Yeovil Relegated To National League

Wow. They’ve gone backwards over the last couple of seasons!

 

They never capitalised on their promotion to the Championship but they always felt like a non-league set up to me. I don't think they will come back.

 

True. It’s a shame really - but like you say, they didn’t adapt to survive really. Perhaps they just accepted they didn’t want to and the board didn’t have the money to do stuff either.

 

I see Stockport County took 3,500 to Nuneaton yesterday. I think Yeovil would struggle to get that at home so it shows what they are up against. There's some decent sized clubs in the Conference these days.

 

Only six seasons since we played them in the championship (I think). So three relegations in barely half a decade is very poor and the board will have plenty to answer to.

 

Didn't know they had keiffer on the bench for their championship season . They certainly had an eye for a player but from what I remember they brought a few older end cart horses in trying to bridge the gap which effectively used up all their budget . I guess at championship level you just don't have the time to develop players .

 

My old neighbour growing up was leading scorer for Yeovil when they first won promotion to the league.

 

Will be hard for them to bounce back when likes of Salford are having substantial funds injected into them. Teams such as Chesterfield, Hartlepool and Halifax can't even finish top half.

 

Shame that.

 

Yep. Bigger clubs like Wrexham and York have had their own struggles in the division - particularly the latter.

 

And Stockport, as you mentioned earlier in this thread. Unbelievable how far they fell. Doesn't seem that long since we were regularly playing them in the second tier.

As for Yeovil - I'm not sure what's gone on there, but it could be a case of not wanting to overstretch themselves financially to compete, as the board were probably aware of the potential consequences if things were to go wrong.

I think it might have been Geoffrey Richmond who said that for Scarborough, pretty much the worst thing that ever happened to the club was getting promoted to the Football League.

My home town club, Harrogate, could be a league club next year. They've done tremendously well, but it's very difficult to see how professional football could be sustainable there. If York can't manage it, then I have severe doubts that Harrogate can, especially with Leeds down the road.

 

This is it for me ^^

They didn’t have the resources to compete without putting the club in jeopardy. So just did what they could.

The board will probably be gutted. But sleep better at night knowing less funding required.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34693161

An interview with Yeovil chairman pretty much echoing your views .

 

Burton, Morecambe are a couple more clubs that will find it hard to sustain long periods in the football league. I think if it wasn't for Nigel Clough Burton would be lower down the food chain.

Morecambe are dwindling in league 2. These clubs just haven't got the resources n' never will have.

 

An honest interview to be fair. Can’t fault it.

Very much on the same lines Don Rowing’s remit under Cryne was. Keep it tight, and keep within budget.

 

Just seen that Harrogate's attendances are higher than Halifax's this season at over 1,500. As you say it would be difficult to sustain league football on those sort of crowds. On the positive side, they should look to what Accrington have achieved, and what can be done by an ambitious chairman.

 

Where’s his money coming from though and how is it financed with the club?

 

What Accrington have achieved is tremendous. Once they move to their new ground, hopefully they should get a few more people coming through the turnstiles.

Their owner, Andy Holt, runs a business making plastic boxes. While he seems to have done very well for himself, I doubt that he's very wealthy by footballing standards. Definitely not in Dale Vince's league, if we want to make a comparison with another very small team competing in the Football League.

 

Ah, ok didn’t know. So how has financed it though - donated all the money is it loaned to the club?

 

Not sure to be honest. But they seem like a very well run little club. I'm guessing that he can't be ploughing loads in due to FFP, though it's his company which sponsors the stadium.