huish Park on the EFL’s deadline day and is looking forward to getting more game time and being on the pitch more often than not.

“I just want to play, games. Here is the place that I’m doing that. It seemed like the best thing to do. [Port Vale] were really happy about it. I think that’s what they wanted as well.

“They just wanted me playing as many games as many games as possible. So it was a bit of a setback with the injury, but hopefully we can go again now to the end of the season.

“I just want to play every game from now to the end of the season. That’s my main target. I’ll look at individual games and how I want to perform in them games, but as a whole, I just want to play every game to the end of the season.”

James Plant puts a cross in. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

Plant was adamant that despite a few changes to the squad there’s still a belief the club can be successful this campaign: “We’re all aiming for the same things. [There’s] a few new faces in there that I’m getting to know, which is always good, but, yeah, similar goals.

“I just think with football, anything can happen. We’ll take it one game at a time, but there’s a lot of games coming up, and we could be in a really good position after the next two or three weeks. So we’ll just work from game to game, try and be as solid as we can, and also try and get forward, get goals, and then you never know.”

Plant’s second Glovers debut will likely come at Dagenham on Saturday – a side he’s already faced this season with the club.

“They’re a decent side. I remember we played them here. It was one of my first games, and we played really well, but they still tested us. We came away 1-0, so we were buzzing. Hopefully we can go to that place and do the same.”

James Plant. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

Finally, a new loan deal brings with it, challenges for any young player, it turns out that James Plant can still turn to his Mum to help with getting creative in the kitchen… there’s a joke here about Plant-based meals… or something, you can see where we’re going with this.

“It’s first time I’ve really had to move away for football. It’s part of the part of the job. So I think it’s good for me to experience it so young, and obviously it’ll help me in the future as well. My mum’s sending me like recipes down, because I’m quite boring with my food. I’ll just cook the same thing every night, just the standard stuff, but she says she said I should try and change it!”