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Yeovil Town are back at Huish Park this Saturday and taking charge of the game will be Wayne Cartmel.

Cartmel is no stranger to the Home of football (in Somerset, at least), he was in charge for a disastrous 3-0 home defeat to Boston last season and took charge of a 1-0 home win over Dagenham here back in the 2022/23 season.

Cartmel, booked both Finn Cousin-Dawson and Jahmari Clarke (remember him) in that Boston defeat.

This season, he’s taken charge of just two National League games, a couple mid mannered affairs, but also reffed a spicy affair between Ipswich U21s and Derby U21s, seven goals and seven yellows. 

Niall Felton and Adam Ricketts are his assistants and Jack Clench will be on fourth official duties.

Gime Toure. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v Altrincham FC (First Team)
National League – Premier    
Referee: Cartmel, Wayne
Assistant Referee: Felton, Niall
Assistant Referee: Ricketts, Adam
Fourth Official: Clench, Jack

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It’s Wednesday night in Aldershot for the Glovers this week and we are being looked after on the night, by a referee more at home on the EFL circuit than in the National League.

Stephen Parkinson has been in Leagues One and Two as well as the EFL Trophy.

He officiated a feisty game between Bristol Rovers and Spurs’ kids, which ended with a lengthy penalty shootout, with a red card thrown in for good measure.

His only game in charge at our level though, was Carlisle United’s 3-0 win away at Wealdstone, where he dished out three yellows including to former Glover, Bevis Mugabi.

Oddly though, for a referee of his experience level, and considering he’s taken plenty of games involving South West sides, we can find no evidence of him ever taking charge of a Yeovil game. 

Mr Parkinson has refereed in Germany before, having been a German language teacher in a former career. 

Michael Hayden and Ciaran Fidler are going to be on assistant duties with Coleman O’Meara looking after the dugouts.

Wed 24th Sep 2025
Aldershot Town (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
National League – Premier    
Referee: Parkinson, Stephen
Assistant Referee: Hayden, Michael
Assistant Referee: Fidler, Ciaran
Fourth Official: Mathieson, Alex

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Here’s something that I’m not sure has happened in the time that we’ve been writing these articles, but our referee for the Tamworth vs Yeovil game this coming Saturday, refereed Yeovil Town vs Tamworth last season!

Dale Baines is the man in the middle and we saw him take charge of these two sides back on February 18th. 

That game ended 2-1 to the Glovers with goals from Charlie Cooper and Frank Nouble, he booked Ciaran McGuckin. 

We also saw him away at Altrincham last season too, this time a 2-1 defeat for the Glovers.

This campaign, he’s taken charge of just one National League game, a fairly spicy 2-2 draw between Halifax and Eastleigh where he used his yellow card six times.

In total, he’s officiated 92 National League games, and NEVER dished out a straight red card, he’s only issued a double-yellow dismissal once!

Timothy Walker and Jason Roberts will be waving the flags and Neil Pratt will be on fourth official duties. 

Referee Dale Baines at Huish Park

Tamworth FC (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
National League – Premier    
Referee: Baines, Dale
Assistant Referee: Walker, Timothy
Assistant Referee: Roberts, Jason
Fourth Official: Pratt, Neil

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Yeovil Town host Woking in a lunchtime kick off this Saturday, (reminder – 12:30pm, not 3pm!).

Adrian Quelch is our official, one of the National League more experienced match referees.

In fact, according to Transfermarkt, only five officials have taken charge of more National League games than Mr Quelch – who is up to 115.

In those 115 games, he’s dished out 403 yellows, 14 red cards and pointed to the penalty spot 16 times.

It’s probably no surprise then that he’s well versed on all things Huish Park, this will be his 12th time officiating the Glovers and his 7th at the home of football.

In his previous 11 encounters with the Glovers, we’ve won three, drawn five and lost three. 

But it has been a while since the last time we saw him, back in the 2022/23 season, a 2-2 draw against Maidstone Utd; Morgan Williams and Mark Cooper both saw yellow.

This season, he’s been in charge of just two games, both in the Premier League 2 division for U21 sides. 

Adrian will be joined by Sean Rothwell and Scott Chalkley with Oliver Taylor on fourth official duties.

Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v Woking FC (First Team)       Live on DAZN
National League – Premier    
Referee: Quelch, Adrian
Assistant Referee: Rothwell, Sean
Assistant Referee: Chalkley, Scott
Fourth Official: Taylor, Oliver

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A midweek in the midlands for the Glovers with an away day at Solihull Moors. 

It will be a match of significance for referee Harrison Blair who will take charge of his first match at this level as well as his first ever Yeovil Town game.

A regular match official for the Regional divisions of the National League as well as plenty of experience as a fourth official in the EFL, in recent seasons.

Blair has a rather cool story to tell from his journey to this point having spent time refereeing in Japan earlier this year.

He was part of an exchange program between the JFA and the FA PGMOL where he got to take charge of some league games and even a J League Cup tie.

He’s not afraid to use a card (or three), in 28 National League South games, he’s brandished the yellow one 86 times, the red one five times and pointed the spot five times as well. 

Jordan Brooks and Grzegorz Kornasiewicz (yes, I copied and pasted that) are waving the flags, Kevin Howick is on subs board duties.

Harrison Blair, top right in Japan

Solihull Moors FC (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
National League – Premier    
Referee: Blair, Harrison
Assistant Referee: Brooks, Jordan
Assistant Referee: Kornasiewicz, Grzegorz
Fourth Official: Howick, Kevin

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Life after Mark Cooper begins in West Yorkshire as the Glovers head to Halifax.

The game will be refereed by Richard Aspinall, who, as far as we can tell, has never taken charge of a Yeovil game before.

Based in the north makes that stat hardly a huge surprise, but he’s experienced enough at this level for it to be a little bit noteworthy.

He has taken charge of a handful of Halifax games though, including twice last season. 

A 0-0 draw with Altrincham where the Shaymen’s then manager Chris Millington was sent off towards the end of the game and a 2-1 win over Forest Green Rovers at the Shay.

This season, the records show just one game as man-in-the-middle, a single Premier League 2 game, with 0 bookings. Quiet day at the office. 

He’ll be assisted by Keiran Forrest and Alan Hull with Scott Henry on fourth official duties. 

FC Halifax Town (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
National League – Premier    
Referee: Aspinall, Richard
Assistant Referee: Forrest, Keiran
Assistant Referee: Hull, Alan
Fourth Official: Henry, Scott

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Yeovil Town will take on Gateshead on Bank Holiday Monday and the game will be officiated by Harry Wager.

No stranger to Yeovil games, we’ve seen him three times, most recently in April when he took charge of the National League tie at Eastleigh, where Otis Khan was sent off. 

No complaints from us regarding the decision, Mr Wager saw a flailing elbow and reacted accordingly.

We saw him twice in the National League South title winning campaign, he awarded a penalty (which Frank Nouble missed) in a 3-1 home win vs Dartford and was in charge for the 1-1 draw away at St Albans.

At time of writing, he’s not had a game in the National League yet this season.

Jack Clench will be clutching one flag, Andy Bennett the other whilst James Tewson has the subs board in hand.

Harry Wager sends off Otis Khan

Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v Gateshead FC (First Team)
National League – Premier   
Referee: Wager, Harry
Assistant Referee: Clench, Jack
Assistant Referee: Bennett, Andy
Fourth Official: Tewson, James

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Yeovil Town will be refereed by Mr Peter Wright on Saturday (not the darts player with the crazy hair, but how cool would that be?).
Interestingly, enough, we haven’t seen Mr Wright in the middle for a Glovers game for nearly six years, last taking charge of the Green and Whites in League Two back in 2019 – a 1-1 home draw with Colchester United.

He booked Omar Sowunmi for the Glovers and sent off the U’s ‘keeper, one Dillon Barnes.

In the aftermath of Jake Gray’s goal there was some shenanigans – not caught on camera – by the time he next came into shot, he was off!

In total, we’ve had Mr Wright four times, winning one (6-0 v Newport), losing one and drawing two.

So far this season, he’s only taken charge of one National League game; Wealdstone’s 2-1 win over Halifax, a game which saw seven yellows, one red and one penalty awarded.

Peter Wright will be assisted by Ryan Head and Robert Evans, Chay Hathway is the fourth official. 

Dillon Barnes is sent off by Peter Wright

Braintree Town FC (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
National League – Premier   
Referee: Wright, Peter
Assistant Referee: Head, Ryan
Assistant Referee: Evans, Robert
Fourth Official: Hathway, Chay

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Yeovil Town welcome a familiar face back to Huish Park for officiating duties on Wednesday night.

The home game against Brackley Town will be managed by Matthew Russell, who, has taken charge of the Glovers no fewer than nine times.

It was meant to be ten times, he was listed as the man in the middle for the FA Trophy clash with W*ymouth last season, but was replaced before match day came round.

He’s refereed the Glovers nine times, including twice in 1-1 home draws with Altrincham, a 5-0 FA Cup win over Yate Town and a 6-1 defeat to Torquay… although, we can’t really put that one on him.

He’s booked 19 Yeovil players, awarded us two penalties and was even kind enough to send off Alty’s James Jones a couple of years ago (below)

This season, he’s already had a couple of EFL appointments, a 0-0 draw between MK Dons and Oldham and a 2-0 Wimbledon win over Lincoln. He sent off the Imps Adam Jackson in the first half.

David Nicholson and Mark Senior hold the flags and David Middleton is the fourth official.

Matthew Russell

Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v Brackley Town FC (First Team)
National League – Premier    
Referee: Russell, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Nicholson, David
Assistant Referee: Senior, Mark
Fourth Official: Middleton, David

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Yeovil Town will have their game against Forest Green Rovers managed by Andrew Humphries this Saturday.

According to Transfermarkt, he’s only refereed Yeovil once before, but it was in controversial circumstances.

Yeovil vs Barnet in December 2024, and the league’s Champions-elect were 2-1 up into the final minutes, and holding on for the result.

But, in the 97th minute, on loan defender Ed James was cleaned out in the box trying to scramble the ball home. The game was being covered live on DAZN and Aaron McClean thought it was a penalty, so did 3000 other people in the ground, so did everyone at home watching. Mr Humphries did not.

After the game, Mark Cooper said;

“Yeah, it is a penalty, [he] swipes his leg away. Josh Sims shoots, the keeper tips it onto the post, and then Ed James comes, goes to shoot, ducks inside and the lad just sweeps his leg away. 

We’re at home, in front of our home end, every week they’re given, we had four bookings, they had none.

Jarvis got absolutely pulled from pillar to post, no free kick given… he’s had three shirts on tonight, nothing.”

Even Dean Brennan said it was a penalty.

Anyway, we shall refrain from holding it against him, too much – honest.

He’s actually a very highly thought of official, who’s took charge of the League One clash between Mansfield and Doncaster last week,

He will be assisted by Daniel Flynn and Kevin Morris, whilst Harry Warner will have to keep messrs Cooper and Savage in check.

Referee Andrew Humphries has Morgan Williams to answer to at the final whistle.

Forest Green Rovers (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
National League – Premier    
Referee: Humphries, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Flynn, Daniel
Assistant Referee: Morris, Kevin
Fourth Official: Warner, Harry