Leverstock Green FC Programme vs Arlesey Town

SSML Premier Division Arlesey Town FC Tuesday 20th February 2024 Kick Off 7:45 pm Vs LORDS Builders Merchants Stadium

Admission £8 Concessions £4 Under 12’s Free Match Sponsors

Welcome to Leverstock Green FC Today we welcome Arlesey Town Players, Officials and Supporters to the LORDS Builders Merchants Stadium We also welcome our match officials Referee Robert Poole and his assistants, Oliver Simnock and Andrew Marsh.

We hope you have an enjoyable afternoon with us.

You are all welcome to use the clubs bar and tea bar before, halftime and after today’s game. You will be well look after by Sue and Michelle and our catering staff, Ioana and Nigel.

On the gate Steve, Keith and Peter will give guidance for car parking and selling 50/50 tickets.

The entrance fee us £8 and £4 for concessions and Under 12’s is free.

Our sponsors for today’s game are Maples Flowers. We thank them for sponsoring the game.

The FA are targeting discrimination in football, see the next page in this programme, which includes racism which in the news recently. The club will not tolerate any discrimination and will be reported to the relevant authorities for sanction.

Please follow any instructions or requests made by the club for your safety and enjoyment. The Club Management also reserves the right to refuse admission to the ground to, or to eject from the ground, any person who refuses to be searched by any steward, servant or agent of the Club or any Police officer.

Please use the car parking provided inside the ground, as this will avoid any unnecessary disruption to our neighbours. If you have left your car on ANY of the adjoining roads, please pop outside and bring your car in, the car parking is free.

The Club management accepts no responsibility for injury or loss of property.

Fixtures, results, and league tables are shown within the programme or visit our web site. http://levgreenfc.co.uk Thank you for your co-operation.

SSML Premier Division 20th February 2024 Green Shirts, Green Shorts & Socks

Red Shirts, Red Shorts & Socks

JOSH BOWLER (GK)

OLLIE SKINNER

RIO BEACH

TOM MILLETT

BRADLEY ROBISNON

MATT GILBERT

DAN WEEKS

STEVEN SYLVESTER

MICKEY HAVILL-TIERNEY

ISIAQ ARABA

RYAN CARRUTHERS

EDDIE CARRINGTON

CALLUM NEAL

ALEX TAYLOR

ADEMIDE BARUWA

JOSH HELMORE

GEORGE MITCHELL-GEARS

TOMMY BENNERHASSETT

LUKE BECKWITH

RORY BUSBY

ETHAN MOONEY

JOE ABE

DANNY MAY

MONTEL BROWN

NAT CONNOLLY

NOAH MOSANYA

DAN PETT

SHERIF IBRAHAM

RAWN SEALE

BRANDON BEAMAN

PAUL MARKS RADU-MIHAL STEFANOAICA JOE SADLER LEWIS COLLINS Manager: Fergus Moore Assistant: Scott McGleish GK Coach: Darren Bonfield Coach: Ross Bargent Coach: Aaron Eales Physio: Dan Homer

Manager: Tommy Cooney Assistant: Zac Guerfi Physio: Pebbles Folorunso

Referee: Robert Poole Referee Assistants: Oliver Simnock and Andrew Marsh

We're targeting discrimination in football. Can you help?

We are taking a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination in football. We’re calling on clubs and leagues like your own to report hate, prejudice or discrimination whenever you see it or hear it.

For those people who behave in a racist, sexist or homophobic way, the message is clear. Enough is Enough.

When we know it has happened, we can take the actions needed to remove discriminatory behaviour. We'll be doing so through a range of punishments: • Players will be removed from play and suspended.

• Teams can have points deducted.

• Grounds can be closed for repeat offenders.

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Spread the word that discrimination of all forms will be punished. Share with your welfare officers, league and club officials, and everyone across your league and clubs.

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Leverstock Green FC Club Information President – Jamie Herd Chairman – Emma Smart Vice Chairman – Tony Smart General Club Secretary – Steve Ypey Football Secretary – Alan Lee Treasurer – Tony Smart General Officer – William Dawes General Committee Keith Pym, Alan Brett, Scott Isaacs, Pete Jerram, Steve Ypey, Roger Lipscombe, Garry Harvey, Gemma Williams, Stephen Fletcher, Laurence Fitzgerald, Steven Smart

Match Day Secretary - Alan Lee Membership: Steve Ypey Clubhouse Manager – Tony Smart Club Welfare Officer/Charter Standard – Scott Isaacs Functions & Sponsorship – Gemma Williams Groundsman & Team – Bill Dawes Roger Lipscombe, Peter Jerram & Alan Brett Media Officer/Website – Alan Lee Photographer/Facebook – Stephan Fletcher Programme Editor – Tony Smart Veo – Garry Harvey & Laurence Fitzgerald Accountants – Coyle & Co Honorary Life Vice-Presidents Mr. J Baldry, Mr. B Barter, Mr. C Bull, Mr. W Dawes, Mr. J Doble, Mr. S Robinson, Mr. R Saville, Mr. A Smart, Mr. P Taylor, Mr. J Williams, Mr. M Goodson, Mr. .J Lawes Web: http://levgreenfc.co.uk Twitter: @levgreenfc Facebook: @Leverstock Green F.C.

The Management Teams First Team Fergus Moore – Manager Scott McGleish – Assistant Manager

Ross Bargent, Darren Bonfield, Aaron Eales Coach GK Coach Coach

Development Team

Andy Murray – Manager Steve Newing – Coach Mark McGinty- Coach Under 18’s Aaron McIntosh – Manager Dan Renton – Joint Manager

Dan Sadler – Coach

Club Physio Dan Homer

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Arlesey Town FC History

Arlesey Town Football Club celebrated their centenary in 1991, having been formed by a group of local people before the turn of the last century. Before the Second World War, Soccer was played on a localised basis, and in common with many clubs in the area, Arlesey competed in the flourishing Biggleswade & District League and entered the Biggleswade Knock-out Cup. During the 1920's, the club joined the Bedfordshire County League - which was later to become the South Midlands League. Arlesey originally played at 'The Bury' before moving to their former home, 'Lamb Meadow.' The ground took its name from 'The Lamb,' a former Public House situated near the site which, for many years acted as the club's headquarters and changing rooms. The birth of the modern era is owed to the foresight of officials of the late 1940's and early 1950's. They purchased the premises and became landlords for the princely sum of just £500 in 1948.

Four years later, in 1952, an adjoining area was bought, and this is where the clubhouse used to stand. The story goes that two Committee members missed their train to Kings Cross and with time to kill, saw a notice in a local Estate Agent's window for a forthcoming auction of the land. They returned the following week and purchased the said land for the clubhouse. The area lay unused for a number of years until the arrival of 'Biggs Wall' who negotiated with the club to build temporary offices and canteen facilities - which the Football Club then bought back, turning them into what was then, the clubhouse. The first competitive match under floodlights was played in January 1981 against the now defunct ‘Pirton FC’ and two months later the Blues played host to Luton Town for the official opening in front of over 1,000 spectators.

Playing fortunes have fluctuated since the war and season 1950-51 saw the Blues finish as runners-up to Bletchley Town in the S.M.L. Premier Division. The following season the 1st XI lifted the championship crown, and the second string were crowned S.M.L. Division Two champions with the Youth team winning three trophies. The 1952-53 season began North Beds Charity Cup final win over Biggleswade Town (the match was held over from the previous season), and ended with a second successive championship win, Arlesey amassing S.M.L. record 52 points.

In February 1954, the developing Arlesey Town Colts, local players, reached the 4th round of the F.A. Youth Cup and were drawn away to Portsmouth. The 1950's had seen the Blues compete in the South Midlands and Parthenon Leagues. Season 1968-69 saw one of Arlesey's favourite sons in charge of team affairs; Roland Legate, (who played football professionally for Luton Town) took the helm as player-manager and during his four-year spell, he took the Blues to a league runners-up spot. The start of the 1975-76 season saw Legate return as manager and the trophies came with him, 3 Hinchingbrooke Cup successes, one Beds Senior Cup, the Biggleswade K.O Cup twice and the South Midlands League Challenge Trophy once. Supporting the Executive Committee's wish to cross the pyramid to the United Counties League. With two indifferent terms in the U.C.L., Arlesey lifted the Premier Division crown in season 1984-85.

During the late 1980’s the Blues won the United Counties League, Premier Division Cup and a Beds Premier Cup final appearance against Luton Town. During the 1991 centenary year in the blues lifted the South Midlands Floodlight Cup with a fine victory over fellow U.C.L. side Irthlingborough Diamonds, who went on to become Rushden & Diamonds in the football league.

With the rising cost of UCL travel and the attraction of more 'local derbies' in 1991-92 it was decided to resign from the United Counties League and cross to the familiar surroundings of the South Midlands League. A successful first year campaign saw the Blues finish in third place and in their second season finished sixth in the league and lifted the Premier Division Cup. The club also gained national recognition following a marvellous run in the FA Vase to the quarterfinals, with victories Flackwell Heath 2-0, Ware 1-0, Haverhill Rovers 2-1, Eastwood Hanley 2-1, Falmouth Town 5-3, and Oadby Town 2-1. In the quarterfinal the blues faced old U.C.L. foes Boston in a thrilling game and lost out to an injury time winner.

With changes to support and playing staff for 1994/5 the results exceeded expectations. The South Midlands League championship was won with a record 107 points, but even this memorable feat was eclipsed when Arlesey Town defeated Oxford City at Wembley Stadium in front of over 13,000 spectators to lift the F.A. Carlsberg Challenge Vase on May 13, 1995.

On their way to the greatest day in the club's history, the Blues had beaten Hoddesdon 2-0, a vengeful 2-1 victory at Boston, a 2-0 win at Barnstaple, a 1-0 home win over the holders Diss Town and a 3-0 quarter-final demolition of Cammel Laird before facing U.C.L. side Raunds Town in a two-legged semi-final. The first leg, played at Raunds, saw Arlesey beaten out of sight by a score of 3-0 and very few pundits gave them much chance of overturning the deficit in the return match the following week at Lamb Meadow. Three nil at 90 minutes and 5-0 after extra-time, including a penalty save by Arlesey 'keeper Steve Young meant that the Blues were off to grace the most hallowed of turf!

Arlesey Town's Wembley side that day were:- S. Young, N. Cardines, G. Bambrick, P. Palma, C. Hull, P. Gonsalves, S. Gyalog, G. Cox, N. Kane, R. O'Keefe and G. Marshall. Subs: A. Ward & T. Nicholls.

The Vase travelled home to Bedfordshire for the first time.

In 1995/5 season saw the Blues crash out of the Vase at the first hurdle but the South Midlands League Championship Crown was retained. The season culminated in three Cup finals for the club; the 1st XI were runners-up to Ely City in the Hinchingbrooke Cup, the Under 16 Youth side were beaten East Anglian Youth Cup finalists while Peter Milton's Reserve side lifted the S.M.L. Reserve Challenge Trophy. After finishing in third place the 1996/7 campaign ended with the Blues relinquishing the S.M.L. title. However, the Lamb Meadow trophy cabinet remained in a healthy position as they lifted the Beds Senior Cup (the first time since 1979) and also lifted the Hinchingbrooke Cup (last won in 1982). May 1997 saw Robbie O'Keefe tender his resignation, moving on to a higher grade of football with Baldock Town. In just three seasons Arlesey Town had achieved national recognition with F.A. Vase success and two league championships, a County Senior Cup victory and a Hinchingbrooke Cup triumph.

For season 1997-98 team were unable to keep pace and their championship aspirations soon evaporated. An FA Vase 3rd round exit occurred in Cornwall's Porthleven in December and the Blues' last chance of picking up any silverware disappeared at the hands of archrivals Stotfold who loosened Arlesey's grip on the Hinchingbrooke Cup with a 2-0 semi-final victory. After a lengthy campaign the club finally received planning permission for a new ground just a few hundred yards along Hitchin Road. After a development project the club moved in on April 30th, 1999 and are now able to boast some of the finest facilities in the area with a purpose-built Members Bar, multi-purpose Function & Conference Suite, all-seater stand and training pitch.

During the 1998/99 close season, Arlesey Town appointed Gary Pilsworth as manager however, things didn't work out and after 16 matches with the club rooted at the bottom of the league table, the management team replaced him with Nicky Ironton who had gained a wealth of experience having been at QPR, Barnet, Maidstone, Enfield, Barking and Baldock Town. Nicky was a former England semi-professional international. Nicky brought as his assistant former team-mate Billy Harrigan and together with Russell Ball, their objective was to avoid relegation and build a side capable of attaining promotion to the Ryman Isthmian League the following season. The Blues ended the season without silverware however, but a fantastic run from the end of January signalled the club's intents. Manager Nicky Ironton had built a side more than capable of attaining Arlesey's aim of playing a higher grade of football and the Blues looked forward to season 1999-2000 with optimism.

The first season at the new Hitchin Road ground began with nine straight Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division victories as Ironton's men stormed to the top of the table. A mid-season blip in form threatened the side's hard work but having secured the services of coach Alan Dawson, the Blues went from strength to strength and went on to lift their fifth South Midlands League Championship. A run in of eight consecutive victories culminated in a 2-0 triumph at Milton Keynes City on Thursday 4th May meant the Blues secured the championship. With their ground grading 'Arlesey Town were promoted to the Ryman Isthmian League Division Three. The sale of Dave Kitson to Nationwide Football League Club Cambridge United halfway through the season, did little to upset their cause indeed, the signing of ex Stevenage Boro' striker Neil Trebble boosted their season. A prolific striker, Trebble netted an amazing 18 goals from 17 starts and one wonders just how many he would have scored had he been with the Blues at the start of the season.

A magnificent first season in the Ryman League, saw the club lose just two league matches (one at home and one away) as they raced away to win the Third Division Championship scoring an Isthmian League record of 138 goals and the Blues also gained the record of being the first club to attain a 100 + goal difference in the league's 96-year history.

During 2002 season Chairman Bryan Ellis fulfilled his promise to elevate the club to another level following a successful application to the 'Football Stadia Improvement Fund.' A six-figure grant enabled the club to meet the league's ground-grading criteria that gave the Blues a new covered stand for 600 spectators, a new open terrace and two new turnstiles. On the pitch, Arlesey boss Nicky Ironton led his side to the last 16 of the FA Carlsberg Vase, secured a highly creditable final Division Two fourth place and lifted the Beds Premier Cup for the first time since 1984.

The 2002/2003 season was a consolidation for the rapid successes of the previous years and the highlight was an extended run in the FA Cup winning 4 away matches in reaching the fourth qualifying round. The reward was yet another away fixture, this time at Nationwide Conference club, Hereford United. Arlesey Town represented the Ryman League Division One north and after going behind to a sixth minute 'soft' goal, they more than matched their opponents in all departments, even having a goal disallowed. It was such a gallant performance that at the end of the tie, the relieved Hereford fans gave their guests a standing ovation. At the end of the 2002/3 Arlesey's Hitchin Road ground hosted two EUFA Ladies qualifying fixtures including England versus Spain. It was seen as a just reward for all the hard work that had been done at the Club by many of its members in recent years.

Season 2003/2004 saw Arlesey Town yet again in the national limelight following a fantastic run to the last 16 of the FA Trophy defeating on the way, both after away draws ‘Hayes FC’ from the Ryman Premier Division and ‘Dagenham & Redbridge FC’ from the Nationwide Conference league. This resulted in an away game with ‘Exeter City FC’ who had just been relegated from the football league. Although losing the game the blues gained respect with an outstanding performance. The season ended with Arlesey Town failing to gain promotion to the new premier structure on goal difference, but small consolation was gained when the Blues lifted the ‘Bedfordshire Senior Cup’ after defeating fellow Ryman League club outfit Leighton Town at Hitchin Road in May. In season (2004/05) Arlesey Town played in the Southern League Division One East and after the successful sixyear reign of Nick Ironton it was a consolidation period. Because of the club’s success, visibility and recognition most of the players moved to play in the ‘Conference League’ and premier league. After an indifferent start to the season Nicky Ironton decided to hand over the manager’s position to Jon Taylor, whom he had dealings within the past. Jon imported a new team of players during November with the single objective of maintaining the club’s status within the Southern League Division 1. This was achieved with a mid-table position and during that close season Jon added more players with a wealth of football league and senior club experience.

The season (2005/06) Arlesey Town again played in the Southern League Division One East with Jon Taylor and Scot Houghton in charge. With an exciting start 9 wins out of 10 culminating in destroying Boreham Wood’s unbeaten run 3 – 0 at their home fortress. In both the FA Cup and Trophy there were unfortunate fixtures at Premier Clubs, Heybridge Swifts (1 – 0) and Leyton (90th minute goal) ending our cup interests. Arlesey Town had a mixture of excellent and mediocre results and achieved a mid-table position.

The 2006/2007 seasons saw Arlesey Town reverting to the Ryman Isthmian Football league along with many of last season’s opponents also being reassigned. Again, during the close season Jon Taylor had added players with a wealth of football league and senior club experience for the next season’s campaign we were looking to climb the nonleague structure.

Darren Hay took on the team management during the early stages of 2006/2007 season, when Jon left for personal reasons, with Mike Brooks as the assistant manager and coach and they put together a very young and eager team for the coming 2007 campaign. This included both experienced senior players supporting by young players who broke into the first team towards then end of the previous season. During the season there were several disruptions and there were three chairmen and three managers in succession which disrupted the development of the team because of the club management changes. Arlesey Town finished in the bottom half of the Ryman league with Matt Corbould as the manager and a very young side.

Season 2008/2009 saw Arlesey Town reverting to the BGB Southern League with the consequence of substantial extra travelling miles and additional costs. Because of the league restructure Matt had to put together a totally different team comprising of a number of young players.

As a result of Arlesey Town successful cup runs there were three players who were playing professional football for the 2008 season with Dave Kitson, was a main A.T.F.C. sponsor, and who moved from Reading to newly promoted Stoke City to remain in the Premiership, Craig Machail-Smith and Shane Blackett were with newly promoted Peterborough United. This is a record to be proud of for a small club like Arlesey.

Season 2008/2009 saw Arlesey Town escape relegation by the skin of their teeth. No honours were forthcoming in the season. But the Club were hoping season 2009/2010 would be more fruitful, which it so proved.

With a complete new management structure in place and a new Management team, of: Gary King Director of Football, Lee Cowley Manager, Zema Abbey Assistant Manager, and Darren Staniforth as Coach, Arlesey played the season with renewed style and passion, finishing the season in 9th place in the League and getting through to the first-round proper of the F.A. Trophy and lifting the Beds Senior Cup in the last game of the season.

Season 2010-11 saw them staying in the Zamaretto Southern League in the new “Central Division” and saw them looking forward with a lot more hope and even more optimism, with the whole team showing great experience and growing in strength and confidence on and off the field all of the time.

The season in which Arlesey were in the top echelons all season finished in dramatic stile as they won 10 games on the bounce, had 9 points deducted on the day they thought they had won the league away at Hayes and then beat long term archrivals and near neighbours Hitchin Town on Hitchin’s own ground on their last game of the season to be finally crowned League Champions.

This was followed soon after by beating Biggleswade Town to retain the Beds Senior Cup at Luton Towns Kenilworth Road ground to give Arlesey a League and Cup Double and see them promoted to the new Evo-Stick Southern League Premier Division, a truly tremendous season.

The season was topped of in early August of this year as Arlesey beat neighbours Luton Town in the Beds Premier Cup to make a quite unique “treble” for the side.

The first season in the Premier League was seen as a settling in period targeting staying up and a good cup run, both of these ambitions were achieved with the club reaching the F.A. Cup 1st round proper for the first time in their history.

The second season again saw a good FA Cup run that went again to the 1st round proper before it ended at the Ricoh Stadium against Coventry City. The season finished on a knife edge as Arlesey missed out on the play-off spot of the Premier Div by just a single point. Although promotion was narrowly missed the Red Insure League Cup was won in a 2-legged final v Frome to bring home yet another impressive piece of Silverware.

The squad like all good squads was rebuilt again through the summer and we looked forward to another successful season.

But as the Abbeys left to take up management elsewhere, we had a change of Management and in November 2013 Rufus Brevett arrived to take the club forward. Although his 1st season was “steady” a very difficult season in 201415 saw several changes of management as results failed to materialise a Rufus gave way after Christmas to ex manager Nick Ironton but again this failed to halt the slide and he in turn gave way during the season as Zema Abbey came back with brother Nathan as joint managers, Although this led to an improvement in playing style but they were unable to prevent relegation in the end back to the Central Division. The new season saw us struggle to get to grips with the style of the new division and early form showed us propping up the division, but a second half resurgence saw us push up the division to finish in a mid-table position. Last season saw us with most of last season’s players returning to try to prove their point that they somewhat under achieved in the previous season.

Season 2017-18 proved a very difficult year with a season plagued by injuries and problems and indeed a terrible record of no league wins at home all season saw us unfortunately get relegated from the Southern league.

This now presents a new challenge in the South Midlands league for this year and to that end a new management team of Matt Endersby and James Hatch were appointed during the close season, and they have rebuilt the team and gathered together a whole new coaching staff. We look forward to the new season with a degree of confidence that was perhaps missing in the previous season.

The new League started well with a good start although a cup run eluded us and things went reasonably well until the Christmas period when a series of injuries knocked results, but things were slowly rebuilt leaving us an 8th place finish that left a feeling of under achievement that led again to a rebuild.

A change in management as Matt Endersby left the club at the beginning of October the club appointed Chico Ramos in November to try to push the club forward again. His reign has been blighted by the Covid pandemic with two uncompleted seasons although some progress seems to be happening on the pitch. Also, off the pitch much change is happening with a complete refurbishment of the clubhouse and dressing rooms. Also, a change off the pitch saw ex player Dave Kitson come back to the club he started at as Chairman.

Although progress was made a further change in management came in December 2021 as Martin Standen was appointed to take charge of the team.

Martin left the club after a short tenure and skipper Adam Randall took the reins until the end of the season. With the new season the club appointed Nick Brown as manager, and he has started to evolve his new team.

After a season of rebuilding for the 23/24 season the club looks to push forward with new youth teams added to the club and Nick Brown building a strong looking squad the future looks more stable.

Acknowledgements to Tony Smith, Malcolm Skillings, Ken Gear, Pete Brennan, David Braybrook & Chris Sterry.

First Team Results 2023 Date

Venue

Opponents

Score

Goalscorers

22-Jul

HFACS

Home

Tring Athletic

2-4

Lost

Blunden 2

01-Aug

SSML

Away

St Panteleimon

2-0

Won

Stefanoaica, Pett

05-Aug

FAC

Home

White Ensign

5-3

Won

Blunden 3, Stefanoaica 2

12-Aug

SSML

Home

Stansted

4-0

Won

Michell- Gears 2, Blunden, Beckwith

16-Aug

SSML

Away

FC Romania

1-4

Lost

Stefanoaica

19-Aug

FAC

Away

Walthamstow

1-3

Lost

Pett

26-Aug

FAV

Home

Ampthill

3-2

Won

Edwards 2, Newman

29-Aug

SSML

Home

Harpenden Town

2-0

Won

Beckwith, Stefanoaica

02-Sep

SSML

Home

Dunstable Town

1-4

Lost

Stefanoaica

09-Sep

SSML

Away

Shefford Town & Campton

3-1

Won

Radu 2, Pett

16-Sep

SSML

Away

Potton Utd

1- 4

Lost

Blunden

23-Sep

FAV

Away

Crawley Green

0-3

Lost

30-Sep

SSML

Home

Baldock Town

5-1

Won

Mitchell-Gears 2, Beckwith, Seale, Mooney

02-Oct

HFASC

Away

Hitchin

1 - 1*

Lost

Beckwith

07-Oct

SSML

Away

Cockfosters

2-5

Lost

Stefanoaica, Mitchell-Gears

10-Oct

SSML

Home

St Panteleimon

0-0

Draw

14-Oct

SSML

Home

Sawbridgeworth Town

3-1

Won

Mooney, Newman, Collins

17-Oct

SSML

Home

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

3-2

Won

Neal, Stefanoaica, Beckwith

21-Oct

SSML

Away

Biggleswade Utd

2-1

Won

Neal, Sadler

25-Oct

SSML

Away

London Lions

4-3

Won

Newman, Stefanoacia, Beach, Grout

28-Oct

SSML

Away

Colney Heath

1-0

Won

Pett

31-Oct

PDC

Home

London Lions

0-3

Lost

04-Nov

SSML

Away

Harpenden Town

1-3

Lost

Newman

11-Nov

GCT

Home

Northampton Sileby R.

3-0

Won

Beckwith, Stefanoaica, Mitchell-Gears

18-Nov

SSML

Away

Milton Keynes Irish

2-2

Draw

Stefanoacia 2

25-Nov

SSML

Home

FC Romania

3-2

Won

Beckwith, Beach, Mitchell-Gears

02-Dec

SSML

Home

Potton Utd

1-1

Draw

Pett

16-Dec

SSML

Away

Sawbridgeworth Town

3-1

Won

Stefanoacia 2, Pett

23-Dec

SSML

Home

Colney Heath

1-4

Lost

Stefanoaica

First Team Results & Fixtures Date

Venue

Opponents

Score

Goalscorers

09-Jan

SSML Home

Biggleswade Utd

6-0

Won

Stefanoaica, Neal 2, Beckwith, Seale, Newman

13-Jan

SSML Away

Arlesey Town

2-1

Won

Pett, Beckwith

27-Jan

SSML Home

London Lions

1-1

Draw

Collins

30-Jan

SMC

Bovingdon

3-0

Won

Newman, Seale, Mooney

03-Feb SSML Home

Real Bedford

2-1

Won

Stefanoaica, Beckwith

06-Feb SSML Home

Dunstable Town

1-0

Won

Seale

17-Feb SSML Home

Crawley Green

2-2

Draw

Baruwa 2

20-Feb SSML Home

Arlesey Town

02-Mar SSML Away

Baldock Town

05-Mar SSML Home

Northampton ON C

12-Mar SSML Home

Tring Athletic

16-Mar SSML Away

Real Bedford

23-Mar SSML Home

Cockfosters

26-Mar SSML Away

Tring Athletic

30-Mar SSML Away

Crawley Green

06-Apr

SSML Away

Dunstable Town

09-Apr

SSML Home

Milton Keynes Irish

13-Apr

SSML Away

Stansted

20-Apr

SSML Home

Shefford Town & Campton

Home

First Team Appearances Player Rio Beach

SSML 26

PDC 1

GCT 2

StM 0

HSC 1

HCS 1

FA Cup 2

FA Vase 2

Luke Beckwith

24

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

33

Nat Connolly

26

1

1

0

0

1

2

1

32

Dan Pett

23

1

2

1

1

0

2

2

32

Radu Stefanoaica

22

0

2

0

1

1

2

0

28

Ryan Carruthers

21

0

1

0

1

1

2

2

28

Dan Weeks

21

0

1

1

1

0

2

1

27

Callum Neal

20

1

2

1

1

1

1

0

27

Mickey Havill-Tierney

18

1

2

1

1

1

2

1

27

Ethan Mooney

18

1

2

1

1

0

0

2

25

Josh Bowler

19

1

2

1

1

0

0

0

24

Lewis Collins

14

0

2

1

0

1

1

1

20

Jayden Newman

15

1

0

1

1

0

0

1

19

Danny May

13

1

1

0

0

1

1

2

19

Ademide Baruwa

13

1

1

1

1

0

0

1

18

Rawn Seale

13

0

2

1

0

0

0

0

16

George Mitchell-Gears

12

1

1

0

1

0

1

0

16

Joe Sadler

6

1

2

1

1

1

1

0

13

Bradley Robinson

8

0

1

0

1

1

1

0

12

Chris Blunden

7

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

11

Paul Marks

9

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

10

Luke Durnin

6

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

8

Austin Byfield

4

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

7

Connor McGinty

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

4

Morgan Grout

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

Callum Moore

2

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

4

Loris Marcimain

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

Ryan Hennessy

2

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

3

Scott McGleish

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

3

Shehzad Anwar

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

Josh Dooley

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

2

Total 35

First Team Goal Scorers Player

SSML

PDC

GCT

StM

HSC

HCS

Radu Stefanoaica Luke Beckwith George Michell-Gears Dan Pett Chris Blunden Jayden Newman Callum Neal Rawn Seale Ethan Mooney Rio Beach Lewis Collins Ademide Baruwa Jordan Edwards Joe Sadler Morgan Grout

15 8 6 6 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FA Cup 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Match Highlights Leverstock Green 1 Dunstable Town 0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtDjbque3ec

FA Vase 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Total 19 10 7 7 7 6 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1

Alan Lee Reporting Leverstock Green 2 Crawley Green 2 Leverstock Green were seconds away from collecting another three points, but a scrambled equaliser with the last kick of the game meant they had to settle for a point against Crawley Green. It was a point that the visitors probably deserved with a strong second half display after a first half in which Leverstock were only prevented from establishing a handsome lead by their former goalkeeper Adi Connolly in the Crawley goal. Leverstock were without leading scorer Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica, who was serving the first of a two-game suspension for reaching ten bookings for the season.

Leverstock put pressure on the visitors’ goal early, with Paul Marks going close in the fourth minute, heading into the side netting from Luke Beckwith’s cross. Two minutes later Leverstock had the lead. Nat Connolly laid a pass across the box to Ademide Baruwa, who struck home a fierce shot to score his first ever goal for the club.

The 1-0 lead should have been extended as Leverstock created a host of chances. In the 12th minute a pass from Rawn Seale put Beckwith through on goal, but his shot was way off target, going out for a throw-in. Four minutes later pressure from Seale forced keeper Connolly into an error as he played the ball straight out to Beckwith but recovered to get a boot to Beckwith’s shot and deflect it wide.

In the 24th minute Beckwith was through again but was blocked. Nat Connolly picked up the loose ball and continued through on goal, only to be denied by his namesake in goal. Three minutes later a long kick from Leverstock keeper Josh Bowler put Beckwith in behind the defence again, but again he was denied in a one-onone situation by a save from Connolly. Three minutes before half time there was a warning that Leverstock may rue those missed chances as Joe Hankins was through for Crawley but was denied by a good save from Bowler.

Leverstock started the second half with just the single-goal lead, and the visitors made the most of attacking down the slope in the second half. In the opening minutes of the half, they forced a series of corners which Leverstock did well to defend. However, in the 55th minute they paid the price for giving the ball away on the halfway line. A pass down the right put Jake Cowley in behind Mikey Havill-Tierney, and Cowley raced on towards the Leverstock goal before picking his spot and driving a shot into the corner of the net to level the scores.

Six minutes later Crawley might have gone in front as a cross found Dan Trif with lots of space on the left side of the penalty area, but Bowler produced a great save to turn his shot round the post. That proved important as Leverstock retook the lead in the 72nd minute. Rio Beach got to the bye-line and delivered a cross which Lewis Collins kept alive. The ball dropped for Baruwa, who aimed a dipping shot towards the top corner of the net which went in off the post for his second goal of the game.

Baruwa could have completed a hat-trick in the 82nd minute but again it was great goalkeeping by Connolly that kept his shot out. Crawley kept pushing for an equaliser as the game went into stoppage time, but Leverstock kept them out until the final seconds where they were unable to clear the ball adequately from a goalmouth scramble.

Eventually the ball was forced home from a yard out by Cameron Kengne to level the scores, and with the final whistle going immediately after the restart, Leverstock were left deflated at the loss of two crucial points in their play-off push.

Leverstock Green (1) 2 (Baruwa 6, 72) 1. Josh Bowler, 2. Mike Havill-Tierney, 3. Rio Beach, 4. Dan Weeks, 5. Paul Marks, 6. Ademide Baruwa, 7. Luke Beckwith (12. Ryan Carruthers 84 mins), 8. Dan Pett, 9. Rawn Seale, 10. Nat Connolly, 11. Ethan Mooney (14.

Lewis Collins 69 mins). Subs not used: 15. Josh Dooley, 16. Brad Robinson, 19. Scott McGleish.

Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Table 17th February 2024 Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

PTS

1 Real Bedford

27

22

3

2

96

22

74

69

2 Milton Keynes Irish

24

20

3

1

75

15

60

63

3 Leverstock Green

26

15

5

6

58

43

15

50

4 FC Romania

26

14

5

7

66

47

19

47

5 St Panteleimon

25

13

7

5

50

32

18

46

6 Harpenden Town

26

13

4

9

49

44

5

43

7 London Lions

27

9

9

9

57

55

2

36

8 Colney Heath

25

11

2

12

37

39

-2

35

9 Biggleswade United

26

10

5

11

53

62

-9

35

10 Potton United

27

10

5

12

35

47

-12

35

11 Tring Athletic

25

9

6

10

40

44

-4

33

12 Cockfosters

23

8

7

8

46

39

7

31

13 Dunstable Town

25

8

7

10

38

41

-3

31

14 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

22

9

2

11

43

52

-9

29

15 Stansted

24

7

5

12

33

49

-16

26

16 Arlesey Town

25

7

4

14

27

54

-27

25

17 Baldock Town

28

8

3

17

53

72

-19 24 *

18 Crawley Green

24

5

5

14

34

60

-26

20

19 Shefford Town & Campton

22

4

4

14

29

64

-35

16

20 Sawbridgeworth Town

23

0

5

18

20

58

-38

5

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Arlesey Town

4

1 Dunstable Town

PREM

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

1

2 London Lions

PREM

Cockfosters

1

2 Harpenden Town

PREM

Colney Heath

4

0 Sawbridgeworth Town

PREM

Leverstock Green

2

2 Crawley Green

PREM

Milton Keynes Irish

5

1 Baldock Town

PREM

Real Bedford

3

3 Biggleswade United

PREM

Shefford Town & Campton

1

2 Stansted

PREM

Tring Athletic

1

2 Potton United

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Sawbridgeworth Town

GCT

Codicote

Real Bedford

PDC

Colney Heath

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

PREM

Leverstock Green

Arlesey Town

GCT

Milton Keynes Irish

Winslow United

STMC

Tring Athletic

Berkhamsted Raiders

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Clubs relegated for finishing in the bottom two places in each of the eight divisions at Step 4 will be replaced by the Clubs finishing in 1st position in each of the sixteen divisions at Step 5 together with a further 16 Clubs (one Club from each of the sixteen divisions at Step 5) determined by a series of Play Off Matches.

Where a Club finishes in 1st position but does not meet the minimum criteria for promotion to the next Step (which shall include being awarded a Grade 5 following an independent ground grading inspection), the Club finishing in 2nd position shall be promoted and the Club finishing in 3rd position (and so on) shall be the Club in the next eligible position to take part in the Play Off Matches. Where a Club finishes in a Play Off Position but does not meet the Criteria for participation in Play Off Matches, the Club finishing in the next eligible position shall take part in the Play Off Matches.

In each division at Step 5, the Play Off Matches shall be played so that the highest placed of the eligible Clubs plays against the lowest placed of the eligible Clubs and the other two eligible Clubs play each other. The ties will be played on a single match basis with the home Club being the Club with the best points per match ratio in the Regular Season. If there are only three eligible Clubs, then the highest placed eligible Club shall receive a bye and play the winner of the other Play Off Match, and the winner of that match will be promoted. Clubs finishing below 7th position will not be eligible to take part in Play Off Matches.

The promoted Clubs will be placed in a feeder pool and placed in the most geographically appropriate division at Step 4 for the following Playing Season. In addition, a Club promoted to Step 4 shall comply with the Licencing System provision as set out in Appendix 1 to the Standardised Rules.

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Real Bedford Promoted Milton Keynes Irish vs St Panteleimon Leverstock Green vs FC Romania

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The Clubs finishing in the bottom four places in each of the eight divisions at Step 4 at the end of the Regular Season will be relegated and placed in a feeder pool and placed in the most geographically appropriate division at Step 5 for the following Playing Season.

Clubs relegated for finishing in the bottom four places in each of the eight divisions at Step 4 will be replaced by the Clubs finishing in 1st position in each of the sixteen divisions at Step 5 together with a further 16 Clubs (one Club from each of the sixteen divisions at Step 5) determined by a series of Play Off Matches.

Where a Club finishes in 1st position but does not meet the minimum criteria for promotion to the next Step (which shall include being awarded a Grade 5 following an independent ground grading inspection), the Club finishing in 2nd position shall be promoted and the Club finishing in 3rd position (and so on) shall be the Club in the next eligible position to take part in the Play Off Matches. Where a Club finishes in a Play Off Position but does not meet the Criteria for participation in Play Off Matches, the Club finishing in the next eligible position shall take part in the Play Off Matches.

In each division at Step 5, the Play Off Matches shall be played so that the highest placed of the eligible Clubs plays against the lowest placed of the eligible Clubs and the other two eligible Clubs play each other. The ties will be played on a single match basis with the home Club being the Club with the best points per match ratio in the Regular Season. If there are only three eligible Clubs, then the highest placed eligible Club shall receive a bye and play the winner of the other Play Off Match, and the winner of that match will be promoted. Clubs finishing below 7th position will not be eligible to take part in Play Off Matches.

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Form Tables – SSML Premier Division & HSCL Premier Division Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Team Milton Keynes Irish FC Romania Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Harpenden Town Leverstock Green Real Bedford Tring Athletic Stansted Colney Heath London Lions Dunstable Town Potton United Arlesey Town St Panteleimon Biggleswade United Cockfosters Crawley Green Shefford Town & Campton Sawbridgeworth Town Baldock Town

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Team Hatfield Town First Belstone First Leverstock Green Development Cuffley Seniors First Oracle Components First Apsley Argyle First Lemsford First Chipperfield Corinthians First Colney Heath FC Reserves Hertford Heath First Hinton First Buntingford Town First Everett Rovers London Lions Development Bush Hill Rangers FC First Cockfosters Reserves Baldock Town Reserves Sandridge Rovers First

P

W 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

D 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0

W 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

L 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2

D 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0

F 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 4

L 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 1

A 17 17 18 12 14 14 11 9 10 13 7 7 10 8 11 10 7 6 3 8

F 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 5

4 10 11 9 9 9 9 9 5 14 8 9 11 12 19 12 18 17 16 15 A

22 11 11 19 18 12 15 14 16 12 14 9 17 5 6 9 15 8

4 6 6 13 12 11 18 11 17 15 16 11 16 12 16 13 25 20

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HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HFAC

Venue Away Home Home Home Away Away Away Home Away Home Home

Opponents Bush Hill Rangers Everett Rovers Chipperfield Cor Hinton Colney Heath Hatfield Town Cockfosters Res Hatfield Town Lemsford Cuffley Apsley Argyle

Score 1-5 0-3 0-3 2-4 1-2 1-4 2-1 0-6 3-2 4-6 4-3

Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Won Lost Won Lost Won

HSCL HSCL HSCL NAT HFAC HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL HSCL

Home Away Home Home Home Away Away Away Home Home Away Away Away Home Home Away Away Away Home Home Home Home Home Away Home Away

Hertford Heath London Lions Dev Buntingford Utd Bovingdon Res Cuffley Baldock Town Res Oracle Components Belstone Colney Heath Res London Lions Dev Hinton Apsley Argyle Cuffley Apsley Argyle Cockfosters Res Sandridge Rovers Hertford Heath Buntingford Utd Baldock Town Res Sandridge Rovers Lemsford Belstone Bush Hill Rangers Chipperfield Cor Oracle Components Everett Rovers

0-5 4-6 2-4 1-2 2-3 2-0 1-6 1-2 2-1 1-0 4-1 0-0 3-2

Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Won Lost Lost Won Won Won Draw Won

Goalscorers Moore

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Herts Senior County League Premier Division Results and Fixtures

Saturday 17th February CC

Croydon First

3

0 Cockfosters Reserves

L

Baldock Town Reserves

6

2 Sandridge Rovers

L

Oracle Components First

3

1 Apsley Argyle First

L

Cuffley

2

3 Leverstock Green Development

Wednesday 21st February L

Cockfosters Reserves

Oracle Components First

L

Hertford Heath First

Cuffley

Saturday 24th February CC

Indian Gymkhana First

Bush Hill Rangers FC First

L

Baldock Town Reserves

Colney Heath FC Reserves

L

Belstone First

London Lions Development

NAT Bovingdon Reserves

Cuffley Seniors First

L

Buntingford Town First

Oracle Components First

L

Hinton First

Chipperfield Corinthians First

L

Everett Rovers

Sandridge Rovers First

L

Hatfield Town First

Cockfosters Reserves

L

Leverstock Green Development

Apsley Argyle

Tuesday 27th February L

Leverstock Green Development

Cockfosters Reserves

Herts Senior County League Premier Division Table 17th February 2024 Team

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1 Hatfield Town First

23

16

4

3

60

52

2 Belstone First

19

16

2

1

34

50

3 Chipperfield Corinthians First

20

14

1

5

22

43

4 Cuffley Seniors First

18

12

2

4

26

38

5 Hertford Heath First

20

11

4

5

21

37

6 London Lions Development

24

9

7

8

-2

34

7 Hinton First

17

9

3

5

14

30

8 Bush Hill Rangers FC First

20

8

5

7

2

29

9 Colney Heath FC Reserves

21

8

5

8

-4

29

10 Buntingford Town First

23

8

4

11

-13

28

11 Apsley Argyle First

26

8

4

14

-20

28

12 Everett Rovers

21

7

4

10

-3

25

13 Oracle Components First

20

7

3

10

-2

24

14 Leverstock Green Development

21

7

1

13

-29

22

15 Lemsford First

20

5

4

11

-23

19

16 Cockfosters Reserves

15

3

3

9

-17

12

17 Baldock Town Reserves

22

3

3

16

-36

12

18 Sandridge Rovers First

20

2

5

13

-30

11

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Development & U18’s Team News Leverstock Green Development pulled off an impressive 4-1 win away to Hinton in today’s Herts Senior County League Premier Division match. Jamie McIntosh scored twice, with Joe Dalli and Schilo Kanda adding the other goals. It was a third straight league win for Andy Murray’s side.

The Development Team made it four games unbeaten with a 0-0 draw against Apsley Argyle at Vauxhall Road on Saturday.

Leverstock Green Development continued their excellent run in the HSCL Premier Division with a 3-2 win away to Cuffley. Goal scorers were Callum Moore, Dylan Duane-Berry and Curtis Dibley. The Development team are now 3rd in the leagues form table with 4 wins and I draw in the last six games.

There was late heartbreak for the Under-18s, as they came very close to ending the 100% record of Tring Athletic in Thursday night’s SCFYL Corinthian Division game but were beaten by a goal deep into stoppage time.Tring had won their opening four league games, as well as having a long run in the FA Youth Cup, and they took an early lead. However, Stan Kenyon equalised for Leverstock in the 14th minute. The score remained a 1-1 until the 4th minute of stoppage time when Tring scored a winner.

Leverstock Green’s Under-18s earned their fourth league win of the season and their first of 2024 on Thursday night. After a goalless first half, goals from Alex King and Oscar Martin put Leverstock into a 2-0 lead. Kings Langley pulled a goal back, but a further goal from Tom Rutherford sealed a 3-1 win.

A second half goal from Oscar Martin earned a point for Leverstock Green U18 against Leighton Town U18 in Thursday night’s SCFYL Corinthian Division game at the Lords Builders Merchants Stadium. Leighton had taken the lead in the 9th minute, but Martin’s 55th minute goal levelled the scores.

Under 18’s Team Fixtures and Results Date 16-Aug

Venue Opponents Away Oxhey Jets

Score 1-4 Lost

Goalscorers Payne

FAYC

31-Aug

SCYFL Away

Leighton Town

1-4

Lost

Dischamps

15-Sep

SCYFL Away

Hemel Hempstead

1-2

Lost

21-Sep

SCYFL Home

Dunstable Town

4-1

Won

28-Sep

SCYFL Away

Buckingham

5-0

Won

05-Oct

SCYFL Home

Winslow

1-4

Lost

Dischamps 2, Darr, Roberts Kelly 3, McIntosh, Renton McIntosh

12-Oct

SCYFL Away

Aylesbury Vale Dyn

1-2

Lost

Moore

19-Oct

SCYFL Away

Dunstable Town

0-3

Lost

23-Oct

BHC

Barnet

2-1

Won

McIntosh, Martin

16-Nov

SCYFL Away

Winslow

3-5

Lost

23-Nov

SCYFL Home

Aylesbury Vale Dyn

3-0

Won

28-Nov

BHC

Crawley Green

4-1

Won

Sadler, McIntosh, Dischamps Dischamps, Kelly, McIntosh McIntosh 3, McGinty

11-Jan

SCYFL Away

Tring Athletic

1-2

Lost

25-Jan

SCYFL Home

Kings Langley

3-1

Won

Martin, Wood, King

01-Feb

SCYFL Home

Leighton Town

1-1

Draw

Martin

22-Feb

SCYFL Home

Tring Athletic

07-Mar

SCYFL Home

Buckingham

Away

Away

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Southern Counties Floodlight League Corinthian League Table 15th February 2024 Team

P

W

D

L

GD

Pts

1 Tring Athletic U18 Midweek

9

9

0

0

28

27

2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC U18 FL

9

6

0

3

11

18

3 Kings Langley FC U18

11

6

0

5

-1

18

4 Hemel Hempstead Town U18

9

5

2

2

15

17

5 Winslow United U18 Southern

11

5

2

4

1

17

6 Leighton Town U18

8

5

1

2

11

16

7 Berkhamsted FC U18

10

4

1

5

-1

13

8 Leverstock Green U18

12

4

1

7

-1

13

9 Dunstable Town U18

13

3

1

9

-23

10

10 Buckingham Football Club U18 S

10

0

0

10

-40

0

Under 18’s Team Goal Scorers Jamie McIntosh Luc Dischamps Shay Kelly Oscar Martin Archie Roberts Kaashan Darr James Renton Callum Moore Joe Sadler Stanley Kenyon Archie Wood Daniel Payne Connor McGinty

League 4 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

BHC 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

League Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HFA U18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FAY Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Total 8 5 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Southern Counties Floodlight League Corinthian Division Results & Fixtures

Week commencing 12th February 2024 COR

Berkhamsted FC U18

3 Dunstable Town U18

1

COR

Dunstable Town U18

1 Berkhamsted FC U18

1

COR

Kings Langley FC U18

4 Winslow United U18 Southern

1

Week commencing 19th February 2024 COR

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC U18

Berkhamsted FC U18

COR

Leverstock Green U18

Tring Athletic U18 Midweek

COR

Winslow United U18 Southern

Dunstable Town U18

COR

Buckingham Football Club U18

Leighton Town U18

COR

Hemel Hempstead Town U18

Kings Langley FC U18

Week commencing 26th February 2024 COR

Leighton Town U18

Winslow United U18 Southern

COR

Kings Langley FC U18

Berkhamsted FC U18

COR

Tring Athletic U18 Midweek

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC U18

COR

Hemel Hempstead Town U18

Buckingham Football Club U18

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Leverstock Green History

Leverstock Green FC was formed around 1895. The first match reports appeared on January 4th 1896 in the Advertiser and gave an account of a match against Hemel Hempstead Rovers.

The first competitive fixtures were reported during season 1908/1909 when the Club competed in Division Three of the West Herts League. Other clubs competing in the league at that time were: Abbots Langley, Bovingdon, Boxmoor, Bushey Heath, Hagden Lane, Kings Langley and Potten End. The Club ground in Pancake Lane originally formed part of the Gorhambury Estate, Lord Verulam making the ground available for the youth of the area and his estate workers to enjoy a game of ball. Clearly Lord Verulam was an early enthusiast, providing timber-built changing rooms, which have been progressively replaced since the 1960s by the existing brick-built clubhouse and changing rooms.

On the death of the Lord, certain parcels of land, including that on which the Football Club stood, fell to the Crown in lieu of death duties and is administered on its behalf by the Commission for New Towns, who have remained the Clubs landlords since that time, despite two unsuccessful attempts by the Club to buy the freehold.

Leverstock Green FC remained members of the West Herts League until 1954 when it broadened its horizons and successfully applied to join the Herts County League.

By the mid 1970s the Club started to move forward with a new clubhouse, post & rail, and the installation of training lights.

The playing side of the club also improved and in 1979 the club won Division One of the Herts County League and were promoted to the Premier Division – the highest standard the Club had achieved in 80 years.

In 1991 Leverstock Green FC were accepted into the South Midlands League and had two highly successful seasons in the Premier Division before being forced to drop into the Senior Division, as floodlights were then not available. In 1996 the club finished in runners-up position and the following season were the divisional champions but could not be promoted because floodlights had still not received approval from the Council.

Premier Division status was eventually regained in 2003, and the club is now the longest-standing current member of the division. The club’s highest finish in the Premier Division has been 4th, in season 2010/11, with top six finishes also being recorded in 2005/06, 2006/07 and 2008/09.

Season 2010/11 also saw the club’s best ever run in the FA Vase, with wins over Welwyn Garden City, Enfield, Hullbridge Sports, Tunbridge Wells and Bemerton Heath Harlequins before defeat in the Fifth Round against Rye United. The club has twice reached the Third Round of the FA Vase, in seasons 2006/07 and 2018/19.

Leverstock Green FC entered the FA Cup for the first time in 2004, and the club’s best performance has been reaching the Second Round Qualifying, which was achieved in 2014/15, where we were beaten by Staines Town, and in 2018/19 where we were beaten by Dorking Wanderers.

County honours were won in 2006/07 and 2010/11 as the Herts Charity Shield was lifted, and the club were beaten finalists in the Herts Charity Cup in 2011/12. After finishing runners-up four times over the previous 12 years, The West Herts FA St Mary’s Cup was finally lifted for the first time in 2017/18 with victory over Berkhamsted in the final at Vauxhall Road.

Between 2005 and 2015 the club ran a successful Ladies’ Team, which rose from the Beds and Herts League into the Eastern Region Womens League, reaching the Premier Division in 2013.

The under-18 side competes in the Southern Counties Floodlit Youth League. The team finished runners-up in their division in seasons 2010/11 and 2014/15, and in 2015/16 they reached the final of both the Brian Hitchings Cup and the Colwyn Cup, losing in both finals to Luton Town Cedars. Many players have made the step up from under-18 level to first team level, and those who have gone on to play much higher up the non-league pyramid include Charlie Gorman (Eastbourne Borough), Luke Warner-Eley (Royston Town, St Albans City) and Jonathan Lacey (Hemel Hempstead Town) who also represented the England non-league side in the Falklands while a Leverstock Green player.

The Pancake Lane ground has seen many improvements due to ever more stringent ground grading requirements. In 2007 the Peter Metcalfe changing rooms were built at a cost of £90,000. 2008 saw the refurbishment of the clubhouse to include new toilets and a new hospitality suite. In 2009 the concrete walkway was completed to cover three sides of the ground and a seated stand accommodating 113 spectators was installed.

Season 2018/19 was one of turmoil and sadness, as long-serving fixture secretary Graham Smart passed away suddenly only weeks after taking on the role of interim chairman. A season which promised so much at the start ended with the club only securing Premier Division safety on the final day.

Emma Smart took over as chairman for season 2019/20, and with a new management team and a new spirit of optimism the club was on course for a safe mid-table finish before the season was brought to a premature end by Covid-19. The management team of Matt Harding and Mick Vipond continued into the 2020/21 season, which again came to a premature end.

For season 2021/22, a new management team of Fergus Moore, Scott McGleish and Paul Marks was appointed. Fergus and Scott continued through season 2022/23 and won their first

silverware for the club with a 1-0 win over Tring Athletic in the final of the West Herts St Mary’s Cup. Fergus and Scott are joined by former Under-18 manager Ross Bargent for season 2023/24, and the club has also started a Development Team this season, which will be playing in the Herts Senior County League Premier Division.

Four club stalwarts have received awards from the Football Association and the Herts FA for 50 years’ service to football. The first was Jim Matthews, affectionately known as “Macca”, who passed away at the age of 90 in 2006. The second was Bill Dawes in 2014, and the third was longserving club secretary Brian Barter in 2019. Brian stood down from his role as secretary in 2020, having twice been honoured with awards from the Spartan South Midlands League. The fourth to receive the award was vice-chairman and treasurer Tony Smart in 2023.

Gladwish Challenge Trophy Draw and Dates GCT GCT GCT GCT GCT GCT GCT GCT GCT GCT GCT GCT GCT GCT

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Baldock Town Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Codicote Milton Keynes Irish Eynesbury United Irchester United Leverstock Green Potton United Ampthill Tring Codicote/Real Bedford Eynesbury/London Lions Irchester/New Bradwell Leverstock Green/Northampton

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Huntingdon Town Berkhamsted Raiders Real Bedford Winslow United London Lions New Bradwell St Peter Northampton ON Chenecks Arlesey Town Aylesbury V/Berkhamsted R Baldock/Huntingdon MK Irish/Winslow Tring A/Baldock/Huntingdon Potton/Arlesey Ampthill/Aylesbury/Berkhamsted

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VICE PRESIDENTS CLUB 2023-24 Leverstock Green Football Club would like to thank the Vice Presidents for their help and assistance pledged for this season.

Colin Bull, Peter Dennis, Jim Doble, Peter Frasier, Roger Stokes As in previous seasons the donations made by our Vice Presidents have assisted us in providing many improvements.

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GOLD Members Club Tony Smart, Alan Lee, Keith Pym Colin Bull and Bill Dawes The Gold Members Club for those who have given significant donations to the club.

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