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Yeovil Town will be looking put their festive faux pas against Truro City behind them as the face Eastleigh under the lights on Tuesday night.

FORM…

YEOVIL TOWN

The Glovers have come unstuck in recent weeks with two losses on the trot, bringing an end to the good start under Billy Rowley. We all knew the good form would end at some point, but it seems the players have slipped into some of the same bad habits that were present in the Mark Cooper era.

Last time out, was probably one of the most disappointing performances this season losing 1-0. With respect to Truro City, Yeovil were very much the favourites going into the match, but Rowley’s men showed their frailties. The Tinners just felt more up for the match with their West Country counterparts.

The Glovers looked a lot stronger for their substitutes, especially once striker, Aaron Jarvis came on, but ultimately could not get back into the match.

Yeovil captain Jake Wannell raises a hand in apology as he leaves the pitch at Truro.

Eastleigh

The Spitfires sit one spot above their opponents in the league in 14th and have shown decent form over the last five games. After losing to both Hartlepool and Rochdale 2-0 at the end of November, things have got back on track. First of all in the FA Trophy, when the beat Aldershot 2-1. That win then followed into the league as the South Coast side brushed aside Gateshead 1-3.

On Boxing Day, the Spitfires went up against Woking, as they drew 1-1 at home.

KEY PLAYERS…

YEOVIL TOWN – AARON JARVIS

I have been very critical of our front line this season, with the feeling they should be providing more goals than they do. Jarvis especially has been somebody I thought was adding much when on the pitch. However, since Rowley has come in, the 27-year-old seems to have found his role in the team.

Aaron Jarvis goes up for a header – Pic Gary Brown

Although he has only found the net twice this season, with his second coming under the new regime, Jarvis showed his importance to the system on Boxing Day. The striker didn’t start the game and only played 25 minutes, but when he came on the Glovers looked a different side.

As one of taller, more physical forwards Jarvis adds a different dynamic for defenders to deal with. His hold up play last time out was the most notable of his attributes which helped bring over players into the game.

EASTLEIGH – NICK TOWNSEND

The Antigua and Barbuda man joined from Newport in the summer, with a good reputation having won PFA Fans Player of the Month for League Two in March. He was also awarded the clubs player of the season award as well. The shot stopper was even offered a new deal at the Welsh side but turned it down in favour of a move to the Silverlake Stadium.

The 31-year-old has shown his worth this season, keeping his side in tough fixtures, arguably making him one of, if not the best Eastleigh player this season. Although he only has three clean sheets to his name this campaign, Townsend has made 83 saves this season with a 73% save rate each game. According to Sofascore’s match rating system he has been invaluable, with an average rating of 7.21.

THE GAFFER…

Eastleigh have a man that should be recognisable to most Glover fans, with Scott Bartlett in the dugout. The 46-year-old will be most known for his time as manager of Weston-Super-Mare, where he spent the last six years as gaffer. During his time on Somerset’s north coast, Bartlett would be known for playing an attractive style of football, which got him noticed by the likes of Yeovil for managerial jobs.

The former Forest Green player, made the switch to the South Coast in September of this year and has overseen nine games to date. With two wins, two draws and five losses to his name.

Bartlett has met Yeovil twice in his career, losing both games.

LAST TIME WE MET…

This will be the first time the two sides have met this season, so we have to go back to last season for their previous fixture. When they last met, the Spitfires ran out 1-0 winners, thanks to a goal from Chris Maguire.

When the pair met at Huish Park in the same season, it was an entertaining 2-2 draw that was played out. That day a goal from Sean McGurk looked to have sealed the Glovers a win, until the last 10 minutes, when the game burst into life. Lloyd Humphries got an equaliser for Eastleigh, before Morgan Williams looked to have again secured Yeovil the three points in the 89th minute. Richard Brinkley then got the Spitfires second equaliser in the 90th +3 minute.

Morgan Williams celebrates goal against Eastleigh.

DON’T I KNOW YOU…

Two former Glovers have made their way to the South Coast’s with one being Sam Pearson. Pearson starred for Yeovil whilst on loan from Bristol City in the 2022/23 season. The winger then joined the Glovers on a free in 2024 before being underutilised by Mark Cooper (like many others). Pearson then joined Bartlett at Weston-Super-Mare nine months later.
Sam Pearson charges forward
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Ciaran McGuckin is the other of the former Glovers in the Spitfires squad. The Northern Irish man first joined on a one month loan at the start of the 2024/25 season, from Rotherham. He then returned on loan in the January of the same season. McGuckin would make 26 appearances for the Glovers scoring four goals.

Photo: Gary Brown

THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE…

Harrison Blair takes charge of the fixture, and as usual read Ben’s full article here.

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Jed Ward has absolutely trounced the field in the vote for a Man of the Match against Truro.

It was a disappointing 1-0 defeat in Cornwall, Ward making a couple of key saves to prevent it being a wider margin.

Jake Wannell came second with a tie for third between Aaron Jarvis and Josh Tobin.

DATEOPPONENTRESPONSES1ST
(Votes / Percent)		2ND
(Votes / Percent)		3RD
(Votes / Percent)
August
09.08.2025HARTLEPOOL
(Home, 0-0 draw)		172JED WARD
(52 / 32.4%)
Morgan Williams
(44 / 25.6%)		Jake Wannell
(22 / 12.8%)
16.08.2025FOREST GREEN
(Away, 2-0 loss)		87JED WARD
(39 / 44.8%)
Byron Pendleton
(16 / 18.4%)		Morgan Williams
(11 / 12.6%)
20.08.2025BRACKLEY TOWN
(Home, 2-1 win)		153JED WARD
(89 / 58.2%)
Josh Sims
(23 / 15%)		Tahvon Campbell
(14 / 9.2%)
23.08.2025BRAINTREE TOWN
(Away, 1-0 loss)		71JED WARD
(29 / 40.8%)
Josh Sims
(15 / 21.1%)		James Plant
(7 / 9.9%)
25.08.2025GATESHEAD
(Home, 4-3 loss)		174HARVEY GREENSLADE
(65 / 37.4%)
Junior Morias
(59 / 33.9%)		Josh Sims
(23 / 13.2%)
30.08.2025HALIFAX
(Away, 3-2 loss)		93JOSH SIMS
(36 / 38.7%)		Harvey Greenslade
(29 / 31.2%)		Junior Morias
(13 / 14%)
AUGUST PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(12 PTS, 3 MOTM)
🥈 JOSH SIMS
(8 PTS, 1 MOTM)		🥉 HARVEY GREENSLADE
(5 PTS, 1 MOTM)
02.09.2025SOLIHULL M
(Away, 1-0 win)		98 JUNIOR MORIAS
(28 / 28.3%)		Luke McCormick
(24 / 24.2%)		Jed Ward
(15 / 15.2%)
06.09.2025YORK CITY
(Home, 3-1 loss)		108JOSH SIMS
(48 / 44.4%)		Luke McCormick
(33 / 30.6%)		Jed Ward
(7 / 6.5%)
13.09.2025WOKING
(Home, 1-0 win)		127 LUKE MCCORMICK
(47 / 37%)		Kyle Ferguson
(37 / 29.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(11 / 8.7%)
20.09.2025TAMWORTH
(Away, 1-0 loss)		62JED WARD
(17 / 27.4%)		Kyle Ferguson
(10 / 16.1%)		Josh Sims
(7 / 11.3%)
24.09.2025ALDERSHOT
(Away, 4-1 win)		94ANDREW OLUWABORI
(36 / 38.3%)
Tahvon Campbell
(25 / 26.6%)		Luke McCormick
(10 / 10.6%)
27.09.2025ALTRINCHAM
(Home, 1-0 win)		154ANDREW OLUWABORI
(51 / 33.1%)
Jed Ward
(37 / 24%)		Morgan Williams
(18 / 11.7%)
30.09.2025SUTTON UTD
(Away 2-1 win)		119JOSH SIMS
(88 / 73.9%)		Andrew Oluwabori
(20 / 16.8%)		Jed Ward
(6 / 5%)
SEPTEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 ANDREW OLUWABORI
(8 PTS / 2 MOTM)

🥈 JED WARD
(8 PTS / 1 MOTM)		🥉 JOSH SIMS
(7 PTS / 2 MOTM)
04.10.2025BOREHAM WOOD
(Home - 0-3 loss)		87JED WARD
(61 / 70.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(10 / 11.5%)		Kyle Ferguson
(5 / 5.7%)
11.10.2025HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
(Away 2-1 loss)		44HARVEY GREENSLADE
(18 / 40.9%)		Jed Ward
(10 / 22%)		Byron Pendleton
(6 / 13.6%)
18.10.2025ROCHDALE
(Away 3-0 loss)		49JED WARD
(17 / 34.7%)		Harvey Greenslade
(10 / 20.4%)		Kyle Ferguson
(5 / 10.2%)
25.10.2025CARLISLE
(Home 1-1 draw)		140Max Jolliffe
(60 / 42.9%		Harvey Greenslade
(16 / 11.4%)		George Nurse
(13 / 9.3%)
OCTOBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 HARVEY GREENSLADE
(9 PTS / 1 MOTM)

🥈 JED WARD
(8 PTS / 1 MOTM)		🥉 MAX JOLLIFFE
(3 PTS / 1 MOTM)
04.11.2025WEALDSTONE
(Home 0-2 loss)		67 LUKE MCCORMICK
(13 / 19.4%)		Jed Ward
(12 / 17.9%)		Aaron Jarvis
(9 / 13.4%)
08.11.2025SCUNTHORPE
(Away 1-0 loss)		46JAMES PLANT
(15 / 32.6%)		Jed Ward
(12 / 26.1%)		Harvey Greenslade
(10 / 21.7%)
15.11.2025SOUTHEND
(Home 0-1 loss)		89JED WARD
(74 / 83.1%)		Max Jolliffe
(5 / 5.6%)		Junior Morias
(3 / 3.4%)
22.11.2025MORECAMBE
(Away 0-0 draw)		49JED WARD
(22 / 44.9%)		Harvey Greenslade
(12 / 24.5%)		Finn Cousin-Dawson
4 (8.2%)
29.11.2025BOSTON UNITED
(Home 2-1 win)		108 LUKE MCCORMICK
(68 / 63%)		Brett McGavin
(10 / 9.3%)		James Plant
(6 / 5.6%)
NOVEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(10 PTS, 2 MOTM)
🥈 LUKE MCCORMICK
(6 PTS / 2 MOTM)		🥉 JAMES PLANT
(4 PTS / 1 MOTM)
06.12.2025HARTLEPOOL UTD
(Away, 2-0 win)		106 LUKE MCCORMICK
(78 / 73.6%)		Jed Ward
(11 / 10.4%)		Harvey Greenslade
(7 / 6.6%)
13.12.2025MAIDSTONE UTD
(Home, 1-1 [4-2 on pens])		125JED WARD
(83 / 66.4%)		Brett McGavin
(10 / 8%)		Harvey Greenslade
(9 / 7.2%)
20.12.2025FOREST GEEEN
(Home, 0-2 loss)		94 LUKE MCCORMICK
(22 / 23.4%)		Harvey Greenslade
(20 / 21.3%)		Jed Ward
(17 / 18.1%)
26.12.2025TRURO CITY
(Away 0-1 loss)		67JED WARD
(55 / 82.1%)		Jake Wannell
(3 / 4.5%)		Josh Tobin / Aaron Jarvis
(2 / 3%)
30.12.2025EASTLEIGH
(Home 1-1 draw)		113 LUKE MCCORMICK
(46 / 40.7%)		Jed Ward
(29 / 25.7%)		Jake Wannell
(10 / 8.8%)
DECEMBER PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(10 PTS, 2 MOTM)
🥈 LUKE MCCORMICK
(9 PTS / 3 MOTM)		🥉 HARVEY GREENSLADE
(4 PTS / 0 MOTM)
03.01.2026BRAINTREE
(Home 3-1 win)		164 LUKE MCCORMICK
(44 / 26.8%)		Aaron Jarvis
(27 / 16.5%)		James Daly/Brett McGavin
(20 / 12.2%)
10.01.2026ALVECHURCH
(Home 0-0 [3-1 on pens])		172DAKARAI MAFICO
(86 / 50%)
Jed Ward
(55 / 32%)		Josh Sims
(9 / 5.2%)
17.01.2026BRACKLEY TOWN
(Away, 2-1 loss)		81DAKARAI MAFICO
(19 / 23.5%)
Harvey Greenslade
(15 / 18.5%)		Kyle Ferguson
(12 / 14.8%)
31.01.2026AFC TELFORD
(Away, 2-0 win)		191HARVEY GREENSLADE
(79 / 41.4%)
Dakarai Mafico
(60 / 31.4%)		Joy Mukena
(11 / 5.8%)
JANUARY PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 DAKARAI MAFICO
(8 PTS, 2 MOTM)
🥈HARVEY GREENSLADE
(4 PTS / 1 MOTM)		🥉 LUKE MCCORMICK
(3 PTS / 1 MOTM)
06.02.2026ALTRINCHAM
(Away, 1-0 win)		92JED WARD
(57 / 61.3%)		Troy Perrett
(12 / 12.9%)		Kyle Ferguson
(7 / 7.5%)
11.02.2026BOREHAM WOOD
(Away 3-2 loss)		46JAMES DALY
(13 / 28.3%)		Jed Ward
(12 / 23.1%)		Jake Wannell
(8 / 17.4%)
14.02.2026ROCHDALE
(Home 1-1 draw)		155DAKARAI MAFICO
(73 / 45.6%)
Finn Cousin-Dawson
(34 / 21.3%)		Jed Ward
(13 / 8.1%)
17.02.2026ALDERSHOT
(Home 2-1 loss)		86JED WARD
(50 / 58.1%)		Jake Wannell
(10 / 11.6%)		Terrell Works
(9 / 9.3%)
21.02.2026CARLISLE
(Away 3-0 loss)		47JED WARD
(21 / 42%)		Finn Cousin-Dawson
(10 / 20%)		Harvey Greenslade
(6 / 12%)
25.02.2026SUTTON UTD
(Home 3-2 win)		82JAMES DALY
(50 / 61%)		Brett McGavin
(7 / 8.5%)		Greenslade/Jones
(6 / 7.3%)
28.02.2026SOUTHPORT
(Away 1-1 draw [2-4 on penalties])		54JAMES DALY
(19 / 35.2%)		Jed Ward
(15 / 27.8%)		Harvey Greenslade
(7 / 13%)
FEBRUARY PLAYER OF THE MONTH 🥇 JED WARD
(14 PTS, 3 MOTM)
🥈JAMES DALY
(9 PTS / 3 MOTM)		🥉 DAKARAI MAFICO
(3 PTS / 1 MOTM)
03.03.2026TAMWORTH
(Home, 2-0 win)		129RYAN JONES
(53 / 41.1%)		Dakarai Mafico
(23 / 17.8%)		Sims/McGavin
(19 / 14.7%)
07.03.2026SCUNTHORPE
(Home, 0-3 loss)		84JOSH SIMS
(34 / 40%)		Brett McGavin
(23 / 27.1%)		Ryan Jones
(8 / 9.4%)

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Ref, Referee, Match Official

Harrison Blair will take charge of his second Yeovil Town game of the season when he looks after the Glovers’ home game vs Eastleigh on Tuesday night.

Because we’ve already had him this season, in a 1-0 away win over Solihull, I can copy and paste the next little bit…

“[Solihull vs Yeovil] be a match of significance for referee Harrison Blair who will take charge of his first match at this level as well as his first ever Yeovil Town game.

A regular match official for the Regional divisions of the National League as well as plenty of experience as a fourth official in the EFL, in recent seasons.

Blair has a rather cool story to tell from his journey to this point having spent time refereeing in Japan earlier this year.

He was part of an exchange program between the JFA and the FA PGMOL where he got to take charge of some league games and even a J League Cup tie.”

In that fixture, he took the names of Byron Pendleton and Tahvon Campbell and it should be noted that since that game, he’s not been afraid to use his little yellow friend. Six games, 20 bookings in the National League. A total of 63 (!) in 17 games across all competitions.

Just like he was at Solihull, he’ll have Grzegorz Kornasiewicz as one of his assistants, Jake Hillier is the other with Justin Amey dealing with the dugouts.


Harrison Blair, signals for a substitution when Yeovil met Solihull earlier this season.

Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v Eastleigh FC (First Team)
National League – Premier
Referee: Blair, Harrison
Assistant Referee: Kornasiewicz, Grzegorz
Assistant Referee: Hillier, Jake
Fourth Official: Amey, Justin

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Boxing Day football never seems to offer much in the way of the spirit of the season for Yeovil Town and 2025 was no exception with a 1-0 defeat against a Truro City side sitting bottom of the table. Dave was among the 568 – plus more than a few in the home end – who made the trip to Cornwall and here are his conclusions.

 

We never troubled them: With the exception of Jake Wannell’s header right at the very end, we did nothing to show whether Truro keeper Aidan Stone was any better than the player many in the away end told him they remembered him being. The statistics show that we had ten efforts on goal – just three on target – but I cannot honestly say I remember us having that many. You do need to give some credit to Truro for their dogged defending, but we offered virtually nothing against a side which has conceded 44 goals in 24 matches so far this season. Only James Plant showed any real intent to try and work a way through a Truro side which clearly knew what their plan was.

Another crap goal conceded: The goal that we conceded was awful – worse than both goals against Forest Green and about as bad as the one we conceded against Maidstone. Firstly Tahvon Campbell heads it up in the air rather than away from danger and then we have at least two defenders in close proximity of Tyler Harvey but he’s the only one who appears to want to win it. Michee Efete seems to be watching it go in as much as 568 of us behind the goal were. If it wasn’t for the brilliance of Jed Ward we might have conceded a couple of good goals, but luckily he managed to tip both Dom Johnson-Fisher’s chance just before the goal and Lirak Hasani’s second half shot over the bar.

Yeovil captain Jake Wannell raises a hand in apology as he leaves the pitch at Truro.

Did anyone ask for a striker for Christmas?: Billy Rowley said after the defeat to Forest Green that he did not feel we needed a new striker, we just needed to create better chances for them. Having seen Tahvon Campbell, Aaron Jarvis and Harvey Greenslade have a go over this 90 minute spell (see previous conclusions about Truro’s defensive abilities), I’m not so sure. Campbell offered nothing yesterday, I didn’t really notice Harvey at all when he came on, Jarvis had a couple of shots from outside the box, but none of them seemed to offer much. Very few of the opportunities I can recall us having came from any of our strikers and whilst the service they received was not up to much, I expected more.

Are we just asking players to do things they simply can’t do?: There is talent in this squad, there really is. Jed Ward’s is there for all to see, James Plant (not our player, I know) is a player I really enjoy watching, Luke McCormick has shown us what he’s got, but are we asking many of these players to do things they simply cannot do? I understand possession football (I might not like it, but I understand the intent), but surely no-one has sent them out and say ‘ponderously pass the ball between each other with no-one making a forward run’. There were times where I thought Michee Efete had been told not to cross the halfway line without stopping and checking back when we have seen what he can achieve when he just thunders forward. The amount of times I was thinking ‘do that, just do it quicker’ was untrue.

Jed Ward. Where would we be without him?| Pic by Gary Brown

We’re not too disheartened: There were 568 travelling supporters in the away end – and more than a few more in the home areas as well – and despite witnessing a below par performance, there was no-one losing their heads. At half-time as the players departed right in front of the away end, there were supportive chants from a fair percentage of those who had not departed for a half-time drink. not that there were many of those on offer. At the final whistle, there was the same response which felt very different to the final whistle I witnessed at Morecambe a few weeks ago when Richard Dryden was in charge. A whimper of a performance and a defeat against a team bottom of the league would normally constitute a few exploding heads*, but many felt calm – we just need some competitiveness for the community!

* – you could be forgiven for thinking Conclusions 1-4 constitutes my head exploding, but it really doesn’t. I like that Rowley’s post-match comments against both Forest Green and Truro recognise our inadequacies and set a clear desire to set them right. As has been stated, he’s not a magician and losing our heads so early will not help. I’m not and we shouldn’t.

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Yeovil Town manager Billy Rowley admitted his side were “beaten fair and square” by bottom club Truro City as they went down to a 1-0 defeat on Boxing Day.

The Glovers managed just three shots of target despite dominating large periods of possession as they were unable to break down their dogged hosts on their first visit to the Truro Sports Hub.

An 18th minute goal from Tinners’ striker Tyler Harvey was the difference between the two sides with captain Jake Wannell coming closest to finding an equaliser when his 89th-minute header was tipped on to the bar by former Yeovil goalkeeper Aidan Stone.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Chris Spittles after the mattch, Rowley said: “Credit to Truro, they set up the way they do and got an early set-piece goal which is what they are famous for and then we are on the back foot away from home against a team which is going to fight for everything and drain the clock when they need to and fair play to them for that.

“We had some decent moments in the game but not enough. Our job as a management team is to iron out what we want to see more of and what we want to see less of and that is going to be our job for the next 48 hours. It is hard to digest all of that right now, but my gut feeling was that we were maybe slightly the better team but did not test the opposition goalie enough which is something we need to work on.”

Yeovil started with Tahvon Campbell up front supported by James Daly and brought on attackers Aaron Jarvis, Harvey Greenslade and Andrew Oluwabori in the second half, but Wannell’s header was as close as they came to testing Stone in the Truro goal.

For the second match in a row, Rowley said it would be the job of him and his assistant Darren Simpson to help the forward players to create more opportunities.

He said: “We felt (Truro) were tiring and with the athleticism of Harvey and Andrew we could run them in to the box or get some carries from deeper positions. I thought Andrew did well when he came on, he had three men on him and get us closer to the box, so credit to him, Harv found it difficult to receive it in the pocket and Jarv was good when he came on, he occupies defenders and got us higher up the pitch. But I think we need to come up with some clearer ideas for these boys about how we are going to score some goals.”

He added: “Our job is to help the forward players with more ideas of how we are going to work shots and I felt we did that today to a certain extent, I felt we entered the final third a fair amount of times, but the final pass or cross (was not there). We had one or two people shooting from outside the box with their weak foot and those go in once a season, but we need to work better opportunities, get closer to the goal and make runs from certain people which we did not do enough of today. We will own that performance, we lost fair and square and we will just move on.”

Yeovil captain Jake Wannell raises a hand in apology as he leaves the pitch at Truro.

On Wannell’s chance, the manager said: “I thought Jake defended well today, he got beaten up today like a lot of the lads did, it was a very physical game and they dealt with it well. It is a shame it did not drop in as that would have made the night a little bit sweeter for our fans who I thought were incredible today, they were our best player for sure. We started well with good results against Boston and Hartlepool, then we have had two poor defeats in these last two games and it is obvious we are going to have to go back to the drawing board and keep working hard before the next game.”

The Glovers have three days to recover before they take on Eastleigh at Huish Park on Tuesday night and then Braintree Town travel to Somerset on January 3rd. Rowley admitted he was pleased to have a busy schedule coming up to right the wrongs he witnessed in Cornwall.

He said: “It is a cliche, but you just want to erase this result and get back out there and I am sure the boys do as well. There were a few heated discussions but that is part of football and it shows a lot of passion and care for the badge and we just have to channel that and use it with the right energy.“

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Yeovil Town fell to a humbling defeat at bottom club Truro City as they were sunk by a first half goal from striker Tyler Harvey on Boxing Day.

In front of 568 away supporters, the game’s only goal came after goalkeeper Jed Ward had kept out Truro’s Connor Riley-Lowe’s header with a fine stop, only for calamitous defending to allow Harvey to grab what would prove to be the winner from the resulting corner on 18 minutes.

The Glovers failed to offer much to test former goalkeeper Aidan Stone in the home side’s goal as they dominated possession for large periods of the game but offered very little going forward.

The nearest Yeovil came to a breakthrough when Jake Wannell’s header came back off the bar with a minute of normal time remaining.

First half

Manager Billy Rowley made two changes from last weekend’s 2-0 home defeat to Forest Green Rovers with Port Vale loaneee James Plant and striker Tahvon Campbell replacing Aaron Jarvis and Harvey Greenslade, who both started the first encounter between the two sides in Cornwall on the bench.

It was quite clear from the start that Truro were going to look to hold Yeovil inside their own half as much as possible and look to grab opportunities as they game. The Glovers seemed keen to keep possession and draw their hosts on to them, but this was not a trap which the Tinners were falling for.

The game’s first opportunity fell to the home side after just four minutes when a high ball over the top beat the Yeovil offside trap (assuming there was one) and fell to Dom Johnson-Fisher who laid it off to Tyler Harvey and his shot was well blocked by Jed Ward and Kyle Ferguson.

Two minutes later, Brett McGavin put a free-.kuck in to the box which dropped to Finn Cousin-Dawson whose effort was deflected well.

Those two opening chances aside, there was not much to separate the two sides in the opening 15 minutes. We played our usual ‘keep ball’ but again without the kind of speed or accuracy necessary to be too effective.

With 18 minutes gone, more nervous defending allowed Truro to put the pressure on and Ward had to pull off a great save to keep out a header from Connor Riley-Lowe. The second corner was headed up at the near post by Tahvon Campbell and a scramble inside the box landed to Tyler HARVEY who turned it home. An absolute shocker of a goal to concede.
Just after the half-hour mark, Campbell held the ball up and laid it off to James Plant whose effort went over the bar before the home side had an effort with six minutes remaining until half-time. Daly lost out to Johnson-Fisher who broke to the edge of the box and fired a shot which comes off the outside of the post.
Yassine En-Neya put a chance over the bar with two minutes of the half remaining before Campbell fired a tame effort in to the hands of Stone on the stroke of half-time.
The possession stats will have looked impressive for the visitors, but we did very little with it due in part to a lack of bravery to press for any kind of advantage and Truro’s happiness to stick to their game plan of keeping us where they wanted us.

Half time: Truro City 1 Yeovil Town 0

Second half

There were no personnel changes from either side at half-time and the game settled in to a very similar pattern to that which we had seen in the first half.

On 51 minutes, a rare moment of desire going forward saw James Plant get away down the left, beat his man and got a cross in which found Josh Tobin in the middle but his header was over the bar. Then four minutes later it was Plant again cutting in from the left and firing in a shot which was deflected over the bar. All the threat was coming through the Port Vale loanee.

Quick play saw McCormick find Tobin who tried to play in Campbell inside the box, but his effort was deflected wide before Johnson-Fisher put a shot in to the gloves of Ward after an hour.

On 65 minutes, Aaron Jarvis and Harvey Greenslade replaced Tahvon Campbell and Josh Tobin. Four minutes later Andrew Oluwabori replaced Plant and moments after coming on he was released down the left and got a ball in only for Stone to claim it easily.

With the game drawing to a close, Jarvis had two opportunities flashing one wide of the post for a corner from which he did well to hold off a Truro defender and try a low shot which took a deflection and go out for another corner. At best these were half chances, but still better than we had been offering up until that point.

At the other end, we were (again) indebted to the reflexes of Jed Ward who did superbly to keep out a volley from Lirak Hasani with nine minutes remaining before a minute from time a corner found Jake Wannell at the back of the box and his header came back off the crossbar and was scrambled away.
When the final whistle sounded, Stone, who had been reminded about his less than impressive spell at Huish Park by the travelling fans, celebrated with added fervor to add a final indignity on a miserable Boxing Day for the Glovers.

Full time: Truro City 1 Yeovil Town 0

Match Details

Venue: Truro Sports Hub
Date: Friday 26th December, 3pm kick-off

Competition: Enterprise National League Premier League

Scorers: Tyler Harvey 18 (0-1)

Pitch: In pretty good condition for this point of the season

Conditions: Absolutely freezing

Attendance: 3148 (568 away supporters)

Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Andrew Oluwabori 84
Truro City: None

Referee: Ross Martin

Yeovil Town (3-5-2)

Substitutes: Aaron Jarvis (for Tahvon Campbell, 65), Harvey Greenslade (for Josh Tobin, 65), Andrew Oluwabori (for James Plant, 69), Josh Sims (not used), Max Jolliffe (not used), Dan Ellison (not used), Matt Gould (not used).

Truro City: Aidan Stone, Connor Riley-Lowe, Will Dean, Tom Harrison, Yassine En-Neya, Tyler Harvey, Dom Johnson-Fisher, Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lirak Hasani, Ryan Law, Shaun Donnellan.

Substitutes (not used): Dan Lavercombe, Zac Bell, Billy Palfrey, Luke Jephcott, Max Kinsey, Aidan Marsh, Cole Deeming.