Yeovil Town have one of the greatest histories of FA Cup giant killing in English football, but last week they were the slain giants after they were beaten at home by Fleetwood Town. A group of supporters think that there are more fundamental problems at the club and have formed a campaign around the theme ‘We Want Our Yeovil Town Back’.
Yeovil Town have one of the greatest histories of FA Cup giant killing in English football, but last week they were the slain giants after they were beaten at home by Fleetwood Town. A group of supporters think that there are more fundamental problems at the club and have formed a campaign around the theme ‘We Want Our Yeovil Town Back’.
It is difficult for an outsider to judge complaints about the formation of a holding company or the role of the so-called ‘silent partner’. Arguably it’s a mug’s game putting money into a football club as not only do you usually never see it again, but you often suffer reputational damage as well. However, the deal with American company Blue Sky International does seem dubious, a similar deal at Port Vale having gone belly up.
The article points out that attendances are 50 per cent down on the first half of last decade when the club was on a roll. But nothing succeeds like success and there are limits to how far a club like Yeovil can go. The article tries to claim that the club could have got to the Championship and become another Blackpool, but that ignores the size of their respective catchment areas.
Yeovil has down very well to get to League 1 and stay there, but it does involve a dour annual struggle against relegation which does not pull in the crowds, particularly if the facilities are not very good. A FA Cup run would have lightened the gloom.