Match Gallery – Yeovil 1 – Altrincham 0
2025-09-27
Our man Gary Brown was at Huish Park for us today to watch the Glovers pick up back to back wins with a victory over Altrincham
Campbell: Adversity has pulled us together
2025-09-27
Striker Tahvon Campbell has said the adversity which has swept through Yeovil Town this week has pulled the players closer together.
The Glovers picked up their second win in as many games in a week which saw manager Danny Webb walk out after just 11 days on Monday followed the day after by assistant manager Chris Todd, who left to join National League rivals Eastleigh.
Campbell was part of a front three alongside Junior Morias and Andrew Oluwabori which shone in the first half of today’s 1-0 home win over Altrincham.
Speaking about the week to BBC Somerset’s Jack Killah after the game, the striker said: “No-one has said anything, but naturally with everything that has gone on we have pulled closer. That is the only thing we could do and it is working well, so let us hope it continues you. If we can stick with the mentality we have got, sometimes we will win convincingly, sometimes it will be a close game, but if we stay how we are and work together we will be fine.
“We are buzzing in the changing rooms and it is great to get back-to-back win. The fans were excellent today and while we were defending in the second half, the fans helped us to get through to the end with a clean sheet.
“We have loads of games coming up, but we have a good squad and have people on the bench that can start games as well. I think everyone is just pulling through and there is another game on Tuesday, so we are looking forward to that.”
It has been an rewarding week for the Yeovil attack with Campbell on target twice at Aldershot on Wednesday night when Morias was also on target. Today’s goal-scoring hero was defender Morgan Williams who got the feintest of headers on an Oluwabori ball in to the box after 32 minutes.
Campbell admitted he is enjoying playing alongside his new attacking team-mates, he said: “It is exciting because you just do not know what is going to happen but it is normally something good. Whoever plays alongside me, we have a good squad and everything is good at the moment.”
Dryden: We worked so hard
2025-09-27
Yeovil Town interim manager Richard Dryden hailed his side’s work ethic as they picked up their second victory in three days with a 1-0 home win over Altrincham today.
A first half header from defender Morgan Williams was enough to secure the three points, but the Glovers had to work hard to contain an impressive visiting side who came close to taking a point on a number of occasions in the second half.
It means Dryden has now picked up six points in his first two games since being given the top job until the end of the season following the shock departure of Danny Webb on Monday.
Asked by BBC Somerset reporter Jack Killah how he felt after the game, the manager said: “It’s still stressful, if I am honest. We did not start great, a bit like on Wednesday night, but we got in to the game and we looked like we could counter attack and create a lot of chances. I thought we controlled the game in the first half but it would have been nice if we could have got the second goal having had all those chances. It is hard when you have had all those chances, but Christ we worked hard in that second half.
“A second goal would have been nice, it is just the nature of the beast in football when you are winning 2-0 and someone scores against you, it can be a totally different game. We knew what they we were about, their rotation can kill teams, so to score and keep a clean sheet is great.”
After a slow start, Yeovil clicked in to gear with a front three of Andrew Oluwabori, Junior Morias and Tahvon Campbell causing Altrincham all kinds of problems. In particular, Oluwabori was in rampaging form in the first half and Dryden admitted the on loan Exeter City man brings something different to the side.
The boss said: “He has got a different skillset to anything else we have here, so he complements us very well. He played 80 minutes for us on Wednesday and 70-odd minutes today and he got tired, but need to keep players like that on the pitch. That is a lot of work in two games and it is the same as Junior, he hates coming off. I hate putting up his number because he looks at me as if he is going to kill me! I do not know how many kilometres (Luke) McCormick has put in today, but it’s important when you are camped in for the last 20 minutes like we were, it is fantastic.”
In the second half, the Glovers were indebted to goalkeeper Jed Ward on a number of occasions and had to work hard to keep Altrincham from taking a point.
Dryden added: “We have worked a lot of the season on defending balls in to the box which is what this league is all about, if you can do that you have a great chance of winning games. It is not just about the back three, you have wing backs coming in there and the midfielders sitting in to head balls clear. Finn (Cousin-Dawson) is a lad that does not get a lot of plaudits, but he is there and working hard but you need (those kind of players) in your team and squad.”
Oluwabori, Morias and Campbell were all withdrawn after the break after hard-working performances in Wednesday night’s 4-1 win at Aldershot Town and then again today. Dryden said that captain Jake Wannell, who was replaced by Alex Whittle after 67 minutes, after suffering a glute muscle strain in the warm up.
The interim manager said: “Jake struggled a little bit in the warm up with a glute, in half-time we got him on the bike to keep him moving. He did as much as he could and that is what need at the moment. If we need players to be honest. We have a good squad, we filled the bench and have one or two players coming back, but if you walk in to our changing room and the togetherness is good.”
Dryden fielded an unchanged starting XI from the win at Aldershot and admitted it had been tough on his players with another match coming up at Sutton United on Tuesday night.
The boss added: “When the game started I thought I had made a mistake because we looked a bit tired and did not start well, but we grew in to the game. Now on Tuesday we will have to assess tonight and Sunday what we are going to do because we have one training session before then. I will have to speak to the medical team about that, but we know our shape and what we want to do, so we will see.”
Asked if there could be new signings before the trip to Sutton, he said: “We will look, but I do not want to be jumping in for the sake of it. We have people who can play in different positions, people who want to work for each other.“
Match Report: Yeovil Town 1 Altrincham 0
2025-09-27
A Morgan Williams header in the first half saw Yeovil Town pick up three points against Altrincham at Huish Park.
After a slow start, the Glovers were driven forward by a front three of Andrew Oluwabori, Junior Morias and Tahvon Campbell who were in scintillating form and it was the Exeter City loanee whose ball was nodded home by Williams.
The second half saw the home side tire as they fought for everything against an impressive Altrincham whose passed the Glovers to death with Jed Ward pulling off a number of critical saves at vital moments.
Huish Park was rocking at the final whistle with around 2,600 home supporters playing their part in ensuring that a difficult week ended with six points – who saw that coming?
First half
The visitors started at a furious pace with panic inside the Yeovil area from an early corner which saw Jed Ward fail to deal with a corner played deep to his back post and the ball landed to Altrincham’s Keaton Ward who fortunately could not get a decent strike in and our Ward was able to parry it away.
The opening quarter-of-an-hour was played at a million miles with both sides keen to press their opponents whenever they had the ball and it was the lively Andrew Oluwabori who was the big threat for Yeovil. On 16 minutes, he picked the ball up on the right side, cut inside and fired a beautiful shot dipping over the head of Luke Hutchinson in the visitors goal, but it rattled the crossbar.
Great running by Junior Morias after a wonderful touch from Tahvon Campbell, Morias sped forwards, put it through the legs of an Altrincham defender and was felled by visiting captain Lewis Baines, who was booked for the foul. It was Brett McGavin range, but sadly he was on the bench and Luke McCormick put the free-kick in to the defensive wall.
On 26 minutes, Morias was involved again flicking the ball up and smash a thunderous shot which Dan Sassi did superbly to step up and block the shot with “a tender area”. James Plant grabbed the ball (the football, that is) but referee Wayne Cartmel stopped the play much to the annoyance of the Port Vale loanee and the Thatcher’s End.
After an opening ten minutes where Altrincham were all over the Glovers, the following 20 minutes has been far more solid defensively from Yeovil and there’s been some great opportunities to get a breakthrough. That breakthrough came on 32 minutes and no surprise it was Oluwabori who was at the heart of it. Great play down the right ended with a delicate ball across the area where Morgan WILLIAMS arrived to flick it at the back post.
Oluwabori was at it again on 42 minutes when he burst forward, taking Altrincham defenders on again and smashed an effort in but it was straight in to Hutchinson. The visitors just cannot cope with the Exeter City loanee when he runs at them.
At the other end, Sassi curled an effort just around the post a minute before half-time. Think that one was closer to creeping inside Jed Ward’s post than it first looked, but it would have been harsh on Yeovil, who have dominated the game since the tenth minute.
Half time: Yeovil Town 1 Altrincham 0
Second half
With four minutes of the second half played, Yeovil had a great opportunity to double their advantage. Junior Morias found himself in space down the left side bearing down on Hutchinson, but his touch let him down and allowed the Altrincham keeper to deflect it as far as Josh Sims whose effort was hacked off the line by Lewis Banks. That should be 2-0 to Yeovil.
There was a real chance for the visitors when Charlie Kirk put a beautiful ball across the face of Jed Ward’s goal on the hour mark, but none of the Altrincham strikers anticipated to level the scores and Sims hacked it away. It has been a cagey start to the second half in comparison with the blood and thunder way the first 45 minutes ended.
With Altrincham starting to look more of a threat as Yeovil’s legs started to tire, Richard Dryden made two changes with Aaron Jarvis and Alex Whittle replacing Campbell and Jake Wannell. Whittle dropped in to the back line with Jarvis taking Campbell’s place in the forward line.
In the 70th minute, Brett McGavin replaced Morias before Yeovil were indebted to Ward after the defence fell asleep from an Altrincham short corner and Banks found himself in lots of space but was denied by the on loan Bristol Rovers keeper.
McGavin almost made an instant impact when he found himself in space after a deft cushioned touch from Jarvis, but his effort flew over the bar. Shortly after, Finn Cousin-Dawson got caught out of position and Altrincham worked a good opportunity which Jimmy Knowles put millimetres past the post. Jed Ward was not getting to that.
Oluwabori, who had been quieter in the second half after a full speed first half, was replaced by Harvey Greenslade with ten minutes remaining.
Another big opportunity for Altrincham and it was Sassi again who flicked a header which crept just wide of the far post with Tom Crawford arriving. Luckily for Yeovil he was unable to get a touch, but the visitors are passing the ball beautifully here and causing Yeovil real problems.
As the game moved in to three minutes of injury time, the visitors continued to turn the screw. Banks had a great opportunity to get the leveller and then Knowles could not quite get to the loose balls.
When the final whistle eventually blew, Huish Park was in full cry as several Yeovil players dropped to their knees. If anyone ever doubted it, these players gave every last drop of energy to earn those three points and end a crazy week with six points in the bag.
This club, ladies and gentlemen, you’ve got to love it!
Full time: Yeovil Town 1 Altrincham 0
Match Details
Venue: Huish Park
Date: Saturday 24th September, 7.45pm kick-off
Competition: National League Premier Division
Scorers: Morgan Williams 32 (1-0)
Pitch: Lovely but cutting up a little
Conditions: Cold but dry with a strong wind going towards the away end
Attendance: 2,607 (64 away supporters)
Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Junior Morias 54, Kyle Ferguson 61
Altrincham: Lewis Baines 21, Matty Kosylo 45+1
Referee: Wayne Cartmel
Yeovil Town (3-4-1-2)
Substitutes: Alex Whittle (for Jake Wannell, 67), Aaron Jarvis (for Tahvon Campbell, 67), Brett McGavin (for Junior Morias, 70), Harvey Greenslade (for Andrew Oluwabori, 80), Byron Pendleton (not used), Ben Wodskou (not used), Matt Gould (not used).
Altrincham: Luke Hutchinson, Lewis Banks, Samuel Reed, Lewis Baines, Isaac Marriott, Keaton Ward, Jimmy Knowles, Matty Kosylo (for Elliot Osborne, 70), Tom Crawford, Dan Sassi, Charlie Kirk
Substitutes (not used): Jake Cooper, Owen German, Louis Fallon.
Dryden: The players have rallied around me
2025-09-27
New Yeovil Town interim manager Richard Dryden has said the club’s players have rallied around him following the shock exit of manager Danny Webb earlier this week.
The coach was put in charge until the end of the season on Monday and oversaw a 4-1 win at Aldershot Town on Wednesday night, and now he is looking to repeat that performance with Altrincham the visitors to Huish Park today.
Talking to BBC Somerset’s Jack Killah ahead of kick-off, he was asked about the past five days and whether he still felt he needed to strengthen his squad with new signings.
Dryden said: “I’m only 56, I feel about 86 after the last ten days, but the last three days has been pretty positive. From Sunday onwards it has been strange, we came in on Monday and Tuesday training with the very little staff we have left at the moment, but the players have rallied around me. I am not going to lie, it was bloody tough with the lack of staff, the lack of knowing what was going on, and on Wednesday they went out and showed they want to play at the club.
“We hit the ground running on Wednesday night and we want to do the same again today, there is a great atmosphere in the changing room. Do we have to bring anyone in? Not necessarily, I am quite happy how the players are performing and they are improving as the season has gone on. There is not great rush to get anyone in, but there might be one or two knocking on the door, so we will see.”
The Glovers have named an unchanged starting XI from the Wednesday night win in Hampshire to face an Altrincham side missing a number of first-choice players through injury and suspension. Dryden admitted it would be hard to drop any players after an impressive display at Aldershot, but does have striker Aaron Jarvis and midfielder Brett McGavin back on the bench after injury.
The manager said: “We can’t change the side after that performance, the only thing we would have changed is if any of the players were tired. This is why playing on a Wednesday is tough sometimes, because yesterday was our second day of recovery and you want a good training session before every game. We did what we needed to do and had a lot of analysis on what we did well and what we could have done better on Wednesday and about Altrincham.
“I watched their game against Forest Green, they dominated vast parts of that game with the ball, so they are a good side. They are a bit like us and Aldershot how they set up and want to play, but they have a couple missing today so they might change their shape. We will have to work that out quickly when the game starts.”
Dryden said he was desperate to get youngster Ollie Hughes on at Aldershot but fell foul of rules allowing on three groups of substitutions. We believe the midfielder is playing for e Plymouth Parkway for their Southern League fixture at Yate Town today.
Team News – Altrincham (home)
2025-09-27
Midfielder Brett McGavin and striker Aaron Jarvis are named among the substitutes as Yeovil Town take on Altrincham at Huish Park this afternoon (3pm kick-off).
The pair both missed the midweek win at Aldershot Town through injury, but are considered fit enough to return on the bench with Glovers’ boss naming an unchanged side from win on Wednesday night.
Young midfielder Ollie Hughes, who has been named among the substitutes in recent matches, misses out.
Match Preview: Yeovil Town vs Altrincham
2025-09-27
After the week that was at Huish Park, Yeovil Town return to home soil with semi-permanent interim manager Richard Dryden in charge to face Altrincham this weekend.
FORM…
YEOVIL TOWN
Well, it’s been a week, hasn’t it folks? The shock exit of manager Danny Webb on Monday morning followed by the shock of assistant manager Chris Todd‘s departure to take up a role at Eastleigh on Tuesday – and then a more pleasant surprise in the form of a 4-1 away win at Aldershot Town on Wednesday night.
A brace from Tahvon Campbell, his first goals since returning to Somerset in the summer, and strikes from Junior Morias and Luke McCormick earned the victory in Hampshire and the Glovers will be looking to carry on their attacking intent in front of the home crowd.
Prior to that the Glovers went down 1-0 at Tamworth in Webb’s only game in charge seven days ago, but they were winners last time out at Huish Park with a late McCormick goal snatching a victory over Woking.
Altrincham
It’s been a difficult few weeks at Altrincham as well. The Robins have lost their last three matches with a defeat at home to Forest Green Rovers on Tuesday night, giving them them a 24 hour head start on recovery over Yeovil.
The game saw Alty’s Tyler Golden red carded for two yellow cards in quick succession meaning he will sit out the match in Somerset as will winger Kahrel Reddin, who equalised against Forest Green, having collected a red for a fracas after the final whistle.
Prior to that there was a 2-1 home loss to Carlisle United, with former Moss Lane favourite Regan Linney on the scoresheet, and a 3-1 loss at in-form Boreham Wood the weekend before that.
The dismissals in midweek mean that Altrincham have had four players sent off in their last three matches. Midfielder Tom Crawford was dismissed against Carlisle and winger Lucas Weaver saw red at Boreham Wood.
To say that manager Phil Parkinson was unhappy with the referees’ performance against Forest Green would be an understatement but he was happy that his team has been taking the game to their opponents.
KEY PLAYERS…
Yeovil Town – Andrew Oluwabori
It is early in the second chapter of on loan winger Oluwabori’s story at Yeovil, but against Aldershot in midweek he showed exactly what he was all about.
The light-weight youngster we had from Peterborough United a few seasons ago has been upgraded with a more robust version on loan from Exeter City and on Wednesday night he showed his ability to change the game with driving runs, tackles and great link-up play.
Altrincham – Jimmy Knowles
Summer signing Knowles has made an impressive start to life at Altrincham with five goals in his first 11 appearances and will be the main goal threat for the visitors.
Prior to the midweek defeat to Forest Green Rovers, the former Accrington Stanley player had three goals in his previous three matches.
The loss of Golden and Reddin through suspension will be a blow for the visitors and they will need their new talisman to do something special to get a result they feel their recent performances deserve.
THE GAFFER…
Since arriving at Alty at the end of the 2016-17 campaign as a relative unknown, Phil Parkinson (no, not the one from the Wrexham fairytale) has become one of the most impressive managers in then non-League game.
He took over after the Alty had been relegated to the Northern Premier League and got them promote back to the National League North as champions at the first attempt before reaching the play-offs in his second season and then winning promotion via the play-offs in 2020.
LAST TIME WE MET…
The two sides last met in April when Alty ran out 2-1 winners at Moss Lane thanks to a late Lewis Baines strike. Full-back Tyler Golden, who will be missing through suspension this time around, opened the scoring on the half-hour mark before Yeovil loanee defender Frankie Terry equalised quickly.
The time the two sides met at Huish Park they played out a fairly forgettable goalless draw last September.
DON’T I KNOW YOU…
Altrincham defender Billy Sass-Davies made the move to Cheshire in the summer having left Hartlepool United. The Welshman impressed during a spell with Yeovil on loan from Crewe Alexandra in the COVID-hit 2020-21 campaign, playing 22 times and scoring once.
He is unlikely to feature against his former club having not yet made an appearance since his return to Alty due to injury.
THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE…
Wayne Cartmel will be the man in the middle for today’s game. You can read more about him – HERE.
Foot In The Opposition Camp – Altrincham (Home)
2025-09-27
Another match day and this time we welcome Altrincham to Huish Park.
So, Dave checked in with Erin from Golf Road Goals to chat all thing Alty ahead of this afternoon’s clash!