Tony Pennock proved to be the man of the match, taking five wickets, two catches and being Yeovil's top scorer in the batting.

Off the field, the fundraising for the Yeovil Town Erection 2000 appeal was another big success, with the estimated money raised being in the region of 889 pounds, with a significant proportion of that sum coming in the form of nearly 700 pounds raised through auctioning of the shirts and memorabilia donated by Colin Lippiatt, Terry Cotton and the playing squad.

Steve Stott played in both matches, whilst Rob and Kevan both appeared as second half substitutes in the first match and played full games in the second match.

The kit is in its final stages of design, and will, for once, hopefully be available for the start of the home pre-season friendlies, which if it happens will bring an end to four seasons worth of misery for Yeovil Town supporters who have had to put up with late delivery of shirts from Icis and Errea in the past. This time the club have gone for a firm based in Derby, who also supply kit to Premiership side Leicester City but will also be supplying sides at Conference level such as Kingstonian.

The new shirts are both radical departures from last season's kit, although both the colour set is roughly the same.

For the home shirt, the design is predominantly green with both front and back of the torso using a plain green colour that is a marginally lighter shade than the kit for the season just gone. The area around the shoulder blades has black trim with a white sleeve on the front, which becomes a green sleeve on the back. Shorts are white, with an inch of green trim on each of the sides.

For the away kit, a similar style has been adopted, except that the main torso of the shirt is the deep red that the players used for this seasons away kit, with the blue on the sleeves. The shorts follow a similar pattern.

Some of the sample shirts had round necks whilst some of them had V-necks with a white collar and a green stripe on the collar. This is one area where the design may change by the time the official launch of the shirts is made.

Both home and away shirts and shorts had woven club crests on them - the shirts carrying the crest in the left breast area, whilst the shorts carried the crest on one side of the front of the shorts. This is a vast improvement on last seasons shirts where the club crest was a patch pressed onto the shirt that will inevitably peel off as the years go by. The woven design should make this aspect of the shirt more durable.

Thankfully it seems that the away kit will be sold this season as replica stock. Last season Errea failed entirely to produce any replica kit for the club.

The fixture is expected to be the final piece in the pre-season friendly jigsaw, and comes after Yeovil failed in attempts to bring both Queens Park Rangers and Ipswich to Huish Park.

The event lasted until 2:00am, and was well attended by the playing and coaching staff, including Colin Lippiatt and family, Terry Cotton and family, Stuart Housley, Steve Stott, Steve Thompson, Rob Cousins, Tony Pennock, Kevan Brown and Tony Pounder. Many of the clubs reserve and youth team players were also present, along with a scattering of former players and employees, in particular former General Manager, Roger Brinsford. Club chairman John Fry and President Norman Burfield were unable to attend, due to holiday commitments, and so the stand-in chairman for the evening's formalities was Norman Hayward.

Colin Lippiatt made a rousing passionate speech in which he said how proud he was of his players achievements, and said that he 100% backed them to do their best in the forthcoming season. In particular he thanked the enthusiastic away support for helping the team achieve their record-breaking away record.

In Norman Hayward's speech, he said how glad he was that, for the first time since he had arrived at the club, that Yeovil had refound their reputation as a cup fighting team. He emphasised how vital he considered the reserve team to be to future club plans, and how they would support the building of that team "at all costs". He also responded strongly to opinions that he had heard expressed this season that the board were "not ambitious enough" by claiming that they were fully focussed on aiming for the football league, and believed that the clubs quick moves to secure new signings this summer showed how committed they were to that aim.

The paper reports that Steve Stott has been added to the England semi-pro squad alongside Warren Patmore to play Wales this Sunday at St Albans' Clarence Park ground. Kick-off 2pm.

Believe it or not, but it looks like we may get the chance to purchase the new first-team kit before November next season... The Green & White Supporters Club are staging a preview of the new kit at Huish Park on Monday 7th June, at 7.30pm, along with a new range of sportswear which will be available to buy fom the club shop. It's hoped that a couple of players will attend to act as models...

The Yeovil Express reports that the long awaited book chartering 100 years of Yeovil Town FC will be officially launched by the club on the same evening as the new strip, Monday 7th June.

According to the Express the club are appealing for volunteers to help out on matchdays next season. They require extra male and female safety, car park and fire stewards. You would have to be aged 18-55 and would need to be available between 1pm and 6pm on Saturday afternoons and 6pm and 10pm Tuesday evenings. In return you'll get training, waterproof clothing and free admission to games. Contact club secretary Jean Cotton on 01935 423662 ext 202.

Screwfix Direct are to extend their sponsorship deal of the Western League, home to Yeovil Town Reserves, for a further two years, making six in total. The agreement was due to finish at the end of the 1999/2000 season, but will now continue until 2002 at least.

Western League Chairman Rod Webber said "We are delighted to continue our association with one of the fastest-growing companies in the country. This means we can go into the new millennium with the confidence that our clubs will be supported off the field to the tune of over £100,000 in the next three seasons".

After tying up the signatures of Adrian Foster and Jason Eaton, head coach Colin Lippiatt has continued his transfer dealings to add another two players to the Yeovil squad. As forecast here on Saturday, Welling United central defender Terry Skiverton has indeed joined the Glovers and after all the will-he won't-he speculation it does now seem 99% certain that Cheltenham midfielder David Norton will sign a contract for Yeovil on Wednesday, although they have faced competition for his signature from both Stevenage and Kingstonian.

Sources indicate that striker Owen Pickard, who last week refused to sign a new deal with Yeovil, is on the verge of joining Slough Town. Central defender Al-James Hannigan may soon join Pickard and the growing band of ex-Yeovil players there, although Aldershot are known to be competing for his signature. Slough are of course managed by former Glovers boss Graham Roberts, whereas Aldershot are managed by his former arch-rival and Enfailed boss George Borg. Al-James Hannigan has played under both managers.

Former Hereford and Rushden & Diamonds striker Adrian Foster has signed for Yeovil Town in a surprise move. His career profile so far is as follows :

Adrian Foster
Born : Kidderminster, 19th March 1971
Height : 5'10"
Weight: 12st 1lbs
Team	Signed	Apps	Goals
West Brom Albion	July '89	13(14)	2
Torquay Utd	July '92	55(20)	24
Gillingham	Aug '94	28(12)	9
Exeter (loan)	Mar '96	4(3)	0
Hereford Utd	Aug '96	42(1)	18
Rushden	Aug '97	45(10)	25

It now seems that reports linking Cheltenham striker Neil Grayson to the Glovers may have been somewhat premature. However it is likely that his fellow striker Jason Eaton will be moving to Huish Park for a fee reported as £15,000 in the Cheltenham local press with his signature expected on Monday. Jason Eaton has had a lengthy career with Cheltenham, and scored the winning goal in last years FA Trophy Final. His career profile is as follows :

Jason Eaton
Born : Bristol, 29th January 1969
Team	Signed	Apps	Goals
Bristol Rovers	June '87	0(3)	0
Clevedon	?	?	?
Bristol City	Mar '89	6(7)	1
Gloucester City	?	?	?
Cheltenham	Oct '92	248(55)	115

Yeovil coach Colin Lippiatt is apparently negotiating with two other as yet un-named players. One is believed to be a defender currently with Welling Utd and there are still ideas about the other being a second Cheltenham player, although again this is rumour and speculation. Terry Skiverton is the "best fit" for the Welling defenders name, although this is a calculated guess. With Grayson now out of the running, the suggestions of David Norton coming to Huish Park seem extremely flawed indeed. Although he is known to be available and fits into the mass of ex-Hereford players now at Huish Park, yesterday's mention of him was merely a calculated guess, and so should not be treated seriously (unless we've got it right of course!!).

Unconfirmed reports suggest that striker Owen Pickard, whose contract runs out with Yeovil at the end of this month, has parted company with Yeovil Town without agreeing a new contract. Pickard spent two complete seasons with the Glovers, and despite being top scorer in his first season, his second season was dogged by injury, and it appears that the board were not prepared to take the risk of injury in a third season and so had drafted a contract heavily weighed on appearances. Owen, who has a young family, was not prepared to take the risk on his side, and so it appears that Owen has now parted company with the club.

Meanwhile suggestions are that Yeovil have secured two new signings today. The names of the players have not been released yet, but the hard money is on both being from Cheltenham, who are looking to turn their team full-time over the summer. It is strongly rumoured that one of those players is Neil Grayson, who partners Warren Patmore in the England squad, and although the details of the other players identity is still completely unknown, it would not be a great surprise if the other player was David Norton, who has already publically announced that he will be leaving Cheltenham this summer, although this is a wild guess. Both players are formerly from Hereford, so it would be easy for Lippiatt to mould the pair into a squad that carried five ex-Hereford players last season.

The Roof Campaign now has a name! Exactly what those "upstairs" in the club think of it is anyone's guess, but it is certainly going to cause a mass debate! The name of the campaign is to be now known as Erection 2000!!!

The club have confirmed dates for 2 attractive home pre-season friendly fixtures so far.

Premiership side Wimbledon will visit Huish Park on the 21st of July and Yeovil players will have an early chance to stake their claim for a place in the full England side when Kevin Keegan brings his newly promoted Fulham team to Somerset on the 31st of July.

Contrary to reports on ITV Teletext, it has been confirmed that the club have not renewed their interest in Malcolm Rigby. Rigby was released from the club on April 28th, however following this, reports appeared on ITV Teletext suggesting he was back in contract talks with Colin Lippiatt.

Yeovil Town Reserves had another frustrating night last night at Tiverton. Forced to play in Precision Publishing sponsored first team kit after thieves stole four reserve team Onyx sponsored shirts last Saturday (see story below) Yeovil Reserves were losing 2-0 to Tiverton when a power failure caused the match to be abandoned after 68 minutes. The club are currently in talks with Tiverton and the Screwfix Direct League in order to decide whether the result can stand.

Brian Hall's funeral was held at Woking Crematorium on Tuesday. The former Yeovil Town manager lost his life to cancer on Tuesday 27th April 1999. Present at the funeral were many past and present football stars. Ex-Yeovil players present included Neil Cordice (and his brother Alan), Jimmy Quinn, Mark Shail, Bob Iles, Gary Donnellan and Andy Wallace.

Also paying their respects were numerous people who Hall had contact with in his other clubs including Alan Batsford (ex-Wealdstone and ex-Wimbledon manager), Vinnie Jones, Martin O'Neill, Dave Bassett, Barry Fry and Steve Gritt.

Three Yeovil Town players have been transfer listed this week as Colin Lippiatt prepares to reshape his squad over the summer, and two out of the three will shock many people. Darren Keeling, Ben Smith and Al-James Hannigan's names have all been put on official circulation lists.

Hannigan's transfer listing will come as the greatest shock, as the club had only just taken out a years extension on his contract, but he requested his own listing, presumably at dissatisfaction that he could not agree terms with him for a more lengthy contract.

Both Smith and Keeling have been unable to command regular places in this season's team, with Ben often looking short of physical fitness and Keeling never living up to the promise of his early games for Yeovil.

Meanwhile the on/off situation with Owen Pickard continues to attract conflicting rumours and speculation, but at the time of writing Pickard has still not signed for Yeovil or any other club.

What's your opinion on Ben Smith going ? Let us know on the Message Board

The usual batch of awards were made following today's match with Stevenage Borough. Ciderspace hope to have a photo gallery of the awards on-line by the middle of this coming week. The awards were as follows :

Supporters Player of the Year :
1st : Warren Patmore
2nd : Al-James Hannigan
3rd : Murray Fishlock

Western Gazette Player of the Year :
1st : Murray Fishlock
2nd : Steve Thompson
3rd : Tony Pennock

Reserve Team Player of the Year : Simon Winstone
Youth Team Player of the Year : John Hayter

Special Award : Warren Patmore for his 100 goals
Goal of the Season : Darren Keeling vs Kettering (home) 17th Nov 1998

The second phase of the campaign to get a roof on Yeovil's home terrace continued today with another resounding success. Bucket collections were organised before the match and at half time and people dug deep and by full time the buckets had been filled to the tune of 936 pounds, including over 400 pound coins.

Yet more was to come. Yeovil Town's stewards all donated their match expenses from today's game to the cause raising an additional 130 pounds. Well done lads and lasses!

Next, two of today's club mascots, Abby Carter, 11 years old, and regular away supporter Colette Bailey organised sponsorship to the tune of over 200 pounds for being mascots for todays game.

Finally, Tim Lancaster and Daphne Langdon organised a "Spot The Grounds" competition where the entrants had to name various grounds that Yeovil had played at from the photos on display in the bar. The winner, Barry Hemsley, got 11 out of 12 grounds correct, but he promptly donated his winnings back to the fund to give that project approximately 40 pounds.

Add all that lot together and you get over 1300 pounds to add to the 1200 pounds raised during the Race Night after the Leek game. Hopefully people are getting an idea as to how serious Mark Kelly, Steve Sowden and the rest of the committee are by now!

Further money will be raised shortly, thanks to Colin Lippiatt, Terry Cotton and the playing squad donating their playing shirts from this season to the cause. The numbered shirts are going to be sold as a silent auction. No end date has been set for the auction although it will almost certainly be either the night of the club dinner, or the day of the raise the roof cricket match (more details soon) on May 30th. Either way, Ciderspace will provide more details nearer the time. In the meantime, if you wish to participate in the silent auction, either contact Mark Kelly, or Steve Sowden at the Yeovil Express offices, or you can e-mail your bids to us and we will pass them on. Please remember to tell us which shirt you are bidding for.

The winners of the 1999 Patron Club Draw are Gateway Computers. The PC vendors will have their name across the clubs shirts during the 1999/2000 season.

The news on this one seems to change every day! Following reports of the contract negotiations with the Yeovil trio out of contract at the end of the season, it seemed that all was starting to be cleared up. However, it appears that the situation with Owen Pickard is far from resolved.

The date for the release of the "100 Years of Yeovil Town" book has finally been set. The club have the following to say about its' release :

"At last this long awaited publication has almost gone to print and the launch of the book has been arranged for Monday 7th June at the Football Club at a special night commencing at 7:30pm.

Apologies to everyone who has been patiently awaiting for the book's publication but much of the research has had to be carried out in the Records Office in London due to insufficient information being available locally. Also, during the past few months, a lot more vital information has come to light and this has been included in the book necessitating a complete revamp.