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The Green & White Supporters’ Club has confirmed travel details for the trip to Aldershot Town on Bank Holiday Monday, August 30.

Coaches for the 3pm kick-off in Hampshire will depart Huish Park at 10.45am.

Prices for travel are as follows:

G&WSC Members

Adult: £19
Concession: £17

Non-Members

Adult: £21
Concession: £19

To book, call Paul Hadlow on 07736 044570 or email him on paulhadlow@outlook.com.

If you are getting in touch by email, please make it clear which match you are booking for and that you give your full name, the names of people that are travelling and a contact telephone number.

You may be asked to pay a £5 deposit to reserve your seat.

If you are making the trip to the Recreation Ground, make sure you check out our Ciderspace Away Travel Guide to Aldershot – here.

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New signing Adi Yussuf could be a regular goal-scorer if he can get a regular starting spot with Yeovil Town.

Matt Scrafton, the reporter for the Blackpool Gazette, told the Gloverscast that the 29-year-old was something of a victim of circumstance after signing from Solihull Moors in May 2019.

Just over a month after he signed, Terry McPhillips, the manager who signed him stepped down after a takeover, and the striker never kicked a ball for the Seasiders.

He spent last season on loan at Wrexham and Chesterfield and was eventually released in the summer before arriving at Huish Park.

Matt said: “If he (Yussuf) stayed at a club for two or three years and was in the team every week, I get the feeling he could do a job.

“Give him 40 games a season and he will probably get you 15 or 20 goals, but he has never seemed to have settled at a club.

“We obviously did not see him in a competitive game for Blackpool but from what I have seen, he could do well in non-League.”

The Tanzania-born striker made Yeovil the 18th club of a career which started in the youth set-up at Leicester City via permanent moves at Mansfield Town, Grimsby Town, Barrow and then Solihull.

In fact, it was Yussuf’s performances in two FA Cup appearances for Solihull against Blackpool in 2019 that led to McPhillips picking him up.

He said: “He played in the FA Cup against Blackpool for Solihull and scored twice in the replay, and in both games he played really well.

“Based on those two performances and the fact he’d scored quite a few goals that season, so McPhillips signed him off the back of that.

“That summer (the Blackpool  owner) Simon Sadler took over and had a bit more money and McPhillips stepped down and Simon Grayson came back and he (Yussuf) never got a look in.

“It quickly became clear that Yussuf was not going to get a look in, so he was a bit unfortunate really because he did not really do anything wrong.“

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Striker Adi Yussuf has become the latest addition to Yeovil Town‘s squad having joined on a free transfer following his release by Blackpool.

The 28-year-old spent last season on loan at both Wrexham and Chesterfield in the National League Premier, scoring eight times in 28 appearances for both clubs.

Speaking to the club’s official website, he said: “I’m really excited, I can’t wait to play in front of all the fans. 

“We’ve got a good squad here that should be competing so I’m looking forward to it.. 

“The gaffer (Darren Sarll) was in contact a few weeks ago and we’ve spoken throughout the summer, he was really good to me and now I’m finally here.”

Asked what he us like as a player, he said: “I like to score goals, put myself about and work hard” – which is a relief given the fact we presently have one striker, Joe Quigley, going in to the opening game against King’s Lynn Town on August 28.

There has been no update on the injury to Reuben Reid after he picked up what the manager described as “a hamstring tear” in the 1-1 draw at Weston-super-Mare on August 7.

Yussuf, who is a Tanazanian international having played twice for them in 2019, has most recently been on trial at League Two new boys Hartlepool United, but the signing of ex-Glovers’ loanee Olufela Olomola and ex-Blackpool striker Mark Cullen appears to have squeeze Yussuf out.

His most prolific campaign came at Solihull Moors in the 2018-19 season when they reached the National League play-offs with the striker scoring 17 times.

That include a brace in an FA Cup replay at Blackpool which appeared to impress the Seasiders who signed up on a two-year deal following the expiry of his contract at Solihull that summer.

However, he failed to make a single appearance and being loaned back to Solihull in the 2019-20 campaign and then to Wrexham and latterly Chesterfield.

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A filing on Companies House has confirmed that Errol Pope is no longer a director of Yeovil Town.

The former co-owner, who bought the club together with Chairman Scott Priestnall in summer 2019, has had his position at Yeovil Football & Athletic Club Limited terminated.

The filing comes nearly eight months after the club issued a statement from Mr Pope which said he was resigning from his position “with immediate effect.”

Speaking then, he said: “As a consequence of the current global pandemic and its devastating impact, this decision has been taken with a heart laden with regret.

“I am saddened that these unprecedented circumstances of uncertainty and plight have prohibited my plans and contributions to the Club, in the way and of the magnitude, I had hoped.”

The filing shows the date of the resignation as December 1, 2020.

However, Companies House still shows Mr Pope as a director of the Yeovil Town Community Sports Trust and CV Leisure Limited, the company established to complete the takeover of the club.

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Former Yeovil Town defender Omar Sowunmi has signed for National League rivals Bromley following a successful trial.

The 25-year-old was part of the Glovers’ side which was relegated from the Football League in 2019 before signing for League Two Colchester United.

He was released in the summer after making just 19 appearances last season.

Omar Sowunmi in action for Yeovil Town.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Speaking about the signing, Bromley boss Andy Woodman said: “I think with the way we’re trying to play football, Omar is going to be a really good addition to our defensive unit and in the opposite box too.”

He links up with fellow former Yeovil players Byron Webster and striker Courtney Duffus at Hayes Lane.

 

 

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Yeovil Town will host Bridgwater United in the first round of the Somerset Premier Cup.

The draw was made by the Somerset FA on Monday with nine ties being drawn from 25 entrants to the competition with a further seven teams getting byes to the second round.

Ties will be played on the week commencing Monday, October 4.

In that competition, the Glovers made it through to the Quarter Finals only for the tie at Welton Rovers in March 2020 to be postponed  due to COVID-19 concerns which led to the early curtailment of the competition.

Bridgwater play in the Toolstation Western League Premier Division.

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The football might have been called off, but the Gloverscast continues nonetheless!

Dave and Ben chat about postponed fixtures, Justin Bieber as well Sonny Blu Lo-Everton and Dave takes time to chat to Tom from The Non League Lounge about the upcoming season.

Let us know what you think lies ahead for the Glovers this season on Twitter and Facebook ahead of the Gloverscast Series Preview episode at the end of the week!

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Yeovil Town Under-18s earned a 1-1 draw against their Dorchester Town counterparts at Avenue Stadium.

A goal from Finlay Skiverton, the 17-year-old son of Glovers’ legend, Terry, put the visitors ahead in the pre-season friendly.

In fact, it was a proud moment for the Skiverton family with another of his son’s, 15-year-old Aidan, also turning out for Yeovil.

A late equaliser from the hosts saw the game finish a draw.

The Under-18s lost at Paulton Rovers in their opening pre-season friendly and travel to Darren Way’s Plymouth Argyle Under-18s in their next match on Saturday.

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When a 15-year-old kid with a four barreled surname met then-Watford youth team manager Darren Sarll on his first day at the club’s academy, you can imagine the reaction.

In an interview with The Athletic, published in August 2019, the now-Yeovil Town manager is described as recalling the moment “with a smile“.

That player was Sonny Blu Lo-Everton who has become the Glovers’ boss’ latest signings after joining on loan from Watford until January.

Sonny Blu Lo-Everton in action for Wealdstone against Yeovil Town last season.

 

In The Athletic article, Sarll recalls inviting the young Scot to join his academy side in some hard running: “I remember after the third run of six I said to him ‘Come out, you’ve done enough, that’s enough for you,’ but refused and said ‘No, no, no I want to do what they’re doing.’

“Straight away he endeared himself to me because at 15 he gave a grown up answer — a big boy answer.

“He had his trainers on and I hadn’t seen him kick a ball but you get a scent of anticipation when you get a young player like that who reacts so maturely, so I was looking forward to seeing this lad with the ball at his feet.”

Having seen the youngster with football boots – as opposed to trainers on – Sarll described him as “the most intelligent footballing brain” who was “ridiculously balanced for a smaller player” with “great awareness of what was around him”.

The boss added: “He works hard, he tackles when he has to tackle, he confronts when he has to confront. But he’s got a real balance and awareness that says ‘you’re going to have to be really clever and sharp if you want to catch me’.”

The article goes on to quote Sonny’s father, Johnnie Everton, describing Sarll as “a proper friend”  as well as confirming he named his son after “a bright blue sky” rather than anything to do with Chelsea, where he has been a season ticket holder since the 1970s.

 

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Teenager Sonny Blu Lo-Everton has joined Yeovil Town on loan until January from Premier League Watford.

The 18-year-old forward turned out for the Glovers as a trialist in the pre-season friendly match at Weston-super-Mare where he was involved in equaliser scored by Tom Knowles.

He is described as “an exciting attacker can play across the forward positions” and is known to Glovers’ boss Darren Sarll from the manager’s time in the academy at Watford.

Sonny Blu Lo-Everton in action for Wealdstone against Yeovil Town last season.

Speaking to the club’s website about his arrival at Huish Park, the Scotland under-19s international said: “It feels great. We’ve got a good bunch of lads here, and with the Gaffer’s sessions, it’s been enjoyable.
“I think he (Sarll), brings the best out of me, he’s great to work under.”

The youngster has arrived on a deal until January 15 next year and seems likely to be part of the squad for the opening National League match at home to King’s Lynn Town on August 28.

His appearance in the friendly at Weston follows a number of appearances for Watford in pre-season campaign this season having turned out for the Hornets’ under-23s on a number of occasions.

He is under contract at Vicarage Road until next summer.

Lo-Everton had a spell on loan in the National League at Wealdstone last season, making 10 appearances including as an 18th-minute substitute against Yeovil when goals from Knowles and Joe Quigley sealed a 2-0 win in May.

He scored twice in a one-month spell with the struggling Stones who nose-dived in the second half of last season following the departure of boss Dean Brennan.