The Remarkable Rise & Fall of Yeovil Town

[@seandelap8587]

The old Wimbledon coming up from the non league all the way through to the to flight and remaining there for 14 seasons all the while not having a ground of their own for most of it is perhaps the greatest achievement of any team that has come from the lower reaches of football ever.

[@D1Snr]

And wining the FA cup. Perhaps Salford could emulate them at some point, but they have received investment on a whole different scale to Wimbledon

[@brianmunich553]

Most definitely and I bet Manchester United fans wish that they all had got behind Fc united in the beginning and maybe they would have had they knowing how successful Afc Wimbledon have been.

[@jakelennon5299]

I'd love to see a video on the AFC v MKD rivalry and how one of the fiercest rivalries in English football was, by definition, manufactured.

[@JamesRB10.]

STAT: Between the 13/14 and 18/19 seasons, Yeovil won a total of just 61 out of 276 league games. That’s a 22% win rate across six seasons.

[@archstanton6102]

Steve Bruce would be happy to have that ratio.

[@agwtaw2]

Is it much better now 🤣🤣 we're a disaster

[@simoncaton1226]

I remember doing Yeovil Town in fifa 14. It was my first real introduction to Yeovil and the footballing landscape. So it’s a shock to me to see where Yeovil are now

[@baileydickson4433]

Yeah I live there and have a season Ticket with them. Sad to see what’s been happened w owners

[@narchia161]

As a german who spent a year abroad in Yeovil and still follows Yeovil Towns results it's very sad to widness how far they've been fallen. I really hope they can get back onto the right path with a new owner who actually cares about the club and its fans. I mean they don't have a large fanbase, however it is a very passionate one. I mean I really feel sorry for the fans, if you want to consistently rise as a football club you have to spend some money on players and (recruitment) facilities at one point. That's just how football works these days. I hope I'll see them playing in the Football League again next time I'll visit Huish park.

[@chasser12345]

As a YTFC season ticket holder I’ve been expecting this video for a while, this season isn’t looking any better either, somethings very broken about our club It also bears mentioning that despite being a small town in comparison to others in the league. Yeovil has a huge catchment area for supporters, I personally live 20 miles outside Yeovil and most local football fans here are Yeovil supporters.

[@Joseph-vw1yd]

Wouldn’t quite say that it’s really “broken” you were always non league before 2000, Bath and You were old rivals, most of your fans have seem to forgotten that from one good run in the football league, but yeah most football fans in southern Somerset support Yeovil

[@razerow3391]

It's the owner and running. We had the same at Wolves. Had players that were there to steal a wage (The Bomb Squad) and players that thought they were too good for us (Hollywood OHara!), we had players that didn't turn up to matches (Griffiths and Hennesy) and two cunts that ran our club into the ground (Moxey and Morgan) ... Our club WAS broken. We got new owners, new people behind the scenes and it changed overnight pretty much. Within 3 seasons we were in Europe and the highest we'd been in my life... I hope you get the same thing happening to you. Such a heartbreaking story. Especially with Collins. Remember you coming to the Mol to play us like 5 years ago in the league cup... It wasn't an easy game and we only just won. We had all of the ball and we couldn't break you down. Stands in my mind because I've never seen a team be so resolute. A lot of our fans gave your team a standing ovation. That was a team that included Diogo Jota, Saiss, Vinagre and Boly if I remember correctly. And managed by NES. Your players really did you proud.

[@flynn7671]

To be honest, it’s mainly because there’s no other big towns or cities particularly close by. I’m nearly 20 miles away too and it’s my nearest town with a population of more than 27,000

[@Joseph-vw1yd]

@@flynn7671 should’ve supported Bath, biggest team in Somerset

[@jeniffer9248]

I once visited Somerset and this is very true. Surprised just how many kids and young people I saw on Sunday pitches wearing yeovil kits. Definetly well supported in comparison to the population.

[@Goatinator13]

Was always fearful the day would come when HITC Sevens made a video on my beloved club. I have always worn the badge of “englands greatest overachievers” with pride and will continue to do so. Thank you for the unparalleled depth of research as ever to show everyone the true plight the club is in. P.s two really tiny things. Firstly, Paddy Madden joined from Carlisle not Oldham (my favourite striker ever!) and secondly, Darren “I’m too good for you” Way is at Plymouth U18s not Portsmouth

[@razerow3391]

A Wolves fan but I welled up watching this... Especially with Collins. I hope you get the owners you deserve and I hope your club gets the fairy tale ending they truly deserve. Not just England's greatest overachievers, but probably the greatest Cinderella story ever, and hopefully there is more to come.

[@newforestpixie5297]

We went past Moors Valley & over Zig Zag Hill to see Yeovils’ last home game against Stevenage the season before the covid shutdown. Very friendly folk there in fact the most laid back professional game I remember being at. There was a long queue for a very slow burgers which lasted past kick off but not one single person was complaining ! Ironically the only goal ( not certain) was scored by Josh McQuoid whom came from our town so there were at least 3 folk from our neck of the woods at Huish that day. We’ll get across there again this year . Very best wishes to you & the club 👍❤

[@Goatinator13]

@The Yorkshireman Reacts absolutely, I couldn’t be prouder!

[@narchia161]

As a Hamburg fan who spent a year abroad in Yeovil I have to say that you can still wear this badge with pride. I still follow the results of YTFC and yes it makes me sad to see them outside the football league, however what they achieved was remarkable! I've never seen a club with only very little resources going up from the Isthmian league to the EFL championship in such a short amount of time. The national league is very tough from what I widnessed, however I hope to see efl football next time I visit Huish park

[@flozz2676]

You’ll soon be in National League South as well 🤣

[@YuriWasASpaceman]

Been my second team in football since I took them to the top of the PL in CM 01/02, and subsequently managed them in every version of CM/FM for the following 10+ years. Thanks for giving them some love, they mainly get mentioned around the third round of the FA Cup these days. 👊

[@dustins9464]

Cheers! I just made a post talking about CM 01/02. I love that series.

[@thomaskendell8146]

That's a bit sad

[@ivrishcon-abarth38]

I did about the same, but once with Torquay, and once with Northwich Victoria :) I even remember the "trident" that took Northwich to Europe still, Carlos Daniel Hidalgo (COL), Gary Baker (ENG) & Gary Butler (SCO).

[@vlz.matthew]

No way third round of the fa cup what an achievement lad 😭

[@callumhayes7502]

@@thomaskendell8146 like he cares what you think lad

[@tombarnes4980]

Wow thanks man this is my local team! I was there during the play off semi final against Sheffield United when we won and there was a pitch invasion after, great times!

[@tombarnes4980]

I envy some of the players we had. Luke Ayling, Dan Burn, Shane Duffy, Paddy Madden when he was in form. I miss them.

[@siddharthchoudhary6333]

These documentaries about lower league clubs are great. I want these to continue

[@Adam-wl8wn]

Poor old Yeovil, I feel for their supporters. As a Wycombe fan myself I hope to see them back on form soon.

[@trusttheprocess8987]

Same and I'm a Wycombe fan too

[@jacobepicmay]

More likely out of exsistance or in western league than back in league

[@jackayling5232]

They belong in the 5th tier though, stop acting like they’re a big club

[@jacobepicmay]

@@jackayling5232 o yeah we r not out of place in 5th tier just shame after the over achievement we couldn't atleast hold on to league status

[@jackayling5232]

@@jacobepicmay fair enough, one of the only non deluded Yeovil fans I’ve heard

[@PH-jv4ik]

The first KZbinr I've seen doing a video on this I remember playing with them in the Championship on FIFA 14

[@jakebroadbent522]

Is that the one where you had to start with a low league side

[@PH-jv4ik]

@@jakebroadbent522 no

[@soundscape26]

Alfie goes where no other football youtuber goes.

[@erikhesjedal3569]

Same here. It wasn't easy, but after 14 seasons we won the Johnson's a paint trophy

[@Midori_Ringo]

Strangely enough, the story of Yeovil Town is a sad one but there was another team mentioned in the video that was pretty bad too. The demise of Rushden & Diamonds FC mentioned in this video is probably just as sad

[@alexhart4763]

True, although R&D didnt really have much history, as they were bank rolled in the 1990's by Max Griggs from literally a village team into the football league. But yes, quite a demise when he stopped funding it.

[@RW-nr6bh]

Rushden and Diamonds were the classic "fairy story" that the media falls for every time. Colne Dynamoes were probably the original modern example, but we've had others since. Salford, Fylde and Harrogate being obvious ones. I've never really understood why the press swallow it every single time. There's nothing romantic about it, there's no plucky underdog, it's somebody pouring a fortune in, and when they're gone it'll collapse like a house of cards. They make it so much harder for other clubs to operate within their means.

[@diachronism0141]

@@RW-nr6bh c.f. Gretna

[@RW-nr6bh]

@@diachronism0141 Yes, Gretna is a great example. Lovely little club they were, I went there when they played in the pyramid. I was delighted when they joined the Scottish League. They were never going to be huge but seemed to settle in nicely, only for Mileson to come in after a couple of seasons and totally wreck it.

[@Louisejames23]

I remember well the Conference seasons when Yeovil and Rushden & Diamonds had great battles at the top of the league, and travelling to Yeovil from Rushden to see a 0-0 draw in front of over 9000 people. Sad days that R&D and Yeovil have fallen so far 😢👍

[@jt5765]

They were great times. I was a young teenager at the time & the atmosphere during those matches & seasons were insane. The race to finish top for that single promotion place was intense. The absolute heartbreak of finishing 2nd was crazy. Shame what happened to R&D back in 2011/12. Hope you have found a new club to support (not Kettering 🤣).

[@johnmitchell2269]

I remember when my team lost to Yeovil 0-3 at home. The previous season we had reached the play-off final. Two days after the Yeovil defeat Gianfranco Zola quit his job. I also remember when Gary Johnson was our under 18's manager and when he became the manager of Yeovil's first team he signed his son Lee (who was playing for our reserves at the time). Lee would also go on to play for his dad at Bristol City as well.

[@mxsytfc]

I enjoyed that game. Watford are one of my local teams and as a Yeovil fan it brings me solace that Yeovil are unbeaten in the league against Watford.

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn7402]

Well probably his wife was naggin him to get his son to play 😂

[@Rosie.mp4]

Long time viewer and Yeovil town fan here, appreciate the unexpected video!

[@tombarnes4980]

same here, I was very shocked but happy to see it!

[@depekthegreat359]

Yeovil Town are one of my respective favourite English clubs daily and ever in this world and other planets but I am extremely so sad to see them in the English Fifth Division which is the Vanarama National League which I am being updated to,good friends!!!They were a fantastic cup upset team at that time but despite being in their downfall at the moment,I would want to see them slowly bouncing back to be promoted to the English League 2,good friends!!!LONG LIVE,YEOVIL TOWN!!!🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️

[@jackayling5232]

But you were always in the 5th tier.....

[@archstanton6102]

Any team you don't like?

[@bradking9046]

Bellend

[@shawklan27]

​@@jackayling5232 hey hey let's not ruin his delusion parade

[@depekthegreat359]

@@jackayling5232 So what if any real football club being in either fifth or divisions below it?Please respect them as a real footballing club or ignore and leave daily and ever in this world and other planets,good friend!!!🙏

[@BCbruh]

we as fans have had some amazing times in the championship but these past few years have been SO TOUGH it hurts. the previous owners were awful and even now after a takeover we still can't get any where we are a club that has been home to some remarkable players at times and fed them to prem/champ sides. luke ayling, and Tom Lawrence are just 2 that come to mind. hopefully we can get back to the football league soon. THANK YOU HTTC for making a vid about our struggles much love man. COYG 💚

[@jackayling5232]

I agree good video, but you’re going down

[@tridentHalo]

as a yeovil town fan who was at wembley and every single season following our support never wavered we will be back one day

[@tdyerwestfield]

I was there when Yeovil were promoted to League 1 for the first time on the final day V Lincoln City, and at Wembley when 35000 of us from a town of 45000 were at Wembley to see us beat Brentford. The recent FA Cup ties against Man Utd were fun, including Alexis Sanchez debut when he was dreadful and never got any better, but since then it's been unbearable, with Priestnall selling off assets including the training ground to partners and friends. Yeovil Town currently use a Nuffield gym in the centre of Yeovil as their training centre because of it.

[@joegilbert3149]

All that and you still boo Gary Johnston everytime Torquay play you and you sing songs taking the piss out of him, normally teams respect their legends at yeovil they get treated like shit.

[@tombennett5103]

Loved that final at wembly when we won, i still rember that united game and the chants at half time that we were going to oldtraford

[@newforestpixie5297]

It’s good to see Yeovil Town at the top of their league. I’ve supported Cherries for 50 years & want teams west of the New Forest to do well for some weird reason.

[@tdyerwestfield]

@@newforestpixie5297 It's strange how it's only Bristol City and Plymouth who have any success, however little. Compare that to south west rugby teams.

[@jt5765]

​@@newforestpixie5297 us west country bumpkins are underrepresented for sure. Mental that Exeter & Bath don't have better or more successful clubs honestly. I think maybe it's been this way for so long most youngsters pick a EPL team to follow & don't necessarily get exposed to YTFC. I count myself in that as I was a MUFC fan at 5yrs old before I started watching Yeovil with any regularity at 10+. I blame 👑 Cantona for that though & have no regrets even if MUFC are currently a basket case. YTFC 🤞 back on the up now with an owner passionate about supporting the club.

[@mrwabbit9576]

I was at the Brentford vs Yeovil game at wembley. My dad said to me they'd go right back down and we shouldn't be too upset as we wiuld climb back up. He made a lot of predicitons about Brentford back then that came true. He told me we'd build a new stadium during the times when we had a debt of £10m in league 2. Used to show me the place he thought they'd eventually build it, which we did years later in the exact spot. He said we would be a premier league team one day. He was right about so many things. Just wish Yeovil could've shared similar success. Kept an eye on them ever since they beat us, it was sad seeing them nosedive.

[@BenM388]

I was also at Wembley for that game, crazy where we are now

[@AshManTV92]

Love this, been following Yeovil since 2000 as they were the team I chose from the conference on championship manager

[@dtn_yt6149]

As a torquay fan i love our manager Garry Johnson who was so good for Yeolvil . And hopefully we can be that good one day.

[@alexhart4763]

I wish we had GJ back!

[@tombarnes4980]

What a man!

[@jacobepicmay]

Gary get you promoted in end deserve a statue outside Yeovil

[@joegilbert3149]

@@jacobepicmay we should have got promoted against Hartlepool tbf the ref had a stinker that game

[@tombailey2229]

My home town! I can't believe you made a video on us, looking rather bleak right now but hopefully we'll return soon!

[@thatmaskedguy5671]

Yeovil is my home town club, it was great after getting promoted time after time. Just watched a game yesterday bit disappointed hope to get promoted soon

[@UncleRedsnow]

Watching them beat my team Brentford at Wembley, with more people in the crowd than lived in Yeovil, I was gutted but also very impressed. As we started to rise dramatically, I’d check every season I’d see where they ended up and it just got more heartbreaking year on year. Thank you for making this video - I’ve always wanted to know what could have gone so wrong

[@brucemay5409]

It really frustrates me whats happened to YTFC in recent yrs.I worked as a steward there and remember the great determination there.We need that back again to get back to where the club belongs in football league

[@jamiehunter1980]

I have lived in Yeovil for 35 years, I've watched them in the Conference, Isthmian League, League 1 & 2 & the Championship. I still remember the slopping pitch at the old Huish Park, and I think they still have the record of "Giant Killers" in the FA cup.

[@billyaugust]

Yes!! Ever since playing as Yeovil Town on Football Manager a few years back, I've enjoyed learning about the club and I did a double take when I saw that they had meteorically risen to the Championship. I never could find out much about the background story, and have searched for a video like this for years. Looking forward watching, thank you!

[@paulwilliam55]

I still remember the buzz of excitement that I had as a kid when my family drove past their ground and I recognised the team name. At that age (I was around 10 or so), any team I'd heard mentioned on TV, or seen in a computer game, was obviously a big team, in my mind at least, so I was super excited to be so close to a proper football ground. That was 30 years ago, but I can still recall the emotion and the rush of excitement like it was yesterday. That's football for you!

[@rickygrimshaw1255]

Yeovil away was always the first fixture I looked for when AFCB released our fixture lists because it’s a nice local match that my mates support. I hope Yeovil can bounce back because they’re a decent club and great fans that always welcome you to Huish Park and the The Arrow no matter who you support. Good luck glovers.

[@dustins9464]

You have inspire me to start a season as Yeovil Town in championship Manger 01/02. I still play that regularly every morning while a watch some football matches. A pint in the 1st half and then a pint in the second. My favorite choices are old speckled hen, and then finish it off with an Abbott ale. Thanks for all the work you do, and as a fan from America, it is really refreshing to listen and learn from you. Cheers!

[@zacsayer1818]

Chairboys next, so much more interesting and from the early 90’s more ups and downs than a roller-coaster!

[@Toboloco]

Great video! Finally someone covered my local team and the story surrounding the club. It really is sad to see where Yeovil are now and I really hope we can pull ourselves back into league 2

[@Hamlet517]

I found you!😅

[@lime2333]

4am here, what a surprise that I am up for an HITC Sevens video Hello from Canada, Alfie😁!

[@chrisknight2631]

Yeovil’s rise up the football ranks was simply life imitating art - it was bound to happen. Everyone, and I mean everyone, who has ever played football manager has a Yeovil save and has got them close to, if not into, the Premier League. I did, too, and when I got them to the Championship, I accepted a job offer from Gillingham and got them to the Premier League instead. Yeovil then tumbled back into non-league obscurity. I was gutted for them. I even bought their shirt because I loved that save game so much!

[@EDDBUD]

As a Yeovil man and someone who sat on top of the dug out only 6 years old operating a sound mixer for early match recordings with my dad I have seen many ups and downs. Buckets being bought round to help keep the club going in the early 90’s, having chips thrown at me on an away bus in Slough, beating Forest ( or did they beat themselves? ) and watching Alexis Sanchez debut for United at Huish Park. The Robert’s period was laughable. I recall him tripping a Bath City player whilst being manager but not actually playing. Sadly since we visited Wembley for the second time it’s been all downhill. 🙁Now I’m 43 and can’t see how anything will change without a Hollywood star investing in us.

[@anglesmcmuffin1260]

Did forest sign Chris Cohen from u a year later

[@anglesmcmuffin1260]

Forest fan

[@jonsaddler3067]

Amazing to think in league 1 in 06/07 Scunthorpe won the league, Yeovil beat Forest in the play offs and Brentford finished bottom look at them all now

[@lukebaird63]

Losing to them in the playoff semi final has to be one of my worst ever moments as a Sheffield United fan, hope they can turn it around

[@tombarnes4980]

I loved it, i was apart of the pitch invasion and i was in the picture at 1:05

[@TheRainbowThief]

Got me thinking of some Yeovil FA Cup runs... Remember sitting in the away end at Charlton booing Danny Murphy's every touch against us (he'd scored a controversial penalty for Liverpool at Huish after a Harry Kewell dive). He was the best player on the pitch by miles and we ended up giving him a standing ovation.

[@notyourfriend1634]

I remember yeovil coming to the amex that championship season, singing cheerio and we're going down, I've always liked their fans attitude

[@robinbatchelor4097]

Great video from a ytfc fan! There are a couple of inaccuracies in there- Darren Sarrll didnt take over till the start of the national league season after we were relegated, we had the woefully underqualified neale marmon instead (see his Wikipedia page). I would check out the undr the cosh podcast with Carl Dickinson to find out more about the way and marmon years, the level of dysfunction were through the roof! Also darren way left for Plymouth under 18s rather than Portsmouth. Thanks for covering this story, no matter how depressing a reminder it is!

[@BOABModels]

Green isn't a common shirt colour in English football (I think as it's mainly associated with goalkeepers) but it's relatively common for West Country teams - Plymouth, Yeovil and Forest Green Rovers.

[@jt5765]

Do Gloucester residents consider themselves to be in the West Country? I always thought they were West Midlands. That is a curious observation though. Probably don't want to be mixed up with Celtic which is reasonable!

[@happyChappy96621]

Finding out Gary Johnson managed Latvia might be the strangest thing to come out of my time watching HITCH Sevens. Edit: not slating Johnson he’s a decent manager but it’s just a shock he went from managing Newmarket,Cambridge and Kettering to managing a national side in the space of 13 years.

[@bri1085]

Latvia legit sounds like a made up country from a comic book.

[@Rosie.mp4]

Not only that, I believe Yeovil played a friendly against them back then as well.

[@johnmitchell2269]

Take a look at who Tony Adams has managed, that might surprise you as well lol.

[@esior8284]

@@bri1085 Am*rican moment

[@dazpearce2096]

pretty sure he was manager of Latvia for their 1-1 against San Marino, good manager apart from that!!

[@yungweedaofficialvevo7807]

You have two teams your FIFA team and your actual team and it hurts when the first team you did FIFA with is on a downwards decline and that is my relationship with Yeovil Town

[@bury_the_elite65294]

That's my relationship with Oldham Athletic. Playing FIFA 22 in manager mode, I've taken the Latics from near the foot of League 2 to the top of the Championship in less than 3 seasons. But in real life, they are currently 14th in the National League... :(

[@thephantomtippler6851]

I used to live in Yeovil I followed them to two Wembley play off finals 1st v Blackpool 2nd v Brentford. Each time It was very much last one out the South Somerset please lock the door. I will never Forget the flags and banners congratulating the Glovers hanging over both the Wincanton and South Cadbury a303 flyovers on the way home stirred the soul. So sad see their decline.

[@captainwilts2244]

Could you please make a video on the fall of Swindon Town? We were competing with Yeovil and Brentford that season. We’ve had great player recruitment in the past such as Charlie Austin, Wes Foderingham, Matt Ritchie, Aden Flint and Massimo Luongo. We’ve made two playoff finals in league 1 since 2010 losing to Milwall and Preston. And I genuinely believe under Paulo Di-Caneo we could have made it to the premier league. However under Mark Powers instead we’ve been caught in a constant yo-yo cycle between league 1 and league 2 and we’re now in danger of being relegated all-together

[@aarondoesyt3194]

Northampton and Swindon are the Norwich and Fulham of League 1 and 2 😂😂

[@alexhart4763]

Whats wrong at Swindon this year? Money dried up again?

[@BALHAM69]

Who do you think will go down with Swindon town if you don’t mind me asking?

[@tylerhope8190]

I remember being about 7 or 8 when they won the conference, I used to regularly check the lower league tables in the newspaper hoping one day they might make it to the prem 😅 😂 I haven't thought about them in years

[@jimmycburfield5997]

Great video Paddy Madden. If only he’d scored on his Carlisle debut. He only ever got subbed on for Carlisle when we were loosing and chasing a game. Fans would groan at times when he came on. Many being the same fans that said Glen Murray would never make the grade, that Danny Graham was too slow and couldn’t jump and that Naki wells was not a league player.

[@DGAMINGDE]

I will always remember Yeovil for the one time a FIFA KZbinr I watched did a United carreer mode in FIFA 17, when Zlatan didnt renew his contract, joined them and got relegated. Matching this failure of a story I suggest: Day 2: The biggest wins in every european top flight (Athletic Bilbio 12-1 FC Barcelona; Gladbach 12-0 Dortmund; Ajax 13-0 VVV Venlo).

[@bhobg]

Best storyteller in football. Thanks!

[@danielcasey7069]

Great video as always Alfie 👌I'm wondering if we can please get a video about the rollercoaster of Coventry City as well?

[@constablekennedy7705]

I have actually followed them as one of My close friends is from Yeovil and it’s been a Bumpy Ride ….. ⚽️

[@stephencourtney1868]

As a long term subscriber I am greatful you have given Yeovil the time and did your Alfie Potts magic. I am watching this the morning after us losing 1-0 to York. I went from watching Yeovil beating Nottingham forest,Sheffield Brentford,Watford and millwall to drawing 0-0 to Wealdstone. From over 20 thousand fans at Wembley when we plays Blackpool and Brentford to 250 of us glovers watching are beloved Yeovil. I would list the number of players I have seen pull On the Yeovil shirt who have gone on to be capped by there country or play in the the prem but the list is tooo long

[@halloumi8193]

And now we are in the national league south. 4 relegations over a decade, what a shambles of mismanagement we have had

[@chrismcdonald7713]

Excellent video as always. Random fact but one of the first road to glory saves I ever done was with Yeovil on fifa 19 and is still one of my favourite saves

[@benpriest1418]

It's my 30th today and I'm a Yeovil supporter. Thanks for the reminder 😂

[@depekthegreat359]

Happy 30th Birthday and I fully wish your beloved Yeovil Town all the very best for their promotion to the English League 2 next season,Ben Priest boss!!!:-D

[@soundscape26]

Thanks for another great video/documentary Alfie. Best way to kick-off my Sunday.

[@alexhart4763]

This is a tough watch as Yeovil fan! Well researched though.

[@francolive5718]

Huddersfield fan based in south west. Been to Huish park many times especially when town were in the lower leagues. Also ended up going to a few games over the years as they are my local Somerset club.

[@banoffiman2211]

My cousin was playing that day that yeovil beat Brentford: Kevin Dawson I'm so glad to see you cover this

[@Normandie17]

Great video and have memories as a Blackpool fan of going to Wembly back in 2007, beating Yeovil 2-0. Maybe considering doing a video of Blackpool FC, we been to the top of the Premier League to the bottom of League Two the last ten years. Troubled owners, but new owner and are back in the Championship.

[@gavinmallett9331]

Thanks Alfie, my home town team needed a spotlight on how badly run we now are!

[@chibuezeekejiuba7534]

I won the national league (5th division) with them on football manager and just remembered the team before being in the championship in FIFA 14

[@guymc73]

Darren Sarll was appointed after Yeovil were relegated to the National League. It’s a great video but your comment seems to insinuate he took them down…

[@madwolf7966]

As someone who lives in yeovil I try to go to there games as much as possible still. Such a shame I can't see them getting into the league any time soon

[@Maj1794]

Good to see you make videos about clubs nobody really cares or knows about 👍🏼

[@GenialHarryGrout]

The rise and fall of Yeovil is similar to that of Northampton Town who, in less than 10 years and within the same decade, went from Division 4 (now League 2) to Division 1 (now Premier League) and back again to Division 4.

[@moze2324]

I remember the hype around Yeovil in 2014, and it shocked me to see where they are now

[@holnrew]

They were my local team for much of my life, saw them play Millwall once. It felt pretty weird seeing even league 1 football in that stadium

[@johnnybravo9096]

Could you do a similar one on Gretna, if you havent already?

[@danyeo1490]

Watch Yeovil every week. That year in the Championship was amazing.

[@fuhyfelax8218]

This is a weird reason to remember this team but I always used to get loaned to this team in pro mode in like fifa 15

[@jamespicksley5781]

The photo used at 3:05ish is odd to me. It's where Bridge Valley Road joins the Portway in Bristol, about 45 miles from Yeovil's ground. Recognised it immediately because I go down it every month to go to a non league ground a couple of miles past there.

[@davidparsons97]

Bristol Manor Farm?

[@jamespicksley5781]

@@davidparsons97 that's the one

[@danielkarmy4893]

Do any Yeovil fans here have any recollections of a defender called Paul Jones in the early to mid 2000s? He'd have been around 20 at the time. I only ask because he was my geography teacher in year 7 (and for a few years after that as it happens) and occasionally used to regale us with tales of his time as a Yeovil player! He was still only 24 by the time I knew him, so whether he gave up his semi-pro career to focus on teaching, I don't know, but I've always kept an eye out for their results ever since...

[@tomwhelan80]

As a Forest fan I still have nightmares about that play off, but I have a real soft spot for the Glovers despite that. Hope they can return to the league

[@patwatts2426]

I worked for the club just as the downfall began. It was a sad time, as it really looked like the club could be going places. By the end of his tenure though, the chairman wasn't popular, and I fear the club just didn't have the finances to hang in the upper ends of the football league

[@andrewschultz6608]

This reminded me of how I used to follow non league football closely and there was a fellow named Huge Huish Hugh who wrote funny articles for a website (ciderspace?) It was fun to watch them achieve. Their beating big spenders Rushden and Diamonds was a surprise but I remember articles about "Satanage" (Stevenage Borough) and also a striker named Carl Alford. They made fun of him a bit before he signed for Yeovil and led the promotion pitch. I'd like to see Yeovil bounce back up but there are so many other teams who've fallen on hard times and it'd be nice to see them bounce back up, too.

[@armavir740]

My beloved many time career mode club.. I used to love Yeovil as a kid😍

[@seancos5741]

Coming back to fifa 23 too

[@armavir740]

can't wait to buy it for 1/4 of the price in a year's time lmaoo

[@neilmcmillan2144]

I have really fond memories of watching Yeovil town in the 70s. I was brought up in Crewkerne and I support Sunderland.The first game I ever went to at the old Huish was a pre season friendly with Sunderland in 1973 after SAFC had won the FA Cup. Yeovil were managed by Cec' Irwin I was 10. Yeovil won 3-0 or 3-1 and I got Jim Montgomery's autograph and a slapped arse for hitting the kid behind me when yeovils third went in and he ruffled my hair. My only occasion as a football hooligan 😂 I have always had a soft spot for Yeovil since.

[@Ooo0990]

Man I remember being a young boy seeing my local side playing Yeovil in the championship

[@tgstory84]

Yeovil is my local team and watching their demise and ownership problems (not uncommon in the lower leagues) has been desperately sad.

[@jackayling5232]

But you were never big before 2005 “demise” like you’re Sunderland lmao, you’ve been in the 5th tier for the majority of your history

[@tgstory84]

@@jackayling5232 it’s all relative. Nothing compares to the demise of Sunderland in the England, perhaps Leeds.

[@Alex-xn2pj]

Day 29: A detailed look at the state of Crotone would be nice, going from Serie A in 20/21 with a 20 goal a season striker (Simy) to Serie C by 22/23. Two relegations in a row, something surely has to be wrong at that club.

[@marcusjuve07]

Yes please, great suggestion

[@marcusjuve07]

Another thing, they also lost their best player Junior Messias, now at Milan which was a huge blow for them

[@karisu4598]

Great video about Yeovil; do you mind doing one about Plymouth Argyle in the future? They're one of those clubs who've never played before in the top flight let alone the Premier League for their entire existence.

[@jackayling5232]

Yeah but Plymouth are a big club with great fans, unlike Yeovil

[@sundownerII]

How about you give it a rest you absolute bake. Went to a Hampton and Richmond game (v Bath) a few years ago and all you tossers could sing was how you hate yeovil. You've never been our rivals never will be. Bath😁

[@joegilbert3149]

@@jackayling5232 tbf Plymouth is a massive city compared to yeovil

[@WatcherofVideosSometimes]

Despite spending our entire history in the Football League, my team, Rotherham United, only spent 2 seasons in the same division as Yeovil, and finished below them on both occasions. In 04/05 we were relegated from the Championship while Yeovil clinched the League 2 title, sending us both into League 1. Yeovil took 4 points from us in 05/06 as they went on to lose in the play-off final while we narrowly avoided relegation despite at one point going 14 winless league games, almost 1/3rd of the season. The next season, we recorded what is to this day our only ever victory against Yeovil but it wasn't enough to save our cash-strapped club from relegation to the 4th tier of English Football. Our 10 point deduction was of little consequence as we would've been relegated regardless. Meanwhile Yeovil comfortably survived. Both clubs would spend the next 5 seasons lingering in their respective divisons until 2011/12 when Rotherham gained automatic promotion in our first season in our new stadium, the same season Yeovil beat Brentford in the play-off final. The following season, it was Rotherham who enjoyed a Wembley triumph over Leyton Orient while Yeovil succumbed to relegation. Thus ended Yeovil's 8-year spell of being a better team than Rotherham.

[@TeamBabylon-dp2xf]

I remember watching Yeovil’s game against Brentford when it was Live on TV, and they won promotion to the Championship (2nd Tier of English Football) I was so pleased for them, because it’s nice to see a Small football club do so well. Also I spend a bit of time down Somerset during the Summer every year almost, so I feel well connected to Yeovil. I really didn’t expect them to fall this far down the pyramid again so soon. But they were a Non League Team for years before the year 2000. I guess that’s where they belong, unless they get a wealthy ambitious owner.

[@shep.33]

Brechin City are another example in recent years of a smaller club punching way above their weight and reaching the second tier (in Scotland though, in this case), only to have a rapid slide down the divisions. In their case that season in the second tier was also arguably the whole reason they ended up slipping out of the league setup. They failed to win a single game and only picked up 4 points all season, which seemed to have a hangover effect for a good few years until they dropped into the Highland League.

[@stephenguppy7882]

I still think Gary Johnson did wonders with no money and precious little support from Fry and the board. He is the only manager who has won anything for the club in my lifetime. To see them in the National League South is so sad.

[@joshpotts5063]

That’s the second time this week you’ve mentioned that Forest-Yeovil game. I thought we had banished all them demons last season 😭😭😭

[@magic8girl]

damn, its fun to see something on my hometown! I remember the time all the ballboys got sent off a few years back, and i was in an english class with one of them, so i was asking him about what happened! Its depressing to see whats happened with it, however. My town is still stupidly depressing, nothing has changed for many years at this point.

[@LordWay]

I used to play as Yeovil on fifa before exeter rejoined the football league when I was a kid. Huish Park was a decent away day even though I went in the stormy rain 😂 I hope I see Yeovil back in the football league soon as they have always been a likeable club.

[@jakemcs1095]

Watching yeovil play football is the most depressing thing I have ever seen. Been to a couple matches but it's just depressing

[@tosspot9244]

You should do a video about mark bonner, Cambridge United manager, from life long fan to league 1 manager and getting their highest league finish in over 20 years

[@The_Irsk04]

Seeing Brentford rock bottom of the League One table at 10:10 (06/07 season) with: - Just 37 points - and -39 goal difference Just makes me think how far we have come as a club (now being in the Premier League)

[@seanpd3396]

I was there at that game to get to the championship I will never go to another game that means so much ever again Come on you glovers!

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

I was just thinking about this last night, you're a mind reader!

[@wirelad2007]

Bad times for Yeovil, but this is why we love the English football pyramid

[@gerardburton1081]

It might get worse next season it might be the National League South. At the moment they are just out of the relegation zone.

[@wirelad2007]

@@gerardburton1081 Not to worry, my team is in the Northern Premier League West division, and just yesterday lost in the FA Cup 1st qualifying round. Maybe see you soon? :)

[@D1Snr]

I totally forgot Yeovil were in the Championship. When Gary Johnson was manager they became a magnet for young players who had been released from Premier league clubs. They were what I call a transit club. They were a route into non league. The wages paid were supposed to be very low, but players had the kudos of saying they played league football. But I think the clubs location didn't help them either

[@KillerVybz]

Shame that they’re now doomed to National League South - gotta hope they don’t go even further downward

[@Josh-cm9jw]

I find it wild that our own Luke Ayling was part of that journey. He's come some way 💙🤍💛

[@adamfizz]

He'll forever be a legend at Bristol City as well, I firmly believe things really started to fall apart when he left and you've got a phenomenal lad.

[@jackayling5232]

“Yeovil get battered everywhere they go”