Match Report - Yeovil Town v Hampton & Richmond

Yeovil Town progressed to the third round of the FA Trophy this afternoon by seeing of National League South side Hampton & Richmond Borough 4-0 at Huish Park. A hat trick from top scorer Rhys Murphy along with a goal from Tom Bradbury sealed the win.

Darren Sarll opted for a three at the back formation which saw Tom Bradbury and Matt Worthington return to the side. New goalkeeper Ted Cann went straight into the side after signing on loan from West Bromwich Albion in the week.

The match started very slowly with few chances for either side. Yeovil struggled to get going and were having trouble asserting themselves into the match.

The first real opportunity came on 17 minutes as Hampton 'keeper Dan Lincoln failed to hold on to a volley from Luke Wilkinson and the ball fell to Albi Skendi who somehow spurned the shot wide from close range.

Yeovil took the lead in the 38th minute as Rhys Murphy got his first goal. A driving run by Skendi saw him give the ball to Murphy who's well taken shot found the back of the net for 1-0.

Half Time - Yeovil Town 1-0 Hampton & Richmond Borough

The second half couldn't have started better for Yeovil as they doubled their advantage just 30 seconds after the kick off. A quickly taken free kick by Courtney Duffus caught Hampton & Richmond out and the ball was given to Rhys Murphy who grabbed his second of the afternoon.

The game was sealed in the 62nd minute as Rhys Murphy completed his hat trick as he took a free kick just outside of the penalty area which flew into the top corner.

Town got their fourth on 71 minutes as a corner was not dealt with by Hampton 'keeper Dan Lincoln and Tom Bradbury was there to head home Yeovil's fourth.

Hampton and Richmond almost got a consolation goal late on as they struck the crossbar and put Yeovil under some pressure but the damage was done and Yeovil ran out deserved 4-0 winners.

Full Time - Yeovil Town 4-0 Hampton & Richmond Borough

So Town are in the hat again for the next round which means that our planned league fixture at Harrogate Town will now have to be played on a Tuesday night! The performance today was very professional and can give the team confidence for when they return to league action next week. The new goalkeeper did very well today as well and to keep a clean sheet on his debut will no doubt settle him into the side nicely.

Man of the match voting for this result against Hampton & Richmond is now open. You can cast your vote here.

Match Attendance - 1,689 (75 from Hampton & Richmond)

Yeovil Town

25 - Ted Cann, 3 - Carl Dickinson (replaced by 38 - Declan Rose on 84 minutes), 4 - Lee Collins, 6 - Luke Wilkinson, 7 - Matt Worthington, 9 - Rhys Murphy (replaced by 16 - Gabriel Rogers on 87 minutes), 11 - Myles Hippolyte, 14 - Courtney Duffus (replaced by 10 - Gold Omotayo on 81 minutes), 18 - Albi Skendi, 19 - Tom Bradbury, 28 - James Tilley

Substitutes

10 - Gold Omotayo, 16 - Gabriel Rogers, 34 - Darren Behcet, 38 - Declan Rose

Hampton & Richmond Borough

1 - Dan Lincoln, 2 - Matt Young (replaced by 14 - Shaun McAuley on 65 minutes), 3 - Kyron Farrell, 4 - Dean Inman, 5 - Charlie Wassmer, 6 - Sam Cox (replaced by 17 - Jake Gray on 65 minutes), 7 - Sam Deadfield, 8 - Wadah Ahmidi (replaced by 12 - Cole Brown on 65 minutes), 9 - Danilo Orsi-Dadomo, 10 - Ryan Hill, 11 - Ruaridh Donaldson

Substitutes

12 - Cole Brown, 13 - Christian Paulet-Brigg, 14 - Shaun McAuley, 15 - Jamie Hope, 16 - Tyrell Miller-Rodney, 17 - Jake Gray, 18 - Luke Ruddick

Next Fixture

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Yeovil Town v Torquay United

Date: 29/03/2024
Competition: National League (South)
Venue: Huish Park
Kick Off: 15:00

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Attendance: 1,985 (Unknown from Yeovil Town)

National League (South) Table

Last Updated: 26/03/2024

Pos
Team
Pld
GD
Pts

1
Yeovil Town
40
+29
83

2
Chelmsford City
41
+28
76

3
Braintree Town
40
+18
68

4
Hampton & Richmond
39
+11
67

5
Maidstone United
39
+10
67

6
Worthing
40
+19
66

7
St Albans City
40
+13
63

8
Aveley
41
+4
63

9
Bath City
39
+16
62

10
Farnborough
40
+4
60

11
Chippenham Town
40
+5
57

12
Slough Town
39
+8
56

13
Tonbridge Angels
41
+3
55

14
Weymouth
39
-3
50

15
Weston-super-Mare
37
-7
48

16
Hemel Hempstead Town
40
-14
45

17
Torquay United
39
-5
44

18
Welling United
40
-17
44

19
Truro City
34
-7
41

20
Taunton Town
36
-15
40

21
Dartford
39
-13
39

22
Eastbourne Borough
39
-24
38

23
Havant & Waterlooville
40
-30
33

24
Dover Athletic
40
-33
23