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The Manchester Evening News reporter Sam Byrne is reporting thay Stockport County are likely to allow defender Ben Barclay to remain at Huish Park for the remainder of the season.

Ben Barclay
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Byrne, who covers Stockport for the MEN tweeted on Tuesday that with the loan due to expire this coming week a decision was due to be made and it appears that it has fallen in the Glovers favour.

Last week, Yeovil boss Darren Sarll said he’d be hopeful of keeping the central defender beyond his current stint and that appears to have been granted.

There is likely to be a recall clause in the deal, much like with Fela Olomola incase of emergency at the parent club, but we hope to hear some good news from the gaffer on the deal this week.

Barclay has been part of the Glovers defence that has kept three clean sheets since he joined.

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Luton Town boss Nathan Jones has said he is in no rush to send winger Josh Neufville back out on loan just yet.

The 20-year-old had a highly successful spell at Huish Park at the end of last season, but it ended with a horrific ankle injury in his final appearance.

He has been working through a rehabilitation programme which culminated in him making a substitute appearance in the Bedfordshire Senior Cup last week.

Asked by Luton Today if he wanted to send the youngster back out on loan, Jones said: “Yes, we can do, we’re in no rush to do that though as he hasn’t had a full game yet.”

Josh Neufville still smiling after his injury in his final game for Yeovil at Altrincham last season.

The former Glovers full-back clearly rates the way his old club looked after the youngster, adding: “We loaned him to Yeovil and he did fantastically well, they looked after him, so it was a real opportunity for him to come back then after that loan and test himself in our environment.

“He never got to do that, so he’s just missed eight, nine, 10 months of that development, but now it’s all about him playing catch-up and taking his opportunities.”

Here at the Gloverscast we were (like all Yeovil fans, no doubt) thrilled to see Josh back playing – and if he needs a lift to Huish Park, let us know, we’ll drive him ourselves!

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Do not be fooled by Maidenhead United’s lowly league position, they are a force to be reckoned with on home soil.

The 2-0 win over Boreham Wood in Saturday’s televised game was the latest over the National League’s promotion contenders.

Chesterfield, FC Halifax, Wrexham and Bromley are the other big guns who have come unstuck at York Road.

Their home form puts Maidenhead fifth in the National League form table over the past six matches, but in more positive news for 13th-placed Yeovil is that their opponents on Tuesday night had only won twice at home against teams in the bottom half. That includes beating Dover in the second game of the season.

It is their away form which is to blame for the Magpies’ league position, one place above the relegation zone, albeit nine points ahead of W*ymouth with games in hand.

In fact, their form over the last six puts them seventh in the division’s form table, ahead of Chesterfield, Wrexham and Notts County.

The win over Boreham Wood was the Magpies’ first in a fortnight after their match at Wealdstone was rained off the week before, with many of their part-time players having made significant journeys.

They now face a fairly brutal spell of two games a week as they look to catch up on a number of cancelled fixtures.

Josh Kelly will be one to watch for the home side. He scored his eighth of the season to open the scoring against Boreham Wood on BT Sport,

The tricky, speedy wide player was paired alongside for Torquay United man Nathan Blissett, who adds a more physical element to the Maidenhead attack.

 

FROM THE (ASSISTANT) MANAGER

Speaking after the 2-0 home win over Boreham Wood, assistant manager Ryan Peters said the Magpies needed to quickly focus on the visit of the Glovers.

He said: “It is going to be Saturday and then Tuesday for a good few weeks now, but once we get to Monday, this game is over for us and our attention shifts to the next one (against Yeovil).

”We have to keep picking up points to make sure we are as far away from those relegation places as possible, but if we carry on playing the way we did (against Boreham Wood).”

TEAM NEWS

Striker Sam Barratt is the only injury absentee for Maidenhead.

The frontman, who has five goals in 14 appearances, had surgery which kept him out from November.

He started his first game in a 2-2 draw with Eastleigh a couple of weeks ago, playing 73 minutes, but missed out at the weekend with manager Alan Devonshire saying he is not quite fit.

The boss told the Maidenhead Advertiser: “Sam just keeps getting little niggles and when you’ve had a major operation it puts pressure on other parts of your body so we’re not going to take any chances with him.”

Midfielder Kane Ferdinand, cousin of Les, Rio and Anton, returned after a six-week absence to appear as a late substitute at the weekend.

Luton Town loanee Sam Beckwith also played the full 90 minutes against Boreham Wood having missed the previous match through injury.

A FOOT IN BOTH CAMPS

Shaun Donnellan came off the substitutes’ bench in the 2-0 win over Boreham Wood at the weekend.

Shaun Donnellan. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

The defender had a one-year spell at Huish Park between January 2018 and January 2019 before being allowed to leave.

He arrived at Maidenhead in summer 2020 having had spells at Maidstone United and Woking and has been in and out of the Magpies’ side this season.

Donnellan’s uncle, Gary, played for Yeovil in the late 1980s.

Other players with connections with both clubs include….

  • Rohan Ince – Yeovil Town – loan (2012), Maidenhead United (2020-21)
  • Gabriel Osho – Maidenhead United – loan (2018), Yeovil Town – loan (2018-21)
  • Ryan Bird – Yeovil Town (2015-16), Maidenhead United (2018-19)
  • Seth Nana Twumasi – Yeovil Town (2013-15), Maidenhead United (2018-21)
  • Chris Dunn – Yeovil Town (2013-14), Maidenhead United (2019-21).

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Unusually these days Notts County don’t sell tickets to away fans through their own on-line portal, so to buy on-line in advance you’ll need to go to the Yeovil Town ticket portal for our visit on Saturday March 5th, 3.00 p.m. kick-off.

If Notts designate a match as “advance ticket only” there will be no sales on the day to away fans. They have not so designated this match as far as I can see, so as it stands (at the moment) tickets will be available for purchase on the day of the game from the away supporter’s ticket booth located at the back of the Jimmy Sirrel Stand (cash only), or from the main ticket office (card payment).

Away fans get as many sections of the Jimmy Sirrel (East) Stand as are deemed necessary (filling up from the North-East corner). This has a side on view of the Meadow Lane pitch.

Prices:

Adult: £20.00

65 and over: £14.00

18-21: £14.00

Under 18: £7.00

Under 16: £5.00

Under 12: £1.00

Under 7: Free*

[* Must be accompanied by an over 18.]

Go to the Yeovil Town portal to purchase – here.

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Hartlepool United manager Graeme Lee has confirmed there is a recall clause in the loan deal which took striker Olufela Olomola to Yeovil Town.

The former Southampton youngster returned for his third spell in Somerset last week having been out of favour in the North East, featuring just five times under the new boss.

He joined Pools in the summer, signed by then-manager Dave Challinor who has since joined Stockport County, having impressed on trial.

Striker Olufela Olomola.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Lee told the Hartlepool Mail: “The conversations with players are difficult when they’re not playing.

“He had two fantastic games in the cup, he was exciting. But then he comes out of the squad.

“So it was a one of them where he got an opportunity and I said ‘I can be selfish and keep you with us’ because he can impact in the formation we’re playing now, but I don’t want to be selfish.

“I said ‘if you want to go and do this and get some games in [you can].

“The only stipulation I had was to get a call back on him because if we need him then I’ll call him back because he could be one who could impact the team, and he was happy with that.”

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Huish Park will be the venue for the Somerset Premier Cup quarter-final with Cheddar.

Yeovil Town have confirmed that tomorrow’s home fixture with Dagenham & Redbridge has been postponed due to safety reasons as Storm Eunice carries through to Saturday.

In a statement released moments ago the club said: “Yeovil Town can confirm that tomorrow’s fixture against Dagenham & Redbridge has been postponed.

This is due to the adverse weather conditions forecasted to continue into tomorrow afternoon. The safety of all in attendance is at the upmost importance to us, therefore we have had to make the difficult decision to postpone the fixture. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. 

Further information regarding a rearranged date will be issued in due course.”

Better find something to do tomorrow then…

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Darren Sarll is hoping to keep central defender Ben Barclay on loan from National League rivals Stockport County until the end of the season.

The 25-year-old has impressed in his five appearances since being brought in to fill the void left by an injury to Max Hunt at the end of January.

Speaking ahead of this weekend’s home game with Dagenham & Redbridge the manager said he was happy with the recruitment he had done this season not least the former loan signing of Millwall full-back Dan Moss.

Yeovil Town manager Darren Sarll.
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Sarll said: “The recruitment has had to be good because we can’t afford to waste a penny. There was a framework around our recruitment to bring in young, athletic players with something to prove and an ambition to play higher.

“We are very tight in terms of capabilities and I’m happy with all our recruitment. Ben has been fantastic and I’m hoping he will be with us until the end of the season.”

Unfortunately, due to his own work commitments our Gloverscast roving reporter Ben Barrett could not attend today’s press conference, so that closing remark is as much as we know about the manager’s ambition to keep Barclay at the club.

Defender Max Hunt will definitely be missing for the weekend as he makes his way back to fitness from an injury which has put him out since the 2-1 defeat to Wrexham last month.

Midfielder Dale Gorman is out through suspension and will also miss next Tuesday’s trip to Maidenhead United.

Of other injuries, the manager added there would be a couple of late checks on players including on-loan defender Jack Robinson who was not involved at Eastleigh last weekend.

Sarll said: “It’s touch and go for one or two of them, Jack Robinson is one of them, I won’t say the other one.”

The anticipated windy conditions with Storm Eunice expected to be hanging around in the Westcountry over the weekend could decide the way Yeovil set-up against Dagenham.

Sarll said: “With the conditions, it is going to be a massively difficult task. If there’s one condition that everyone in football hates, it is wind.

“That will change how we prepare and might change how we select the team, instead of being a bit more creative, we might be a bit more destructive.

“We will have to see, those decisions can be left to game day. We have been fabulous away, but we have to be better at home.”

The manager said he believed the return of Charlie Lee as his assistant manager will have “an impact on the dressing room” at Huish Park.

The former Glovers’ midfielder was confirmed as Sarll’s number two on Thursday having agreed a short-term deal which we assume is until the end of the season.

Charlie Lee controls the midfield
? Mike Kunz

The manager said: “No-one knows me better than Charlie. He’s been one of the toughest players I have ever manager in terms of how spiky he is, he’s a real sod at times!

“But I wanted that impact in the dressing room, he doesn’t suffer fools and he’s a winner if you look at his career, he’s a winner.

“The things I can give him is an exposure to this position. I’m two decades in and Charlie’s less than a year in, so first and foremost he’s a brilliant guy who wants to be part of the football club – and he can handle my tantrums!”

But the boss was keen to point out that Lee would not be a like-for-like replacement for his previous right-hand man, Terry Skiverton, the club legend who left to join League One Charlton Athletic’s coaching set up.

The boss had to stop himself from (perhaps) being critical of the decision to allow Skivo to leave the club saying: “Terry was Superman at Yeovil and unfortunately…..(pause, grimace, contemplation)…you realise what you had when it’s gone and we as a club were not in a position to protect that legacy.

“That’s a shame but as one door closes (another one opens) and it’s a big opportunity for Charlie to taste this world and how different is from playing.

“He has a good football brain, he’s seen a lot of things in football and he isn’t here to replace Terry, that’s impossible at this club.

“He’s here to bring something we have not had in recent weeks, it has been a tough four or five weeks without Terry, so I am delighted he’s with us.”

 

Striker Olufela Olomola will improve as he gets more matchday minutes, the boss added.

The Hartlepool United man made his third Glovers’ debut in last weekend’s goalless draw at Eastleigh having arrived on loan the previous day.

The manager said: “Every team has different levels (of fitness) and he’s probably playing in a different position to the one he’s had to play recently.

“For different positions, you need different physical attributes, so I think it will take a few weeks to get him back up (and running).

“It was a much better performance in terms of the types of chances, I’m still disappointed at some of the work we did in forward areas.

“But, the midfield had better control, and I thought we were good value (for the win) given the level of dominance we had.”

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Angelo Balanta in his loan spell at Yeovil Town in 2013. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Former Yeovil Town man Angelo Balanta is hoping success in the FA Trophy can spur his Dagenham & Redbridge team-mates on this weekend.

The Colombian seems likely to be missing this weekend as he makes his way back from a calf injury, but did tune in for their 2-0 win over Spennymoor United to book a quarter-final place last weekend.

The result was overshadow by a horrific injury to young winger George Saunders who suffered a double leg break, but Balanta hopes the result will pick up the Daggers who had lost their previous two league fixtures.

He said: “I watched the game on a stream and it was pleasing to get through to the next round, but devastating for George (Saunders) getting injured.

“Any team coming to our turf is a very good draw for us. We fancy our chances at home but York will pose a different challenge.

“Yeovil will be tough. They’re below us in the table but they gave us a good contest and made it tough for us.
“They’re very resilient the way they go about their business and defend their goal really well.

“I think it will be similar but we’ve got to do what we’ve been doing, performing well and hopefully get the result.”

In the League, our visitors have lost three and won one of their last four albeit the defeats came at home to leaders $tockport County and promotion-chasing FC Halifax Town and then on the road at Chesterfield in their last outing on February 5.

The victory came with a 2-1 win at W*ymouth after goals from strikers Josh Walker and Paul McCallum saw them come back from trailing at half-time.

Walker missed the reverse fixture in Essex in November through injury having had a prolific start to the season.

Ominously, he has got five in his last seven with both he and McCallum on the scoresheet last weekend.

FROM THE MANAGER

Daggers’ boss Daryl McMahon admitted the serious injury to winger George Saunders in last weekend’s FA Trophy win over Spennymoor United did affect his players.

But, having reported that the youngster had a successful injury on a double leg break, the squad has been able to focus on the weekend’s National League fixture.

The boss said: “It has obviously difficult after what happened Saturday with Georgie, but since we’ve had the good news in terms of his operation, the lads have been great in training.”

The manager has a lot of respect for his opposite number, Yeovil Town boss Darren Sarll, and is expecting a tough game in the anticipated difficult conditions of a wind-lashed Huish Park.

He added: “Darren has done a terrific job down there. We know it’ll be difficult when we play against Yeovil. They’re well organised, competitive.

“The weather looks like it might be a challenge, looking at the forecast, but it’s one we’re looking forward to.

“We feel that we’re in decent form, we had a bit of good luck last weekend, getting bodies back as well, we feel like we’re looking forward to the run-in now.”

 

TEAM NEWS

Former Yeovil Town loanee Angelo Balanta is expected to be missing for the trip to face his old club.

The Dagenham winger, who had a six-game loan spell at Huish Park during the League One play-off-winning season in 2012-13, has not featured since a win at W*ymouth at the end of last month with a calf injury.

Boss Daryl McMahon said the Colombian is still expected to be out this weekend, but he is expecting experienced heads Matt Robinson and Dean Rance to be available despite carrying injuries.

Mauro Vilhete has returned to training this week alongside winger Myles Weston, who caused Yeovil’s defence all kinds of issues in the match at Victoria Road in November, is back after a spell with COVID.

Alongside winger George Saunders, who is out for the season having suffered a double leg break last weekend, the Daggers’ most high-profile absentee is defender Yoan Zouma.

The Frenchman has been suspended from playing whilst the RSPCA conducts an investigation in to an attack on a pet cat by his brother, West Ham United defender, Kurt, which was filmed by Yoan and posted on social media.

The Premier League player was seen kicking and slapping two pet cats in the video posted by Yoan at the start of this month and the Daggers responded quickly by suspending their player.

 

A FOOT IN BOTH CAMPS

Yeovil Town captain Luke Wilkinson and midfielder Josh Staunton seems likely to be the only players with experience of playing for both sides starting this weekend.

The central defender played 65 times for Dagenham following his release by Portsmouth in 2010.

He had a couple of spells on loan at Boreham Wood and one at Dartford during his time at Victoria Road before departing for Luton Town in 2014.

Staunton arrived in Essex following his release by Gillingham in the summer of 2016 and made 37 appearances as they reached the Conference play-offs missing out to eventual winners Forest Green Rovers.

Despite playing in most positions in defence, Staunton was allowed to leave and joined Woking for the following season and then moved to FC Halifax Town from whom he joined Yeovil in summer 2020.

Another possibility in the green-and-white corner is Lawson D’Ath, the playmaker working his way back to fitness after nine months out through injury.

He had a 21-game spell on loan in Essex in the 2013-14 season.

Likely to be missing through injury is the visitors’ talismanic forward Angelo Balanta who was an unused substitute in Yeovil’s 2-1 League One play-off final win over Brentford which secured promotion to the Championship in 2013.

If you’ve not heard it, check out our podcast with former Yeovil Town press officer Jimmy Healey for a great story about Balanta’s celebration – here.

The Colombian had a spell at Bristol Rovers, helping them out of the Football Conference in 2015, before moving to Carlisle United, Boreham Wood and eventually arriving at Dagenham in October 2018.

There is a possibility of seeing ex-Glovers’ midfielder Joey Jones who played the first half against Spennymoor last weekend before being replaced at half-time.

He spent his youth career at Arsenal and Leicester but having signed for Yeovil in 2013 after playing in a behind-closed-doors friendly he failed to make an appearance.

In January 2014, he was loaned out to Woking who he eventually joined permanently at the end of the season and when on to play 162 times for the Cards.

He arrived at Victoria Road, via Eastleigh and Salford City, in November 2020.

Other familiar faces to both sets of supporters include….

  • Rhys Murphy – Dagenham (2013-15), Yeovil Town (2019-21)
  • Mitch Brundle – Yeovil Town (2012-13), Dagenham (2019-21)
  • Jake Howells – Yeovil Town – loan (2015), Dagenham (2017-18)
  • Gavin Tomlin – Yeovil Town (2008-10), Dagenham (2010-12)
  • Matt Harrold – Dagenham – loan (2004-05), Yeovil Town (2005-06)
  • Kirk Jackson – Yeovil Town (2002-04), Dagenham – loan (2004)
  • Paul Terry – Dagenham (1999-2003), Yeovil Town (2003-07)

 

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Elliot Watts joins Dave and Ian to talk SPC, Dagenham and listener questions on today’s episode.

Plus, Dave spoke to our friend Terry from the A Game of Headers and Volleys Podcast to talk all about Dagenham’s recent form.

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