Yeovil fans asked to 'keep faith' in team

Yeovil Town threw away a three-goal lead against Gateshead to lose 4-3 on Monday

Yeovil Town fans have been asked to "keep the faith" in the team after manager Mark Cooper was sacked earlier this week.

The Glovers have won one out of their five National League matches this campaign and are 18th in the table.

Cooper was sacked less than 24 hours after their remarkable 4-3 loss to Gateshead on Monday where they blew a 3-0 half-time lead.

Assistant coach Richard Dryden has been placed in interim charge and will lead the team when they travel to Halifax on Saturday.

"Keep the faith in the young players we've got. We're trying to pull together as a group. The blame culture goes on everybody," Dryden told BBC Radio Somerset.

Yeovil conceded four goals during the second half against Gateshead, including one in the 98th minute.

Dryden said the game was like "chalk and cheese" in the performance across the two halves and they were working on that.

"Everyone wants to look in the top half of the table and see their name but it's early days. I'm quite confident with the players we've got we'll be fine," Dryden said.

"If we can transform that 45 into 70 minutes, we're going to cause a lot of teams a lot of problems.

"But it's just a case of getting it and getting the belief we can do it. That's another problem we can solve."

Yeovil were taken over by entrepreneur Prabhu Srinivasan, who acquired a majority stake in May.

Dryden said he had met the club hierarchy on Monday but had no indication of any new manager being appointed and would "just get on with the job and see what happens".