In what is absolutely no surprise to anyone, but two goal hero Johl Powell has been named in both the National League Team of the Week by the sponsors Enterprise and the Non League Paper Team of the Week.
Yeovil Town’s Luke McCormick has broken his silence regarding his elongated absence from the Glovers’ first team.
Posting on social media. McCormick has said that he has ‘never asked or wanted to leave‘ Huish Park.
He says that he has had a tough couple of weeks, which is understandable.
‘…what happens next is out of my control’ suggests that his future is still very much in the air. The midfielder was named Captain for this season, and clocked up six goals in eight games before surprisingly being left out of the win over Solihull on 18th September. He has not appeared in a match day squad since.
Following the Glovers’ 6-0 thrashing of Boston at the weekend, Manager Billy Rowley said:
“I’m never going to stand here and talk badly about any player, but the truth is Luke and I had a bit of a dispute,” Rowley revealed. “My job for this club and the dressing room is to always do what I think is best for the team, and at the moment he won’t be playing for me.”
When pressed on whether the player could feature for the club again in the future, Rowley remained tight-lipped: “We’ll have to see, but at the moment, probably not.”
Ed Turnbull and Andy Craig are back to join Ian on this episode to bask in the glory of the 6-0 victory against Boston United. We cover the match, the signing of Owen Dean and take your questions.
Thanks to Dylan, Tim and Stoney and Andrew Foot for their voice notes.
Yeovil Town Women were knocked out of the Women’s FA Cup at the hands of Portishead Town at Alvington on Sunday.
The visitors took an early lead but were reduced to ten players after a clumsy challenge on Erin Bloomfield resulted in a red card.
Bloomfield equalised from the penalty spot after half-time, but two late Portishead goals saw the tie go their way.
Yeovil started the brighter, with Bloomfield looking dangerous from the off as she fired a warning shot from outside the box just wide of the post.
It was Portishead who went ahead on 20 minutes, though, as Shannon Holloway raced onto a ball over the top and benefitted when goalkeeper Emily Hall came out to clear. The ball bounced off the forward and into the net.
But when Bloomfield got into a foot race with the Posset defender, she was hauled to the ground, leaving the referee with no choice but to brandish a red card.
Jodi Cornwall couldn’t quite make it a double punishment. Her strike from the resulting free-kick was blocked by the wall, while her volley at the second attempt drew an excellent save from Abi Footner.
The Glovers found the equaliser shortly after the break when Bloomfield was tripped in the box, and she picked herself up to thump the resulting penalty home.
Despite their efforts to turn the tie around, Dave Court’s side fell behind again to a moment of real quality from Lilly Farr, who raced down the left before giving Hall no chance with a fierce finish.
With Yeovil committing bodies forward, they were undone when a long ball found Mia Blazey, who lobbed Hall to end the Glovers’ FA Cup journey at the Third Qualifying Round stage.
Next up for the Glovers is a tasty local derby against Sherborne Town, who visit Alvington on Sunday 11th October, with kick-off at 2pm.
| Opposition | Kick Off | H/A | Competition | Score | Location | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEPTEMBER | |||||||
| 06.09.26 | Portishead Ladies | 14:00 | H | League | 1-2 | ALVINGTON PLAYING FIELDS | Foster '28 |
| 09.09.26 | Army Team Womens Development First | 19:00 | A (but played at Huish Park) | UB Infrastructure Development League | 0-3 | Huish Park 3G | |
| 13.09.26 | Gloucester City FC | 14:00 | A | League | 1-3 | GLOUCESTER CITY AFC | Bloomfield '34, '63. Hurford '85 |
| 20.09.26 | Poole Town | 14:00 | H | FA Cup | 1-1 Yeovil win 4-1 on penalties | ALVINGTON PLAYING FIELDS | Meakins |
| 27.09.26 | Poole Town | 14:00 | A | League | 2-3 | DORSET COUNTY GROUND | Foster '17, '28, '58 |
| OCTOBER | |||||||
| 04.10.26 | Portishead Ladies | 14:00 | H | FA Cup | 1-3 | ALVINGTON PLAYING FIELDS | Bloomfield '52 |
| 11.10.26 | Sherborne Town | 14:00 | H | League | 2-1 | ALVINGTON PLAYING FIELDS | Ealson-Taylor '26, Cornwall '75 |
| 18.10.26 | B2A Women | 14:00 | H | League | ALVINGTON PLAYING FIELDS | ||
| 18.10.26 | Yate Town Women First | 14:00 | H | League | ALVINGTON PLAYING FIELDS | ||
| NOVEMBER | |||||||
| 01.11.26 | Saltash United Women | 14:00 | A | League | KIMBERLEY STADIUM | ||
| 08.11.26 | Portishead Ladies | 14:00 | A | League | Portishead Ladies | ||
| 15.11.26 | Gloucester City FC | 14:00 | H | League | ALVINGTON PLAYING FIELDS | ||
| 22.11.26 | AEK BOCO | 14:00 | A | League | GREENBANK RECREATION GROUND | ||
| 29.11.26 | AEK BOCO | 14:00 | H | League | ALVINGTON PLAYING FIELDS | ||
| DECEMBER | |||||||
| 06.12.26 | Royal Wootton Bassett Town | 14:00 | A | League | GERARD BUXTON SPORTS GROUND | ||
| 13.12.26 | Sherborne Town | 14:00 | H | League | ALVINGTON PLAYING FIELDS | ||
| 20.12.26 | B2A Women | 14:00 | A | League | B2A Women | ||
| JANUARY | |||||||
| 10.01.27 | Yate Town | 14:00 | A | League | PUCKLECHURCH RECREATION FIELD | ||
| 17.01.27 | Saltash United | 14:00 | H | League | ALVINGTON PLAYING FIELDS | ||
| 24.01.27 | Poole Town | 14:00 | H | League | ALVINGTON PLAYING FIELDS |
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Huish Park was a special place yesterday as Billy Rowley’s Yeovil Town side blistered through Boston United scoring six goals. Here are Ian’s Five Conclusions…
That was emphatic. Once Ryan Jones put Yeovil ahead, the Glovers tore through Boston United like they weren’t even there. Brett McGavin’s goal was sensational, expertly assisted by Slavi Spasov. It took just three passes for the third with McGavin to Jones to Daly who rifled home. Johl Powell beat the haphazard offside trap to make it four goals in 13 first half minutes and game over before the break. Mason Obeng bust a gut to get the Glovers fifth before Powell coolly slotted a penalty away after being felled in the box. Each goal was different, it could have been even more but it was a marker laid down by a team full of confidence.
It did take time. Yeovil were relatively in control from the opening whistle without being cut throat. Ryan Jones was doubled up every time he got the ball and struggled to get into his free flowing best up until he’d scored. Boston offered next-to-no threat although they did force Jos Barker into a good safe low to his left before the onslaught began.
Everyone played their part. We’ve talked about ad nauseam this season, the depth is great, the squad is great and yesterday was another example of every single player playing their part. The subs all came in and made an impact. This has to be the most complete squad we’ve had, maybe ever? When we’ve been successful before we’ve had a good core 11 with players you’d definitely consider bench players, that is not the case this season.
More firepower has arrived. Prior to kick off the club unveiled is new signing, Owen Dean. It feels absurd to say this after a 6-0 win, but Dean will add something different to the front line giving us a bit more variation up top as well as adding more pressure to Ste Walker and Slavi Spasov. He sounds like a forward who will send from the front – chasing things down and one whos consistently scored goals. Exciting
It was an historic day. It’s not very often your team wins 6-0. It’s a spooky turn of fate that on the same weekend 24 years ago Yeovil tore through Southport 6-0 with an Abdoulai Demba first half hat trick in a season that went on to be historic. That game lives long in the memory and this one will too. Will we repeat history? Who knows, but let’s enjoy the ride.
Yeovil Town manager Billy Rowley was full of praise for his side’s ruthless display following their emphatic 6-0 victory over Boston United.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Ian Randall after the match, Rowley reflected on an explosive spell that saw the Glovers take total control. Despite the margin of victory, Rowley believed the contest was tight in the early exchanges.
“I thought the game was actually relatively even until the first goal goes in,” Rowley explained. “And obviously, the football phrase is ‘the floodgates opened’ a little bit. Sometimes these things just happen. Everything we were touching Brett [McGavin’s] obviously done unbelievable for his goal.”
Yeovil struck four times in a frantic 12-minute spell to effectively wrap up the points before the break. Rowley revealed he had urged his players not to take their foot off the gas as halftime approached.
“I was kind of trying to say to the lads, ‘Let’s get another goal before half-time here. Let’s not rest on that, let’s try and keep the energy and keep playing forward.’ We all know 2–0 in football is an annoying scoreline really for the team that’s winning. So I was really pleased it ended up going three. The message for the boys was at no point give up on trying to score.”
Rowley also highlighted the impact of his substitutes, who maintained the team’s intensity and helped wrap up a dominant performance in the second half.
“I’m really happy for all the subs that came on the pitch. I thought they were really instrumental in keeping the right energy and vibe,” Rowley said. “The message for the lads coming on was, ‘let’s keep a clean sheet and let’s keep trying to score.’ I think they did an exceptional job at that.”
Prior to kickoff, Yeovil announced the signing of Farnham Town forward Owen Dean, and Rowley expressed his delight at bringing the 22-year-old to Huish Park.
“I’m a huge fan of Owen. I’ve seen him progress all the way from step six,” Rowley noted. “He’s an exceptional talent, a very unique player. He’s unbelievable in the air, his spring’s great, his timing’s good, and he can obviously score goals. We’re really, really happy to have him in.”
However, the post-match discussion wasn’t entirely focused on the pitch. When asked by Ian Randall about the absence of club captain Luke McCormick, Rowley gave a candid update regarding an internal dispute.
“I’m never going to stand here and talk badly about any player, but the truth is Luke and I had a bit of a dispute,” Rowley revealed. “My job for this club and the dressing room is to always do what I think is best for the team, and at the moment he won’t be playing for me.”
When pressed on whether the player could feature for the club again in the future, Rowley remained tight-lipped: “We’ll have to see, but at the moment, probably not.”
Yeovil Town delivered a masterclass at Huish Park on Saturday, tearing through Boston United in an emphatic 6-0 victory.
The Glovers demonstrated the lethal attacking flair and clinical precision that Billy Rowley—and the players themselves—knew was brewing.
Speaking after the final whistle, James Daly couldn’t hide his pride after playing a pivotal role in one of Yeovil’s most complete performances of the season.
Reflecting on the sheer dominance of the six-goal haul, Daly revealed that a result of this magnitude had been coming for weeks.
“We’ve been speaking about it all week, actually,” Daly explained. “The gaffer’s been onto us really to say, ‘Look, if we’re at our level, we can put a few goals past these.’ That’s no disrespect to Boston, it’s just where I think we are. We’ve been creating a lot of chances in recent weeks, so it was just putting it together and having that killer instinct.”
Despite a brief period early on where Boston goalkeeper Cameron Chadwick made a couple of crucial saves to hold the hosts at bay, Yeovil remained remarkably composed.
Once Ryan Jones opened the floodgates, the Glovers unleashed a devastating blitz, slotting home four goals in just 12 frantic minutes to effectively wrap up the contest before half time.
For Daly, the team’s ability to blow opposition sides away stems from the quality and unity within the squad. “We’ve got so much quality in this team, and it’s probably the best dressing room in terms of quality that I’ve ever been in,” he noted. “We all know what we’re capable of, and when we put things together like that, we know we can do that.”
Daly’s own contribution was capped off with a wonderful strike, set up by a trademark sweeping diagonal pass from Jones.
Daly held his position wide to exploit the vacated space before firing clinically into the corner. “Jonesy is so good at coming inside the pitch and opening the game up for us,” Daly said. “As soon as he’s got the ball, I know to stay wide and create space. It came to me and I just thought, ‘Right, I need a shot here,’ and it went in the corner. I was ecstatic to get off the mark.”
While the spotlight naturally falls on the goal scorers, Daly was quick to point out that the transformation in Yeovil’s fortunes—a stark contrast to their struggles earlier in the year—is down to a collective effort stretching far beyond the pitch. He paid tribute to the backroom staff, including the kit team and back-office staff, who give the players the foundation to express themselves freely.
“It’s a team effort. This isn’t a fluke; this is work we’ve been building on for months,” Daly added. “We know how to replicate it, which is the main thing.”
With momentum firmly on their side, Yeovil Town will look to carry this ruthless edge forward as the season progresses.
A rampant Yeovil Town blew away Boston United with four goals in 12 first half minutes to send Huish Park home happy on Saturday.
The Glovers opened the scoring when Ryan Jones weaved his way forward and slotted home with 34 minutes on the clock to begin the rout and he was quickly followed by Brett McGavin and James Daly before Johl Powell made it 4-0 at the interval in the second minute of first half stoppage time.
Then after the break boss Billy Rowley made a number of changes, including withdrawing scorers Jones, McGavin and Daly, before Mason Obeng made a fifth on 73 minutes and then Powell added his second from the penalty spot three minutes later.
Ahead of kick-off, Yeovil unveiled a new signing with striker Owen Dean, who has joined on an undisclosed fee from National League South side Farnham Town, unveiled to supporters on the pitch ahead of kick-off at Huish Park.
The opening 60 seconds saw Johl Powell forced a good save out of the visiting keeper Luke Chadwick after making a dangerous run in to box and getting in a shot which was well pushed away by the keeper. Then on 17 minutes the keeper was in action again to turn a Slavi Spasov header over the bar.
But the Glovers’ striker should have given the keeper no chance five minutes later. Archie Davies robbed defender Georgie Gent inside the box and squared it to Spasov who got his feet in a tangle and failed to get anything on what should have been a golden chance to score.
On the half-hour mark, Jos Barker did superbly to get down to keep out Terrell Agyemang’s shot from the edge of the box through a forest of legs, before Brett McGavin had an effort from a similar range blocked at the other end.
Yeovil have been doing the vast majority of the pressing and their efforts got their rewards on 34 minutes when they took the lead. Ryan JONES picked the ball up on the right side, got past Gent and burst in to the box and slotted home his third goal of the season.
Then three minutes later it was 2-0 to Yeovil. Spasov was the creator as he picked out Brett McGAVIN on the edge of the box and the midfielder did superbly to bamboozle his defence and then fire home the second. Another fantastic move and a fantastic finish.
The Glovers were purring and they added a third five minutes later. Jones made a move forward down the right, sold Gent a dummy and played a superb pass through to James DALY on the other flank and he hammered a shot across Chadwick and into the far corner.
Just when you thought it could not get any better, Yeovil added a fourth. Jordan Norville-Williams pinged a ball forward down the left side to find the on-running Johl POWELL. The Boston defence looked towards the assistant for an offside flag which never came, but Powell played to the whistle and coolly slotted home.
The whole of Huish Park (except those in the away section) were on their feet to applaud the Glovers off at the interval. Oooo-ahrrrrr, it’s a massacre!
Yeovil started the second half in a similar fashion to how we ended the first – on the hunt for goals. James Daly prodded a chance wide two minutes after the restart before Jones flashed one just across the face of goal three minutes later.
On the hour mark, Yeovil boss Billy Rowley made a triple substitution with three of the first half goal-scorers, Daly, Jones and McGavin, withdrawan in place of Mason Obeng, Charlie Lennon and Zain Westbrooke. It says everything about the control which the Glovers have on this encounter that we can withdraw those players and with on 69 minutes there was another change with Ste Walker replacing Spasov.
With 73 minutes on the clock, two of the new arrivals combined to add a fifth goal. The move started with Mason OBENG who picked out Walker on the right side, but the winger continued his run and slammed home a fifth. There are Boston supporters in the away section who are leaving, but no-one of a green-and-white persuasion is leaving this one early.
But it just kept getting better. Johl POWELL jumped on a defensive mix-up from the visitors and was brought down inside the box by substitute Gavan Holohan. Penalty and Powell made no mistake with 76 minutes on the clock. “Watching super Yeovil, putting on a show….” sings the Thatcher’s Stand and boy were we!
The final whistle was met by an almighty roar for a scintillating performance and a result which moved the Glovers up to fourth place in the National League Premier Division table with 12 games played.
Venue: Huish Park
Date: Saturday 3rd October, 2026, 3pm
Competition: National League Premier Division
Scorers: Ryan Jones 34 (1-0), Brett McGavin 37 (2-0), James Daly 42 (3-0), Johl Powell 45+2 (4-0), Mason Obeng 73 (5-0), Johl Powell pen 76 (6-0)
Conditions: Cloudy – the floodlights were on in the second half
Pitch: Looking good – still
Attendance: 3,140 (121 away supporters)
Bookings:
Yeovil Town: James Daly 57, Jordan Norville-Williams 83
Boston United: Sai Sachdev 49, Jack Sutton 51, Connor McBride 59
Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis
Yeovil Town
Substitutes: Charlie Lennon (for James Daly, 60), Zain Westbrooke (for Ryan Jones, 60), Brett McGavin (for Mason Obeng, 60), Ste Walker (for Slavi Spasov, 69), Joe Gubbins (for Ben Radcliffe, 74), Loick Ayina (not used), Matt Gould (not used).
Boston United: Luke Chadwick, Sai Sachdev, Connor Teale, Jamie Grimes, Georgie Gent, Jack Sutton, Terrell Agyemang (for Gavan Holohan, 46), Ken Aboh (for Tom Cursons, 46), Connor McBride, Lennon Wheeldon, Lennell John-Lewis (for Jack Holmes, 83).
Substitutes (not used): Luke Faxon, Lewis Shipley, Niall Canavan, Ben Hammond.
