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Yeovil Town make two changes from the Good Friday draw at Aldershot Town with Jamie Reckord and Scott Pollock returning to the starting XI for the do-or-die match with Dorking Wanderers at Huish Park on Easter Monday (3pm kick-off).

Pollock replaces Jordan Young, who went off after an hour in Hampshire three days ago, and Reckord comes in for Ryan Law who is named on the substitutes’ bench.

 

Substitutes: Law, Oluwabori, Harriott, Clarke, Young.

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Ian and Ben chat through the Aldershot draw, talk about today’s huge match and take your GCQs.

Come on you Glovers – it’s the biggun today!

Thank you for your continued support of the Gloverscast. Remember to add Gloverscast.co.uk to your favourites and check the website daily for the latest news and views from Huish Park.

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Well, isn’t that lovely?

The good people at the Non League Bible have nominated the Gloverscast in their “Best Podcast Award”.

The award sees us nominated alongside plenty of Wrexham podcasts and some good ones too…

The details can all be found in the tweet below, but if you’d like to vote for us… the link is below.

LINK – https://nonleaguebible.weebly.com/nlbible-awards.html

Whilst you’re there casting your vote, may we also draw your attention to the ‘Best Female Content Creator’ section too, where Sheridan Robins has also been nominated, we’d like to think she would get plenty of YTFC support too, we’ve voted for her, so should you!

Thank you so much for all your support and help making the Gloverscast a success, we don’t expect awards (especially against Wrexham pods), we do it, because it’s good fun and because you lot keep listening and reading.

Congratulations to all the nominees (apart from the ones who beat us)!

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Yeovil stopped a run of three defeats in a row to get a point at Aldershot. Ian was at the EBB stadium in the sunshine…

A draw was tough to take. This was the epitome of a six-pointer and one where in hindsight we could have really done with three points. York, Halifax, Gateshead and Torquay all got wins with Gary Johnson’s side leapfrogging Yeovil after their third win in a row. We’re now in 22nd, five points behind Aldershot in 19th. In truth, I didn’t have a clear enough view for our penalty appeal, but many think it should have been. Aldershot had a golden opportunity to grab victory from the spot and they didn’t. Maybe lady luck is on our side for the run in…

We improved from Tuesday. The bar was low right? But we looked more like a side yesterday. Defensively we looked okay, although giving the tallest man on the pitch a free header in the box was less than ideal. In midfield were still trying to find a combination that clicks, is fit enough to last and can create chances. I wouldn’t describe us at outstanding, but from the very low standards on Tuesday, we’ve pulled out a performance and arrested the slide.

Everything good came from Matt Worthington. As important as Staunton is at the back of the pitch, Worthington is at the front. He’s a leader on that pitch, setting an example to all his teammates. He assists the equaliser, is always an option for a team mate and was the legs getting in behind the Aldershot defence on plenty of occasions. He’s really stood out for me this season and when we’ve not had him in the side, we’ve missed him.

Matt Worthington. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

We came out in our numbers. 529 Glovers made the trip on Good Friday to try and roar the team to victory. It was an amazing effort after the dismal showing on Tuesday and it shows, even when times are tough, the amazing support this club has. SU Glovers were on the terrace in the thick of it and will have felt that support and hopefully have a plan to harness that energy when they complete this protracted takeover. 

Admittedly I’m struggling with this one, but we have to try and believe. There are still games to go, and it’s not over yet. We could still do it. Aldershot weren’t much of a side. If we can build on this point and get something from Dorking, confidence can grow and we may do something. Its the National League after all. If Elon Musk can crash twitter once and for all we may actually shut down all this ridiculous noise that is not helpful in a fight for survival. On social media many have gone from ‘supporting the team, not the regime’ to supporting the not-yet regime rather than the team.

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The Glovers picked up a point in the National League, but there were plenty of other Glovers out and about picking up wins, goals… and there was even a late-in-the-season debut for our young Keeper, Max Evans.

Let’s start in the National League, Charlie Wakefield wasn’t in the Woking side that came from behind to beat Dorking – another former Glover, Rohan Ince scoring twice.

Ben Richards-Everton played the full 90 for Scunthorpe who lost away at Gateshead.

Into the divisions below, Ollie Hulbert scored for Leamington, his opener helped lead his side to a big win over Hereford.

Jake Graziano – fresh off the back of being named Toolstation Premier Fan’s Player of the Month for March – was back in action for Dorchester, but they succumbed 2-0 to Chesham Utd.

Ollie Haste was used from the bench as Truro came from behind to beat Harrow Borough 4-1, Sam Hodges was back in the starting line up for Gillingham Town, but they went down 2-1 against Wincanton.

Finally, goalkeeper Max Evans made his debut for Hungerford Town in the National League South, but couldn’t prevent a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Hampton and Richmond, with one of the goals coming from former Yeovil midfielder, Jake Gray.

Both Plymouth Parkway and Tiverton play on Saturday, rather than Friday.

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Matt Worthington has said how pleased he was with the response of the Yeovil side after coming from 1-0 down to salvage a point against fellow strugglers, Aldershot.

After the 1-1 draw he spoke with BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins and starting by comparing the game with the 4-0 defeat to Gateshead on Tuesday.

“We did play much better than Tuesday night, it was excellent, people coming off the bench but it wasn’t enough unfortunately.”

“But we’re still in the fight and hopefully the traveling fans can can see that. We need to take it on to Monday.”

“I thought we had a lot of possession in the final third like you said it’s the history of season, unfortunately we didn’t take our chances in the first half, we didn’t really test keeper enough which is probably the only the only bad thing about about our performance, but we reacted well to going one nil down, it was a very soft goal, it’s pretty inexcusable to allow the biggest player on the pitch to get a free header in their in our box so that was really disappointing but we reacted really well.”

The result still leaves the side adrift at the bottom, five points from safety with five games to go, but Worthy, much like the manager, isn’t throwing in the towel just yet,

“We’ve got a lot of lads in there with a lot of fight especially me, I’ll fight until it’s impossible to that we can’t stay up and I still believe that we have a chance and we want to have that belief and I’ll keep fighting.

“(the goal) was brilliant, like I said we reacted really well (to going 1-0 down) we had a lot of those chances in the first half but, I was just really happy that we got that goal back.” 

“I’ve got a lot of fight and that is for them (the supporters) and the club, this club means a lot to me so it’s yeah it’s it’s hard at the moment but you know we’ll keep on fighting.”

Attention turns to another huge game against Dorking on Easter Monday, a game the side are looking forward to.

“Everyone can be frustrated at times but ultimately it’s we had to stay together without a Unity it’s this point of stuff’s going up the pitch we have high standards in there and a lot of things are said after games but we put it to one side as soon as we get back and we have to roll our seats up and go again Monday.”

“Monday is a big game, I said to the lads you’ve got to enjoy that sort of pressure going to a game you have to win I think today showed that if we perform like that there’s no reason why we can’t win the majority of the games, so we have to keep believing.” 

“The gaffer is brilliant, I have nothing but good things to say about him he’s a great manager for this level and he’s constantly encouraging us, picking us up no matter what sort of criticism he gets he’s given us players a lot of belief and like I said we fight for the gaffer, we fight for the club, the fans, the backroom staff.”

 

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Following the Glovers’ 1-1 draw with Aldershot on Good Friday, Mark Cooper hailed the improvement from the Tuesday night defeat to Gateshead.

Speaking post match to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins, he thought his side were denied a late penalty but that more than just a point was deserved.

“I thought from start to finish we were outstanding, yeah of course we made some mistakes, committed, one mistake from us from the corner you know you you’re relying on people to do their jobs and and we let somebody get free header in the Box.

But, you take that out – of course at the end we’re pushing bodies forward and they have a couple of counter attacks – but their players were going down like flies and we kept going, we kept going we kept going and that’s an horrendous decision from the referee at the end it’s a blatant penalty, everybody in the stadium sees it and he panicked. I think he thinks I can’t give that that late in the game.”

“it’s a great performance, a great following, nice to see the prospective owner and his friend in there leading the chants and, yeah great following.”

Callum Harriott returned to the side to grab a late equaliser, in a game which saw plenty of changes including seeing Jordan Maguire-Drew in an unfamiliar role centrally.

“We’re just trying to find a formula you know, we’re playing with a lack of front players and we’re trying to cover that up.
Jordan Maguire-Drew. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

We played Jordan McGuire-Drew in midfield today him and him and the other midfield players were really good I thought, some good performances and if we play like that until to the end of the season we have a chance (of staying up)”

“When you get the fans behind you, you see the response you get from the players and it’s so productive when they’re like that.” 

Yeovil did fall 1-0 behind early in the second half, but Cooper was pleased that his side were able to get back into the game.

“When confidence is low it’s easy to cave in when you go one or down but I thought there was some real top performances today and I thought we deserve to win the game. ” 

In the dying embers of the game, Aldershot had the chance to get all three points after Chiori Johnson was adjudicated to have fouled a Shots’ attacker gifting the hosts a penalty – which they would blaze over the bar. The decision was a contentious one from referee James Durkin.

“It’s difficult to see for me but I thought he looked to me like he diverted the ball in a different direction but referee couldn’t wait could he? When it was at the other end he was never going to give it.”

“We should have won the whole day felt like we were here, everybody was here and we were going to, I spoke to the players before the game, no matter what’s going on, all the outside noise it’s just about going back to when you were seven or eight years old in the playground, it’s not about we have to win and we’re going to get the club around again it’s about enjoying go and enjoying your football and we tried to take the pressure off them and I thought they were magnificent.”

Attention turns to another huge game against Dorking, the third of three against relegation rivals, and Cooper believes that his side are still in the fight to survive.

“We’ve got to keep going if we win on Monday then we could be two points and you know if we get to the last game who knows we’ve got games obviously we’ve got a really difficult one against Wrexham but the others are winnable.” 

“It was a great performance, that’s what I’m I saw what we’re asking for, a great spirit, we know where we’re short and we can’t affect that now because we can’t do anything about it but as long as we get that that commitment we’re fine… we’ve got a real core group of players that want to scrap or want to fight for everything and we’re going to need that in the last five games.”

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Venue: EBB Stadium
Friday, 7th April, 3:00pm kick-off

Attendance:

Pitch: 
Conditions:

Scorers: Cordner, 50 (1-0), Harriott, 68 (1-1)

Bookings:

Yeovil Town: Cooper 12, Young 48, Staunton 54
Aldershot: Corndner 31, Campbell 77, Klass 96

Referee: James Durkin

Yeovil Town (4-3-3)


Substitutes: Hunt, Reckord, Harriott (for Law, 58) Pollock (for Young, 58) Oluwabori (for Worthington 88)

Aldershot: Ashby-Hammond, Barham, Campbell, Cordner, Glover, Harfield, Jordan, McQuoid, Mnoga, Ochieng, Partington

Substitutes: Amaluzar (For Partington 66), Klass (for McQuoid 69), Hutchinson (For Barham 75) Rowe, Thomas.

Match Report

Yeovil Town earned a point at Aldershot this afternoon in a game of expected quality between 20th and 21st in the National League. Results around the Glovers mean that Mark Cooper’s side fall to 22nd this evening.

A nervy first half never saw many chances, but Grant Smith was forced into action in the 26th minute. 

In the second half, former Weymouth man Tyler Cordner headed in from a corner to give Aldershot the lead.

In the 65th minute the Glovers equalised. Malachi Linton released Matt Worthington on the right wing and his cross found Callum Harriott in the box to give the Glovers hope.

Linton found space on left of the box but could only put his effort into the side netting.

Drama ensued before the final whistle when Aldershot were awarded a controversial penalty. Yeovil lost out on the edge of the Aldershot box and as Campbell broke, in seemingly an offside position, he was brought down by Chiori Johnson.

Fortunately for the Glovers, Jake Hutchinson skied his penalty but a point doesn’t feel enough right now.

Full time: Aldershot 1 Yeovil Town 1

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We’re trying, honestly, to be hopeful! Dave, Ben and Ian are here to talk about the aftermath of the 4-0 defeat at Gateshead, and somehow look forward to Aldershot today.

Thank you for your continued support of the Gloverscast. Remember to add Gloverscast.co.uk to your favourites and check the website daily for the latest news and views from Huish Park.

Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Leave us a review and share the pod with a pal.

We’d love to welcome some local businesses into the Gloverscast family through advertising. If you’re a business that would like to speak to a dedicated audience of more than 1000 monthly listeners, please get in touch. Find out more about advertising with us here.

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Can anyone really believe it has been 20 years since that incredible side blitzed the Nationwide Conference?

I can’t.

As part of our celebrations, we’ve put together images of the Programme covers that we could find… but as you can see below, it’s not a complete set and that’s where we need your help.

If you have any Programmes out there, collecting dust or in an old collection, can you take a snap of the cover and sent it to ben@gloverscast.co.uk and we can update the gallery below.

For now though, sit back and enjoy the covers and take note of how youthful all the lads look!

Now I feel old!