Yeovil Town’s match away at Chesterfield has been chosen for live TV Coverage on BT Sport.
The match a the “Technique Stadium” (fka, the Proact/b2net Stadium – catchy) on February 26th will now take place at the later time of 5:20pm.
The Spireites have won the last three head to head meetings, including a 3-0 win in North Derbyshire back in March, but Yeovil did win there back in 2019 thanks to goals from Myles Hippolyte and Rhys Murphy.
Former Yeovil Town loanee Ben Seymour has been speaking to DevonLive about his battle with COVID, his run in the Exeter team and his loan spell at Huish Park.
He said that whilst it was nice to play a few games, it could have been better.
“Looking back, it was a good loan to get minutes,”
“But when I was there, I was playing as an attacking midfielder and not a striker, so not my position, but I got some game time and played some minutes.”
The Grecians’ front man said when he arrived at the end of September, alongside defender Jordan Dyer, the Glovers were not in a great place, having lost back to back games against Chesterfield and Boreham Wood.
“They were in a tricky patch when I went and they were down in the dumps, but good to see they have finally picked up and shown what they can do.”
Seymour played four times for Yeovil, starting against Maidenhead in a 0-0 draw, coming off the bench in a defeat to Notts County and in a draw against Altrincham.
He also played in the FA Cup tie against W*ymouth and was one of two Glovers to miss their penalty as the Green and Whites progressed.
The FA Cup dream is over, but the treble is still on. Ian and Ben welcome Dave Prior to the Gloverscast to talk about our Saturday night under the lights at Huish Park and how we saw the game, the performance and all the stuff around it.
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It wasn’t quite a magic night at Huish Park, but there is always something about Yeovil Town in the FA Cup. Here are Ian’s Five Conclusions from the 3-1 defeat.
It was fantastic to see a crowd. Not since Manchester United’s visit in 2018 have we had such a turnout. Despite Bournemouth not being a ‘superclub’, Huish Park was packed and full of anticipation of more FA Cup history. While the result wasn’t what we’d have wanted, seeing supporters in their volume to watch the match was a pleasant remind of what Yeovil Town FC can be on its day. Let’s just hope the mud bath surround the stadium didn’t put people off attending less glamourous matches in the future.
Bournemouth’s quality was clear to see. But for the keeper’s mishap, we didn’t cause them any major issues. Their technical prowess allowed them to totally control the game and keep us at arm’s length. Emiliano Marcondes was everywhere for the Cherries and he earned his hattrick with his clever runs and positioning. Jamal Lowe showed what a talent he is with his dizzying runs and electric pace. We performed admirably, but Bournemouth showed why they are three points clear at the top of the Championship.
Max Evans should have got his chance. Dillon Barnes has had two disappointing performances in his loan spell for us. The corner at Torquay was bad and I felt he had another poor game in the FA Cup. He pushed the ball back into the middle of the goal for Bournemouth’s third goal and he seemed to struggle with crosses and corners again. There’s a lesson to be learned for Grant Smith, don’t mouth off at officials again. He’s missed two big games for Yeovil and we’ve really suffered for it. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but I think giving Max Evans an opportunity in these two games would have been a good thing. It couldn’t have gone much worse.
We looked tired. Playing against Bournemouth is totally draining, obviously. But we looked like a side which hadn’t had a proper week of preparation. Tom Knowles and Charlie Wakefield aren’t at the energetic levels they were, Matt Worthington isn’t getting forward like he was and our threat was diminished. I’m not sure having Worthington and Dale Gorman on yellow cards for the majority of the match made it trickier for us to take any risks. On the plus side, we had nine substitutes and seem to have some genuine depth in positions. Without downplaying Needham Market, we could do with playing Needham Market after these last three games. Instead, we’ve got a quick turnaround and a trip to Southend having not left the South West since November.
Scott Priestnall decided to grace us with his presence, albeit under the radar. That there’s even speculation about whether or not the owner of the football club will attend a match is appalling enough in itself. We can only guess as to the reason why this match was worth a visit, perhaps it was to see what a proper occasion at Huish Park can look like. Perhaps it was to sort out some contracts for players and the manager. Maybe we’re days away from seeing his long-term plan. Hopefully he was there to clear out his desk. Plenty on the terraces let him know their feelings last night.
Midfielder Tom Knowles said his Yeovil Town team-mates need to take the positives from their run to the FA Cup third round in to the rest of the season.
The Glovers went out of the competition after a 3-1 defeat at home to Championship leaders AFC Bournemouth and now have just two days until the National League trip to Southend United on Tuesday night and an FA Trophy tie with Needham Market next weekend.
Knowles said: “We’ve come away from Torquay with two disappointing losses and we’ve got to go to Southend and look to pick up a win again and then we’re back in to the FA Trophy. We have to pick up momentum and keep going game by game.”
He praised the support from the home fans in the crowd of 7,818 who turned out for the televised tie, adding: “We play football for the fans, they were class tonight, you saw when we scored that goal and right throughout the evening they were behind us.
“If we can take that in to our league form and see as many (fans) back here again, that will push us on for the season and hopefully we can kick on and do well.”
Knowles said the team was “gutted” to have been put out of the competition courtesy of a hat-trick from Bournemouth midfielder Emiliano Marcondes – but said they were proud of their performance.
The midfielder added: “We felt we gave a good account of ourselves against a good Championship side and we went out there and did Yeovil proud.
“We are gutted to be going out, but it’s been a great journey and we have really enjoyed it.
“We knew they were going to have a lot of the ball, they are a possession-based team, but I thought we frustrated them in the first half.
“We all did our jobs well, we were working our socks off and their quality shone through.”
Darren Sarll said he was pleased his Yeovil Town side did “never backed down” against Championship leaders AFC Bournemouth in the defeat which ended their FA Cup run.
A hat-trick from Cherries’ midfielder Emiliano Marcondes sealed a 3-1 win for the visitors and the manager was keen to praise his side for their willingness to take the fight to this high-flying opponents.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins after the loss, he said: “We had a saying tonight ‘never back down’, we wanted to step in to the battle, we didn’t want to get to half-time and be talking about giving too much respect to the opponent.
“No-one backed down, no-one shied out of a challenge, and we made it messy for them at times which was something we knew we’d have to do.
“We had to try and rough it up a bit to get anything out of them and I thought the second half was an excellent performance.
“The first half I thought was patient, the first goal gives us no pride because we worked on that exact scenario too often this week, but I thought the players showed great character and I am pleased we did that.”
Having had a number of cases of COVID-19 in his already limited squad, the boss said that he was able to count on four substitutes with just under four hours to go until kick-off.
He ended up with a full complement of nine substitutes albeit only four of them – Charlie Wakefield, Sonny Blu Lo-Everton, Adi Yussuf and Reuben Reid – made it on to the pitch.
Sarll added: “Some of them were not in any condition to play, especially with the time they have played up until now, Charlie (Wakefield) being one of them.
“We have so many games coming up and we know what an important player he is for us but the physio and doctor were excellent to get the players in a shape to compete.
“We were pleased at 2pm that we started the day with four on the bench and we managed to get the full complement out, which we have not been able to do much this season.”
Looking ahead of Tuesday night’s trip to Southend United in the National League, the boss said his side needed to get back to the form which had seen them go 13 matches unbeaten before a double defeat to Torquay United over the festive period.
He said: “All the razz, glamour and cameras are over now and it’s important we get back to being gritty and getting draws away from home, three points at home.
“We have to get back to the reality of what the fifth division of the game looks like, and Tuesday will be tough because (Southend is) a well-supported club and it has a bigger resource than us.”
Venue: Huish Park
Saturday, January 8th, 5.45pm kick-off
Conditions: Howling wind and driving rain for the first half, but calmer and drier in the second half.
Pitch: Given the rain that had fallen on it, it performed magnificently.
Attendance: 7,818 (2,033 away supporters)
Scorers: Marcondes 19 (0-1), Marcondes 43 (0-2), Quigley 48 (1-2), Marcondes 70 (1-3)
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Gorman 3, Worthington 7, Moss 35
AFC Bournemouth: Pearson 65, Rossi 90+1, Brady 90+5
Yeovil Town : (4-4-2)
Dillon Barnes
Dan Moss, Max Hunt, Luke Wilkinson, Morgan Williams
Matt Worthington, Dale Gorman, Josh Staunton, Jordan Barnett
Tom Knowles, Joe Quigley
Substitutes: Charlie Wakefield (for Morgan Williams, 68), Sonny Blu Lo-Everton (for Matt Worthington, 78), Adi Yussuf (for Joe Quigley, 78), Reuben Reid (for Dale Gorman, 85), Alex Bradley, Jack Robinson, Jaheim Headley, Toby Stephens, Max Evans.
AFC Bournemouth: Nyland, Mepham, Marcondes, Lowe, Davis, Pearson, Kilkenny, Rogers, Anthony, Ibsen-Rossi, Moriah-Welsh. Substitutes: Brady (for Anthony, 64), Saydee (for Davis, 85), Camp (for Pearson, 90), Travers, Dennis, Stacey, Kelly, Gidaree, Cook.
A hat-trick from the impressive Emiliano Marcondes was enough to end Yeovil Town‘s run in the FA Cup with a youthful AFC Bournemouth side running out comfortable winners.
The Danish midfielder put away two calm finishes in an opening 45 minutes which was controlled by the visitors who knocked the ball around confidently despite howling wind and rain which lashed Huish Park.
A mistake by Cherries’ keeper Orjan Nyland handed Joe Quigley the opportunity to pull one back for Yeovil just three minutes after the restart, but a mistake by on-loan Glovers’ keeper Dillon Barnes gifted Marcondes a third in the second half.
Ian was there to watch it and – with a couple of additional bits from Dave watching on the telly – here’s how he saw the third round fixture.
There was a big match feeling at Huish Park, and plenty of anticipation with a packed crowd of in excess of 7,000 behind the Glovers – well, presumably with the exception of the sold out away end, that is.
Despite the talk of COVID absentees, Darren Sarll welcomed back captain Luke Wilkinson and on-loan full-back Dan Moss, who missed the Torquay defeat through illness and suspension, and brought Joe Quigley up front.
We also managed to name nine substitutes, which is somewhat of a miracle considering he’d only manage four subs at points this season.
The visitors did not play a team packed with first-team regulars from their Championship table-topping side, but there were was plenty of League experience in the side in the form of midfielder Ben Pearson and forwards Jamal Lowe and Jaidon Anthony to name just three.
As the wind and rain on a miserable night battered the travelling Bournemouth supporters on the uncovered away terrace, Yeovil got off to a feisty start.
Dale Gorman picked up a booking after just three minutes for a tackle which, if it had been made at the same point in the second half, could have seen him dismissed by referee Jeremy Simpson. That said, the booking dished out for Matt Worthington four minutes later was as soft as…..Rule 1, must remember Rule 1.
An early free-kick was shot high and wide by Gorman, but Bournemouth’s quality was on show as they controlled the possession without creating much in the way of clear cut chances.
For all the tippy-tappy sideways stuff, it was a simple opener for non-stop Emiliano MARCONDES who opened the scoring. A great ball from defender Chris Mepham, a £12m signing a couple of summers ago, split the defence and Marcondes ran in between Wilkinson and Moss to slot calmly home with 19 minutes gone.
Bournemouth dominated the ball for long spells, leaving the Glovers with a lot of chasing to do and a midfield who had to be cautious given the early yellows. There was a third which looked soft – and even softer on the television replays – for Moss who got the ball. Referees giving decisions to bigger teams, whatever next, eh?
Anthony came close to doubling the Cherries’ lead after 23 minutes when his deep effort beat Barnes all ends up and came off the inside of the post and away.
It was the impressive MARCONDES, doubled his tally just before half-time after patient possession from Bournemouth. The attacking midfielder was played in my Anthony and drove a low powerful shot across Barnes into the far corner.
The second half couldn’t have started any better for Yeovil. Cherries’ keeper Orjan Nyland dallied on the ball and was dispossessed by a fine tackle from Tom Knowles and the ball broke to Joe QUIGLEY to put the ball into an empty net and unglue the packed Thatchers’ terrace in the 47th minute.
Yeovil’s quick start seemed to take all Bournemouth’s rhythm and it took them a while find it. When they did find it, they worked a nice opportunity for Jamal Lowe which was saved well by the leg of Barnes.
However, the on-loan keeper didn’t cover himself in glory moments later. Lowe carved himself some space inside the Yeovil 18 yard box and his shot was parried by Barnes to the feet of MARCONDES who could pick his spot to complete his hat trick.
Darren Sarll rolled the dice with ten minutes left on the clock, bringing on Sonny Blu Lo-Everton and Adi Yussuf before he added Reuben Reid. Ultimately, Bournemouth’s quality on the ball saw them through as they controlled proceedings keeping the Glovers at arm’s length.
Reid came close to adding a second with the final kick of the game. Barnett’s ball in saw Moss battle with Nyland and the ball broke to the substitute whose shot was blocked on the line by the body and arms of defender Brennan Camp. Reid grabbed the ball ready for the penalty, but referee Simpson blew the full-time whistle instead.
Yeovil can hold their heads high, Bournemouth are no slouches, and are likely to be playing Premier League football next season.
It was nice to see a good crowd at Huish Park – even the owner turned up!
Captain Luke Wilkinson returns to the Yeovil Town side for the FA Cup third round tie with Championship leaders AFC Bournemouth (5.45pm kick-off).
The central defender, who missed last weekend’s defeat at home to Torquay United, lines up alongside Max Hunt in the centre of defence with on-loan full-back Dan Moss returning after suspension.
Ex-Bournemouth striker Joe Quigley is the other change coming in for Adi Yussuf who drops to the substitutes’ bench.
The visitors have made ten changes from their last match with the more familiar faces being midfielder Ben Pearson, who began his career in the Manchester United academy, striker Jaidon Anthony and ex-Swansea City forward Jamal Lowe.
Yeovil Town (4-3-3): Dillon Barnes, Dan Moss, Max Hunt, Luke Wilkinson, Morgan Williams, Jordan Barnett, Dale Gorman, Josh Staunton, Matt Worthington, Tom Knowles, Joe Quigley.
Substitutes: Max Evans, Alex Bradley, Jack Robinson, Jaheim Headley, Toby Stephens, Sonny Blu Lo-Everton, Charlie Wakefield, Reuben Reid, Adi Yussuf.
AFC Bournemouth: Nyland, Mepham, Marcondes, Lowe, Davis, Pearson, Kilkenny, Rogers, Anthony, Ibsen-Rossi, Moriah-Welsh. Substitutes: Travers, Dennis, Stacey, Kelly, Camp, Brady, Gidaree, Cook, Saydee,
The Under-13s side representing the Yeovil Town Community Sports Trust went down to a 4-3 defeat at the Mid-Somerset Regional Talent Centre on Saturday morning.
The defeat in the Junior Premier League Under-13s Knock-Out Cup despite goals from Henry Lant, Moss Jackson-Collis and Harry Crittenden
The fixtures for the Trust’s Under-11s, Under-14s, Under-15s and Under-16s in the Junior Premier League, and the Under-18s trip to Bath City in the South West Counties Youth League all fell foul to the bad weather.
The weekend’s bad weather has led to the postponement of almost every youth team match.
Yeovil Town Under-18s match at Bath City in the South West Counties Youth League was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
Only the Under-13s representing the Yeovil Town Community Sports Trust are in action when they travel to the Mid-Somerset Regional Talent Centre in the Junior Premier League Under-13s Knock-Out Cup.
The fixtures for the Trust’s Under-11s, Under-14s, Under-15s and Under-16s have all fallen foul to the weather.
