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Following two away wins on the bounce, the Glovers are back under the lights at Huish Park.

Yeovil Town welcome Solihull Moors to Somerset.

Form Guide…

Yeovil Town are looking for a third win on the spin after fruitful trips up north.

Wins over Boston United and AFC Fylde have been eventful games to say the least, but six points are six points.

Seven goals scored, four conceded and we go into Tuesday night’s games occupying the final play-off spot in the National League Premier Division table – that we’re definitely not looking at yet.

Our visitors Solihull Moors on the other hand are coming off the back of a 1-0 loss at home to big-spending Forest Green Rovers on Saturday.

A second half Teddy Jenks goal saw the Vegans taking the three points from Saturday’s game.

Prior to that a 1-1 draw vs Wealdstone and a single goal win over Halifax have shown that Solihull have been consistently inconsistent.

Moors have eight points from seven games and are 15th.

Key Players…

Yeovil – Sam Pearson

Two impressive performances from the bench in the last two games have Glovers fans clamouring for the former Bristol City man to be given a go from the start.

His first goal of the season against Fylde on Saturday was complimented an assist for both Aaron Jarvis’ equaliser and a more acrobatic assist for the Dom Bernard winner late on.

His pace, trickery and flash of quality might be the key to unlocking a stingy Moors’ defence.

Solihull Moors – Jamey Osborne

The 32-year-old has been a mainstay of the Solihull side since the summer of 2016 – albeit with stray away to Grimsby Town at the end of the 2016-17 season when he followed his then-boss Marcus Bignot north. He was back at Damson Park on loan by December 2017 and signed permanently the following month.

Fans with slightly longer memories may remember Osborne being a thorn in the side of Darren Way’s Yeovil in two notorious FA Cup matches back in 2016 – the latter ending in a penalty shoot-out defeat. If you’ve blocked it from your memory, we don’t blame you.

He’s known for a combative style (three yellow cards already this season) but with the class to unlock defences with a single pass and keeps his team ticking over.

He provided an assist for Moors’ only goal in their 1-1 draw against Wealdstone and will be a significant challenge for the midfield combo of the Glovers.

Sam Pearson on the attack – Pic – Gary Brown

That’s What He Said…

In his post-match presser following the win at AFC Fylde on Saturday, Mark Cooper didn’t really do much talking about Solihull Moors – but there was a lot to talk about.

Andy Whing, the Moors’ boss, on the other hand was asked about the game against the Glovers after their 1-0 home defeat to Forest Green at the weekend. 

He said: “Every game is a tough game, Yeovil, I played against them in the Championship, they’re a big football club, so we know it’s going to be a tough game, but if we keep playing like that [vs FGR] and getting performances like that, when our players come back – no team in our league can deal with the injuries we’ve got – we’ll got onto Tuesday full of confidence in terms of performance and desperate for three points”

 

We’ve met before…

Back in 2022/23 season, Yeovil took four points from the two games against Solihull coming from two goals down away from home, goals from Zanda Siziba (remember him?) and Owen Bevan plucking a point from the grasps of defeat.

Meanwhile, at Huish Park, Chiori Johnson scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win, the Glovers squad on that day had just three members of the current group (Worthington, Williams and Pearson).

Other highlight clashes include back in 2021, where a Joe Quigley hat trick landed a 3-0 win for the Glovers, Solihull won the reverse fixture 5-1 that season, Justin “the lad Donawa” Donawa picking up a match ball of his own.

Way back in 2016, we also crossed paths in the FA Cup, a 2-2 draw at Huish Park, a 1-1 draw in the replay before Ryan Dickson and Tom Eaves missed their spot kicks and Solihull progressed.

 

 

Don’t I know you?

Tahvon Campbell was a Glover for a short while in 2017, on loan from West Brom, he’s now at Solihull, but hasn’t been involved in a match day squad for a little while.

Matt “Rolls Royce” Warburton was a Yeovil player on loan from Northampton, predominantly in the behind-closed-doors season, scoring once in 17 National League appearances.

Josh Staunton and Matt Warburton in action during ‘The Roller’s time at FC Halifax Town. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

Who’s been a naughty boy, then?

Jake Wannell is available for the Glovers after a one-match ban against Fylde, but Solihull are still without defender James Clarke.

The 24-year old was given a straight red card in the 94th minute in the 1-0 win over Halifax.

It was made all the more impressive is that he was only brought on as a sub on 83 minutes. 

He sits out the third of a three-match-ban. 

Our referee is Reubyn Ricardo

How can you keep across the game?

In Person

Get to Huish Park! Tickets are available for the game here.

On the Radio

Ian is back on the mic with BBC Somerset and Three Valleys Radio will have full match coverage too.

On the TV/ stream

National League TV has this game listed as available to watch. Match Passes are £9.99

On the Gloverscast.co.uk

We’ll have team news, match report, Five Conclusions and our usual reaction podcast to follow on Friday.

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Match-winner Dom Bernard‘s heroics for Yeovil Town at AFC Fylde on Saturday have earned him a place in the National League’s Team of the Week.

The 27-year-old, whose arrival at Huish Park was only announced on Friday, scored an 88th-minute winner to grab three points for the Glovers in a see-saw 4-3 victory in Lancashire.

Fylde’s Nick Haughton is also named in the XI for his two first-half strikes which put them 2-0 up at half-time.

Congratulations, Dom!

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There are fewer sites in football greater than a bouncing Huish Park under the lights on a Tuesday evening.

One man who gets to enjoy it from the comfort of neutrality is our referee for our midweek clash vs Solihull Moors, Mr Ruebyn Ricardo.

Much like our official from the weekend, Mr Ricardo has never officiated a Glovers game, nor has ever taken charge of Solihull.

But, he has been a busy fella this season with appointments in the EFL, EFL Trophy and Premier League Academy league.

He’s also taken charge of one National League game, and it was a feisty one.

Woking came from 2-0 to beat Hartlepool a couple of weeks ago and our man was in charge.

He sent off Pools’ midfielder Jack Hunter for two bookable offences inside two minutes and booked a couple of former Glovers; Billy Sass-Davies and Dale Gorman. (Pretends to be shocked)

He even found time to note down Michael Doyle’s name, the Woking gaffer also seeing yellow.

Mr Ricardo will have Sean Rothwell and Mark Senior running the lines whilst Lewis Sandoe is on half time tea-making duties… and other actual important jobs too, I think.

Jack Hunter gets his marching orders from Ruebyn Ricardo

 

 

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It was another three points on the road for Yeovil Town (that’s three for the season, by the way) this weekend with a win in a chaotic, see-saw match at AFC Fylde yesterday.

It took a while for Dave to get his heart-rate down long enough to pen some conclusions on the match, but these are them.

What have I just seen? That was absolutely bonkers. If anyone doubted the Spirit of 2023/24 had departed, think again. In the second half, we just went for it and it was a performance built on fearlessness to attack, character to get back up after Fylde pulled it back to 3-3, and a healthy dose of quality.  That said, for context, in the first half we looked well off it. I know both Mark Cooper and Dom Bernard said afterwards that they thought we were okay, but I felt our defence was rocking every time Fylde (or Nick Haughton, more to the point) pressed forward, our midfield was anonymous, and I  don’t think their keeper Ben Winterbottom had anything to do. In the second half, he had plenty to do and we did that magic thing of taking our chances when we created them. These boys have got some cast-iron balls and deserved everything they got yesterday.

Dom Bernard celebrates his winner – and kudos to the wearer of the 1995-96 shirt featured. Picture courtesy of Bekah Harper.

Take a bow: Aaron Jarvis quite rightly got the plaudits from his manager post-match. Yeovil have had plenty of players who just ‘run around a lot’ in the past, but everything Jarvis does has a purpose. If you don’t believe me, look at his role in Sam Pearson’s first goal and the way he brings the ball down and is then in the right place at the right time to score the equaliser. He did that a lot and gave as good as he got from the Fylde defence as well.
But can I also give a shout out to Ollie Wright? He’s had his critics this season, but made some important saves, none more so than from Taelor O’Kane in injury time. And, if praising opposition players is allowed, Fylde’s Nick Haughton. He could have had four or five goals alone and must surely be interesting some EFL clubs. All that said, Sam Pearson was my Man of the Match.

The importance of substitutions: Mark Cooper spoke before the season about how the increase to five changes from seven substitutions would be key. He got his changes right and Fylde’s Chris Beech got his wrong. Now, Cooper only had five to pick from today – those magical empty benches made up the other two (Hey, Gloverscast Ben!) – and the changes he made all paid off. Sam Pearson and Jordan Young both caused problems, Pearson especially was at the heart of a lot that we did well in the second half, and then that strike from Sonny – it looked even better from behind the goal than it does on the highlights. 

Another one of ‘those’ ticked off: It’s far too early to be looking at league tables, but if you were to do that you’d see Yeovil Town in seventh place, the final spot for the National League play-off places. Now, I’m definitely not saying we’ll be there come May, but if we’re going to finish nearer the top than the bottom, Fylde away is where you need to get points. Given the injuries and suspensions, I would have happily taken a point from this one, so to take three is a big bonus. That is three wins from four away from home, now let’s get our home form going. It’s Solihull Moors under the lights at Huish Park on Tuesday, another tough test but one we should not be fearful of. Jake Wannell will return from suspension, Dom Bernard has an impressive debut under his belt, so we can go in to it with confidence. Pack the Park, ladies and gents, Pack the Park.

Sometimes it’s more than a game: As everyone enjoyed the post-match celebrations, some quick-thinking supporters and, more importantly, the Yeovil Town medic Tony Boreham and physio Joe Storey, raced to the aid of a fan who had been taken ill on the terraces. We learnt afterwards the fan in question was the grandfather of Corey Koerner, the young full-back who was named amongst our substitutes, and there were some worrying moments as he was ‘worked on’ as fans filed out of the ground. It is with much relief we learnt soon after that he was responsive thanks to the treatment he received and was taken to hospital. It’s often said that a football ground is sometimes the best place to be taken ill, and the quick-thinking and undoubted skills of the Glovers’ team to spring in to action underlines this fact. Well done to them and everyone who supported, and we obviously wish Corey’s grandfather a full and speedy recovery.

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The number of Yeovil Town players out on loan is getting bigger by the week, here’s how most of them got on.

Firstly, all National League South sides had a midweek game on Tuesday and that means Weston-super-Mare gave more minutes to both Will Buse and Dylan Morgan.

Their positive run continued with a 2-0 win over Slough Town last Tuesday night – including a second Seagulls’ goal for Morgan – and a 0-0 draw yesterday at St Albans City.

That seems to be Buse’s final game on loan in north Somerset after Seagulls’ boss Scott Bartlett said they could not agree an extension and signed keeper Max Harris on loan from Cheltenham Town. Harris was on the bench for Weston at St Albans yesterday.

Full-back Jordan Thomas (who was listed as “T. JORDAN on the Salisbury team graphic) made his debut for his new in a 3-1 defeat to Farnborough. The departure of Thomas, who joined the Glovers from Hampton & Richmond in the summer, was announced on Friday, just ahead of the arrival of Dom Bernard at Huish Park.

No Corey Koerner for Plymouth Parkway as he was on the bench for the Glovers’ first team at AFC Fylde (his loan is classed as a duel registration, so he can go back and forth).

There are a trio of young Glovers at Street, they were 2-0 down against Buckland, but as is the theme of the day, they didn’t lose either.

A 2-2 draw was secured, in part thanks to the additions of Jacob Shore, who is part of the first-team set-up at Huish Park these days, and Under-18s’ players Krystian Woods and Sol Padmore in the 2nd half.

Josh Haskett scored for Sherborne Town in midweek, they beat Christchurch in the league cup. Nice work, Josh. Neither he or fellow Under-18s player Joe Crisp featured in the Zebras’ 3-2 win at  Brockenhurst in the Wessex League yesterday.

Under-18s’ keeper Will Howard started for Cullompton Rangers in their 2-1 win at Middlezoy Rovers whilst fellow young Glovers Mason Alden was on the bench for Welton Rovers, as was Max Dyer for the Oldland Abbotonians.

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It’s two wins on the bounce for Yeovil now, and once again in chaotic fashion, as they staged two late comebacks to win a classic encounter between themselves and AFC Fylde today. Let’s see if any of the other National League teams can match that! (spoilers, they can’t!)

We begin in Greater Manchester, where Altrincham condemned Ebbsfleet United to another heavy defeat in a 4-0 drubbing at home. Two goals within a minute of each other within the first 10 minutes dictated the state of the game on another worrying afternoon for the visiting side. Last week’s hosts Boston United bounced back with an emphatic 3-0 win away at Sutton United, Jacob Hazel grabbing a double for the Pilgrims, while another top of the table clash went in Gateshead’s favour as they defeated a visiting Barnet side 2-0.

In the evening kickoff, Aldershot Town’s inconsistent start to the season continued as another great Rochdale performance meant the visitors left as 2-0 winners. The final 2-0 result of the afternoon was in York City’s favour, as they defeated Wealdstone on their travels.

There were two 1-1 draws today, as Oldham Athletic recovered for a point against Southend United, while Maidenhead United dropped points at home against Dagenham & Redbridge. Early frontrunners Eastleigh bounced back from their defeat at Gateshead last weekend with a 1-0 win over Tamworth, while Forest Green Rovers defeated Solihull Moors by the same scoreline.

Finally, there were two 0-0 draws, as Hartlepool United and FC Halifax Town, and Braintree Town and Woking all shared a point each.

National League results – in full

AFC Fylde 3-4 Yeovil Town
Altrincham 4-0 Ebbsfleet United
Braintree Town 0-0 Woking
Eastleigh 1-0 Tamworth
Gateshead 2-0 Barnet
Hartlepool United 0-0 FC Halifax Town
Maidenhead United 1-1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Oldham Athletic 1-1 Southend United
Solihull Moors 0-1 Forest Green Rovers
Sutton United 0-3 Boston United
Wealdstone 0-2 York City
Aldershot Town 0-2 Rochdale

National League table

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Match-winner Dom Bernard said the spirit his new Yeovil Town team-mates showed to grab a 4-3 win at AFC Fylde today was evidence of the spirit he had seen since arriving at the club this week.

The 27-year-old arrived at Huish Park this week following his release by Forest Green Rovers, where he had played under Glovers’ boss Mark Cooper, at the end of the season.

He revealed that, aside from one week of training with Cheltenham Town in July, he had not had a pre-season to set him up for the match, but still went on to play the full 90 minutes and grab the winner with two minutes remaining.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins at the end, he said: “The lads want to be up there (in the National League Premier table) and that is what I want.

“I have a winning mentality and these lot have as well and today really shows it, we want to be up there and fighting. It is a long old season, but I can already tell the togetherness of this group.”

The Glovers found themselves 2-0 down at half-time in Lancashire after a double strike from Fylde dangerman Nick Haughton, but Bernard said he did not think they were far off their opponents.

He said: “I did not expect the game to be like that, I know the Gaffer’s style is expansive but controlling the game.
I thought we played well in the first half, it was only a few margins for error, but it was a crazy ending.

“I have not had a pre-season, I was in at Cheltenham when clubs were going back to training but other than that I was just keeping fit on my own, doing what I can. Then I signed and back in amongst it again and it’s great to be here.

“Centre half is my best position, I see myself best there but like I said to the Gaffer I will do a job anywhere. Everyone played their part today, the lads who came off the bench had instant impacts and it is a really good result.”