Yeovil aim to buy back Huish Park by end of season

Yeovil Town hope to own their stadium Huish Park again by the end of the season said owner Prabhu Srinivasan.

The ground was sold to South Somerset District Council for £2.8m in May 2022, in a deal that saw the club lease the stadium back.

Entrepreneur Srinivasan's family office, Inflection Holdings, completed a takeover of the National League outfit in May and buying back Huish Park was made a "major goal".

"We're working with the council to get that organised," Srinivasan told BBC Radio Somerset

"Hopefully all goes well we'll have it in our fold by the end of the season, that's the hope."

The deal to sell Huish Park and the surrounding 11 acres of land was initially approved in 2020 during the tenure of former owner Scott Priestnall.

Srinivasan said he has been talking to potential corporate partners about how to maximise the use of the stadium for events including live music, to eventually bring in more revenue to the club.

"While football is the anchor, we can use this space to do a lot more live events," he added.

"If all goes well, it will make Huish Park one of the flagship music [venues] every summer.

"It's about just getting people involved in Huish Park as a live event which also runs a football club."

On the pitch Yeovil have struggled and sit 18th in the National League table, having not won in their past six league matches, with five of those defeats.

They are also on their third manager in less than three months. Mark Cooper was sacked on 26 August following a poor start to the campaign and his replacement Danny Webb lasted just 10 days before leaving for personal reasons.

Richard Dryden - previously assistant coach under Cooper - has been placed in charge for the rest of the season.

Srinivasan said Webb's departure so soon after his appointment had "irked" him.

"He left for personal reasons and we wish him well, but did we get irked by it, of course we did," he said.

"We went through a process to get this person on board which for whatever reason in 10 days that didn't come true.

"Was I upset, was the team here upset about what happened, absolutely, but we had to find a way to move on."