Yeovil Town’s run without a win stretched to nine games and two months after they were beaten by relegation battlers Wealdstone at Huish Park this afternoon.

The Glovers fell behind to a soft header from Enzio Boldewijn after just 14 minutes before Finn Cousin-Dawson thumped home a header as the game ticked in to first half injury time.

But, it was more poor defending which gifted former Yeovil loanee Josh Grant ten minutes in to the second half and then the home side were unable to break down a resolute Wealdstone defence.

 

First half

The opening chance of the game fell to Yeovil after five minutes when a breakdown in communications between the visitors’ Luca Gunter and captain Marian Ariappa allowed a combination of Kyrell Wilson and James Plant to have an opportunity only for it to go out of play.  Peak National League defending and finishing there.
 
For the first ten minutes, Yeovil looked the better side with both Wilson and Ciaran McGuckin stretching the visitors backline, but it was the visitors who took the lead after just 14 minutes. A diagonal ball beat Josh Sims and found Enzio BOLDEWIJN at the back post and his looping header beat Aidan Stone.
 
Four minutes later, visiting defender Adrian Mariappa appeared fortunate to remain on the pitch when he seemed to blatantly handled the ball. McGuckin was behind the defender, albeit with visiting defenders in attendance as well, but referee Issac Searle adjudged the striker had enough to do for it to it only be a yellow card. Huish Park and Yeovil skipper Jake Wannell disagreed with the decision with Wannell getting a booking for his protests.
 
McGuckin came close to pulling the Glovers level after 25 minutes when McGuckin got on to a through ball and prodded it past Gunter but Wealdstone defender Josh Grant, a former loanee at Huish Park back in 2019, did superbly to get back and clear it off the line.
 
 
It is fair to say the Huish Park crowd does not sound happy, there’s jeers coming from all quarters of the ground. Plant has switched to the left side and got a shot away with 38 minutes gone, but Wealdstone manage to get the block in again.
 
On 41 minutes, wonderful run down the right by Wilson crossed a superb ball in to the box which was inches away from McGuckin, who is looking for his first goal since he scored in the Glovers’ 3-0 win at Wealdstone back in October.
 
But, on the stroke of half-time saw Brett McGavin lift a free-kick in to the middle of the box and Finn COUSIN-DAWSON rose highest inside the box to thump a header past  Gunter and draw the match level.
 
 

Half time: Yeovil Town 1 Wealdstone 1

Second half

After a thoroughly forgettable, the first action of the second half led to the visitors taking the lead after 55 minutes. Another silly free-kick given away by Josh Sims and a great free-kick from Anthony Georgiou was headed by Josh GRANT and possibly coming off a Yeovil player in its way in to the net. Cheap free-kick, terribly defended.
 
Shortly after the hour mark, Kofi Shaw replaced Sean McGurk and played alongside McGuckin and Wilson in the attacking three. A like for like change.
 
Unsurprisingly, Wealdstone had absolutely no qualms about wasting time and picked up a couple of bookings for their trouble, but Yeovil offered little in the attacking there. Josh Sims put a left-footed shot wide after 68 minutes and then another Georgiou free-kick flashed across the face of goal and Alex Reid was inches away from extending the visitors’ lead three minutes later.
 
Lewys Twamley replaced Dom Bernard with Cousin-Dawson dropping back in to a back three and then Harvey Greenslade replaced McGuckin, who has had a quieter second half. Wealdstone are quite happy to sit back and continue to be defensively solid and hit on the break. 
 
The sun came out in the second half – but that’s about as positive as it gets.
 
Frank Nouble appeared after 83 minutes, in place of Josh Sims, with a flat back four coming in. To be honest, even if he had a cape and was wearing his underpants over some tights, not sure what he can do here.
 
Credit to Wealdstone, they defended for their lives and deserved the three points. Yeovil also got what they deserved. The full-time verdict from the Huish Park crowd – roundly booed.

Full time: Yeovil Town 1 Wealdstone 2

Match Details

Venue: Huish Park
Date: Saturday 15th February, 3pm

Competition: National League Premier Division

Scorers: Enzio Boldewijn 14 (0-1), Finn Cousin-Dawson 45 (1-1), Josh Grant 55 (1-2), 

Pitch: Slippy and patchy in front of the Thatchers End
Conditions: Overcast and chilly

Attendance: 3,179 (143 away supporters)

Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Jake Wannell 19, Kofi Shaw 87
Wealdstone: Adrian Mariappa 19, Alex Reid 30, Craig Eastmond 61, Connor McAvoy 66, Alex Dyer 88, Luca Gunter 90+2

Referee: Issac Searle

Yeovil Town (3-4-2-1)

Substitutes: Kofi Shaw (for Sean McGurk, 61), Lewys Twamley (for Dom Bernard, 69), Harvey Greenslade (for Ciaran McGuckin, 75), Frank Nouble (for Josh Sims, 83), Michael Smith (not used),  Matt Gould (not used).

Wealdstone: Luca Gunter, Anthony Georgiou, Adrian Mariappa, Josh Grant, Connor McAvoy, Enzio Boldewijn (for Dominic Hutchinson, 46), Max Kretzschmar, Craig Eastmond, Harrison Sohna, Micah Obiero (for Alex Dyer, 79), Alex Reid.

Substitutes (not used):  Dante Baptiste, Henry Jeffcott, Jacob Berkeley-Agyepong, Jeffrey Sekyere.

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YTFC Bob
4 months ago

Can Cooper take us further forward? I’m not sure.

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Benji
4 months ago
Reply to  YTFC Bob

Further towards the bottom!

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GLOW
4 months ago
Reply to  YTFC Bob

No I don’t think he can, time for him too go, before it gets worse, not the right man for this club.
We have travelled 130 miles to watch the game, and it was the worse game we have ever watched… We have come to a lot of games, we are not happy to keep losing games and drawing, not the results we need….
Who is our regonise striker, no midfield, just a big hole in the squad…
We will end up being relegated if things don’t improve…..

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Phil Allen
4 months ago

When the team is missing Cooper, Williams, and to a certain extent Maddox (debatable if he’s Worthy’s replacement), that is already quite a lot of experience to do without. Coupled with we haven’t filled the gap of Jarvis since the injury, or replaced Dylan Morgan, and with Big Frank out of form, plus Smith possibly struggling to find the form of last year……and it was a rather an inexperienced forward line….oh, and wahdayah know, we were once again playing a team bang out of form and they roll up, dig in and grind out the result they wanted. That’s happened far too often for my liking! Let’s face facts, even before today, we are not remotely close to being a playoff contender and more likely going to have a dog fight to keep away from the trap door.

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Eddie
4 months ago

0 shots on target in the second half.

No wins in two months

8pts from the last 10 games.

Something has to change or we are going to be dragged into a relegation scrap.

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Mick
4 months ago

Cooper is a joke, no not Tommy, will someone please have the guts to get rid “just like that”. Short term answer is to get Yeovil loyal man Steve Staunton in for short term then look to next season for a forward thinking manager/coach.

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