Toby Stephens

Just the one Yeovil Town player out on loan this Tuesday, with Ollie Hulbert racking up another 90 minutes for Leamington.

Unfortunately, his side were on the wrong side of a 1-0 defeat to Buxton a result which drops the Brakes to 22nd in the National League North.

Plymouth Parkway were also in action, but Toby Stephens was not involved in the match day squad, Parkway were 3-0 victors over Dorchester.

 

Another Saturday in the books for the Glovers out on loan and a familiar theme is starting to unfold with results not going the way of their adopted sides.

Still, plenty of match day minutes to talk about…

Let’s start at Leamington where striker Ollie Hulbert played the full 90 in a 3-1 defeat at Bradford (Park Avenue), his side were reduced to ten men just before the hour mark and couldn’t recover. Sam Perry and Ted Cann, both formerly on the books at Yeovil, were also in the Leamington side.

To those who missed out, Ollie Haste was back on the Truro bench after his successful return to the Glovers’ Under-18s side in the National League Cup in midweek, but it was the bench where he stayed as Paul Wotton’s men picked up a 1-0 away win at Gosport Borough. The White Tigers are second in the Southern League Premier Division table, two points behind Weston-super-Mare.

Will Dawes didn’t play for that Claret and Blue lot either. He was, once again, one of the unlucky extra loanees with only five named in the match day squad… W*ymouth lost 2-1 at Hemel Hempstead (maybe try picking your Green and White striker next time, just saying). The seagull bothering lot remain second from bottom of the National League South table.

Sherborne Town were without a fixture, so Benjani Junior and Jake Graziano were both left thumb twiddling this Saturday afternoon. Both played for the Yeovil Under-18s in midweek with Benji on the scoresheet.

However, goalkeeper Rob Hollard and Sam Hodges were both back in the Gillingham side, but ended up on the wrong side of a 4-1 loss away at Bristol Telephones.

Finally, Toby Stephens clocked up an hour for Plymouth Parkway as they drew 0-0 with Hartley Whitney.

Most of these sides have games this coming Tuesday, but with Yeovil in Somerset Men’s Premier Cup action at Paulton Rovers on Tuesday night, it remains to be seen how many of the dual registration lads are with their parent club rather than the first team.

Just when you thought postponed matches were a thing of the past this season, the on loan Glovers had another frustrating night.

Sherborne were meant to be playing Shepton Mallet, but Benjani Jr and Jake Graziano will have to wait as that game bit the frost.

Leamington were all set for a clash against Buxton, but a frozen pitch saw to that, Ollie Hulbert will have to wait for more game time.

W*ymouth did play, but Will Dawes did not, he fell foul of the “6th loanee” stipulation at the weekend, and that appears to be the same this midweek.

Truro didn’t have a game, Gillingham Town did though.

Rob Hollard played in the game against Bishops Lydeard, but Sam Hodges sat out – he is expected to be part of the Yeovil Under 18s National Cup team on Wednesday.

More positive news from Plymouth Parkway too,

Toby Stephens was back in the starting line up and clocked up 60 minutes before being replaced in their game against Merthyr a last minute winner secured all three points for Parkway.

Shall we try again on Saturday?

You’ve just got over the 90th minute Huish Park equaliser heartbreak and you’re thinking to yourself: “I wonder how our loan lads got on?”

Well, don’t worry, I’ve got you. Let’s find out.

We’re starting at Plymouth Parkway where Toby Stephens was a half-time introduction for his side as Parkway pulled off a cracking 1-0 win at Salisbury. He replaced a former Glovers’ loanee, striker Ben Seymour, at the interval.

Over at Truro, more splinters in the backside for Ollie Haste, who was an unused substitute for Paul Wotton’s side.

The White Tigers thrashed Yate Town 4-0.

Off to the Bob Lucas where the Seagull Botherers picked up a big win at the bottom of the National League South over Dulwich Hamlet but Will Dawes was not named in the match day squad.

Dawes’ initial month on loan still has a couple of weeks left, but Terras’ manager Bobby Wilkinson (the one who hates Yeovil, but is happy to take our cast offs) said Dawes had fallen foul to the five loanee limit.

W*ymouth moved up a place to third from bottom of the table, but are still in the relegation zone with teams around them having games in hand.

To Leamington where Ollie Hulbert played the full 90 minutes in a 1-0 defeat to Blyth Spartans in National League North.

The Brakes were reduced to 10 men shortly before half time with the resulting penalty the only thing between the two sides in the end. They are now two points off the relegation places.

At Sherborne, the result went against the Zebras, going down 3-1 against Saltash United, midfielder Jake Graziano was in the starting line-up, but Benjani Junior was not named in the squad.

We wrap up at Gillingham where once again goalkeeper Rob Hollard and Sam Hodges were in the Gills’ starting line-up but FC Bristol proved too strong winning 2-0.

Plenty more matches to come for the Glovers on loan as the weeks progress.

Midweek Loan Watch fans, rejoice!

It was a fairly quiet Tuesday night for the Glovers out on loan, Sherborne, Leamington and Truro didn’t have games, but some did get some match action.

As the headline suggests we start in Gillingham where both midfielder Sam Hodges and goalkeeper Rob Hollard were praised for their performances in a 1-1 draw with Odd Down AFC.

Hollard in particular pulled off a number of important saves for his side… including this one, handily caught on social media.

Another side who drew 1-1 were Plymouth Parkway who took on Beaconsfield, Toby Stephens started on the bench and was brought on for the final few minutes to help sure things up in midfield.

As for our friends over the border in W*ymouth, they won 2-1 (boooo!), Will Dawes came off the bench with 15 minutes to go to in the fixture against Hampton and Richmond Borough.

Mother Nature has finally relented in her quest for an unofficial winter break in the British football calendar and that means it’s time for another Loan Watch.

Sadly, results didn’t go quite to plan for the cohort of Yeovil Town players plying their trade elsewhere.

Let’s start with the two that didn’t play:

Ollie Haste was an unused substitute as his Truro City side won 1-0 a huge top-of- the-table clash in the Southern League Premier Division South at leaders Weston-super-Mare, who included a certain Reuben Reid in their line-up. That result moves Paul Wootton’s side to within one point of the table toppers.

In the same division midfielder Toby Stephens also had a watching brief as Plymouth Parkway pulled off a shock with a 4-0 home win over fifth-placed Poole Town. Despite the win, Stephens’ loan club remain in the relegation zone.

On to to those who did get some game time, striker Ollie Hulbert made his long-awaited Leamington debut, having joined the National League North side a fortnight ago – but sadly his side were on the wrong end of the result against second-placed King’s Lynn Town.

Hulbert had chances to find the net, but an inspired goalkeeper in the Linnets net kept him and his side at bay.

Onto our seaside ‘friends’, who also lost, W*ymouth were 2-0 down before they brought on Will Dawes at half-time against second placed Oxford City. The game ended with a 3-1 defeat for the seagull botherers who remain second-from-bottom of the table.

To North Dorset, where there was finally some match action for young goalkeeper Rob Hollard as well as Sam Hodges having arrived at Western League Division One side Gillingham Town. Hollard started in goal, Hodges was used from bench. The Gills went down 3-1 against Bishops Lydeard.

Finally, at Sherborne where the Zebras were on the wrong end of a 90th minute penalty, Barnstaple Town winning 1-0.
Both Benjani Junior and Jake Graziano were in the Sherborne starting line up.

Let’s hope for some better results… as well as more match time for the Glovers’ loanees in midweek.

Whilst the Yeovil Town first team might have come unstuck at Bromley their army of loanees were out and about, but only one was getting more game time, let’s round up what happened.

Down in Plymouth we start with Parkway who were on the wrong end of a 1-0 defeat to the Met Police.

Toby Stephens came off the bench in the 65th minute, but couldn’t help his side find an equaliser.

There was only one real winner – the weather – in the games involving Sherborne Town (Benjani and Jake Graziano), Gillingham Town (Rob Hollard and Sam Hodges) and Truro (Ollie Haste), as all were postponed.

We assume Max Evans‘ loan at Bedford Town has been concluded ahead of schedule (he was meant to be with the Eagles until 19th Jan) as he was once again not involved for them.

And then there’s Will Dawes up at Stratford who was also not involved for the Bards, it’s unclear if his ‘short term’ deal has come to an end or not.

Another Saturday means it’s time for another edition of the original and best #YTFC Loan Watch.

It wasn’t a great day for many of the Glovers loanees though.

Let’s start at Sherborne Town.
The Zebra’s started Jake Graziano in defence and Benjani Jnr was back amongst the substitutes after recovering from a slight injury.

However, their side fell 3-1 to Buckland Athletic.

At Gillingham (with a hard G) Sam Hodges and Rob Hollard will have to wait for their debut after the Gills’ (again, hard G) game against match against Brislington fell foul to the weather.

To Plymouth where Mother Nature was the winner as Parkway’s game against Gosport Borough was also a wash out.

Toby Stephens and Ollie Hulbert will have to wait for their next appearance.

Speaking of those who didn’t play, Max Evans was left out of the Bedford Town squad to play Hednesford Town.

Bedford signed goalkeeper Dale Eve from Hereford this week and he appears to have got the nod. Evans’ loan spell was due to end on January 19th.

Back to those who did play on the weekend and Will Dawes was back in action for Stratford Town.

King’s Langley FC scored two late goals to turn the game around and take three points.

Dawes played the full 90.

As did Ollie Haste at Truro who was part of the White Tigers’ action packed 2-2 draw away at Hendon.

Plenty of these sides are back in midweek action so stay tuned for more round ups on the Gloverscast.

Plenty of games took place on Monday 2nd of January will lots of Yeovil Town connections with no fewer than seven Glovers out on loan.

We’ll start at Sherborne who picked up a 2-1 win over Ilfracombe Town.

Last week’s goal scoring hero Benjani missed out on the match day squad with a slight injury, but Yeovil Under 18s captain Jake Graziano was spotted on the Zebra’s bench.

Next at Bedford Town, Max Evans completed his second 90minutes for his adopted side, unfortunately he and his side were on the wrong end of a 3-2 scoreline.

To Truro we go where Ollie Haste was back in the starting line up after missing out last time.

He played 90 minutes as the White Tigers picked up a vital win to keep the pressure on the league leaders Weston super-Mare.

Speaking of WSM, they scraped past Plymouth Parkway 1-0.

Both Toby Stephens and Ollie Hulbert started on the bench with Stephens introduced on the hour.

Finally, Stratford Town’s game was postponed today as the club continues to mourn the loss of their player Cody Fisher who tragically passed away last week.

We at the Gloverscast join the rest of the football world, in wishing Yeovil loanee Will Dawes, everyone at Stratford Town and Cody’s family and friends well at this difficult time.

It was a busy boxing day for the six Glovers loanees out and about.

Starting at the Bolitho Ground where ground-sharers Truro City and Plymouth Parkway faced each other in a game that ended 3-3 thanks to a 92nd minute Truro equaliser.

For Plymouth Parkway, Toby Stephens started and clocked up 68 minutes. Ollie Hulbert was used from the bench with just 5 minutes left, also.

Truro, have their own Glovers loanee in the shape of Ollie Haste, but he was left as an unused sub.

Next up a debut victory for Max Evans.

His Bedford side were 6-1 winners over AFC Rushden and Diamonds… and the eagles missed a penalty!

Up at our “close friends”, Stratford Town, Will Dawes started and played the full 90 in a 4-0 loss to Tamworth.

He may not have scored, but was awarded the sponsor’s Man of the Match award.

Benjani Jnr scores for Sherborne
? John Taylor / Sherborne Town FC

….but we’ve saved the best until last with our actual close friends Sherborne Town where Benjani Jnr scored the opening goal in a 1-1 draw against Street.

Well done to Benjani and all the Glovers loanees for a busy Boxing Day of action.