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Well it wasn’t the afternoon Yeovil would’ve wanted, as they fell to a 3-1 defeat at Gateshead. Let’s see how the rest of the league fared, and where it leaves Yeovil.

Before we look at the rest of Saturday’s fixture, we’re stepping back in time to Friday night, as Dagenham & Redbridge and FC Halifax Town played out a 1-1 draw under the lights. Josh Rees gave the hosts a first half lead, before former Glover Andrew Oluwabori equalised for Halifax late on to share the points.

Onto Saturday, and we begin in Aldershot, as they comprehensively beat Oldham Athletic 4-1, a double from summer signing James Henry getting proceedings underway. Ebbsfleet United’s woeful start to the season continued as they were battered at home by Woking, as new signing Matt Ward marked his debut with the final goal in a 3-0 win.

There was an enthralling encounter at Gander Green Lane between Sutton United and York City, as both teams took a lead before settling for a point apiece in a 2-2 draw, Will Davies equalising for the hosts against his former employers. It was a good day at The Hive for Barnet as they made it two home wins from two with their 2-1 victory over Southend United, with credit going to the away fans who outnumbered Barnet in their own ground.

There were three 1-1 draws, all with a level of drama! Hartlepool United needed a 98th minute equaliser from Mani Dieseruvwe to preserve their unbeaten start at home against Wealdstone, while Tamworth needed a 94th minute equaliser from summer signing Chris Wreh in the clash between the two promoted sides from the National League North. In the third draw, Braintree Town continued to grow in stature in the division as they took a credible point home from Solihull Moors, an 81st minute equaliser from new signing Brad Stevenson saving the Moors from another disappointing result.

Eastleigh continue with their 100% record to start the campaign, as they registered a slender 1-0 win courtesy of a Chris Maguire penalty away at Altrincham. Finally, there were two 0-0 draws, as Monday’s visitors Rochdale drew at home to Forest Green Rovers, while AFC Fylde shared the spoils with Maidenhead United, the Magpies getting their first point of the season.

National League results – in full

Dagenham & Redbridge 1-1 FC Halifax Town
Gateshead 3-1 Yeovil Town
AFC Fylde 0-0 Maidenhead United
Aldershot Town 4-1 Oldham Athletic
Altrincham 0-1 Eastleigh
Barnet 2-1 Southend United
Boston United 1-1 Tamworth
Ebbsfleet United 0-3 Woking
Hartlepool United 1-1 Wealdstone
Rochdale 0-0 Forest Green Rovers
Solihull Moors 1-1 Braintree Town
Sutton United 2-2 York City

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Yeovil Town boss Mark Cooper said three “soft goals” cost his side as they went down to a 3-1 defeat at Gateshead on Saturday.

The Glovers found themselves 2-0 down inside 20 minutes through an own goal from defender Jordan Thomas followed quickly by another from hosts’ full-back Brandon Haunstrup, who was on trial at Huish Park this summer.

Striker Aaron Jarvis pulled one back on the half-hour mark and the visitors’ almost levelled when Morgan Williams’ header came back off the post, but they got not find another breakthrough.

Speaking to our man Ben Barrett after the game, Cooper said: “I didn’t think we deserved to lose the game, I thought we were well in it and we deserved at least a point- but, to do that, you have to have more big moments than they do.

”I thought it was a good game of football, we conceded some really soft goals. The first one we didn’t stay with the runner, the ball is going wide and we put it in our own goal, then the second we gave the ball away in our own area and after that we are in the game. We score a goal, hit the post through Morgan Williams and we think the ball goes in and we have loads of play around their penalty area, but we did not produce enough quality to get that equaliser.”

He added: “I thought we started brilliantly, Sam Pearson got in the box and should score, and for those first five or ten minutes we were really good but their goal changes things. Then we go 2-0 down and you have to roll the dice and I thought we did that and we were well in the game right until the end.

“But, we gave them three goals today and they do not need any help because they are a very good team. I thought we matched them today and I think Rob (Elliot, the Gateshead manager) will say it was an even game of football.”

The boss said his players believed Williams’ header towards the end of the first half crossed the line, but in the absence of goal line technology in the National League, we will never know.
 
Cooper voiced his frustration at referee Martin Woods who gave the home side a late penalty for a pull on substitute Mark Beck, but waved away an appeal from the visitors’ Frank Nouble for a similar incident.
 
The Glovers’ boss said: “The referee was so inconsistent, it is not often you will see a referee get booed off by the home crowd after they have won 3-1. If he gives the penalty to them at the end, he has to give the one for a double on Frank Nouble, it is the same type of foul.
 
“It seemed to be whoever shouted the loudest won the fouls, I would rather they were really good or really crap, not inconsistent. I can live with them being crap because we all have a bad day, but he was just inconsistent.”
 
Following the loss, Yeovil make the six-hour return journey south and prepare to face Rochdale at Huish Park on Bank Holiday Monday. The Greater Manchester side were held to a goalless draw at home to Forest Green Rovers on Saturday, a match watched by Cooper on the return journey.
 
The boss said: “We will try and watch it on our way home, we have watched some of their games already, so we will look at how they set up. We have limited time to prepare, so we can’t waste any time.”

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Yeovil Town fell to a 3-1 defeat on the road at Gateshead this afternoon. The first half was a great game for the neutrals, with both sides playing some nice stuff going forward with a side of terrible defending.

An own goal by Jordan Thomas was added to by former Yeovil trialist Brandon Haunstrup inside 22 minutes before Aaron Jarvis got one back.

Mark Cooper’s side gave as good as they got against the league leaders, but a late penalty from Luke Hannant saw it finish 3-1.

First half

Yeovil had Gateshead chasing back in the 3rd minute.  Sam Pearson was played through on the left hand side of the Gateshead defence and he chose to cut it back rather than get it across the six yard box.

Moments later, Aaron Jarvis had a sighter from distance that skipped past the post of Tiernan Brooks.

Both sides exchanged possession in the early stages and in the 12th minute, Jacob Butterfield’s left footed strike was diverted in by Jordan Thomas. A spell of possession led to a cross in the box that came in too easily and wasn’t cleared away. 0-1

Yeovil tried to hit back and cross into the box found Jarvis who rose highest to head towards goal but his effort was comfortable for the keeper.

Ollie Wright was called into action in the 17th minute after the Oseni pounced on the Glovers as they tried to play out. The loanee got down low to deny the Gateshead striker.

Calamitous defending from Yeovil allowed former triallist Brandon Haunstrup to double Gateshead’s lead. A sloppy pass from Worthington didn’t quite make its way to Michael Smith and Haunstrup pounced to fire into the roof of the net. 0-2

The Glovers should have got one back in the 24th minute through Matt Worthington. A ball over the top caught Gateshead napping and Worthington found himself face to face with Brook in goal. The midfielder could only fire straight at the man in purple.

A few minutes later Aaron Jarvis got his goal. A great cross from Michael Smith found Yeovil’s number 9 on the spot and his powerful header couldn’t be kept out despite Brooks’ best efforts. 1-2

Jarvis nearly levelled the score with the next attack. Another cross in from the right caused Gateshead all sorts of problems but Jarvis could only strike high and wide.

Yeovil switched to the familiar back four and started to get more joy. Morgan Williams came within the width of the post to drawing Yeovil back level. 

Gateshead thought they’d scored their third moments later after Louis Storey’s header across the box was nodded in by Oseni. On this occasion the assistant’s flag saved the Glovers.

Half time: Gateshead 2 Yeovil Town 1

Second half

Mark Cooper made a half time change with Frank Nouble replacing goalscorer Aaron Jarvis.

Harvey Greenslade snuck in past Louis Storey on the 52nd minute and struck a good effort at goal and earned a corner for his efforts.

Butterfield came close to getting his 2nd of the afternoon moments later, drawing a save from Ollie Wright who clawed it out low to his right.

Gateshead maintained the pressure and whipped strike from Hannant went over Wright’s bar.

On the hour Yeovil Town made a triple substitution with Charlie Cooper, Sonny Blu Lo-Everton and Dylan Morgan coming on for Greenslade, McGavin and Sims.

Morgan nearly made an instant impact. sloppy play from Gateshead allowed Nouble and Morgan to link up and Morgan’s effort was blocked by a sliding Heed defender.

Gateshead made some changes of their own with former Glover Mark Beck entering the fray. But it was his teammate, Kain Adom who’s shot was deflected wide with Wright at full stretch.

The second half never quite lived up to the first, with neither side able to get their passing game flowing and plenty of substitutions disrupting the flow.

The Glovers conceded an 87th minute penalty after a shirt pull on Mark Beck. Luke Hannant coolly despatched past Wright. 1-3

Gateshead could have scored a fourth in stoppage time but Adom’s effort was skied over.

Full time: Gateshead 3 Yeovil Town 1

Match Details

Venue: Gateshead International Stadium
Date: Saturday 24th August – 12:30pm

Competition: National League Premier

Pitch: Far away.luscious with dark green rugby lines
Conditions: Bright sunshine with a northern chill

Attendance: 1096 (157 away supporters)

Scorers:  Jordan Thomas OG 14 (0-1), Brandon Haunstrup 22 (0-2), Aaron Jarvis  30

Bookings:
Gateshead: Regan Booty 65, Louis Story, 76
Yeovil Town: Matt Worthington 36, Frank Nouble 82

Referee: Martin Woods

Yeovil Town (4-2-3-1)

*It changed multiple times during the match!

Substitutes: Frank Nouble (for Aaron Jarvis, 46), Charlie Cooper (for Harvey Greenslade, 60), Brett McGavin (for Dylan Morgan 60), Sonny Blu Lo-Everton (for Josh Sims, 60), Raphael Araoye (not used), Finn Cousin-Dawson (for Michael Smith 72), Matt Gould (not used).

Gateshead : Tiernan Brooks, Kenton Richardson, Louis Storey, Brandon Haunstrup, Callum Whelan (for Will McGowan 80), Ben Worman, Regan Booty, Jacob Butterfield (for Kain Adom 73), Luke Hannant, Thomas Allan (for Tyrelle Newton 70), Owen Oseni (for Mark Beck 70) Substitutes (not used): Harry Moss, Jean Belehouan, Charlie Colkett

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Jordan Thomas makes his first National League Premier appearance for Yeovil Town as they take on Gateshead this lunchtime (12.30pm kick-off).

The full-back, who joined from Hampton & Richmond in the summer, replaces Alex Whittle at left back with forward Harvey Greenslade back in the starting XI in place of Frank Nouble.

Cooper told Ben Barrett that Jordan Young misses out as his girlfriend is ‘expecting today’. 

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Tom Bailey is back with transfer round up of the National League, including Glovers corner…

Glovers’ Corner

Before we dive into the National League ins and outs, let’s look at the former Glovers that have moved about in the last couple of weeks. We may miss a few, so if any of you see any we may have missed, tag us on Facebook or Twitter (or X), or leave a comment below and we’ll add them in the next week’s round-up!

A handful of players on the move this week, from very different versions of the club as well – a man who was with the club last season briefly has joined a National League rival on loan, as Jahmari Clarke signs for Wealdstone on a short term loan. Courtney Duffus has signed for Macclesfield following his release from Barrow, while Liam Walsh was announced at Luton Town this week.

A former Glover back in the Premier League is Asmir Begovic, who joined Everton this week on a free transfer after his release from QPR.

Courtney Duffus in action for Yeovil Town against Stockport in August 2019. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

All Transfers

AFC Fylde

Just a new home for a former player this week, as Sam Graham joins Aidrieonians in Scotland.

In

Joe Riley (Walsall)
Corey Whelan (Carlisle United)
Ethan Mitchell (Wigan Athletic)
Charlie Jolley (Tranmere Rovers)
Lincoln McFayden (Swansea City)
Offrande Zanzala (Newport County)
Ben Winterbottom (Brentford)
Luke Brennan (Wigan Athletic)
Patrick Gamble (Blackburn Rovers)

Out

Luke Conlan (Cliftonville)
Pierce Bird (Eastbourne Borough)
Sam Graham (Airdrieonians)
Danny Whitehead (Macclesfield)
Ashley Hunter (Accrington Stanley)
Joe Rowley (Scunthorpe United)
Tom Walker (Radcliffe)
Chris Neal (AFC Fylde Staff)
Kieran Glynn (Scarborough Athletic)
Luke Charman (Hartlepool United)
Connor Barrett (Walsall)
Josh Kay (Oldham Athletic)
Danny Philliskirk (Southport)

Aldershot Town

There’s a returning player to Aldershot this week, as Rollin Menayese joins on a permanent basis after a loan spell last season from Walsall. A former player has found a new home as well, as Jonathon Page signs for current NLS leaders Farnborough.

In

Haydon Vaughan (Bracknell Town)
Pat Nash (Farnham Town)
Emmanuel Maja (Banbury United)
Marcus Dewhurst (Wealdstone)
Luke Jenkins (Chelmsford City)
Cameron Hargreaves (King’s Lynn Town)
Ryan Jones (Bristol Rovers)
Kai Corbett (Peterborough United)
Lachlan Byrd (Welling United)
James Henry (Oxford United)
Rollin Menayese (Walsall)

Out

Ethan Burnett (unattached)
Stuart O’Keefe (Chatham Town)
Zain Walker (Welling United)
Tommy Willard (Worthing)
Alex MacAllister (Leatherhead)
Jasper Sheik (Crawley Town)
Finlay Westen (unattached)
Cian Harries (Woking)
Coby Rowe (unattached)
Mason Obeng (Walton & Hersham)
Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale)
Kwame Thomas (Ebbsfleet United)
George Milner-Smith (Whitehawk)
Oliver Lahtinen-Kalsi (Ascot United)
Jonathon Page (Farnborough)
Ryan Glover (unattached)
Pat Nash (Farnham Town)

Altrincham

Nothing new for Altrincham fans this week!

In

Lucas Weaver (Colne)
Joe Nuttall (Oldham Athletic)
Tom Crawford (Hartlepool United)
Tylor Golden (FC Halifax Town)
Kahrel Reddin (Stoke City)
Remi Thompson (unattached)

Out

Joey Jones (Walton & Hersham)
Mitch Hancox (Chester)
Dior Angus (AFC Telford United)
George Burroughs (unattached)
Dan Mooney (Boston United)
Liam Brockbank (Bamber Bridge)
Sam Roscoe (Linfield)
Chris Conn-Clarke (Peterborough United)
Matt Gould (Yeovil Town)
Joe Bailey (Witton Albion)

Matt Gould signing for Yeovil Town.

Barnet

It’s a ‘Hive’ of activity (see what I did there?) at Barnet, as there are departures and arrivals to discuss. Harry Pritchard departs the club following health issues, having made 100+ appearances for the Bees, but coming through the door are two handy players.

After a year out of football, Richard Nartey joins the club, he was last seen playing for Salford City, while Rohan Matyar followed shortly afterward, after his release from Dagenham & Redbridge.

In

Rhys Browne (Woking)
Jermaine Francis (Chelmsford City)
Nik Tavares (Dagenham & Redbridge)
Joe Grimwood (Braintree Town)
Finley Wilkinson (Hitchin Town)
Nick Hayes (Ipswich Town)
Joe Kizzi (Sutton United)
Joe Rye (Worthing)
Mark Shelton (Oldham Athletic)
Myles Kenlock (Ebbsfleet United)
Billy Clifford (Ebbsfleet United)
Anthony Hartigan (Mansfield Town)
Harry Chapman (Bradford City)
Richard Nartey (unattached)
Rohan Matyar (Dagenham & Redbridge)

Out

Ben Wynter (Woking)
Connor Stevens (Chesham United)
Dale Gorman (Woking)
Moussa Diarra (Eastbourne Borough)
Gary Hooper (unattached)
Courtney Senior (Rochdale)
Laurie Walker (Solihull Moors)
Sam Granville (Cheshunt)
Joe Grimwood (Braintree Town)
Jack Blower (Southall)
Patrick Matejko (Southall)
Harry Pritchard (unattached)

Ex-Glover Dale Gorman is finally booked by referee Gary Parsons. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Boston United

One new signing for Boston this week, as ‘keeper Ellis Craven joins on an initial month long loan to provide cover for the bench.

In

Frankie Maguire (Sheffield United)
Kieran Coates (Chester)
Dan Mooney (Altrincham)
Adam Marriott (Bromley)
Sam Osborne (Buxton)
Cameron Green (Welling United)
Tony Weston (Derby County)
Mitchell Roberts (Oxford City)
Pemi Aderoju (Peterborough United)
Ellis Craven (Norwich City)

Out

Kelsey Mooney (Accrington Stanley)
Michael Gyasi (Peterborough Sports)
Keziah Martin (Rushall Olympic)
Ethan Sephton (Alvechurch)
Sam Smart (Farnborough)
Jimmy Knowles (Accrington Stanley)
Sam Essien (Matlock Town)
Brad Nicholson (Scunthorpe United)

Braintree Town

Another new signing for the Iron this week, as Lucas Covolan joins from Maidstone United in the sticks.

In

Ryan Clampin (Eastleigh)
James Vennings (Bromley)
Kyrell Lisbie (Cray Valley Paper Mills)
George Langston (Eastleigh)
Marley Marshall-Miranda (Colchester United)
Inih Effiong (Dagenham & Redbridge)
Finlay Barnes (York City)
Jamal Fyfield (Boreham Wood)
Callum Powell (Southend United)
Chay Cooper (Colchester United)
Louis Lomas (unattached)
Louie Annesley (Dundalk)
Jacob Knightbridge (Oxford United)
John Akinde (Colchester United)
Matt Robinson (Woking)
Joe Grimwood (Barnet)
Lucas Covolan (Maidstone United)

Out

Joe Grimwood (Barnet)
Alfie Payne (St Albans City)
Gianni Crichlow (Hampton & Richmond Borough)
Jack Sims (Sutton United)
Lewis Miccio (St Albans City)
Baris Altintop (Larne)
Aaron Blair (Maidstone United)
Freddie Sears (Chatham Town)
Jayden Smith (unattached)
Leon Davies (unattached)
Michael Brothers (retired)
Jack Roberts (Bishop’s Stortford)
Dominic Odusanya (Eastbourne Borough)
Louis Lomas (Slough Town)

Dagenham & Redbridge

One departure this week for the Daggers, as young Alfie Kelly joins Tilbury on a short term loan, while previously released Rohan Matyar has signed for Barnet, as mentioned above.

In

Oscar Rutherford (Eastleigh)
Josh Umerah (Hartlepool United)
Trent Rendall (QPR)
Dion Pereira (Luton Town)
Reece Grego-Cox (Woking)
Dylan Stephenson (Newcastle United)
Paul Kalambayi (AFC Wimbledon)
Christian N’Guessan (Sutton United)
Harrison Day (Concord Rangers)
Junior Morias (Notts County)
Ralph Vigrass (Bracknell Town)
Luca Woodhouse (Wycombe Wanderers)

Out

Nik Tavares (Barnet)
Sydney Ibie (Hemel Hempstead Town)
Josh Hare (Boreham Wood)
Lewis Page (Ebbsfleet United)
David Longe-King (St Albans City)
Omar Mussa (Torquay United)
Rohan Matyar (Barnet)
Inih Effiong (Braintree Town)
Elliott Johnson (Hednesford Town)
Harrison Day (Billericay Town)
Josh Strizovic (Whitehawk)
Alfie Kelly (Tilbury)

Dion Pereira in action against Notts County.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Eastleigh

One new face for Eastleigh this week, as left back Noa Boutin joins the club on loan from AFC Bournemouth until January.

In

Luis Fernandez (Hampton & Richmond Borough)
Deji Sotona (Doncaster Rovers)
Angel Waruih (Brentford)
Tyrese Shade (Swindon Town)
Richard Brindley (Notts County)
Lloyd Humphries (Weston-super-mare)
Jake Vokins (Southampton)
Jai Semenyo (Cardiff City)
Niall Maher (Eastleigh)
Noa Boutin (AFC Bournemouth)

Out

Brennan Camp (Dorking Wanderers)
Ryan Clampin (Braintree Town)
Aaron Martin (retired)
Ben Reeves (Southampton)
George Langston (Braintree Town)
Oscar Rutherford (Dagenham & Redbridge)
Luka Chalwell (Winchester City)
Nigel Atangana (Havant & Waterlooville)
Aidan Barlow (Rochdale)
Enzio Boldewijn (Wealdstone)
Luke Croll (unattached)
Kaya Tshaka (Havant & Waterlooville)
Jahiem Dotse (Wycombe Wanderers)

Ebbsfleet United

A quiet week for Ebbsfleet on the transfer front.

In

Jim Kellermann (Woking)
Lewis Page (Dagenham & Redbridge)
Louis John (Sutton United)
Tyler Cordner (York City)
Giles Phillips (Oxford City)
Wesley Fonguck (Southend United)
Jephte Tanga (Leyton Orient)
Tom Dallison (Colchester United)
Dylan Berry (Norwich City)
Elijah Anthony (QPR)

Out

Chris Haigh (Worthing)
Matthias Fanimo (unattached)
Shaquile Coulthirst (Maidstone United)
Joe Martin (unattached)
Jordon Ibe (unattached)
Chris Solly (retired)
Hayden White (unattached)
Omari Sterling-James (Alvechurch)
David Amoo (unattached)
Darren McQueen (Hornchurch)
Ouss Cisse (unattached)
Myles Kenlock (Barnet)
Billy Clifford (Barnet)
Elijah Anthony (Chatham Town)

FC Halifax Town

An outgoing for Halifax this week, as Jimiel Chikukwa joins Cleethorpes Town on a month long loan.

In

Tom Pugh (Scunthorpe United)
Will Smith (Harrogate Town)
Adam Alimi-Adetoro (Sheffield Wednesday)
Zak Emmerson (Blackpool)
Harvey Sutcliffe (Leeds United)
Owen Bray (Barrow)
Nathaniel Ford (Rotherham United)

Out

Luke Summerfield (Kidderminster Harriers)
Tom Scott (Macclesfield)
Rob Harker (unattached)
Tom Wilson (King’s Lynn Town)
Jack Hunter (Hartlepool United)
Jamie Stott (Morecambe)
Tylor Golden (Altrincham)
Jordan Keane (Southport)
Jimiel Chikukwa (Cleethorpes Town)

Forest Green Rovers

One new home this week as Sam Robertson joins Derry City.

In

Liam Sercombe (Cheltenham Town)
Sean Long (Cheltenham Town)
Ben Tozer (Wrexham)
Tom Knowles (Walsall)
Adam May (Cambridge United)
Jed Ward (Bristol Rovers)

Out

Matty Stevens (AFC Wimbledon)
Dominic Bernard (unattached)
Richard Keogh (retired)
Finn Bell (unattached)
Jack Carter (unattached)
Nathan Holland (unattached)
Darnell Johnson (unattached)
Jordon Garrick (unattached)
Sean Robertson (Derry City)
Alex Gorrin (unattached)
Fankaty Dabo (unattached)
David Davis (Kidderminster Harriers)
Reece Brown (unattached)
Luke Daniels (retired)
Murphy Bennett (Warrington Town)
Amadou Bakayoko (Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
Alfie Bendle (Colchester United)

Tom Knowles.

Gateshead

Two new signings for Gateshead this week, and one came juuust after I’d posted last week’s roundup! Jean Belehouan signed from Tranmere Rovers on a one year deal, before Charlie Colkett was announced shortly before their midweek fixture at Halifax. Colkett joins from Crewe Alexandra.

Also a departure to add, as young Oli Thompson heads out on loan to Darlington in the NLN.

In

Owen Oseni (Derby County)
Fenton John (Middlesbrough)
Jamie Bramwell (Grimsby Town)
Tiernan Brooks (Notts County)
Will McGowan (Blyth Spartans)
Ben Fell (Blyth Town)
Jacob Butterfield (Scunthorpe United)
Mark Beck (Solihull Moors)
Tyrelle Newton (unattached)
Harry Moss (Burnley)
Brandon Haunstrup (Cambridge United)
Jean Belehouan (Tranmere Rovers)
Charlie Colkett (Crewe Alexandra)

Out

Lirak Hasani (Torquay United)
Joe Cook (Worthing)
Connor McBride (Rochdale)
Lewis Knight (unattached)
James Montgomery (retired)
Jordan Hunter (Chester)
Ed Francis (Exeter City)
Marcus Dinanga (Bromley)
Jamie Bramwell (South Shields)
Harrison Bond (Blyth Spartans)
Aidan Rutledge (South Shields)
Ben Fell (Workington)
Ben Williams (Workington)
Fenton John (Morpeth Town)
Connor Pani (Blyth Spartans)
Oli Thompson (Darlington)

Hartlepool United

Another two new faces join the Darren Sarll revolution, as free agent Gary Madine joined the club, having last played for Blackpool. Also joining the club is Darren Robinson, a Northern Ireland U21 international; he joins on loan from Derby County until January.

In

Luke Charman (AFC Fylde)
Jack Hunter (FC Halifax Town)
Nathan Sheron (Oldham Athletic)
Adam Campbell (Crawley Town)
Greg Sloggett (Cheltenham Town)
Billy Sass-Davies (Crewe Alexandra)
Adam Smith (Morecambe)
Kieron Freeman (unattached)
Gary Madine (unattached)
Darren Robinson (Derby County)

Out

Josh Umerah (Dagenham & Redbridge)
Jake Hastie (Ayr United)
Brody Paterson (Kelty Hearts)
Edon Pruti (Farnborough)
Alex Lacey (unattached)
Callum Cooke (unattached)
Tom Crawford (Altrincham)
Mikael Ndjoli (Lions Gibraltar)
Chris Wreh (Tamworth)
Kieran Burton (Buxton)
Max Storey (Blyth Spartans)
Campbell Darcy (Whitby Town)

Maidenhead United

Two defensive loan signings for Maidenhead this week; first was Thierry Latty-Fairweather from York City, and the second being Owen Cochrane from Stevenage.

There’s also a new home to report, as David Omilabu signs for Biggleswade Town.

In

Tyrese Dyce (Slough Town)
Ruben Carvalho (Wingate & Finchley)
Joseph Ajose (QPR)
Nathan Ferguson (Wealdstone)
Zac Bell (Bristol City)
Harvey Collins (Reading)
Joshua Johnson (Oxford United)
Thierry Latty-Fairweather (York City)
Owen Cochrane (Stevenage)

Out

Ashley Nathaniel-George (York City)
Charlee Adams (Hornchurch)
Daniel Jinadu (unattached)
Lewis Kinsella (retired)
David Omilabu (Biggleswade Town)
Harry Parsons (Chippenham Town)
Sam Beckwith (Rochdale)
Zico Asare (Harrogate Town)

Oldham Athletic

One new arrival, and a couple of departures for the Latics this week. Callum Dolan is the sole arrival, joining on loan from Fleetwood Town, Dolan spent time on loan at Torquay United last season.

The two departures are both young, as Alfie Atherton signs on a permanent basis with Sheffield United, while Kofi Moore leaves on a month long loan to Nantwich Town.

There is also a new home for Jake Forshaw, who signs with Abbey Hey.

In

Reagan Ogle (Scunthorpe United)
Josh Kay (AFC Fylde)
Manny Monthe (Northampton Town)
Harry Charsley (Newport County)
Jesurun Uchegbulam (Rochdale)
Jake Caprice (Burton Albion)
Scott Moloney (FC United of Manchester)
Callum Dolan (Fleetwood Town)

Out

Benny Couto (Ashton United)
Llyton Chapman (unattached)
Frazer Cookson (unattached)
Brennan Dickinson (Queen of the South)
Devarn Green (unattached)
Dan Gardner (unattached)
Hallam Hope (Morecambe)
Oliver Kilner (unattached)
Dan Langley (Morpeth Town)
Harrison McGahey (The New Saints)
Jake Forshaw (Abbey Hey)
Ben Tollitt (Morecambe)
Jordan Windass (Clitheroe)
Mark Shelton (Barnet)
Joe Nuttall (Altrincham)
Nathan Sheron (Hartlepool United)
Dan Ward (South Shields)
Kurt Willoughby (Chester)
Alfie Atherton (Sheffield United)
Kofi Moore (Nantwich Town)

Rochdale

Just a single new home for a former player this week at Rochdale, as Adam Clayton signs for Liversedge.

In

Connor McBride (Gateshead)
Tobi Adebayo-Rowling (Notts County)
Finlay Armstrong (Fleetwood Town)
Tarryn Allarakhia (Wealdstone)
Aidan Barlow (Eastleigh)
Sam Beckwith (Maidenhead United)
Aaron Henry (Charlton Athletic)
Luke McNicholas (Wrexham)
Ody Alfa (Chelmsford City)
Jake Burger (Luton Town)
Courtney Senior (Barnet)

Out

Adam Clayton (Liversedge)
Tyrese Sinclair (York City)
Michael Afuye (Curzon Ashton)
Max Taylor (Morecambe)
George Nevett (Peterborough United)
Cameron John (York City)
Jesurun Uchegbulam (Oldham Athletic)
Jimmy Keohane (Galway United)

Courtney Senior. Picture Courtesy of Gary Brown

Solihull Moors

Two loans to mention, as defender Kade Craig joins Brackley Town on loan until January, while Fin Holmes joins Halesowen Town on a one month loan.

In

Sam Bowen (Newport County)
Laurie Walker (Barnet)
Finley Holmes (Studley)
Olly Tipton (Wolves)
Bradley Stevenson (Billericay Town)
James Gale (Mansfield Town)
John Bostock (Notts County)
Jacob Pinnington (Luton Town)
Jordan Tunnicliffe (Wrexham)
Conor Wilkinson (Colchester United)

Out

Joe Sbarra (Doncaster Rovers)
Richard Stearman (Solihull Moors Staff)
Max Brogan (Scunthorpe United)
Jack Myatt (unattached)
Harry Chesterton (unattached)
Luke Carsley (unattached)
Finn Barker (unattached)
Leo Wood (unattached)
Taylor Eades (unattached)
Ashton DeMulder (unattached)
Callum Maycock (AFC Wimbledon)
Connor Hall (Brackley Town)
Gus Mafuta (Boreham Wood)
Max Martin (Redditch United)
Mark Beck (Gateshead)
Jon Benton (Maidstone United)
Kade Craig (Brackley Town)
Fin Holmes (Halesowen Town)

Southend United

A big new signing for Southend this week, as George Moncur joins on a season long loan from Leyton Orient, the 31 year old having made over 30 appearances for the O’s in League One last season.

In

Josh Walker (Burton Albion)
Joe Gubbins (QPR)
George Wind (Billericay Town)
James Hillson (Arsenal)
George Moncur (Leyton Orient)

Out

Callum Powell (Braintree Town)
Wesley Fonguck (Ebbsfleet United)
David Martin (Ipswich Town)

Sutton United

Yet another new signing for Sutton United, as Finley Barbrook joins on loan from Ipswich Town for the season.

There are also some new homes for old faces, as Rob Milsom joins Sholing, and Craig Dundas signs on at Epsom & Ewell.

In

Dillon De Silva (Wealdstone)
Siju Odelusi (Aveley)
Eduino Vaz (Aveley)
Jayden Harris (Carlisle United)
Jack Sims (Braintree Town)
Nana Boateng (Millwall)
Tyler French (Dundee)
Matt Rush (Maidstone United)
Jeremy Sivi (Middlesbrough)
Will Davies (York City)
Lewis Simper (Cambridge United)
Jack Wadham (Bournemouth)
Harry Ransom (Crawley Town)
Hayden Muller (Dundalk)
Charlie Waller (MK Dons)
Ashley Nadesan (Gillingham)
Finley Barbrook (Ipswich Town)

Out

Harry Beautyman (Woking)
Joe Kizzi (Barnet)
Craig Eastmond (Wealdstone)
Rob Milsom (Sholing)
Jonathan Barden (unattached)
Lee Angol (Morecambe)
Tope Fadahunsi (FC Prishtina)
Brad House (Chatham Town)
Scott Kashket (unattached)
Deon Moore (Woking)
Christian N’Guessan (Dagenham & Redbridge)
Craig Dundas (Epsom & Ewell)
Tobi Ogundega (unattached)
Oliver Khinda (Merstham)
Harry Smith (Swindon Town)
Omari Patrick (Tranmere Rovers)
Louis John (Ebbsfleet United)
Craig Clay (unattached)
Sam Hart (Port Vale)
Ben Goodliffe (Colchester United)
Omar Sowunmi (Bromley)
Jack Taylor (Hampton & Richmond)
Jack Rose (Hednesford Town)
Omari Patrick (Tranmere Rovers)
Matt Kerbey (Dartford)
Hisham Kasimu (Enfield Town)

Tamworth

No news at Tamworth this week.

In

Kai Lissimore (Kidderminster Harriers)
Tom McGlinchey (Coalville Town)
Kennedy Digie (Alfreton Town)
Miracle Okafor (Halesowen Town)
Alex Fletcher (Rushall Olympic)
Haydn Hollis (Dorking Wanderers)
Chris Wreh (Hartlepool United)
George Morrison (Fleetwood Town)
Jack Moore (Blackpool)

Out

Callum Reilly (unattached)
Brad Gascoigne (Sherwood Colliery)
Alex Jones (Stourbridge)
Lindon Meikle (Ilkeston Town)
Dempsey Arlott-John (Rushall Olympic)
Callum Griffin (Lichfield City)
Liam Dolman (unattached)

Wealdstone

One new arrival this week, as former Glover, and current Royal Jahmari Clarke signs on a short term loan from Reading. Going out the door is a summer signing, as Elliot Simmons joins Bedford Town on loan.

In

Deon Woodman (QPR)
Enzio Boldewijn (Eastleigh)
Archie Matthews (Swansea City)
Elliot Simmons (Vancouver FC)
Sam Ashford (Cliftonville)
Todd Miller (Bromley)
Adrian Mariappa (Salford City)
Craig Eastmond (Sutton United)
Anthony Georgiou (Enosis Neon Paralimmi)
Christian Scott (Farense)
Henry Sandat (Hull City)
Yacou Traore (Middlesbrough)
Jahmari Clarke (Reading)

Out

Dillon De Silva (Sutton United)
Jaiden Bartolo (Wycombe Wanderers)
Nathan Ferguson (Maidenhead United)
Marcus Dewhurst (Aldershot Town)
Corie Andrews (Oxford City)
Manny Duku (Hednesford Town)
Tarryn Allarakhia (Rochdale)
Charlie Baker (Crawley Town)
Trae Cook-Appiah (Hemel Hempstead Town)
Elliot Simmons (Bedford Town)

Woking

One new signing this week, as Matt Ward signs on a permanent deal from Ipswich Town, the new midfielder spent time on loan at Braintree Town last season.

In

Harry Beautyman (Sutton United)
Ben Wynter (Barnet)
Cian Harries (Aldershot)
Jacob Jones (Cove Rangers)
Dale Gorman (Barnet)
Timi Odusina (Bradford City)
Max Dyche (Northampton Town)
Jamie Andrews (West Brom)
Deon Moore (Sutton United)
Ollie Webber (Glentoran)
Matt Ward (Ipswich Town)

Out

Jim Kellermann (Ebbsfleet United)
Alexis Andre Jr. (Maidstone United)
Charlie Wakefield (unattached)
Ricky Korboa (Livingston)
Rhys Browne (Barnet)
Alfie Pavey (Eastbourne Borough)
Luke Wilkinson (Salisbury)
Sam Habergham (unattached)
Paul Osew (unattached)
Emmanuel Oyeleke (Farnborough)
Alan Judge (unattached)
Greg Taylor (King’s Lynn Town)
Robbie Willmott (Barry Town)
Josh Casey (Farnborough)
Scott Cuthbert (retired)
Reece Grego-Cox (Dagenham & Redbridge)
Curtis Edwards (Notts County)
Matt Robinson (Braintree Town)

Jamie Andrews. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Yeovil Town

A quiet week at Huish Park.

In

Harvey Greenslade (Bristol Rovers)
Brett McGavin (Torquay United)
Finn Cousin-Dawson (Bradford City)
Jordan Thomas (Hampton & Richmond Borough)
Aaron Jarvis (Torquay United)
Ollie Wright (Southampton)
Matt Gould (Altrincham)
Raphael Araoye (Bristol City)
Josh Sims (Ross County)

Out

Rhys Murphy (Dorking Wanderers)
Jordan Stevens (unattached)
Josh Owers (AFC Totton)
Malachi Linton (W*ymouth)
Alex Fisher (Bath City)
Jake Hyde (Chelmsford City)
Ollie Haste (Dorchester Town)
Will Dawes (Chippenham Town)
Benjani Jr. (unattached)
Charlie Bateson (Shepton Mallet)
Will Buse (Weston-super-mare)
Corey Koerner (Plymouth Parkway)

Will Buse.
Picture courtesy of Iain Morland.

York City

Two outgoings this week, and both are loans! Levi Andoh joins Darlington, while as mentioned above, Thierry Latty-Fairweather joins Maidenhead United.

In

Harrison Male (Dorking Wanderers)
Ollie Pearce (Worthing)
Joe Felix (Worthing)
Ashley Nathaniel-George (Maidenhead United)
Tyrese Sinclair (Rochdale)
Alex Hunt (Grimsby Town)
Darragh O’Connor (Greenock Morton)
Ricky Aguiar (Swindon Town)
Cameron John (Rochdale)

Out

Michael Duckworth (Scarborough Athletic)
Scott Barrow (Darlington)
Scott Burgess (unattached)
Kai Kennedy (Queen of the South)
Quévin Castro (unattached)
Finlay Barnes (Braintree Town)
Sam Sanders (Truro City)
Will Davies (Sutton United)
Tyler Cordner (Ebbsfleet United)
Maison Campbell (Scunthorpe United)
Adam Woodyard (Colchester United)
Maziar Kouhyar (Kidderminster Harriers)
Olly Dyson (Spennymoor Town)
Zanda Siziba (Spennymoor Town)
Levi Andoh (Darlington)
Thierry Latty-Fairweather (Maidenhead United)

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Yeovil Town have ranked 111th in the country in the Fair Game Index 2024.

The report which is ‘based on extensive research’ ranks every all of the clubs from the Premier League to National League North/South.

Each club is scored out of 100, with 40 marks coming from financial sustainability, 30 from good governance, 20 from equality and ethical standards and 10 from fan and community engagement.

For Financial Sustainability, the Yeovil scored 9.1 out of 30. For Governance the club scored highest in NLS with a score of 9.8 out of 30. On quality and ethical standers Yeovil scored 3.6 out of 20 and on fan and community engagment was 2 out of 10. 

A final score of 24.5 out of 100 ranked Yeovil 111th in the country.

Tonbridge Angels topped the charts in National League South and York City topped the National League… 

Financial Sustainability includes 38 touchpoints and includes measures such as accounting, debt, ticket pricing and sponsorship.

Good Governance draws on 55 different metrics and covers areas such as board structure, accountability and transparency.

Equality and ethical standards has the most touchpoints – 106 – and covers a very broad range of topics from ethics to sexism, and from environmental impact to racism.

Fan and Community Engagement has 30 touchpoints, including fan representation and community investment.

Niall Couper, the CEO of Fair Game said: “Football is far from perfect but with the likelihood of an incoming football regulator there is a real chance to change it for the better.   

“To deliver real and meaningful change we need to understand the problems. We’ve designed the Fair Game Index to do exactly that and help reshape the game we love. 

“It is the most comprehensive analysis yet of what it means to be a well-run club, and we’re calling on the authorities, the Football Regulator and football’s governing bodies to work with us.”

Read the full report here

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Saturday sees Yeovil Town play their second of three games in six days as they make the long trip north to Gateshead in the lunchtime kick-off on Saturday.

Form Guide…

Both sides have found their feet early on in the season, with Gateshead in second place in the National League Premier table and the Glovers in eighth.

The Tynesiders haven’t lost yet winning twice and drawing once with their most recent result being a 1-1 draw at FC Halifax Town on Tuesday night.

The big news of the Heed’s season has been the loss of two key players to injury with captain Greg Olley suffering a horrific leg break in their second match at Woking a week ago, and defender Joe Grayson, who injured his knee in their opening game of the season, a 5-1 home win over Ebbsfleet United.

The Glovers have been in good form as well after a spirited loss on the opening day they bagged six points from the last two games. The Somerset side dug in on Tuesday night to win 3-2 against Ebbsfleet United.

Charlie Cooper assesses his options – Pic – Gary Brown

Key Players…

Brett McGavin

Captain Matt Worthington was our pick for key player for Tuesday night’s fixture at home to Ebbsfleet and for this game I want to look his midfield partner in Brett McGavin.

Brett McGavin salutes the Thatchers Stand after scoring v Ebbsfleet

McGavin joined in the summer after leaving Torquay United. He has since proven a valuable asset, playing 70 minutes or more in all three games so far this season. He also contributed in Tuesday nights game with a goal that saw the Glovers go 1-0 up.

Regan Booty

Booty has so far been the stand out player for Gateshead. The central midfielder has got four assists in three games so will be crucial to the home side in the final third.

His battle with Worthington/McGavin will be interesting as whoever has the task of marking him will have there work cut out. Whoever wins this battle I feel will win the game.

 That’s what he said…

Glovers manager Mark Cooper had only positives to say about Saturday’s opponents when speaking to the media ahead of the Bank Holiday Weekend. He said: “They’re the most pure football team in the league, in terms of the way they play. They’re really easy on the eye…they really test you and ask you questions.”


Cooper has mixed feelings to playing Gateshead away with a game on Monday as well.

“We’re going when the weather’s decent and it’s not freezing cold, it is a write off of two days however due to the travel.”

The love-in between these two sides was reciprocated by Gateshead manager Rob Elliot who said he expects Yeovil to be the strongest of any of the teams promoted last season.,

He said: “They have a very experienced manager, experienced players, they have a good system and a really good shape, they are really solid and can dominate the ball, but they are also very compact in the way they hold the mid-block.

“They have a lot of threats, big Nouble up front, a big personality and a big player, so we expect this to be our toughest test of the season. We have to make sure we are ready for it and make sure we attack the game and do not fall in to being passive because if we just pass it around without intent, you can find it really hard to gain momentum.”

We’ve met before…

There has been three meetings between these two sides, with Yeovil leading the head-to-head with two wins to Gateshead’s one.

The last time they met was in the F.A Cup last year when the Glovers ran out 3-1 winners, with goals coming from Rhys Murphy, Jake Stevens and an own goal from Joe Grayson.

Don’t I know you…

Mark Beck. Remember that name, if you don’t I can’t blame you, his time at Yeovil wasn’t memorable (sorry Mark).

Joining in 2015, the Scottish striker made nine appearances for a Paul Sturrock side scoring no goals and getting just the one assist. He was soon loaned out to a then non-Hollywood Wrexham team.

There’s also Brandon Haunstrup who possibly makes this list having had a complete of substitute appearances at left-back for Mark Cooper’s side in pre-season this summer. He did not make the grade at Huish Park, but has got a deal on Tyneside, where he had a brief spell on loan last season whilst a Cambridge United player.

Who’s been naughty then…

Neither Yeovil or Gateshead have anyone suspended for the game.

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It was an entertaining Tuesday night at Huish Park and Jonathan Hooper has delivered us with yet another stat pack to chew over. 

 

We didn’t dominate possession

That stats show we were quite comfortable letting Ebbsfleet have the ball, especially in the first half. A lot of our chances came from ‘Fleet trying to play out from the back and us then catching them on the break. Over the course of the 90 minutes the visitors had 59% possession but did very little with it. Their xG was 0.44 and the two they did score were gifts.  You can see on the momentum chart, Yeovil were in total control until around the hour mark, where that crazy spell saw Ebbsfleet take control and level it up. Fleet switched to wing backs, and really isolated Raphael Araoye, who lost 10 of his 15 ground duels and conceded possession six times.  Sonny Blu Lo-Everton came into the game at left wing back in the 70th minute, to protect his teammate and nullify that threat which did halt that momentum.

 

We did dominate in attack

You can’t criticise the Glovers for not going for it. Yeovil had 14 shots at goal with 8 on target and an xG of 3.49. Mark Cousins goal was peppered with shots from inside the 18-yard-box and you can see from the average positions that the attacking midfielders had a lot more influence on the game. It was a similar pattern for Aaron Jarvis as on the opening day though. His one shot at goal was brilliantly saved – and led to Michael Smith scoring – but he didn’t get a lot of the ball. A lot of Jarvis’s work has been what he’s done off the ball, rather than on it, so far. 

Brett McGavin Tuesdays

The centre midfielder enjoyed his night on Tuesday, bagging a wonderful goal from the edge of the box. McGavin had 46 touches of the ball, was accurate with 84% of 31 passes and made three key passes. What you get with McGavin is risk, however. He conceded possession 12 times against Braintree, 11 times against Ebbsfleet and 10 times against Hartlepool. Since the Hartlepool match, McGavin’s average position has been further forward than his partner, Matt Worthington, meaning he’s taking those risks in higher up the pitch rather than in his own half.