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Yeovil midfielder and Club Captain Steve Stott gives his view of the club from the inside.
In this article, Steve looks over the up & down start to the 1999/2000 season, starting with five goals conceded at Scarborough, and ending with five scored at Welling.
6th September 1999 |
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I think we probably would have accepted the position we are in at the moment at the start of the season (especially after the Scarborough thrashing), but without being hyper-critical I think it could be even better.
Our home form has been perfect as far as results go, but we have still only been playing well in patches. Away from home we have to be honest been indifferent with good performances at Nuneaton and Welling mixed in with poor displays at Woking and obviously at Scarborough.
Team spirit has been superb with the new lads settling in well. They know that the expectations are high at Yeovil, but have each seemingly taken it all in their stride and have been made welcome by everybody at the club, which obviously helps. They are all excellent signings by Colin and have made it so that there is competition for places all over the park and this can only be good for the 11 that start the game. I don't envy Colin's job of having to pick a team each game though!
There is a real belief that we are capable of challenging with the best that the Conference has to offer this year. Teams are beginning to fear coming to Huish Park again and confidence is coming back away from home too. We know we still have a bit more in the locker and have not been firing on all cylinders, but that must be a good thing as we have still had a satisfactory start despite this. It would be more worrying if we felt we were playing to the best of our ability and were somewhere in the bottom half of the table! Without getting carried away I have a sneaky feeling this is going to be a really exciting season.
On my own situation, newspapers reported that I signed a new one year contract in the summer, which is not strictly true. I have signed on a non-contract basis which has no term.
Steve Stott
6th September 1999
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