2017–18 Yeovil Town F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was the club's second consecutive in the fourth tier of the English football league system, it was Darren Way's first full season in charge as manager. After winning their opening game, Yeovil lost six of their next seven matches leaving them in the relegation zone in September before an improved run of form, including eight matches unbeaten saw the club rise into the play-offs after a 5–0 victory against Crawley Town in December 2016.^[1] This though was the highpoint of the season as Yeovil only won three of their final 27 matches as the club slid dangerously towards the relegation zone, but safety was confirmed with one match to spare as Yeovil finished the season in 20th place. In cup competitions, Yeovil were knocked out in the first round of the FA Cup, losing to non-league side Solihull Moors in a replay,^[2] while the Glovers progressed to the second round of the EFL Cup losing to Premier League side Everton.^[3] The club also reached the quarter-finals of the revamped EFL Trophy, losing to Luton Town.^[4]

The end of the season saw Way release six players, including, Ollie Bassett, Tom Eaves, Brandon Goodship, Alex Lawless, Joe Lea and captain Darren Ward.^[5] Nine players were offered new contracts by Darren Way, defender Nathan Smith agreed a new one year contract, while forward François Zoko, winger Otis Khan, defenders Bevis Mugabi, Thomas James and keeper Jonny Maddison also agreed new two-year contracts.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] Midfielder Kevin Dawson rejected the offer of a new contract to sign for fellow League Two side Cheltenham Town and reunite with former manager Gary Johnson.^[11] Defender Alex Lacey rejected the club's offer of a new two-year contract and signed for League One side Gillingham.^[12] Meanwhile midfielder Matthew Dolan rejected the club's offer to sign for fellow League Two side Newport County.^[13]

Review

Pre-season

Guadaloupean international Stéphane Zubar joined from rivals Weymouth, but was later released without having made an appearance.

The first day of pre-season saw the arrival of four new signings, winger Rhys Browne, son of ex-Glover Steve Browne, joined from Grimsby Town for an undisclosed fee signing a two-year contract,^[14] midfielder Jake Gray also signed a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee from Luton Town.^[15] Meanwhile, Connor Smith joined following his release from Plymouth Argyle,^[16] and Guadeloupean international defender Stéphane Zubar signed a one-year contract after rejecting an offer of a new contract at local rivals Weymouth.^[17] On 4 July, Yeovil confirmed their fifth signing of pre-season with midfielder James Bailey signing a two-year contract after leaving Carlisle United,^[18] prior to Yeovil's first friendly of pre-season, the club confirmed the signing of Southampton striker Olufela Olomola on loan until January 2018.^[19]

Yeovil's first friendly of the season saw them travel to local rivals, Southern League Premier side Weymouth, on 11 July. Yeovil's squad included nine trialists, goals from Otis Khan and Bevis Mugabi earned the Glovers a 2–1 victory after former Yeovil striker Brandon Goodship had given Weymouth the lead.^[20] On 14 July, Yeovil completed their seventh signing of the season with young defender Keston Davies joining on loan until the end of the season from Swansea City.^[21] Davies made his first appearance the following day in Yeovil's first home friendly against Championship club Bristol City, on 15 July. Three goals in six first half minutes saw Yeovil succumb to a 3–1 defeat with Olomola scoring a consolation goal.^[22] Yeovil then traveled to South Wales for a short training camp, where on 19 July they faced Welsh Football League Division One club Llanelli Town, and recorded a 2–0 victory over their Welsh opponents with goals from Khan and François Zoko.^[23] On 22 July, Yeovil faced local side Frome Town in a friendly organised as a benefit match for local semi-professional footballer Jamie Mines, who suffered serious injuries following an electrical shock at work. Despite falling behind to their Southern League opponents goals from Nathan Smith and Rhys Browne earned Yeovil a fourth victory of pre-season.^[24] After a successful trial Yeovil confirmed the signing of Brazilian former Derby County midfielder Alefe Santos on a two-year contract.^[25] Yeovil then entertained League One club Bristol Rovers and suffered their second 3–1 defeat of pre-season with Nathan Smith scoring the Glovers only goal.^[26] On 28 July, Yeovil confirmed their ninth signing of pre-season with former Swansea City right back Daniel Alfei signing a two-year contract following a successful trial.^[27] Yeovil then traveled to Tiverton Town for their penultimate friendly of pre-season an entertaining match saw a brace from Connor Smith and goals from Zoko and Alefe Santos as the Glovers ran out 4–2 winners.^[28] Yeovil completed their pre-season schedule with a 3–1 defeat against Premier League side Bournemouth, with Swansea loanee Keston Davies scoring for the Glovers.^[29] Following the Bournemouth match, summer signing James Bailey was announced as Yeovil's new captain for the 2017–18 season replacing the released Darren Ward.^[30] Prior to the first competitive game of the season, Yeovil completed the signing of Sam Surridge on loan from Bournemouth until the end of the season.^[31]

Pre-season match details
Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
000000002017-07-11-000011 July 2017	Weymouth	A	W	2–1	Khan, Mugabi	729	^[20]
000000002017-07-15-000015 July 2017	Bristol City	H	L	1–3	Olomola	2,636	^[22]
000000002017-07-19-000019 July 2017	Llanelli Town	A	W	2–0	Khan, Zoko	381	^[23]
000000002017-07-22-000022 July 2017	Frome Town	A	W	2–1	N. Smith, Browne	474	^[24]
000000002017-07-25-000025 July 2017	Bristol Rovers	H	L	1–3	N. Smith	1,351	^[26]
000000002017-07-29-000029 July 2017	Tiverton Town	A	W	4–2	C. Smith (2), Zoko, Santos	261	^[28]
000000002017-08-02-00002 August 2017	Bournemouth	H	L	1–3	Davies	3,473	^[29]

August

Yeovil started their League Two season away against Luton Town, on 5 August. Despite taking the lead through an Otis Khan free kick, Yeovil suffered a record 8–2 defeat the heaviest opening day defeat in the Football League for 55 years, with François Zoko scoring the Glovers second consolation goal.^[32] After falling to their joint record Football League defeat on the opening day, the players agreed to refund the 258 fans who traveled to watch the team at Luton.^[33] On 8 August, Yeovil confirmed that centre-back Stéphane Zubar had been released from his "month-to-month" contract due to injury, without having made a competitive appearance.^[34] Yeovil then traveled to Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers in the first round of the EFL Cup, a much improved performance saw Yeovil suffer a 1–0 defeat to exit the competition.^[35]

Transfers

In

Date	Name	From	Fee	Ref
000000002017-06-16-000016 June 2017	Browne, RhysRhys Browne	Grimsby Town	Undisclosed	^[14]
000000002017-06-26-000026 June 2017	Gray, JakeJake Gray	Luton Town	Undisclosed	^[15]
000000002017-07-01-00001 July 2017	Zubar, StéphaneStéphane Zubar	Weymouth	Free	^[17]
000000002017-07-01-00001 July 2017	Smith, ConnorConnor Smith	Plymouth Argyle	Free (released)	^[16]
000000002017-07-04-00004 July 2017	Bailey, JamesJames Bailey	Carlisle United	Free (released)	^[18]
000000002017-07-25-000025 July 2017	Santos, AlefeAlefe Santos	Derby County	Free (released)	^[25]
000000002017-07-28-000028 July 2017	Alfei, DanielDaniel Alfei	Aberystwyth Town	Free (released)	^[27]

Out

Date	Name	To	Fee	Ref
000000002017-08-08-00008 August 2017	Zubar, StéphaneStéphane Zubar	Unattached	Released	^[34]

Loan in

Date	Name	From	End date	Ref
000000002017-07-09-00009 July 2017	Olomola, OlufelaOlufela Olomola	Southampton	000000002018-01-03-00003 January 2018	^[19]
000000002017-07-14-000014 July 2017	Davies, KestonKeston Davies	Swansea City	000000002018-05-06-00006 May 2018	^[21]
000000002017-08-03-00003 August 2017	Surridge, SamSam Surridge	Bournemouth	000000002018-05-06-00006 May 2018	^[31]

Match details

League Two

League Two match details
Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
000000002017-08-05-00005 August 2017	24 !24th	Luton Town	A	L	2–8	Khan, Zoko	8,101	^[32]
000000002017-08-12-000012 August 2017		Accrington Stanley	H

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Cheltenham Town	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
14	Notts County	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
15	Yeovil Town	2	1	0	1	5	10	−5	3
16	Newport County	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
17	Stevenage	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Cup match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
First round	000000002017-08-08-00008 August 2017	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	L	0–1		9,478	^[35]

EFL Trophy

EFL Trophy match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue
Southern Group D	000000002017-08-29-000029 August 2017	Exeter City	A
Southern Group D	000000002017-10-25-000025 October 2017	Chelsea U23s	H
Southern Group D	000000002017-11-28-000028 November 2017	Plymouth Argyle	H

Group table

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Chelsea U23s	Advance to Second round
2	Exeter City	Advance to Second round
3	Plymouth Argyle
4	Yeovil Town

First match(es) will be played on 15 August 2017. Source: ^[36]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Squad statistics

Source:^[37]^[38]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked

left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Yeovil.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward


No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Total		Discipline
1	GK	POL	Krysiak, ArturArtur Krysiak	01 !1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	02 !2	0	0	0
2	DF	WAL	Alfei, DanielDaniel Alfei	01 !1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	02 !2	0	1	0
3	DF	JAM	Smith, NathanNathan Smith	01 !1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	02 !2	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Mugabi, BevisBevis Mugabi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	WAL	Davies, KestonKeston Davies *	01 !1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	01 !1	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Khan, OtisOtis Khan	01 !1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	02 !2	1	0	0
8	MF	IRL	Smith, ConnorConnor Smith	01 !1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	02 !2	0	1	0
9	MF	ATG	Browne, RhysRhys Browne	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	01 !1	0	0	0
10	MF	ENG	Gray, JakeJake Gray	01 !1	0	0	0	1 !0 (1)	0	0	0	02 !1 (1)	0	0	0
11	DF	ENG	Dickson, RyanRyan Dickson	01 !1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	02 !2	0	0	0
12	GK	ENG	Maddison, JonnyJonny Maddison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	CIV	Zoko, FrançoisFrançois Zoko	01 !1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	02 !2	1	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Surridge, SamSam Surridge *	01 !0 (1)	0	0	0	1 !0 (1)	0	0	0	02 !0 (2)	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Bailey, JamesJames Bailey	01 !1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	02 !2	0	0	0
17	DF	ENG	Sowunmi, OmarOmar Sowunmi	01 !0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	02 !1 (1)	0	0	0
23	DF	WAL	James, ThomasThomas James	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24	FW	ENG	Olomola, OlufelaOlufela Olomola *	01 !1	0	0	0	1 !0 (1)	0	0	0	02 !1 (1)	0	1	0
30	MF	BRA	Santos, AlefeAlefe Santos	01 !0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	01 !0 (1)	0	0	0

Players not included in matchday squads
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
20	DF	GLP	Zubar, StéphaneStéphane Zubar

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League competitions

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Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League One, League Two)
Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern League (Premier, Central, South & West)
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Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)
EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under-23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup
Under-18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

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