Cowfold Seagull
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I suspect that they both might.
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I suspect that they both might.
Raleigh Chopper
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As soon as I saw the thread I said Easy 10 is gonna slag off the away trip.
Sturrock is beyond his sell by date.
They have a poor squad.
They are riddled with injuries.
All very demotivated within the club.
Non league football beckons I am afraid, nice club with flowers in the gents away toilets.
BensGrandad
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If I was chairman I would move Holloway in either as DOF or manager if Sturock wouldnt accept that and allow him to bring in some free transfers in January and release those not good enough. That is their only hope of survival in the FL but they need to act now. not in February.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
If they are serious about wanting to maintain their status in the Football League, then yes, now is the time to act.
I'm 99.9% sure that Holloway wouldn't want to get involved though. He is happy enough as a Sky pundit until/unless a better job offer comes along.
theboybilly
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Yeovil are a non-league club that have overachieved. Harsh I know (and it pains me to say it) but it's best they accept that fact. There are clubs in the Conference (or whatever it is now) that can easily fill Yeovil's place. Chucking money at them will only lead to heartache
5mins-from-amex
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Look at Stockports fall from grace 2001/2002 relegated from the equivalent or the championship then by the 2013/2014 season they were plying there trade in the Blue square Conference North! still at least it gives me a good club to rise through the leagues in football manager.
Murray 17
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- Jul 6, 2003
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At the start of the season I looked at League 2 for a 'story' about a team who could be relegated. Thought it could be Yeovil as they have slipped through the divisions (a bit like us, mid/late 90s). Odds of 5-1 ish. Did I place the bet? Did I f@#k!! 
Yeovil Town spent over 100 years as a non league team, they were always known as giant killers in the FA Cup and used to get decent crowds at their old Huish ground.
My late father was born and bred in Yeovil and the old ground was not that far from my grandparents house, I went a few times to watch them, I thought the old Huish wasn't a bad ground.
The ground was in the town and Yeovil had plenty of decent pubs, the downside was the railway station back then, if we caught the train down to Yeovil from Brighton we had to stop at Yeovil junction and this is miles from Yeovil town centre.
Not sure what line Yeovil Pen Mill station is on, but that is nearer town.
I visited the new Huish to watch the Albion on our last visit and was really disappointed with this stadium, it doesn't look any bigger than the old ground and as others have mentioned its a pain to get to.
Some good photos of the old ground on www.ciderspace.co.uk
My late father was born and bred in Yeovil and the old ground was not that far from my grandparents house, I went a few times to watch them, I thought the old Huish wasn't a bad ground.
The ground was in the town and Yeovil had plenty of decent pubs, the downside was the railway station back then, if we caught the train down to Yeovil from Brighton we had to stop at Yeovil junction and this is miles from Yeovil town centre.
Not sure what line Yeovil Pen Mill station is on, but that is nearer town.
I visited the new Huish to watch the Albion on our last visit and was really disappointed with this stadium, it doesn't look any bigger than the old ground and as others have mentioned its a pain to get to.
Some good photos of the old ground on www.ciderspace.co.uk
atfc village
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Cracking ground went there in 87/88 the year Yeovil won The Isthmian Lge attendance was nearly 10k .Incredible crowd at that level.
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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Sorry lost me to genuine laughter at this point mate BensGrandad
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Wonder who they will apoint to take over from Sturrock.
Puppet Master
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- Aug 14, 2012
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Will never forget arriving there for a game 2 years ago thinking I'd caught a train to the set of Emmerdale Farm. Walked around for a bit in the middle of nowhere without a clue where to turn, eventually bumped into some yokel local who told me "Taxi? Narr, ye wunt get any taxis around 'errre!". Truly weird place.
BensGrandad
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I wonder I noticed That they have made coach Darren Way interim manager with Terry Skiverton helping again. Would Nathan Jones be interested. We could loan him some young players.
Why would you swap a shot of promotion to the Premier League for the chance of being a number one at a side likely to get relegated out of the league? I'm not sure someone with so little managerial experience would save them.
BensGrandad
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Depends on his ambition if he thinks he can do the job and keep them up. Everybody has to start somewhere and he has a past association with them.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Sadly I'm not sure that anyone with a wealth of managerial experience would save them either.
Yeovil Town are a club with minimal resources, and no money to spend.
BensGrandad
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That is why I feel it has got to be an old head with contacts like Holloway or a young unknown like Jones with recent contacts at a club.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
I certainly think that it will help if the new incumbent has past experience of managing at a club like Yeovil, and ideally a firefighter who has got clubs out of seemingly impossible situations before.
One name that readily springs to mind is Russell Slade, but of course he has moved onward and upward since his Yeovil, and come to that Albion, days.
Vankleek Hill Seagull
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Adam Virgo is recommending Nathan Jones for the job.......
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