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W*ymouth have taken tickets off sale for away supporters for tonight’s FA Cup fourth qualifying round replay with Yeovil Town at the Bob Lucas Stadium.

As of Tuesday morning, tickets were no longer on sale on the website after they confirmed that standing tickets had sold out on Monday night.

If you are still keen to get a ticket, our advice would be to give the ticket office a call on: 01305 785558

If you are able to get one, pricing is flat rate:

Adult: £16.00

Concessions*: £11.00

Aged 16-19: £7.00

Over 7 – Under 16: £4.00

Under 7: £0.50p

Registered disabled supporters (middle or higher rate of Disability) pay the relevant ticket price above but may be accompanied by a carer for whom entry is £0.50p.
(* Concessions are Over 65, Armed Forces personnel).
The on-line ticket provides a QR code. Entry to Windowman Terrace through turnstiles 9 and 10.
May have missed it, but so far seen no decision announced as yet as to whether there will be sales on the night or not. Even if there are Weymouth does not sell at the turnstiles but only through the ticket office; and there’s a £2.00 surcharge on most ticket prices. For all these reasons would strongly recommend buying on-line via the link below:

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Josh Staunton has told his Yeovil Town team-mates they have to look at themselves after conceding an injury-time equaliser against local rivals W*ymouth.

The Glovers’ skipper said the team had “not been good enough” in recent matches and had missed an opportunity to put things right and book their place in the FA Cup first round proper on Saturday.

The 93rd minute strike from Tom Bearwish saw the fourth qualifying round finish in a 1-1 draw at Huish Park.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins, he said: “Second half we have to look at ourselves as a group of men and ask why we went away from something that was working in the first half.

“We are disappointed to concede after holding on for so long, but we should never have given the a chance.

“There is no hiding place for us at the moment, the last four or five games has not been good enough and today was a chance to put it right and we didn’t do it.”

Yeovil Town captain Josh Staunton.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

The 26-year-old, who played in the heart of defence alongside Max Hunt, said failing to add to their one-goal advantage in the second half was the major factor behind not winning the game.

Staunton refused to make excuses for the late equaliser saying to blame it on a lapse in concentration was “a cop out.”

He said: “We have to take ownership, those pivotal moments are fine margins.

“I put it down to going in to our shells at the wrong times, we have to get in to a mentality where someone is going to come and win that ball.”

The skipper said his team-mates now have to go in to the replay at the Bob Lucas Stadium, which is expected to be played on Tuesday night, and be prepared to go at W*ymouth.

He said: “We have to go there and put our foot down and show to them we are Yeovil and we are going to do what we do.

“The dressing room is hurting and sometimes from moments like that groups shine and we have to make sure we go in the right direction.

“The replay is the perfect opportunity to show and put three or four past them and show them that they go lucky here today.”

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Venue: Huish Park
Saturday, October 15 2021, 3pm kick-off.

Conditions: Dry and bright
Ground: Perfect – again.

Scorers: Wakefield 12 (1-0), Bearwish 90 (1-1)

Attendance: 3,354 (676 away fans)

Referee: Darren Drysdale

Bookings:
Yeovil: Gorman 71, Barnett 90.
W*ymouth: None.


Yeovil Town : (4-3-3)
Grant Smith
Dan Moss, Max Hunt, Josh Staunton, Jordan Barnett
Tom Knowles, Matt Worthington, Dale Gorman
Ben Seymour Joe Quigley Charlie Wakefield

Substitutes: Jack Robinson (for Tom Knowles, 80), Lewis Simper, Jordan Dyer, Toby Stephens, Sonny Blu Lo-Everton, Adi Yussuf, Max Evans.

W*ymouth: Fitzsimons, Brooks (for Bearwish, 86), Yarney, Leslie-Smith, Harfield, Shields, Cordner, Mussa, Goodship (for Rose, 60) McQuoid, Ash (for Taylor-Crossdale, 60).

Substitutes:  Robinson, Murray, Bruton, Olomowewe.

Match Report

An equaliser three minutes in to injury time from local rivals W*ymouth means Yeovil Town will face a replay if they are going to make the first round proper of the FA Cup.

Having led through a Charlie Wakefield strike after 12 minutes and dominated the first half, the Glovers fell deeper and deeper as their visitors pushed for an equaliser.

It looked like we would do enough to sneak past the kitchen sink being chucked at us, only for substitute Tom Bearwish to scramble the ball home from a long throw at the death.

The home side began strongly with Joe Quigley having an effort diverted wide from a corner in the opening attack.

That set the tone for a positive start from Yeovil shooting towards a packed Thatcher’s End.

After a couple of half chances, the first clear cut opportunity fell to Charlie WAKEFIELD when Dale Gorman‘s quick free-kick found the winger with a sublime pass. He shrugged off his marker  and rifled home the opener from just inside the box.

Barnett looked to have been fouled but referee Darren Drysdale waved play on and Bradley Ash burst through on to Omar Mussa‘s ball, but only put his shot in to the side netting with the game approaching the half-hour mark.

Ben Seymour lashed an effort in to Thatcher’s shortly and Quigley had an opportunity blocked soon after.

As half-time approached, the visitors pressed for an equaliser and Josh McQuoid’s shot just went the wrong (right?) side of the post after a deflection off Matt Worthington.

A cross from Tom Knowles to the back post where Worthington was in an advanced position – what a nice thing that is to write – but he could not get enough of a connection to turn it home.

Boss Darren Sarll will have been pleased with the performance of his side in a typically all-action derby game – just edging it without being spectacular.

 

Half time: Yeovil Town 1 W*ymouth 0

W*ymouth started the brighter in the second half and midfielder Shaun Shields had an effort which was turned away by the legs of Grant Smith in the home goal.

That was the only real opportunity of the opening 15 minutes and W*ymouth boss Brian Stock introduced Martell Taylor-Crossdale and Akheem Rose on the hour mark at the expense of Ash and Brandon Goodship.

A speculative long-range effort from Knowles failed to trouble visiting keeper Ross Fitzsimons on 64 minutes and shortly after Quigley had the ball in the net but was adjudged offside.

It took until 71 minutes for the first booking of the derby to be given and Dale Gorman was the recipient – call this a derby? Into ’em, Yeovil.

With ten minutes to go, Jack Robinson came on for Knowles with Barnett moving forward in to midfield. This isn’t us sitting back for the final stages, is it?!

Meanwhile, the Terras were going for it with a packed  forward line and we all knew what was going to happen. A long throw in to the box with three minutes of the four played and Tom BEARWISH and scrambled the ball in at the near post to nick an equaliser.

The away end erupted, the Thatcher’s Stand was stunned. We do it again at the Wessex Stadium probably on Tuesday night.

Full time: Yeovil Town 1 W*ymouth 1

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Charlie Wakefield returns to the Yeovil Town starting XI for the FA Cup fourth qualifying round tie against local rivals W*ymouth at Huish Park (3pm kick-off).

The winger replaces striker Adi Yussuf who drops to the bench where he is joined by on-loan midfielder Lewis Simper who makes his first appearance in a matchday squad, but there is no sign of Alex Bradley.

The selection means boss Darren Sarll has six loan players in his squad with two – Dan Moss and Ben Seymour – in the starting line-up.

For the visitors, former Glovers’ striker Brandon Goodship and defender Calvin Brooks, who started out in the youth team at Huish Park, both start.

Defender Josef Yarney, who appeared 16 times for Chesterfield last season, starts having been announced as signing just before kick-off along with striker Martell Taylor-Crossdale, who starts on the bench.

 

Yeovil Town: Smith, Moss, Staunton, Hunt, Barnett, Worthington, Gorman, Knowles, Wakefield, Quigley, Seymour. Substitutes: Evans, Dyer, Robinson, Simper, Stephens, Lo-Everton, Yussuf.

W*ymouth: Fitzsimons, Brooks, Yarney, Leslie-Smith, Harfield, Shields, Cordner, Mussa, Goodship, McQuoid, Ash. Substitutes: Taylor-Crossdale, Robinson, Bearwish, Murray, Bruton, Olomowewe, Rose.

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Three youth sides representing the Yeovil Town Community Sports Trust are in Junior Premier League action this weekend.

The under-11s, under-13s and under-15s sides all have fixtures with the under-12s, under-14s and under-16s sides all sit out this weekend.

Yeovil Town Under-18s are also without a fixture and have instead arranged a friendly against AFC Bournemouth Academy.

The young Glovers are presently fourth in the South West Counties Under-18s League after five matches.

 

 

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W*ymouth make the short journey up the A37 in worse form than the Yeovil Town side they will face in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round tie at Huish Park on Saturday.

Having avoided the drop straight back to National League South after relegation was cancelled last season, the Terras picked up a couple of impressive wins including a 4-3 victory at Solihull Moors where they were 4-1 up.

But that victory on September 4 was there last with five defeats and two draws, leaking 15 goals in the process.

To trot out the cliches, this is a local derby and an FA Cup tie to boot though, and therefore we can assume the form book is headed somewhere out the window – that’s the theory at least.

Another record which is not lost on manager Brian Stock is that it’s been 14 seasons since the seagull botherers made the competitions first round.

Talking to the Dorset Echo, the boss said: “That’s something we discussed at the start of the season.

“What a great achievement it would be if we were to do that this year and knock out our local rivals. I don’t think it would be much better than that.

“It’s going to be a tough game, they’re a good team. If it was me as player, I’d be looking forward to it.

“It’s a special cup and one we’re looking to try and progress as far as we can in.

“The prize money means a lot to the club but this tie goes beyond prize money. There’s a little more at stake for everyone connected to the club.”

 

FROM THE MANAGER

Having woken up to the fact this match is actually a derby having seemingly missed the fact after his side were turned over 3-0 on home soil in last season’s National League fixture in January, boss Brian Stock reckons his side owe the Glovers one.

He said: “We’ve put in two disappointing performances in the league and we’re looking to rectify that.

“What an atmosphere that’s going to be. There’s no easy game but given the local derby at Yeovil it’s one I’m definitely looking forward to.

“Usually revenge isn’t necessarily spoken about when teams beat you in the past but I suppose it’s something slightly different here because it’s Yeovil.

“It’s one that means a lot to the supporters. I’m sure it will be the talk of the town at the moment. It’s an exciting time.”

 

TEAM NEWS

Central defender Ben Morgan is W*ymouth manager Brian Stock’s only injury concern heading in to the weekend.

The summer signing from Gloucester City has not featured since the televised draw at home to Dover Athletic almost a month ago having suffered an Achilles injury.

 

A FOOT IN BOTH CAMPS

As you’d imagine, there could be an awful lot of these, so we’ll keep the run-down to players likely to be involved at the weekend.

Brandon Goodship is likely to be in the starting XI for W*ymouth and played eight times for Darren Way’s Yeovil in 2017, scoring a crucial goal in a 1-0 win at Dagenham & Redbridge which helped keep us in the League.

He was released at the end of that campaign and dropped down to the Wessex Stadium where he scored 38 goals in his first season and 39 in his second campaign in the Southern League Premier earning him a move in to the Football League at Southend United.

Despite making more than 50 appearances for the Shrimpers, he was released following their relegation to non-League and returned to Weymouth in the summer.

Right-back Calvin Brooks spent four years in the Huish Park youth set-up but was unable to make a first-team appearance before joining Dorchester Town.

He is now a regular fixture in the Terras back line and committed his future to the club in the summer.

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Winger Dion Pereira has temporarily returned to his parent club Luton Town having picked up “a slight injury“, according to Hatters’ boss and former Glovers’ defender Nathan Jones.

There is some confusion around the exact reason behind his absence from the 1-1 draw with Altrincham as Yeovil boss Darren Sarll said the player was “massively fatigued” after playing the full 90 minutes in a 2-0 defeat to Notts County last weekend.

Either way, it seems unlikely the 22-year-old will be available for Saturday’s FA Cup fourth qualifying round tie with W*ymouth at Huish Park

Dion Pereira showed glimpses of his quality. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Talking to LutonToday, Jones said: “He’s picked up a slight injury so he has returned, but it is a club we trust because it’s a means to an end really.

“Dion had two weeks of international games so he would have played in the development squad but we’ve snt him to a good club where we know the work is good, the people are good.

“Without being disrespectful, once you go to Yeovil, it is not like you’re sending a player into London with the bright lights to distract them but they go to Yeovil to play football.

“They go down there, they stay down there and they become part of it and that is what we wanted for Dion.

“As it is, he’s picked up a slight injury so we have him back for treatment but it is a good club, a club we trust and we have no problems sending people there.”

Speaking to the media ahead of the W*ymouth tie, Sarll said of Pereira: “Dion was not injured, he reported before the game that he was massively fatigued from the Saturday, so I don’t think he’ll be involved for Weymouth because he’s gone back to Luton for treatment.”

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On-loan midfielder Lewis Simper could be involved in the Yeovil Town squad for Saturday’s FA Cup derby against local rivals W*ymouth.

The 20-year-old, who joined on a season-long deal from Cambridge United in the summer, has not been seen since the pre-season friendly against Taunton Town.

Having suffered with COVID-19, Simper suffered a muscle strain during which time Yeovil recruited other midfielders and manager

New Glovers Lewis Simper in action for Concord Rangers

Darren Sarll said the loanee will now have to play his way in to the side.

He said: “Lewis’ attitude is magnificent, he’s going to be a good player and he’s got to fight his way in.

“He would be playing in a similar role to maybe Tom Knowles is now, so he needs to be better than Tom Knowles.

“I hope to have him involved Saturday if we can and see how he goes.”

The manager added that he expects the fourth qualifying round tie to come too soon for central defender Luke Wilkinson who he said is “getting closer” to fitness and is expected to be back later in the month.

Midfielder Mitchell Rose is also expected to miss the tie having picked up a hamstring injury in the 2-0 defeat to Notts County the previous weekend.

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Darren Sarll believes that his Yeovil Town side are “where they should be” in the National League table after nine games of the season.

The Glovers sit in 14th following a 1-1 home draw against Altrincham on Tuesday night, but have lost three and drawn two of their last five having picked up three wins in a row prior to that run.

The manager said that his side’s failure to score more than one goal despite mustering 28 shots at Altrincham, who had left-back Connor Hampson in goal for 74 minutes due to an injury to their keeper, was an indication why they are in mid-table.

But, he said that without greater resources at his disposal he is having to “re-invent” his side with injuries to key players including defender Luke Wilkinson and midfielder Mitchell Rose.

Yeovil Town manager Darren Sarll.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Sarll said: “We have to reinvent ourselves every time something changes, because if you take Luke Wilkinson out of the team, it doesn’t just take Luke out, it take Josh Staunton out of midfield.

“Who then goes in midfield? Are the ingredients the same? Mitch Rose would have been perfect (against Altrincham) but he’s injured, so we are trying to re-invent all the time.

“We are where we probably should be because our expected goals goals for that game was six which for 32 crosses that is not surprising.

“We want to build on that, we want another 30-odd crosses and get those chances for Adi and Joe (against W*ymouth at the weekend).”

There were murmurings of discontent from the Huish Park stands at the final whistle on Tuesday night and the uncertainty on the future of the club driven by the absence of Chairman Scott Priestnall, it seems likely a poor start in the weekend’s derby could spark more anger.

Ahead of the tie, Sarll called for “positivity” from supporters and re-iterated his call for patience with his squad which is the second youngest in the National League.

He added: “Everyone know the (team we had in the 2019-20 season) was built for immediate productivity – this is not that team and it is going to take time.

“We just have to make sure we keep moving forward, it is going to be very up and down, this is not a group which is going to take hours.

“If player availability and squad depth is not good enough, it is going to take time.”