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Goalkeeper Will Buse will returning to Yeovil Town when his loan at National League South side Weston-super-Mare expires in a week’s time.

The Yeovil-born stopper has been a regular in the Seagulls’ side having arrived at the start of the new campaign with Weston’s summer signing, Kelland Absalom, suspended for the start of the campaign.

A 3-2 home win over Hornchurch which saw fellow Glovers’ loanee winger Dylan Morgan among the Weston scorers, signalled the end of Buse’s loan and on Sunday Weston confirmed the arrival of keeper Max Harris on loan from Cheltenham Town.

In a post on Weston’s Twitter/X account, manager Scott Bartlett said: “Our goalkeeping situation has been complicated through a unique set of circumstances, but we have navigated it well as a club.

“Will’s loan is due to expire on the 7th of September. We discussed an extension but couldn’t come to an agreement with Will regarding the length so we took an opportunity to bring Max back once he became available late last week.

“Busey remains with us until after Saturday and has done brilliantly for us. We are grateful for his services and we hope he gets an opportunity at a full-time club in the near future.”

Buse has not featured for Yeovil since being dropped in favour of loanee Joe Day at the start of the 2023-24 season, and was loaned out to Bath City last season.

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Forward Harvey Greenslade has joined the Yeovil Town injury list after suffering a serious shoulder injury in the 3-1 win at Boston United on Saturday.

The former Bristol Rovers’ player collided with the not inconsiderable presence of Pilgrims’ captain Michael Bostwick having come on as a 73rd-minute substitute in the game in Lincolnshire.

The club confirmed on Sunday that he had suffered “a clavicle separation” in the incident which led to him being substituted off again in second half injury time.

In a post on his Twitter/X account, Greenslade said: “Incredibly frustrated to have picked this up. Will work hard to get back playing as soon as possible and do my best to support the lads in the meantime. Special group of players and can’t wait to join back in.”

If you were wondering (and we were), a clavicle separation is when the ligaments between the shoulder blade and collar bone are stretched or torn, leading to the collar bone separating from the shoulder blade.

One assumes it means a considerable period on the sidelines for the 20-year-old, who was Yeovil’s first signing of the summer back in May.

The Glovers are definitely without central defender Jake Wannell for next weekend’s trip to AFC Fylde after he was sent-off for two bookable offences at Boston, and seem likely to miss Wannell’s defensive partner Morgan Williams, who missed the win on Saturday having suffered concussion in last Monday’s 1-0 home defeat to Rochdale.

Forward Dylan Morgan was sent out on loan to National League South side Weston-super-Mare on a three-month loan deal on Saturday. However, FA rules state that a player can only be recalled after a minimum of 28 days.

Speaking after the win at Boston, manager Mark Cooper confirmed he was in the market for a central defender, but his targets may now have widened to a forward player with Greenslade likely to be missing for the forseeable future.

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Yeovil got themselves back on track with a chaotic 3-1 win at Boston United on Saturday. Let’s see how the rest of the division got on, in a day full of drama!

We start at The Hive, where Barnet took on National League North champions Tamworth. It was a one sided affair, in which Zak Brunt scored a hat trick, among other scorers in a 7-0 drubbing of their northern visitors. There was another game with seven goals too, but more evenly spread out, as Aldershot defeated Maidenhead United in a 4-3 thriller, Maidenhead’s Tristan Abrahams bagging a hat trick in vain.

Rochdale continued their good form following their bank holiday victory with a thumping 3-0 win over Woking, dominating for the majority of the game. In a 1st vs 2nd clash, 10-man Gateshead scored a last gasp winner at home against Eastleigh to  leave themselves at the top of the table, and the only unbeaten side in the division. There was further drama at Gander Green Lane in the evening kickoff between Sutton United and Forest Green Rovers, as an 89th minute winner from Charlie McCann handed the visitors the three points in a clash between both of the relegated EFL outfits.

Following their bank holiday defeat, York City bounced back with a win away at Dagenham & Redbridge thanks to Lenell John-Lewis and Ollie Pearce, while in a clash of the locals, it finished 1-1 between Altrincham and Oldham Athletic. It also finished 1-1 between Solihull Moors and Wealdstone.

The difficult start continues for Ebbsfleet United, as they to a 1-0 defeat at home to FC Halifax Town, an early goal from Angelo Cappello rooting the hosts to the bottom of the table with 1 point from their opening 6 games. It finished 0-0 between Hartlepool United and Braintree Town, and in the final… “match” of the day, it was a postponement between AFC Fylde and Southend United, following train issues for the Essex-based side, meaning Fylde will have an extra week of rest ahead of our clash next weekend up north.

National League results – in full

AFC Fylde P-P Southend United
Aldershot Town 4-3 Maidenhead United
Altrincham 1-1 Oldham Athletic
Barnet 7-0 Tamworth
Boston United 1-3 Yeovil Town
Dagenham & Redbridge 0-2 York City
Ebbsfleet United 0-1 FC Halifax Town
Gateshead 2-1 Eastleigh
Hartlepool United 0-0 Braintree Town
Rochdale 3-0 Woking
Solihull Moors 1-1 Wealdstone
Sutton United 1-2 Forest Green Rovers

National League table

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For the first time this season, we get to unlock the FA’s “Naughty Portal” as they have confirmed the suspension of Jake Wannell after he saw red at Boston United on Saturday,

The central defender was booked in the 60th minute for a foul before a bizarre second yellow card with five minutes remaining.

After losing the ball, he seemed to reach out a trip up a Boston striker Jacob Hazel with his hand. 

The former Taunton Town player knew his mistake almost immediately that he was headed for an early bath and walked off with his head in his hands.

Wannell will miss Saturday’s trip to AFC Fylde has he serves a one-match ban. He’ll be available for the home against Solihull Moors the following Tuesday.

Jordan Richards of Boston has three games on the sidelines ahead of him, he was shown a straight red for a reckless challenge on Charlie Cooper in the first half and has been handed the triple-match whammy on a count of “Serious Foul Play”.

Jake Wannell sees red at Boston 

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We have plenty of Glovers out on loan at the moment including two at Weston-super-Mare, here’s how they all got on.

Goalkeeper Will Buse has been joined by midfielder  Dylan Morgan and both were in the starting line-up for Weston, they got the better of Hornchurch in a five-goal thriller, with Morgan on the scoresheet inside the first five minutes.

The former Taunton Town man also picked up the Man of the Match award as he started his three-month loan stint in some style.

That result backs up a 1-0 win over Maidstone on Bank Holiday Monday and ‘cleano’ for Buse on that occasion, the Seagulls have now won four in a row and sit in sixth  in the National League South Table.

Down at Plymouth Parkway, last Monday Corey Koerner made his first start in a 0-0 draw with Tiverton Town in the Southern League Premier Division South.

Onto Saturday’s action and Parkway were in the FA Cup, with a fairly comfortable win over Baffins Milton Rovers. Koerner came off the bench with 20 minutes to go.

Yeovil Town loanee Corey Koerner (R) in action for Plymouth Parkway
PIC C/O Viv Curtis – Tiverton Town

With the Under 18s having a slightly different schedule this season (more on that to follow in the coming weeks) there are a number of youngsters looking to get some senior experience at a range of different local clubs – We can’t promise to keep tabs on them all, but if anything of note happens, we’ll do our best.

Will Howard, a young goalkeeper who has trained with the first-team and was named on the subs bench during pre-season, is playing for Cullompton Rangers, who have been on a decent run in the South West Peninsula League, which is the tenth tier.

Josh Haskett continues to get minutes for Sherborne – he and some of the Under-18s’ second year lads are getting game time in their first and reserve teams.

Central defender Jacob Shore has recovered from an injury sustained in first-team action in pre-season and is now playing with Street FC – he came off the bench for them on Saturday in a 2-1 win over Torpoint. Krystian Woods, who appeared for the first-team in pre-season, was a second half substitute whilst Sol Padmore was also on the bench for the Cobblers.

Midfielder Mason Alden is back at Welton Rovers here he spent time last season and started their 3-1 defeat at St Blazey yesterday, whilst Max Dyer is with the Oldland Abbotonians who beat 3-1 Shepton Mallet on Saturday in game where former Loan Watch regular, Charlie Bateson was sent-off and Benjani Jr was a substitute.

Nansimir Nanev was a second half substitute for Sturminster Newton United who won 3-0 at home to Hengrove Athletic.

If you’re going to a game with one of our local loanees are in action, let me know if they do anything of note.

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Yeovil Town manager Mark Cooper has praised his sides’ character after getting a 3-1 win over Boston United on Saturday.

Two goals from midfielder Brett McGavin and a second half strike from substitute Jordan Young secured the points for the Cooper’s side, in game with two red cards and plenty of talking points.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins the manager said how the game was more interesting than it needed to be.

“It was a dramatic, it shouldn’t have been like that, we should have controlled [it] once their man got sent off, we were comfortable, we should have just controlled the game, we just move the ball about the pitch, but we just made so many wrong decisions today and players making poor decisions with the ball and turning it over and giving the ball away cheaply, we don’t need to.

“Probably because we’ve lost a couple of games and the whole world is going to end, that anxiousness creeps in, they just want to try and bash the door down straight away and it’s not on and we play into their hands with ten men and make it interesting.”

On the goal-scoring exploits of McGavin, the boss said how the former Torquay man offers his side something different to what the Glovers previously had.

“His record is that he scores goals, that’s why we brought him in, he’s got that gift, you have to have a bit of everything, you can’t have all top, top technical players in the midfield, you have to have one who can dog about and upset things and keep things ticking along and you have to have one who can contribute like that and we’ve got that now with Brett – two great goals from him.”

Onto the red cards, Cooper has said Boston could – in his opinion should – have had more than just Jordan Richards’ dismissed on 16 minutes for a reckless tackle on Charlie Cooper after in an ill disciplined affair, which also saw visiting defender Jake Wannell sent off late in the second half.


“It’s a horrific tackle [on Cooper], there’s an even worse one straight after, for me it was even worse. I don’t think the referee protected the players today, I thought he let some dangerous tackles go and I was a little bit worried to be honest.

“Once we got to 2-1, we saw the first half out comfortably, but the second half, we made so many poor decisions with the ball and we made it interesting, when it should have been really comfortable.”

“Ridiculous decision [from Wannell], we’re winning 3-1, he can kick the ball up to Frank (Nouble), we’ve got four against four at the top of the pitch and he tries a Cruyff turn, when we’re 3-1 up and then brings him down. He’s just got a flea in his ear for that, because he’s better than that. 

“It’s just compounded our issues, because we’re struggling for centre backs and we lose him for next week.”

With Morgan Williams already missing with a concussion picked up in the Bank Holiday Monday defeat against Rochdale and left-back Alex Whittle out with a hamstring injury, a bruising encounter was not what Cooper needed – but he gave a round-up of his walking wounded following the game in Lincolnshire.

The boss said: “Harvey Greenslade has dislocated his shoulder, that’ll be him not available for a few weeks. Alex Whittle will be back for (the trip to AFC Fylde on) Saturday, Wannell is out, Morgan Williams is out because of the concussion protocols, (Raphael) Araoye got a dead leg in the first minute, he had to come off, so it was a bruising day but we managed to get through it.

“The most pleasing thing is we showed character to get it done and get the three points.”

Ahead of the trip to Boston, former Glovers’ defender Tom Bradbury, now with League Two Cheltenham Town, was linked with a return to Huish Park. The centre-half was not in the Robins’ squad for their 2-1 defeat at Walsall on Saturday.

Asked if he could comment on the speculation, Cooper said:“No”, but did follow up saying: “We are trying to sign a centre back, we’re trying, but we’ve got to get the right one in, now the [EFL} window is shut and things are settled down, we will see which players are available who can’t go into the league, but can come to the National League.”

Here’s hoping for defensive reinforcements at some point before next weekend’s trip to AFC Fylde.

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Two-goal hero Brett McGavin has told BBC Somerset that he was more than happy to hop back on the coach to Somerset with three points in the bag.

The former Torquay midfielder scored twice in the first half as the Glovers won 3-1 at Boston United on Saturday and whilst it wasn’t all plain sailing, it was more than enough.

McGavin told reporter Josh Perkins: “It was busier than it needed it be from our end, when a team goes down to ten men, you’d like to think we’d have more control, but we’re coming away from three points, so we’re very happy.”

McGavin’s first goal was a pin-point free-kick from just outside the box (watch the clip below) and his second with his left foot came eight minutes before the break.

“I practice [free-kicks] a lot, because I know those situations can win games, I recognise how important they are, so if you have time to practice, them then why not?

“Obviously, I’m very happy to see the free kick fly in.”

“I know I can score goals, I always feel confident enough that I can get in and around the box and score, it’s something that i’ve improved on as I’ve got older in my career, recognising when to go forward and when to shoot, credit to the gaffer as well, for allowing me to be able to do that.”

Boston made the game physical with Jordan Richards seeing red after 16 minutes for a shocker of a challenge on Charlie Cooper, whilst the referee Neil Hair spent a fair bit of time stopping the game for cynical fouls. 

McGavin added: “Every game is hard, every game you’re going to have to put in the hard yards, we probably made it harder than it needed to be, we know we can perform better, but at the end of the day, three points is three points. We’ll take them home with us.”

Speaking about the need to be more ruthless, something which has cropped up this week after good performances – but poor results – over the bank holiday weekend, the midfielder said the group had spoken about it and were working to improve their killer edge.

“It’s something we addressed earlier in the week, we feel as if we’ve played well in most games and created enough chances in most games, so today, to score three goals away from home, is always enough.”

The Glovers head to AFC Fylde next Saturday for another short away day!

 

 

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A first half double from Brett McGavin set Yeovil Town on the way to a 3-1 victory in an eventful game at fellow newly-promoted side Boston United.

The midfielder bent in a beautiful free-kick after just five minutes, before some sloppy defending allowed the home side to equalise. But, on 17 minutes, Boston were reduced to ten men with Jordan Richards seeing red after clattering Charlie Cooper.

McGavin got his second stroking the ball in from the edge of the box with seven minutes of the first half remaining.

But, Yeovil struggled to make their advantage pay and it was not until a great run and cross from Sam Pearson was turned in by substitute Jordan Young on 75 minutes that the three points looked safe.

Even then, Boston continued to press for another goal and Yeovil were reduced to ten men as Jake Wannell was sent off for a needless foul with five minutes remaining.

Here is how Dave saw it from his place in the away end at Pilgrim Way….

First half

After some cautious opening exchanges, it only took five minutes for Yeovil to take the lead. Aaron Jarvis was felled on the edge of the box by Boston’s Zak Mills. Up stepped Brett McGAVIN to bend one in to the top corner, watch that one on the highlights.

A moment of quality had given the visitors the lead but the mistakes in defence which had dogged them the past two matches were still there.

With ten minutes gone, Weston pounced on an error by Jake Wannell and striker Jacob Hazel powered towards goal before a good interception by Finn Cousin-Dawson denied him the opportunity to get a shot away.

But having been the saviour, Cousin-Dawson was the villain five minutes later as his error gifted Boston an equaliser. The centre-half completely missed a challenge on the speedy Weston who got away, squared it to Sam OSBORN who thumped it past Ollie Wright.

At that point, there was not much to separate the two sides but the game turned on 17 minute when Jordan Richards was sent-off after clattering Charlie Cooper.

From that point, Yeovil dominated the possession without carving out a clear-cut opportunity on the Boston goal. In fact, the next chance fell to the home side when Hazel thundered down the right wing and  got the ball in an Wright snatched it off the head of Osborn.

But, with 37 minutes gone, the pressure paid as a nicely-worked move saw McGavin pick out Raphael Araoye on the left side, he found McGAVIN just inside the box and he massaged the ball in to the net for his second. That proved to be Araoye’s last action as he went off with what looked like a knock to be replaced by Sam Pearson.

Half time: Boston United 1 Yeovil Town 2

Second half

On 55 minutes, Charlie Cooper collided with  former Glovers’ loanee Martin Woods on the edge of the box, leaving the Boston man requiring treatment and the Yeovil man going in to the referee’s book, the resulting free-kick was deflected wide of goal.

But the home side had come out of the half-time break the brighter and, despite their numerical disadvantage, looked the more likely to create an opportunity.

The first opportunity took until the 64th minute to come. Nouble got away down the left and put a ball in to a box containing Aaron Jarvis, Josh Sims and Matt Worthington. None of them got a touch.

It took until the 75th minute to find a way through the hosts and it was a goal that was all about Sam Pearson. He got away down the left wing, powered in to the box and hooked a ball back to substitute Jordan YOUNG who turned in Yeovil’s third goal.

Yeovil Town celebrate Jordan Young putting them 3-1 ahead.

With the hosts visibly tiring, Nouble had a couple of breaks forward, the best of which saw him hammer a stinging shot against the palms of the keeper, it bounced out to Young who put it over the bar. Quite how that was not four, I do not know.

To their credit, Boston did not stop pushing for another goal and with five minutes of normal time remaining Jake Wannell picked up his second yellow card for pulling down Hazel. Such a needless booking and, with Morgan Williams and seemingly Araoye missing, leaves Yeovil very short of cover in the middle of defence.

Two minutes after the numerical disadvantage had been levelled, Wright pulled off a fine stop to deny Pilgrims’ substitute Aderoju.

With an even number of players on each side, Boston upped their pressure on the Yeovil box with substitute David Mooney a menace down the right side.

There were a number of moments which set pulse rates racing in the away end throughout eight minutes of stoppage time, but Yeovil went home with the three points.

Full time: Boston United 1 Yeovil Town 3

Match Details

Venue: Jakeman’s Community Stadium
Date: Saturday 31st August – 3pm kick-off

Competition: National League Premier

Pitch:  As you’d expect for the end of August 
Conditions: Dry and bright to start, dull and drizzly by the end

Attendance: 1,956 (154 away supporters)

Scorers: Brett McGavin 7 (1-0), Sam Osborne 15 (1-1), Brett McGavin 37 (2-1), Jordan Young 75 (3-1).

Bookings:
Boston United: Jai Rowe 90+2
Yeovil Town: Charlie Cooper 56, Jake Wannell 60, Jake Wannell 85.

Sendings off:

Boston United: Jordan Richards 17
Yeovil Town: Jake Wannell 85

Referee: Neil Hair

Yeovil Town (4-2-3-1)

Substitutes: Sam Pearson (for Raphael Araoye, 42), Jordan Young (for Josh Sims, 70), Harvey Greenslade (for Aaron Jarvis, 74), Jordan Thomas (for Harvey Greenslade, 90+1), Sonny Blu Lo-Everton (not used), Matt Gould (not used).

Boston United: Cameron Gregory, Jai Rowe, Michael Bostwick (for Tom Leak, 82), Zak Mills, Cameron Green, Jordan Richards, Martin Woods (for Dan Mooney, 80), Sam Osborne (for Dylan Hill, 70), Frankie Maguire (for Keaton Ward, 84), Tony Weston (for Pemi Aderoju, 74), Jacob Hazel. Substitutes (not used): Ellis Craven, Mitchell Roberts.