A late moment of magic from on loan striker Will Merry saw Yeovil Town snatch a Good Friday win to relegate Truro City back to National League South at Huish Park.
The game where the division’s bottom side had looked the better side for the majority of the match was settled when the Southampton Under-21s forward made a great run before finishing coolly past former Glovers’ keeper Aidan Stone.
But whilst three points pushed Yeovil past the mythical 50 point mark, there was concerning news as captain Jake Wannell and striker Aaron Jarvis both went off with injury to place more strain on an already ravaged squad.
First half
Having gone behind after four minutes at Southend on Tuesday night, Truro almost repeated the trick at the same time when former Glovers’ loanee Ryan Law spurned a glorious opportunity. A ball in from the right found the ex-Plymouth Argyle man in space inside the six yard box, but amazingly his header was off target. A huge let off.
Truro are pressing well in the opening ten minutes but are misplacing passes with the blustery conditions causing issues for both sides. The visitors seem far more able to have control of the ball much better and succeeding by keeping it on the deck, whereas whenever we try and go through the middle of the pitch there is no space for either Brett McGavin or Delano McCoy-Splatt.
Just before the 20 minute mark, McGavin lifted a shot over the bar after a good run from Will Merry, before the visitors had two good opportunities. The first on 27 minutes saw Charsley head wide before the frontman was denied by a fantastic save by Jed Ward just a minute later. That is three clear opportunities for Truro and we have offered nothing to counter their press. We look tired again, no energy to win it back and none to press ourselves.
Five minutes from half-time, a good move from Aaron Jarvis saw him lay it off to Merry, but his effort rolled safely in to the hands of another Yeovil old boy, Truro keeper Aidan Stone. It is difficult to pick a Yeovil player who looks up for this contest, whereas bottom of the table Truro look up for it, just without the quality to do much about it.
Goalless at the break and another Rowley half-time rocket required.
Half time: Yeovil Town 0 Truro City 0
Second half
One minute in to the second half, Terrell Works burst in to the box fed the ball across to McGavin whose effort was blocked by the body of a Truro defender. Moments later, good play by Daly fed the ball out to Ryan Jones on the right side and his ball to the near post was bravely challenged for by Jarvis who needed treatment after colliding with Stone.
Much like the defeat at Southend (and the defeat at Woking a few weeks back), we have offered more in the opening two minutes of the second half than we did in the entire first half.
Full time: Yeovil Town 1 Truro City 0
Match Details
Venue: Huish Park
Date: Saturday 3rd April, 3pm kick-off
Competition: National League Premier Division
Scorers: Will Merry 90+5 (1-0)
Pitch: Almost there.
Conditions: Dry but a bit blowy
Attendance: 4,020 (286 away supporters)
Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Harvey Greenslade 77, Kyle Ferguson 85
Truro City: Will Dean 70
Referee: Lewis Sandoe
Yeovil Town
Substitutes: Harvey Greenslade (for Delano McCoy-Splatt, 61), Millar Matthews-Lewis (for Aaron Jarvis, 64), Dan Ellison (for Jake Wannell, 67), Alex Whittle (not used), Jaydon Biss (not used), Ollie Hughes (not used), Matt Gould (not used).
Truro City: Aidan Stone, Connor Riley-Lowe, Tom Harrison, Will Dean, Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain (for Zac Bell, 78), Ryan Law, Luke Jephcott, Max Kinsey-Wellings, Frederick Issaka (for Tom Dean, 78), Jack Stretton (for Kieran Wilson, 86), Harry Charsley.
Is Aaron Jarvis going off injured a particular worry…?
Agree.. why is it that there are some that think Jarvis is a really good player. Most games his contribution is minimal and his scoring record speaks for itself. 32 appearances and 3 goals, time for another No.9.
Don’t think this is accurate. I distinctly remember Love-Holmes being brought on for Truro.
Correct… rushed write up.
Hopefully that’s a big weight off… 50 points on the board.. probably need 52 to absolutely sure of avoiding drop.
It’s down to goal difference – I think a swing of 18 and with so many teams below us and the improbability of Brackley winning all four, us losing all four, and everyone else below us winning, nah, job done and very pleased for Billy, Daz, the players, staff and ownership group that we move on to 2026-27 in the right league!
National League last season… 52 points got 2 teams relegated.
No doubt but 50 will do this season. Maximum Brackley can get is 50.