Yeovil Town Football Club - The Glovers

Yeovil Town History

2006-07 Season

5th in League One; lost 2-0 to Blackpool in the play off final.
League Cup: 1st round; Southampton a. 2-5
FA Cup: 1st round; Rushden & Diamonds a. 1-3
JP Trophy: 2nd round; Shrewsbury Town a. 1-2

Highlight:
5-2 win at Nottingham Forest in the play off semi final 2nd leg, 18/5/07

Low Spot:
0-2 home defeat by Nottingham Forest in the play off semi final 1st leg, 11/5/07

Good:
Chris Cohen
Displayed real quality in the Glovers midfield. Good energy but passes the ball well and constructively as well as having an eye for goal.
Terrell Forbes
Quick, aggressive defender who formed a good partnership with Terry Skiverton at the back for Yeovil. This was as good a season as Forbes has ever had.

In Brief:
After a slow start a run of four wins from the end of September set the club up for a strong season and form was consistently good from December onwards.
March saw a dip in this form but a good finish brought three wins on the trot and a place in the play offs.
Yeovil were outsiders from the start and a 2-0 home defeat to Forest in the 1st leg of their semi final appeared to have sealed their fate.
Not so. In one of the most remarkable games of the season the Glovers managed to win 3-1 in ninety minutes to take the game into extra time and, with Forest now a man down, then went on to clinch a 5-2 victory which took them to a final meeting with Blackpool at Wembley.
Despite a valiant effort Blackpool, an impressive side, proved too strong on the day and nobody could really argue about a 2-0 defeat.
Whether Yeovil can repeat the deeds of this season again is debatable but this was an outstanding effort from everyone at the club.

Yeovil Town Football Club was formed in 1895, the club being originally known as Yeovil Casuals.

After joining forces with another local club in 1914 the club became known as Yeovil & Petters United and shortly after the end of World War I the club moved to the Huish ground which would become famous for its' sloping pitch during later FA Cup exploits.

Yeovil's tradition as gallant FA Cup fighters began before the Second World War. The club reached the 3rd round for the first time in 1934-35 only to lose at home to Liverpool 6-2.

The Glovers also reached that stage in both 1938 and 39. On the first occasion they gave a good account of themselves before losing 3-0 at Manchester United and the following yeasr they went down 2-1 at home to Sheffield Wednesday in a replay.

The club changed its' name back to Yeovil Town in 1946 and it was in 1948-49 that they truly established their reputation as cup fighters.

Yeovil hammered Romford 4-0 in the 1st round and then repeated the scoreline away from home at Weymouth in the 2nd.

Bury were then sent packing 3-1 in the 3rd round, a victory which set up a clash with Sunderland at Huish in the 4th round.

The Wearsiders, "The Bank of England" club, brought an expensively assembled side to Somerset but left defeated after one of the biggest cup upsets of all time. Player manager Alec Stock grabbed one of the goals as Yeovil ran out 2-1 winners.

The Glovers were then handed an away tie with the cup holders, Manchester United. United were still using Maine Road because of damage to Old Trafford suffered during the war and 81,565 spectators packed into the ground to see the game. There would be no more heroics, however, as Yeovil crashed to a club record 8-0 defeat with Jack Rowley scoring five.

Yeovil's next really big cup tie came in 1971 when Arsenal began their push for the double with a 3-0 victory at Huish in the 3rd round.

The Glovers were Southern League champions on three occasions, in 1955, 1964 and 1971.

The club became founder members of the Alliance Premier League, now the Conference, in 1979 and finished 12th in its' first season. Life was not easy at this standard to start with though and in 1985 the club was relegated.

Yeovil returned as champions of the Isthmian League in 1988 but after an encouraging beginning back in the Conference they suffered another relegation in 1995.

After storming to the Isthmian League title again in 1997 Yeovil then really established themselves in the Conference.

They finished as runners up to Rushden & Diamonds in 2001, claimed the FA Trophy the following season with a 2-0 win over Stevenage Borough and stormed to the championship in 2003, a clear 17 points ahead of both Morecambe and Doncaster Rovers.

Yeovil finished a creditable 8th in their season in the Football League and then pipped both Scunthorpe United and Swansea City to the League Two title last season.

That success was clinched with a 3-0 victory over Lincoln City on the final day of the season in front of an 8,855 crowd, a record for the new Huish Park ground.

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