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Striker Frank Nouble said he was “embarrassed” for Yeovil Town’s supporters after they exited the FA Trophy at the hands of local rivals W*ymouth.

The 33-year-old played missed an opportunity with the final chance of the 2-1 defeat, spurning an opportunity to take the third round tie to a penalty shoot-out.

He faced up to BBC Somerset’s Mark Stillman after the game and called on supporters not to direct their anger at the loss towards the younger players in the squad.

He said: “We were not good enough to win the game.  I just feel embarrassed for the supporters and everyone who supports this football club, that is the main thing. It is nothing to do with the opposition, in this game you get remembered for winning these games and also losing them. That is where we are right now.

“We are quite down in (the dressing room). A few words were said and we have to react now. I just hope the supporters can keep supporting the young boys in this team. If they want to give stick to the boys, give it to me and the older boys, I will take it all on. All I care about is this club doing well, but we lost today, so we have to take that on the chin.”

Frank Nouble is yet to find the net for Yeovil Town this season. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

The striker played the full 90 minutes against W*ymouth having put in 89 minutes in the 2-0 win at Woking ten days earlier.

Yeovil have three days to pick themselves back up ahead of the visit from Braintree Town to Huish Park in the National League Premier Division, but Nouble said that he was not thinking about that fixture with the pain of a derby defeat still raw.

He said: “The supporters turned up and made a noise for us and we embarrassed them with that result and a large part of our performance. I thought we gave them too many opportunities to do well against us and we ultimately we lost the game. We will deal with (Braintree Town at home) on Saturday when that comes and the Gaffer has to select a team now that he can trust will go out and win that game, but I am not thinking about Braintree today. Today is about the fact let the club down, we let ourselves down and most importantly we let the supporters down.“

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Manager Mark Cooper has said it is “time to be ruthless” with his Yeovil Town squad after they crashed out of the FA Trophy at the hands of local rivals W*ymouth.

The final whistle of the 2-1 defeat was met by a chorus of boos from the home supporters in the Huish Park crowd after a brace from former Glovers’ striker Brandon Goodship secured a famous win for the visitors.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Mark Stillman after the match, the boss said: “We have to change some players. There are some now who have had lots of chances and are not producing, so the attacking players have to produce. They have had lots of chances and they have not taken them, so I have to try and solve that.

“This year I have been really loyal to the boys, I love them to bits, but I have a job to do for the football club. That is to try and make us more efficient in front goal, from tee to green our play is really good, we get in the opposition box a lot really calmly and then the last little bit we need a bit of quality and it is not there.”

He added: “It is a really tough one to take, I am really angry with that and I have to be ruthless because that (performance) is a slight on me. We let the fans down tonight, they were brilliant and got behind the players. I always look at myself first, I tried every combination at the top of the pitch but it is time to be ruthless.”

Goodship gave W*ymouth the lead with a sumptuous curling strike after just 12 minutes and despite pulling one back when Aaron Jarvis put his head in where it hurts to get an equaliser ten minutes before half-time, Goodship restored the advantage early in the second half.

Cooper brought on a number of attacking players in the form of Kofi Shaw and Dylan Morgan as Yeovil looked for an equaliser, but they never troubled visiting goalkeeper Joey Casa-Grande.

The manager said: “We should score eight goals, but that has been the story of our season, we are not ruthless enough in the final third of the pitch. We gave away two goals, but we still did enough in and around their penalty area to win three or four games but we are not ruthless enough. If we keep going like that we will win one, lose one, draw one because cannot to put teams to bed.

“We are hitting people up the backside with the ball when we should be putting it on someone’s head, we are trying to have a touch inside the six-yard box when we just need to side foot it in to the goal and we are not brave enough. Jarv was brave to get his goal tonight but he should have two or three, but we should win the game tonight on territory and chances created.

“Both goals we conceded were individual errors and a lack of professionalism, but that is why we are at this level because we make mistakes, me included. Fair play to W*ymouth, they set their stall out and they dug in and defended their box, but I think me, Toddy (assistant manager, Chris Todd), Weso (Head of Football Operations, Ian Weston) and the goalie coach (Matt Gould) could have played in the W*ymouth defence and kept a clean sheet tonight.”

The goal tonight was Jarvis’ sixth of the season which makes him the club’s top-scorer ahead of midfielder Brett McGavin who has five. The club’s only other recognised frontman, Harvey Greenslade, joined National League South side Weston-super-Mare on loan ahead of the match.

Asked whether Jarvis needed more support up front, Cooper said: “I don’t know much more help we can give him, we had five up front for the second half with lots of balls going in to the box. He scored a great goal, he was very brave, but I will say there were opportunities (for him to score more) there.“

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Former Yeovil Town striker Brandon Goodship came back to haunt his old employers as he scored twice to earn the old enemy W*ymouth a place in the fourth round of the FA Trophy at Huish Park.

The frontman opened the scoring after 12 minutes when he curled in a brilliant effort before Aaron Jarvis’ brave header saw him draw the visitors level with ten minutes of the first half remaining.

But, with just five minutes of the second half played, Goodship was picked out at the back to post to net what turned out to the winner. There were changes from manager Mark Cooper, but they failed to make any difference.

The final whistle was met by a chorus of boos from the home supporters with those travelling over the hill from Dorset cheered and the most sickening thing is you cannot argue they deserved it.

First half

 
The 257th meeting between these two old rivals saw Josh Sims replace on loan Bristol Rovers’ youngster Kofi Shaw in the starting XI, the only change from the 2-0 win at Woking ten days before this rearranged tie. The original tie was scheduled for the previous weekend but fell foul to the bad weather brought by Storm Darragh.
 
There were a couple of opportunities for Yeovil in the opening quarter-of-an-hour. Firstly, a great incisive pass by Nouble and Plant looked like he was through on goal, but the Port Vale loanee could not under control as the ball hit the back of the winger’s leg, and then Plant poked one wide at the near post after good effort by Pedro Borges,
 
But with 12 minutes gone, it was a moment of magic which broke the deadlock. Fabien Bartolo burst down the right and picked out former Glovers’ striker Brandon GOODSHIP who curled a beautiful effort in from 20 yards out past a helpless Ollie Wright. I hate to give that lot any credit, but that is a brilliant effort albeit Goodship had a lot of time to pick his spot.
 
Yeovil almost hit back immediately when Plant found Nouble who was denied by a good save from visitors’ keeper Josey Casa-Grande, who joined on loan from Bristol City to replace Yeovil player Will Buse, who was unable to face his employers. 
 
The frustration was palpable inside Huish Park and there were shades of last season with the visitors happy to frustrate their hosts. For all the passing, it was a ball over the top from Charlie Cooper after half-an-hour which unlocked the defence as Aaron Jarvis beat the offside trap and was clean through on goal, but Calvin Brooks got enough on it to put it out for a corner.
 
But, the leveller came after on 35 minutes when a ball was floated in by Brett McGavin and Aaron JARVIS rose with Casa-Grande to head bravely in to the net. However, there was immediate concern for both the scorer and the keeper who collided sickeningly and physios were on for both players. That is the epitome of what Jarvis was all about, willing to put his head in where it hurts for a goal and he certainly did that. 
 
Bartolo forced a comfortable-looking save out of Wright soon after and thankfully Jarvis is back on the pitch. The Yeovil goal seemed to re-spark W*ymouth back in to life and this tie has certainly be an all-action one.

The visitors lost captain Tom Bearwish to an injury in the final minute of the half, replaced by Swansea City loan defender Harry Jones at right back.

Jarvis almost got his second in the third minute of seven minutes added on at the end of the first half when his great running off the ball saw him get on the end of a ball in, but credit to Casa-Grande who got a great hand on the ball to deny the striker.

It has not been a vintage performance (to put it mildly) with some credit having to be given to the W*ymouth midfield (sorry to have to do that twice) who denied Yeovil the time and space to be able to get their usual passing 

Half time: Yeovil Town 1 W*ymouth 1

 

Second half

The opening exchanges of the second half saw ex-Yeovil striker Malachi Linton suffer a sickening fall to the Huish Park pitch in an innocuous-looking challenge in the air with Finn Cousin-Dawson. Fortunately Mal was okay, he was a nice lad.
 
But, with just five minutes of the second half played, W*ymouth took the lead for a second time. An error from McGavin saw Bartolo break forward and pick out Brandon GOODSHIP at the back post. The visiting players were queuing up at the back post to turn it in. A poor, poor goal to concede.
 
Morgan Williams headed one over on 53 minutes, before an end-to-end moment as Yeovil had the Terras’ defence rocking with a couple of balls in to the box before one ball out to Bartolo saw him flash an effort wide with Goodship screaming for the pass for his hat-trick. It’s hair ’em, scare ’em to be sure.
 
On the hour mark, Mark Cooper made two changes with Michael Smith replacing Josh Sims and Kofi Shaw coming on in place for Pedro Borges. That led to a change in formation with Alex Whittle moving to a more familiar left-back position with Smith at right-back, whilst Shaw took a position behind Jarvis. The intent was obvious with both full-backs getting up whenever they could.
 
There was a flurry of chances for Yeovil on 68 minutes with the best falling to Jarvis who just needed to swing a boot at the ball but instead took a touch and allowed the W*ymouth defenders to get back and block the effort before McGavin flashed an effort wide.
 
Picture courtesy of Tom Balch.
 
On the 70th minute, Dylan Morgan replaced Whittle with James Plant moving to the left-back position. W*ymouth are working hard to protect their lead, but there’s no intent to Yeovil’s game.
 
McGavin was replaced by captain Matt Worthington on 76 minutes. Time is running out and it was only thanks to Ollie Wright that we were not further behind on 78 minutes. A good break by W*ymouth and it was good play by Linton to find Bartolo who forced a fine stop out of the keeper.
 
With eight minutes remaining, Dylan Morgan found himself in a great position, had a great opportunity to shoot first time on his left foot but checked back on to his right and gave the Harry Jones the opportunity to get back and defend. 
 
Wright made another good stop from Genesini on 88 minutes and the Yeovil keeper has been tested more than Casa-Grande in the W*ymouth goal and that says everything about our display. Euan Pollock had the ball in the net as the fourth official put the board up to announce eight minutes of stopping time, thankfully offside.
 
There was one golden chance to force a penalty shoot-out with just seconds remaining, but Nouble headed it wide. 
 
The final whistle was met by a chorus of boos from the home supporters who had to witness their old rivals inflicting the first competitive defeat at Huish Park. It’s another exit from the FA Trophy at the first time of asking, but we all know this one means much more than that.
 

Full time: Yeovil Town 1 W*ymouth 2

Match Details

Venue: Huish Park
Date: Tuesday 10th December 2024 – 7.45pm kick-off

Competition: Isuzu FA Trophy Third Round

Scorers: Brandon Goodship 12 (0-1), Aaron Jarvis 35 (1-1) , Brandon Goodship 50 (1-2)

Pitch: In amazing nick given the weather which Somerset has suffered over the past few days
Conditions: Not as cold as Ian thought it was going to be

Attendance: 3,168 (375 away supporters) 

Bookings:

Yeovil Town: None
W*ymouth: Leo Hamblin 90+1, Joey Casa-Grande 90+6

Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

Yeovil Town (3-4-2-1)

Substitutes: Michael Smith (for Josh Sims, 60), Kofi Shaw (for Pedro Borges, 60), Dylan Morgan (for Alex Whittle, 69), Matt Worthington (for Brett McGavin, 76), Ed James (not used), Sonny Blu Lo-Everton (not used), Matt Gould (not used).

W*ymouth: Josey Casa-Grande, Tom Bearwish (for Harry Jones, 44), Calvin Brooks, Jordon Thompson, Leo Hamblin, Josh McQuoid (for Ben Greenwood, 90+5), Andy Robinson, Jaiden Bartolo, Christie Ward, Malachi Linton (for Euan Pollock, 80),  Brandon Goodship (for Brooklyn Genesini, 70). Substitutes (not used): Keelan O’Connell, Jacob English.

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Yeovil Town boss Mark Cooper says his players want to go far in the FA Trophy this season as they take on local rivals W*ymouth at Huish Park tonight.

The rearranged third round tie, which fell foul to the conditions brought by Storm Darragh at the weekend, is the Glovers’ first in the competition which they exited in the second round last season at the hands of Torquay United.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Mark Stillman ahead of the game, the manager said: “It’s a chance to get to Wembley and play in a major final at the national stadium and every player wants to do that in their career, so it is a competition we want to go far in.

“We wanted to play on Saturday, but that is gone, so now we looking forward to tonight. We told the players to do their own bits and pieces of fitness work and be ready to go again on Monday.”

Josh Sims in action. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

The Glovers have made one change to the starting XI from their last outing, a 2-0 National League Premier Division victory at Woking ten days ago, with Josh Sims replacing on loan Bristol Rovers’ man Kofi Shaw, who drops to the bench.

Of Sims, Cooper said: “His pedigree is far too good for our level, he is up to speed fitness-wise and he has looked good coming off the bench, but now he needs to go on and start showing it from the start.”

Before the win at Woking, Yeovil lost three consecutive league games whilst W*ymouth are without a win in their last three matches with their last victory coming in the second round of this competition when they won 3-2 at Weston-super-Mare.

Cooper said he is expecting a battle from a Terras’ side struggling in the National League South relegation zone. He said: “It was cracking atmosphere when we played here (in the National League South) last year. It chucked it down with rain, big crowd and we managed to win that night, so it should be a good atmosphere. It is a local derby and form goes out the window, it will be two teams that don’t like each other. We know we have got to run hard and win our duels and compete well.“

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Midfielder Josh Sims is the one change to the Yeovil Town starting XI for the rearranged FA Trophy third round tie with W*ymouth at Huish Park tonight.

He replaces on loan Bristol Rovers man Kofi Shaw from the 2-0 league win at Woking two days ago. Defender Michael Smith is named on the substitutes’ bench in place of striker Harvey Greenslade, who the club confirmed has joined National League South side Weston-super-Mare on loan until January.

For our seagull bothering visitors, former Glovers’ strikers Brandon Goodship and Malachi Linton and defender Calvin Brooks are in the starting XI with Brooklyn Genesini, who was on loan at Huish Park last season, is among the substitutes.

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Yeovil Town attacker Harvey Greenslade has joined National League South sides Weston-super-Mare on loan.

The former Bristol Rovers man follows a similar path to Dylan Morgan, who had a spell by the seaside earlier on this season. 

Speaking on his new front-man Weston manager Scott Bartlett said;

“Harvey is a powerful runner and is a good addition, he has been a long-term target and will offer us a lot of options at the top end of the pitch.

“Thank you to Mark and Yeovil for their help in getting it done so quickly”.

All the best to Harvey for his month or so at Weston.

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Yeovil Town or W*ymouth will face a home tie against Boreham Wood in the FA Trophy fourth round proper.

The Glovers and the Seagull Botherers face off on Tuesday night for the right to make the next round.

The fourth round proper will take place the weekend of Saturday 4th January 2025.

Prize Fund for the third and fourth round of the FA Trophy.
Third round: Winners receive £4500, losers receive £1250
Fourth round: Winners receive £5250, losers receive £1500

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Storm Darragh 1 – Yeovil v W*ymouth 0

With weather warnings for wind and rain all across the Westcountry, today’s FA Trophy third round tie with W*ymouth at Huish Park has been postponed.

The club have confirmed the tie has been rescheduled for Tuesday 10th December,  7:45 pm kick-off.

They added: “Ensuring the safety of fans, players, and staff is our absolute priority, and the decision was made following close monitoring of weather conditions.”

Ticket refunds are available by contacting the club directly – but you’ll have to do it before Tuesday, of course.

 

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It’s back to Huish Park on Saturday as Yeovil Town take on derby rivals W*ymouth in the FA Trophy third round.

Form Guide…

The Glovers were back on song last weekend as they beat Woking 2-0. A superb finish from midfield maestro Brett McGavin and a back post tap in for defender Finn Cousin-Dawson secured Yeovil’s first win after three consecutive league defeats. 

As mentioned outside of last weekends dominant display Mark Cooper’s men have struggled to pick up points, however these games were against good opposition in the form of Barnet, York City and FC Halifax Town. Cooper will be hoping for another good win today, to be in with the chance of winning some silverware this season.

For the team from down the road it has been a tough month or so with no win in three and the sacking of manager Mark Molesley. The Terras last win came in a 3-2 victory away at Weston Super-Mare in the last round of the Trophy. Their last National League South win came over a month ago on the 2nd of November when beating Aveley 0-1.

Key Players…

Yeovil – Brett McGavin

A lot can be said when you have a midfielder who loves to find the back of the net. With a wonder long range finish against Woking the 24-year-old now has five goals in the season. As well as having a knack for scoring, McGavin also controls the tempo of the game alongside midfield partner Charlie Cooper.

With the Glovers strikers seeming to be afraid of bagging some goals it helps to have a a player being able to pick up the slack.

Brett McGavin celebrates his opener.

W*ymouth – Euan Pollock

This was a hard one to pick as W*ymouth’s best player this season has been the one Yeovil have sent on loan there in goalkeeper Will Buse. However, Bush is not allowed to play against his parent club so the next best player in a struggling Terras side is Centre Forward, Evan Pollock.

Even if hasn’t scored for the south-coast club this campaign he has contributed with two assists. He has also found himself getting regular game time this season ahead of the likes of Brandon Goodship, Malachi Linton and Ezio Touray to name a few. Pollock is only 22 so has had lot of pressure put on his shoulder in his first season in senior mens football.

Thats what he said…

Yeovil boss Mark Cooper is aware that form means nothing in a game like this. He said: “We’ve watched their last five, six games. They’re different, now without a manager, they changed their manager last week, Jason Matthews is a great lad, he’s in charge. He’ll have them organised, whatever W*ymouth team turn up, we know, just by the occasion it’s going to give them a lift… We have to play well.”

Cooper post Woking

W*ymouth captain, Tom Bearwish penned a letter to fans ahead of the clash. He said: “We all know what’s happening tomorrow, and just like all of you it’s a massive game for all of us, too. Being lucky enough to play for W*ymouth, I’m always excited about the next game, but even I know this one is different. This is one that the whole squad is looking forward to.

“So, understandably tomorrow is a huge game for everyone. A cup game away to our biggest rivals, it can’t get better than that. But, I’ll be honest, as a player it’s important that I stay as calm as possible.”

We’ve met before…

We have definitely met before with 184 games being played since 1908 between the two clubs. Out of those 184 the Glovers have won 79 games, The Terras taking 67 games and 38 being draws.

The last time the two met was in last season when W*ymouth were awarded a win after the game was called off due to a medical emergency when leading 1-0.

The last time they played at Huish Park was in the same season as the Glovers ran out 2-0 winners, thanks to goals from Jake Hyde and Jordan Young.

Don’t I know you…

There are a whole of host of Glovers past and one present that play for the team from down the road. 

First one to look at the seagull botherers’ loan keeper, Yeovil-born Will Buse. Although the shot stopper won’t be playing tomorrow as Yeovil still own him, he has started the majority of games for the Dorset team and will be gutted to be missing out I’m sure.

Will Buse.
Picture courtesy of Iain Morland.

The next is another Yeovil born player in Brooklyn Genesini. The right back was on loan from Swindon Town at Huish Park at the back end of last season making seven appearances for the Glovers.

Midfielder Calvin Brooks also spent time in Somerset in the early part of his career, joining from Dorchester Town in 2014. Brooks spent most of that season on loan at W*ymouth however, before making his move permanent at the start of the 15/16 season. 

A name familiar with the Glovers fans will be that of Jordan Maguire-Drew who now plays on the south coast. The 27-year-old joined Yeovil in the 22/23 season, making a total of 30 appearances before leaving for the Bob Lucas in September this year.

Centre-forward, Malachi Linton is the fifth player in the Terras squad to have played at Huish Park. His time in South Somerset wasn’t the best with the him being sent on loan to both Taunton Town and W*ymouth. He did however make 35 appearances for the glovers during his time here.

Malachi Linton. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

The last of the former Glovers is another Centre forward in Brandon Goodship. The striker had multiple spells at Yeovil, with the first being on loan from then parent club Bournemouth during the back end of the 15/16 season. He then rejoined the Glovers a year later, this time on a permanent deal, which only lasted six months before he was released and W*ymouth signed him.

Who’s been naughty then…

Glovers’ defenders Jake Wannell, and Dom Bernard are both still suspended.

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