Sims out for the season
2026-04-03
Josh Sims will miss the rest of Yeovil Town’s season through injury, according to manager Billy Rowley.
The Glovers’ boss confirmed the wideman would be out for six to eight weeks with an injury which has seen him miss the defeats at Gateshead and Southend United in the past week.
He said James Daly, who has been playing through the middle with some success, would be at left wing-back for the visit of bottom club Truro City to Huish Park on Good Friday, with Alex Whittle dropping to the bench having played a significant amount in recent games.
Rowley told BBC Somerset’s Jack Killah: “In an ideal world, JD would be up top as well, but Simsy has just been told he is out for six weeks. That is another killer blow, but luckily we only have four games left after this one and we had him when we really needed him against Wealdstone and Morecambe and I thought he was brilliant in those games. We are going to miss him for another eight weeks.
“So JD is going to have to fill in at a full-back position which he is good at, but we would rather have him higher up the pitch.”
Defender Dan Ellison returns on the bench having returned from his loan spell at National League South side Weston-super-Mare and Rowley said he had been monitoring the former Bristol Rovers player’s form.
He said: “I was watching his games on Wyscout and checking out his performances and he always looks good. (Weston) play a slightly different style, slightly less possession based than we are trying to be, but he was solid and he defends the ball really well. So we are welcoming him back in good form.“
Team News: Truro City (home)
2026-04-03
Aaron Jarvis returns to the Yeovil Town starting line-up as they take on bottom club Truro City at Huish Park on Good Friday (3pm kick–off).
The striker has come off the bench in the past two matches and replaces full-back Alex Whittle who drops to the bench in the only change from Tuesday night’s defeat at Southend United.
Gloverscast #495 – “It’s the nicest tin mine going”
2026-04-03
It’s a match day episode today as Truro head to Huish Park. Ian, Ben and Dave catch up on Southend, the stuff in the middle and preview today’s match.
Thanks to Dan Franklyn, Marcus Duncomb and Tim Hubble for their voice notes.
Match Preview: Yeovil Town vs Truro City
2026-04-02
Easter weekend is here, and as with Christ returning from the dead, Yeovil Town return from their away travels to play Truro City in the league on Friday afternoon.
FORM…
YEOVIL TOWN
The Glovers will be on a hunt if their own this Good Friday, although not for eggs but for three points. After two wins on the bounce, Yeovil looked like a team rejuvenated. However, fast forward a week and Billy Rowley’s men have been beaten twice in a row and will be looking for another three points.
Last time out was a tough assignment for the Glovers as they faced a very strong Southend United side away from home, losing 2-1. It wasn’t a pretty start for Yeovil as they conceded a Gus Scott-Morriss goal in the fourth minute. Jake Wannell then found him so high up the pitch he could have got a nose bleed, but thank god he didn’t as superbly found the top left corner from the edge of box with his back to goal. For the Glovers that want enough to secure a point from Roots Hall, as Keenan Forson secured the win six minutes from time.
TRURO CITY
The Tinners have picked up their form in recent weeks having not lost over their last three games. The Cornwall side do however sit bottom of the National League having only won seven games, one of which was against Yeovil. And although Truro look set to be relegated, they will be a tough opposition for the Glovers.
In their last game agaisnt Boreham Wood, the Tinners drew 0-0, but dominated possesion, and had the looked the more dangerous when going forward. Truro will also be coming off a near week long break compared to the Glovers who only played on Tuesday.
KEY PLAYERS…
YEOVIL TOWN – JED WARD
It was only a matter of time before I put him back him back in this segment. The goal keeper has been a tremendous asset for all four of Yeovil’s managers this season. He is at the base of the spine for Yeovil, and is the foundation for good play, with his distribution. Besides the more “attacking” side of the game, Ward is most loved for his defensive work.
His ability as a shot stopper is second to none, he has grown into his role within the squad throughout the season and will definitely be missed once he loan comes to an end. Over the last couple of games Ward hasn’t been as prominent, but hopefully if we see the Jed ward we know we can, it will be a Good Friday for Yeovil.
TRURO CITY – LUKE JEPHCOTT
Jephcott has been the go to man for the Tinners when it comes to needing a goal. With six goals and four assists the ex-Plymouth man has seemed to found his scoring boots once again. It was during his time at Home Park, the striker made a name for himself with 33 league goals in 106 appearances.
The 26-year-old has matched his best ever goalscoring season since leaving the Pilrgrims in 2023 with his six goals.
THE GAFFER…
John Askey will be in the opposition dugout. The 61-year-old became boss at Cornwall’s only professional team on 2024 when Paul Wotton joined Torquay.
As a player, Askey played exclusively for Macclesfield Town, making over 500 appearances over 20 years. After hanging up his boots, the former forward would go on to manage the Cheshire side to six across two spells before leaving for pastures new in 2018.
Over the next five years, Askey would go on to manage Port Vale, York and Hartlepool. Across his 23 years in management, the Stoke man has faced Yeovil three times, winning all three.
LAST TIME WE MET…
It was a tough loss down in Cornwall for Yeovil when the two sides last met. The game was wrapped up within the first 20 minutes as Tyler Harvey bagged the only goal of the game.
When they last played at Huish Park, it was more positive for the Glovers as they won 2-1, that game was over two years ago in August 2023. It was however close to being another defeat, as the Tinners took the lead in the 54th minute through Andrew Neal. The first of Yeovil’s saviours was Olly Thomas as he drew his side back level on the 84th minute. Six minutes later, Jake Wannell won it for his team.
DON’T I KNOW YOU…
Former Glovers goalie, Aidan Stone has ended up in Cornwall. The 28-year-old played 17 times during his career at Huish Park.
Another former Yeovil man is in at centre back for the Tinners in the shape or Shaun Donellan. The 29-year-old came to Somerset in 2017 and played a season at Huish Park making 25 appearances.
Ryan Law is the third former Glover now playing his trade in Cornwall. The full back signed for Yeovil on loan from Plymouth Argyle in 2022, going on to play 11 times.
At this point I think theTruro City Stadium has become a place for Yeovil cast off’s find a reignite their careers. This time it’s Zac Bell, the former loanee played for Yeovil in 2023/24 campaign, making 11 appearances.
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.
Go get the meme of the old Bristolian lady, because “not another one” as the fifth former Yeovil man in the Truro side is Harry Kite. The midfielder signed as free agent last season, but would only go on to play seven times for Yeovil.
THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE…
Lewis Sandoe will be the man with the whistle on Tuesday evening For more on him and his team read Ben’s article here.
Match Officials – Truro (H)
2026-04-02
Lewis Sandoe is the man in the middle for the Glovers’ Good Friday clash with Truro.
24 times he’s been the main man with the whistle this season, over a number of competitions including a handful in the EFL.
He’s dished out 87 yellow cards and just the two red cards. He has pointed to the spot three times – including in his only game in charge of Yeovil.
He gave Ollie Pearce the chance of a free 12-yard tap in when the Glovers hosted York City in September.
Two Yeovil players went in the book that day, James Plant and Aaron Jarvis.
The only other time we’d had the pleasure was when Rhys Murphy came off the bench to rescue a point against Maidstone United in the National League South.
He has taken charge of seven Truro games over the last few seasons, three Truro wins, two draws and two defeats in that mix.
He will be assisted by Grzegorz Kornasiewicz and Darren Wilding, our man in the dugout is George Warren.
Pic – Gary Brown
Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v Truro City FC (First Team)
National League – Premier
Referee: Sandoe, Lewis
Assistant Referee: Kornasiewicz, Grzegorz
Assistant Referee: Wilding, Darren
Fourth Official: Warren, George
Ellison returns from Weston (Again)
2026-04-01
Dan Ellison has been recalled from National League South sides Weston-super-Mare.
With Jake Wannell on 14 yellow cards, Finn Cousin-Dawson still serving two more games of his suspension the decision has been made to recall the defender and give him a chance to claim a place in the side.
Ellison did return to the group for the FA Trophy clash with Southport but quickly returned to the promotion chasers in the league below to continue playing regularly.
Welcome back (again) Dan!
Glovers spent £33k on agents
2026-04-01
The Football Association has published it’s annual list of agents fees paid by all clubs.
Yeovil Town spent a little over £33,000 on agents fees for the year between 4th February 2025 and 2nd of February 2026.
This is down ever so slightly from the previous year (see below)
These reports include: the total amounts of all payments made by Clubs to Football Agents registered with The FA; and all transactions involving a Player, Coach or Club where any Football Agent registered with The FA has been involved.
The Clubs included are from the Premier League, EFL and National League System, as well as the Women’s Super League (WSL) and WSL 2. The reporting periods covered are 4 February 2025 to 2 February 2026
Specifically, these fees were paid to the agents of the following personelle; Harry Kite, Tahvon Campbell, Kyle Ferguson, Alex Whittle, James Daly, Luke McCormick, Junior Morias, Michee Efete, Dan Ellison, Billy Rowley, Luke McCormick (again, for his contract renewal), Jonathon Page, Joy Mukena and Ryan Jones.
The top spenders in the league were Carlisle United who pushed the needle to almost the tune of £190k! Forest Green Rovers and York both tipped the balance into six figures.
Both Southport and Hemel Hempstead paid just £500 each!
Yeovil Town History of Agents Fees
2nd Feb ’24 – 3rd Feb ’25 – £35,628
1st Feb ’23 – 1st Feb ’24 – £41,492
1st Feb ’22 – 31st Jan ’23 – £2,210
2nd Feb ’21 – 31st Jan ’23 – £26,834
31st Jan ’20 – 1st Feb ’21 – £1,287
1st Feb ’19 – 30th Jan ’20 – £19,387
Five Conclusions: Southend United 2 Yeovil Town 1
2026-04-01
Having clocked up 1,350 miles travelling in the past week, Yeovil Town travel sickness struck as they went down to a 2-1 defeat at Southend United last night. Glovers’ fan Ed Turnbull was among the 68 travelling supporters in the away end and here are his conclusions.
We looked knackered in the first half especially: And understandably so – I could’ve drafted this conclusion at 5pm on Saturday, and probably even a couple months ago as soon as the rearranged fixture dates were announced. But the minutes and the travelling really caught up with us in a bleak first half display. Southend out-ran, out-pressed and out-played us for the first 45 minutes, and it was this that ultimately meant they deserved the win after 90. I empathise with the players, but I lost track of the number of times our defenders were chasing shadows back towards their own goal only seconds after they had punted the ball up the line themselves unable to play any deliberate pass.
It was another game of two halves for us: Much like we deserved to lose the first half, I think we deserved to draw the second. We’ll probably never know whether the winner would have stood had goal-line technology been in use, but on another day we might have earned a very respectable point against a side which will almost certainly be in the play-offs this season. It was probably a mix of Southend allowing us more time on the ball, and us being more composed with it. There was still the big asterisk that we didn’t create much, but we held our own and, what I liked most was…
…the players showed they cared: You could say we’re more-or-less on the beach, but that wasn’t the mentality I saw on the pitch tonight. Whether it’s James Daly terrier-like in his pursuit to win the ball back in an unfamiliar central midfield position, or Alex Whittle coming bee-lining back onto the pitch out of nowhere with enough desire to get not only the ball but also a good chunk of substitute Aaron Jarvis, I am fully here for it. Once you consider the shift these players have had to put in of late, I was proud to partake in a good length applause of mutual respect between fans, players and coaching staff after full-time despite going home empty-handed.
We have some good players we need to build around for next season: James Daly has rightly got the limelight of late, but Brett McGavin has been immense. Following an injury-stricken and unimpressive first half of the season, he’s really proven his worth in the recent onslaught of fixtures. A near ever-present in a lightweight midfield department, not only has he shown his class on the ball that we’ve always known about, but he’s had to get through a heck of a load of dirty work. Moving on from Cannavaro, this guy is the Somerset Pirlo, our metronome if you will. I think he could be key to us becoming the free-flowing footballing side Rowley clearly plans to make us.
Time to finish the job now: There’s a good chance our current points tally will be enough to avoid relegation, but let’s not leave it to chance. Now’s the time for one or two big pushes to make it mathematically certain, and Truro City at home on Good Friday and Eastleigh are two favourable opponents to do just that. That’s not at all to say it will be easy, but let’s lick our wounds from tonight, keep our heads up and show why we’re above these two teams in the table.