Stewart Yetton

Stewart David Yetton (born 27 July 1985) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for, and is assistant-manager at, Southern League Premier South side Truro City.

Stewart Yetton
Personal information
Full name Stewart David Yetton
Date of birth (1985-07-27) 27 July 1985
Place of birth Plymouth, England
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Truro City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Plymouth Argyle 3 (0)
2004 → Weymouth (loan) 1 (0)
2005 Tiverton Town 23 (7)
2005–2013 Truro City 309 (219)
2009 → Ivybridge Town (loan) 3 (4)
2013–2017 Weymouth 131 (65)
2017 → Truro City (loan) 11 (1)
2017–2018 Truro City 15 (1)
2018 Plymouth Parkway
2018–19 Tiverton Town 21 (6)
2019– Truro City 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:16, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Born in Plymouth, Devon, Yetton began his career at Plymouth Argyle in 2003, but found his chances in the first team were limited. After a trial with St Mirren[1] and a month-long loan spell at Weymouth,[2] in which his only appearance was as a substitute in the 3–0 win over St Albans City on 13 November 2004,[3] he moved to Tiverton Town on 11 February 2005.[4] He scored twice on his debut in a 2–0 win at Cirencester Town the following day,[5] and scored ten goals in league and cup during his time at the Devon club.[6]

Truro City

Yetton moved to Truro City late in 2005, with the club then in the South Western League. He proved to be a prolific goalscorer with 200 goals in all competitions by February 2010 as City progressed through the Western League and the Southern League. These included 72 goals during the 2006–07 season (a club record),[7] and six goals in the 8–5 victory over Radstock Town in 2007–08.[8]

Stewart Yetton went on a month's loan at Ivybridge Town at the start of the 2009–10 season for one month to regain fitness from his shoulder injury, scoring four goals in three games.[9] On his first match back from his loan, in the FA Cup Third Qualifying Round, Yetton scored the equaliser for Truro against Mangotsfield United in the 90th minute to earn a replay.

On 20 February 2010, Yetton scored his 200th league goal for Truro City, a late goal against Bedford Town. His total number of goals at that point was greater than the number of games he had played in the league, and he is the record goalscorer at the club.[10]

After five months on the sidelines with a knee injury during the 2012–13 season, Yetton returned to the Truro squad and scored three goals in three games, although the club were relegated from the Conference South. However, his career at Truro was ended after a training ground incident on 18 April 2013, in which City defender Ben Gerring suffered a broken jaw. Yetton was initially suspended until the end of the season, and was linked with a return to Weymouth.[11] In nearly eight years at Truro, he scored 226 goals in 315 league and cup appearances,[11] also scoring in his last game, a 2–1 win at A.F.C. Hornchurch on 13 April.[12] He became a free agent on 2 May and signed for the Terras on 4 May.[13]

Later career

In 2013 Yetton joined Weymouth and scored 27 league goals in 44 league games in his first season with the Terras. In May 2014, Yetton signed a contract to keep him at Weymouth until the end of the 2015–16 season.[14]

Short spells back at Truro City followed, as well as a stint as a player-coach at Plymouth Parkway in 2018. In December 2018, Yetton rejoined Southern League side Tiverton Town.

For the start of the 2019–20 season, Yetton once again rejoined Truro City, as a player and as assistant-manager to Paul Wotton.[15]

Outside football

In August 2011, Yetton took a five-wicket haul on debut for Old Suttonians Cricket Club, helping them to a nine-wicket win.

Honours

Truro City

References

Infobox statistics

  • Tiverton Town: Tivvy Archive season reports "2004–05, 2005–06". Tivvy Archive. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  • Truro City: Official Truro City match programme (20 April 2013)

General

  1. "Saints trial for Yetton". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  2. "Argyle loan out teenager". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  3. "Weymouth 3–0 St Albans". Weymouth F.C. 13 November 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  4. "Yetton at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  5. "Cirencester 0–2 Tiverton". Tivvy Archive. 12 February 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  6. "Stewart Yetton". Tivvy Archive. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  7. "Stewart Yetton presented with 300 Appearances Trophy". Truro Fans Blogspot. 22 August 2012.
  8. Western Morning News, 1 May 2008
  9. "Yetton ends one-month loan spell with Ivybridge". This Is Cornwall. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  10. "Stewart Yetton and three others sign new Truro City deals". BBC Sport. 10 July 2012.
  11. "Stewart Yetton's Truro City career looks finished after training ground bust-up". This Is Cornwall. 19 April 2013.
  12. "Truro City match reports 2012–13". Truro City F.C. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  13. "Statement of intent for Terras after Yetton signs". Dorset Echo. 6 May 2013.
  14. "Yetton agrees new two-year deal". Dorset Echo. 2 May 2014.
  15. "Truro City legend Stewart Yetton returns". The Non League Paper. 15 July 2019.
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