Full name Yeovil Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Glovers
Founded 1895
Ground Huish Park
Yeovil
Capacity 9,400
Chairman John Fry
Manager Russell Slade
League Football League One
2005-06 Football League One, 15th

Yeovil Town spent almost all of their years outside of The Football League but are still one of the most well known FA Cup "Giant-killing" teams that has earned them notoriety around the country. The club, founded in 1890 as Yeovil Football Club, shared a ground for many years with the town's rugby club. In 1895 they became Yeovil Casuals and moved to play their home games at the Pen Mill Athletic Ground. The club became Yeovil Town in 1907, and in 1915 an amalgamation of Yeovil Town and Petters United led to a new club called Yeovil and Petters United. The merged club reverted to the name Yeovil Town in 1946. This seasons's away shirt, a predominatly black kit with amber trim, was inspired by the amber and black colours of Petters United.

In the 1948-49 FA Cup, Yeovil beat Sunderland in the FA Cup Fourth Round, in front of over 16,000 supporters (a club record) this earned them the "Giant-Killing" status.

With Graham Roberts in charge 1997 saw Yeovil secure promotion back into the Conference after winning the then known ICIS League by a record number of points, 101, earning leading goalscorer Howard Forinton and defender Jerry Gill a money-spinning move to Birmingham City.

Gary Johnson took charge in June 2001 he won the F.A. Umbro Trophy in his first season in charge with a 2-0 victory over Stevenage Borough in the final at Villa Park. This was their first major trophy in 106 years as a Football Club. Yeovil Town earned promotion to the Football League in the next season, by winning the Football Conference by a record 17 points margin. They gained a huge 95 points and netted 100 goals, remaining unbeaten at Huish Park

The team's first season in League football saw them finish in a creditable eighth place just missing out on the play off positions by goal difference, just four goals.

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In February 2004, the team released the single "Yeovil True". The single reached #36 in the UK charts before leaving out of the top 75 the next week.

David Webb bought the club from Jon Goddard-Watts in December 2005, taking over the role of Chief Executive from Chairman John Fry. He resigned from this position in February 2006.

In September 2005, gaffer Gary Johnson left Yeovil Town for Bristol City, after having rejected job offers from both Plymouth Argyle and Derby County. He was replaced by second-in-command Steve Thompson, and Kevin Hodges was appointed as his number two, but at the end of the 2005-06 Thompson was demoted to first team coach, with the club searching for a new manager. Russell Slade was appointed as his replacement on June 7, 2006.

In March 2006, Yeovil named two new directors, Brian Willis and Ron Budden. Wills was part of the Yeovil board in the late 1990's for 3 years and was vice-chairman at Bournemouth before that. Budden, Exeter-based, was a former League referee.

In June 2006, it was announced that John Fry had purchased all of Dave Webb's share to become the new owner of Yeovil Town FC.

On September 30th, 2006, Yeovil moved into second position in League One after a 2-1 win over Brentford, which is their best league position ever.