Yeovil Town‘s trip to big-spending Wrexham has been rearranged for Tuesday, November 30.
The match at the Racecourse Ground had been scheduled for the opening day of the National League season, but was postponed after an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Glovers’ camp.
There are no details of ticketing arrangements yet, but we’ll update you as soon as they are available.
Exeter City defender Jordan Dyer has joined Bath City on a season-long loan – less than 24 hours after returning from a loan spell with Yeovil Town.
The 21-year-old arrived at the National League South side on Friday having played just two minutes during a one-month spell at Huish Park.
He and fellow Grecians’ loanee, striker Ben Seymour, returned to their parent club on Thursday with manager Matt Taylor saying neither had got enough game time with the Glovers.
Speaking about the return, the Exeter boss said: It’s a shame because, we sent them out on loan to get game time, the experience and opportunity and they didn’t quite feel that they got that due to whatever reason”
He added then that one of the two could be going back out on loan “sooner rather than later“, which it appears referred to Dyer.
Whilst Dyer’s game time was limited during his time with Yeovil, Seymour played the equivalent of just over three-and-a-half games during his one-month spell.
The young forward was unavailable for the game at Grimsby last weekend after a member of his family tested positive for COVID-19.
Solihull Moors‘ boss Neal Ardley has one thing which will give his opposite number Darren Sarll a touch of the green-eyed monster – options.
The Moors’ boss made five changes including dropping top-scorer Joe Sbarra and summer signing Andrew Dallas to the bench for the midweek win at Altrincham.
Sbarra responded by coming off the bench to net the winner as the visitors battled back from 1-0 down to win 2-1 and with it move up to fifth in the National League table, just four points behind leaders Grimsby Town.
That made it four consecutive wins by a one-goal margin in all competitions for Ardley’s men.
They beat FC Halifax Town 1-0 at Damson Park last weekend, having picked up 1-0 away wins at Hereford in the FA Cup and at King’s Lynn Town the previous two Saturdays.
Indeed you have to go back to September 25 when they were last beaten albeit that was a 5-1 whipping away at Dagenham & Redbridge.
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Solihull Moors’ manager Neal Ardley, who arrived at Damson Park in the summer having been harshly sacked by Notts County last season, believes his side are growing in confidence.
Speaking after a 2-1 win at Altrincham on Tuesday night, he said: “The lads fighting hard for each other and it is amazing what winning can do, it gives everyone that confidence to keep going even when we do fall behind.
“The mind is a massive thing in football and I keep saying to these players how good they can be and what they can achieve.
“At the moment, they are riding the crest of a wave and we just need to keep it going – it’s a long, long season.”
But, the manager insists he will not be taking the threat posed by Yeovil Town for granted.
He added: “Yeovil is tough, they had a good win against Woking (on Tuesday night.
“I know Darren Sarll’s teams are always up for it, it’ll be a high tempo game and they will ask questions of us.
“I have got good options to freshen it up again and hopefully the boys will go and produce.”
Central defender Alex Gudger missed the midweek win at Altrincham through illness.
He is thought to have picked up a bug from his daughter which kept him out of action.
Asked about the missing defender in midweek, Moors’ boss Neal Ardley said: “As always with that sort of stuff you have to get him away and give him 48 hours to get his energy back.
“We will see where he is come the end of the week.”
The only other absentee from the squad is 6’9″ striker Kyle Hudlin, who was a star in Moors’ 5-1 win over Yeovil last time out at Damson Park.
The tallest outfield professional player in Britain – now there’s a claim – has struggled with second season syndrome after his performances last season saw him linked with a number of Premier League clubs .
Under Ardley, he has only started once with that coming in a 4-3 home defeat to W*ymouth at the start of September.
A striker on either side will be looking to strike the old boy’s curse against their former employers this weekend.
In the green-and-white corner, Glovers’ striker Adi Yussuf has a mixed record as a Solihull player.
In the 2018-19 season he scored 17 times as Moors reached the National League play-offs, earning him a move back in to the Football League at Blackpool where he failed to hit it off.
So much so, he was loaned back to Moors in September 2019, making his debut in a 1-0 defeat to Yeovil – the Luke Wilkinson 7/7 performance, yes – and managed just one goal in 11 appearances.
Equally, Adam Rooney‘s three-game loan spell at Huish Park in 2007 was equally anonymous.
He failed to pull up many trees in League One whilst on loan from Stoke City, but when on to be prolific north of the border with Inverness and then Aberdeen before repeating that form with Salford City.
He’s started just three times for Moors this season and is still waiting for his first goal of the campaign.
Other players with a foot in both camps include:
Exeter City Manager Matt Taylor was asked in his weekly pre match press conference about the reintroduction to his squad about Ben Seymour and Jordan Dyer after their loan spells with Yeovil were brought to an end.
He confirmed that the busy schedule meant he would be using his entire squad and that both were back in training with the first team this week but did suggest at least one of the duo could be back out on loan soon.
“Yeah, they returned and trained with the group, there’s always the option and opportunity that both players could go back out on loan – possibly one sooner rather than later.”
“It’s a shame because, we sent them out on loan to get game time, the experience and opportunity and they didn’t quite feel that they got that due to whatever reason”
“They come back to us with a little more hunger to do well for ourselves and to impress in training and then, their next loan, really make the most of it”
Ben Seymour started twice for the Glovers making four league appearances altogether, whilst Jordan Dyer was on the pitch for a total of 2 minutes against Woking on Tuesday night.
In terms of minutes on the pitch, we think that the four loans to have ended have spent the following time in the starting XI.
Of the four loans that have gone back:
To add a little context to the numbers, Seymour missed the Grimsby game due to COVID issues, Pereira decided he did not want to return after one match, and COVID and injury kept Simper out for most of his time at the club.
It is only Dyer where you feel the parent club has a legitimate complaint for a lack of opportunities offered to their player.
Ahead of Solihull Ben and Dave catch up about the win against Woking and Dave speaks to Joel Butler from Bandwagon Fanzine.
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Yeovil Town boss Darren Sarll believes top-scorer Joe Quigley is in “the form of his life” this season.
But, the manager said the six-goal striker is showing signs of fatigue having started the opening 12 matches of the season.
Quigley was dropped to the bench for the midweek win over Woking appearing as a 62nd-minute substitute for Adi Yussuf in the 2-0 win.
The manager said: “Joe’s ascent to where he is now is brilliant, but I can see a fatigue in Joe where he has had to carry his department in this team.
“He has had to lead the line and be the experienced head and I can see a fatigue I have never seen before.
“Saturday at Grimsby is the first time I have seen that. He has been fabulous, but he will need rest and recuperation like the rest of them will.
“I am telling him ‘you are my guy’ and you’ve got to play every minute of every game, and he’s now breaking down new walls in how to play more minutes.”
The manager added that Quigley had scored more goals in green-and-white than for the rest of the clubs he has played for in his career – which is almost right.
Quigley has scored 24 goals for 12 different clubs before arriving at Yeovil, though he had two loans spells at both Gillingham and Woking, making it 14 spells at different clubs.
However, his 18 goals in his 51 appearances for Yeovil is the most goals he has scored for one club by a clear distance.
He did manage five goals in a nine-game loan spell at Woking in the 2015-16 season.
Luton Town manager Nathan Jones has said “things happened” which led to Dion Pereira not wanting to remain on loan at Yeovil Town.
But, former Glovers’ full-back and coach insisted there was “no difference of opinion” between the two clubs and said he still trusts his former team to look after young players.
Pereira was unveiled on a short-term loan deal the day before a 2-0 defeat at home to Notts County where he played the full 90 minutes.
But, he did not play in the game against Altrincham three days later and Yeovil boss Darren Sarll described the player as “massively fatigued” leading to his return to his Championship parent club for treatment.
Speaking to Luton Today, Jones said: “There wasn’t a difference of opinion, we trust Yeovil, they’re a good club with good people there.
“Things happened when (Dion) went there and he didn’t feel right.
“So, if he didn’t feel right, he’s not going to produce and we’re not going to get the maximum benefit out of it.
“We prefer to have him back here to work with our medical people, not because they’re any better than Yeovil’s but because they know Dion.”
But, he insisted that he has “no issue” with the Glovers, who had young winger Josh Neufville for a hugely productive loan spell last season.
Jones added: “They look after players at Yeovil. I was there and we did and people like (Glovers’ assistant and Jones’ former team-mate) Terry Skiverton, who’s there now, does.
“We’ve got no issue with Yeovil, it’s just that we wanted Dion to come back and work with us.”
Reuben Reid is ahead of schedule in his recovery from a hamstring tear.
The Glovers’ striker has been missing since picking up the injury in a pre-season friendly at Weston-super-Mare and had been expected to be back in December.
However, manager Darren Sarll said the former Exeter City and Cheltenham Town frontman had been in the dressing room throughout the season bringing an experienced voice for his side’s younger players.
Speaking ahead of the weekend’s trip to Solihull Moors, the boss said: “He is ahead of schedule and we are very positive about him making an earlier comeback that we first thought.
“He is in the dressing room for all of the games and his contribution has been magnificent in all of the games, as has Mark’s (Little) and Luke Wilkinson’s.
“He’ll be a massive player when he comes back and he’s been a joy to work with.”
Sarll said he received “a lot of warnings” about the 33-year-old before signing him last January, but described him as “a brilliant guy with a wonderful personality.”
The manager added: “No-one is this division or the one above is as good at keeping the ball as Reuben with his back to goal, so he’s been a big miss for us.”
As mentioned after the midweek win over Woking, defender Luke Wilkinson is expected to be involved in the game against fifth-placed Solihull.
The manager also confirmed that defender Alex Bradley, who has not featured since coming on as an 86th minute substitute in the 1-1 draw with Altrincham, trained on Thursday along with Sonny Blu Lo-Everton who was rested for win over Woking.
All three are expected to be involved at the weekend.
Yeovil Town have announced that loan pair Ben Seymour and Jordan Dyer have returned to Exeter following the expiry of their loan deals.
Initially signed on one-month deals from the Devon side, Glovers’ manager Darren Sarll told the Gloverscast last week, any renewals would go down to the wire, but it has now been announced that they will both return to their parent club.
Seymour made four appearances for the Glovers, including two starts whilst Jordan Dyer just made one, two-minute cameo in green and white.
With Lewis Simper being recalled by Cambridge early and Dion Pereira seemingly not coming back to complete his loan spell from Luton, it leaves just Sonny Blu Lo Everton (Watford), Dan Moss (Millwall)and Jack Robinson (Middlesbrough) as temporary additions to Darren Sarll’s side.
This weekend’s game vs Solihull represents Moss’ last game of his initial spell before he will either return to his London base or renew for a longer stint in Somerset.
We wish Jordan and Ben all the best back at St James’ Park.
Tickets for next weekend’s FA Cup first round proper tie at Yate Town will go on sale to season ticket holders “early next week.”
However, Yeovil Town have confirmed they expect the initial allocation to be sold out to season ticket holders.
On Thursday, Yate confirmed they will have a capacity of 2,000 fans at their Jelf Stadium home (or Lodge Road, if you prefer), with 1,600 tickets going on sale this weekend.
That suggests that Yeovil will receive 400 tickets for away supporters.
Under rules of the competition, the away side is entitled to a minimum 15% of the capacity, which would be 300 tickets at a capacity of 2,000.
Yate are advertising prices for tickets at:
Adults: £13
Concessions & U18’s: £10
The Yate website suggests that they will be selling tickets on Saturday and Sunday with 1,600 tickets to shift – so, depending on how that goes, there’s a possibility (though far from a guarantee) that Yeovil may be offered extra tickets for away supporters.
Yate also confirmed via Twitter that there will be no segregation for the fixture.
Picture courtesy of Tim Lancaster.
924 fans attended the Bluebells’ fourth qualifying round win over Dover Athletic on Tuesday night which booked the a first round date with the Glovers.
The record attendance at the ground is 2,000 (which seems too convenient to be true) for a testimonial match against Bristol Rovers in 1990.
The club have said they are “expecting” the tie to be a 3pm kick-off next Saturday but are await confirmation.
