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Gime Toure let the team and supporters down today in a moment of madness according to Yeovil Town boss Chris Hargreaves.

Speaking to BBC Somerset Sheridan Robins after the Glovers 1-0 defeat at the hands of Southend, the manager was scathing in his criticism of Toure and said that the player would be facing a fine after his 17th minute red card for kicking out at a Southend player.

Hargreaves said: “I can’t excuse it, its unacceptable from a player that’s looked bright and looked like he could give us something. So it’s gonna cost him three games and its gonna to cost him a fair bit of money. He’s let all his teammates down today. I’ve go no choice [than to fine him], we need him on the field of play and it’s one moment of madness, a bit of ill-discipline. He’s done something that’s unforgivable for the rest of the players and that’ll be dealt with.”

The manager was also critical of the decision to disallow Josh Staunton’s header, which would have given his side a one goal lead: “The disallowed goal is guesswork and this also totally unacceptable. [It’s a] perfectly valid goal and they’ve disallowed it because its a home game and the keepers gone down.”

He added: “That physicality has gone out the game hasn’t it? As soon as the keeper goes to ground, probably in any level, it’s a whistle, but its a guess whistle in my opinion. So I’m displeased with that, to say the least. But I cant change it, and I’ve moaned about this standard [of officiating] in a few games. There’s no point making excuses about officials, its our job to do better on the field of play – but the odd decision would help.”

Shortly after the disallowed goal, Jake Hyde opened the scoring for Southend and Hargreaves was disappointed with the familiar fashion in which that goal was conceded. He said: “Its basics isn’t it? I can only put players out there and say this is your job man for man – stop the cross and then pick up in the box – and both weren’t done.”

Looking ahead to Dorking on Tuesday (who put five past Dagenham and Redbridge today), Hargreaves is under pressure to turn Yeovil’s fortunes around and said he’d told the players that the game is a must-win.

“I need people to step up and be counted  because I don’t wanna be where we are and that’s an understatement. The last two performances have been excellent and we were going into this super-confident today and one moment of madness form a player that’s been doing well as cost us. It hurts, it hurts like hell and I want everybody to want it as badly as I do.”

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Yeovil Town’s on loan youngster Ollie Haste was named ‘Man of the Match’ for Truro as his helped the White Tigers maintain their brilliant start to the season with a 1-0 away win over Hartley Wintney.

Haste played the full 90 minutes once again and topped out 39% of the vote in a Man of the Match poll after the game.

Nice work, Ollie.

Toby Stephens was not named in the match day squad.

Gloucester City were in FA Cup action, and much like in the last round, Ollie Hulbert was not given permission to play in case the Glovers need him at some stage in the competition.

As a side note, Gloucester this week changed their manager with Lee Mansell relieved of his duties before Stephen King was announced as their new head coach.

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Venue: Root’s Hall
Saturday October 1st, 3pm kick-off

Conditions: Dry and bright
Pitch: Green

Attendance: 5,324 (81 away supporters)

Scorers: Jake Hyde 37 (0-1),

Bookings: 

Yeovil Town: Richards-Everton 77, D’Ath 88
Southend United: Andeng-Ndi 52, Powell 65

Sendings off:

Yeovil Town: Gime Toure 17

Referee: Sam Mulhall


Yeovil Town : (3-4-3)

Grant Smith

 Owen Bevan  Josh Staunton   Ben Richards-Everton

                                      Morgan Williams  Matt Worthington   Lawson D’Ath   Charlie Wakefield (for Jake Scrimshaw, 76)

Sam Pearson (for Finley Craske, 65)

Alex Fisher (for Malachi Linton, 59)   Gime Toure

Substitutes: Max Hunt, Will Dawes.

Match Report

It was yet another hard luck story for Yeovil Town as the wait due a second National League win of the season goes on.

Having been reduced to ten men after Gime Toure was sent off after 17 minutes for his part in an off-the-ball incident with Southend defender Kacper Lopata. This correspondent, like referee Sam Mulhall, did not see what it was given for but reports on social media suggest a kick out from the Frenchman. If so, that is inexcusable.

The real hard luck came when Josh Staunton had the ball in the net from a corner only for it to be given for a foul on Southend keeper Collin Andeng-Ndi, moments later play swung to the other end and Jake Hyde got what turned out to be the winner.

Here is Dave’s verdict from the away end…..

First half

 

The first surprise saw Charlie Wakefield slotting in at left wing-back in place of the injured Jamie Reckord.

The first chance fell to the star man playing down the….errr….left after just two minutes when a sweeping move made its way out to him and he curled a shot just wide of the post.

Chances were few and far between, but on 12 minutes Morgan Williams got away down the left and put a ball in which ended up at the feet of Sam Pearson whose effort hit as much air as it did ball and failed to test the hosts’ keeper.

Another effort saw a scramble in the hosts’ box which came to nothing before play broke to the other than end Cav Miley effort from the edge of the box was palmed aside by Grant Smith.

The most notable of the game so far came on 18 minutes after an off the ball incident led to a red card for Gime Toure. The incident seemed to pass everybody in ground, including referee Sam Mulhall by, but a tussle and a Southend defender Kacper Lopata saw the latter hit the deck. The assistant flagged and, after discussion with the referee, the man in black produced a red card.

A bit of Googling (thanks, Ben) suggests Mulhall was the same man who gave an early red to Wealdstone defender Lewis Kinsella for a boot up Malachi Linton’s backside. Suggestions on social media suggest Toure may have done the same to Lopata. Impossible to see from the angle of the away support.

Cue confusion in the away end and an intense period of pressure from the home side as Yeovil went deeper and deeper, welcoming the Shrimpers pressure on.

A lot of the threat came from Jack Bridge down the left but Ollie Kensdale and Marcus Dackers both called Grant Smith in to action as it seemed

On 32 minutes, Sam Pearson was set away on the left and fired a ball in to the near post where Alex Fisher could not make the contact and the ball went away for a corner. From the resulting corner by Lawson D’Ath, Josh Staunton rose highest in the box to head home, only for a foul to be given against Southend keeper Collin Andeng-Ndi. Against any other player on the pitch, that is never a foul but it’s the keeper.

There was a sense the dye may be cast there and two minutes later, a cross by Bridge was met by a close range header from Jake HYDE to open the scoring.

 

Half time:  Southend United 1 Yeovil Town 0

Second half

The first chance of the half fell to Yeovil on 52 minutes when Andeng-Ndi brought down Fisher on the edge of the box after a self-inflicted foul due to some poor decision making.

As the half wore on, the home side saw a lot of possession without creating too many opportunities to force a save out of Smith with an effort out of the dangerous Bridge putting an effort over the bar after cutting in off the left flank either side of the hour.

Malachi Linton replaced Fisher up front for the visitors on 59 minutes and six minutes later Finley Craske replaced Sam Pearson, taking up a position in the middle of the park.

The two substitutes combined on 72 minutes when good pressure from Linton presenting Craske with a chance with the hosts’ keeper off his line, but his effort floated wide. Speculative but that’s all I have!

Dackers put an effort just over four minutes later but, for all the possession they enjoyed (and they did enjoy plenty of it), that was as near to a meaningful chance as the home side got.

The frustration of knowing that the standard of our opponents is not that far off our own even on a sub-par showing like this one was palpable to those in the away end in Essex.

Socks were worked off, no doubt bits were being chomped at but again it’s those decisive moments. One came just in to the first of six minutes of added time when Matt Worthington did superbly to break in from the left flank, picked out Craske with a great opportunity but his shot sailed high, wide and not so handsome.

Goal difference is all that separates us from the National League relegation zone and, after 11 matches, that is no hard luck story.

Full time: Southend United 1 Yeovil Town 0

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There is one change for Yeovil Town with Jamie Reckord replaced by on loan defender Owen Bevan for today’s trip to Southend United (3pm kick-off).

The left wing-back is missing from the squad with a knee infection.

Winger Will Dawes, signed for an undisclosed five-figure fee from Stratford Town, is named on the substitutes’ bench.

Yeovil Town : (3-4-3)

Grant Smith

Owen Bevan  Josh Staunton   Ben Richards-Everton

                                                Charlie Wakefield                                                              Morgan Williams

Matt Worthington   Lawson D’Ath

Sam Pearson

Alex Fisher Gime Toure

Substitutes: Finley Craske, Max Hunt, Malachi Linton, Jake Scrimshaw, Will Dawes.

 

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Teams representing the Yeovil Town Community Sports Trust are back in action in the Junior Premier League this weekend.

The Under-11s and Under-12s teams will take on their counterparts from Saints South West, an organisation based in Devon which appears to be affiliated to Southampton (they play in their kit colours and share a nickname, at least) albeit nothing is mentioned of them on their website.

The Trust’s Under-13s, Under-14s, Under-15s and Under-16s teams will all take on teams from the South Gloucestershire Regional Talent Centre in their respective age categories.

Good luck to all those turning out in green and white this weekend.

P.S. There’s no fixture for the Yeovil Town Under-18s after they played in the FA Youth Cup on Thursday night. Read more about that – here.

 

 

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Last month we kicked off the YeoGov monthly tracker to measure fan sentiment about things at Huish Park. You can read the results of the August tracker here.

Now it’s time for your views on September. For those who’ve forgotten or tried to scratch the memories from their brain, we played three of our four matches at Huish Park and here’s how the results went.

3rd September – Yeovil Town 0 – 1 York City
13th September – Eastleigh 1 – 1 Yeovil Town
17th September – Yeovil Town 2 – 2 Chesterfield
24th September – Yeovil Town 1 – 1 Boreham Wood

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Yeovil Town’s Under-18s have been drawn away at Eastleigh in the Third Qualifying Round of the FA Youth Cup.

The young Glovers are through to this round after a 7 (seven) – 0 win over the Bovey Tracey Under-18s on Thursday evening. You can read more on the young Glovers’ win – here.

Eastleigh progressed with a 3-0 victory over AFC Totton.

Ties in this round are due to take place week commencing 10th of October.

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Yeovil Town Under-18s striker Charlie Bateson. Picture courtesy of Matt Partridge.

Yeovil Town’s Under-18s progressed to the next qualifying round of the FA Youth Cup Cup on Thursday evening with a comprehensive 7-0 award victory at Bovey Tracey.

Matt Percival’s side were in complete control throughout and we’re already looking comfortable when the hosts were reduced to ten men in the second half.

A hat-trick from striker Charlie Bateson, a brace from Aiden ‘son of‘ Skiverton and goals from Josh Sutton and Jacob Shore wrapped up the win.

Nice work lads!

We’ll let you know details of the next round fixture when they become available.

 

 

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Chris Hargreaves said he is focussing on the players at the club but that he has ‘the support’ to get the right player and the right deal for Yeovil Town should he need to enter the transfer market.

The Glovers are without a win in five matches, but have enjoyed good performances against Chesterfield and Boreham Wood at Huish Park over the last two weekends. As with previous weeks, Hargreaves reiterated that his players were getting through the socks in training this week ahead of our trip to Southend and that he was keeping his faith in them.

Speaking at his pre-match presser via a dial-up internet connection (who’s our main shirt sponsor?) Hargreaves said: “We have some very good players here and we want them to be the ones that say ‘I am your man’ and we have to be patient with some others. But, as the games are ticking on, we want wins and we want to score goals. Our play has warranted (wins) and the feedback I have had is positive.

Josh Staunton celebrates his equaliser in the 2-2 draw against Chesterfield. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

“We will always face criticism because we are not where we want to be, we feel that more than anybody because we are working our socks off. We go back to the training ground and try and replicate situations we’ve had, so we are doing everything to try and help the players on Saturday.

“Every club at any level has to live within their means, but we can be very competitive with the players we have and I think we are. Every club in the country is always looking for new players and that won’t change, but there are enough players at the club to be successful and we are asking them to be the ones to go and do it,” he said.

Asked by Three Valleys Radio’s Adi Hopper whether he felt he needed “a good, old warhorse” of a player to add to his squad, the boss agreed insisting he had the financial backing – if he wanted it.

Hargreaves said: “There’s backing from everybody, the club are fully behind me but it has to be the right person at the right value. We have experience in our squad, we are going to need to draw from that at the moment. I’m not afraid for the young players, but I do lean on those experienced players and I need them to be leaders.”

As for the bit, players are champing at it ahead of the visit to the Shrimpers but there are a couple of injuries ahead of Friday. Hargreaves added that on loan Walsall midfielder Sam Perry is back in the reckoning after missing the previous three matches with concussion.

The Glovers welcomed back Owen Bevan from Wales Under-21s international duty and the manager said the Bournemouth loanee had “plenty of juice left in the tank.” The AFC Bournemouth youth team captain played just ten minutes of a friendly against Austria in the week.

Scrimshaw in action for Bournemouth U21s ?AFCB U21 Twitter

Hargreaves gave a a bit insight into Jake Scrimshaw, too. The 22-year-old has only made a couple of substitute appearances since signing a two-year-deal from Bournemouth in August and the manager said: “It has been a tough position for him coming from Bournemouth to us, the National League has different elements to under-21s at Bournemouth. He’s fighting for his spot and there’s competition for places with Gime Toure who has scored and Malachi Linton, but Scrimmy certainly working hard to get that start.”