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A slow-burning Yeovil Town worked hard against play-off outsiders FC Halifax Town in what ultimately finished as a goalless draw at Huish Park.

There were no goals in a dull first half, with Jed Ward being called upon just the once to make a good save from Jay Turner-Cooke in an otherwise uninspiring display from both sides.

The second half brought more joy for the Glovers, as narrow misses from James Daly, Brett McGavin and Ryan Jones couldn’t quite get that important breakthrough for the home side. Halifax had good moments themselves, in a pretty even contest that Yeovil will be the happier of the two sides after the full time whistle.

First half

Before the teams had even walked out, there was a change to the starting XI for Billy Rowley, as Kyle Ferguson went down during the warm-up with an injury; his absence paved the way for Harvey Greenslade to retain his starting spot from the defeat at Eastleigh on Easter Monday.

Goalmouth action from Halifax. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

It was Halifax who took kickoff, headed towards the Thatchers Terrace to begin proceedings. The Shaymen had the better of the opening minutes as well, but Yeovil stood firm before settling into the game themselves.

It was a slow start, with the first shot of the game coming 14 minutes into the game. Jay Turner-Cooke took the ball on the turn, found himself in space and let fly from all of 25 yards out, but his shot sailed into the Thatchers terrace.

A few minutes later, following a succession of soft fouls called against Yeovil, the visitors showed what they could do if Yeovil’s attention dropped off – an incisive ball from Turner-Cooke found the on-running Crowe, but his cross was cleared by Dan Ellison before a Halifax boot could find it. Soon after, an Adam Hmami shot was blocked and landed safely in the arms of Jed Ward.

Yeovil’s first real chance of the game came 25 minutes in, as a steady passage of play helped Yeovil creep towards the Halifax box; a delightful ball from Delano McCoy-Splatt found the run of Harvey Greenslade, who played the ball across the box to James Daly, his shot was blocked but the linesman had raised his flag for an offside anyways…

Ten minutes later, another chance came, as Terrell Works successfully pick-pocketed Jevon Mills, charged towards goal and curled a shot just wide of the top corner from the edge of the box.

From the resulting goal-kick, Halifax went down the other end and won themselves a corner thanks to a solid effort from Adam Hmami; his shot took a deflection off of Finn Cousin-Dawson. The corner was taken short, finding Jay Turner-Cooke on the edge of the box, his curling effort was destined for the top right hand corner if not for the strong hand of Jed Ward.

Aside from a dangerous looking cross from Dylan Crowe being cleared, there was little to mention from the rest of the half following two additional minutes, with both sides going into half-time goalless and looking toothless.

Half time: Yeovil Town 0 FC Halifax Town 0

Second half

No changes for either side following the resumption of play, with Yeovil coming out the better of the two teams in the opening minutes.

A good bit of linkup between James Daly and Will Merry forced Halifax midfielder Cody Johnson to stick a foot in to trip the Southampton loanee, earning the Glovers a free kick and Johnson a spot in the referee’s book. The free-kick was just about dealt with by Halifax, forcing a corner which eventually fizzled into nothing of note.

Another free kick followed soon after, as Daly battled off three or four visiting players before eventually winning the free kick in Brett McGavin territory. His hit whizzed narrowly past the left post, punctuating a solid opening to the second half for the Glovers.

Terrell Works goes close. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

Just before the hour mark, Halifax had a free kick on their left hand side that was headed away by Joy Mukena, marking their first proper adventure into the Yeovil half since the second half began. Soon after, there were more chances for Halifax, shots from Billy Waters and Jay Turner-Cooke not threatening Jed Ward but certainly asking questions of the Yeovil defence.

Both sides looked to threaten each other’s boxes, with limited success before a stoppage in play was called following an injury to Halifax defender Jevon Mills, with both managers taking the opportunity to make changes to their side.

Halifax had arguably the best chance of the game 76 minutes in, as a misplaced pass from Dan Ellison allowed the visitors to push forwards; important defensive work from Ellison himself, and Jonathon Page did just enough to stop the visitors from a clean effort, sparing the blushes of the young number 15.

Yeovil then went down the other end themselves, with Terrell Works almost through on goal – he went to fire off his shot inside the box, but an excellent block from a Halifax defender saved the day for the visitors.

A well-taken free kick at just before the 80 minute mark from Jay Turner-Cooke from 25 yards out almost gave the Shaymen the lead, but it floated just past the post.

Yeovil fought back, with a shot from Harvey Greenslade floating over the bar, and Ryan Jones and Brett McGavin’s shots were blocked. Shortly after, James Daly went down the right hand side on the counter attack, slipped inside the box but recovered in time to get a shot off – he wrong footed Halifax ‘keeper Sam Johnson, but his effort curled just past the post. 

87 minutes in, a long distance effort from Jay Turner-Cooke almost caught Jed Ward off guard, his speculative shot pinging off the top of the bar, piling pressure upon Yeovil’s defence. More solid defensive work went in, as Ellison and McGavin put in good blocks before eventually getting the ball away. James Daly was released by Troy Perrett down the other end, but his shot went narrowly over the bar from inside the box.

Just after the 90 minute mark, Ryan Jones was unleashed on the right hand side, ignoring the calls for a pass into the box, driving to the 18 yard area himself, dancing past his man and curling a low driven shot… wide. Every single person inside Huish Park couldn’t believe it had gone wide, by the narrowest of margins…

Full time: Yeovil Town 0 FC Halifax Town 0

Match Details

Venue: Huish Park
Date: Saturday 11th April, 3pm kick-off

Competition: National League Premier Division

Scorers: None

Pitch: Green as always
Conditions: Challenging; sunny but very blustery

Attendance: 2,647 (60 away supporters)

Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Harvey Greenslade 87
FC Halifax Town: Cody Johnson 53, Will Smith 80

Referee: Rob Massey-Ellis

Yeovil Town

Substitutes: Troy Perrett (for Will Merry, 72), Jonathon Page (for Delano McCoy-Splatt, 72), Jaydon Biss (not used), Liam Nardiello (not used), Matt Gould (not used).

FC Halifax Town: Sam Johnson, Will Hugill (for Billy Waters, 56), Josh Hmami, Will Harris (for Kieron Morris, 82), Will Smith, Jevon Mills (for David Kawa, 72), AJ Warburton (for Owen Bray, 82), Dylan Crowe (for Tom Lavery, 73), Ash Palmer, Jay Turner-Cooke, Cody Johnson

Substitutes (not used): Nathaniel Ford, Florent Hoti

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On loan Cardiff City midfielder Dakarai Mafico has been limited to just 30 minutes of game time by his parent club, according to Yeovil Town boss Billy Rowley.

The 19-year-old has been missing for the Glovers for almost a month due to injury before returning to training with the Glovers this week, but he is not in the squad to face FC Halifax Town at Huish Park.

The club currently have seven players on loan with a limit of only five in the starting XI, meaning Mafico and Burton Albion striker Millar Matthews-Lewis are out.

Explaining the decision to BBC Somerset’s Jack Killah before kick-off, Rowley said: “We have left Dak out today due to the fact that we’ve got we got seven loans in our squad at the moment and we can only obviously use five on a match day. So Dak, because of his injury, he’s only been given a 30-minute protocol through Cardiff, so it probably makes no sense to use him today. Hopefully we can get 45 or 60 minutes out of him next week (at York City).“

Midfielder Jonathon Page is named amongst the substitutes for a second game having been missing for a month and defender Joy Mukena, who came on as a half-time substitute in the 2-1 defeat at Eastleigh with on Easter Monday and then going off with a reoccurrence of a hamstring injury, starts having recovered from the knock.

2.45PM UPDATE: Defender Kyle Ferguson has left the pre-match warm-up at Huish Park with what appears to be an injury, meaning there is likely to be a change to the starting XI before kick-off. It looks as if Harvey Greenslade is coming in with Finn Cousin-Dawson moving in to the defence in a last-minute reshuffle.

Kyle Ferguson involved in the pre-match warm-up ahead of kick-off against FC Halifax Town.

The game is almost the dictionary definition of a dead rubber for both sides with Yeovil mathematically safe from relegation and Halifax relying on an almighty slip-up from Southend United to sneak in to the play-off places.

Asked how he was motivating his side, Rowley said: “The supporters were a massive factor in the (team) talk today. They have been so good in the past couple of weeks and were incredible at Eastleigh. They want us they want us to come here and just fight for every yard, every inch, and every point we can and that’s the message for the lads, we want to finish strong. I think the challenge for us, we’re going to try and get like five or six points out of these last three games. You would imagine (next weekend’s trip to title-chasing) York is kind of a free hit, but we want to win today and we want to win against Solihull on the last day.”

“It is really difficult (for Halifax) because of how well they’ve done this season, but I hope that they’re a bit edgy and they’re really dthinking deeply about ‘what ifs.’ We just need to go and play the game in front of us and hopefully we deliver.”

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3PM UPDATE: An injury to defender Kyle Ferguson in the pre-match warm-up means he is out and Harvey Greenslade has been brought in with a tactical reshuffle seeing Finn Cousin-Dawson moving in to defence.

Yeovil Town have made four changes from the Easter Monday defeat at Eastleigh as they take on FC Halifax Town at Huish Park (3pm kick-off).

Terrell Works and James Daly return to the Glovers’ forward line with Finn Cousin-Dawson back in the starting XI having served his suspension and Joy Mukena in at the back despite suffering a reoccurrence of a hamstring injury five days ago.

Troy Perrett and Harvey Greenslade, who both started against Eastleigh, are named among the substitutes whilst defender Millar Matthews-Lewis and Alex Whittle are not named in the squad.

There is no place for Cardiff City loanee Dakarai Mafico, who returned to training this week after a spell out through injury. He and Matthews-Lewis fall foul of the five-loanee limit.

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Yeovil Town are back at Huish Park on Saturday afternoon as they take on FC Halifax Town in their penultimate home game of the National League Premier Division season.

FORM…

YEOVIL TOWN

With three games to go in the league, the Glovers are now mathematically safe from relegation. With that horrible thought now under control for another year, we may see a Yeovil side let loose a bit. After the last couple of weeks, the side has been up and down form wise and that was no different in their last game on Easter Monday.

That game saw them travel to the south coast to face Eastleigh short on bodies after a gruelling fixture schedule. Off the back of a hard-fought win against now-relegated Truro City on Good Friday, the Glovers went down to a 2-1 defeat as Eastleigh striker Aaron Blair scored a goal in each half before forgotten man, defender Dan Ellison, pulled a late consolation goal back for Yeovil.

That game saw all three Under-19s players, defender Jaydon Biss, midfielder Ollie Hughes and striker Liam Nardiello, all coming off the bench in the second half underlining the selection headache facing boss Billy Rowley.

Dan Ellison

FC Halifax Town

The Shayman have also been in form that resembles a roller-coaster. Over their last five fixtures, the Yorkshiremen have won twice, lost twice and drawn once. They arrive in Somerset five points outside the play-off places with Southend United, who occupy the spot above the dotted line, also having two games in hand.

Last time out, The Shaymen played out an entertaining 2-2 draw against Tamworth at The Shay. That match saw them miss a penalty in second half stoppage time having made a comeback from going 1-0 down in the first minute.

KEY PLAYERS…

YEOVIL TOWN – DAKARAI MAFICO

On loan Cardiff City midfielder Mafico started life at Yeovil with a bang, putting in superb performance after superb performance and showing the Huish Park faithful what the quality is like in the league above. He then settled in a bit more and those good performances felt normal and were maybe taken for granted.

Dakarai Mafico. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

The youngster then picked up an injury and has been out for a couple of games, and it has shown in the games he has missed. Rowley revealed the 19-year-old will be available to face Halifax and our midfield hasn’t felt as strong without him in it, as the 19-year-old knits everything together. As well as combining defence with attack, he does the hard work as well, covering the pitch and putting tackles when needed. With him back in the squad on Saturday hopefully we will get to see more of the Cardiff youngster before he returns to Welsh capital.

FC HALIFAX TOWN – WILL HARRIS

There is a number of reason why teams put themselves in play-off contention whether it be from a solid backline to great manager. But the most common reason for pushing high up the league is having someone who knows where the goal is. One of those players is Will Harris.

Now, Harris may not be one of the household strikers in the league like Yprk City’s Ollie Pearce‘s or Rochdale’s Emmanuel Dieseruvwe, who lead the division’s scoring charts. But the 25-year-old has definitely put himself in that bracket after the season he is having. He sits behind the aforementioned Pearce and Dieseruvwe, as well as Boreham Wood’s Matt Rush in fourth on the National League top scorer table, with 21 goals.

The Glovers have struggled against top striker so far this campaign and Saturday afternoon may be no different unfortunately.

THE GAFFER…

Adam Lakeland will be in the opposing dug-out at Huish Park as he winds down his first at the helm in Yorkshire. The 41-year-old has certainly earned his striped working up through leagues. Lakeland’s first managerial job in senior men’s football was at Northwich Victoria, where he managed for a season. After a year out, he would move onto Farsley Athletic, finishing his four year stint there in 2021.

He would return to Curzon Ashton, where he was once an assistant manager, and take the main job at the Tameside Stadium for two years. He would then leave for Kings Lynn, where again he lasted two years before moving onto FC Halifax Town.

LAST TIME WE MET…

The Glovers will be hoping to put some bad memories behind them having not beaten The Shaymen since 2022. That record was continued last time out when the two played out a thrilling 3-2 win for the Yorkshiremen.

On that day in late August, Owen Bray would open the scoring in first half stoppage time. Yeovil would fight their way back in the second half, with Junior Morias converting a penalty on the 52nd minute, and then took the lead through Harvey Greenslade six minutes later. Bray would get his brace only a few moments later, before Will Harris won the game for the home side ten minutes from time.

Yeovil Town's players jump on striker Harvey Greenslade after his 58th minute goal.
Yeovil Town celebrate Harvey Greenslade’s goal at The Shay.

The last game at Huish Park was less eventful, with Florent Hoti bagging the only goal in a 1-0 win for Halifax.

DON’T I KNOW YOU…

Don’t worry home fans, it looks like no returning faces will be coming to haunt Yeovil this weekend.

THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE…

Rob Massey-Ellis will be the man with the whistle on Saturday, for more on him and his team read Ben’s article here.

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Jed Ward during his pre-match warm up.

Jed Ward normally wins Man of the Match votes when the Glovers lose, and here is another example.

Just over half the votes went the way of the Bristol Rovers loanee who made several fantastic saves.

Dan Ellison’s goal earned himself a spot on the podium, Harvey Greenslade was 3rd.

DATEOPPONENTRESPONSES1ST
(Votes / Percent)		2ND
(Votes / Percent)		3RD
(Votes / Percent)
August
09.08.2025HARTLEPOOL
(Home, 0-0 draw)		172JED WARD
(52 / 32.4%)
Morgan Williams
(44 / 25.6%)		Jake Wannell
(22 / 12.8%)
16.08.2025FOREST GREEN
(Away, 2-0 loss)		87JED WARD
(39 / 44.8%)
Byron Pendleton
(16 / 18.4%)		Morgan Williams
(11 / 12.6%)
20.08.2025BRACKLEY TOWN
(Home, 2-1 win)		153JED WARD
(89 / 58.2%)
Josh Sims
(23 / 15%)		Tahvon Campbell
(14 / 9.2%)
23.08.2025BRAINTREE TOWN
(Away, 1-0 loss)		71JED WARD
(29 / 40.8%)
Josh Sims
(15 / 21.1%)		James Plant
(7 / 9.9%)
25.08.2025GATESHEAD
(Home, 4-3 loss)		174HARVEY GREENSLADE
(65 / 37.4%)
Junior Morias
(59 / 33.9%)		Josh Sims
(23 / 13.2%)
30.08.2025HALIFAX
(Away, 3-2 loss)		93JOSH SIMS
(36 / 38.7%)		Harvey Greenslade
(29 / 31.2%)		Junior Morias
(13 / 14%)
AUGUST PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(12 PTS, 4 MOTM)
🥈 JOSH SIMS
(8 PTS, 1 MOTM)		🥉 HARVEY GREENSLADE
(5 PTS, 1 MOTM)
02.09.2025SOLIHULL M
(Away, 1-0 win)		98 JUNIOR MORIAS
(28 / 28.3%)		Luke McCormick
(24 / 24.2%)		Jed Ward
(15 / 15.2%)
06.09.2025YORK CITY
(Home, 3-1 loss)		108JOSH SIMS
(48 / 44.4%)		Luke McCormick
(33 / 30.6%)		Jed Ward
(7 / 6.5%)
13.09.2025WOKING
(Home, 1-0 win)		127 LUKE MCCORMICK
(47 / 37%)		Kyle Ferguson
(37 / 29.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(11 / 8.7%)
20.09.2025TAMWORTH
(Away, 1-0 loss)		62JED WARD
(17 / 27.4%)		Kyle Ferguson
(10 / 16.1%)		Josh Sims
(7 / 11.3%)
24.09.2025ALDERSHOT
(Away, 4-1 win)		94ANDREW OLUWABORI
(36 / 38.3%)
Tahvon Campbell
(25 / 26.6%)		Luke McCormick
(10 / 10.6%)
27.09.2025ALTRINCHAM
(Home, 1-0 win)		154ANDREW OLUWABORI
(51 / 33.1%)
Jed Ward
(37 / 24%)		Morgan Williams
(18 / 11.7%)
30.09.2025SUTTON UTD
(Away 2-1 win)		119JOSH SIMS
(88 / 73.9%)		Andrew Oluwabori
(20 / 16.8%)		Jed Ward
(6 / 5%)
SEPTEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 ANDREW OLUWABORI
(8 PTS / 2 MOTM)

🥈 JED WARD
(8 PTS / 1 MOTM)		🥉 JOSH SIMS
(7 PTS / 2 MOTM)
04.10.2025BOREHAM WOOD
(Home - 0-3 loss)		87JED WARD
(61 / 70.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(10 / 11.5%)		Kyle Ferguson
(5 / 5.7%)
11.10.2025HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
(Away 2-1 loss)		44HARVEY GREENSLADE
(18 / 40.9%)		Jed Ward
(10 / 22%)		Byron Pendleton
(6 / 13.6%)
18.10.2025ROCHDALE
(Away 3-0 loss)		49JED WARD
(17 / 34.7%)		Harvey Greenslade
(10 / 20.4%)		Kyle Ferguson
(5 / 10.2%)
25.10.2025CARLISLE
(Home 1-1 draw)		140Max Jolliffe
(60 / 42.9%		Harvey Greenslade
(16 / 11.4%)		George Nurse
(13 / 9.3%)
OCTOBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 HARVEY GREENSLADE
(9 PTS / 1 MOTM)

🥈 JED WARD
(8 PTS / 2 MOTM)		🥉 MAX JOLLIFFE
(3 PTS / 1 MOTM)
04.11.2025WEALDSTONE
(Home 0-2 loss)		67 LUKE MCCORMICK
(13 / 19.4%)		Jed Ward
(12 / 17.9%)		Aaron Jarvis
(9 / 13.4%)
08.11.2025SCUNTHORPE
(Away 1-0 loss)		46JAMES PLANT
(15 / 32.6%)		Jed Ward
(12 / 26.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(10 / 21.7%)
15.11.2025SOUTHEND
(Home 0-1 loss)		89JED WARD
(74 / 83.1%)		Max Jolliffe
(5 / 5.6%)		Junior Morias
(3 / 3.4%)
22.11.2025MORECAMBE
(Away 0-0 draw)		49JED WARD
(22 / 44.9%)		Harvey Greenslade
(12 / 24.5%)		Finn Cousin-Dawson
4 (8.2%)
29.11.2025BOSTON UNITED
(Home 2-1 win)		108 LUKE MCCORMICK
(68 / 63%)		Brett McGavin
(10 / 9.3%)		James Plant
(6 / 5.6%)
NOVEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(10 PTS, 2 MOTM)
🥈 LUKE MCCORMICK
(6 PTS / 2 MOTM)		🥉 JAMES PLANT
(4 PTS / 1 MOTM)
06.12.2025HARTLEPOOL UTD
(Away, 2-0 win)		106 LUKE MCCORMICK
(78 / 73.6%)		Jed Ward
(11 / 10.4%)		Harvey Greenslade
(7 / 6.6%)
13.12.2025MAIDSTONE UTD
(Home, 1-1 [4-2 on pens])		125JED WARD
(83 / 66.4%)		Brett McGavin
(10 / 8%)		Harvey Greenslade
(9 / 7.2%)
20.12.2025FOREST GEEEN
(Home, 0-2 loss)		94 LUKE MCCORMICK
(22 / 23.4%)		Harvey Greenslade
(20 / 21.3%)		Jed Ward
(17 / 18.1%)
26.12.2025TRURO CITY
(Away 0-1 loss)		67JED WARD
(55 / 82.1%)		Jake Wannell
(3 / 4.5%)		Josh Tobin / Aaron Jarvis
(2 / 3%)
30.12.2025EASTLEIGH
(Home 1-1 draw)		113 LUKE MCCORMICK
(46 / 40.7%)		Jed Ward
(29 / 25.7%)		Jake Wannell
(10 / 8.8%)
DECEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(10 PTS, 2 MOTM)
🥈 LUKE MCCORMICK
(9 PTS / 3 MOTM)		🥉 HARVEY GREENSLADE
(4 PTS / 0 MOTM)
03.01.2026BRAINTREE
(Home 3-1 win)		164 LUKE MCCORMICK
(44 / 26.8%)		Aaron Jarvis
(27 / 16.5%)		James Daly/Brett McGavin
(20 / 12.2%)
10.01.2026ALVECHURCH
(Home 0-0 [3-1 on pens])		172DAKARAI MAFICO
(86 / 50%)
Jed Ward
(55 / 32%)		Josh Sims
(9 / 5.2%)
17.01.2026BRACKLEY TOWN
(Away, 2-1 loss)		81DAKARAI MAFICO
(19 / 23.5%)
Harvey Greenslade
(15 / 18.5%)		Kyle Ferguson
(12 / 14.8%)
31.01.2026AFC TELFORD
(Away, 2-0 win)		191HARVEY GREENSLADE
(79 / 41.4%)
Dakarai Mafico
(60 / 31.4%)		Joy Mukena
(11 / 5.8%)
JANUARY PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 DAKARAI MAFICO
(8 PTS, 2 MOTM)
🥈HARVEY GREENSLADE
(4 PTS / 1 MOTM)		🥉 LUKE MCCORMICK
(3 PTS / 1 MOTM)
06.02.2026ALTRINCHAM
(Away, 1-0 win)		92JED WARD
(57 / 61.3%)		Troy Perrett
(12 / 12.9%)		Kyle Ferguson
(7 / 7.5%)
11.02.2026BOREHAM WOOD
(Away 3-2 loss)		46JAMES DALY
(13 / 28.3%)		Jed Ward
(12 / 23.1%)		Jake Wannell
(8 / 17.4%)
14.02.2026ROCHDALE
(Home 1-1 draw)		155DAKARAI MAFICO
(73 / 45.6%)
Finn Cousin-Dawson
(34 / 21.3%)		Jed Ward
(13 / 8.1%)
17.02.2026ALDERSHOT
(Home 2-1 loss)		86JED WARD
(50 / 58.1%)		Jake Wannell
(10 / 11.6%)		Terrell Works
(9 / 9.3%)
21.02.2026CARLISLE
(Away 3-0 loss)		47JED WARD
(21 / 42%)		Finn Cousin-Dawson
(10 / 20%)		Harvey Greenslade
(6 / 12%)
25.02.2026SUTTON UTD
(Home 3-2 win)		82JAMES DALY
(50 / 61%)		Brett McGavin
(7 / 8.5%)		Greenslade/Jones
(6 / 7.3%)
28.02.2026SOUTHPORT
(Away 1-1 draw [2-4 on penalties])		54JAMES DALY
(19 / 35.2%)		Jed Ward
(15 / 27.8%)		Harvey Greenslade
(7 / 13%)
FEBRUARY PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(14 PTS, 3 MOTM)
🥈JAMES DALY
(9 PTS / 3 MOTM)		🥉 DAKARAI MAFICO
(3 PTS / 1 MOTM)
03.03.2026TAMWORTH
(Home, 2-0 win)		129RYAN JONES
(53 / 41.1%)		Dakarai Mafico
(23 / 17.8%)		Sims/McGavin
(19 / 14.7%)
07.03.2026SCUNTHORPE
(Home, 0-3 loss)		84JOSH SIMS
(34 / 40%)		Brett McGavin
(23 / 27.1%)		Ryan Jones
(8 / 9.4%)
14.03.2026BOSTON UTD
(Away, 2-1 loss)		49JED WARD
(23 / 46.9%)		Josh Sims
(15 / 30.6%)
Jarvis/Jones/Whittle
(3 / 6.1%)
17.03.2026WOKING
(Away, 1-0 loss)		48JED WARD
(11 / 22.9%)		Brett McGavin
(9 / 18.7%)		Harvey Greenslade
(8 / 16.7%)
21.03.2026MORECAMBE
(Home, 3-2 win)		189JAMES DALY
(88 / 46.6%)		Josh Sims
(33 / 17.5%)
Jones/McCoy Splatt
(14 / 7.4%)
25.03.2026WEALDSTONE
(Away, 2-0) win		84JAMES DALY
(53 / 63.1%)		Kyle Ferguson
(8 / 9.5%)		Ryan Jones
(7 / 8.3%)
28.03.2026GATESHEAD
(Away, 2-1 loss)		47JED WARD
(18 / 38.3%)		Brett McGavin
(9 / 19.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(8 / 17%)
31.03.2026SOUTHEND
(Away, 2-1 loss)		24JED WARD
(10 / 41.7%)		Jake Wannell
(8 / 33.3%)		Brett McGavin
(3 / 12.5%)
MARCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(12 PTS, 4 MOTM)
🥈JOSH SIMS
(8 PTS / 1 MOTM)		🥉 BRETT MCGAVIN
(8 PTS / 0 MOTM)
03.04.2026TRURO
(Home, 1-0 win)		94WILL MERRY
(48 / 51.1%)		Jed Ward
(21 / 22.3%)		Brett McGavin
(11 / 11.7%)
06.04.2026EASTLEIGH
(Away, 2-1 loss)		79JED WARD
(40 / 50.6%)		Dan Ellison
(22 / 27.8%)		Harvey Greenslade
(9 / 11.4%)
11.04.2026HALIFAX TOWN
(Home 0-0 draw)		105JED WARD
(32 / 30.5%)		Dan Ellison
(21 / 20%)		Harvey Greenslade
(20 / 19%)
18.04.2026YORK CITY
(Away)
25.04.2026SOLIHULL MOORS
(Home)

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Will Merry’s late, late winner against relegated Truro was enough to land him his first Man of the Match of his loan spell.

Jed Ward came second, because, obviously.

Third place went to Brett McGavin who ended the game as captain after Jake Wannell went off injured.

DATEOPPONENTRESPONSES1ST
(Votes / Percent)		2ND
(Votes / Percent)		3RD
(Votes / Percent)
August
09.08.2025HARTLEPOOL
(Home, 0-0 draw)		172JED WARD
(52 / 32.4%)
Morgan Williams
(44 / 25.6%)		Jake Wannell
(22 / 12.8%)
16.08.2025FOREST GREEN
(Away, 2-0 loss)		87JED WARD
(39 / 44.8%)
Byron Pendleton
(16 / 18.4%)		Morgan Williams
(11 / 12.6%)
20.08.2025BRACKLEY TOWN
(Home, 2-1 win)		153JED WARD
(89 / 58.2%)
Josh Sims
(23 / 15%)		Tahvon Campbell
(14 / 9.2%)
23.08.2025BRAINTREE TOWN
(Away, 1-0 loss)		71JED WARD
(29 / 40.8%)
Josh Sims
(15 / 21.1%)		James Plant
(7 / 9.9%)
25.08.2025GATESHEAD
(Home, 4-3 loss)		174HARVEY GREENSLADE
(65 / 37.4%)
Junior Morias
(59 / 33.9%)		Josh Sims
(23 / 13.2%)
30.08.2025HALIFAX
(Away, 3-2 loss)		93JOSH SIMS
(36 / 38.7%)		Harvey Greenslade
(29 / 31.2%)		Junior Morias
(13 / 14%)
AUGUST PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(12 PTS, 4 MOTM)
🥈 JOSH SIMS
(8 PTS, 1 MOTM)		🥉 HARVEY GREENSLADE
(5 PTS, 1 MOTM)
02.09.2025SOLIHULL M
(Away, 1-0 win)		98 JUNIOR MORIAS
(28 / 28.3%)		Luke McCormick
(24 / 24.2%)		Jed Ward
(15 / 15.2%)
06.09.2025YORK CITY
(Home, 3-1 loss)		108JOSH SIMS
(48 / 44.4%)		Luke McCormick
(33 / 30.6%)		Jed Ward
(7 / 6.5%)
13.09.2025WOKING
(Home, 1-0 win)		127 LUKE MCCORMICK
(47 / 37%)		Kyle Ferguson
(37 / 29.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(11 / 8.7%)
20.09.2025TAMWORTH
(Away, 1-0 loss)		62JED WARD
(17 / 27.4%)		Kyle Ferguson
(10 / 16.1%)		Josh Sims
(7 / 11.3%)
24.09.2025ALDERSHOT
(Away, 4-1 win)		94ANDREW OLUWABORI
(36 / 38.3%)
Tahvon Campbell
(25 / 26.6%)		Luke McCormick
(10 / 10.6%)
27.09.2025ALTRINCHAM
(Home, 1-0 win)		154ANDREW OLUWABORI
(51 / 33.1%)
Jed Ward
(37 / 24%)		Morgan Williams
(18 / 11.7%)
30.09.2025SUTTON UTD
(Away 2-1 win)		119JOSH SIMS
(88 / 73.9%)		Andrew Oluwabori
(20 / 16.8%)		Jed Ward
(6 / 5%)
SEPTEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 ANDREW OLUWABORI
(8 PTS / 2 MOTM)

🥈 JED WARD
(8 PTS / 1 MOTM)		🥉 JOSH SIMS
(7 PTS / 2 MOTM)
04.10.2025BOREHAM WOOD
(Home - 0-3 loss)		87JED WARD
(61 / 70.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(10 / 11.5%)		Kyle Ferguson
(5 / 5.7%)
11.10.2025HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
(Away 2-1 loss)		44HARVEY GREENSLADE
(18 / 40.9%)		Jed Ward
(10 / 22%)		Byron Pendleton
(6 / 13.6%)
18.10.2025ROCHDALE
(Away 3-0 loss)		49JED WARD
(17 / 34.7%)		Harvey Greenslade
(10 / 20.4%)		Kyle Ferguson
(5 / 10.2%)
25.10.2025CARLISLE
(Home 1-1 draw)		140Max Jolliffe
(60 / 42.9%		Harvey Greenslade
(16 / 11.4%)		George Nurse
(13 / 9.3%)
OCTOBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 HARVEY GREENSLADE
(9 PTS / 1 MOTM)

🥈 JED WARD
(8 PTS / 2 MOTM)		🥉 MAX JOLLIFFE
(3 PTS / 1 MOTM)
04.11.2025WEALDSTONE
(Home 0-2 loss)		67 LUKE MCCORMICK
(13 / 19.4%)		Jed Ward
(12 / 17.9%)		Aaron Jarvis
(9 / 13.4%)
08.11.2025SCUNTHORPE
(Away 1-0 loss)		46JAMES PLANT
(15 / 32.6%)		Jed Ward
(12 / 26.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(10 / 21.7%)
15.11.2025SOUTHEND
(Home 0-1 loss)		89JED WARD
(74 / 83.1%)		Max Jolliffe
(5 / 5.6%)		Junior Morias
(3 / 3.4%)
22.11.2025MORECAMBE
(Away 0-0 draw)		49JED WARD
(22 / 44.9%)		Harvey Greenslade
(12 / 24.5%)		Finn Cousin-Dawson
4 (8.2%)
29.11.2025BOSTON UNITED
(Home 2-1 win)		108 LUKE MCCORMICK
(68 / 63%)		Brett McGavin
(10 / 9.3%)		James Plant
(6 / 5.6%)
NOVEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(10 PTS, 2 MOTM)
🥈 LUKE MCCORMICK
(6 PTS / 2 MOTM)		🥉 JAMES PLANT
(4 PTS / 1 MOTM)
06.12.2025HARTLEPOOL UTD
(Away, 2-0 win)		106 LUKE MCCORMICK
(78 / 73.6%)		Jed Ward
(11 / 10.4%)		Harvey Greenslade
(7 / 6.6%)
13.12.2025MAIDSTONE UTD
(Home, 1-1 [4-2 on pens])		125JED WARD
(83 / 66.4%)		Brett McGavin
(10 / 8%)		Harvey Greenslade
(9 / 7.2%)
20.12.2025FOREST GEEEN
(Home, 0-2 loss)		94 LUKE MCCORMICK
(22 / 23.4%)		Harvey Greenslade
(20 / 21.3%)		Jed Ward
(17 / 18.1%)
26.12.2025TRURO CITY
(Away 0-1 loss)		67JED WARD
(55 / 82.1%)		Jake Wannell
(3 / 4.5%)		Josh Tobin / Aaron Jarvis
(2 / 3%)
30.12.2025EASTLEIGH
(Home 1-1 draw)		113 LUKE MCCORMICK
(46 / 40.7%)		Jed Ward
(29 / 25.7%)		Jake Wannell
(10 / 8.8%)
DECEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(10 PTS, 2 MOTM)
🥈 LUKE MCCORMICK
(9 PTS / 3 MOTM)		🥉 HARVEY GREENSLADE
(4 PTS / 0 MOTM)
03.01.2026BRAINTREE
(Home 3-1 win)		164 LUKE MCCORMICK
(44 / 26.8%)		Aaron Jarvis
(27 / 16.5%)		James Daly/Brett McGavin
(20 / 12.2%)
10.01.2026ALVECHURCH
(Home 0-0 [3-1 on pens])		172DAKARAI MAFICO
(86 / 50%)
Jed Ward
(55 / 32%)		Josh Sims
(9 / 5.2%)
17.01.2026BRACKLEY TOWN
(Away, 2-1 loss)		81DAKARAI MAFICO
(19 / 23.5%)
Harvey Greenslade
(15 / 18.5%)		Kyle Ferguson
(12 / 14.8%)
31.01.2026AFC TELFORD
(Away, 2-0 win)		191HARVEY GREENSLADE
(79 / 41.4%)
Dakarai Mafico
(60 / 31.4%)		Joy Mukena
(11 / 5.8%)
JANUARY PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 DAKARAI MAFICO
(8 PTS, 2 MOTM)
🥈HARVEY GREENSLADE
(4 PTS / 1 MOTM)		🥉 LUKE MCCORMICK
(3 PTS / 1 MOTM)
06.02.2026ALTRINCHAM
(Away, 1-0 win)		92JED WARD
(57 / 61.3%)		Troy Perrett
(12 / 12.9%)		Kyle Ferguson
(7 / 7.5%)
11.02.2026BOREHAM WOOD
(Away 3-2 loss)		46JAMES DALY
(13 / 28.3%)		Jed Ward
(12 / 23.1%)		Jake Wannell
(8 / 17.4%)
14.02.2026ROCHDALE
(Home 1-1 draw)		155DAKARAI MAFICO
(73 / 45.6%)
Finn Cousin-Dawson
(34 / 21.3%)		Jed Ward
(13 / 8.1%)
17.02.2026ALDERSHOT
(Home 2-1 loss)		86JED WARD
(50 / 58.1%)		Jake Wannell
(10 / 11.6%)		Terrell Works
(9 / 9.3%)
21.02.2026CARLISLE
(Away 3-0 loss)		47JED WARD
(21 / 42%)		Finn Cousin-Dawson
(10 / 20%)		Harvey Greenslade
(6 / 12%)
25.02.2026SUTTON UTD
(Home 3-2 win)		82JAMES DALY
(50 / 61%)		Brett McGavin
(7 / 8.5%)		Greenslade/Jones
(6 / 7.3%)
28.02.2026SOUTHPORT
(Away 1-1 draw [2-4 on penalties])		54JAMES DALY
(19 / 35.2%)		Jed Ward
(15 / 27.8%)		Harvey Greenslade
(7 / 13%)
FEBRUARY PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(14 PTS, 3 MOTM)
🥈JAMES DALY
(9 PTS / 3 MOTM)		🥉 DAKARAI MAFICO
(3 PTS / 1 MOTM)
03.03.2026TAMWORTH
(Home, 2-0 win)		129RYAN JONES
(53 / 41.1%)		Dakarai Mafico
(23 / 17.8%)		Sims/McGavin
(19 / 14.7%)
07.03.2026SCUNTHORPE
(Home, 0-3 loss)		84JOSH SIMS
(34 / 40%)		Brett McGavin
(23 / 27.1%)		Ryan Jones
(8 / 9.4%)
14.03.2026BOSTON UTD
(Away, 2-1 loss)		49JED WARD
(23 / 46.9%)		Josh Sims
(15 / 30.6%)
Jarvis/Jones/Whittle
(3 / 6.1%)
17.03.2026WOKING
(Away, 1-0 loss)		48JED WARD
(11 / 22.9%)		Brett McGavin
(9 / 18.7%)		Harvey Greenslade
(8 / 16.7%)
21.03.2026MORECAMBE
(Home, 3-2 win)		189JAMES DALY
(88 / 46.6%)		Josh Sims
(33 / 17.5%)
Jones/McCoy Splatt
(14 / 7.4%)
25.03.2026WEALDSTONE
(Away, 2-0) win		84JAMES DALY
(53 / 63.1%)		Kyle Ferguson
(8 / 9.5%)		Ryan Jones
(7 / 8.3%)
28.03.2026GATESHEAD
(Away, 2-1 loss)		47JED WARD
(18 / 38.3%)		Brett McGavin
(9 / 19.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(8 / 17%)
31.03.2026SOUTHEND
(Away, 2-1 loss)		24JED WARD
(10 / 41.7%)		Jake Wannell
(8 / 33.3%)		Brett McGavin
(3 / 12.5%)
MARCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(12 PTS, 4 MOTM)
🥈JOSH SIMS
(8 PTS / 1 MOTM)		🥉 BRETT MCGAVIN
(8 PTS / 0 MOTM)
03.04.2026TRURO
(Home, 1-0 win)		94WILL MERRY
(48 / 51.1%)		Jed Ward
(21 / 22.3%)		Brett McGavin
(11 / 11.7%)
06.04.2026EASTLEIGH
(Away, 2-1 loss)		79JED WARD
(40 / 50.6%)		Dan Ellison
(22 / 27.8%)		Harvey Greenslade
(9 / 11.4%)
11.04.2026HALIFAX TOWN
(Home 0-0 draw)		105JED WARD
(32 / 30.5%)		Dan Ellison
(21 / 20%)		Harvey Greenslade
(20 / 19%)
18.04.2026YORK CITY
(Away)
25.04.2026SOLIHULL MOORS
(Home)

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Injury-hit Yeovil Town have had a triple boost with defender Joy Mukena and midfielders Dakarai Mafico and Jonathon Page all expected to be available for this weekend’s visit by FC Halifax Town.

Mukena was expected to be absent after he limped off with a re-occurrence of a hamstring injury which has troubled him since his arrival at Huish Park in the 2-1 defeat at Eastleigh on Easter Monday, whilst Mafico and Page have both been missing for more than a month.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Jack Killah, manager Billy Rowley said: “We’ve had a tiny bit of good news in terms of Joy. I think he had a better reaction in the past couple of days after the (Eastleigh) game and did a bit of training yesterday and felt good, so Joy’s potentially available for Saturday, so that’s great news. Dak will be back with us for Saturday as well, and Jon Page as well. Obviously it is great news to get those three boys back in and it leaves us in a better place moving in to the (Halifax) game.“

Dakarai Mafico. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

Halifax arrive at Huish Park with an outside chance of making the National League Premier Division play-off places, albeit relying on other teams above to slip up. They sit one place outside the top seven, five points behind seventh-placed Southend United who have played two games fewer than them.

They were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Tamworth on Easter Monday, having nicked a late winner at Altrincham on Good Friday.

Rowley said: “I have been impressed by them. They are well coached and play a similar style to us, they have got some really good players and have done a great job this season. They are turning up at Huish Park playing for a massive three points for them and their push (for the play-offs) but we have had some good results against some good teams at home and that is something we are going to try and do again on Saturday.

“It’s always fun to spoil some parties here and there, but you never mean any malice in that. It just adds a little bit of spice to the game, you know? Halifax will turn up with a decent away support on Saturday and then we’re going to move to York the following week and I imagine that is going to be an unbelievable crowd there and a great atmosphere and I think every footballer since you’re a young child, you want to play in those games. We’ve got three games left and we’re going to be putting all of our efforts into getting good results and we’ll see where we finish.“

Despite the defeat at Eastleigh, results elsewhere meant our place in the division was secured on Easter Monday and Rowley admitted it has been quite a change from his former club, Walton & Hersham, who clinched the Southern League Premier Division South title last weekend.

He said: “I came from a privileged position. We worked really hard at (Walton) to create a winning culture and a winning team there, so I was used to kind of winning most weekends. We walked in to a job at a club at the opposite end of the table, but losing one of the best centre backs I have seen at this level in Morgan Williams in the first couple of weeks was not ideal. Then more recently we lost Luke McCormick, our top scorer, vice-captain and a good character, so it was really difficult losing two top level players but I feel like some of the loan signings have stepped up well. It has been game by game really,  just trying to win or draw as a minimum of every game we were playing. We have had some decent enough results, but I and as well as every supporter, we want to improve on this next season. We definitely want to be looking up and not down, that’s for sure.”

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Rob Massey-Ellis is scoring a Huish Park hat trick by taking charge of his third Yeovil game of the season, when he looks after proceedings with Halifax Town in attendance.

He took charge of the 0-0 draw against Hartlepool way back at the start of the season, as well as the 2-1 home defeat to Aldershot in February of this year – he was a late substitution for that Aldershot game, taking over from Greg Rollason on match day morning.

In total, he’s looked after 30 games this season, across the EFL as well as the National League and Premier League 2 systems.

His numbers read; 115 yellows, 8 reds and 9 penalties.

In those 115 yellows, we have James Daly, Jake Wannell (x2), Charlie Cooper, Jed Ward and Finn Cousin-Dawson.

Fun fact, prior to the game against Aldershot, all previous five game he’d taken charge of the Glovers in, they would ALL end in draws.

He’ll be assisted by Michael Hayden and Huish Park regular with the flag Peter Lowe. Tom Ellsmore will be fourth official.

Referee Rob Massey-Ellis speaks with Hartlepool United captain Tom Parkes during the coin toss whilst Yeovil Town captain Jake Wannell looks on.
Referee Rob Massey-Ellis tosses the coin at the start of the match. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v FC Halifax Town (First Team)
National League – Premier
Referee: Massey-Ellis, Robert
Assistant Referee: Lowe, Peter
Assistant Referee: Hayden, Michael
Fourth Official: Ellsmore, Tom