After a double header of Bath and Bristol City on the opening weekend, we started the new game-week with a trip to Huish Park to visit Harry’s beloved Yeovil Town in their first home game since their relegation from the football league last season.

Me and Harry hail from two contrasting ends of the footballing spectrum, whilst I’m preparing myself for a trip to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium this Saturday, my eyes were opened to the sight of Huish Park for the first time beforehand.

My first experience of Yeovil Town was a fortunate one, as The Glovers sealed a first home win since March as Courtney Duffus’ early strike gave the Glovers all three points over fellow promotion hopefuls Eastleigh.

Atmosphere:

After being condemned to a third relegation in just six seasons, the latest demotion would have been the most cutting for the Huish Park faithful as they drop into non-league.

It would not be surprising to see a decrease in attendance, yet last night over 2,800 supporters turned out to see Yeovil secure their first three points of their National League season.

The atmosphere before kick off and during the first 15 minutes was very loud and impressive however the noise died down as the first half grew older and didn’t pick up to the same level until around the 70th minute mark.

As Eastleigh began to throw more men forward and assert more pressure on Yeovil’s backline, the Huish park faithful grew in voices and got behind their team during the nervy closing stages of the game.

The atmosphere was impressive for the numbers in the ground but was very patchy in stages, for me I will rank this as a 3.5/5.

Cost:

The tickets came to a total cost of £10 each, and with a lift down from Harry’s dad our travel and matchday experience came to just £10.

Whilst this price could be found at some football league clubs, it has become the standard rate for a game at this level due to the inflation of ticket prices.

For me I will give Cost a 3/5.

Entertainment:

This was your classic early season promotion six-pointer, both teams not giving not too much away and adopting a somewhat pragmatic style of play.

The early goal allowed Yeovil to sit back and not take many risks, and with Eastleigh failing to create many clear goal scoring opportunities, action at either end of the pitch was few and far between.

The final 20 minutes of the half consisted of many nearly moments from an Eastleigh perspective and squeaky bum time for The Glovers.

For me due to the way the match played out I am going to give entertainment a 2.5/5.

Facilities:

As we travel to more and more football grounds, it becomes evidently clear that each division has contrasting facilities (obviously).

Huish Park is your archetypal League Two ground, the majority of the capacity is standing and is a compressed small ground.

However, I was a fan of Huish Park whilst it may not be the most glamorous nor biggest stadium it serves a purpose for the level its at. It’s the type of ground where locals can come down to the terraces and create atmosphere by bashing the back walls of the stand to get the team going.

For this I will give facilities a 2.5/5

Food:

Now, Harry isn’t the most optimistic fan of Yeovil Town and this trip came with many precautions from him and most notably the food. Whilst I took his precautions with a pinch of salt I have to say I should’ve listened when he said about the food.

Whilst being priced at £2.20 the sausage roll would seem like a bargain, it left me with a sour taste in my mouth (quite literally) and in spite of a good trip down to Huish Park,

I must say that the food scores a measly 2/5 for me.

Overall Yeovil scored a total of 13.5 points, putting them tied with Bath City, to see the leaderboard in all its glory you can find it by clicking the link here

Man of the match: In a game void of any real clear outstanding quality, it was hard to look past new Yeovil striker Rhys Murphy as man of the match.

Murphy was poached from Chelmsford City where he had netted 28 times last season, and whilst it was his striking partner Courtney Duffus who will steal the headlines with his winner, Murphy was the best player on the pitch for me.

He held the ball up very well as well as defending from the front, his creativity and passing was very good and just needed a goal to cap off an excellent home debut.

Next up is a trip to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium for the first time on Saturday for me, whilst Harry ventures up to Fratton Park.