Match Gallery: Yeovil Town 3 Dartford 1
2024-04-13
Yeovil Town are National League South Champions, Gary Brown was pitch side for the proceedings.
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Match Gallery: Yeovil Town 1 Worthing 3
2024-04-06
Yeovil weren’t able to get the job done today against Worthing, but our man Gary Brown was, and he got some snaps of the action.
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Supporter taken ill has ‘comfortable night’
2024-04-02
The Yeovil Town supporter who was taken ill at the Easter Monday derby at W*ymouth had “a comfortable night” in hospital, her sister has told fans.
The National League South match was abandoned with Yeovil trailing 1-0 after 77 minutes following a delay of more than 40 minutes as the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance landed on the pitch at the Bob Lucas Stadium.
The supporter was taken by ambulance to Dorchester County Hospital and her sister posted on the Ciderspace Facebook to thank fans for their good wishes on Tuesday morning.
In the post, Louise Goodland said: “The lady in the emergency at Weymouth yesterday was my sister, she is in the Intensive Care Unit, she has had a comfortable night. Thank you for everyone’s help and good wishes.”
In a statement posted on Tuesday, the club said it was talking with the National League around the outcome of the fixture and thanked the Air Ambulance Service for responding so quickly.
The statement said: “It is moments such as this which place fixtures into perspective. We are extremely proud of the way in which the fans and staff conducted themselves in light of the emergency.
“We would also like to express our gratitude to the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance who reacted so promptly in order to ensure the proper medical treatment was delivered in a timely fashion.
“We are in correspondence with the National League and the FA regarding the outcome of the fixture which is currently unknown. We will provide an update on this as soon as we are able.
“Once again, the thoughts of the Club are with the supporter, their friends and family who we understand remains in intensive care and is receiving the best possible treatment.”
We are sure we speak for everyone when we wish the supporter the best in her recovery and hope to see her back at Huish Park at some point in the future.
Match Gallery: W*ymouth A – A Yeovil Town
2024-04-01
The game between W*ymouth and Yeovil was cut short following a medical emergency in the crowd.
We wish the supporter all the best – Gary Brown was at the game he snapped some of the action.
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Team News: W*ymouth (Away)
2024-04-01
Yeovil Town make one change from the 3-0 win over Torquay with Two-Goal hero Jahmari Clarke missing out on the squad altogether.
Olly Thomas leads the line with Alex Fisher on the bench in place of the Reading loanee.
It’s as you were apart from that,
Gloverscast #332 – “Oh God I Am Excited”
2024-04-01
Is today the day?
Maybe, we’ll find out with Yeovil Town off to bother the Seagull Botherers and Chelmsford in action after… you just never know.
Lots of football still to play and on this episode Ben, Dave and Sheridan dissect the 3-0 trouncing of Torquay and look ahead to the Green and White takeover of that place down the A37.
Enjoy the game, Glovers!
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Cooper: We are looking forward to Easter
2024-03-26
Yeovil Town boss Mark Cooper has said his table-topping squad are looking forward to an Easter of Westcountry action this weekend.
The Glovers take on Torquay United at Huish Park on Good Friday with more than 4,000 tickets already sold, before travelling to local rivals W*ymouth on Easter Monday in front of a huge away following.
They go in to the game seven points clear at the top of National League South following last weekend’s 1-0 win at third-placed Braintree Town knowing that nine more points will seal the title.
Speaking on Tuesday, the boss said: “It only works if you play well and it can work the other way if you do not. We need to be on the front foot and do what we do really well and give our fans something to cheer about. We are looking forward to it, they are two great games for us, we could not have picked them any better.
“There is loads riding on both games, certainly the Torquay one at both ends of the table. The W*ymouth one, they are safe, but they won’t be wanting to lose anything to their local rivals. The players will be up for it and I know the supporters will be up for it.”
On Friday, Torquay arrive in Somerset four places and four points off the relegation zone having been deducted ten points having stated their intent to go in to administration. But Cooper is under no illusion about the calibre of players in the Gulls’ squad.
He said: “If you are a player you just want to play, you want to get paid and play. The interim manager will have them well-organised like they were against Hampton (a game Torquay won 1-0 at home last weekend) when they had to withstand an awful lot of pressure and did it really well. When you look at their starting XI, it is a really experienced, solid one and they have Aaron Jarvis to come back in to it. We are really looking forward to it.
“Looking at their last couple of games, if they have them available, they will play those players. So we have an idea of a group of players that will play. You look at Dean Moxey, a fantastic player who has had a top career, Asa Hall, Kevin Dawson, Tom Lapslie, all these kind of players are really experienced. We know if they are fit they will play and they will be desperate to come here and get something, so we have to fully respect that and make sure we give everything we have got and get the result.“
W*ymouth are sitting comfortably in mid-table, ten points away from the drop zone, but with local rivalry at stake, Cooper is under no illusions that they will not be giving Yeovil any quarter.
He said: “I am sure their manager (Bobby Wilkinson) and players will be wound up to not let us win. That is football and how it should be. We are taking hordes of fans their and I am just looking at seeing that green-and-white and seeing the occasion. Professional head on, we just want to go and get the job done.
“You want to be playing in front of big crowds. I do not have to worry about players being up for it, when it is a little bit quiet it can be a bit laid back, so we know we cannot step off the gas. We know the fans will be driving us on, at W*ymouth there is going to be a massive following which will make it like a home game. We just want to do really well for them.”
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Fans got excited by the sight of striker Rhys Murphy and influential full-back Michael Smith in training this week. Murphy has been missing since picking up an innocuous looking injury in the victory at Taunton Town in January whilst Smith has not featured since going off early in the 1-0 home defeat to Welling United earlier this month.
Cooper said: “Murphy and Smith are back in training, but it will be too soon for them to come back in. Alex Whittle is out until pre-season. If you took any teams two frontline full-backs and two strikers who you spent all your money on out of that team, people would get a pass and an excuse for not being as on form as they are expected to be. We don’t get that and we don’t moan about that, we just get on with it. We have had to find a different way to keep us competitive we might not have been as scintillating as we might have been, but we have lost four massive players. We have added a couple of players that have given us a bit of a lift.”
He also confirmed that the omission of winger Jordan Stevens from the squad at Braintree was down to form, not fitness. He said: “No injury concern. He just has not done enough. We look at who has performed well in training and in games and there were players in front of him that had done a bit more than him. Maybe it is a kick up the backside for him, he has got to get going.”
Left-back Alex Whittle has also been ruled out for the rest of the season through injury with Jay Foulston stepping in for the 0-0 draw at Slough Town and the win at Braintree. Cooper admitted he had been impressed with Foulston and Brooklyn Genesini, who has filled in for Smith since joining on loan from Swindon Town.
The manager said: “I have been very impressed with both of them and we have kept two clean sheets with them in the team. It still takes time to bed them in terms of how we play going forwards. Brooklyn is coming in to replace an international, a crowd favourite who is so calm in everything he does, but he has done great. But again we are just looking at getting them prepared for Friday.
“(Alex) has been a real stalwart at the back and a top player, but we are lucky to have Jay Foulston to step in as a calm replacement. Alex is a big miss, but luckily we have found out today that he does not require surgery and they are going to let it heal naturally. That is a real big bonus for us and for him.“
Five Conclusions: Yeovil Town 2 W*ymouth 0
2023-10-24
Tom was in the Thatchers Stand for tonight’s derby against, err… the opposition. Here’s his five conclusions from tonight’s match!
SIX THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE. Well, Yeovil fans showed up in their droves, and from my spot in the Thatchers, I could tell something special was happening tonight. A sellout in the Thatchers, the Bamfords Stand looked positively packed, and the Screwfix stand looked pretty full too, what a turnout in a record-breaking evening! Even without any of the opposition’s fans, we would’ve broken the record regardless, which goes to show how impressive tonight’s turnout is.
Not our finest performance, but it got the job done. We certainly began the first half as you’d hope, plenty of confidence, and had plenty of possession. We successfully pinned the opposition into their own half at times, and looked good for two or three goals going into half time. As the second half began, W*ymouth did look a little better, but both sides huffed and puffed, with both sides struggling in the never-ending rain. But as they say, performances like that are what champions produce…
Substitutions proving important once again. I’ve said it before when I’ve given conclusions, and I’ll say it again – Mark Cooper nailed his subs. The double substitution to bring on Jake Hyde and debutant Sonny Cox was inspired, with their fresh legs causing trouble for a tired W*ymouth defence. It proved a masterstroke when Sonny Cox dinked the ball into the middle for Jake Hyde to bury his second goal in a Yeovil shirt. Will Dawes proved a valuable introduction too, his energy assisting Alex Whittle in defence, and bombing forward in his 20 minute cameo.
Picture courtesy of Iain Morland.
Momentum is massive now. 9 wins in a row in all competitions, now that’s not something I expected to be able to say when we started the season off! The momentum we’ve built in this time, with wins over playoff contenders in Worthing and Aveley, as well as the continued unbeaten run at home, is proving huge for not only the squad, but the fans (as we saw with tonight’s attendance). There’s a real sense of optimism and excitement around the ground now, let’s keep it going!
Michael Smith is still the real deal. As a self-admitted member of the Michael Smith fan club (applicants are more than welcome!), I continue to be blown away at the fact we even have this man at our club. The experience he brings is unmatched at this level, and he showed it tonight, having a tricky time in the conditions and with the attacks he faced. He linked up brilliantly with Jordan Stevens, and later Jordan Young, causing chaos all down the right hand side. Keep it up Michael!
Young: I am feeling confident
2023-10-24
Jordan Young admits the confidence of being at the heart of a Yeovil Town side on a nine-match winning run is doing wonders for his performance.
The forward scored his sixth of the season – unless it gets ruled to be an own goal – in the 2-0 home win over W*ymouth in front of a National League South record attendance of 6,289 on Tuesday night.
Young bent in a free-kick which he told BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins was “on target” but did appear to come off visiting defender Anthony Cheshire on his way in to the net and admitted his hard work in training was paying off.
The 24-year-old said: “It is something I work on in training and it’s really paying off. I can’t really explain what happened last year, it was obviously a difficult time for everyone and I’m a confidence player and as soon as the Gaffer gave me my place, I did the best I could and thankfully it is paying off.
“The performance is great, but getting the three points is all that really matters. We want to keep building at the top of the table and keep going.”
Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.
Having gone ahead after just eight minutes, the Glovers had oportunities to go further ahead before the break, but allowed the visitors the opportunity to come back in to it after the break.
Young added: “It helps that we prepare right, start games fast and score early which is always good and it’s almost like we need to apply the pressure. We are creating chances and on another day we could have won 4-0.
“First half we were really good and should have gone in a couple up and then in the second half at 1-0 it is always going to be difficult. They came out really good and it’s a derby so they are always going to be up for it, but luckily we stuck in there and got the goal at the end.”
Yeovil now go in to Saturday’s home match with Braintree Town looking to make it ten wins in a row (11 including the Somerset Men’s Premier Cup) and Young admits the competition for places in the squad is driving up performance levels.
He added: “The buzz in the changing rooms is there and it feels like every game we go in to we could win it. With the Saturday and Tuesday schedule, it is massive that we have the players we do and we everyone coming on has made an impact now.”
You can listen to whole interview here
Cooper: We want more nights like this
2023-10-24
Yeovil Town boss Mark Cooper admitted his side have got a taste for special nights like the one which saw them beat local rivals W*ymouth 2-0 at Huish Park tonight.
The Glovers set a National League South attendance record with a crowd of 6,289 which saw goals from Jordan Young (quite possibly and own goal) and Jake Hyde stretch the club’s winning run to nine and lift them four points clear at the top of the table.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins after the game, Cooper said: “It was a horrible evening as well, wasn’t it? I feel sorry for those W*ymouth fans stood behind the goal (little snigger), but it was a special night and we want more of that.
“The boys want to play in front of that every week if they can but to do that we have to keep winning games.
“We’ve got to take it game by game and we certainly won’t take anything for granted, Braintree (who visit Huish Park on Satuerday) have won again tonight and are on a good run and they will come here and fancy their chances, so we have to be ready for them.”
Having gone in 1-0 down at the break, the visitors – who drop to 18th after their sixth defeat of the season – rallied in the second half and spurned gilt-edged opportunities to put the game to bed before Hyde sealed the win in second half stoppage time.
The boss added: “First half we were really controlled and dominant and should have put it to bed, we were a little bit casual, it became a bit easy for them rather than getting right to the action.
“Then second half, Bobby (Wilkinson, the W*ymouth manager) has got right in to them at half-time and they have come out and had a right good go at it.
“They had five up front at one point and they have had a couple breaks inside the box and Joe Day has made a good save and then we have got a second at the end to kill it. But listen, derby matches are really competitive and never easy to win but it was just about getting the result.”
Picture courtesy of Iain Morland.
Hyde was one of two substitutes made by Cooper after 70 minutes as he replaced top scorer Rhys Murphy and fellow forward Frank Nouble with the experienced frontman and Sonny Cox, the teenage striker signed on loan from Exeter City last week.
The manager added: “We have a group of good players who want to try and achieve something and we make sure that when we bring players on they add to the group.
“We have brought another one in Sonny Cox who looks a real livewire with his movement inside the box. If you are bringing Rhys Murphy and Frank Nouble off and bringing Jake Hyde and Sonny Cox on you have got a chance to get some goals.
“I am pleased for Hydey to get that goal in front of the Thatchers as well.”
Saturday’s home match with Braintree Town marks 12 months since Cooper was appointed to replace Chris Hargreaves with the club struggling at the wrong end of the National League Premier.
Having lost only two of his first ten matches, off-the-field tensions with began to spill on to the pitch as the on-off takeover by ‘stewards’ SU Glovers faltered before collapsing with the disastrous run of form which coincided with the turmoil leading to relegation last season.
Asked about his first year, Cooper said: “When I first came in, I felt we had enthusiasm and a brilliant start and we lost maybe one game in ten or eleven games and then things happen and there was a new group came in and signed players that were not right for the football club in my opinion.
“The second part was it turned toxic and I got quite a lot of blame for that and I am the manager so I carry the can for that, but I think people now can see maybe it wasn’t all about me.
“We have come a long way but we have achieved nothing yet. I am really enjoying my time, the fans have been brilliant this year and we need to keep going and keep riding that wave together.”
You can listen to the whole interview here
As ever, Mark Cooper also spoke to the club’s YouTube channel covering many of the same things.