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Yeovil Town have been drawn at home to W*ymouth in the FA Trophy!

W*ymouth have current Yeovil Town Goalkeeper Will Buse on loan as well as the likes of Brooklyn Genisini, Jordan Maguire-Drew and Malachi Linton who have all made their way to the seaside after departing Huish Park.

Ties will take place on Saturday 7th December, Winners of this round receive £4500, losers receive £1250.

Any ties that are level at 90 minutes will go straight to penalty kicks to determine a winner.

The Glovers last welcomed our friends to Huish Park last season in the National League South, with Yeovil winning 2-0 in front of what was a National League South Record attendance at the time.

 

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It’s time for the return of everyones favourite competition,  The Somerset Cup, as Yeovil Town play hosts to in form Weston-super-Mare in midweek.

Form Guide…

The Glovers have been in superb form over the last month with three wins, a draw and a loss from their five games. The one loss was last time out as they fell to Halifax 0-1 at home. Aside from that loss Yeovil have had some good wins, defeating Southend and Maidenhead.

Florent Hoti’s effort flies past Ollie Wright to put FC Halifax Town in to a 1-0 lead. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

The Seagulls have also been in a purple patch in the National League South with four wins from five in the league. However, they have also been knocked out the FA Cup and the FA Trophy, to Bristol Rovers and those who shall not be named, respectively. The FA Cup result at the start of the month to the Gas was not as bad as the result shows, as WSM took the League One side to extra time.

Key Players…

Yeovil Town – Corey Koerner

Koerner is the obvious name that stands out for Glovers fans. The Under 18s captain was involved with the first team throughout pre-season. The defender also made the match day squad for the fixtures against Solihull and Fylde. Since then he has enjoyed fruitful loan spells at Plymouth Parkway and Sherborne.

He has been in fine form for the youth side scoring four goals in four league games for them, whilst also being somewhat of a set piece specialist.

Corey Koerner. Picture courtesy of Iain Morland.

Weston-super-Mare – Sam Pearson (potentially)

That’s right, the ex-Yeovil player has found some good form since leaving Huish Park last month. In his six games for the Seasiders, the winger has netted three goals.

During his time in South Somerset you could see the Welshman had quality about him but was unfortunately unable to show it all that often.

Sam Pearson can’t believe it
📸 Gary Brown

That’s what he said…

WSM gaffer, Scott Bartlett gave his thoughts on the his squad after Saturdays game. He said: “We have one or two that would benefit from a game but the rest will young ones, we’ve got to make sure we go into the following week with a fully fit squad.”

We’ve met before…

The two side have met six times since 2020 with four wins for the glovers and two draws. The last time the two sides met was in pre-season as Yeovil defeated the Seagulls 0-2 with goals from Aaron Jarvis and Sonny Blu Lo-Everton.

Don’t I Know you…

On Weston’s side of things there are a few ex-Glovers with the previously mentioned Sam Pearson alongside Ruben Reid.

Reuben Reid. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Reid played at Huish Park across two spells, the first time between 2012 and 2014 with 19 appearances and then again between 2021 and 2022 playing 49 games scoring 10 goals during both spells.

Who’s been naughty then…

No suspension to report.

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Florent Hoti’s effort flies past Ollie Wright to put FC Halifax Town in to a 1-0 lead. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

The unbeaten run has come to an end, but there was plenty to like about the last half an hour yesterday. Here are my conclusions from a fiery finish at Huish Park.

 

It lived up to its pre-match billing. We didn’t anticipate a goalfest and we didn’t get one. Halifax don’t score many and don’t concede a lot either. For the first hour, Yeovil didn’t particularly lay a glove on the visitors, while they had pot-shots from distance and one big (offside?) chance where Ollie Wright made a great save from Billy Waters. I think the difference that Charlie Cooper makes when were in a 3-4-2-1 was clear. We needed that fire in the middle of the pitch and we really missed him.

We didn’t get going until the changes. Halifax’s goal saw Mark Cooper change things up and Yeovil came to life. The return of Michael Smith and Josh Sims – showing more than he has so far in a Yeovil shirt – lifted everything. The players started finding space and putting a load of pressure on Halifax’s back line. That energy lifted Huish Park and for the final 20 minutes there was belief that an equaliser was coming.

Goalmouth Scramble v Halifax
Pic: Gary Brown

I’m not sure how we didn’t score. The relentless wave of green and white tried it’s best to suffocate Halifax but somehow couldn’t get back on level terms. Sims had chances, Wannell had chances, there was scramble after scramble, tussling in the box, shouts for penalties and everything else under the sun but no goal and more drama…

I think it was a red card. As the match ticked closer to the 90th minute it became a powder keg and it was either going to explode into a goal or something else. Sadly, it was something else. Jake Wannell gets caught in a tussle inside the Halifax half and as he tries to stand up, he stands on the opponents leg. My gut feel at the time was that it was a stamp. The ref didn’t see it, the assistant on the Screwfix Stand side didn’t see it, but the official furthest away did. There was certainly some of that classic football hustle and bustle in the moment but I can see why the red was given. 

Jake Wannell is flabbergasted at the decision to send him off.
Pic: Gary Brown

Finn Cousin-Dawson was excellent. He was awarded sponsors man of the match and it was well-deserved. FCD has been on the periphery up until suspension season and he’s taken his chance. Preferred to the available Dom Bernard yesterday he was calm and composed defensively and strong stepping out with the ball. With a potential four match ban for Wannell should an appeal be unsuccessful, he deserves to retain his place in the team.

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Time for another round up of what our loanees have been up to out and about on Saturday.

Firstly, there was a debut for Jordan Thomas, he started for Torquay in their FA Trophy game against Truro.

His new side came out on top 1-0 thanks to a second half goal from Dan Hayfield.

Before his debut, Thomas gave an interview to the club’s YouTube channel where he described the move as a ‘no brainer’, you can listen to that… here.

Also in FA Trophy action were that lot down by the seaside, who were playing the other lot by the seaside.

W*ymouth, with Will Buse in goal beat Weston-super-Mare 3-2 to progress to the next round of the Trophy.

He’s also had a little YouTube clip made of him, give that a watch here, if you like.

Jacob Shore was in the Tavistock line up for their 2-2 draw against Malvern Town, another solid display for the defender in that one.

Mason Alden was in the Welton Rovers team that lost 2-0 to Brixham whilst team news hasn’t been helpful in deciphering if Nansimir Nanev (Sturminster Newton) or Sol Padmore (Bridport) played for their teams.

There was no Corey Koerner or Josh Haskett in the Sherborne side 

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The FA’s Club Discipline site has updated to show a four-match ban for Yeovil defender Jake Wannell.

Wannell was sent off by referee, Jason Richardson in the latter stages of Saturday’s 1-0 loss to Halifax, an offence which has been deemed ‘violent conduct’.

However, as this is Jake Wannell’s second dismissal of the season, an extra game has been added on to the ban. He’ll miss games against York, Barnet, Woking and the FA Trophy 3rd Round Tie, before returning for the clash against Braintree on December 14th. 

Yeovil Manager Mark Cooper is hopeful (or expecting) this to be overturned on appeal however saying after the game on Saturday;

“I have seen it back, the Halifax player grabs Jake Wannell’s leg and he has nowhere to put his foot, Wannell turns round to run away and takes a natural step. It will be rescinded on Monday, it was never a stamp.”

Once that change has come to fruition, we’ll update you.

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Yeovil Town manager Mark Cooper has said the club will appeal against the red card which saw defender Jake Wannell dismissed late in a 1-0 home defeat to FC Halifax Town today.

The Glovers boss was confident the decision would be rescinded on appeal following an off-the-ball incident where visiting defender Will Smith accused Wannell of stamping on him.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Jack Killah after the game, Cooper said: “The linesman on the dug-out side of the pitch is 70 yards away, but he tells the referee he has seen a stamp and the referee is ten yards away. 70 yards away, through bodies and the linesman says he has seen a clear stamp. If he can see that from 70 yards away, he should be in the military as a sniper, not a linesman.

“I have seen it back, the Halifax player grabs Jake Wannell’s leg and he has nowhere to put his foot, Wannell turns round to run away and takes a natural step. It will be rescinded on Monday, it was never a stamp.”

The game was settled by a strike from the edge of the box from the visitors’ Florent Hoti after 57 minutes prompting the manager in to a double substitution with Michael Smith and Josh Sims both coming on nine minutes after going behind.

That led to a strong last half-an-hour from Yeovil which saw Sims twice go close and Pedro Borges force a fine stop out of Sam Johnson in the Halifax goal.

Cooper said he believed striker Aaron Jarvis was denied “a blatant penalty” during one of the periods of pressure, but said his side were too slow with the ball until the changes were made.

He said: “We did not move the ball quick enough at the back, our centre halves did not move forward with the ball, they were too happy to not take a risk with it which allowed them to get bodies back. We were a bit negative with our press in the first half, we let them bring the ball to the halfway line which was not the plan.

“We had to make some changes and the boys that came on were very good. The effort was terrific, we created loads of chances, the only problem is that on too many occasions this season we have not been ruthless enough to finish the game off. Even with ten men we should score.”

The result saw Yeovil slip out of the National League Premier Division play-off places as Halifax leap-frogged them in to seventh place. The Glovers travel to league leaders York City next weekend.

Cooper said: “That will be a totally different game, York will try and be on the front foot. That means there will be more space, it is chalk and cheese. Halifax have done a good job on us today, they were really organised, got bodies behind the ball and a cheap goal from our point of view. We just have to make sure we are quicker with the ball.“