Little Miss Sunshine by Roger Hargreaves

“The difference is with the mantra of transparency and honesty that we’ve instilled in this club now is that our door is open you can ask those questions and we will provide those answers.” I certainly wouldn’t be entering into some wobbly stewards arrangement. “Fans need to be assured that we would not be sat at this table now, saying what we’re saying if that wasn’t the case. When asked by Steve Sowden of the Yeovil Press (and Gloverscast guest) if all the deal was completely done, Hellier confirmed the deal was completed on Friday. The Chairman also pledged that the supporters would be engaged with on a regular basis and would be able to enjoy the football while being looked after.

So, that what we set out to do and that’s what we achieved,” he said. It was the only way to move this club forward for the staff, for the fans, for the players, for the manager. The deal had to be done where we obtained the club, the holding company, the buyback rights. “We knew that we couldn’t move forward in any capacity at all, unless we removed what was a big looming cloud over this club for several years. Hellier thanked his barrister, Rhys Rosser and former YTFC Director (and Gloverscast guest) Stephen Allinson for his support during the legal process. It was incredibly stressful and it got more and more stressful – it went right to wire but as I said, even up to that point the way dealings were we couldn’t have been any more sure than we were three months before. But that’s the nature of the beast it seems.

I’d also say that we were possibly no more sure that we’d got it in one minute before completing than we were maybe three months before completing. When asked by Three Valleys Radio’s Adi Hopper about the stress of the process, Hellier said: £It was more stressful the closer we got to completion. And we now embark on a progressive and ambitious future for Yeovil Town.” We believe that the age of disparity, disarray and low morale is now over. “It’s my greatest honour to sit here before you, flanked by the manager, Mark Cooper the skipper, Josh Staunton, on the cusp of what we consider to be a new era in our beloved football club. New Yeovil Town owner and Chairman Martin Hellier spoke at the club today alongside Mark Cooper and Josh Staunton proclaiming that ‘the age of disparity, disarray and low morale is now over’.

Little Miss Sunshine by Roger Hargreaves