League One Yeovil struggle attracting players to West Country

Yeovil boss Gary Johnson has admitted it can sometimes be difficult to entice new players to Somerset.

Johnson has come to terms with the remoteness of the small south west town, and the problems its geography can provide in the pursuit of new recruits.

"It's a big stumbling block because somebody whose wife, for instance, has got family in Manchester or Liverpool or Newcastle - they wouldn't know where Yeovil was. They probably wouldn't have heard of it if it wasn't for the football team," Johnson told Press Association Sport.

"So it's not got a massive draw to it other than the club itself has got a reputation, I think, of being a decent little hard-working football team and you can move on from it.

"We do get scouts here, there are people who have moved on to bigger and better things. And it's not a bad place to live, the West Country. So that's what we've got to convince them, sometimes it's convincing the wives more than the players."

 
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