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New boy Josh Sims will play 45 minutes of tonight’s National League match with Ebbsfleet United at Huish Park, according to Yeovil Town boss Mark Cooper.

The former Southampton youngster signed last week having left Scottish Premiership side Ross County at the end of last season and impressed having appeared as a 76th-minute substitute in the 1-0 win at Braintree Town last weekend.

He is one of two changes to the starting XI with Sam Pearson also coming in to the side with Harvey Greenslade, who Cooper revealed picked up a knee injury at Braintree, and Jordan Young dropping to the bench.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Mark Stillman, the manager said: “It is a natural progression for Josh, he played 20 minutes on Saturday and he will play 45 minutes tonight and then he will be ready to go (at Gateshead) this Saturday.

“He showed really good glimpses (at Braintree) so if we can get 45 minutes in to him, he will be ready for this Saturday.”

Josh Sims in the warm-up at Braintree Town.

Cooper is expecting a different test from tonight’s opponents to the one Yeovil faced at Braintree three days ago. Ebbsfleet lost 5-1 at Gateshead on the opening day of the season, before going down 2-1 at home to pre-season title favourites Barnet on Saturday.

The Glovers’ boss said: “It will be a tough game with Ebbsfleet desperate to get up and running because they have not got a point yet.

“We were resolute and tough to beat (at Braintree) in really difficult conditions, it was just about going there and getting our first win on the board. Braintree had John Akinde and Inih Effiong at the top of the pitch, so they are going to get everything in the box, I would expect Ebbsfleet to be more subtle.“

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New signing Josh Sims has been handed his first start as Yeovil Town take on Ebbsfleet United at Huish Park tonight (7.45pm kick-off).

The Yeovil-born winger is joined by Sam Pearson in the starting XI with Jordan Young and Harvey Greenslade both dropping to the substitutes’ bench having started the 1-0 win at Braintree Town on Saturday.

There is no place on the bench for either midfielder Dylan Morgan, who picked up a knee injury in pre-season, or defender Finn Cousin-Dawson. Both were in the squad for the opening day defeat against Hartlepool United, but neither featured at Braintree at the weekend.

For the visitors, striker Dominic Poleon, who has scored in both of Ebbsfleet’s opening two matches of the season, is named on the bench with former Wrexham striker Kwame Thomas looking like a lone frontman for the visitors from Kent.

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It’s time for our first evening game of the season. Yeovil will face Ebbsfleet at 7.45pm Tuesday night in what will be hopefully a noisy Huish Park.

Here’s what you need to know…..

Form Guide…

After two games the Glovers have won one and lost one which has them sitting mid-table. Their win on Saturday was solid and should provide some building blocks for the Somerset side. 

Morgan Williams wheels away as the ball nestles in to the Braintree net.

Ebbsfleet have lost both games to start the season but they have had to face two of the favourites for promotion in Barney and Gateshead. In their last game against Barnet they only lost 2-1, so will provide a stern contest for the home side.

Key Players…

Yeovil – Matty Worthington

So we have looked at forwards and defenders in the last two weeks, so let’s now look at a midfielder. Matty Worthington is a stalwart, he does the things many don’t want to do, he is the definition of box-to-box and above all else he is a bloody good captain. 

The “Ginger Pirlo” has been a mainstay in the midfield since he joined the Glovers permanently in 2019. Last season he started to add goals to his game which has been what’s missing for him. If he can carry that on this season he’ll be even more of an asset to Mark Cooper. 

Matt Worthington.
Picture Courtesy of Gary Brown

As captain he doesn’t need to do much else, Worthy is a modern Yeovil great, who has green and white running through his blood.

Ebbsfleet United – Dominic Poleon

The striker has been at The Fleet since 2021 after leaving Newport County. Poleon has bagged one goal in his only game so far this season. 

The big man has been what you’d call prolific for the Kent side, scoring 71 goals across 131 games. Originally a Leeds United academy product the St Lucian has bounced around the leagues and will be a handful for the Glovers defense on Tuesday.

Thats what he said…

Ahead of Tuesday night’s game Yeovil boss Mark Cooper spoke to the clubs social media.

“I haven’t thought about it yet…but we’ll have some tired bodies.  I’ll have to pick the freshest best team we can to try and get the three points in tough game on Tuesday.”

Speaking to BBC Radio Kent Danny Searle was looking at the good his side has done so far this season. He said: “Let’s get ourselves back on the training pitch, let’s go to Yeovil and take the positives from today, and we’ll look at the negatives and address them.”

We’ve met before…

Yeovil have the head to head record in this match having only played one game against each other in the covid hit 2019/20 season.

That year Darren Sarll’s side romped to a 3-1 win. With goals coming from Rhys Murphy, Remeao Hutton and Tom Whelan. Aswad Thomas was scored Ebsfleet’s only goal.

Don’t I know you…

For the second week in a row there is no former Glovers who now ply their trade in Kent. 

However last season, they did have Billy Clifford. Technically he never actually played a game for us but he did have a loan to Somerset in 2013, that’s the best link we can get.

Who’s been naughty then…

Although neither team has players  missing through suspension, both sides had yellow cards in their last games.

What makes this noteworthy is Ebbsfleet received five bookings throughout the game so there maybe some hotheadedness within their ranks if Yeovil can find the right buttons to push.

The Fleet will be without first-team coach Grant Basey who was sent off against Barnet.

HOW CAN YOU KEEP ACROSS THE GAME?

IN PERSON

Get to Huish Park! Tickets are available for the game here.

ON THE RADIO

Ian is back on the mic with Jack Killah for BBC Somerset and Three Valleys Radio will have full match coverage too.

ON THE TV/ STREAM

National League TV has this game listed as available to watch. Match Passes are £9.99

ON THE GLOVERSCAST.CO.UK

We’ll have team news, match report, Five Conclusions and our usual reaction podcast to follow on Monday.

 

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Tickets for this Saturday’s (24th August) away game against Gateshead are now on sale.

REMINDER THIS MATCH IS NOW A 12:30 KICK OFF.

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS

There are multiple ticket types for Glovers’ fans to purchase.

🎟 AWAY FAN – Adult Admission (aged 22-64) – £22
🎟 AWAY FAN – YOUNG ADULT (aged 17-21) – £12
🎟 AWAY FAN – YOUTH (aged 15/16) – £7
🎟 AWAY FAN – CONCESSION (aged 65+, Blue Light, Serving & Veteran Armed Forces) – £17
🎟 AWAY FAN – CARER – Allows access with some one who needs assistance that has their own ticket. NOT VALID ON ITS OWN – FREE

For all age-banded categories proof of eligibility may be asked for, if you can not provide, you will be asked to pay the additional to an Adult priced ticket.

For the recent home game against Ebbsfleet, the Gateshead ticket site said that those ages 14 or Under are admitted FREE of charge with a paying adult, (which is really rather good), but something to consider when travelling up.

Away fans are situated in the North end of the Tyne and Wear Stand and can enter from 11am through turnstiles One and Two.

All online purchased tickets are delivered to your email address and will need to be scanned/shown to enter the ground, so make sure your phone is charged!

If anyone has any questions or required additional support from Gateshead, they give the contact email address as info@gateshead-fc.com

Other away tickets currently on sale to Yeovil Fans
(correct at time of writing)

BOSTON AWAY – SATURDAY AUGUST 31ST – CLICK HERE

FYLDE AWAY – SATURDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER – CLICK HERE

 

 

 

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Morgan Williams bagged the only goal of the game as Yeovil Town picked up their first win of the 24/25 season against Braintree.

Three points, a clean sheet and the Gloverscast Man of the Match title, have now been joined by Team of the Week status.

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The Glovers are back at Huish Park tomorrow night against Ebbsfleet United and the officials for the night have been confirmed.

Greg Rollason is spending his Tuesday night in South Somerset, and (hopefully) he’ll be bringing his whistle.

Rollason has taken charge of four Yeovil games in his career as a match referee, including Chris Hargreaves’ penultimate match in charge away at Oldham, where the Glovers lost 2-0.

But he also refereed the match between Yeovil and Torquay United on New Years Day 2023. That was much better with late goals from Matt Worthington and Jordan Maguire-Drew (remember him?) securing the three Derby Day points. He booked a trio of Glovers on that occasion, including Worthington.

He was also in charge when the Yeovil beat league leaders Stockport 2-1 in the 2021/22 season. He sent off County’s Will Collar for trying to decapitate Tom Knowles…and rightly so.

Mr Rollason has Martin Bloor and Adam Wilson assisting him with Phillip Eddie keeping tabs on the dugouts.

 

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A slow start to the season has been rectified by Mark Cooper’s men, as Yeovil get their first points, and first win on the board following their 1-0 win over fellow promoted side Braintree Town. Let’s see how the rest of the division got on!

We begin at Gander Green Lane, where Sutton United put five past Altrincham in a result many didn’t see coming – Sutton had bagged four before half-time in a miserable affair for the visitors, who will hope to put things right on Tuesday. Only two matchdays down, and there have already been three hattricks; Paul McCallum grabbed this one in a 4-2 win for hosts Eastleigh, as they came from two down against AFC Fylde. Honourable mention goes to Nick Haughton, who already has 5 goals for the season!

Boston United’s tough start to life back in the National League continued, as they were thumped 4-0 at home to Forest Green Rovers thanks to doubles from Christian Doidge and Liam Sercombe. There were two 2-1 wins to add, as former Glovers Matty Warburton and Tahvon Campbell scored in Solihull Moors‘ victory over Maidenhead United, while Barnet kick-started their title ambitions with a win away to Tuesday’s visitors, Ebbsfleet United.

There were disturbing scenes at Kingfield Stadium, as Greg Olley suffered a horrific leg break following a reckless, mindless challenge from Woking captain Dion Kelly-Evans, earning him a straight red card. We all hope for a speedy recovery for Greg, our best wishes go to him. Once the game was restarted, Gateshead used the fire from their captain’s injury to make it two wins from two, with former Glover Mark Beck getting the second in a 2-0 win. Two quickfire goals for York City ensured they maintained their unbeaten start against Tamworth.

The spoils were shared between two opening day winners, as Rochdale and Dagenham & Redbridge played out a 1-1 draw; former Glover Dion Pereira opened the scoring for the visitors before Tarryn Allarakhia secured a point for the Dale. An early goal from Josh Barrett gave Aldershot Town the win at FC Halifax Town, while Oldham Athletic are one of three teams remaining with a 100% record so far, as they beat 10 man Wealdstone with a late goal from Harry Charsley. Finally, 10 man Hartlepool United and Southend United played out a 0-0 draw.

 

National League results – in full

Boston United 0-4 Forest Green Rovers
Braintree Town 0-1 Yeovil Town
Eastleigh 4-2 AFC Fylde
Ebbsfleet United 1-2 Barnet
FC Halifax Town 0-1 Aldershot Town
Hartlepool United 0-0 Southend United
Rochdale 1-1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Solihull Moors 2-1 Maidenhead United
Sutton United 5-0 Altrincham
Wealdstone 0-1 Oldham Athletic
Woking 0-2 Gateshead
York City 2-0 Tamworth

National League table

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Will Buse was in goal for Weston-super-Mare as they travelled to newly promoted Enfield Town in the National League South.

The Seagulls lost 1-0 to a single Sam Youngs goal from the penalty spot with 39 minutes on the clock, as you can see from the clip below, Buse nearly got a finger tip to the spot kick, but it was too well placed and too powerful

 

Meanwhile, down at Plymouth Parkway, Corey Koerner was a late sub for Parkway in their 1-1 draw with both Havant and Waterlooville.

Sherborne started (and finished) their FA Cup adventure with an away tie with Westfield FC. The home side winning 3-1.
Josh Haskett was named on the bench, he did make an appearance, coming on in the second half as the Zebras chased a goal to bring the tie level.

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Match-winner Morgan Williams spoke to BBC Somerset following the 1-0 win at Braintree Town and the defender said the opening win of the season would help Yeovil Town ‘kick on’.

Williams said: “[I’m] absolutely delighted, obviously, to get off the mark now with a win, it’s perfect really. Normally that’s in your head like every week thinking ‘when we’re going to get our first win’ and we’ve got it now so we can really kick on for players.”

When asked if getting that first win played on his mind, he said: “100%. I think every footballer would say that you want to always get off to a winning start [on the] first game of the season. We obviously didn’t do that and it’s kind of like ‘when are we gonna when are we gonna get that first win’ and absolutely delighted to get that first win now in our second game. And [my] first goal as well.”

The net nestles as Morgan Williams turns the ball home.

 

The Glovers improved after the half-time break and he told BBC Somerset reporter Josh Perkins that managed wanted his team to express themselves more.

“He just said we just needed more quality in the final third, just everywhere really.  We were a bit hesitant and a bit, maybe nervous with a few of our passes. The gaffer gives us so much freedom to kind of play, especially the front boys to have that freedom and play freely. So he just wanted us to really express ourselves because he knows that we’re a good team, good players and we’ve got players like Frank, Jarv, Youngy, players off the bench as well that come on are explosive and exciting to watch and he just wants us to really express that and go and win games.”

Job done, on to Ebbsfleet at Huish Park on Tuesday night!