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Yeovil Town were dumped out of the FA Cup at the hands of a Hemel Hempstead Town side which played more than an hour with ten men in today’s fourth qualifying round tie.

The National League South side were reduced to ten men after forward Isiah Noel-Williams clashed with Glovers’ defender Kyle Ferguson off the ball on 25 minutes, but The Tudors continued to show more desire than their higher division visitors and deservedly took the lead through captain Kyle Ajayi with six minutes of the half remaining.

The game continued in a similar fashion in the second half and it was only after a flurry of Yeovil substitutions that the visitors put up anything approaching a fight with striker Harvey Greenslade pulling them level after 71 minutes.

But, the day belonged to Hemel who got the winner with three minutes of normal time remaining when Finley Wilkinson’s looping header came back off the post, hit Yeovil keeper Jed Ward on the back and went in.

First half

The home side, who started with  former Yeovil trialist Jevani Brown on the right side of attack, looked the brighter without really testing Jed Ward, who was given permission to play in the FA Cup by Bristol Rovers. The desire definitely was with Hemel in the opening exchanges.

For the visitors, there were a few nervy misplaced passes and the occasional bit of overplaying (yes, Jake, I mean you) as we struggled to get to grips with the artificial surface. The impetus came from Andrew Oluwabori and he had the first effort on goal after 15 minutes following good play by Tahvon Campbell, but his effort sailed over the bar.

Jed Ward shepherds Isiah Noel-Williams away after his red card.

The real moment of the first half  came after 25 minutes. Whilst we all looked at Hemel taking a throw in, Isiah Noel-Williams, son of former Yeovil loanee Gifton, clashed with Kyle Ferguson off the ball and was immediately given a red card. I’ll be honest, I did not see it but it happened right in front of the linesman and the referee did not hesitate.

The one man disadvantage did not put Hemel off and the effort and desire they showed from the off was still evident. So, it was no surprise when the ten men took the lead after 39 minutes. Our defence failed  to deal with a Williams corner and captain Kyle AJAYI was there to sweep it home.

With a minute of first half stoppage time played, Hemel came within inches of doubling their advantage. George Williams stepped up to curl a free-kick over the defensive wall and it came rattling back off the post, it flew back across the face of goal with two Hemel players in close proximity. Fortunately, neither player could get to it and Ward dropped on it.

1-0 down at half-time massively flatters us. Where has the attacking flair which won three consecutive games gone?

Half time: Hemel Hempstead Town 1 Yeovil Town 0

Second half

The second half started in a similar fashion to the way the first ended with Hemel on top and it was no surprise when Yeovil manager Richard Dryden made changes. The first came within five minutes of the restart, Byron Pendleton replaced Alex Whittle with Josh Sims switching to the left side with the Birmingham City loanee taking up the right side. On 58 minutes Brett McGavin replaced Cousin-Dawson with the visitors desperately looking for some creative spark.

But it was the home side who created the next opening on the hour mark after a Hemel was allowed to run through the Yeovil midfield unchallenged and play in Joe White whose shot was weak and easily stopped by Ward. 

Next it was Harvey Greenslade who replaced Junior Morias on 65 minutes whilst Hemel keeper Michael Johnson needed at least three separate visits from the physio as the home side tried to slow the game down. Referee Richie Watkins fell for it hook, line and sinker.

Whilst it would be an exaggeration to say Yeovil started to make their one man advantage pay, there was more urgency after the changes with Pendleton getting some deliveries in from the left. On 71 minutes, Pendleton slid a ball through the Hemel defence and Harvey GREENSLADE was there to stroke a calm finish past Johnson from inside the area.

Tahvon Campbell shoots over the bar.

Eight minutes later, Campbell had a great opportunity to put Yeovil after he was found by a Josh Sims corner, but the striker was leaning back and his effort went over the bar.

Even after an hour of playing with a numerical disadvantage, Hemel continued to press for the win. White pulled an effort wide before substitute Devante Stanley had a shot from distance and then with three minutes of normal time remaining the breakthrough their efforts deserved came for the home side. Samuel Adenoa got away down the left and his deflected ball was met by the head of Finley WILKINSON, hit Ward on the back and found the net.

As the match officials indicated ten minutes of time added on, Yeovil pressed for an equaliser to take the tie to a replay at Huish Park. The best opening came four minutes in to stoppage time when Campbell’s ball found Oluwabori at the back post but the Exeter City loanee could not get anything on it to turn the ball home.

Vauxhall Road erupted at the final whistle and it was nothing less than Hemel deserved. We were out fought, out thought and just out of the FA Cup to lower league opponents for the second successive season. Simply not good enough.

Full time: Hemel Hempstead Town 2 Yeovil Town 1

Match Details

Venue: Vauxhall Road
Date: Saturday 10th October, 3pm kick-off

Competition: FA Cup fourth qualifying round

Scorers: Kyle Ajayi 39 (0-1), Harvey Greenslade 71 (1-1), Finley Wilkinson 87 (1-2).

Pitch: Plastic
Conditions: Dry and bright

Attendance: 1,751

Bookings: 

Yeovil Town: Finn Cousin-Dawson 31, Morgan Williams 44
Hemel Hempstead Town:

Sendings Off:

Hemel Hempstead Town: Isiah Noel-Williams 25

Referee: Richie Watkins

Yeovil Town (3-4-1-2)

Substitutes: Byron Pendleton (for Alex Whittle, 51), Brett McGavin (for Finn Cousin-Dawson, 58), Harvey Greenslade (for Junior Morias, 65), Ben Wodskou (for Jake Wannell, 81), Matt Gould (not used).

Hemel Hempstead Town: Michael Johnson, Samuel Adenola, Kyle Ajayi, Jordan Thompson, George Williams, Millar Matthews-Lewis, Joe White, Kyran Wiltshire, Isiah Noel-Williams, Jevani Brown, Devante Stanley.

Substitutes (not used): Darion Dowrich, Jake Gray, Finley Wilkinson, Mathew Achumba, Ade Azeez, Jermaine Anderson, Steve Arnold.

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On loan goalkeeper Jed Ward and winger Andrew Oluwabori are named in Yeovil Town’s starting XI for today’s FA Cup fourth qualifying round tie at Hemel Hempstead Town (kick-off 3pm).

There is no place for James Plant, who went off with a shoulder injury in the 3-0 league defeat to Boreham Wood last weekend, but Josh Sims has recovered from an injury seven days ago to start.

Striker Aaron Jarvis is not in the squad at all with Tahvon Campbell, Junior Morias and Oluwabori expected to lead the attack.

For Hemel, striker Jevani Brown, who spent the summer on trial at Huish Park, starts.

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Former Yeovil Town manager Danny Webb has spoken for the first time after his departure from Huish Park after just 11 days in charge.

He spoke to the Derbyshire Times and honestly he did not really say a great deal more than came out in the announcement which came out with his shock departure which was followed swiftly by a return to his old job as assistant manager at Chesterfield.

Webb said: “I think the statement said it all – personal reasons. Football, non-football, that is not my place to divulge. As the statement has gone out, it would not be fair on either party to say any more on that. But when the opportunity did arise after leaving to return to my previous role it would have been mad to turn it down. I wish them all the best as a football club. There are some really good people in charge down there.

“There will be things that I have learnt from my own development, whether personal or career, and that has got to be a positive what I take away from the experience.”

Danny Webb speaking to BBC Somerset after his only match in charge, a 1-0 defeat at Tamworth.

It took just ten days after the announcement of his departure from Yeovil on September 22nd for Webb to be reinstalled as number two to Paul Cook at Chesterfield, the club he had spent four-and-a-half years with before his brief spell away.

Asked whether he believed he would return to frontline management again, he told the Derbyshire Times: “You never rule it out. It was not something that I thought ‘I have to go and do this now’ before an opportunity came up. At the time it felt like the right thing to do. What I would say now I am back in my previous role is that my focus is solely on assisting Paul Cook and the staff to get us back up the right end of that league.”

That is probably as much as we are ever going to find out about the reasons behind Webb’s departure, so we wish Danny all the best with whatever happens next in his career. Good luck, Danny, and thanks for bringing Andrew Oluwabori!

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Richard Dryden has said he doesn’t expect any new signings before the Glovers head to Hemel Hempstead Town in the FA Cup this weekend.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Jack Killah, he said that he’s appreciated the full week’s build up to the game;
 
“Yeah, the structure is good. I mean, we we had a good hard day on Tuesday, which we we haven’t been able to do, like you say, because of the amount of games midweek. We’ll have quite a hard day again Thursday and then Friday we’re going on to 4G to replicate [Hemel’s surface]
We’re trying to keep the same same level of consistency in training. So nothing changes. Just you just want to be more determined to win games.”
Yeovil Town crashed out of the FA Cup to lower league opposition in last year’s competition and Dryden knows just what a cup run could mean to any non-league side.

“The FA Cup is is beneficial to the lower leagues. Everybody in the qualifying now wants to get through to the first round, not just for the the glory of it, but it’s financially good as well. So Hemel have the same ideas about us, wanting to get through. So it’s a tough place to go. You know, we’ve watched a lot of clips on them, they’re well organized. Very athletic. So you know, we’ve done our due diligence like we do with every game. So we’re going to get set up for them.”

Jevani Brown [now of Hemel Hempstead]
Pic C/O Gary Brown
Hemel Hempstead will pose some challenges having suffered defeat just once all season and playing on the dreaded fake 4G pitch, but the Yeovil manager knows this and said his team are ready for what the game will throw at them.“If you look you look at the sides who could potentially win [the National League South] at the start of the season and who can potentially win it now, there is a lot of sides. There’s a lot of good sides in there. There’s a lot of sides that have gone full time as well. So, we’re under no illusions. We’re going to be up against it on Saturday. Obviously, some of these boys here will have had experience of playing on on 4Gs more regularly when they were playing in National League South. 

When the winter comes and you’re playing on mud baths, 4Gs are pretty good. So, we’ve got no excuses. We’re going to we’re going to train on it tomorrow. I think one day enough training up will be enough for for the lads, you know. We just get on with the job.”
 
Squad size has been one of the big talking points in recent weeks, and Dryden acknowledges that numbers are light.
He didn’t disclose which of the loanees will (or wont) be available due to their parent clubs’ rules [ed. Although having Jed Ward on media duties suggests he should be OK to play], with injuries to a couple of players and yellow cards starting to add up, he gave us an update on how the squad is looking. 
 
Captain Jake Wannell on the charge Pic – Gary Brown
 
“We might miss one or two on Saturday. We’ve been actively looking for players to bring in. Listen we’ve got lots of loans now. We’ve got to start looking at players to come  into our squad to help us. So, we’ve been looking at that this week. It’s a little bit slower than what we want. That sometimes happens. I understand that. So, we’re actively looking to build the squad. But we’ll have enough to turn out on Saturday.  What we’ve looked at, I can’t see too many people coming before the deadline Friday.
 
[Jake Wannell will] be fit. He’ll be fine. It was just more of a tactical thing, you know, when we change it at half time and also we looked at him, you know, let’s go two at the back. So, we decided he’s been struggling and he was a logical one to take off and to rest a bit more. 
 
[James Daly and Jacob Maddox] are on the grass, they’re involved in the warm up, a bit of ball work sometimes when we’re doing shape, for want of a better word, they’re better than the mannequins because they can’t have any contact yet so there’s a little bit of movement then when we’re when we’re working against um against shape so they’re coming on nicely. [Charlie Cooper] he’s getting there bit by bit.”
 
 

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It’s the return of the FA Cup this weekend, as Yeovil make their way to Hemel Hempstead to face of in the fourth qualifying round on Saturday.

FORM…

YEOVIL TOWN

As we all know, form goes out the window when it come to cup competitions, especially in the FA Cup. The competition can make or break so many smaller clubs seasons, and even if the top 6 find it a burden, the magic is still there for the likes Glovers.

Yeovil are famed for their giant killings in this competition, but the club hasn’t reached the first round proper since 2023, when they were knocked out in the second round, to the glitz and glamour of Wrexham.

Over the last five games it has been solid for the Glovers with three wins and two losses. One of those losses cam last time out to Boreham Wood as Richard Dryden’s men were soundly beaten 0-3 at home.

Kyle Ferguson has plenty of attention – Pic Gary Brown

Hemel Hempstead

The Tudors began their FA Cup exploits in the second of qualifying, where they faced Bishop Stortford, 4-1. They then drew Hereford in the next round, which went to a replay, after drawing  2-2 at Vauxhall Road. It was then off to Hereford for the replay, where Hemel came out on top with a convincing 0-3 victory.

The Hertfordshire side are unbeaten over their last five games, which includes their three cup games. Last time out The Tudors faced struggling Chippenham Town side which they one 0-1, thanks to a goal from forward Millar Matthews-Lewis.

KEY PLAYERS…

YEOVIL TOWN – Junior Morias

Although quiet in recent games, the FA Cup could be the perfect opportunity to reignite the Jamaicans spark. Morias has scored goals wherever he has gone, but he needs to be playing in a position that suits him.

In the recent games where he has been less involved Dryden has deployed him as a left-winger. However, when Morias was playing arguably his best football so far this season, Mark Cooper had him playing centrally in-behind the striker/s. It is understandable that he needs to play where the team needs him, but also to get the best of him and to make him the key player that he was for those three fixtures, Morias needs to be through the middle.

We here that Cup games can take pressure of teams and players, something different to focus on, and utilised properly Morias could cause havoc against lower-league opposition.

Junior Morias shhots
Pic – Gary Brown

Hemel Hempstead – Millar Matthews-Lewis

Matthews-Lewis has been a handful for opposition teams this season. Since joining from Farnborough FC in the summer, the forward has bagged five goals in the league so far this season. In the games against Hereford the striker was a  dangerous presence for Hemel contributing twice across both pictures. The first of his goals came in the original tie, where he equalised late on to send the fixture to a replay. Matthews-Lewis then opened the scoring in said replay, converting an indirect free-kick from edge of the six yard box.

The youngster is one of many talented striker to have played for Farnborough which includes the likes of Jamie Cureton and Michael Folivi. He will definitely be making sure the Yeovil centre backs will have their work cut out.

THE GAFFER…

Lee Allinson is the man who has the pleasure of leading out The Tudors every week. The former midfielder has a very short managerial career having only retired six years ago.The 41-year-olds first steps into management came at Biggleswade Town where he stayed for six months before joining Hendon.

Hendon is where Allinson then stayed for five years, before signing as manager for Hemel in 2024. In his first full season in charge he has the Tudors playing good football with his side currently sat 6th in the National League South.

LAST TIME WE MET…

The Glovers last met The Tudors back at the start of 2024 in Yeovil’s National league South title winning season.  The game ended in a 2-0 win for The Glovers at Huish Park, with both goals coming from Sam Pearson.

Yeovil vs Hemel Hempstead - Image Courtesy of Dan Finill
Yeovil vs Hemel Hempstead – Image Courtesy of Dan Finill

The only other time the two teams have met was at Vauxhall Park, in the same season, this time however Hemel won 1-0, with Joe Iaciofano getting the only goal.

DON’T I KNOW YOU…

Jake Gray – The midfielder had an up and down time in Somerset. Gray joined the club in 2017 from Luton with high expectations, but never really delivered on the talent that he shown on occasions, leaving for Woking in 2019.

Gray will forever be remembered for his announcement video, where the clubs media guru at the time, Alex O’Loughlin, used Snapchat maps to introduce him to Glovers fans.

Jevani Brown also spent the entirety of pre-season with the Glovers as a trialist, but never went on to sign on at Huish Park.

Hampton captain Jake Gray.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE…

Richie Watkins is the man in the middle, he’s taken charge of seven Hemel games in his career – no side has seen him more! He’s also been looking after games involving Yeovil twice in the past. Read more here.

 

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Sorry to bring up that 3-0 home loss again, but despite the defeat there was at least one stand out performance.

Jed Ward claims your Man of the Match vote with a huge margin of support.

A little over 70% of you gave the Bristol Rovers loanee your backing with Harvey’s Greenslade’s second half cameo enough to grab second ahead of Kyle Ferguson in third.

DATEOPPONENTRESPONSES1ST
(Votes / Percent)		2ND
(Votes / Percent)		3RD
(Votes / Percent)
August
09.08.2025HARTLEPOOL
(Home, 0-0 draw)		172JED WARD
(52 / 32.4%)
Morgan Williams
(44 / 25.6%)		Jake Wannell
(22 / 12.8%)
16.08.2025FOREST GREEN
(Away, 2-0 loss)		87JED WARD
(39 / 44.8%)
Byron Pendleton
(16 / 18.4%)		Morgan Williams
(11 / 12.6%)
20.08.2025BRACKLEY TOWN
(Home, 2-1 win)		153JED WARD
(89 / 58.2%)
Josh Sims
(23 / 15%)		Tahvon Campbell
(14 / 9.2%)
23.08.2025BRAINTREE TOWN
(Away, 1-0 loss)		71JED WARD
(29 / 40.8%)
Josh Sims
(15 / 21.1%)		James Plant
(7 / 9.9%)
25.08.2025GATESHEAD
(Home, 4-3 loss)		174HARVEY GREENSLADE
(65 / 37.4%)
Junior Morias
(59 / 33.9%)		Josh Sims
(23 / 13.2%)
30.08.2025HALIFAX
(Away, 3-2 loss)		93JOSH SIMS
(36 / 38.7%)		Harvey Greenslade
(29 / 31.2%)		Junior Morias
(13 / 14%)
AUGUST PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(12 PTS, 3 MOTM)
🥈 JOSH SIMS
(8 PTS, 1 MOTM)		🥉 HARVEY GREENSLADE
(5 PTS, 1 MOTM)
02.09.2025SOLIHULL M
(Away, 1-0 win)		98 JUNIOR MORIAS
(28 / 28.3%)		Luke McCormick
(24 / 24.2%)		Jed Ward
(15 / 15.2%)
06.09.2025YORK CITY
(Home, 3-1 loss)		108JOSH SIMS
(48 / 44.4%)		Luke McCormick
(33 / 30.6%)		Jed Ward
(7 / 6.5%)
13.09.2025WOKING
(Home, 1-0 win)		127 LUKE MCCORMICK
(47 / 37%)		Kyle Ferguson
(37 / 29.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(11 / 8.7%)
20.09.2025TAMWORTH
(Away, 1-0 loss)		62JED WARD
(17 / 27.4%)		Kyle Ferguson
(10 / 16.1%)		Josh Sims
(7 / 11.3%)
24.09.2025ALDERSHOT
(Away, 4-1 win)		94ANDREW OLUWABORI
(36 / 38.3%)
Tahvon Campbell
(25 / 26.6%)		Luke McCormick
(10 / 10.6%)
27.09.2025ALTRINCHAM
(Home, 1-0 win)		154ANDREW OLUWABORI
(51 / 33.1%)
Jed Ward
(37 / 24%)		Morgan Williams
(18 / 11.7%)
30.09.2025SUTTON UTD
(Away 2-1 win)		119JOSH SIMS
(88 / 73.9%)		Andrew Oluwabori
(20 / 16.8%)		Jed Ward
(6 / 5%)
SEPTEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 ANDREW OLUWABORI
(8 PTS / 2 MOTM)

🥈 JED WARD
(8 PTS / 1 MOTM)		🥉 JOSH SIMS
(7 PTS / 2 MOTM)
04.10.2025BOREHAM WOOD
(Home - 0-3 loss)		87JED WARD
(61 / 70.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(10 / 11.5%)		Kyle Ferguson
(5 / 5.7%)
11.10.2025HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
(Away 2-1 loss)		44HARVEY GREENSLADE
(18 / 40.9%)		Jed Ward
(10 / 22%)		Byron Pendleton
(6 / 13.6%)
18.10.2025ROCHDALE
(Away 3-0 loss)		49JED WARD
(17 / 34.7%)		Harvey Greenslade
(10 / 20.4%)		Kyle Ferguson
(5 / 10.2%)
25.10.2025CARLISLE
(Home 1-1 draw)		140Max Jolliffe
(60 / 42.9%		Harvey Greenslade
(16 / 11.4%)		George Nurse
(13 / 9.3%)
OCTOBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 HARVEY GREENSLADE
(9 PTS / 1 MOTM)

🥈 JED WARD
(8 PTS / 1 MOTM)		🥉 MAX JOLLIFFE
(3 PTS / 1 MOTM)
04.11.2025WEALDSTONE
(Home 0-2 loss)		67 LUKE MCCORMICK
(13 / 19.4%)		Jed Ward
(12 / 17.9%)		Aaron Jarvis
(9 / 13.4%)
08.11.2025SCUNTHORPE
(Away 1-0 loss)		46JAMES PLANT
(15 / 32.6%)		Jed Ward
(12 / 26.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(10 / 21.7%)
15.11.2025SOUTHEND
(Home 0-1 loss)		89JED WARD
(74 / 83.1%)		Max Jolliffe
(5 / 5.6%)		Junior Morias
(3 / 3.4%)
22.11.2025MORECAMBE
(Away 0-0 draw)		49JED WARD
(22 / 44.9%)		Harvey Greenslade
(12 / 24.5%)		Finn Cousin-Dawson
4 (8.2%)
29.11.2025BOSTON UNITED
(Home 2-1 win)		108 LUKE MCCORMICK
(68 / 63%)		Brett McGavin
(10 / 9.3%)		James Plant
(6 / 5.6%)
NOVEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(10 PTS, 2 MOTM)
🥈 LUKE MCCORMICK
(6 PTS / 2 MOTM)		🥉 JAMES PLANT
(4 PTS / 1 MOTM)
06.12.2025HARTLEPOOL UTD
(Away, 2-0 win)		106 LUKE MCCORMICK
(78 / 73.6%)		Jed Ward
(11 / 10.4%)		Harvey Greenslade
(7 / 6.6%)
13.12.2025MAIDSTONE UTD
(Home, 1-1 [4-2 on pens])		125JED WARD
(83 / 66.4%)		Brett McGavin
(10 / 8%)		Harvey Greenslade
(9 / 7.2%)
20.12.2025FOREST GEEEN
(Home, 0-2 loss)		94 LUKE MCCORMICK
(22 / 23.4%)		Harvey Greenslade
(20 / 21.3%)		Jed Ward
(17 / 18.1%)
26.12.2025TRURO CITY
(Away 0-1 loss)		67JED WARD
(55 / 82.1%)		Jake Wannell
(3 / 4.5%)		Josh Tobin / Aaron Jarvis
(2 / 3%)
30.12.2025EASTLEIGH
(Home 1-1 draw)		113 LUKE MCCORMICK
(46 / 40.7%)		Jed Ward
(29 / 25.7%)		Jake Wannell
(10 / 8.8%)
DECEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(10 PTS, 2 MOTM)
🥈 LUKE MCCORMICK
(9 PTS / 3 MOTM)		🥉 HARVEY GREENSLADE
(4 PTS / 0 MOTM)
03.01.2026BRAINTREE
(Home 3-1 win)		164 LUKE MCCORMICK
(44 / 26.8%)		Aaron Jarvis
(27 / 16.5%)		James Daly/Brett McGavin
(20 / 12.2%)
10.01.2026ALVECHURCH
(Home 0-0 [3-1 on pens])		172DAKARAI MAFICO
(86 / 50%)
Jed Ward
(55 / 32%)		Josh Sims
(9 / 5.2%)
17.01.2026BRACKLEY TOWN
(Away, 2-1 loss)		81DAKARAI MAFICO
(19 / 23.5%)
Harvey Greenslade
(15 / 18.5%)		Kyle Ferguson
(12 / 14.8%)
31.01.2026AFC TELFORD
(Away, 2-0 win)		191HARVEY GREENSLADE
(79 / 41.4%)
Dakarai Mafico
(60 / 31.4%)		Joy Mukena
(11 / 5.8%)
JANUARY PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 DAKARAI MAFICO
(8 PTS, 2 MOTM)
🥈HARVEY GREENSLADE
(4 PTS / 1 MOTM)		🥉 LUKE MCCORMICK
(3 PTS / 1 MOTM)
06.02.2026ALTRINCHAM
(Away, 1-0 win)		92JED WARD
(57 / 61.3%)		Troy Perrett
(12 / 12.9%)		Kyle Ferguson
(7 / 7.5%)
11.02.2026BOREHAM WOOD
(Away 3-2 loss)		46JAMES DALY
(13 / 28.3%)		Jed Ward
(12 / 23.1%)		Jake Wannell
(8 / 17.4%)
14.02.2026ROCHDALE
(Home 1-1 draw)		155DAKARAI MAFICO
(73 / 45.6%)
Finn Cousin-Dawson
(34 / 21.3%)		Jed Ward
(13 / 8.1%)
17.02.2026ALDERSHOT
(Home 2-1 loss)		86JED WARD
(50 / 58.1%)		Jake Wannell
(10 / 11.6%)		Terrell Works
(9 / 9.3%)
21.02.2026CARLISLE
(Away 3-0 loss)		47JED WARD
(21 / 42%)		Finn Cousin-Dawson
(10 / 20%)		Harvey Greenslade
(6 / 12%)
25.02.2026SUTTON UTD
(Home 3-2 win)		82JAMES DALY
(50 / 61%)		Brett McGavin
(7 / 8.5%)		Greenslade/Jones
(6 / 7.3%)
28.02.2026SOUTHPORT
(Away 1-1 draw [2-4 on penalties])

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It’s cup time, everyone!

Yeovil Town will take on some old National League South adversaries in the form of those plastic pitchers, Hemel Hempstead Town on Saturday and the man in charge definitely knows his way to the ground.

Richie Watkins is the man in the middle, he’s taken charge of seven Hemel games in his career – no side has seen him more!

He’s also been looking after games involving Yeovil twice in the past – both times saw the Glovers lose.

He took charge of a 1-0 home defeat to Bromley in 2022/23 and a 2-0 away defeat to Maidenhead United. 

Below you can see him dealing with a minor skirmish in the Glovers’ penalty area – Grant Smith is about to get that Yellow card he’s holding. 

This season, he’s been a little on the stricter side, four National League games have seen 25 yellow cards, and he got two of his three ones out in a tasty little game between Altrincham and Carlisle.

He will be assisted by Amarjit Sarao and Alex Rolfe with Dan England on fourth official duties.

Hemel Hempstead Town (First Team) v Yeovil Town FC (First Team)
FA Cup    
Referee: Watkins, Richie
Assistant Referee: Sarao, Amarjit
Assistant Referee: Rolfe, Alex
Fourth Official: England, Dan

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An afternoon to forget for the Glovers, so here’s a lovely array of images of the day for you to remember it by! Sorry about that!