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Mark Cooper said his Yeovil Town side picked up a “moral victory” despite being beaten 4-1 at home to table-topping Notts County at Huihs Park on Saturday.

Having fallen behind to an early goal from the National League’s top scorer Macauley Langstaff after just four minutes, the Glovers pulled level when substitute Andrew Oluwabori equalised after 65 minutes but a penalty from Reuben Rodrigues and another two for Langstaff completed the scoring.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins after the game, Cooper said: “I thought we were magnificent from start to finish. At 2-1 (down) I gambled looking to get back in it, pushed people forward hoping that we would get a chance and we did, we had a great chance more or less on the goal line but put it wide.

“I think it is a moral victory for us and we have expended a lot of energy today and got nothing, we didn’t get what we deserved.”

He added: “I thought second half we were brilliant, we had a game plan which was clear for all to see, people were sat behind me shouting ‘go and press them’ but we knew exactly what we were doing.

“We kept winning the ball back in the middle of the pitch, we had numerous chances and at 1-1 we looked like we could have won it and then I don’t know if it’s a penalty.”

The boss had praise for debutant defender Ryan Law about whom he said: “He was calm, no drama. He was a 7/10 and improves us down that left hand side definitely” and Oluwabori, adding: “It was a great goal from Andrew and we need more of them.”

Having started the game with strikers Alex Fisher and Malachi Linton, the boss said he believed his side had tried to entertain the Huish Park crowd. He said: “I think we had a duty at home to try and entertain our hands. We played two strikers, played a little wider which was part of the game plan to try and stretch them and I thought it worked really well.”

Yeovil were without the creative forces of Jordan Maguire-Drew and Jack Clarke against Notts and named just four substitutes, and Cooper said he was hopeful of having Maguire-Drew back in time for Tuesday night’s trip to Maidenhead United.

He added that he did not think Chiori Johnson would be available for the midweek match.

Of his team, he said: “They are fit, we have some real athletes in the middle of the pitch and if we play with that endeavour in the middle of the pitch on Tuesday we will be competitive.”

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Yeovil Town have named just FOUR substitutes for their clash against Notts County.

Jordan Maguire-Drew misses out and there is a full debut for Ryan Law in what we expect to be a five-man defence.

Jamie Reckord is back at left back after serving his suspensio and there is a reunion up front for “Fish ‘n’ Mal”… the four man defence includes a goalie, the returning Will Dawes and two attackers…

That team in full.

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Yeovil Town’s most prolific goalscorer is heading out on loan.

 

Charlie Bateson has joined Tiverton on a dual registration deal which will see the attacker eligible to also represent the Glovers’ U18s.

 

Bateson has clocked up plenty of goals in the academy set up including back to back hat tricks a few weeks ago.

 

He was in the Somerset Men’s Premier Cup squad for the defeat to Paulton and now heads out for more first team experience.

 

We will do our best to keep you up to date with Charlie’s form with our regular loan watch feature, starting tomorrow when Tiverton host Chesham in the Southern League Premier South.

 

Go well, Charlie

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Off the back of Somerset Men’s Premier Cup heartbreak at Paulton Rovers, Dave, Ian and Ben are back to talk YTFC and preview Saturday’s big match against Notts County. We welcome Chloe from the Magpie Circle Podcast for a view from the top of the table.

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Mark Cooper is relying on the robustness of his younger players for the Glovers fixture pileup.

Speaking at today’s press conference the manager praised his remarkable players amidst ongoing uncertainty. When asked about the signing of Ryan Law and his versatility for the rest of the season he said: “That age group is usually more robust. We’re relying on a lot of players playing a lot of games. We’re trying to stay fit and be durable.

“It’s difficult, we don’t have a physio at the moment. Some players don’t know if they’re injured or not injured, they’re just going through it and giving it everything they’ve got. They could give me so many excuses at the minute, but they come in every morning. just get on with it and put themselves forward to play. Full credit to them, its a remarkable effort.”

How we’re in this position with injured players playing through the pain barrier, a depleted squad and no physio is anyone’s guess. For the second season in a row, uncertainty reigns supreme and after the departure of Ben Richards-Everton to Scunthorpe and an injury to Max Hunt and presumably eluding to the ongoing takeover situation, Cooper said he wouldn’t be able to bring anyone else in.

Speaking on Richards-Everton’s loan move he said: “I think its difficult when you know you haven’t got the support of a lot the crowd and that can really effect your confidence. That was an issue for him. Great Pro, lovely lad and also wanted to move back further North.”

“Max Hunt’s injured, he twisted his ankle over a week ago now. It is what it is. We cant bring anyone in and the minute and we’ve just got to get on with it.”

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Will Dawes’ one month loan spell at our Claret and Blue friends over the Dorset border won’t be extended beyond it’s inital month.

In his pre-match press conference, the National League South struggler’s manager Bob Wilkinson confirmed, Dawes would return to Huish Park.

Neil Walton, of the Dorset Echo reported that Wilkinson said that Will had “done nothing wrong”.

Dawes has been absent from recent squads due to the Terras having too many loans, and was the sole goal scorer (and for a short time, goal keeper) for the Glovers in the midweek defeat to Paulton Rovers in the Somerset Men’s Premier Cup.

In total, Dawes played just three times for his temporary side, without scoring.

Still, at least we won’t have to keep mentioning W*ymouth in our loan watch articles, I suppose.

 

 

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It wasn’t a good night for Yeovil as the Glovers crashed out of the Somerset Men’s Premier Cup at the hands of Paulton Rovers, however a record was broken on the night.

Ollie Haste became the youngest player in history to lead Yeovil Town out in a men’s first team fixture as captain.

Glovers’ Ollie Haste
Pic From @yeovilcollege

The youngster, at just 18 years and 10 months old broke the record held by goalkeeper Nathan Baxter back in 2019 when he was named skipper for a game in League Two at the age of a little over 20.

Our very own historical oracle, Nigel Dyson failed to find any younger captains, neither could we… so we are calling it a new record.

Huge congratulations to Ollie, and his family, for this brilliant achievement.

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Scunthorpe United have sealed a loan move for Ben Richards-Everton.

The centre back was signed by Chris Hargreaves last summer and made 19 appearances for the Glovers.

A statement on YTFC.net said: The defender had recently expressed a desire to move closer to home and with this loan move suiting all parties, we have allowed him to join Scunthorpe.

Ben Richards-Everton. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Scunthorpe, who currently sit in 23rd in the National League have been on a recruitment drive since their takeover was completed in January.

We’d wish you the best of luck Ben, but it’s all very tight at the bottom.

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Just the one Yeovil Town player out on loan this Tuesday, with Ollie Hulbert racking up another 90 minutes for Leamington.

Unfortunately, his side were on the wrong side of a 1-0 defeat to Buxton a result which drops the Brakes to 22nd in the National League North.

Plymouth Parkway were also in action, but Toby Stephens was not involved in the match day squad, Parkway were 3-0 victors over Dorchester.

 

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There will be no repeat heroics of the 2022 Somerset Men’s Premier Cup triumph as Paulton eliminate Yeovil at the Quarter Final Stage

Mark Cooper named a fairly inexperienced side with plenty of representation from the club’s Under 18 side.

Ollie Haste was the Glovers captain for the evening with only Charlie Wakefield, Malachi Linton and Jordan Young regularly making the first team squad from the outfielders.

Paulton opened the scoring on 35 minutes when Dan McBeam found the net.

Chances came and went for the Glovers with the best of them falling the way of Linton and Will Dawes, who was returning from W*ymouth having not featured for his loan side for a little while.

Despite the introduction of both Benjani Jr and Charlie Bateson, the equaliser proved elusive.

 

That was until 80 minutes, Dawes found the back of the net from the spot after the impressive Haste won the spot kick.

But parity was only short lived as in the 85th minute David O’Hare scored from an Ed Butcher cross.

Salt was shortly added to the wounds as Will Buse was shown a late red card for the Glovers after handling outside his box.
Goalscorer Will Dawes donned the Gloves for the final few minutes.

The game finished without further drama, with the Glovers departing their final cup competition of the season.

Paulton head into the final four, whilst Mark Cooper will prep a much more experienced side for the arrival of Notts County on Saturday.