Yeovil appoint interim manager after Danny Webb resigns due to personal and family reasons

Yeovil Town appoint interim manager Richard Dryden until the end of the season after Danny Webb resigns due to personal and family reasons.

Webb has left his role due to personal circumstances, having been appointed 10 days ago, managing just once which was Saturday’s defeat against Tamworth.

The club issued a statement adding that coach Richard Dryden will take charge for the rest of the season just weeks after last managerial search.

Club Statement: Danny Webb 📰

Yeovil Town Football Club can confirm that Danny Webb has resigned from his position as First Team Manager due to personal and family reasons.

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CLUB STATEMENT:

Yeovil Town Football Club can confirm that Danny Webb has resigned from his position as First Team Manager due to personal and family reasons.

He has expressed his personal sadness in having to leave the club but feels this is the right decision for him and his family. The time and the nature of this decision is met with disappointment from all of us and we have accepted his resignation with regret, but with understanding.

We understand this news is disappointing, especially after the thorough recruitment process which brought Danny to the club. While we respect his need to put his family first, our priority now has to be the team’s stability and success.

Richard Dryden will take charge of the First Team for the rest of the season. He will be given the necessary resources to keep the squad competitive on the pitch through an increased budget.

We are asking for your unwavering support as we head into the next fixtures. Let’s stand together and get behind Richard and the team.

We would like to wish Danny and his family all the best.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins after defeat to Tamworth, Webb said: “I knew the magnitude of the job when I came in, and, yeah, seeing it with me own eyes in terms of, you’re thinking at half time, you’ve rode the storm and I thought the boys defended the box and the long throws and the corners tremendously well. But sadly, we were missing actually, first half that little bit of quality when we won the ball back, and a real lack of pace and physicality in our team. So yeah, I think we’re down to work straight away to recruit, get some players in. The boys, fair play, kept going right to the end, worked their socks off, it certainly wasn’t a lack of effort.

“It’s a shame that the goal that wins it is a corner, where for most of the game, we’ve defended them really well, but you can’t concede, I would say probably over 20-25 corners and long throws combined. You can’t. And, eventually one of our lads is going to get overpowered, one’s going to lose their marker, it’s going to happen. So after that, it just becomes a bit of a free for all, because you’re throwing people up front, you’re trying to get back in the game, whereas if you keep it at 0-0 and gradually go up the gears, then you’ve got a chance.”

On what he said to the team at half time and in the second half: “Let’s think we’ve rode the storm. You can’t concede see that many corners again. We probably conceded more in the second half, and really couldn’t, really couldn’t get going. Loads of things to tactically to look at for the first half, two centre forwards too far apart. When we had good possession of the ball, we had no one running beyond Tamworth. Everything was in front of them. Going against, we’re having duels with players who were quicker and making poor decisions. As I say, it’s really, it’s a really disappointing result, and the best team definitely won.”

On Andrew Oluwabori and the squad: “Andrew is a great spark. I can see the calibre of player I want to bring in, and he’s certainly done himself no harm at all today. He’s a League One player, you know, and the Yeovil Town should be getting players in of that calibre, and we will start doing that now. It wasn’t a wake up call for me, so to speak. But you talk about training, because the lads have been excellent away in terms of their attitude and approach to everything. They’re very committed, definitely. But yeah, need a bit more quality going forward.”

Webb added: “It’s a chance for these lads to keep showcasing what they what they can do and what they want to do for the club. Because obviously the owners and stakeholders are very keen to to bring players in as well. So it’s about bringing the right player in. I think you saw of Andrew, he is the right player, or the first of many I think, that’ll be hopefully improving the squad. But yeah, in the meantime, supporting the lads and maintaining their attitude and professionalism, because they have been, they have been good. But today, I just felt that every time we had maybe a simple decision, we had a silly shot from 30 yards, where we could dribble we come back inside, when we should have passed we dribbled. Lots of poor decisions, so great for me to see, really good for me to see going forward.

On departures: “I think that happens as a consequence and I think that that will naturally happen. Obviously, in terms of the budget to work within, etc. So, yeah, it’s the same, if players aren’t really part my plans, I don’t really want to waste anyone’s time. It won’t happen overnight. It won’t be a couple of games. It’d be quite a few games to really see how this squad takes shape. So as I say, it’s it’s frustrating, because a great reaction last Saturday, I just felt today it was it was probably needed to fair. Tamworth won fair and square and loads of lessons to be learned.

“There has to be an element of patience, which I know there is from everyone, because Rome weren’t built in a day, and this will certainly take more than a day. I urge our supporters to stick with us, because I thought they were fantastic today.”

Here’s how fans reacted as Yeovil appoint an interim manager after Danny Webb resigns due to personal and family reasons…

@OffTheLineBlog: Bizarre, yet frustrating. #YTFC went out and landed Danny Webb, and yet he’s left after just 10 days. Richard Dryden will oversee the club as manager until the end of 2025-26. It’s certainly not been dull as a Town fan in the last few years, has it? Hope DW is okay. If I’m honest, it’s odd. Was Webb the sole candidate, and no #2 option in the process? Complete U-Turn on Dryden in the space of 10 days in landing the job. Sticking to Cooper’s No.2; I’d argue there is no benefit to not having MC. Seems all very “reactionary”.

@rpeasland: If truly personal reasons then wish him the best. But announcing Dryden until the end of the season is barmy. Did the ‘thorough recruitment process’ not throw up any other names?! #ytfc

@MikeFrampton: I’m sorry but Dryden in charge for the rest of the season is not the answer and it won’t draw the supporters in. 10 matches in and we’ve already gone through 3 managers 🤦🏻‍♂️

@TweetsOfJee: Think this could be a huge oversight not getting a manager in to replace him. We’ve not started well, surely an experienced manager, even if it’s on an interim basis would make much more sense

@danharding1979: Firstly what ever has gone on with Danny I hope him and his family are ok. Why you would give an interim job for the rest of the season in September then announce an interim manager will be getting competitive budget for the squad that he won’t be in charge of next season.

@4554_w: Sticking with Dryden is a huge red flag if Prabhu doesn’t / is unwilling to hire a proper manager then he’s clearly not the right person to own a football club #ytfc

@CallumHallett6: First of all, I’d like wish Danny well with whatever his issues are – Hopefully things get sorted because he seems like a top guy! This is concerning for #YTFC… 10 days?!?! My personal thoughts are that something’s gone horribly wrong behind the scenes. Danny is a SW lad + has family down this way. These issues probably would have been spoken about before he arrived. Dryden until the end of the season?!? Feels like we’re writing the season off already which is bonkers. Seriously worried now. Feels as if relegation beckons. An unsettled squad isn’t being given any help at all. I’m worried. Thoughts, Yeovil fans?

@dan_p_johnson: With Dryden for the remainder of the season, we’re going down.

@GarrethAspinall: Wish Danny all the best with what he has got going on. Ridiculous decision to appoint Dryden for the rest of the season – he demonstrated in the few games he had in charge that he wasn’t capable of improving Coopers team. We need a new manager to be appointed ASAP

@TheHuishPOV: Firstly, I hope Danny & his family are okay. Secondly, announcing that Dryden is taking on the job until the end of the season is quite frankly unacceptable. We need a full time manager who can bring his players in. There must have been a shortlist? Extremely worrying. #ytfc

@aarongardiner07: Well… This not how anyone expected the day to start! Big worry for #YTFC have to wonder what’s gone on behind the scenes here. To make it even worse Dryden given the job till the end of season , Relegation a real possibility now.

@CL_908: Shocked and gutted – hope Danny and his family are ok. But come on – it is absolutely unacceptable to just write the season off and not bother trying to find a new manager! That is giving up.

@YTFCrealist: Dryden for the rest of the season isn’t good enough. Will be lucky to stay up.

@ShaunGosney: 🤔 Hope all is well with these personal reasons. With his time at the club, he did express his concerns with lack of pace / creativity, so makes you wonder. 😕

@CleaveO: What a basket case of a club. We are a laughing stock. Dryden until the end of the season. Why?

@Danny_h_2005: Hoping all is well gutted for him