Yeovil Town F.C.

Non-League football

Yeovil Football Club was founded in 1890, and shared its ground with the local rugby club for many years. Five years later, the current club was founded and named Yeovil Casuals and started playing home games at the Pen Mill Athletic Ground. In 1907 the name Yeovil Town was adopted, which on amalgamation with Petters United became Yeovil and Petters United. The name reverted to Yeovil Town before the 1946–47 season. The club came to national attention as 'giant-killers' during the 1948–49 FA Cup, in which they defeated Sunderland 2–1 in the fourth round, in front of a record home attendance of 17,000. They were defeated 8–0 in the following round by Manchester United. Between 1955 and 1973 they were champions of the Southern Football League three times, and runners-up twice. During this period, Yeovil Town applied for election to the Football League on a number of occasions, coming within a few votes of being elected in 1976. In 1979 the Glovers were founder members of the new national non-league division, the Alliance Premier League. In 1985, they were relegated to the Isthmian League. Yeovil won that championship in 1988 and returned to the Conference.

There was success in the Bob Lord Challenge Trophy in 1990 and three years later Yeovil finished fourth in the Conference, their best finish ever. In January 1995, former Weymouth and Spurs player Graham Roberts was appointed manager, but demotion back to the Isthmian League soon followed.…

List of chairmen

The following men have been chairman of the club's Board of Directors:

Source: League

League One (level 3) Play-off winners: 2013 League Two (level 4) Champions: 2004–05 Conference (level 5) Champions: 2002–03 National League South (level 6) Champions: 2023–24 Isthmian League (level 6) Champions: 1987–88, 1996–97 Southern League Champions: 1954–55, 1963–64, 1970–71 Southern League (Western Section) Champions: 1923–24, 1931–32, 1934–35 Western League Champions: 1921–22, 1924–25, 1929–30, 1934–35 Bristol Charity League Champions: 1921–22 Dorset District League Champions: 1908–09 Somerset Senior League Champions: 1896–97, 1901–02, 1912–13, 1920–21 Cup

FA Trophy Winners: 2001–02 Conference League Cup Winners: 1989–90 Southern League Championship Cup Winners: 1971–72, 1976–77 Southern League Cup Winners: 1954–55, 1960–61, 1965–66 Isthmian League Cup Winners: 1987–88 Isthmian Championship Shield Winners: 1988–89 Western League Cup Winners: 1958–59 Somerset Premier Cup Winners (25): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1946–47 (jointly with Bath City), 1947–48, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57 (jointly with Bristol City), 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1968–69 (jointly with Frome Town), 1972–73, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2021–22 (record) Forse Somerset Charity Cup Winners: 1910–11, 1912–13

Club records

Most consecutive wins in all competitions: 14 14 November 2023 Most overall appearances: Len Harris, 691 (1958–72) Most goals: Johnny Hayward, 548 (1906–28) Most league goals: Dave Taylor,…