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Huish Park

The latest development – or lack thereof – in the saga of Huish Park hasn’t provided any explicit clarity but if we read between the lines I think we can make some strong assumptions.

The club told me that they are continuing to “work constructively with the Council to identify a mutually agreeable position regarding the potential purchase of Huish Park. Discussions intensified earlier this year and an offer has been submitted, on which the Council has provided feedback. We are now working from that position to see where a point of agreement can be reached.” Somerset Council deny that a formal offer has been placed.

Clearly, one side thinks this is a negotiation and the other doesn’t. Somerset Council will see the terms of the buy back – closer to £3.5m and increasing, than the original £2.8m – as locked. That’s the price the owners will have to pay to reunite the land and stadium with the football club operations, a pledge made early on following their takeover.

Yeovil Town owner Prabhu Srinivasan interviewed during a visit to Huish Park.
Yeovil Town owner Prabhu Srinivasan.

The owners will have known that through the due diligence, but are they right to try and budge the council? At the time when the deal was announced SSDC (the council prior to the merger of all councils) said the deal would “help with the club’s survival, generate a new rental income, while protecting our ratepayers from loss or excessive risk.”

Four years on, the deal is certainly weighted in one direction, as many predicted at the time. Despite the initial claims that the deal ‘saved the club’, we’ve seen no hard evidence of what that money contributed to the club. It cleared CV Leisure’s debt with MSP capital, and I’ve been told the club saw very little of what was left after, if anything. Due diligence wasn’t done on the individual stripping the club of its assets and Somerset Council has an even higher rental income from the original deal.

“The damage done by this deal was entirely foreseeable”

We all know councils are cash-strapped, it’s a fact across the country and this month our Council tax bills are landing on the doormat with the maximum 4.99% increase. In my opinion, it’s disingenuous – still – to have ever positioned this as a deal integral to the ‘survival’ of the club. It’s not unheard of for councils to charge nominal rents to football clubs. Luton Borough Council have owned Kenilworth Road since 1989, having bought it from the club for £3.25m for a seven-year lease on a ‘peppercorn rent’ which has been extended multiple times and runs until 2028. Other examples you see are of smaller rents where the council covers the costs of running the venue. What we have is the worst of both worlds, high rent and the responsibility to maintain and operate Huish Park.

If the club was truly at the heart of this deal, the rent should not have increased, the buy back price should not increase. As it is, we’re up to nearly £230,000 a year (imagine what that would do to the playing budget) and facing an ever-increasing buyback price that any investor would want to ensure has a worthwhile return.

The damage done by this deal was entirely foreseeable. We’re on our second owner since it was completed and you need deep, deep pockets to buy it back to then develop it in the first place. Alongside operating a loss-making National League club with his expectations and high expenditure.

Of course, at the root of this there is still the fact that the deal is the deal, but I genuinely feel we have owners with good intentions and aspirations for Huish Park as a community facility, a bi-product of which would benefit the ratepayers and the people in Yeovil. The contradictory statements suggest to me that the relationship with Somerset Council isn’t quite as rosy as it could be, but in the history of Yeovil Town FC, has it ever been?

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It’s a big one at Huish Park when Morecambe come to town this Saturday and the man in the middle for the game is Mr Aaron Farmer.

Mr Farmer has taken charge of just eight National League games this season, dishing out 33 yellows in those fixtures, but that low number is because he has been fairly well spread out across the EFL and cup competitions.

In total, in 29 games, he has flashed the yellow 107 times, and found the red one on eight occasions – the same number of times he’s pointed to a penalty spot.

His only previous visit to Huish Park as a central referee came almost exactly one year ago, a 1-0 loss to York City in March 2025.

He awarded the high flyers a spot kick, in the end, the Ollie Pearce 12-yard tap in was the only difference.

He also took charge of the 2-0 away win at Woking in the same season, sending off Jack Stretton early on in that one.

Mark Senior and Joe Wright are his assistants with John Duffy looking after the dugouts.

Yeovil Town FC (First Team) v Morecambe FC (First Team)
National League – Premier
Referee: Farmer, Aaron
Assistant Referee: Senior, Mark
Assistant Referee: Wright, Joe
Fourth Official: Duffy, John

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  • YTFC confirm an offer has been submitted to purchase Huish Park following ‘intensified’ discussions, Somerset Council claims no ‘formal’ offer made
  • Owners have engaged Headland Hospitality to draw up plans including a hotel and the club is “working positively to progress with the ultimate aim is to reunite the club with land and stadium.”

Somerset Council says no formal offer has been made to buy back Huish Park and the land surrounding it, despite the club providing confirmation to Gloverscast that an offer was submitted to Council Leader Bill Revans, CEO Duncan Sharkey and the relevant officers on December 31st 2025.

We understand the owners have engaged Headland Hospitality  – a company which provides strategic hotel consulting for owners, investors and developers – to draw up plans for the Huish Park site.

We emailed club owner Prabhu Srinivasan and Chief Operating Officer, Nicholas Brayne these questions:

  1. When do you expect to have plans and will you share them with supporters?
  2. How are the conversations with Somerset Council with regards to buying back Huish Park and the land? In November you said you hoped to purchase by the end of the season. Is that still on course?

In a statement, they said: “We continue to work constructively with the Council to identify a mutually agreeable position regarding the potential purchase of Huish Park. Discussions intensified earlier this year and an offer has been submitted, on which the Council has provided feedback. We are now working from that position to see where a point of agreement can be reached.

“We absolutely respect the Council’s role in the process and appreciate the way in which they have engaged in dialogue with us. As you would expect with any matter involving a local authority and a significant asset such as Huish Park, these discussions can take time, particularly given the pressures councils are currently operating under.”

Contradicting the statement from the club, a spokesperson for Somerset Council said: “Whilst we continue to meet with the club and know that they have stated their intention is to buy the land back, no formal offer has been received to date.”

Huish Park (Pic C/O Gary Brown)

In November, Prabhu Srinivasan told the BBC the club hoped to purchase Huish Park and the surrounding land back from Somerset Council by the end of the season. Two months before that the club announced a two-year extension to the exclusive buy-back clause, with the Council revealing the yearly rent on the club’s home sitting at £229,130, up from the £195,000 per year former chairman ‘He Who Must Not Be Named’ saddled the club with. The buy back price is index linked and is likely to be significantly higher than £2.8m. Our maths – not a Gloverscast strong point – suggests it’s likely to be closer £3.5m. This figure will increase over time.

“Both parties have been careful to keep discussions appropriately discreet”

The club statement added: “Our focus throughout has been to ensure that any arrangement reached is firmly in the long-term interests of the football club and allows the site to be used in a way that supports the club’s sustainability and its role as a community hub.

“At this stage it is difficult to go into much more detail. Both parties have been careful to keep discussions appropriately discreet while conversations are ongoing, and we feel it is important to respect that process.

“What we can say is that an offer has been put forward and we are continuing to work positively behind the scenes to progress matters, with the aim of ultimately reuniting the club and stadium.”

We have spoken to the club following the council’s initial response and they have provided confirmation that an offer was made. We have followed up with Somerset Council to ask if they considered the club’s offer ‘formal’. They have responded to say ‘there’s nothing we can add to our statement’.

That clears that up then.

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Dakarai Mafico looks set to miss the games against Gateshead and Southend due to his international duty with Wales Under 21s.

The midfielder, on loan from Cardiff has been called up for their U21 Euro Qualifiers against Belarus and Denmark.

Mafico will be involved on Friday 27th March (the day before Gateshead Away) and Tuesday 31st March – the same day as the Glovers head to Southend.

Prior to the game against Woking, Billy Rowley had suggested that – the currently injured – Mafico had turned down the chance to join up with the Wales U21s squad, but when the squad was announced at 2pm on Wednesday, his name was still on the Welsh FA’s list!

He said: “Dak has got tendonitis in his Achilles. Sadly for us, we heard a few days ago that he was going to be missing for three games due to a Wales (Under-21s) call-up which is great for him, sad for us. Injury has kept him out of that international call-up, so he has gone back to Cardiff for the next week and, as much as it would have been great for him to go on an international camp, he was going to miss three games for us. It might mean now if we can help him with this Achilles problem, he might only miss two games for us.“

Congratulations on the call up either way, Dakarai!

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The Football Association have confirmed to the Gloverscast that Aaron Jarvis will serve a two-match suspension after picking up his 10th yellow card of the season against Woking.

The game was the Glovers’ 37th league game, which does represent the cut off point for a 10-yellow card ban, meaning had he gone unscathed last night, he would have had to get to 15 bookings before a spell on the sidelines kicked in.

Jarvis has already served a suspension this season following his red card vs Rochdale in February and will now miss the games against Morecambe and Wealdstone before being available for the trip to Gateshead on March, 28th.

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The roller-coaster season took yet another dip as defeat at Woking last night put Yeovil Town fans’ stomachs in their throats. Ollie Marsh was among the almost 500 who turned out for the rearranged midweek fixture in Surrey and here are his thoughts.

You know what I’m going to say don’t you? The ‘some halves maybe good, some halves maybe s***’ trend continued, albeit in reverse to Saturday’s defeat at Boston. This time we got the rubbish half out the way first, and marginally improved in the second – and it was at least encouraging to see us come out after the break with a bit of spark. Unfortunately, that 15 minute spell of pressure and a late surge failed to create any clear cut chances of note.

Second half action inside the Woking area. Picture courtesy of Ollie Marsh.

These players don’t look like they’re standing up to be counted. We’ve now entered the final ten games left of the season, and you’d hope for players to be raising their levels – whether that’s for the club’s position, or for their own Yeovil Town careers. There are a few individuals who can come out of last night with a modicum of credit in that regard, but there are also so many members of our team that simply aren’t showing what you’d want to see from the players in their roles.

Billy’s post-match interview didn’t make for pleasant listening. Our gaffer criticised the mentality of the team, urging them to “show some passion.” I’ll be honest, I haven’t noticed a complete lack of effort or commitment from the group – as they have been throughout this season, they look simply unfit and low on confidence rather than not trying. But a group of professional footballers playing in front of 400+ fans who have travelled on a Tuesday night shouldn’t have to be reminded at half time to “give their all.”

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Millar Matthews-Lewis, the floor is yours. With Aaron Jarvis now missing two games through suspension thanks to a tenth yellow card – and it was a bit of a silly booking to pick up in truth – we’ll surely be seeing a bit more of our new man against Morecambe on Saturday. It’s partly for this reason that I was surprised he wasn’t introduced earlier last night, instead being brought on with just six minutes of normal time remaining. In his limited game time – he also got 12 minutes against Boston – MML has at least shown he’s capable of getting in good positions, and has held the ball up well on a couple of occasions.

With this defence, we’ll do well to keep the Shrimps out. Morecambe have scored 17 goals in their last six games, and that fills me with dread. Woking cut us open incredibly easily last night, destroying us in the channels without really having to do too much. Our back line will have to be far more resolute at Huish Park this weekend, in what could be a season-defining clash. A win is almost essential and could see us rise enough places in the table to quell the nerves. Lose, and I fear an impending sense of doom could loom over us…

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Yeovil Town manager Billy Rowley called on his players to show “passion” after a 1-0 defeat at Woking pushed them just four points from the National League Premier Division relegation zone.

The Glovers’ boss described his side’s performance as “terrible” in the first half in Surrey and they went in to the break fortunate to only be 1-0 down to Harry Beautyman’s strike on 30 minutes, but there were signs of improvement after the break.

Two of the teams below them in the division picked up points with Gateshead continuing their renaissance with a 1-0 win over Wealdstone and Brackley Town, who sit below Yeovil in the table, picking up a point at home to Solihull Moors. The result performance and league position all make Saturday’s home match with Morecambe a crucial one.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins after the match, an obviously angry Rowley said: “We can’t seem to play two good halves in one week. We deserved to be losing at half-time, probably deserved a draw for our performance in the second half. The words at half-time were ‘show some passion’, we are very privileged to be in professional sport and some of these lads have been working hard since they were five years old to be playing for a club like Yeovil, and I can’t wrap my head around any professional athlete not turning up and giving their all. If you do that, you will have half a chance, so our words were to run around a little bit more and fight a little bit more.”

Yeovil Town’s pre-match huddle at Woking.

Having gone in behind at the break, Yeovil showed the type of desire and intent which was lacking in the first half from the start of the second half. Midfielder Brett McGavin’s free-kick eight minutes from time was kept out by a fantastic stop from Woking keeper Will Jaaskelainen as the visitors drew a blank in front of goal.

Rowley concluded: “We should have scored a couple of goals tonight, no doubt, we should have a two or a three next to our name on that scoreboard, not a zero. But that is the story of our season, isn’t it? We have not scored enough goals, we start games slow or start fast and then come out for the second half slow, so it is a recurring theme which we have to address because it is the same thing every week and it has probably been the same thing all season.

“It is down to mentality, psychology in sport is huge, confidence, tapping in to what motivates you and understanding what it means to be a professional athlete, fight hard and run for every ball. If you don’t do that, you lose games, and that is the minimum requirement to play for a club like this. You have to run and fight hard every minute of the game and, if you do that, you will have half-a-chance and if you don’t, you lose.”

The defeat, the Glovers third in a row following the home loss to Scunthorpe United and last weekend’s defeat at Boston United, means that the visit of a Morecambe side who remain in the relegation zone – but are undefeated in their last three matches.

Rowley admits the Huish Park fixture is “another massive game” for the club and vowed that his players would “give everything for the badge” to claw the side away from the bottom four.

Speaking ahead of the game at Woking the boss was asked if he felt his side had enough to get out of trouble and insisted they did. Asked again after the game, he replied: “If we play like we did in the second half, yes. If we play like we did in the first half, we may as well throw the towel in now – so it is up to the lads what we do now. We are playing for a brilliant football club with fans that have travelled all this way to watch us. We rolled our sleeves up and put in a decent second half and showed that we can be the better team against a team which probably should be in the play-offs in Woking. I just need to understand why we can’t do that from the first minute, it’s a mentality thing which we need to understand and tap in to.

“There is definitely pressure on all of us, everybody associated with the club, I just want the kick-off on Saturday now. Let’s just go there and try and win the three points.”

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Another game of two halves saw Yeovil Town come away with nothing from Woking as a first half strike from Harry Beautyman sunk the Glovers in Surrey.

The home side were in total control during the first half and could have been ahead before Aaron Drewe cut in from the right flank to pick out the experienced Beautyman inside the area and he stroked his side in to the lead.

Yeovil came out for the second half showing an intensity and intent to go forward which had been lacking in the opening 45 minutes and caused problems for the opening 15 minutes. Perhaps the best chance came eight minutes from time when a thunderous free-kick from Brett McGavin was superbly denied by Will Jaaskelainen.

The gap to the National League Premier Division relegation places now stands at just four points, albeit with a game in hand over the five teams below Yeovil, with one of those sides, Morecambe, coming to Huish Park on Saturday for what feels like a real six pointer.

First half

There was a blow for Woking early on as they lost midfielder Roy Syla with an injury after just nine minutes. He was replaced by substitute Tim Akinola.

With ten minutes gone, Yeovil had a bit of good fortune when Brett McGavin handled on the edge of the area according to referee Richie Watkins, there were plenty in the Woking side who thought it could have been just inside. Jake Forster-Caskey bent one in and Jed Ward did what Jed Ward does and pulled off a great save to keep the chance out and push it away from danger.

Yeovil Town’s pre-match huddle at Woking. Picture courtesy of Ollie Marsh.

With 17 minutes, Aaron Jarvis, who only needed to get through this game without a booking to reset his four yellow cards, got a yellow card for tangling with Timi Odusina. That will see him miss the home game with Morecambe at the weekend.

Moments later, a ball in to the box and Harry Beautyman fired in a shot which the in-form Olly Sanderson tried to flick past Ward, but the keeper was able to collect it. Then Matthew Ward got past Josh Sims down the left side and the ball landed at the feet of Beautyman who fired over the bar. Another big let-off for Yeovil.

On 27 minutes, a beautiful ball from McGavin picked out Josh Sims in space down the right side and he flashed a shot across the face of goal where Jarvis could not quite get a touch. Good move from Yeovil, need to do more of that.

Despite that chance, the first half-an-hour had been Woking’s and they took the lead with 30 minutes on the clock. Aaron Drewe cut in from the right side with ease and picked out Harry BEAUTYMAN who was able to stroke it home with ease. Immediately after the goal, Yeovil boss Billy Rowley called his side over for some instructions.
The Glovers were being pulled apart in wide positions and just three minutes after they suffered on the right, they suffered on the left as Sanderson found space on the edge of the box and laid it back to Beautyman who pulled his effort wide. Another big chance. You just feel Woking are sensing blood here.
The half-time whistle was a relief to everyone in green-and-white. The first 15 minutes was a little more even, but Yeovil will be pleased it is only 1-0 to the home side. It could (should?) have been more and we have not asked enough questions in to the Woking back line.

Half time: Woking 1 Yeovil Town 0

Second half

Was there a Rowley rocket at half-time? Whatever was said, Yeovil came out looking much brighter from the start. Two minutes after the restart former Card James Daly burst forward and looked to curl a shot in to the top corner, it took a deflection off two Woking defenders and Will Jaaskelainen had to stretch to tip it wide for a corner. From the resulting flag kick, the ball dropped to Jarvis inside the box but his effort went wide.

In the opening three minutes there was intensity, desire and intent to put the first half performance to shame. This is what we need more of. On 53 minutes, Woking showed that they still have plenty of threat. Joe Gbode got away down the left, cut inside and found Ward at the near post and he shot wide and three minutes later a corner flashed across the face of Jed Ward’s goal and mercifully there was no-one to turn it in at the back post.

Second half action inside the Woking area. Picture courtesy of Ollie Marsh.
With 65 minutes gone, Terrell Works replaced Harvey Greenslade, who had not really got in to the game. A bit of pace and trickery from the young Fulham loanee being looked to to try and re-inject the energy which had dropped a little after the first ten minutes.
On 68 minutes, Daly got a ball across the face of goal but neither Jarvis or Works looked like they were getting close to being in the position for a touch. You just get a feeling there is something else in this game – either an equaliser, or Woking will get a second goal to kill the contest.
Eight minutes from time, Works was brought down on the edge of the box in McGavin territory. That man stepped up and hammered in a fantastic shot which was matched by an equally fantastic shot from Jaaskelainen to push it out but neither Jarvis or Kyle Ferguson got get enough to turn home the rebound.
Millar Matthews-Lewis and Troy Perrett were thrown on in the closing stages. We need to just go for it and, in an effort to keep spirits high, someone (some weapon) in the away end let off a green pyro. Goodness me.
On two occasions, Terrell works showed the the pace and trickery which he was introduced to bring, but on both occasions he failed to find a team-mate. There was an agonising moment when McGavin’s free-kick was met by the head of Jarvis but flashed across the face of goal.
It was a much better performance in the second half than the first, the exact alternate of last weekend’s defeat at Boston. There was applause from the 436 fans who travelled to support their team at the final whistle, but it’s the same number of points heading back to Somerset.

Full time: Woking 1 Yeovil Town 0

Match Details

Venue: Kingfield
Date: Tuesday 17th March, 7:45pm kick-off

Competition: National League Premier Division

Scorers: Harry Beautyman 30 (0-1),

Pitch: “Alright, not great” – Billy Rowley, pre-match. He was being generous.
Conditions: Cold

Attendance: XXXX (436 away supporters)

Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Aaron Jarvis 17, Jake Wannell 67, Alex Whittle 83
Woking: Tim Akinola 28, Aaron Drewe 82

Referee: Richie Watkins

Yeovil Town

Substitutes: Terrell Works (for Harvey Greenslade, 65), Millar Matthews-Miller (for Alex Whittle, 83), Troy Perrett (for Kyle Ferguson, 90), Joy Mukena (not used), Jaydon Biss (not used), Ollie Hughes (not used), Matt Gould (not used).

Woking: Will Jaaskelainen, Aaron Drewe, Chinwike Okoli, Timi Odusina, Caleb Richards, Roy Syla (for Tim Akinola, 9), Jake Forster-Caskey (for Jamie Andrews, 46), Matt Ward (for Kian Pennant, 84), Olly Sanderson, Harry Beautyman (for Tunji Akinola, 68), Joseph Gbode (for Tariq Hinds, 84).

Substitutes (not used): Dale Gorman, Craig Ross.

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Yeovil Town manager Billy Rowley said he is hoping that injury and illness to midfielder Dakari Mafico and defender Joy Mukena will allow his side to play a more simple game as they take on Woking tonight.

Cardiff City loanee Mafico has returned to his parent club for treatment on an Achilles injury whilst Mukena woke up on Tuesday morning suffering from flu and is only among the substitutes in Surrey.

The lack of depth in the Glovers’ squad is underlined by the appearance of the ill defender alongside two under-18s players, defender Jaydon Biss and midfielder Ollie Hughes, for a fixture where Yeovil are looking to pick up much needed league points.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins ahead of kick-off, Rowley said: “We have simplified how we are going to do things and I really feel the boys are in a good place and the reaction (to the defeat at Boston) has been positive, obviously it means nothing as we have got to go out there and deliver and run and fingers crossed that at 10pm it has been a good night for us.

“We are going to defend in a back four when we are out of possession. Joy (Mukena) has woken up with the flu, so we only have three recognised centre backs although Finn (Cousin-Dawson) is going to be playing in midfield tonight. We are low on numbers at the minute and injury and illness has not been too kind to us, but the changes might be a good thing to reset a couple of ideas and principles and we have made the game plan a little easier tonight.”

Dakarai Mafico has returned to Cardiff City for treatment. Picture courtesy of Gary Brown

The Glovers go in to the fixture seven points adrift of the National League Premier Division relegation places, albeit with at least one game in hand of every team below them, and looking to turn around back-to-back defeats and get the necessary points to survive.

Asked if he was confident they could do it, Rowley said: “I am confident. We have had a very turbulent season, I say ‘we’, I have only been here three months, but the lads have had a turbulent season. I am the fourth manager which has stood here and probably bored people every week, but it has been a very tricky season. It is not easy having four different managers and being asked to do four different things, play multiple different shapes, those are not excuses, that is facts and reality. No successful team in world football would have that and we need to fight for every point we can and we are going to do that. I am confident we will do that and hopefully get a decent time to rest, reset and come back for what I am sure will be a much better season next season.”

The manager also revealed that Mafico had been forced to turn down the chance to link up with Wales’ Under-21s squad due to the injury.

He said: “Dak has got tendonitis in his Achilles. Sadly for us, we heard a few days ago that he was going to be missing for three games due to a Wales (Under-21s) call-up which is great for him, sad for us. Injury has kept him out of that international call-up, so he has gone back to Cardiff for the next week and, as much as it would have been great for him to go on an international camp, he was going to miss three games for us. It might mean now if we can help him with this Achilles problem, he might only miss two games for us.“