Stewart Yetton
{{Short description|English footballer (born 1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Stewart Yetton
| image =
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| fullname = Stewart David Yetton
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|7|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Plymouth, England
| height =
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Truro City
| clubnumber =
| years1 = 2003–2005
| clubs1 = Plymouth Argyle
| caps1 = 3
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2004
| clubs2 = → Weymouth (loan)
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2005
| clubs3 = Tiverton Town
| caps3 = 23
| goals3 = 7
| years4 = 2005–2013
| clubs4 = Truro City
| caps4 = 309
| goals4 = 219
| years5 = 2009
| clubs5 = → Ivybridge Town (loan)
| caps5 = 3
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2013–2017
| clubs6 = Weymouth
| caps6 = 131
| goals6 = 65
| years7 = 2017
| clubs7 = → Truro City (loan)
| caps7 = 11
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2017–2018
| clubs8 = Truro City
| caps8 = 15
| goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2018
| clubs9 = Plymouth Parkway
| caps9 =
| goals9 =
| years10 = 2018–2019
| clubs10 = Tiverton Town
| caps10 = 21
| goals10 = 6
| years11 = 2019–
| clubs11 = Truro City
| caps11 = 10
| goals11 = 1
| club-update = 21:36, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
}}
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.
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{{cite web|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11705/2308212/ |title=Saints trial for Yetton |access-date=16 June 2013 |publisher=Sky Sports}} and a month-long loan spell at Weymouth,{{cite web|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11705/2315526/ |title=Argyle loan out teenager |access-date=16 June 2013 |publisher=Sky Sports}} in which his only appearance was as a substitute in the 3–0 win over St Albans City on 13 November 2004,{{cite web|url=http://theterras.co.uk/website/match-reports/2004-2005/st-albans-a-13-11-04.htm |title=Weymouth 3–0 St Albans |date=13 November 2004 |access-date=16 June 2013 |publisher=Weymouth F.C.}} he moved to Tiverton Town on 11 February 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=34925 |title=Yetton at Soccerbase |access-date=21 November 2012 |publisher=Soccerbase}} He scored twice on his debut in a 2–0 win at Cirencester Town the following day,{{cite web|url=http://tivvyarchive.co.uk/report.php?report=366 |title=Cirencester 0–2 Tiverton |date=12 February 2005 |access-date=16 June 2013 |publisher=Tivvy Archive}} and scored ten goals in league and cup during his time at the Devon club.{{cite web|url=http://tivvyarchive.co.uk/player.php?player=75 |title=Stewart Yetton |access-date=16 June 2013 |publisher=Tivvy Archive}}
=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),{{cite web|url=http://trurofans.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/stewart-yetton-presented-with-300.html |title=Stewart Yetton presented with 300 Appearances Trophy |date=22 August 2012 |publisher=Truro Fans Blogspot}} and six goals in the 8–5 victory over Radstock Town in 2007–08.Western Morning News, 1 May 2008
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Yetton-ends-month-loan-spell-Ivybridge/story-11461940-detail/story.html#axzz2WJKhZPU5 |title=Yetton ends one-month loan spell with Ivybridge |date=9 October 2009 |access-date=16 June 2013 |publisher=This Is Cornwall}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18781669 |title=Stewart Yetton and three others sign new Truro City deals |date=10 July 2012 |work=BBC Sport}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Stewart-Yetton-s-Truro-City-career-looks-finished/story-18747945-detail/story.html#axzz2Qw9QI9Ee |title=Stewart Yetton's Truro City career looks finished after training ground bust-up |date=19 April 2013 |publisher=This Is Cornwall}} In nearly eight years at Truro, he scored 226 goals in 315 league and cup appearances, also scoring in his last game, a 2–1 win at A.F.C. Hornchurch on 13 April.{{cite web |url=http://www.trurocityfc.co.uk/index.php/match |title=Truro City match reports 2012–13 |access-date=16 June 2013 |publisher=Truro City F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601180732/http://www.trurocityfc.co.uk/index.php/match |archive-date=1 June 2013 |url-status=dead}} He became a free agent on 2 May and signed for the Terras on 4 May.{{cite web|url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/localsport/10401505.Statement_of_intent_for_Terras_after_Yetton_signs/ |title=Statement of intent for Terras after Yetton signs |date=6 May 2013 |publisher=Dorset Echo}}
=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.theterras.co.uk/website/news_2014/05_may/Yetton%20agrees%20new%20two-year%20deal.htm |title=Yetton agrees new two-year deal |date=2 May 2014 |publisher=Dorset Echo}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/latest-news/27366/truro-legend-stewart-yetton-returns/ |title=Truro City legend Stewart Yetton returns |date=15 July 2019 |publisher=The Non League Paper}}
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
- FA Vase: 2007
- Southern League Premier Division: 2010–11
- Southern League Division One South & West: 2008–09
- Western League Premier Division: 2007–08
- Western League Division One: 2006–07
- South Western League runner-up: 2005–06
- Cornwall Senior Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
References
Infobox statistics
- Tiverton Town: Tivvy Archive season reports {{cite web|url=http://www.tivvyarchive.co.uk/seasons.php |title=2004–05, 2005–06 |access-date=16 June 2013 |publisher=Tivvy Archive}}
- Truro City: Official Truro City match programme (20 April 2013)
General
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External links
{{Portal|Cornwall}}
- {{Soccerbase}}
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Category:Footballers from Plymouth, Devon
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
Category:Weymouth F.C. players
Category:Tiverton Town F.C. players
Category:Truro City F.C. players