Striker Frank Nouble said he was “embarrassed” for Yeovil Town’s supporters after they exited the FA Trophy at the hands of local rivals W*ymouth.
The 33-year-old played missed an opportunity with the final chance of the 2-1 defeat, spurning an opportunity to take the third round tie to a penalty shoot-out.
He faced up to BBC Somerset’s Mark Stillman after the game and called on supporters not to direct their anger at the loss towards the younger players in the squad.
He said: “We were not good enough to win the game. I just feel embarrassed for the supporters and everyone who supports this football club, that is the main thing. It is nothing to do with the opposition, in this game you get remembered for winning these games and also losing them. That is where we are right now.
“We are quite down in (the dressing room). A few words were said and we have to react now. I just hope the supporters can keep supporting the young boys in this team. If they want to give stick to the boys, give it to me and the older boys, I will take it all on. All I care about is this club doing well, but we lost today, so we have to take that on the chin.”
The striker played the full 90 minutes against W*ymouth having put in 89 minutes in the 2-0 win at Woking ten days earlier.
Yeovil have three days to pick themselves back up ahead of the visit from Braintree Town to Huish Park in the National League Premier Division, but Nouble said that he was not thinking about that fixture with the pain of a derby defeat still raw.
He said: “The supporters turned up and made a noise for us and we embarrassed them with that result and a large part of our performance. I thought we gave them too many opportunities to do well against us and we ultimately we lost the game. We will deal with (Braintree Town at home) on Saturday when that comes and the Gaffer has to select a team now that he can trust will go out and win that game, but I am not thinking about Braintree today. Today is about the fact let the club down, we let ourselves down and most importantly we let the supporters down.“
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