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Since the 2003-04 season they have played in green and white horizontal hoops. They won promotion to the Football League as Conference champions in 2003, and had long been established as the most successful non-league team in the FA Cup � having defeated major Football League teams, most famously Sunderland in the 4th Round in 1949, going on to play in front of more than 81,000 against Manchester United at Maine Road. Prior to breaking into the Football League, Yeovil won the FA Trophy with a 2-0 win against Stevenage Borough. Former Yeovil player Adam Stansfield, who died of cancer in August 2010, won man of the match in the final at Villa Park. They play their home games at Huish Park, built in 1990 on the site of an Old Army Camp at Houndstone and named after their former home at Huish, itself famous for the notorious pitch, which had an 8-foot sideline to sideline slope. The new ground has a capacity of just under 10,000 but allowance has been made for future expansion to a stadium of up to 20,000. The club released a record prior to the FA Cup third round tie against Liverpool in January 2004, sold only in shops in the town, "Yeovil True" reached #36 in the UK Singles Chart. |
