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Only three more away games left for Glovers fans this season [Insert Sad Face Emoji]

For those looking to get sorted ahead of time for our trip to Eastleigh on April 21st, tickets are now on sale.

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS

Click the big ‘Tickets’ button, and you’ll be taken to this screen, where you can select tickets in SOUTH STAND 1.

At time of writing, no tickets in the East Stand Terrace are available.

Choose your seat of choice, pick which ticket applies to you and follow the instructions to check out, if you have an account, you can log in, or “Check Out As Guest” bypasses this.

The ticket system is programmed to prevent you from leaving a single seat on the end of the row, so do bare that in mind.

Lets dive into all the extra details you may need on a Match Day – all this info is taken directly from the Eastleigh Website.

Firstly, you can buy a car park pass for the game (£10), these are available in the same place you bought the ticket, the link for that is HERE

Wheelchair users

We currently have an accessible viewing platform that fits three wheelchairs and three personal assistants which can be seated either next to, or behind the wheelchair user. This depends on the number of wheelchair users using the platform on a match-by-match basis.

Ambulant disabled supporters

Away supporters

There are 11 step free seats at ground level solely for away fans which can be increased or decreased depending on the anticipated number of traveling supporters.

We would offer the step free seats to supporters who are unable to manage stairs or personal assistants attending with wheelchair users. Wheelchair spaces are available on ground level behind the perimeter fence surrounding the pitch.

Supporters with autism or other sensory needs

We very much understand that being prepared and having an understanding of facilities available ahead of matchday can help you prepare ahead of your visit. We have recently invested in some ear defenders that are available to use. Please speak to a steward or come into the club shop before entering the stadium to enquire.

If required, we would be more than happy to welcome you the opportunity to visit the ground on a non-matchday, where you will have the opportunity to be shown around by a member of staff. During this visit, any questions can be asked, and supporters and their families/carers can see where the facilities are and where the most appropriate place to sit/stand would be. Please bear in mind though that this will be dependent on availability (particularly the section of the blue seated ‘main stand’ level with the half way line where most seats have already been reserved).

Toilets

Away supporters

There is a toilet in the away end which is accessible for ambulant disabled fans but it is not wide enough to accomodate a wheelchair. Wheelchair users will need to speak to a steward in order to use the wider accessible toilet at the other end of the Nuffield Health Stand past the home fans. There are also fully accessible toilets in Sherwoods restaurant and in the Hangar bar for away supporters to use before turnstiles open.

Tickets

Disabled supporters in receipt of higher rate DLA/PIP (mobility/care) are entitled to a free personal assistant ticket which can be obtained in person in the ticket office by presenting the DLA/PIP letter.

 

Tickets are also available for the away game at Altrincham on Saturday 5th April.
Details for that can be found HERE

 

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Josh Sims and Alex Whittle have both found themselves in different Team of the Week line ups.

Sims, who twisted and turned his Solihull Moors left back into next week, made the Non League Paper side whilst Whittle (… or should that be McGWhittle) earns a spot for the league sponsors after his Captains’ performance and worldie of a third goal.

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A first win in five (in emphatic style no less) saw Yeovil leave the Midlands with all three points in a 3-0 win at Solihull Moors. Let’s see what the rest of the league got up to…

We begin at Aldershot Town, where Ebbsfleet United were confirmed as the first team to be relegated from the National League, following an entertaining 3-3 draw. The bottom placed side actually went into half-time 3-2 up, but a second half penalty by Tyler Frost ensured the points were shared, and sent the Fleet down to the National League South, ending a two year spell in the top flight of non-league football.

Hartlepool United ended Boston United’s six match unbeaten run with a big 4-1 win at home, ending their own torrid run of eight games without a win. It was a momentous day for the top of the table, with plenty of teams dropping points, two of which were former title contenders Forest Green Rovers and York City. The Gloucestershire outfit were handily defeated 3-0 away at AFC Fylde, while the Minstermen came unstuck in Essex, falling to a 2-1 defeat against an impressive Braintree Town side.

The playoff chase continues for Southend United, as they won 2-1 at Eastleigh to sit one point outside the post-season spots, while Oldham Athletic looked to close the gap on those above with a 2-0 win against fellow playoff hopefuls FC Halifax Town. Tamworth spoiled the party for Frank Nouble’s Gateshead as they left Tyne and Wear with all three points in a 2-0 win, while points were shared between Maidenhead United and Rochdale, and Sutton United and Dagenham & Redbridge.

There was late drama at Grosvenor Vale, as Kallum Cesay scored a 95th minute winner for Wealdstone, as they defeated Woking, while Barnet continued their march to the National League title with a 1-0 win against Altrincham in front of the DAZN cameras, courtesy of another Rhys Browne goal.

 

National League results – in full

Sutton United 1-1 Dagenham & Redbridge
AFC Fylde 3-0 Forest Green Rovers
Aldershot Town 3-3 Ebbsfleet United (Ebbsfleet are relegated)
Braintree Town 2-1 York City
Eastleigh 1-2 Southend United
Gateshead 0-2 Tamworth
Hartlepool United 4-1 Boston United
Maidenhead United 1-1 Rochdale
Oldham Athletic 2-0 FC Halifax Town
Solihull Moors 0-3 Yeovil Town
Wealdstone 1-0 Woking
Altrincham 0-1 Barnet

National League table

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Non League Day across the lower leagues up and down the land has been the end to a busy week for the Yeovil Town loanees.

… that is apart from Jordan Thomas, who had a watching brief from the bench as Torquay secured a 1-0 win over Bath City in front of over 5,000 people at Plainmoor.

Will Buse couldn’t do anything about a single Chippenham penalty as his W*ymouth side lost 1-0, the Terras sit 13 points adrift of safety in 23rd. 

 

No Corey Koerner for Sherborne, he was busy making his Senior Men’s Professional Debut (not a bad Saturday!), but The Zebras have still been more than accommodating recently,

In midweek, a young Zebras side including FIVE young YTFC Players (including Blake Watts and Koerner) got a 3-0 win over Fareham Town, on Saturday, Jaydon Biss, Joe Crisp and Morgan Alexander were all in the mix again, 

Morgan Alexander scored from the bench scoring in a thrilling 3-3 draw against Millbrook.

Jacob Shore picked up 90 minutes twice this week for AFC Wellington, in a 1-1 draw in midweek and a 1-0 defeat on Saturday.

Jacob Shore – Pic C/O AroundWelly & AFC Wellington

Both George Geraghty and Sol Padmore were in the squad for Bridport as they won 3-2 over Stoke Gabriel and Torbay Police FC (catchy name, that)

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The positivity expressed in Friday’s podcast (listen again here if you need to) turned out to be well placed as a comfortable 3-0 win at Solihull Moors put ten points between Yeovil Town and the National League Premier relegation places. Dave was one of the 244 ‘proper fans’ in the away end at Damson Park and here are this thoughts.

What a win: I’ll be honest, it was not so much the departure of Frank Nouble announced pre-match that knocked the positivity, it was more the absence of Brett McGavin from midfield and no re-emergence for either Jake Wannell or Michael Smith in the squad. But, the positivity was well placed. From the off, we were the better side, the players showed commitment, energy and attacking intent. The result speaks for itself. Yes, Solihull were poor (to be polite) but our players stood up, whilst the home side’s folded.
 
Yeovil Town celebrate Ciaran McGuckin’s goal.
 
A big three points: Three goals, a clean sheet and a good performance, all will delight manager Mark Cooper. But make no mistake, the three points are the most important thing. We moved about Solihull who dropped down to 17th and, even though there is still a five point gap between them and Wealdstone in 18th, that is a big psychological blow. Meanwhile we’re one point off the magic 50 point mark. Solihull fans will be worrying about getting sucked in to the vortex at the bottom (read the comments on their social media posts screaming for the sacking of manager Matty Taylor – it’s not just Yeovil fans afterall) whereas we can sleep easier. You can dismiss that way of thinking as ‘negativity’ if you wish, but if we’re thinking it, players will be thinking it. This was a big three points.
 
Super Sonny. Just Josh: For me it was a dead heat in our Man of the Match between Sonny Blu Lo-Everton and Josh Sims. Everything came through Sonny who was at his imperious best in midfield making things happen with such energy. And Josh Sims looked the player we had hoped we had signed when he arrived earlier in the season. Driving runs, taking players on, I imagine Solihull’s defence will be having nightmares about him. That was what we needed to see from Sims and let’s hope there’s more where that came from. Don’t believe me? Look again at a the first two goals and it’s the two of them which make them happen, whilst the corner which led to the third was down to this combination as well.
 
 
Watch out Brett: Take a bow, Alex Whittle. If you haven’t had the opportunity to watch his finish for the third goal, make sure you do. An absolutely inch perfect finish over his old team-mate, Ollie Wright, in goal for Solihull. I wonder if he’d done that in training earlier this season, he seemed to know exactly what he was doing. If you thought our Goal of the Season competition was purely for the McG’s (McGavin and McGurk), think again. This one is a serious contender. Whilst I’m talking defenders, credit has to be given to the defence for keeping a clean sheet. Ten goals conceded in the past four games, they did what they needed to against a blunt Solihull attack, but they did it well.
 
Now to take it home: Next weekend’s game at home to AFC Fylde is another great opportunity. I have been lucky to see a lot of us away from home this season, but I appreciate that form at home has not been as great to watch. Again, dismiss it as negativity if that works for you, but the statistics do not lie. Fourth from bottom (19 games/21 points) for home form,  sixth (20 games, 28 points) away. Now we have a great opportunity to take the kind of positive play we saw at Solihull back to Huish Park. Fylde will be buoyed by their own impressive result – a 3-0 home win over Forest Green Rovers – and we need to be on our A game against them. Let’s take this positivity in to that game and get more crucial points on the board.
 

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It was victory in Solihull for Yeovil Town this afternoon. Goals from Josh Sims (maybe?), Ciaran McGuckin and Alex Whittle lifted spirits following the departure of Frank Nouble earlier in the day. Mark Cooper spoke to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins following the match and here’s what he had to say.

Josh Perkins: Mark, it must be said, what a performance from your team.

Mark Cooper: The boys were fantastic. Followed on from a really spirited performance last Saturday. And you know, we asked them for the same endeavor, the same spirit, same commitment, and we showed that again today. And if you do that, you end up sometimes getting a little bit of luck. And we were worthy winners today. And yeah, it feels good.

Josh Perkins: I said on commentary that. I think especially away from home, that’s your best performance of the season. Would you agree?

Mark Cooper: We’ve won some, we’ve won quite a few games away from home, and we won at Wealdstone, we won at Fylde. We’ve won some entertaining games away from home. But in terms of that, we were never really in danger today. There was one at the end, that when you’re 3-0  it up you switch off a little bit. Apart from that, we were really comfortable, and our organisation was really good, and we looked solid. Compact.

Josh Perkins: The pick of three goals, really, is Alex Whittle’s. We’ll get to his. The first goal. Josh Sims will, will claim it, I’m sure goes down as an own goal. But just your thoughts on that Josh Sims/ own goal and Ciaran McGuckins goal as well, because that was taken well.

Yeovil Town celebrate Ciaran McGuckin’s goal.

Mark Cooper:  We’ve had to change the way we play because we haven’t got how we worked all preseason to play. We’ve got most of those players missing. So we’ve had to change to a 4-3-3, and that’s then about getting the ball to your wide players. And the work has been me screaming at the two wide players every time they get it to take people on. Simsy [Josh Sims], the last couple of games has been good. We’ve needed that from him, because he’s had a slow start for us, and I spoke to him about it, and he’s got so much ability. But, if he can keep that going and get better and better then we’ve got a real player there. But his goal was great, and then a great move for Ciaran’s goal. He needed that. Like I said to you before the game, if in January, Frank had gone and I’d have said we were bringing Ciaran in to replace Frank, everyone would have been cock-a-hoop, but because he’s had a stop-start time since he came back, it’s, ‘why have we done this? Why have we done that?’ So I’m really pleased for him. He got horrendous tackle in the first half, had to go off for that.

Josh Perkins: Good finish from him. And Alex Whittle, what a finish from him. I immediately saw him wheel away in celebration to the technical area and to you just talk me through that.

Mark Cooper: “The best clearance I’ve ever seen. I’m pleased. He’s a good character, and that’s a great finish for him. It’s one of them that either flies in or ends up on the runway at the airport down the road. But no, really pleased. I’m really pleased for fans. 240 proper fans, again, travel three hours, and they cheer the team on from start to finish. No negativity. And it’s really good. Maybe it’s a coincidence, when the fans get behind you, you can win a game.

Josh Perkins: Well, I noticed Khan as well, and his his reintroduction to Yeovil. I thought he played really well today.

Mark Cooper: Yeah, he’s a good footballer. Understands the game. He knows where to be, with the ball, without the ball, and, yeah, really pleased.

Josh Perkins: Just away from this game and in terms of injuries, I know you’re probably sick of hearing this, but any any closer to seeing the likes of McGavin and Wannell?

Mark Cooper: Brett McGavin, I don’t think we’ll play again this season. Horrendous tackle last Saturday against York. So Brett, that’s another key starter we’re missing, but we’re not allowed to mention that. Are we? One thing I have learned is that at Yeovil it doesn’t matter what you’ve got to be available. If you had eight under 12 players, you’d still be expected to win, and that’s the deal. So I’d just like to say thank you to the Chairman. He’s been steadfast in the support for players and staff. A proper Chairman, that’s what you need. He lets us get on with the job. He understands the situation we’re in.

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Life without Frank Nouble began in impressive style as Yeovil Town cruised to a 3-0 win over a Solihull Moors side they leap-frogged in the National League Premier table.

A bizarre first half own goal from the home side’s Alex Whitmore following a great run and cross from Josh Sims gave them the lead before the break, and a quick fire double from Ciaran McGuckin and Alex Whittle sealed the three points.

The result ended a run of five defeats for Mark Cooper’s men and put a ten point gap between them and the division’s drop zone with teams below them picking up valuable points in the battle at the bottom.

First half

The surprise news pre-match was the departure of experienced striker Frank Nouble whose departure to Gateshead was announced ahead of kick-off and made his debut for the North East side the same day.

His exit and the absence of midfielder Brett McGavin in the squad adding to an extensive injury list at Huish Park, left the Yeovil side with a youthful looking starting XI against a Solihull side equally in need of points to pull away from the scrap at the foot of the division.

In the 26th minute, we took the lead but no-one in the away end can honestly say they thought we did. Josh Sims made a jinking run in to the box and fired a ball across the face of goal where it took a deflection off Alex Whitmore and past Ollie Wright. OWN GOAL but in the away end we were politely applauding a corner. 

Yeovil Town defending a first half corner.
 
A Finn Cousin-Dawson off target shot with three minutes of normal time remaining, before a good interception in midfield by Charlie Cooper saw him present Ciaran McGuckin with an opportunity to run through on goal but the young striker’s effort was pulled wide of the post.
 
In between it had been a battle between two poor sides neither of which wanted to make a mistake – well, no more than the mistake which led to the opening goal. But, 1-0 up in a game which both sides need the points to take them away from the bottom end of the table, we will take it.

Half time: Solihull Moors 0 Yeovil Town 1

Second half

The second half started with Yeovil seemingly sensing blood from their hosts and on the attack. First Lo-Everton almost picked out McGuckin inside the box, but the ball was just over his head and then great play between Sims and Lo-Everton (a regular theme of this game) saw the latter play a low ball in to the box. Cooper threw himself at it and the ball flew wide with McGuckin in a better position to take the opportunity.
 
But the second goal came five minutes of the second half played and it was Lo-Everton and Sims again. Sonny’s super pass picked out Sims (what has he had in his half-time water bottle?) and the former Southampton man dribbled forward and fizzed a great ball in to McGUCKIN who doubled the visitors’ advantage with a superb finish from inside the area.
 
Yeovil Town celebrate Ciaran McGuckin’s goal.
 
Great forward play involving Sims and Lo-Everton and a chipped ball to the back post almost found McGuckin before being seen out for a corner. From the resulting corner, the ball looked to have been cleared by Solihull, Cooper’s follow up shot was blocked and it  landed to Alex WHITTLE on the edge of the box. The full-back spotted his old team-mate, Ollie Wright, off his line and tried a chip from the edge of the box which beautifully floated in. What a goal.
 
Suddenly the game was dead and buried and a poor Solihull team looked unlikely to trouble Yeovil, who threatened more going forward with Lo-Everton and Sims at the heart of everything.
 
There was a nice moment for young defender Corey Koerner who made his professional debut replacing Lo-Everton with three minutes of second half injury time played. The teenager is a product of the Yeovil Town Community Sports Trust system who is now captain of the club’s Under-18s. Great evidence of what an effective youth system can deliver. Well done, Corey.
 
There was one opportunity for the home side to add a consolation goal. A long ball forward was flicked on by Manny Duku, Holmes got the better of Whittle, ran it around Aidan Stone in goal and got a shot on target and Finn Cousin-Dawson was there to clear on the line. Clean sheet maintained.

Full time: Solihull Moors 0 Yeovil Town 3

Match Details

Venue: Damson Park
Date: Saturday 22nd March, 3:00pm kick-off

Competition: National League Premier Division

Scorers: Alex Whitmore o.g. 28, Ciaran McGuckin 50, Alex Whittle 56

Pitch: Surprisingly green for this stage of the season 
Conditions: Gloomy but dry

Attendance: 1495 (244 away supporters)

Bookings: 
Solihull Moors: Jamey Osborne 19, Reece Hall-Johnson 45+1
Yeovil Town:  Alex Whittle 12, Kyle Ferguson 81

Referee:Sebastian Stockbridge

Yeovil Town (4-3-3)

Substitutes:  Harvey Greenslade (for Ciaran McGuckin, 59), Ryan McLean (for Josh Sims, 75), Lewys Talley (for Otis Khan, 90), Corey Koerner (for Sonny Blu Lo-Everton, 90+3), Marcel Lavinier (not used), Matt Gould (not used).

Solihull Moors: Ollie Wright, James Clarke (for Jon Bostock, 46), Robbie Cundy, Manny Duku,  Reece Hall-Johnson, Frankie Holman (for Brad Stevenson, 55), Joe Newton (for Finley Holmes, 80), Marcel Oakley, Jamey Osborne (for Szhem Hall-Whyte, 71), Oliver Tipton (for Joss Labadie, 87), Alex Whitmore.

Substitutes (not used): Aaron Flahavan, Jack Wells-Morrison.