Yeovil Town have said that they are in discussions with the Western Counties Youth Floodlight League to ‘appeal’ the decision which saw the Under 18s removed from the league.

Yeovil’s youngsters were unbeaten at the time of their withdrawal with a statement from the club saying that after attempts to play home games away from Huish Park were rejected their place in the league was no longer tenable.

Futhermore, the League issued a statement to the Gloverscast, which suggested Yeovil were no longer ‘following the rules’ – for point of clarity, when asked which rules that referred to, or where those rules could be found, the Gloverscast was met with ‘No Comment’

The issue was raised by our very own Ian Perkins at the fans forum where Chairman Martin Hellier and club Secretary Kirsty Baker responded with news of an appeal;

Hellier said “I know we went to great measures to try and replace a playing venue with somewhere else … it was a decision that was made not without a lot of consideration”

Baker added from the back of the room, “We are just going to add in that we are going through an appeal with the league at the moment, so we should have more of an update in a couple of weeks, but we are trying to get the lads to play somewhere else, there will be an update, it just takes time”

A lot of the Young Glovers are playing competitive men’s football in the local leagues – (insert plug here for our regular loan watch articles) and we hope that competitive football can return to the U18s under the YTFC banner sooner rather than later.

Corey Koerner (Green 7) challenges for the ball for Sherborne
Pic C/O Robin Caddy/The Wessex Way.

There was a question about youngster Corey Koerner who has impressed for the Under 18s this season and has been rewarded with England Colleges recognition, to which Mark Cooper said that he was pleased with the youngster but had to manage his progression. 

“It [England Colleges] is brilliant, and he’s done great, but we have to look at the level, Corey trains with us nearly every day, I’m not daft, Corey’s been on the bench, but he’s not ready to play in our first team yet, if he was, I’d put him in.”

Koerner has had spells with Plymouth Parkway and Sherborne Town on loan this season. 

 


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