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Soccer coach urges fans to as act scouts on Twitter

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Yeovil Town manager Terry Skiverton has asked his 2,000-plus Twitter followers to highlight potential signings for the League One club.

Terry Skiverton has turned to Twitter in a bid to discover untapped talent
Terry Skiverton has turned to Twitter in a bid to discover untapped talent

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Yeovil finished 14th last season and Skiverton is determined that some "amateur scouting" could help the club unearth some gems.

Skiverton, who took over as player-manager in 2009 before hanging up his boots in 2010, told BBC Somerset: "It's not a bit of fun for me - it's serious business.

"I can't afford a scouting system. I've got 1,700 followers and out of that I've got quite a few names and there's been some interesting ones."

He added: "There's been so many players who have come through and we are following a couple of those leads.

"There was one or two that I had glossed over, that I've come back to.

"I think it gives the supporters a bit of fun as well as I've had supporters go through non-league annuals, going out and watching games saying 'what about this player?'.

"I'd like to thank the supporters for adding a bit of amateur scouting, it's worked out really well for us."

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