Club captain Matt Worthington declared himself “delighted” to reach the milestone 250th appearance when he turned out in the goalless draw at home to Gateshead on Friday night.

The skipper signed permanently at Huish Park in January 2018 having previously had a 15-match loan spell with the club and has been a constant presence throughout two relegations and last season’s promotion back to the National League Premier Division.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Jack Killah after the match, he said: “It was an amazing feeling. It was something I wanted to reach this season, it took a bit longer than I wanted it to, but I am just delighted. It is a massive personal achievement for me and my family. There has been some lows and then highs with promotion last season, it has been difficult when contracts have been up for renewal, but I love being here and hopefully I can make many more appearances for this club. I see Yeovil as home, I have been here a long time and I am just really happy to have stayed and to reach this milestone, I am just delighted.

The midfielder was replaced by Frank Nouble in the 90th minute of the match and was given an ovation by the Huish Park crowd and could only watch on as goalkeeper Ollie Wright pulled off an outstanding save in the dying seconds of the match.

On the game, he added: “It is definitely a performance we can build on. We showed a bit more pressing tonight, more high tempo, we just needed to be better in the final third. We had chances to win the game, but they also had chances towards the end and we dug in deep and defended well towards the end.

The defence has been brilliant this season. I know we have had a couple of mistakes lately which we have been punished for, we rarely make mistakes and at the moment when we make one we seem to get punished. I am delighted for Ollie (Wright) and the backline. We wanted to keep a clean sheet and Ollie’s save at the end was brilliant and we deserved the clean sheet.

Worthington even had a good chance of his own to make it a real fairytale night but he was denied by a good save by the visitors Owen Mason with ten minutes remaining.

He said: “It was a good press from Jacob (Maddox) and it was a good save. My legs went a little bit and I had a swing at it, but I was just happy to make my 250th appearance.

From all of us here at the Gloverscast, congratulations to Worthy on his milestone night.


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