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Yeovil Town’s Watford loanee Sonny Blu Lo-Everton was singled out for praise by Darren Sarll when speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins following the Glovers’ 1-0 win over Halifax Town on Saturday.

Sonny Blu Lo-Everton in action for Yeovil Town.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Lo-Everton, who started in an attacking role just in behind frontman Joe Quigley before being substituted late on for Adi Yussuf caught the eye of the sponsors who gave him the Man of the Match, and his boss was full of praise for the 18-year-old:

“He’s a brilliant footballer, he has a brilliant mind, for someone that creative he is actually a little too inquisitive because he should just trust his eyes.

“If we all saw football like Sonny did, there would be far more creative players in the country and there isn’t and that is because they don’t see the game that way, Sonny certainly does and I think as he plays more for us, he will trust more what his eyes tell him more and he’ll be even sharper, quicker and smoother.

“He never looks like he has to try hard, Sonny, he has the lovely way of making everything look easy.”

Lo-Everton has now started each of the last two games for the Glovers after coming off the bench late on vs King’s Lynn on the opening day, and whilst he is yet to complete a full 90 minutes, he’s already making a lasting impression on this Yeovil side.

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Charlie Wakefield in action vs King’s Lynn – Pic Courtesy of Mike Kunz

Yeovil Town winger Charlie Wakefield spoke to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins following the Glovers’ 1-0 home win over FC Halifax Town on Saturday and was delighted to secure not just a second win on the bounce, but also the team’s first clean sheet.

“It was a bit like Monday (vs Aldershot), we had to dig deep, it was an unbelievable atmosphere, Monday was an unbelievable atmosphere with the away fans and we’ve managed to do it again

“That’s our third game where we’ve come in at half time 1-0 up, first one (vs King’s Lynn) we lost a man, we let it slip, but to show the character to bounce back and get the win.

“I always feel like we enjoy these more than a 4-0 or 5-0, where you have to dig real deep, when the final whistle goes and you see the fans like that – it was some atmosphere, huh?”

On his own performances and his introduction to the Glovers’ team the former Chelsea academy product says he’s adapted his game for the good of the team.

“Normally I’d be a bit running at the ball (Editor’s Note; I think he means defence!), I’m a very direct player, I’ve been working, I feel like I’ve been working hard for the team and i’m enjoying that, I want to work, I want to be the one that puts the shift in for the boys, for the club.”

Wakefield was quick to highlight the performances of both Joe Quigley – who’s goal separated the two sides – and Max Hunt as a rock in defence during the win over the Shaymen.

“Joe, has been unbelievable hasn’t he? Unreal, when you’ve got someone on form like him, he goes into every game confident that he’s going to score – which helps me, if I go down the line, nine times out of ten, when you’re striker’s on form, he’s gunna put it in, so I get a bit of credit too!

“We are all in a really happy place… you want to work that extra mile, you want to put that extra yard in for the person next to you.

“Hunty (Max Hunt), at the end, his tackle, unreal, not only going forward are we clinical with Joe, but those sort of tackles means we get the win.”

Wakefield finished off the interview by saying there was no fear heading into next weekend’s game against Stockport, the team, he says couldn’t be going into the clash any more confident.

 

 

 

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Yeovil Town Manager Darren Sarll has been speaking to the media following the Glovers’ 1-0 win over FC Halifax Town live on BT Sport on Saturday evening.

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

both the BT Sport team and BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins, Sarll praised the ‘character’ and ‘robustness’ of his side, who, despite the one-goal margin of victory looked fairly comfortable for large parts.

Speaking to BT Straight after the final whistle he said: “I thought tactically we were excellent, even in periods of the second half when we were defending deeper, our shape was good and I can’t remember too many moments when (Grant Smith) had to make too many big saves.
“That was testament to the two full backs (Dan Moss and Jordan Barnett) in particular.”

Something he reiterated to the the BBC shortly after with some added praise for Max Hunt; “I thought we dealt with most things well, in the second half we had to defend a bit deeper and I thought even then the shape was very strong.

“I thought the two young full backs (Dan Moss and Jordan Barnett) were absolutely fantastic and that is probably Max Hunt’s best game for the club.”

The only goal of the game came from the penalty spot, Joe Quigley smashing the ball home after Tom Knowles was brought down in the box.

Joe Quigley hammers home the opener.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

But, it’s not just the in-form striker’s goals that are impressing the gaffer:

“He was okay, I thought defensively he was very good, he contributes a hell of a lot and he is getting better, but he has a home now, Yeovil is his home and we do not throw people away and it is important that people feel that comfort and that we have got their backs when they come to work.”

“He is in good form and he’s a real big plus for us and if he stays fit we might have half a chance”

Overall, Sarll was pleased with how he side coped with the second half onslaught from Halifax who tried to get back into the game late on, but a resolute performance from the defence and central midfield duo in particular were enough to see the game out.

“I thought we were better in possession than Halifax, I thought we were better out of possession, our shape was very good, the players’ attitude was magnificent.
“I thought we were comfortable and deserved (the win), the only disappointment was the couple of chances (for substitute Adi Yussuf) which we should have taken to make the game a bit easier.

Sarll confirmed to the BBC he wouldn’t be thinking about next Saturday’s trip to Stockport County until Monday, suggesting he, the players and the fans have all got a night or two to enjoy a fantastic Glovers win.

 

 

 

 

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FC Halifax Town Manager Pete Wild spoke to the the media following his side’s 1-0 loss to Yeovil Town on Saturday evening.

He said that his side had ‘”given Yeovil too much respect” in the first half before ‘”totally dominating'” the entire second half.

The only goal of the game came from Joe Quigley’s right boot, 12-yards out he smashed home his second penalty of the season and it was enough for all three points.

Despite, the entire BT Sport analysis team, commentary team and most importantly the referee all in agreement it was the right decision, Wild wasn’t so sure.

Speaking to the Halifax Courier he said:“Naz (Niall Maher) is clearing the ball and he falls over his leg – how’s that a pen?…These decisions seem to happen week-in, week-out and nothing gets done about it.”

Maher’s foul on Tom Knowles wasn’t the only time Wild got angry with the officiating – the  manager got booked twice in the space of 60 seconds and saw the last few minutes of the match from the comfort of the away dressing room, an incident he says he was sorry about.

“My frustrations boiled over, I shouldn’t be getting sent-off and I apologise for that,” he said.

“My yellow, apparently, is for getting the ball back in play, which is ridiculous…and then my red, the fourth official’s looked at me, smiled, and given the ball the other way, so I just said ‘you’ve done that on purpose’.

“Highly frustrating, but until the issue of refereeing’s addressed in this league nothing’s ever going to change.”

Overall, Wild was critical of both side’s attacking prowess saying the game should have ended 0-0 and that neither side deserved the full three points.

Wild said: “I don’t think either side deserved to win it, I don’t think there was enough chances for either side to deserve to win.

“But we need to be better. we didn’t test the keeper enough, we looked tired, and we’ve got to be better than that.”

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Venue: Huish Park
Saturday September 4 2021, 5.30pm kick-off.

Conditions: Dry and bright
Ground: Perfect

Scorers: Quigley pen 14 (1-0)

Attendance: 1,899 (54 away)

Referee: Thomas Parsons

Bookings:
Yeovil: Gorman 52, Staunton 52
Boreham Wood: Slew 70, Warburton 84

Yeovil Town : (4-4-1-1)
Grant Smith
Dan Moss, Max Hunt, Luke Wilkinson, Jordan Barnett
Charlie Wakefield, Dale Gorman, Josh Staunton, Tom Knowles
Sonny Blu Lo-Everton
Joe Quigley

Subs: Adi Yussuf (for Lo-Everton, 84), Alex Bradley (for Knowles, 90), Max Evans (not used), Morgan Williams (not used), Toby Stephens (not used).

FC Halifax Town: Johnson, Debrah, Bradbury, Maher, Benn, Warren (for Gilmour, 67), Woods, Summerfield  (for Green, 64), Warburton, Waters (for Allen, 83), Slew.
Substitutes: Spence, Swaby-Neavin.

SUMMARY

We broke the hoodoo, we got the monkey off our back, put it however you like but for the first time since Wembley 2013, Yeovil Town won a match on the telly.

The BT Sport cameras have not been kind to the Glovers since our return to non-League and it took a penalty smashed down the middle from Joe Quigley (who else?) to earn three points under the spotlight.

It came after 14 minutes when Tom Knowles was caught with a high kick from Halifax captain Niall Maher and referee Thomas Parsons had no hesitation but to point to the spot.

Here’s how David Coates saw it watching on the telly…..

FIRST HALF

On the day when breaking hoodoos was the order of the day, Yeovil Town boss Darren Sarll will have been pleased to name an unchanged starting XI to the one which had won at Aldershot Town on Bank Holiday Monday.

The boss’ only change was a fifth substitute on the bench in the form of Alex Bradley who returned after illness.

The game started with the move which led to the home side taking the lead. Sonny Blu Lo-Everton‘s ball in from the left could not find Quigley and rebounded as far as Tom Knowles who was caught by visiting captain Niall Maher.

Tom Knowles is caught by FC Halifax Town captain Niall Maher inside the box.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.
Referee Thomas Parsons had no hesitation in pointing to the spot and Quigley stepped up to put it down the middle.
Knowles had a claim for a second spot kick five minutes later after a coming together with Maher but (again) he referee got it right and waved away any appeals.
That led to the game slowing down as Yeovil frustrated the visitors who were second best in the tactical battle, and it was not until the closing stages of the half that either side carved out any opportunities.
In the 45th minute, Charlie Wakefield‘s ball in from the right was heading towards Quigley at the back post, but was well defended by Tyrrell Warren, and a minute later a free kick from Dale Gorman was headed over by Luke Wilkinson, who was flagged offside. The television replay, however, suggested otherwise.
The lead was nothing less than Yeovil deserved having looked comfortable against a Halifax side who had picked up wins in their previous two matches.
Half time: Yeovil Town 1 (Quigley, pen) FC Halifax Town 0

SECOND HALF

With Halifax boss Pete Wild hopping around on the touchline for much of the first half (more on that later), the expectation was that the visitors would come out with a spring in their step or a flea in their ear after the interval.
If they did it was not immediately obvious Yeovil again starting the brighter with Gorman’s lofted ball in to the box finding Quigley, who could only manage a tame header.
The Shaymen did start to find their way back in to it and had their best chance of the game on 54 minutes when a free-kick from Matt Warburton, who probably the visitors’ only real attacking threat in the first half, was pushed away by Grant Smith.
His clearance only went as far as striker Jordan Slew whose shot from the far post rattled off the post and away.
From there the game started to get stretched with neither side able to find any fluidity. Wilkinson had a shot deflected over and Slew fired a ball in to the box which flashed past his strike partner Billy Waters, who had scored three in his first three matches for the visitors but was anonymous throughout.
It was not until the closing stages that either side managed to create a real opportunity. With  two minutes to go substitute Jamie Allen got away down the right and it was only thanks to an excellent interception from Max Hunt inside the area that he did not get his shot away.
Striker Adi Yussuf fires a shot in on goal.

Then, in the second minute of injury time, Glovers’ substitute Adi Yussuf broke away and rather than squaring the ball to either Quigley or Alex Bradley to his left, he tried to take on the shot which he put over.

That was too much for Wild who finally combusted and it did not take a lip reader to work out what he said to the officials to earn himself a red card. Ironically, in the build up to the game, Wild had spoken about how he expected Yeovil to bully his side and said he would be advising his players to keep cool heads.

His judgement presumably impaired by the loss of his temper, he later told the BT Sport cameras his side had “dominated the second half from start to finish.” If you say so, Pete.

Full time: Yeovil Town 1 (Quigley, pen) FC Halifax Town 0

 

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Former Yeovil Town defender and BT Sport Co-commentator Adam Virgo was full of praise for the Glovers after they held off Halfiax Town to record a 1-0 win.

Whilst on commentary for BT Sport, the former defender singled out Dan Moss, Joe Quigley and Josh Staunton for praise before naming Luke Wilkinson as he Man of the Match,

It was Quigley’s first half penalty that separated the two sides in the end, with Yeovil looking controlled defensivley, restricting their visitors to nothing more than half chances.

After the game, Virgo tweeted that it was a ‘deserved’ win for Darren Sarll’s side who recorded their first clean sheet of the season in the process.

Virgo scored five goals in 36 appearances for the Glovers in the 2010/11 season.

 

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Yeovil Town  name an unchanged starting XI from the Bank Holiday win over Aldershot Town as they face FC Halifax Town in today’s televised home game (5.15pm kick-off)

The only change comes on the substitutes’ bench where Alex Bradley returns after missing the first two games through injury.

Former Glovers Matt Warburton and Tom Bradbury and Martin Woods, who had a brief loan spell at the club in 2008, all line up for the visitors.

Yeovil Town: Smith, Barnett, Wilkinson, Hunt,  Moss, Staunton, Gorman, Wakefield, Knowles, Lo-Everton, Quigley.  Subs: Evans, Bradley, Williams, Stephens, Yussuf.

FC Halifax Town: Johnson, Debrah, Bradbury, Maher, Benn, Warren, Woods, Summerfield, Warburton, Waters, Slew. Subs: Gilmour, Allen, Green, Spence, Swaby-Neavin.

 

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Barnett in action vs King’s Lynn
Pic Courtesy of Mike Kunz

New Yeovil Town defender Jordan Barnett has been speaking to the Glovers’ official social channels prior to Saturday’s game with FC Halifax Town and says the fans and the squad have really helped him settle into his new surroundings.

The former Notts County man has started both league games for the Green and Whites so far with his performance against Aldershot Town drawing praise from Darren Sarll in his pre-match press conference.

“I’ve really settled in well, the fans have made me feel really welcome, on twitter saying really good things about me, saying I’ve got good passion. I want to show the fans that as well and I want to show them how good of a footballer I can be”

Barnett played a full 90 minutes in the win over Aldershot Town after coming off early against King’s Lynn Town to protect a hamstring niggle, the win was one he cherished, not just because of the result.

“It was a very good win, obviously the first win of the season and it was needed after Saturday’s performance (against King’s Lynn).

“It was a great moment to celebrate with the fans, with the (Lee Collins) flag as well, I know what it means to the fans and the players”

Darren Sarll spoke of an electric atmosphere on the bus back from the game after the Bank Holiday Monday victory a tale backed up by the former Oldham full-back.

“It was very good, all jumping, dancing and singing, something I’ve never really experienced before”

Barnett will almost certainly line up at left-back once again as Yeovil host  FC Halifax Town in front of the BT Sport camera’s on Saturday.

 

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D’ath in action for Yeovil, Pic Courtesy Of Mike Kunz

Former Yeovil Town midfielder Lawson D’Ath has given a wonderful interview to The Grassroots Guy podcast about his career so far as well as chatting about his current injury status.

D’Ath tore his Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in his knee shortly before half time against Stockport County back in May, speaking to presenter Harry Purdy he explains that it’s be a series of niggles and knocks along side two longer term injuries that have hampered his second stint at Huish Park.

“At Yeovil, I ripped my groin off my pubic bone last season and then I done my ACL, it’s just weird, it’s bad luck I guess”

Despite his fairly positive attitude to his latest setback, the former Reading youngster admitted it’s not always been easy to stay positive, especially as his contract at Yeovil expired this summer.

“It’s hard, when I was in contract it was easier because, while i’m injured and is frustrating – I’ve always had an outlook on life where, I can’t affect it, all I can do is work hard to get back to being fit and being ready”

Darren Sarll has his head in his hands as Lawson D’Ath is attended to

“I have had moments where you stop and think about things like you do, that’s normal, then I have moments like ‘let’s go, work, work, work”

“But a little bit has come since I’ve been out of contract… I’m 28 years old, I have questioned just sacking it and getting a job, then when I get back fit maybe playing part time football – I did think about, but why would I throw everything away for an injury?”

D’Ath confirmed that he is still trying desperately hard to get back to full time football,

“It’s 9-months of my life, but if I can get back fit, I know I have something to offer still, to someone, and know that I’m good enough, more than good enough, especially at this level, to do it.”

The former Cheltenham and Exeter midfielder has confirmed that he’s enjoying the challenge of recovery and that whilst he’s still a long way away from being back on the pitch, taking it – literally – one step at a time.

Just last week, Yeovil manager Darren Sarll confirmed he was ‘desperate’ to see D’ath back in a Yeovil shirt in the new year, something which the man himself is still very much an option.

“They(Yeovil) have given me a place to stay, doing my rehab there and he (Sarll) said he wants to sign me when I get back fit, so I’ve got something – a goal – what will be will be when the time comes”

“Hopefully I can repay it back to the club and do well for them and get promoted”

To finish off the podcast, D’Ath confirmed that Darren Sarll was giving him the support he needs and a future opportunity, before finally naming Lee Collins as the best captain he’s ever played for as part of the quick fire questions finale.

Everyone at the Gloverscast would love to see a fit and firing Lawson D’ath back in the midfielder sooner rather than later!

Click on the Link below for the full Grassroots Guy podcast with Lawson D’ath

 

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Tickets are on sale for Yeovil Town‘s away fixture at Boreham Wood on Saturday, September 5 (3pm kick-off).

The tickets are priced at:

Adults: £20
65 years and over: £18
Under-16s: £12
Under-12s: £6

You can buy tickets from the Boreham Wood website, click – here 

Visiting supporters get the South and South East Terraces (which are uncovered); and a section of the covered seating in the West Stand with 359 seats.

This is all a single area which one can move around in freely – hence the flat rate ticket prices. Access to the away area is through Turnstile 6 and 7.

Tickets will be sold on the day – in case you can’t make your mind up whether to enjoy the delights of Boreham Wood before then!

If you are planning on making the trip, check out our Ciderspace Away Guide to Meadow Park – here.