Match Officials

Jamie O’Connor is the lucky little so and so that gets to referee Yeovil Town’s trip to Rochdale this coming Saturday.

We’ve only had the pleasure of his company once in his career, a rather disastrous 1-1 draw against Halifax in 2022/23.

Both Lawson D’ath and Edwin Agbaje suffered season ending injuries, Matt Worthington picked up a suspension-confirming yellow card and only a scrappy Malachi Linton goal gave the Glovers anything to shout about.

He did book Halifax defender Jamie Stott for … “encouraging” Agbaje over the advertising hoardings. 

He’s a very experienced referee and has been used far more in the EFL than the National League this season,

In 10 games this season, he’s dished out 27 yellows and two red cards.

He will be assisted by Zharir Mustafa and Martin Parker, Ben Robinson is the fourth official.

Rochdale AFC (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
National League – Premier    
Referee: O’Connor, Jamie
Assistant Referee: Mustafa, Zharir
Assistant Referee: Parker, Martin
Fourth Official: Robinson, Ben

It’s cup time, everyone!

Yeovil Town will take on some old National League South adversaries in the form of those plastic pitchers, Hemel Hempstead Town on Saturday and the man in charge definitely knows his way to the ground.

Richie Watkins is the man in the middle, he’s taken charge of seven Hemel games in his career – no side has seen him more!

He’s also been looking after games involving Yeovil twice in the past – both times saw the Glovers lose.

He took charge of a 1-0 home defeat to Bromley in 2022/23 and a 2-0 away defeat to Maidenhead United. 

Below you can see him dealing with a minor skirmish in the Glovers’ penalty area – Grant Smith is about to get that Yellow card he’s holding. 

This season, he’s been a little on the stricter side, four National League games have seen 25 yellow cards, and he got two of his three ones out in a tasty little game between Altrincham and Carlisle.

He will be assisted by Amarjit Sarao and Alex Rolfe with Dan England on fourth official duties.

Hemel Hempstead Town (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
FA Cup    
Referee: Watkins, Richie
Assistant Referee: Sarao, Amarjit
Assistant Referee: Rolfe, Alex
Fourth Official: England, Dan

The Glovers are back at Huish Park this Saturday with Boreham Wood the visitors to Somerset.

Our referee for this game is Mr Niall Smith, who we have seen before, but only a couple of times. Back in May he took charge of the Glovers’ 2-1 defeat away at Aldershot, taking the name of Harry Kite on that occasion.

Roll back to the National League South title winning season and he also oversaw the 1-0 victory over Taunton, a single Frank Nouble goal the difference with Jordan Young, Jake Wannell and Michael Smith all going in the book.

This season, he’s taken charge of three games at this level, yet to brandish a red card, but the yellow one has made an appearance or 15 – but that did include a rather spicy game between Altrincham and Aldershot which had eight.

Marcus Carmichael and Thomas Holden have flag duties as assistant, Said Ouchene is marshalling the dug outs. 

Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v Boreham Wood (First Team)
National League – Premier    
Referee: Smith, Niall
Assistant Referee: Carmichael, Marcus
Assistant Referee: Holden, Thomas
Fourth Official: Ouchene, Said

David Rock will be the man in the middle when Yeovil Town head to Sutton United this coming Tuesday night.

It is Mr Rock’s first game refereeing in the National League this season, but by no means has he been twiddling his card loving thumbs, he’s taken charge of eight games so far, across the EFL Leagues and Cups.

Those first eight games have seen him brandish 36 yellows (that’s over 4 per game on average!) and a red one for good measure.

As for the Glovers, specifically, we’ve seen him three times, twice in the FA Cup including when he sent off Kevin Dawson (below), but most recently in the 1-0 defeat to Hartlepool on the opening day of last season, the one where we got “Darren Sarll’d”. 

He booked five Poolies and two Glovers; Greenslade and Wannell and after the game, then Manager Mark Cooper said that Tom Parkes should have been sent off, for his seventh minute caution;

“That was a horrendous tackle…If it had been 15 minutes later in the game, it would have been a straight red.”

Having watched it back on HP Source, it’s certainly not a nice one… Jordan Young’s knee feels the full force.

Anyway, Mr Rock will be assisted by David Hutton and Alexander Shipp with Ayrton Hursey on 4th official duties.

Sutton United FC (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
National League – Premier    
Referee: Rock, David
Assistant Referee: Hutton, David
Assistant Referee: Shipp, Alexander
Fourth Official: Hursey, Ayrton

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.

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

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

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. 

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