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Yeovil Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Yeovil, Somerset, England. The team compete in the National League, the fifth tier of league football in England, as of the 2019–20 season.
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Full name | Yeovil Town Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Glovers | ||
Founded | 1895; 129 years ago (1895) as Yeovil Casuals | ||
Ground | Huish Park | ||
Capacity | 9,565 (5,212 seated) | ||
Owners | Scott Priestnall and Errol Pope | ||
Chairman | Scott Priestnall | ||
Manager | Darren Sarll | ||
League | National League | ||
2023–24 | National League South, 1st of 24 (promoted) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Founded in 1895, the club spent the first 108 years of its history in non-League football, before earning promotion to the Football League for the first time in 2003.
played seven seasons in non-League football before folding in 1917. A new club was formed in 1922, and played in the Midland League for seven years before joining the Football League. They played in the third tier until 1959, when they were promoted for the first time. York achieved their best run in the FA Cup in 1954–55, when they met Newcastle United in the semi-final. They fluctuated between the Third and Fourth Divisions, before spending two seasons in the Second Division in the 1970s. York first played at Wembley Stadium in 1993, when they won the Third Division play-off final. At the end of 2003–04, they lost their Football League status after being relegated from the Third Division. The 2011–12 FA Trophy was the first national knockout competition won by York, and they returned to the Football League that season.
Yeovil are nicknamed the Glovers, a reference to the history of glove-making in the town which became a centre of the industry during the 18th and 19th centuries, and team traditionally play in green and white kits. Having initially played at the Pen Mill Athletic Ground until 1920 when they moved to Huish Athletic Ground where they stayed for more than 70 years. Before moving to their current ground, Huish Park in 1990. Yeovil have had rivalries with numerous clubs, but their traditional rivals are Weymouth and Bath City. The club's post-war record appearance holder is Len Harris, who made 691 appearances, while their leading scorer is Dave Taylor, with 284 goals.