Category Archives: football

A great day for Yeovil Town Football Club

Posted on May 19, 2013 by henry tapper

Yeovil Town  beat Brentford 2-1 at Wembley this afternoon to clinch the play-off promotion spot to the Championship. Apparently it’s worth £4m to us in TV rights, it will take us to grounds we have never played at and we’ll be rated one … Continue reading →

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Come on Yeovil!

Posted on May 18, 2013 by henry tapper

Our motto is “Achieve by Unity” and it’s awesome how we have. Continue reading →

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Up the football leagues we go! Come on #ytfc!

Posted on May 6, 2013 by henry tapper

I am caught between spending another day at my laptop preparing for tomorrow’s launch of http://www.pensionplaypen.com or going to the Huish to see if Yeovil can overturn a one goal first leg deficit in their play-off with Sheffield United.  I … Continue reading →

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We are top of the league , we are top of the league!

Posted on May 3, 2013 by henry tapper

Here is the First Actuarial Monkey League Handicap Adjusted Final Table for Football League Division One The eagle-eyed among you will notice that Yeovil Town are the top performing team relative to William Hill’s expectations , in the league. Our play-off rivals, … Continue reading →

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“If you can’t beat them – eat them”

Posted on April 21, 2013 by henry tapper

”We will review it, and we will comment after that,” Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said. ”Until we review it, we can’t comment on it.” Continue reading →

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We are Yeovil!

Posted on April 14, 2013 by henry tapper

If you reckon there’s something to our slogan “achieve by unity”, check out #ytfc on twitter this morning. Continue reading →

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British football fans – a credit to our country!

Posted on January 3, 2013 by henry tapper

Watch this video of AC Milan‘s Kevin-Prince Boateng leading his  team off pitch in protest at racist chanting in friendly. Why could this not have happened in the UK? Because, even our most bestial supporters would not dare to issue rascist abuse. … Continue reading →

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Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain

Posted on July 21, 2012 by henry tapper

The River Thames is hammering past my patio delivering the rain that’s fallen in mid England back to the ocean, it curls under Windsor bridge and pounds down to Romney Weir past Minivet and on to Eton College. Years ago … Continue reading →

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Performance enhancing rugs

Posted on June 20, 2012 by henry tapper

News is coming in that Wayne Rooney has tested positive for a performance enhancing rug.  His magnificent header from all of 6 inches crowned another fab night’s footie in Ukrania. And this in a game that but for Capello’s pleading, our … Continue reading →

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I like this England Football Team

Posted on June 12, 2012 by henry tapper

When you look across the banners at England games, you see the names of Grimsby, Exeter , Crewe and Nottingham Forest, teams that supporters do not expect to be winning much next year. Those supporters follow their teams not for … Continue reading →

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