Yeovil Town central defender Max Hunt has revealed he will miss the rest of the season with a fractured cheekbone.
The 22-year-old, who suffered the injury in the 3-0 defeat at Wrexham, confirmed the news on his Twitter ahead of Tuesday night’s home game with Maidenhead United, the first in front of supporters at Huish Park.
Joe Quigley replaces Reuben Reid in the only change to the Yeovil Town starting line-up for the match with Maidenhead United in front of supporters at Huish Park on Tuesday night.
Reid drops to the bench where he is joined by midfielder Adam Heaton, a member of the Glovers’ under-18s, as boss Darren Sarll names a full bench having started with just four subs against King’s Lynn at the weekend.
For the visitors, former Yeovil players Seth Nana Twumasi and Rohan Ince both start.
Yeovil Town: Adam Smith, Michael Kelly, Luke Wilkinson, Billy Sass-Davies, Carl Dickinson, Charlie Lee, Tom Knowles, Lawson D’Ath, Josh Neufville, Joe Quigley, Chris Dagnall.
Substitues: Max Evans (GK), Emmanual Sonupe, Toby Stephens,Adam Heaton, Joe Quigley.
Maidenhead United: Holden, Massey (c), Wells, Parry, Twumasi, Coley, Smith, Ince, Comley, Upward, Orsi.
Substitutes: Wiltshire, Egan, Keetch, Sparkes
Former Yeovil Town Goalkeeper Stuart Nelson is on the hunt for a new club after Crawley Town opted not to enter negotations on a new contract.
Nelson, who will turn 40 in September, played at Huish Park for two seasons with his final game being the defeat to Barnet in the National League Play-Offs last season.
All the best to Stuart as he looks for his next club – with over 500 professional games on his CV, he shouldn’t short of options.
Hartlepool manager, Dave Challinor, is the bookmakers favourite to take over at his former club Tranmere, according to the Hartlepool Mail.
Challinor has led Hartlepool to a National League play off position this season and is a firm favourite of ‘Pools’ fans.
Tranmere, where Challinor made his name with his famous long throw, sacked their manager Keith Hill earlier this month. They also face a playoff campaign as they look to climb out of League Two.
Maidenhead United are hoping the prolific Sam Barratt could return from injury in time for their visit to Huish Park on Tuesday night.
He rejoined the club in September after a disappointing spell at Southend United and has weighed in with 15 goals so far this season.
However, the 25-year-old has not featured since picking up an injury whilst scoring a hat-trick in the 4-2 win over Hartlepool United earlier this month.
Barratt has been joined among the goals by the towering form of strike partner Danilo Orsi-Dadamo, all 6’2″ of him, who has 17 goals in 28 games this season
The former Hampton & Richmond man will be familiar to the Glovers after scoring twice, including a late penalty, as Yeovil went down 4-2 at York Road at the end of January.
Speaking after the 3-0 defeat to title-chasing Sutton United on Saturday, Maidenhead assistant manager Ryan Peters said:
“We’re down to the bare bones at the moment and without these players we do not look like scoring many, and you are only going to hold out for so long before someone ends up scoring against you.
“We have nine players out and probably five or six that have played a (significant) number of games this season.
“We hope that Sam Barratt may be back for Tuesday’s game (against Yeovil) but there isn’t anyone else we can see coming back for Tuesday’s game. Potentially for the next game, but Sam is our best hope for Tuesday.”
Whilst Barratt is touch and go for the midweek game, fellow Maidenhead frontman Nathan Blissett is expected to be missing for the game.
The former Bristol Rovers man has not featured since suffering a hairline fracture colliding with advertising hoardings in the 0-0 draw with Barnet at the start of April.
Fellow forward Josh Kelly is pushing for a restart after returning from injury and former Yeovil defender Seth Nana Ofori-Twumasi returned from injury for the defeat to Sutton at the weekend.
Defender Ryheem Sheckleford will sit out the trip to Huish Park as he serves the final game of a three-match ban.
There seems certain to be two familiar faces in the Maidenhead starting XI with defender Seth Nana Ofori-Twumasi and midfielder Rohan Ince both having turned out in green and white in the past.
Former Chelsea youngster Twumasi arrived at Huish Park in August 2013 but appeared just three times in the Glovers’ season in the Championship.
He was far more involved the following season as Yeovil nose-dived through League One, playing 30 times and getting sent off in his first appearance of the season, the 2-1 Capital One Cup defeat to Gillingham.
The 31-year-old departed for Newport County following his release followed by a couple of seasons at Maidstone United before arriving at Maidenhead.
Nana seems to still have a feisty side to his game having been red-carded in the club’s home game with W*ymouth last month – once a Glover always a Glover.
Ince’s flirtation with Yeovil was far more limited, appearing just four times and making a single start at the beginning of the 2012-13 season whilst on loan from Chelsea.
He went on to do okay for himself with six years at Brighton & Hove Albion and loan spells at Fulham, Swindon Town abnd Bury, before making a free transfer move to Cheltenham Town in July 2019.
Ince arrived at Maidenhead last November and has been a regular fixture in the side ever since.
Rotherham United have announced that former Yeovil Town loanee, Shaun MacDonald will be leaving the club at the end of the season.
The Millers, managed by another former Glover, Paul Warne announced their released and retained list on Monday.
MacDonald spent no fewer than five(!) loan spells at Huish Park from 2009 – 2011.
In total, the Welsh international played 64 times in Green and White, scoring 9 goals including a hat-trick against Leyton Orient in 2011.
We wish Shaun all the best in finding a new club.
Altrincham have confirmed that fans will be inside the ground for the visit of Yeovil Town this weekend – but it will be home fans only.
In an update on the club’s website, co-chairman Billy Waterson said they were expecting up to 1,200 fans to be inside The J.Davidson Stadium.
He added that a meeting with Trafford Borough Council on Tuesday afternoon would confirm the arrangements.
The co-chairman added: “We are continuing our preparations and expect tickets to go on sale by Wednesday morning, exclusively to home fans and in priority order.
“There will be some important differences about attending the game to comply with COVID regulations and we will be communicating these at the same time the tickets go on sale.”
After the Glovers’ trip to Greater Manchester, Alty face Eastleigh and Gary Johnson’s title-chasing Torquay United in their final two fixtures.
Remeao Hutton is among 13 players released by Championship side Birmingham City, it has been confirmed today.
The 22-year-old, who made 27 appearances on loan at Huish Park during a loan spell last season, spent this season on loan at League Two side Stevenage.
He was a regular starter for much of the campaign with 31 appearances in all competitions.
For all the latest on the whereabouts of former Glovers, visit our (as regularly as we can) updated released list – here.
Two-goal Tom Knowles has been named in the National League Team of the Day for his performance in the 3-1 home win over King’s Lynn Town.
The forward is listed in a front three alongside Rhys Oates of Hartlepool United and W*ymouth’s Andrew Dallas, who scored twice in their 2-1 home win over Altrincham.
Oates got one in Hartlepool’s 3-1 win at Aldershot Town.