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Yeovil Town manager Billy Rowley said it was “tough to watch” his side fail to put their mark on the game as they went down 2-0 at home to Forest Green Rovers on Saturday night.

The Glovers went down to a first half strike from visitors’ striker Temi Babalola and then goalkeeper Jed Ward scored an unfortunate own goal with an hour gone to hand three points to the visitors, who were reduced to ten men when Harvey Bunker got a second yellow card on 65 minutes.

But, despite playing 25 minutes with a one-man advantage, Yeovil never threatened to reduce the deficit and Rowley admitted their attacking play needs work.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Jack Killah after the evening kick-off, he said: “It was a tough watch for a lot of it. I was obviously respectful of Forest Green coming in to the game and we focused on us trying to imprint our style on to the game, but I didn’t think we did that. I thought we were poor on the ball, I don’t think we were brave enough in certain moments.

“We value Aaron Jarvis a lot here, he’s tremendous in the air and I think at certain moments it is really important that we do use that strength, but I think at times we over-use that and there are too many bodies around him and it becomes a bit predictable and easy to defend against. Aaron gets three men against him and he battles and gives away fouls and it kills momentum, it kills the rhythm of the game. That is something we are going to have to learn so we use that at certain times. It was a tough game tonight but one I felt we should have played better in.”

Aaron Jarvis | Picture courtesy of Gary Brown

The defeat ended a run of three wins for Rowley since taking over at Huish Park and he identified the lack of attacking threat carried by his side as a weakness – but insists that the answer does not lie in the transfer market.

He said: “I don’t think we can ever doubt the passion and desire of this group of players, they wear their heart on their sleeve and they give everything and you can see that. It is now Darren (Simpson, assistant manager) and my job to try and provide them with the training, ideas and clarity to help them score more goals because that is obviously something we are lacking.

“It would be obvious for people to say ‘sign a centre forward’ but I do not think that is the problem, I think we need to create better chances and use the ball better in certain moments and understand what we are trying to do. I think that is just a bit muddy at the moment, I am not sure we have a lot of clarity in the final third or the opposition’s half and that is something we are going to have to work hard on.”

The Glovers travel to bottom club Truro City on Boxing Day followed by a home match with Eastleigh four days later and then a visit from Braintree Town on 3rd January.

Rowley said he would not allow the defeat to trouble him too much over the festive period, and focus on the upcoming opportunities to pick up points.

He said: “I am not someone who gets too down when we lose or massively up when we win. I have always said ‘when you lose you end up learning a lot about people’ and about styles of play we want to work on, so it gives me a lot of fuel about what this team needs and what we need to work on in training. We will take this one on the chin, we have a busy period coming up and we need to prepare for that, so we are not going to be too down about this result. (Forest Green) are a team which are second in the league, and 20 points ahead of us in the league so it was always going to be a tough test, but I am just disappointed we did not show our qualities.“

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Yeovil Town fell 2-0 to Robbie Savage’s Forest Green Rovers with a solitary goal in either half the difference between the sides.

Jed Ward could do nothing about the own goal attributed to him in the second half, and couldn’t do much more about Temi Babalola’s first half strike.

The result ends Billy Rowley’s 100% win record, the performance from the Glovers had it’s moments but lacked the final cutting edge.

First half

Yeovil Town started the brighter of the two sides, a couple of nice passages of play between Luke McCormick and Josh Tobin tried to break the defensive lines of their opponents, but it was Forest Green who had the first sight of goal.

Kyle McAllister was left with far too much space in the middle of the box, but following a cracking run from Jayden Clarke, his chance fell awkwardly and could only be skewed wide with 5 minutes on the clock.

The visitors were making their intentions clear, using the forward runs of Tom Knowles and Jili Buyabu to overload the wide areas and were getting a fair amount of success, even if clear cut opportunities were few and far between.

That was until the 15th minute, Clarke and Buyabu combined well down the left hand side, the latter’s cross fell perfectly to Temi BABALOLA who had too much room on the penalty spot, and he smashed past Jed Ward with minimal fuss. 0-1.

The pace of the game was really starting to crank up; Michee Efete ran pretty much the entire length of the pitch, but couldn’t produce a cross, that led to a chance at the other end with Nick Haughton firing towards goal, but a big block from Kyle Ferguson prevented any further damage.

There was a moment of utter calamity on 21 minutes, a mix up with Brett McGavin at the back, left Jed Ward stranded and only some dilly dallying from Clarke allowed defensive reinforcements to clear the danger off the line.

The Glovers had their first proper sight of goal on 26 minutes, Josh Tobin worked a ball wide to Daly who clipped a nice ball in, but it was just too high for Aaron Jarvis and Harvey Greenslade couldn’t keep the ball in play to salvage the move.

Harvey Bunker was the first man to go into the referee’s notebook, after a cynical foul on Brett McGavin, the resulting free kick was flicked on by a Glovers’ head, but trickled out harmlessly for another Forest Green goal kick.

Tom Knowles was causing all kinds of havoc down the right (pretends to be shocked), he latched onto a ball from Haughton and forced another cross which resulted in the third corner for the Vegans.

With 38 minutes gone, Yeovil had the ball in the back of the net, but a pesky flag from the assistant ruled the goal out, Aaron Jarvis’ flick fell into the path of Luke McCormick perfectly, he slotted home, but no sooner had McCormick pulled the trigger, the flag had risen.

The final ten minutes of the half had probably been the Glovers’ best spell of the game, but Harry Isted hadn’t had a proper save to make.

As the clock ticked beyond 45 minutes, two minutes were added.

And that’s how it stood at the break, the only meaningful shot on target was the difference between the sides.

Half time: Yeovil Town 0 Forest Green Rovers 1

Second half

No changes at the break for either side (other than the direction they’re attacking), and the early exchanges were once again in favour of the visitors, but some good work from Greenslade forced a free kick on the right hand side. It was taken quickly to Greenslade, but he couldn’t convert.

This woke the Thatchers Stand up and a second free kick a moment later provided Daly with a chance to whip the ball in, his cross didn’t beat the first man but McCormick would eventually flash a shot over.

With 52 minutes on the clock, Greenslade forced a corner with a charge down the left hand side, but, McGavin’s corner evaded everyone.

McGavin let fly from distance shortly after and to the surprise to most, his effort went high over the bar, 30-yards is normally tap-in territory for McGavin normally!?

Yeovil Town should have been 2-0 down just before the hour mark, Finn Cousin-Dawson slipped and handed the ball to a Rovers striker, the eventual effort somehow deflected over, hearts in mouths.

The game was getting a tad spicy, the referee had given some strange calls tackles were flying in and when it came to settle, the ball fell to the left hand side where Buyabu had acres of space, his cross-cum-shot was cleared off the line, but in the end FC-D’s clearance hit the leg of Jed Ward who could do nothing but see his goal breached. 0-2.

It was nearly 0-3 on a couple of occasions, Ward was called into action not once, but twice.

At the other end, Luke McCormick was still causing trouble and with 65 minutes gone, Harvey Bunker gave him a little push, second yellow, red. Things about to get interesting.

Free kick to the Glovers, but first, shenanigans and subs.

Referee Alan Dale – who had probably not had his finest evening – spent ages doing… nothing, saying… something. He might have booked Jake Wannell.

The free kick… came to nothing, a near post clearance out for a corner.

More shenanigans and more nothingness from the ref and more underwhelming set piece delivery from the Glovers’ number 14.

Yeovil though, with the extra man were certainly feeling upbeat, some neat footwork from Daly allowed McCormick to swing a cross in, but that, like the rest, was well blocked.

With 20 minutes remaining, Tobin, Efete, McGavin and Greenslade were taken off with Max Jolliffe, Josh Sims, James Plant and Tahvon Campbell coming on – the lesser spotted quadruple substitution. FGR had one of their own too. But by that time, I’d lost track.

Sims’ first action saw him take a couple players on, lose the ball and then when trying to track back, he took out his man and picked up a booking.

Yeovil were trying to make the extra man count, but some sloppy play and strong defensive work from the visitors were keeping the hosts at arm’s length.

Jolliffe was out to make an impact, his break up play allowed James Plant to make a charge down the left hand side, his cross was inch perfect to find Tahvon Campbell, his effort at goal excellently saved by Isted in goal.

The resulting corner also found itself to Campbell who couldn’t direct it goalwards as the ball squirmed to the side of the post.

Time was ticking away from the Glovers, there was huff and puff, but the away side wouldn’t have their house blown down,

Six additional minutes were shown, and to be fair to the hosts, there was still plenty of effort; McCormick was still getting kicked about and Daly was still trying to create chances. James Plant had a shot blocked when he chose to place an effort from the edge of the box rather than hit the spots off it.

There was just time for Aaron Jarvis to go into the book for a flap of the hand in the direction of a FGR player… might have been closer to an Orange Card that, Aaron…. careful!

That was all she wrote, see you on Boxing Day!

Full time: Yeovil Town 0 Forest Green Rovers 2

Match Details

Venue: Huish Park
Date: Saturday 20th December, 7:45pm kick-off

Competition: Enterprise National League

Scorers: Temi Babalola ’15 (0-1), Jed Ward (OG) ’61 (0-2)

Pitch: Holding up well

Conditions: Cool with light showers

Attendance: 3179 (256)

Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Jed Ward ’62, Jake Wannell ’64, Josh Sims ’74
Forest Green Rovers: Harvey Bunker ’33,

Sendings Off
Yeovil Town:
Forest Green Rovers: Harvey Bunker ’65

Referee: Alan Dale

Yeovil Town (3-5-2)

Substitutes: Max Jolliffe (for Tobin ’70), Tahvon Campbell (for Greenslade ’70), James Plant (for McGavin ’70), Josh Sims (for Efete ’70)

Unused: Matt Gould, Dan Ellison, Andrew Oluwabori

Forest Green Rovers: H, Istead (GK), T Knowles, L Mendy, A Kanu, J Buyabu (for A Dausch ’85), H Bunker, K McAllister, H Whitwell, N Haughton (for M Robson,’67), J Clarke (for T Pemberton ’74), T Babalola (for C Doidge ’85)

Substitutes (not used):  L McNicholas,, M Robson, Y Bamba, K Mitchell,

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Billy Rowley makes two changes from the game against Maidstone Utd with Josh Tobin and Michee Efete coming in for Leo Ramirez Espain and Alex Whittle.

Rameriz Espain has returned to his parent club Watford, whilst Alex Whittle was forced off last week with a groin problem

Efete’s inclusion suggests that James Daly will return to the left hand wing.

Max Jolliffe returns to the bench as well having been cup tied last week as well as James Plant.

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It’s back-to-back home games for Yeovil Town as they welcome Forest Green Rovers to Huish Park on Saturday afternoon.

FORM…

YEOVIL TOWN

The Glovers made it three from three under new manager Billy Rowley last time out after they beat Maidstone United in the FA Trophy. The game was a hard fought battle, with the first goal not being scored until the last minute when Josh Tobin converted a James Daly cross. Then in stoppage time the Stones equalised. However, the Glovers came through on penalties thanks to two saves from Jed Ward.

Penalty hero Jed Ward celebrates | Pic by Gary Brown

It’s been a bit of a revival under Rowley, who still has perfect record since coming in as manager. Not only has the young gaffer got his team playing attractive football, they have also started to find the back of the net more regularly. Four wins from four will be the target for his side when they face a strong Forest Green Rovers side.

FOREST GREEN ROVERS

The Gloucestershire team have been in brilliant form under Robbie Savage and currently find themselves second in the league. They are unbeaten over their last five games with three wins and two draws. Rovers have scored 11 goals in that period, keeping up their good scoring form. However, they do concede goals as well, with no clean sheet in the league since the 1st October.

Last time out, Rovers saw off Weston-Super-Mare in the FA Trophy, with a convincing 4-0 win. Doubles from Kyle McAllister and Jayden Clarke in the second half helped put to bed a defiant Seagulls side.

KEY PLAYERS…

YEOVIL TOWN – JAMES DALY

Daly probably doesn’t get as much credit as he deserves. Throughout this season he has been one of the Glovers more consistent forwards. Although he may not score many goals he does provide a threat on the left wing, being more of a provider. That quality was on show last time out when he set up debutant Josh Tobin.

James Daly. Picture courtesy of Tom Bailey.

Under the previous manager and interim manager, it felt that Daly’s game didn’t suit the way they liked to set up. However, under new manager Billy Rowley, the winger has sprung into life like many of his counterparts. The 25-year-old will also need to start providing more with his position back under threat with fellow wingers James Plant and Josh Sims making their way back from injury.

FOREST GREEN ROVERS – KYLE McALLISTER

It’s Christmas, so I had to pick a McAllister (hopefully he will also be left at home alone). This McAllister however has been Rovers best player this season whether it’s when talking about goals or assists.

Primarily used on the right side of a front three, the Scotsman has been in scintillating form under Robbie Savage. In fact the 26-year-old is his sides top scorer with seven goals, he also leads the assists chart in Gloucester with four to his name. And if your like your match ratings, SofaScore has not given McAllister a rating below 7.0 since the FA Cup loss to Luton.

In what looks set to be a battle of the wingers, who will come out on top?

THE GAFFER…

The blonde locks (now verging on grey) of Robbie Savage will be gracing the Huish Park away dugout this weekend as he brings his side to Somerset. A face that will be recognisable to most in English football, Savage has took like a duck to water in management. In his first season at The New Lawn, the former Welsh international has guided his team to second in the table.

The Rovers job is his first leading a professional side, after he spent a year leading Macclesfield Town. As a player the 51-year-old played over 340 games in the Premier League, most notably for Leicester, Blackburn and Birmingham.

Savage has managed one game against Yeovil Town to date which was a 2-0 win back in August.

Robbie Savage is interviewed by Forest Green's social media.
Forest Green Rovers manager Robbie Savage, the human equivalent of a clanging bell in a cathedral — loud, relentless, and impossible to ignore.

LAST TIME WE MET…

As mentioned the Glovers last played Forest Green Rovers in August, which they lost 2-0. That day goals from Jili Buyabu and Kairo Mitchell secured the Gloucestershire side all three points.

Substitute Junior Morias collects the ball inside the Forest Green half. Picture courtesy of Andy Craig.

When Rovers last came to Huish Park in March this year Yeovil looked like they secured a win after a 24th minute goal from Sonny Blu Lo Everton. Unfortunately for the Glovers that day former player Ryan Iniss came back to haunt them getting an equaliser in 90+1st minute.

DON’T I KNOW YOU…

There are a couple of familiar faces who are likely to feature for Forest Green. Ryan Inniss played for Yeovil six times on loan from Crystal Palace in the 2014/15 season. Tom Knowles is the other name that Glovers faithful will know, after playing 78 games for Yeovil between 2020 and 2022.

Tom Knowles, never the same since he left us. Picture Courtesy of Mike Kunz

THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE…

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

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Striker Harvey Greenslade has said he is enjoying life under new Yeovil Town manager Billy Rowley and is looking forward to a busy festive period in the next few weeks.

The former Bristol Rovers player has started the last two matches and played the first hour of last weekend’s FA Trophy third round win over Maidstone United before being replaced by loanee Andrew Oluwabori ahead of the game’s penalty shoot-out.

Speaking to BBC Somerset reporter Jack Killah on Thursday, he admitted he is enjoying the style of play being implemented by Rowley and believes it will give him more opportunities to score. The 21-year-old has not netted since scoring in the FA Cup defeat at Hemel Hempstead Town back in October.

Greenslade said: “We made it hard for ourselves against Maidstone, they are a tough team and a bit different to what we normally play in the National League, but three on the bounce is nice.

“In possession we are getting on the ball more, the Gaffer has got a new way of playing which we like and I feel like we will only get better. I think the fans can see that progression from the first game he came in (the 2-1 home win over Boston United) to the last one, I feel like it has improved massively. It has been very good and we have enjoyed coming in to training.

“I feel I will get more opportunities. For me it has always been about scoring and creating goals and the new way we are trying to play, I feel like there will be more chances for players like me, Macca (Luke McCormick), get on the half-turn and feed Jarv (Aaron Jarvis) and JD (James Daly) down the line and I feel like the goals will come – and hopefully soon.”

Harvey Greenslade has featured in every match under new manager Billy Rowley. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown.

Yeovil face their biggest test since Rowley’s arrival when big-spending Forest Green Rovers come to Huish Park this weekend for an evening kick-off with the match being broadcast on DAZN. The Gloucestershire side, who are managed by former Wales midfielder Robbie Savage, have not lost in the league since October.

Asked about what he expected the atmosphere to be like, Greenslade said: “I think it will be rocking! Three wins in three, I feel like the fans can see we are turning a corner in terms of the way we play. I like coming to Huish under the lights and I feel like we can put on a good show for them.

“They may be undefeated (since October in the league), but we are still Yeovil Town – we are still a good team, still a big team. Why can’t we be the ones to beat them? We played there at the start of the season and they are obviously a very good team, but I feel like now we are also a good team.

“We need to be calm and ready for the challenge, we know it is going to be a test, but so was Hartlepool. We are excited to play them because you always want to play against the better teams and prove what you have, so all the lads are excited to have that test.

“Winning at home is the best feeling for a player, it certainly is for me anyway! It needs to be a fortress, we need to say ‘this is our house and no-one is coming here and getting three points’, we should be insulted if that does happen and in the past it has been easier for teams to come to Huish Park and pick up a few points.“

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Midfielders Josh Sims and James Plant have both been back in full training for Yeovil Town ahead of the visit of high-flying Forest Green Rovers to Huish Park this weekend.

The pair have both missed the last two games through injury, but manager Billy Rowley confirmed they had both trained all week and would be available to face Robbie Savage’s side.

He also confirmed forgotten man midfielder Jacob Maddox, who was signed from Forest Green Rovers by former boss Mark Cooper almost a year ago, would be back in full training next week having not featured since February due to injury.

Speaking to BBC Somerset reporter Jack Killah on Thursday, Rowley said: “I think (Alex Whittle) is the only one who has not trained this week, so we are in a decent and we are happy with where we are at squad-wise. I have said a couple of times we may look to add one or two here and there but that is not something I am actively looking at.

“Whitts will be available over the Christmas period, I imagine he will go out on the pitch and do some bits on Saturday and will be back in full training and available next week.”

Forest Green Rovers arrive in Somerset for an evening kick-off in second place in the National League Premier Division, tied on 46 points with leaders Rochdale and third-placed Carlisle United albeit with Rochdale having played three games fewer.

Managed by former Wales midfielder Robbie Savage, the Gloucestershire outfit have spent big again this season as they look to return to the Football League and Rowley is under no illusions that it will be his toughest test since arriving in the Huish Park hot-seat.

He said: “They are obviously a very good team with some serious talent in their roster. We have watched them all week and seen a lot of their work and it is something we are trying to focus on. We want to be respectful of the qualities of our opposition, but we also want to try and imprint our style on the game, so it is about trying to find that balance at the moment.

“They are a good side and have some serious talent, so we are going to have to defend well for spells but we also want to look at trying to cause them some problems in their half as well. Sometimes you can be too respectful of your opponents and sometimes in the week building up to a game, you end up talking too much about the opposition. They are a great team and Robbie (Savage) has done a great job and they are right up there for a reason, but we want to be focusing on how we can hurt them and score some goals and excite our fans.”

Josh Tobin celebrates with the fans after his goal against Maidstone United. | Picture by Gary Brown

Loan signing midfielder Josh Tobin made the perfect start to life in green-and-white coming off the bench in last weekend’s FA Trophy third round win over Maidstone United at Huish Park last weekend. The Bromley player, who signed until the end of the season ahead of the match, came off the bench to score an 89th minute goal on his debut.

Rowley said: “He is a great character and it is just like him to come in and slot straight in with the boys from a personality perspective and I had no doubt he could step up to the level. He has been through a few injuries this season with hamstrings and tendonitis in his knee, but he seems fine and he’s trained brilliantly. It might take him two or three weeks up to speed, but his talent is obvious.”

But, the Glovers have lost the services of Watford loanee Leo Ramirez-Espain who impressed against Maidstone, but was recalled by his parent club. The manager admitted the decision was a surprise to him despite that appearance being the only minutes he had got since joining.

Rowley said: “It was a little bit of a surprise. I had some good chats with Leo last week and he is a great lad, he always trained well, it was just difficult to get him in. I felt Maidstone was a good chance to bed him in and he did really well, he was composed and helped us build up the pitch and then out of the blue he was called back. We wish Leo well, we have some cover in that position with Josh (Tobin), so the timing was good for us.“

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Alan Dale is the man in the middle this coming Saturday night when Forest Green Rovers head to Huish Park.

We most recently had Mr Dale in charge back in August 2024, when he took charge of a 1-0 defeat at home to Rochdale, a late late goal from the visitors on that day.

He booked Aaron Jarvis, and Kyle Ferguson, although the defender was wearing red and black stripes rather than Green and white on that afternoon.

In total, weve had him six times, weve won three of them and Jordan Maguire-Drew scored the only penalty he awarded us in a 2-0 over Dagenham and Redbridge.

Much like many other officials at this level hes used just as much – if not more – in the Premier League 2 games and that’s the case here too.

Nine times hes taken the whistle, in the four that came in the National League – or that silly little cup thing some teams are doing – he’s given out eight yellows, no reds and no penalties awarded! 

He’s even taken charge of a game between Boston Utd and Leeds U21s where he didnt even reach for his pocket once. Game’s gone.

He’ll be assisted by Kevin Morris and Bailey Walker with Sam Read on Fourth Official duties

Yeovil vs Rochdale. The players enter the field of play.

Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v Forest Green Rovers (First Team)
National League – Premier
Referee: Dale, Alan
Assistant Referee: Morris, Kevin
Assistant Referee: Walker, Bailey
Fourth Official: Read, Samuel