Yeovil Town F.C.
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| Full name | Yeovil Town Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Glovers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Huish Park Yeovil |
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| Capacity | 9,400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | John Fry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager |  Russell Slade |
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| League | Football League One | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Football League One, 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yeovil Town F.C. are an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004-2005.
Along with Plymouth Argyle, they are one of the few English clubs to play in a largely green strip. Since the 2003-2004 season they have played in green and white hoops.
They won promotion to the Football League as Conference champions in 2003, and had long been established as the most successful non-league team in the F.A Cup - having defeated the most Football League teams.
In 2004-05, only their second season in the Football League, Yeovil were crowned champions of League Two and were promoted to League One, where they would be playing against some of the most famous names in English football, including Nottingham Forest.
They play their home games at Huish Park, which is near Yeovil's Lufton Trading Estate. It is also currently the location of the club's training facilities, but recently it has been announced that Yeovil Town will be building new training facilities at nearby village in Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset.
Yeovil Town are just one promotion away from playing in the Football League Championship for the first time.
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[edit] History
They have spent almost all of their history outside of The Football League but are still one of the most famous FA Cup "Giant-killing" teams that has earned them notoriety around the country. The club, founded in 1890 as Yeovil Football Club, shared a ground for many years with the town's rugby club. In 1895 they became Yeovil Casuals and moved to play their home games at the Pen Mill Athletic Ground. The club became Yeovil Town in 1907, and in 1915 an amalgamation of Yeovil Town and Petters United led to a new club called Yeovil and Petters United. The merged club reverted to the name Yeovil Town in 1946. This seasons's away shirt, a predominatly black kit with amber trim, was inspired by the amber and black colours of Petters United.
In the 1948-49 FA Cup, Yeovil defeated Sunderland in the FA Cup Fourth Round, in front of over 16,000 ecstatic fans (a club record) this gave them the "Giant-Killing" status. At the next hurdle, over 81,000 saw them lose to Manchester United at Maine Road 8-0, the biggest FA Cup attendance of all time (away from the final itself).
With Graham Roberts in charge 1997 saw Yeovil secure promotion back into the Conference after winning the then known ICIS League by a record number of points, 101, earning top goalscorer Howard Forinton and defender Jerry Gill a money-spinning move to Birmingham City.
Gary Johnson took charge in June 2001 he won the F.A. Umbro Trophy in his first season in charge with a 2-0 victory over Stevenage Borough in the final at Villa Park. This was their first major trophy in 106 years as a Football Club. Yeovil Town earned promotion to the Football League in the following season, by winning the Football Conference by a record 17 points margin. They accumulated a huge 95 points and scored 100 goals, remaining unbeaten at Huish Park
The team's first season in League football saw them finish in a creditable eighth place just missing out on the play off positions by goal difference, just 4 goals.
In February 2004, the team released the single "Yeovil True". The single reached #36 in the UK charts before dropping out of the top 75 the next week.
David Webb bought the club from Jon Goddard-Watts in December 2005, taking over the role of Chief Executive from Chairman John Fry. He resigned from this position in February 2006.
In September 2005, manager Gary Johnson left Yeovil Town for Bristol City, after having turned down job offers from both Plymouth Argyle and Derby County. He was replaced by second-in-command Steve Thompson, and Kevin Hodges was appointed as his number two, but at the end of the 2005-06 Thompson was demoted to first team coach, with the club advertising for a new manager. Russell Slade was named as his replacement on June 7, 2006.
In March 2006, Yeovil appointed two new directors, Brian Willis and Ron Budden. Wills was part of the Yeovil board in the late 1990's for three years and was vice-chairman at Bournemouth before that. Budden, Exeter-based, was a former League referee.
In June 2006, it was announced that John Fry had bought all of Dave Webb's share to become the new owner of Yeovil Town FC.
On September 30th, 2006, Yeovil moved into second place in League One after a 2-1 victory over Brentford, which is their best league position ever.
[edit] Season Performance
| Season | Division | Tier | Pos | Pld | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Points | Outcome | Ave. Attendance |
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| 2005–2006 | League One | 3 | 15 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 54 | 62 | 56 | 6,668 | |
| 2004–2005 | League Two | 4 | 1 | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 90 | 65 | 83 | ↑ | 6,320 |
| 2003–2004 | Division Three | 4 | 8 | 46 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 70 | 57 | 74 | 6,197 | |
| 2002–2003 | Conference | 5 | 1 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 100 | 37 | 95 | ↑ | 4,741 |
| 2001–2002 | Conference | 5 | 3 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 66 | 53 | 70 | 2,872 | |
| 2000–2001 | Conference | 5 | 2 | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 73 | 50 | 80 | 3,416 |
[edit] Trivia
- Yeovil's pitch was once famous for the fact that it sloped.
- Yeovil's former manager Gary Johnson was the coach of the Latvian national team for two years from 1999 to 2001.
- Yeovil's longest serving manager since 1922 is Billy Kingdon who was in charge from 1938 to 1946
- Yeovil's largest recorded crowd was on 04/01/2004 against Liverpool in the FA Cup Third Round 9348 fans turned up to watch the game, in which Yeovil lost 2-0
- Yeovil once had the tallest player in Europe. Hugo Rodrigues (who is a massive 6 foot 8 inches) played for the Glovers in 2003
- Yeovil single Yeovil True entered the charts at number 36
[edit] Squad list
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[edit] Famous Players/Legends
Ian Botham: Joined Yeovil on a non-contract basis in January 1985 and left in March 1985, twelve hours before flying out for a tour of the West Indies.
Len Harris: Played for Yeovil between 1958 and 1972 making a total of 691 appreances, a club record.
Alan Pardew: Played for Yeovil during the 1986/87 season before joining Crystal Palace in the summer of 1987.
Alec Stock: Took Yeovil to the 5th Round of the FA Cup during the 1948/49 season. Yeovil caused a giantkilling by beating 8th in the 1st Division Sunderland F.C. 2-1 in the 4th Round before going out to Manchester United 8-0 at Maine Road.
[edit] Club Honours
- Football League Two Champions 2004-2005
- FA Trophy winners 2001-2002
- Football Conference Champions 2002-2003; runners-up 2000-2001
- Isthmian League Champions 1987-1988, 1996-1997; runners up 1985-1986, 1986-1987
- Southern League Champions 1954-1955, 1963-1964, 1970-1971; runners up 1969-1970, 1972-1973, 1975-1976
- Southern League Western Division Champions 1923-1924, 1931-1932, 1934-1935
- Western League Champions 1921-1922, 1924-1925, 1929-1930, 1934-1935; runners up 1930-1931, 1931-1932, 1937-1938, 1938-1939
[edit] Club records
- Most Overall Appearances: Len Harris, 691 (1958-72)
- Most League Goals: Dave Taylor, 285 (1960-9)
- Record Attendance Football League: 9,178 v Bristol City, 31 December 2005 (Football League One)
- Record Attendance (new Huish Park): 9,348 v Liverpool, 4 January 2004 (FA Cup Third Round)
- Record Attendance All Time: 16,318 v Sunderland, 29 January 1949 (FA Cup Fourth Round)
- Longest Serving Player: Len Harris, 14 years (1958-72)
- Longest Serving Manager: Billy Kingdon, 8 years (1938-46)
[edit] External links
- YTFC Forum
- Independent Yeovil Town Site
- The Internet Soccer Database
- Official club site
- Capital Glovers (Supporters Club For Fans in London and the South East)
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