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The scores are going up! 

Last month, 207 gave your score on the first month of the season. Mark Cooper was given 3.91 out of 7 and the players were given 4.32. The new ownership/board score increased by 3.91 and the communicated jumped by 4 pts to 5.22. Lastly the matchday experience was improved by 3.16 to 5.5. Good work all round at Huish Park then. Let us know what you thought of September!

Aug 22Sep 22Oct 22Nov 22Dec 22Jan 23Feb 23Mar 23Apr 23Aug 23Sep 23Oct 23Nov 23
What would you score the ownership/board this month?2.131.881.652.352.11.892.133.252.583.915.56.365.08
How has the manager performed this month?3.372.91.935.545.165.094.292.82.494.325.646.345.16
What would you score the communication from the club this month?2.322.191.942.472.21.842.543.51.365.275.385.885.21
What would you score the match day experience this month?2.762.62.13.243.122.93.163.61.225.225.285.435.2
How have the players performed this month?3.603.472.325.344.784.753.293.252.345.55.315.65.35
Responses2191301401481419437401292071507680

Here’s a reminder of our unbeaten September!

Yeovil Town 1 – 1 Chelmsford
Weston-super-Mare 2 – 3 Yeovil Town
Yeovil Town 3 – 2 Eastbourne Borough
Yeovil Town 7 – 1 AFC Stoneham
Yeovil Town 2 – Hampton & Richmond 1 – 2 Yeovil Town
Yeovil Town 2 – 0 Didcot Town 

 

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Another weekend, another FA Cup tie… the 3rd Qualifying Round of the FA Cup kicked off this weekend, and there were certainly some “cupsets” to mention for our fellow National League South opponents. Here’s a rundown of what went down in this weekend’s action.

There were certainly goals in the south-west, but this time for Torquay United, as they found themselves 5-0 at half time against Hungerford Town, and 5-0 was how it ended. Last weekend’s hosts, Hampton & Richmond found out the hard way that lower league opposition are no pushovers, as they crashed out at Lewes, losing 3-0. And in a second half goalfest, Braintree Town got the better of Brackley Town in an all-6th-tier affair, coming from 2-0 with 20 minutes to go to win 3-2.

There were a number of replays that will be played on Tuesday for NLS sides, with Aveley dropping a 2 goal lead to tie with Hornchurch, Chelmsford City twice being pegged back by Bromsgrove Sporting, and Welling United and Slough Town both being held away from home against Gosport Borough, and Salisbury respectively.

There were also two National League South fixtures played yesterday, with some of the early leavers from the FA Cup continuing their league campaigns. Taunton Town played host to Eastbourne Borough, winning 2-1 to temporarily take top spot off of Bath City (who beat W*ymouth in the FA Cup yesterday), while a Matt McClure double handed Chippenham Town a 2-0 win away to Truro City.

Replays, as mentioned above, will be played on Tuesday 3rd October, with the 4th Qualifying Round draw taking place on Monday 2nd October (not televised), where National League teams will enter the competition.

 

FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round results (NLS teams in bold)

Aveley 2-2 Hornchurch
Billericay Town 1-0 St Albans City
Braintree Town 3-2 Brackley Town
Bromsgrove Sporting 2-2 Chelmsford City
Dover Athletic 2-1 Haringey Borough
Farnborough 0-1 Weston-super-mare
Gorleston 0-2 Hemel Hempstead Town
Gosport Borough 2-2 Welling United
Lewes 3-0 Hampton & Richmond Borough
Salisbury 0-0 Slough Town
Torquay United 5-0 Hungerford Town
W*ymouth 1-2 Bath City
Winchester City 0-2 Maidstone United
Worthing 2-1 Whitehawk

 

National League South results – in full

Taunton Town 2-1 Eastbourne Borough
Truro City 0-2 Chippenham Town

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Another round of FA Cup Qualifying done and dusted then, and Yeovil got the job done against lower league opposition once again, this time in the form of Didcot Town.

Tom was perched in the Screwfix stand watching over proceedings, this is what he thought of yesterday’s match…

Menacing Murphy! This man doesn’t know how to stop scoring does he? A tidy penalty from the 32 year old took his tally to 8 for the season, and 5 in his last 3. Murphy’s on a roll, and he’s hitting the levels he showed from his first spell in green and white, reminding us of just what a talented striker we have on our hands. Wonderful movement, as well as keeping the Didcot keeper busy with plenty of shots made him my personal man of the match, among plenty of candidates.

Rhys Murphy slots home his penalty.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Will Dawes is here! A topic of conversation among Yeovil fans (or at least the fans I’ve been around) has been the absence of Will Dawes. After coming down with glandular fever, following a good pre-season, the winger’s introduction to the first team picture has been delayed longer than most fans would’ve wanted (myself included). But in the 64th minute, we finally got our first competitive glimpse of Will Dawes, and he was… good! Sharp in possession, and busy off the ball, he slotted in seamlessly on the left hand side with Josh Owers for support. Perhaps we’ll be seeing more of him in the coming weeks, with some potential fixture congestion coming our way.

Jake Wannell’s getting better and better. Today I saw a defender who was confident in every decision he made, excelled in a good defensive line-up, contributed to our first clean sheet in a month and also made some good passes. That defender was Jake Wannell, and at risk of forgetting/missing a fixture or two, I don’t think I’ve personally seen a bad game from him in a Yeovil shirt. A ball over the top in the first half for Rhys Murphy was almost perfectly weighted, and absolutely would’ve been a goal if Leigh Bedwell hadn’t come to collect in the Didcot goal. Great defensive work as always from the number 6, and long may it continue!

 

Jake Wannell.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Individual excellence got us over the line. There were some bright spots yesterday for Yeovil, with the aforementioned Jake Wannell and Rhys Murphy being two of them, but that seemed to be the tale of the tie, as I can’t say I was particularly inspired by the overall performance. Nothing really stood out to me (except for the individuals) as far as a team performance goes, it was professional, it did the job and that’s as much as I can say. Perhaps my expectations were too high following the Stoneham fixture, but at no point did it feel like ever reaching those levels, even if Yeovil did dominate the first half in its entirety.

Didcot are no pushovers. As much as I’ve gone on above about Yeovil not being great, we must also give credit to the visiting Didcot Town, who did well to hold off the possession-hungry hosts until a somewhat unfortunate penalty handed Yeovil the lead. They demonstrated courage, and tenacity to keep the score at 2-0, and in the second half, they really began to take the game to Yeovil, forcing Joe Day into action on multiple occasions. Didcot can go home with their heads held high, and credit to the 75 travelling supporters who made their way down from Oxfordshire to watch today. Good luck for the rest of the season to Didcot Town!

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Taunton Town have confirmed they are “communicating with” Yeovil Town after tickets for the New Year’s Eve fixture in the county town went on sale at the weekend……seemingly in error!

Having gone live on the Fanbase ticketing portal for online sales, a number of fans purchased their tickets for the all-Somerset encounter at Wordsworth Drive, only for them to disappear off sale later in the day.

We contacted Taunton on Monday morning and were told: “We are currently communicating with Yeovil regarding this issue.”

Beyond that, we don’t know what will happen with those tickets which were sold or with the allocation which will be given to the Glovers for what is expected to an anticipated fixture.

Watch this space……

 

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A very short and sharp Loan Watch for you this week.

Dorchester didn’t a game and so Benjani & Ollie Haste didn’t have a game (nor could they be on the Glovers bench as they were cup tied), Mal Linton is still making his recovery and isn’t ready for a Taunton return and Charlie Bateson was… well, on the bench at Huish Park after his cracking start to the season at Shepton Mallet.

Which leaves us with just the one player to report on, Lewis Williams

The keeper was back between the sticks for Tiverton Town, part of the side that drew 1-1 with Swindon Supermarine.

A performance which included an injury time save to secure his side the point.

 

? Header Photo C/O Viv Curtis & Tiverton Town

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Substitute Bobby Hilton scored a second half double to earn Yeovil Town Under-18s a 3-1 win over Wimborne Town on Saturday.

The young Glovers took the lead through a header from Aidan Skiverton with 33 minutes gone at the Alvington Playing Fields.

But the visitors pulled level three minutes in to the second half only for Hilton to put them ahead again on 67 minutes and then added a third with five minutes remaining.

The result was the first win of the South West Counties Youth League season for the Under-18s who are in a major rebuild with a number of last season’s squad now either on loan for in the first-team set-up.

They moved up to eighth and travel to Mangotsfield United next weekend.

Yeovil Town Under-18s: Travers, Johnson, Foster, Ansell, Shore, Skiverton, Alden, Padmore, Dyer, Koerner, Stevens.
Substitutes: Bareham, Nanev, Alexander, Haskett, Hilton.

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Yeovil Town manager Mark Cooper was glad to see his side through to the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup – but admitted there was not much else he could get excited about!

First half goals from strikers Rhys Murphy and Frank Nouble earned a 2-0 home win over Didcot Town, but the boss described the second half as “a non-event.”

He revealed that a hamstring injury sustained by Jordan Stevens in training on Friday saw him replaced by Jordan Maguire-Drew and that defender Michael Smith and midfielder Charlie Cooper were also doubts.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins, the manager said: “Jordan Stevens pulled his hamstring yesterday (Friday) morning, Michael Smith was a big doubt, Charlie Cooper was a doubt and obviously Worthy, Hyde, Whittle were injured.

“We should have sealed the game early in the second half, it should have been four. I have just seen (the Jordan Maguire-Drew chance) it’s never offside and a blatant penalty on Maguire-Drew which would have made it more comfortable – but we’re through.”

Having broken through a resilient Didcot, who dug in to make it difficult for the Glovers, continued to frustrate without forcing goalkeeper Joe Day in to too much action during the second half.

The game was, however, the on-loan Newport County keeper’s first clean sheet since arriving in Somerset a month ago.

Asked about his advice at half-time, the manager said: “I just said ‘keep going’, there were a few tactical bits to try and make us a bit more threatening in the final third. They came and sat really deep to start with which, whoever you are playing against, is difficult to get through.

“These games are just about getting through, we know it was not a fantastic performance but we had a few issues and we need to make sure we get players rested up for a massive game on Saturday.”

Their next opponents, high-flying Aveley who have had an impressive start to the National League South season, will face a third qualifying round replay against Isthmian League Premier Division side Horsham on Tuesday night after being pegged back to 2-2 courtesy of an injury time draw.

Cooper admitted that getting the likes of full-backs Alex Whittle and Michael Smith, who went off after 64 minutes against Didcot, back fit were the most important activity of the next week – alongside a midweek scouting mission to West Sussex.

He added: “Aveley drew in the FA Cup, so it gives us a chance to get eyes on them, and make sure we are prepared. But the biggest thing is making sure we get our players back quickly, Whittle, Stevens, Smith, Cooper, we get Worthy back Saturday.

“We have taken three or four players out of them which put in probably our best performance of the season (against Hampton & Richmond) last weekend, so it is going to disrupt things.

“They are big players for us and we know that and, as I say, we have got through which was the aim of today, to be in the hat and get closer to the first round.”

The Glovers’ progression to the fourth qualifying round means the National League South visit to Bath City will be postponed. The Romans also made it through with a 2-1 win at W*ymouth on Saturday.

The draw for the next round is scheduled for Monday.

As always, the manager also had a post-match interview with the club’s press officer Dan Howell after the match which is available to watch here….

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Yeovil Town skipper Josh Staunton has said that the 2-0 win over Didcot Town represents a ‘job done’ for the Glovers.

“I thought first half we were pretty good, second half, we weren’t really firing, we had way too many turnovers, but I think in those games it’s just a case of getting the job done and, 2-0 – it probably could have been more if we’d have just been a bit more clinical in the final third.”

Yeovil Town captain Josh Staunton in action against Didcot Town,
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

“But, we’re happy with that, job done, into the next round of the cup, (the) most important thing at 3 O’clock was being a name in the hat, which we are, happy with it.”

Both the Glovers’ goals came in the first half and to their credit, Didcot did make more of a match of it in the second 45, Staunton believes whilst their opponents do deserve a mention, they maybe could have done better themselves in possession.

“I think sometimes you just lose that fluidity, they obviously came out with a different (style), first half they sat eleven men behind the ball, which is always difficult to break down, with the wind we got caught forcing it a couple of times, we just needed to be patient and wait for the holes to come.

Any team who come and stick eleven men behind the ball, it’s difficult and second half when they played a different way and attacked and stepped on us, it was probably a bit more challenging.”

“it’s a win and in a cup competition, that’s all that matters”

“I don’t think it was an intention to take the foot off the pedal because we wanted more goals, kill the game off, simple as that, but when things aren’t quite falling for you, we just kept turning the ball over needlessly.

We didnt really have any good spells of possession in good areas of the pitch, when you do that teams are always going to grow into the game, especially when they’ve got nothing to lose. “

Staunton, and the defence in behind him, recorded their first clean sheet since beating Tonbridge Angels in late August, which was something which pleased the captain;

“You respect the opposition, you respect the game and I think the clean sheet was important to us, off the back of not having one for a while, we kept a clean sheet and that’s a positive to take out of today.

It’s ticked another box, it’s a building block, when we’re not quite at our best we didn’t capitulate and concede a soft goal we just kept going and like I say it’s a win and in a cup competition that’s all that matters”