Leverstock Green FC Programme vs Arlesey Town

Match Day Programme Premier Division Saturday 11th February 2023 Kick Off 7.45 pm Verses

Arlesey Town FC LORDS Builders Merchants Stadium Price £2.00 Match Sponsored By Garry Harvey

Welcome to Leverstock Green FC Today we welcome Arlesey Town Players, Officials and Supporters to the LORDS Builders Merchants Stadium for SSML Premier Division game.

We hope you have an enjoyable afternoon with us.

We also welcome our match officials Referee Chad Greatorex and his assistant’s Lee Randall and Ezra O’Neill.

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 Tony and Keith will give guidance for car parking and selling 50/50 tickets. The entrance fee us £8 and £4 for concessions.

Our sponsor today is Garry Harvey, who is one of our sponsors, The Training Centre and the Veo camera man. We thank Garry for sponsoring today’s game.

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.

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.

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 https://lordsbm.co.uk

LEVERSTOCK GREEN F C Home Fixtures Thursday 16th Feb Ko 19:45 U18 vs Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Sunday 19th Feb Ko 12:00 U16 vs Brantham Athletic Tuesday 21st Feb Ko 19:45 1st vs Chipperfield Corinthians Saturday 4th March Ko 15:00 1st vs Hoddesdon Town Thursday 16th March Ko 18:45 U18 vs Dunstable Town

LGFC Club Information Officers President – Jamie Herd Chairman – Emma Smart Vice Chairman – Tony Smart General Club Secretary – Dean Bradford Treasurer – Tony Smart General Committee William Dawes, Keith Pym, Alan Brett, Scott Isaacs, Pete Jerram, Steve Ypey, Roger Lipscombe, Alan Lee

Match Day Secretary 1st Team - Alan Lee Match Day Secretary SCFYL Under 18 – Alan Lee Match Day Secretary EJA Under16 - Dean Bradford Membership: Dean Bradford Tony Smart - Clubhouse Manager Club Welfare Officer/Charter Standard – Scott Isaacs Media Officer/Website – Alan Lee Photographer/Facebook – Stephan Fletcher Programme Editor – Tony Smart 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.

SSML Premier Division LEVERSTOCK GREEN

Arlesey Town

White/Green Shirts, Green Shorts & Socks

Red Shirts, Red Shorts & Socks

AUSTIN BYFIELD (GK)

OLLIE SKINNER

RIO BEACH

MATT GILBERT

ALVIN KYEREMEH

VINNIE BAKER

BRADLEY ROBINSON

WILL McCLELAND

ADRIAN PITFIELD

DAN WAPPETT

RYAN CARRUTHERS

DAN UDANOH

IBRAHIM NAGHEEB

JANIE NYUBA

LUKE BECKWITH

ALEX TAYLOR

GEORGE MITCHELL-GEARS

DIAMAGIO ROBINSON

ELGENTY DAALBERG

BRUNO BRITO

ETHAN MOONEY

REECE CROWTER

CHRIS BLUNDEN

TIM MILLETT

TAUTVYDAS PONISKAITIS

AARON GOOCH

DAN PETT

LUKE SMITH

SCOTT McGLEISH

STUART MORTIMER

BOBBY ARMSTRONG

ADAM RANDALL

RADU-MIHAL STEFANOAICA AYOMIDE OKE

Manager: Assistant: Coach: Physio:

Fergus Moore Scott McGleish Darren Bonfield Cam Gaffeny

Manager: Nick Brown Ass Manager: Malcom Harkness Coach: Physio: Pebbles Folorunso

Referee: Chad Greatorex Referee Assistants: Lee Randall & Ezra O’Neill

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 arch rivals 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 with in 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 is 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 completely 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 arch rivals 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 playoff 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.

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

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SSML Premier Division Results Saturday 4th February PREM

Ardley United

0

1

Crawley Green

PREM

Arlesey Town

0

1

Dunstable Town

PREM

Cockfosters

1

1

Harpenden Town

PREM

Colney Heath

0

2

Biggleswade United

PREM

Leighton Town

3

0

Hoddesdon Town

PREM

Leverstock Green

2

2

Potton United

PREM

London Colney

0

0

Stotfold

PREM

Risborough Rangers

0

0

Baldock Town

PREM

Shefford Town & Campton

0

1

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

PREM

Walsall Wood

1

2

Tring Athletic

Tuesday 7th February PREM

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

2

0

Colney Heath

PREM

Baldock Town

0

3

Ardley United

CC

Biggleswade United First

1

4

Luton Town First

PREM

Dunstable Town

5

1

Cockfosters

CC

Kempston Rovers First

P

P

Potton United First

PREM

Leighton Town

A

A

Arlesey Town

PREM

Leverstock Green

1

0

St Panteleimon

PREM

Risborough Rangers

0

0

Stotfold

PREM

Tring Athletic

P

P

Hoddesdon Town

SSML Premier Division Fixtures Saturday 11th February PREM

Baldock Town

Biggleswade United

PREM

Crawley Green

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

PREM

Dunstable Town

Hoddesdon Town

PREM

Harpenden Town

Potton United

PREM

Leighton Town

Cockfosters

PREM

Leverstock Green

Arlesey Town

PREM

Shefford Town & Campton

Risborough Rangers

PREM

St Panteleimon

Colney Heath

PREM

Stotfold

Ardley United

FAV

Tring Athletic

Bury AFC

Tuesday 14th February CC

Arlesey Town First

Bedford Town First

PREM

Cockfosters

Leverstock Green

PREM

Harpenden Town

Dunstable Town

PREM

London Colney

St Panteleimon

GCT

Northampton Sileby Rangers

Leighton Town

PREM

Potton United

Ardley United

PREM

Stotfold

Baldock Town

Thursday 16th February GCT

Holmer Green

Cockfosters

GCT

Potton United

Arlesey Town

Alan Lee Reporting Premier Division Leverstock Green 1 St Panteleimon 0 Tuesday 7th February 2023 Leverstock Green got back to winning ways as they held on for a gritty 1-0 win against St Panteleimon in the fourth meeting between the clubs this season. The two sides are clearly very well-matched as the four meetings produced two draws and a single-goal win each.

It was a chilly night at the Lords Builders Merchants Stadium with frost forming on the pitch before kick-off, but it was still very much playable by the end. The visitors had an early chance when Jonathan Moura snuck between two Leverstock defenders in the box to go through on goal, but Tautvydas Poniskaitis dived to his right to turn away Moura’s shot from close range.

Poniskaitis was on hand again in the 15th minute to save a header from Clayton Afonso.

Leverstock took the lead in the 20th minute. A corner from Ibrahim Nagheeb was headed towards goal by Alvin Kyeremeh, and Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica applied the finishing touch from a yard out.

Ethan Mooney came close to adding a second goal in the 32nd minute with a curled shot from the left edge of the penalty area which went just wide, and again four minutes later when Dan Pett’s pass put him through on goal, but keeper Lincon Marques stood his ground and saved Mooney’s shot. On 38 minutes Kyeremeh got on the end of another Nagheeb corner but his header was cleared off the line.

The second half saw fewer chances as Leverstock dug in and defended the slope. Luke Durnin cleared a shot off the line in the 54th minute, and Leverstock were somewhat fortunate in the 75th minute when a cross from Guilherme Monti was deflected towards the far post and came back off the inside of the post.

Stefanoaica had an effort from distance in the 77th minute which took a deflection and flew just wide, and new signing Richard Ennin tried his luck from a free kick just outside the box in the 80th minute but it was straight at Marques.

St Panteleimon were a threat throughout the second half, but it was a very solid performance by the Leverstock defence who were all outstanding, but it was Luke Durnin who was named MOM as the Green held out for the three points which takes them up to 6th in the SSML Premier Division table.

Leverstock Green (1) 1 (Stefanoaica 20) 1. Tautvydas Poniskaitis, 2. Alvin Kyeremeh, 3. Kurainashe Musanhi, 4. Dan Weeks, 18. Luke Durnin, 6. Ryan Carruthers, 7. Ethan Mooney, 8. Dan Pett, 9. Chris Blunden (15. Richard Ennin 69 mins), 10. Ibrahim Nagheeb (12. Luke Beckwith 64 mins), 11. Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica. Subs not used: 14. Elgeniy Daalberg, 16. Ayomide Oke, 17. Adrian Pitfield.

Man of the Match vs St Panteleimon Presented by Emma Smart Photo by Alan Lee

First Team Results Date

Venue

Opponents

Score

Goalscorers

02-Aug

SSML

Home

Risborough Rangers

1-0

Won

Blunden

06-Aug

FAC

Home

Halstead Town

3-0

Won

Mitchell-Gears, Blunden, Durnin

13-Aug

SSML

Away

Baldock Town

0-2

Won

Kyeremeh, Blunden

16-Aug

SSML

Home

London Colney

1-0

Won

Kyeremeh

20-Aug

FAC

Home

St Panteleimon

2-2

Draw

Beckwith, Beach

24-Aug

FAC

Away

St Panteleimon

3* - 3

Won

Pett, Carruthers, Daalberg

27-Aug

FAV

Away

Edgware & Kingsbury

2 - 2*

Lost

Kyeremeh, Beckwith

03-Sep

FAC

Away

Billericay Town

4-1

Lost

Blunden

06-Sep

HSC

Away

Bishops Stortford

0-5

Lost

13-Sep

SSML

Home

Ardley United

1-1

Draw

17-Sep

CT

Away

Rugby Borough

0-2

Lost

24-Sep

SSML

Away

Stotfold

1-1

Draw

Collins

27-Sep

PDC

Home

London Colney

2* - 2

Won

Pitfield, Mooney

01-Oct

SSML

Away

Arlesey Town

1-1

Draw

Collins

04-Oct

PDC

Home

Coney Heath

0-1

Lost

08-Oct

SSML

Home

Shefford Town & Campton

3-0

Won

Blunden, Kyeremeh, Mitchell-Gears

15-Oct

SSML

Home

Dunstable Town

2-2

Draw

Blunden, Beach

25-Oct

SSML

Away

Hoddesdon Town

0-1

Lost

29-Oct

SSML

Away

Leighton Town

1-1

Draw

Mooney

05-Nov

SSML

Home

Biggleswade Utd

2-2

Draw

Pett, Blunden

12-Nov

SSML

Home

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

3-3

Draw

Blunden 2, Mooney

16-Nov

SSML

Away

St Panteleimon

1-2

Lost

Blunden

19-Nov

SSML

Home

Baldock Town

4-1

Won

Stefanoaica 2, Nagheeb, Blunden

29-Jan

SSML

Away

Crawley Green

4-1

Won

Nagheeb, Pett, Stefanoaica, Moore

03-Dec

SSML

Home

Harpenden Town

2-1

Won

Nagheeb, Mitchell-Gears

27-Dec

SSML

Away

Tring Athletic

0-0

Draw

02-Jan

SSML

Home

Colney Heath

0-1

Lost

28-Jan

SSML

Away

Harpenden Town

3-0

Won

Stefanoaica 2, Mooney

31-Jan

SSML

Home

Crawley Green

1-3

Lost

Blunden

04-Feb

SSML

Home

Potton Utd

2-2

Draw

Kyeremeh, Carruthers

07-Feb

SSML

Home

St Panteleimon

1-0

Won

Stefanoaica

11-Feb

SSML

Home

Arlesey Town

14-Feb

SSML

Away

Cockfosters

18-Feb

SSML

Away

Dunstable Town

21-Feb

WHFA

Home

Chipperfield Cor

25-Feb

SSML

Away

Ardley United

28-Feb

SSML

Away

Potton Utd

04-Mar

SSML

Home

Hoddesdon Town

07-Mar

SSML

Away

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

11-Mar

SSML

Away

Biggleswade Utd

18-Mar

SSML

Home

Stotfold

25-Mar

SSML

Away

Risborough Rangers

28-Feb

SSML

Away

London Colney

01-Apr

SSML

Home

Cockfosters

08-Apr

SSML

Away

Colney Heath

10-Apr

SSML

Home

Tring Athletic

15-Apr

SSML

Away

Shefford Town & Campton

22-Apr

SSML

Home

Leighton Town

* Won on Penalties

Blunden

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Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Table 7th February 2023

Team

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1 Stotfold

22

13

7

2

22

46

2 Leighton Town

19

14

3

2

38

45

3 Crawley Green

23

14

2

7

21

44

4 St Panteleimon

23

12

4

7

8

40

5 Dunstable Town

20

11

6

3

17

39

6 Leverstock Green

22

9

9

4

13

36

7 Potton United

21

9

8

4

11

35

8 Biggleswade United

18

10

3

5

6

33

9 Risborough Rangers

20

9

5

6

10

32

10 Tring Athletic

22

9

5

8

-1

32

11 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

22

9

3

10

2

30

12 Shefford Town & Campton

21

9

2

10

3

29

13 Ardley United

22

7

7

8

-2

28

14 Cockfosters

22

6

9

7

3

27

15 Baldock Town

25

8

3

14

-16

27

16 Harpenden Town

21

7

4

10

-8

25

17 Hoddesdon Town

23

4

6

13

-32

18

18 Arlesey Town

23

4

5

14

-18

17

19 Colney Heath

24

4

4

16

-27

16

20 London Colney

23

1

3

19

-50

6

Alan Lee Reporting Premier Division Leverstock Green 2 Potton United 2 Saturday 4th February2023 Two of the SSML Premier Division’s draw specialists both had to be content with another point each from today’s game, in what could either be seen as Leverstock Green squandering a two-goal lead or a great comeback from visitors Potton United.

With regular keeper Austin Byfield having picked up a groin strain in the week, Tautvydas Poniskaitis was back between the sticks for Leverstock, and he was first brought into action in the 12th minute to save a close-range header from former Green player Dave Parkinson.

Leverstock finally started to get some reward from their impressive build-up play in the latter stages of the first half. On 29 minutes Ibrahim Nagheeb went on a dazzling solo run into the box, but at the point he was getting his shot away he was denied by a last-ditch challenge. Bobby Armstrong got his head onto the resulting corner, but it went wide.

On 36 minutes Luke Beckwith cut in from the left and curled a shot towards the far post which deflected wide off a defender. The resulting corner was not really cleared by the Potton defence, and when the ball was played back in, Beckwith headed it forward to Chris Blunden, who was denied by a flying save from keeper Cameron Groom. However, Alvin Kyeremeh followed up and slotted home the rebound from a narrow angle to put Leverstock into a 1-0 lead which they took into the break.

The second half saw the visitors come into the game more, and they went close on 50 minutes when Marcus Gouldbourne was through on goal. Poniskaitis parried the shot and Dan Weeks cleared the loose ball.

Ten minutes later Leverstock broke away from a Potton free kick, and Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica played a pass through to Beckwith, but Groom got there just ahead of him.

Ryan Carruthers came off the bench on 62 minutes to replace Beckwith, who had just been booked, and seven minutes later Carruthers won the ball on the edge of the penalty and had a clear shooting chance but hit it straight at Groom.

However, a rare Carruthers goal was not long in coming. On 71 minutes Stefanoaica, who ran himself into the ground in this game, won the ball off a defender on the left side of the penalty area, then laid it across to Carruthers, who this time hit his shot out of Groom’s reach and in off the post for a 2-0 Leverstock lead.

Having established the cushion of a two-goal lead, Leverstock promptly lost their concentration and conceded a goal within two minutes, as Gouldbourne had the space on the edge of the area to send a shot over Poniskaitis into the top corner of the net.

Worse was to come in the 78th minute as a cross came in from the left, and Macson Fraser cut in front of a Leverstock defender before firing home the equaliser.

The visitors were reduced to ten men temporarily when skipper Jesse Armoo was sent to the sinbin in the 81st minute, but Leverstock couldn’t take advantage of the extra man for the ten-minute period. They did however come close to winning the game in the fifth minute of stoppage time when a cross from Kyeremeh dropped for Stefanoaica, who looked set to score but his shot was kept out by a great save from Groom.

On the balance of the second half play a draw was a fair result, but Leverstock will again feel like two points have been dropped rather than a point gained.

Leverstock Green (1) 2 (Kyeremeh 37, Carruthers 71) 1. Tautvydas Poniskaitis, 2. Alvin Kyeremeh, 3. Kurainashe Musanhi, 4. Dan Weeks, 18. Bobby Armstrong, 6. Ethan Mooney (14. Elgeniy Daalberg 80 mins), 7. Luke Beckwith (12. Ryan Carruthers 62 mins), 8. Dan Pett, 9. Chris Blunden, 10. Ibrahim Nagheeb, 11. Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica. Subs not used: 15. Ayomide Oke, 16. Brad Robinson, 20. Luke Durnin.

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Emergency First Aid at Work

6 hours

£125

First Aid at Work Blended

6 hours

£225

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6 hours

£85

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SSML

PDC

CC

HSC

FA Cup

FA Vase

Total

19 18 19 18 17 18 16 15 13 15 12 10 13 9 14 10 8 7 5 4 3 5 4 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

2 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

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

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

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

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

28 26 25 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 18 16 16 15 14 14 13 10 9 7 6 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

First Team Goal Scorers GOALSCORERS Player

SSML

PDC

CC

HSC

FA Cup

Total

2

FA Vase 0

Chris Blunden

12

0

0

0

Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica

5

0

0

0

0

0

5

Alvin Kyeremeh

4

0

0

0

0

1

5

Ethan Mooney

3

1

0

0

0

0

4

Ibrahim Nagheeb

3

0

0

0

0

0

3

Dan Pett George Mitchell-Gears Lewis Collins Rio Beach Ryan Carruthers Luke Beckwith Callum Moore Luke Durnin Adrian Pitfield Elgenly Daalberg

2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

0 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 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

14

Dan Weeks 200 games for Leverstock Green

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THE INANE RAMBLINGS FROM UP NORFF ‘NOWT SO QUEER AS YORKSHIRE FOLK’

BY KAREN BROWNE The Views Expressed Are Solely My Own, Are Written Tongue In Cheek And Should Be Taken With A Pinch Of Salt

SATURDAY 14th JANUARY SATURDAY STATISTICS Saturday Stats: 8 games played of which 4 were home wins, 3 away wins and 1 draw.

Saturday Stats: The 8 games produced a total of 36 goals, an average of 4.50 per game. Aikins Math (St Panteleimon) and Jamie Cerminara (Ampthill Town) both netting hat tricks.

PREMIER DIVISION In the day’s only Premier Division fixture to beat the weather, fourth placed St Panteleimon defeated visiting third placed Crawley Green 4-0 to close the gap to just one point between them.

DIVISION ONE

Just four games beat the weather in Division One, with second placed Rugby Borough closing the gap at the top to twelve points following their 3-1 home success against Langford. Elsewhere Ampthill Town remain fifth after winning 6-2 at struggling Wellingborough Whitworth v Ampthill Town, Ampthill Town went three up in the first 10 minutes with goals from Sam Holmes (2m), Phil Draycott 7m) and Jamie Cerminara (10m). Nathan Heycock pulled one back from a corner and Kobi Bivens scored a penalty to make it 3-2 at the break. Amps secured the points after the break with goals from Holmes and a brace from Cerminara to complete his hat trick. In the battle for play-off places Northampton ON Chenecks won 3-1 at Eaton Socon while Moulton FC saw off visiting Winslow United 5-3.

NORTHANTS LES UNDERWOOD JUNIOR CUP Third Round Rushden & Higham United advanced into the quarter finals of the Les Underwood Junior Cup with a goal in each half against Corby Stewart & Lloyds, the game being switched to Corby following last week’s postponement.

DIVISION TWO

Milton Keynes College Football Academy and visitors Sarratt played out a 2-2 draw in the only Division Two game to beat the weather.

BEDS SENIOR TROPHY Second Round Leighton Town Development booked their place in the next round of the Beds Senior Trophy with a 2-0 win at Beds County League side Caldecote, both goals coming late in the game.

AND FINALLY The Non-League Show on Three Counties Radio (Herts, Beds & Bucks) has returned with a new day and time. It will air live between 12-2pm every Saturday. The show presented by Ollie Bayliss will reflect on the previous week’s big news and stories as well as promoting and reviewing matches later that afternoon.

For those who missed it then you can catch up here:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dt06dw

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Leverstock Green FC History Season 1978 - 79

In this photograph is Keith Heard who has sadly passed away recently.

Keith was a quick forward and scored a lot of goals for the club.

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SCYFL U18 Corinthian Division Results and Fixtures Date

Venue

Opponents

Score

Goalscorers

15-Aug

FAY

Away

Berkhamsted

3-2

Won

Hobbs, Roberts, Payne

01-Sep

FAY

Home

Langley

1-6

Lost

Payne

08-Sep

SCYFL

Away

Berkhamsted

3-2

Won

Payne, Kenyon, Hobbs

15-Sep

SCYFL

Home

AFC Dunstable

2-3

Lost

Roberts, Moore

22-Sep

SCYFL

Home

Crawley Green

3-1

Won

Payne 2, Sullivan

29-Sep

SCYFL

Away

Harpenden Town

2-5

Lost

Payne, Sadler

06-Oct

SCYFL

Home

Kings Langley

0-2

Lost

12-Oct

SCYFL

Away

Dunstable Town

3-4

Lost

20-Oct

SCYFL

Home

Leighton Town

0-3

Lost

03-Nov

SCYFL

Away

Oxhey Jets

0-1

Won

McLean

10-Nov

SCYFL

Home

Colney Heath

1-2

Lost

Payne

24-Nov

SCYFL

Away

AFC Dunstable

1-1

Draw

Moore

28-Nov

SCYFL

Home

Berkhamsted

1-3

Lost

McLean

05-Jan

SCYFL

Away

Kings Langley

0-8

Lost

02-Feb

SCYFL

Home

Oxhey Jets

1-2

Lost

Head

06-Feb

SCYFL

Away

Colney Heath

1-1

Draw

Head

16-Feb

SCYFL

Home

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

02-Mar

SCYFL

Away

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

16-Mar

SCYFL

Home

Dunstable Town

23-Mar

SCYFL

Home

Harpenden Town

27-Mar

SCYFL

Away

Luton Town Cedars

13-Apr

SCYFL

Away

Leighton Town

20-Apr

SCYFL

Home

Luton Town Cedars

* Won on penalties

Payne, Sullivan, Roberts

SCYFL U18 Corinthian Division Appearances & Goalscorers APPEARANCES Finn McLean Archie Roberts Daniel Payne Stanley Kenyon Callum Moore Reece Marchant Shad Rasha Charlie Hobbs Bilal Mohammed Archie Wood Tom Rutherford Billy Hoar Callum Maloney Kai Sullivan Liam Fortune Ellis Webb Sean Lockehart Oliver Clark Charlie Waugh Jamie McIntosh Luc Dischamps Joseph Sadler Jack Nicholl Lenny Hopwood Fergus Murray Pete Samnakhon Edward Thackeray David Barbakdze Shay Kelly George Edwards Toby Head Freddie Borroughs Raul Imbre

League 14 14 13 13 12 12 11 10 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

Merton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

Total 15 15 14 13 13 13 11 11 10 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1

League 6 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1

Merton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

League Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HFA U18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FAY Cup 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Total 7 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

GOALSCORERS Daniel Payne Archie Roberts Kai Sullivan Callum Moore Finn McLean Toby Head Charlie Hobbs Joseph Sadler Stanley Kenyon

SCYFL U18 Corinthian Division League Table 10th February 2023 Team

P

W

D

L

GD

Pts

1 Leighton Town U18

11

8

1

2

18

25

2 Oxhey Jets U18

12

7

2

3

5

23

8

6

1

1

15

19

4 Colney Heath FC U18

11

5

2

4

5

17

5 Kings Langley FC U18

9

5

1

3

11

16

6 Dunstable Town U18

9

4

0

5

-3

12

7 AFC Dunstable U18 (SC)

7

2

2

3

-2

8

8 Berkhamsted FC U18

9

2

2

5

-9

8

9 Harpenden Town U18

9

2

2

5

-11

8

10 Leverstock Green U18

13

2

2

9

-20

8

8

1

3

4

-9

6

3 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC U18

11 Luton Town U18 Shadow (Cedars)

SCYFL U18 Results & Fixtures Week commencing 6th February 2023 Colney Heath FC U18

1

Leverstock Green U18

1

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

0

Luton Town Cedars

0

Oxhey Jets U18

3

Harpenden Town U18

2

Dunstable Town

1

Leighton Town U18

4

Berkhamsted FC U18

P

Kings Langley

P

Week commencing 13th February 2023 Colney Heath FC U18

Oxhey Jets U18

Luton Town Cedars

AFC Dunstable U18 (SC)

Dunstable Town U18

Berkhamsted FC U18

Kings Langley FC U18

Harpenden Town U18

Leverstock Green U18

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

Week commencing 20th February 2023 Colney Heath FC U18

Kings Langley FC U18

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

Colney Heath FC U18

Leighton Town U18

AFC Dunstable U18 (SC)

Berkhamsted FC U18

Luton Town Cedars

Harpenden Town U18

Dunstable Town U18

EJA U16 Brown Division Team

P

W

D

L

GD

Pts

1 Hertford Town U16

9

6

1

2

16

19

2 Harpenden Town U16 EJA

9

5

3

1

9

18

10

5

3

2

12

18

4 Leverstock Green U16

9

4

2

3

14

14

5 Berkhamsted FC Youth U16 EJA

7

4

1

2

4

13

6 Colney Heath Youth U16 EJA

9

3

2

4

3

11

11

2

5

4

-7

11

8 Hemel Hempstead Town Youth U16 Blacks

8

1

3

4

-2

6

9 Barton Rovers U16

8

0

0

8

-49

0

3 Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA)

7 Ware FC Academy U16 EJA

EJA U16 Results & Fixtures Date 18-Sep 02-Oct

EJA EJA

Venue Home Away

Opponents Harpenden Town Ware

Score 3-4 5-2

Lost Won

09-Oct 10-Oct 16-Oct 30-Oct 06-Nov

EJA Cup Cup EJA CC

Home Away Away Home Away

Leighton Town Arlesey Town Stanway Rovers Hertford Town Broadhall Youth

2-3 3-4 0-1 2-3 11 - 0

Lost Won Lost Lost Won

Bowie, Imbre Imbre 2, Sadler, McIntosh

13-Nov

EJA

Home

Ware

2-2

McIntosh 2

20-Nov 22-Nov 27-Nov

EJA Cup EJA

Away Home Away

Colney Heath Fakenham Town Hemel Hempstead

1-4 2-1 2-2

04-Dec 06-Dec 08-Jan

EJA Cup EJA

Away Home Home

Cheshunt Youth Aveley Barton Rovers

1-2 3-0 9-1

Dra w Won Won Dra w Lost Won Won

15-Jan

EJA

Home

Colney Heath

3-0

Won

19-Feb EJA Home 26-Feb EJA 05-Mar EJA 12-Mar EJA Away 19-Mar EJA Away 21-Mar EJA 26-Mar EJA 02-Apr EJA 09-Apr EJA 23-Apr EJA 30-Apr EJA * Won on Penalties

Brantham Ath

Barbakdze, John-Baptise, Weidner

Leighton Town Berkhamsted

Goalscorers Kelly, Darr, McIntosh McIntosh 2, Barbakdze, Weidner, John-Baptise

Georgiou 2 Georgiou, McIntosh, McLaughlin, Pangali, Young s, Barbakdze, Barry, Sadler, Weidner, Young L

McIntosh 4 McIntosh 2 Kelly, McIntosh Georgiou McIntosh 2, Weidner McIntosh 4, Bowie 2, JohnBaptise, S Young, Sadler

EJA U16 Appearances & Goalscorers APPEARANCES League Freddie Burroughs Shae Robinson Joshua Weidner Jamie McIntosh Kaylan John-Baptise Joseph Sadler Sid Young Leo Goldschmied Ryan Barry Brandon Bowie Shay Kelly Kaashan Darr David Barbakdze Sameer Salique Levi Young Sam Kin Lucas Georgiou Yuvraaj Pangali Arther McLaughlin Oscar Martin Roshan Hirani Raul Imbre GOALSCORERS

8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 2 League

Jamie McIntosh Kaylan John-Baptise Brandon Bowie Lucas Georgiou Raul Imbre Shay Kelly Joshua Weidner Joseph Sadler Kaashan Darr David Barbakdze

14 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1

League Cup 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1

Mid-Week

HFA

Total

3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 0 1

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

13 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 5 4

League Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mid-Week

HFA

Total

4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

19 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1

EJA U16 Results & Fixtures Sunday 29th January L CC L CC CC CC CC

Leverstock Green Hemel Hempstead Town Youth U16 Colney Heath Youth U16 EJA London Lions U16 EJA Ware FC Academy U16 EJA Hertford Town U16 Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA)

Sunday 5th February C Colney Heath Youth U16 EJA C Fakenham Town F.C. U16 EJA C Barton Rovers U16 L Berkhamsted FC Youth U16 EJA L Hertford Town

P 5 6 1 3 3 4

P 1 0 3 2 2 0

Berkhamsted FC Youth U16 EJA BSC FC Youth U16 Town Barton Rovers U16 Harpenden Town U16 EJA Berkhamsted Raiders Youth U16 Baldock Town U16 Bedford Town U15 (Sun)

1 0 4 2 5

4 1 2 1 1

St Margaretsbury Youth U16 Hemel Hempstead Town Youth Burnham Ramblers Youth U16 EJA Harpenden Town U16 EJA Ware

Sunday 12th February C Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA)

Walthamstow Youth U16 EJA

Sunday 19th February C Leverstock Green U16 L Hertford Town U16 L Berkhamsted FC Youth U16 EJA

Brantham Athletic F.C. U16 Colney Heath Youth U16 EJA Ware FC Academy U16 EJA

Sunday 26th February L Hemel Hempstead Town Youth U16 CC Harpenden Town U16 EJA CC Ware FC Academy U16 EJA L Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA)

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VICE PRESIDENTS CLUB 2022-23 Leverstock Green Football Club would like to thank the Vice Presidents for their help and assistance pledged for last 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.

Would you like to join, £25 will secure your place.

Step 5 and Step 6 Promotion and Relegation Changes have been made to the promotion and relegation guidelines given in the summer for Step 5 of the FA’s National League System. This is due to vacancies that have arisen in the NLS for a variety of reasons.

At Step 4, the 8 Clubs finishing 4th bottom and 2 clubs ending 3rd bottom with the highest PPG now do not have to take part in the Inter-Step Play-Offs.

This leaves 6 eligible Step 4 Clubs for the Play-Offs and 16 eligible 2nd placed Clubs at Step 5. As a result, the Clubs finishing in 2nd position at Step 5 are ranked on PPG with the 10 highest being automatically promoted.

The 6 remaining Step 4 Clubs and 6 remaining Step 5 Clubs are placed into geographical groupings and paired by PPG as per the Play-Off Criteria 12 Clubs finishing in the bottom two across Step 5 will now be reprieved from relegation ranked on PPG. It has to be noted that the above situation is the current position and could change if the Committee feels there is a valid reason in the best interest of the NLS.

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