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Tickets for the FA Cup replay at Taunton Town on Tuesday night will go on sale to season ticket holders only, the club has confirmed.

In a post on its Twitter channel after Saturday’s goalless draw, the club said it expected to receive “a very limited capacity” for the match and promised further details “in due course.”

If the police allow the stadium to operate at a theoretical 2,500 capacity, which seems unlikely, the maximum allocation would be 375 – so probably bank on it being a bit lower than that. Our guess is the allocation will be around 300 people.

On Sunday lunchtime, the National League South Peacocks provided an update to its own supporters saying that details were for its own fans only adding that “Yeovil Town FC will manage their own allocation“.

Tickets for home supporters were priced at £15 for Adults, £10 for Concessions and £5 for all Under 18s, which probably suggests the cost of tickets for travelling fans – but we will wait and see.

The match at Wordsworth Drive – or the Cygnet Health Care Stadium, if you like sponsored names – will kick-off at 7.45pm.

The Taunton update adds: “Supporters are reminded that any form of smoke bomb or pyrotechnic is strictly forbidden inside the stadium. Any person identified breaching this regulation will be notified to the Police and be subject to an immediate football banning order.”

Watch this space for details on tickets for away fans…..

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Yeovil Town Under-18s picked up a convincing 6-0 win at home to BRS Coaching Youth at Alvington yesterday.

Having opened the scoring after just six minutes through Jacob Shore, the young Glovers failed to add to their advantage before half-time.

Action from Yeovil Town Under-18s’ 6-0 home win over BRS Coaching Youth. Picture courtesy of Matt Partridge.

But on 52 minutes Charlie Bateson doubled the advantage before Josh Sutton added another three minutes later. Mason Hunter scored twice in the space of three minutes before a 70th-minute own goal completed the scoring.

The result was another heavy defeat for the Ringwood-based visitors, who only joined the South West Counties Youth League this season. They have already been beaten 11-0 by Bridgwater United and 7-1 at the hands of Cirencester Town.

The result keeps the young Glovers in third place in the table with five games played although with some teams only playing once, it’s difficult to figure out exactly what that means.

The club’s Under-14s, Under-15s and Under-16s all picked up wins against Mid-Somerset Regional Talent Centre in the Junior Premier League.

The Under-13s lost to the same opposition. All the younger age group teams, from Under-11s to Under-16s, play as part of the Yeovil Town Community Sports Trust.

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The FA Cup has always been an important competition to Yeovil Town – who still hold the record for the most League club scalps as a non-League club – and this season’s campaign got underway with a 0-0 draw at home to Taunton Town yesterday.

The final whistle was met with boos from the stands at Huish Park and a recognition that it will take a journey up the A358 to the county town for a replay on Tuesday night if Chris Hargreaves’ men are to make it to the competition’s first round.

It was a hard watch for any Yeovil fan and here Rich Willcox-Smith, who some of you will have heard on last Friday’s podcast was in the away end this weekend, gives his  conclusions…..

Grant Smith. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Yeovil were slow to start: After last weekend’s impressive 1-0 home win over a decent Solihull Moors side, I was expecting Yeovil to come out with an extra spring in there step but actually they were very slow to start. For large parts of the first half, they were second best to a side sat a division below them. The crossbar was the Glovers’ friend to save them going into the half-time interval a goal down. Taunton midfielder Ross Stearns effort hitting the woodwork gave the Yeovil back line a sigh of relief. The big frame of Ben Richards-Everton is usually enough to scare most forwards. But today he looked like he had met his match in visiting striker Nick McCootie.

Players looked uninterested and frustrated: The first shot on target for the home side did not come until a minute in to the second half, by which time Taunton had called Grant Smith in the Yeovil goal in to action on a number of occasions. There was at least a fr*st*a*t*ion [the F-word is still banned here, Rich – Ed] from the Glovers players which could easily have been described as many of them looking uninterested. Presumably something was said in the dressing room at half-time – possibly ‘have a shot’ – but it was still limited to efforts from outside the box and not enough to test Jack Bycroft in the Taunton goal.

Malachi Linton. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

The lack of goals is concerning: Building upon my previous two points, we saw Malachi Linton, Alex Fisher and Jake Scrimshaw – the three out-and-out strikers in the Yeovil Town squad – and there was very little to threaten. No Charlie Wakefield isn’t a striker. It is now 14 games in to the season and 13 goals have been scored with our top scorer is still left wing-back Jamie Reckord. For context, that’s exactly the same number we scored in the first 14 games of last season when our strike force was widely considered as powder puff. Yeovil could still have been playing come Sunday morning and no goals would have come, the only saving grace from that is that Taunton didn’t really give Grant Smith much to do.

There’s no Plan B: The plan yesterday seemed to be to play the ball sideways and back, there was very little going forwards and even when Fisher and Scrimshaw came on, it seemed to be the same tactics and nothing to try and take on a fired up Taunton side. We can only hope that seeing the Peacocks in the flesh will give Chris Hargreaves something to work on in the 72 hours before the replay – otherwise, it’s difficult to have too much confidence going in to the replay.

The final whistle was toxic: The final whistle was met by boos from the home supporters in the biggest crowd of the season at Huish Park. I could hear it over the cheers coming from the away supporters, so it must have been loud! I’ve not heard anything like that since the dark days of Darren Way’s time as manager and our slump out of the Football League. I thought those days were gone, but it looked – or more to the point sounded – like they were back with a vengeance yesterday. To be fair, it’s hard to argue with the response of the paying public – that was one of the poorest displays I have seen from a team playing in green-and-white.

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Toby Stephens

Toby Stephens made his debut for Plymouth Parkway on Saturday after making his second loan move from Huish Park.

Stephens, who had spent a couple of months with Truro City where he found first-team minutes hard to come by, played the full 90 minutes and a pivotal role in Parkway’s 1-0 at Harrow Borough in Southern League Premier Division South, the same division he played in with table-topping Truro.

The Parkway side also included two former Glovers with striker Ben Seymour starting and ex-academy talent Pedro Borges on the bench as part of his loan deal from Exeter City.

Congratulations on the win, Toby.

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Yeovil Town midfielder Matt Worthington says his side need to ‘up their game’ in the replay against Taunton on Tuesday after the Glovers were held to a 0-0 draw in the FA Cup.

Matt Worthington. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins after the stalemate, he used a word we’ve banned on the Gloverscast, so we’ve used some asterisks…

“A replay on Tuesday is not ideal, I don’t think we hurt them enough today, it was difficult at times as they put a lot of bodies behind the ball and we had a lot of possession, we needed to open them up a bit more and drag them out a try to hurt them which we didn’t do.

“We’re very fr*str*t*d, but we can go and win the game on Tuesday.

“We started slow in the first 20 minutes… they had a couple of chances but we improved in the second bit of the first half, we had a lot of ball and I feel we should have capitalised, so yeah, very fr*str*t*d.”

“Us midfielders were getting the ball deep and us midfielders were struggling to break them down, but yeah… fr*str*t*ng”

Thankfully, that was the last of Matt’s use of ‘that’ word. He gave Taunton some credit, but admitted that the replay would require more from the squad.

“Fair play to them, they had a game plan of staying in the game as long as they could putting bodies behind the ball trying to make it as hard as possible for us as they could and they did that, so credit to them.

But we need to be better opening them up and scoring goals.”

“We need to up our game on Tuesday, 100%, it’s going to be a difficult game again at their place so, we need to be on it.”

Worthington said that he hoped the fitness of the Glovers would help with the quick turnaround and said how much he was enjoying playing with ‘freedom’ in this Chris Hargreaves side.

The Glovers will find out their potential first round opposition on Monday evening before heading across the county on Tuesday evening for the replay.

 

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A disappointed and annoyed Chris Hargreaves said his Glovers side were ‘nowhere near good enough’ after National League South Taunton Town held Yeovil to a 0-0 draw at Huish Park this afternoon.

The part-timers held their own against Yeovil and the draw means a trip back on the A358 to Taunton this Tuesday in a replay.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins after the match, Hargreaves said his players’ decision making was wrong at moments and that the Glovers didn’t ‘mix the game up’ enough.

He said: “It’s disappointing today. From the highs of beating one of the best teams in league [Solihull] last week and then today. [There was] not enough quality in the final third and [we] didn’t play the conditions or the opposition well enough. Credit to Taunton, I thought they set up really well, but extremely disappointed with that.

“They had openings where we’ve made the wrong decision. Some of the lads are still learning and we could have been punished. We had opportunities where we also probably made the wrong decisions in the final third, which we haven’t been doing. We’ve been very good in the main, especially at home.

“We just didn’t mix the game up well enough. We didn’t go long when we had to and we didn’t play when we had to, we got those decisions wrong. That’s something the lads have got to learn about each other. When I’m making changes and putting players on, play to their strengths. That’s what we didn’t do. credit to Taunton, they were very good on the day, we weren’t and that’s what can happen in the cup.”

Although it’s a short trip to Taunton Hargreaves said he didn’t want a replay with a busy National League schedule coming up. He praised Taunton for their performance and creating a difficult challenge for Yeovil.

“I thought the fans stayed with us as long as they could, it’s always a difficult challenge. We’re expected to roll a team like that over – I played in plenty of games as a player when you’re playing against Premier League and Championship opposition and it’s not always the case.

“We’ve got no divine right. You’re playing against a team with a lot of ex-pros in it and a lot of lads that have played at a decent level, so we knew that it was a tough opposition especially after they had a negative result [5-0 defeat against Ebbsfleet] in their previous game. It always raises an opposition ten fold. They had a good following. So all the elements were built for that resilient performance.

“But we weren’t good enough, no excuses on that, nowhere near good enough for the standards we’ve set, certainly at home.”

On to Tuesday then eh? The banana skin just got more slippery.

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Venue: Huish Park
Saturday October 15th, 3pm kick-off

Conditions: Dry but blustery wind
Pitch: Heavily watered, but held up okay

Attendance: 3,093 (964 away supporters)

Scorers: None

Bookings: 

Yeovil Town:  None
Taunton Town: Lee Lucas 78, Zac Smith 80

Referee: Daniel Middleton

 

Yeovil Town : (3-5-2)

Grant Smith

Owen Bevan  Josh Staunton Ben Richards-Everton

                                 Morgan Williams                                                          Chiori Johnson

Sam Pearson Sam Perry Matt Worthington

Charlie Wakefield (for Jake Scrimshaw, 79) Malachi Linton (for Alex Fisher, 61)

Substitutes: Will Buse, Max Hunt, Callum Rowe, Ollie Haste, Will Dawes.

Taunton Town: Bycroft, Foulston, Grimes, Ball, Chamberlain, James, Jarvis, McCootie (for Guest, 87), Stearn (for Morgan, 66), Smith, Lucas (for Budd, 87). Substitutes: Warwick, Staley, Sims-Burgess, Staley. 

 

Match Report

Yeovil Town face an FA Cup replay at Somerset rivals Taunton Town on Tuesday night after being held to a stalemate at Huish Park.

The National League South side, who sit 17th in their division as the Glovers do one tier higher up the pyramid, dominated the opening 45 minutes but could not turn their dominance in to a goal.

In the second half, the Glovers at least created a couple of opportunities to test the visiting keeper with Matt Worthington and Charlie Wakefield both going close.

But, the final whistle was met by boos from the Yeovil Town supporters in the biggest crowd of the season at Huish Park and raucous celebrations from the visiting supporters who will welcome their Somerset rivals to Wordsworth Drive in 72 hours time.

First half

It was the visitors who started the stronger with Nat Jarvis heading a Lloyd James free-kick over after just five minutes, but on 16 minutes Taunton’s best chance fell to Ross Stearn. The midfielder was found five yards by  Jarvis’ nod down from an Ollie Chamberlain cross, but inexplicably his effort came off the post and away.

Grant Smith turns a shot over the bar. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

The Peacocks’ bright start was exacerbated by a sluggish one from Yeovil as they grew in to the game a little with Sam Pearson’s ball almost finding Morgan Williams. Not quite though.

Chamberlain’s effort forced a stop out of Grant Smith on 27 minutes, turning the half-volley over the bar and a goal would have been nothing more than the National League South side, separated by 24 league places from the Glovers, deserved having dominated the first half to this point.

As so often has been the case this season, on loan Bristol City winger Sam Pearson was the catalyst for Yeovil’s best chance on 34 minutes when his cross was headed over by captain Josh Staunton, and four minutes later fellow loanee Sam Perry had a great opportunity having been found by a ball from Charlie Wakefield.

But, half chances were as good as it got for the home side whilst Taunton will have gone in the more frustrated to be goalless at the half-time interval.

Half time:  Yeovil Town 0 Taunton Town 0

Second half

Yeovil came out for the second half stronger than the finished the first half and carved out their first meaningful chance when Williams beat his marker to get on to a pass from Matt Worthington to force visiting keeper Jack Bycroft in to action.

Sam Perry had a shot blocked on 52 minutes after impressive play by Pearson and two minutes later a speculative effort by Wakefield tried to catch Bycroft off his lead – speculatively, it is fair to say.

Chiori Johnson tussles for a ball. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

In the middle of the park, there was more impetus from Worthington and just before the hour mark his strike took a deflection and went just wide.

Stearn had another good opportunity on 63 minutes which was palmed wide by Grant Smith who needed Williams to clear for a corner with Zac Smith closing in.

With the wind in their favour in the second half, the visitors had a string of corners which Yeovil had to defend before Wakefield, still looking to get off the mark having had a prolific Cup campaign last season, had a gilt-edged chance. On 67 minutes, Pearson found him within six yards but the frontman’s effort went tamely wide.

Taunton striker Jarvis had a great opportunity with 78 minutes on the clock, but a combination of Ben Richards-Everton and Smith were enough to deny him. Another good opportunity for the visitors.

Worthington headed over with seven minutes remaining and Williams put a tame header wide as the game crept in to injury time.

But, the game finished goalless, deservedly for the visitors who were more than good enough to deserve a replay at Wordsworth Drive on Tuesday night.

The result was a repeat of the last time the two sides met in a competitive fixture back in September 1996 – with a goalless draw at Huish Park followed by a 5-3 win in the county town in that second qualifying round tie.

Full time:  Yeovil Town 0 Taunton Town 0

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Finley Craske has been named on the substitutes’ bench for Plymouth Argyle following his recall from a loan spell at Yeovil Town.

The 19-year-old is in the squad for the Pilgrims’ visit to MK Dons in League One today.

Glovers’ boss Chris Hargreaves told BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins that the return to Devon was “a great opportunity” for the versatile youngster, who made two appearances after joining in August.

Craske’s last appearance came as a 65th minute substitute in the 1-0 defeat at Southend United with his previous outing coming on after 67 minutes in the 2-2 home draw with Chesterfield.

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Yeovil Town have made just one change with Morgan Williams replacing Lawson D’Ath as they prepare to take on Taunton Town in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round this afternoon (3pm).

Boss Chris Hargreaves spoke before the match about taking precautions with D’Ath who was replaced by Williams early in the second half of last weekend’s 1-0 home win over Solihull Moors.

That switch saw Williams go to right wing-back in place of Sam Pearson who moved further forward in to midfield, so we’re guessing that is how the Glovers will set-up today.

On the bench, Callum Rowe is back a month after he was ruled out for six weeks for his third appearance in the Glovers’ squad and his first since the goalless draw at Wealdstone on August Bank Holiday Monday.

Goalkeeper Will Buse, who spent last season on loan at Taunton, is also on the bench.

Speak to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins ahead of the match, Hargreaves said: “Lawson was very sore after the last game and I had to bring him off to stop him doing further damage on an Achilles’ problem, so he’s definitely there in spirit and has been working his socks off to get himself fit.

“It would be good to see some of the other lads in the squad, but I have to stay strong and consistent because those lads (who are starting) have put in a real shift in recent weeks.”

Yeovil Town : (3-4-3)

Grant Smith

Owen Bevan  Josh Staunton Ben Richards-Everton

                                 Morgan Williams                                                          Chiori Johnson

Sam Pearson Sam Perry Matt Worthington

Charlie Wakefield Malachi Linton

Substitutes: Will Buse, Max Hunt, Callum Rowe, Ollie Haste, Will Dawes,  Jake Scrimshaw, Alex Fisher.

Taunton Town: Bycroft, Foulston, Grimes, Ball, Chamberlain, James, Jarvis, McCootie, Stearn, Smith, Lucas. Substitutes: Budd, Guest, Warwick, Staley, Sims-Burgess, Staley, Morgan.

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Yeovil Town Under-18s are back on home soil taking on BRS Coaching Youth in the South West Counties Youth League at Alvington on Saturday (10.30am kick-off).

The young Glovers picked up a 3-0 win away at Wimborne Town last weekend to move up to third in the division and will be looking for three more points against an opponent who have suffered a number of heavy defeats this season.

The Ringwood-based outfit lost their first two matches of the season 11-0 at league leaders Bridgwater United and 7-1 against Cirencester Town, but picked up a 3-1 home win over Mangotsfield United last weekend.

The club’s other age group teams, playing as part of the Yeovil Town Community Sports Trust, are also in Junior Premier League action on Saturday.

The Under-13s, Under-14s, Under-15s and Under-16s all take on opposition from the Mid-Somerset Regional Talent Centre. The Under-11s and Under-12s teams do not have a fixture this weekend.