Leverstock Green FC Programme vs Arlesey Town

SSML Premier Division Arlesey Town Saturday 9th December 2023 Kick Off 3.00 pm.

Vs. LORDS Builders Merchants Stadium

Admission £8 Concessions £4 Under 12’s Free Community Support

Welcome to Leverstock Green FC Today we welcome Arlesey Town Players, Officials and Supporters to the LORDS Builders Merchants Stadium Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division.

We hope you have an enjoyable afternoon with us.

Part of our community involvement sees us partnering with DENS for today’s game with a bucket collection. We also have a box for collecting tins for them, please contribute to both.

We also welcome our match officials Referee Ben Compton and his assistants Frank Van der Wens and Ruben Fernandez.

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 Keith, Steve and Tony 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.

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 FA are targeting discrimination in football, see the next page in this programme.

We have been awarded an award from KIT AID; we are to be an Ambassador Club for them.

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.

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.

Together we can end hate in football.

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.

We want everyone across grassroots football to know...

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. TELL US, WE’LL TACKLE IT.

https://www.dens.org.uk

We provide a range of integrated services, which together form a pathway to support people towards an independent future.

Day Centre – A community-based setting, providing expert advice, where anyone is welcome to drop in, have a shower, a hot meal, some clean clothes, as well as some friendly company.

Outreach – Working with local rough sleepers to build trust and offer access to any services needed – with a focus on bringing people into safe and stable accommodation.

The Elms – A 44-bed hostel providing emergency and short-term accommodation to single, homeless adults.

Crash Pad – Emergency overnight accommodation offered to people when we are unable to accommodate them immediately at The Elms.

Move On – Providing support for The Elms residents into more independent living in shared accommodation.

Resettlement – Supporting clients moving from The Elms or Move On into council, social housing or private rental.

Foodbank – Providing emergency food parcels and household provisions to local individuals and families.

In the Community – Supporting people in the community during this cost-of-living crisis and helping reduce the need to visit our Foodbank.

Social Enterprises – Developing employability skills and self-confidence in a supportive environment, while also raising income.

WELCOME Aaron Eales Leverstock Green F.C. would like to officially welcome Aaron Eales to the club. Aaron has been in the first team dugout for a number of weeks now, and his role will be working closely with the management team and the players.

Christmas Party Time

Some KitAid Charity weekends are busy, but this Saturday was a great one.

So pleased to welcome Leverstock Green F.C. to the KitAid Ambassador Club. A special club which includes Chesham United Football Club, FC United of Manchester, Marine, AFC Witton Albion and Stenhousemuir FC A special club for teams who go out of their way to support our work.

Craig Ringsell Sports Pitches & Garden Services!

Trading since 2008. Specialist in winter and summer sports pitches and schools sites.

Groundsman to Chesham Utd Fc, Dr Challoners Boys, Chesham Grammar and cover 18 cricket club in Herts, Beds and Bucks.

Also do consultancy for a number of local football clubs Leverstock Green, Leighton Town and Amersham Town.

Maintenance to general gardens cover mowing , weeding, hedge cutting and lawn treatments.

Mantis Cranes specialise in the hire and sale of self-erecting tower cranes, flat-top tower cranes, luffing tower cranes and construction hoists. We also offer an extensive range of crane accessories.

We are a family-run company that has been operating in UK and Ireland for more than 20 years.

We provide cost-effective lifting solutions for construction projects. Our established bases in UK and Ireland allow us to truly offer a nationwide service.

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 Dave Clark - Coach Under 18’s Aaron McIntosh – Manager Dan Renton – Joint Manager Dan Sadler – Coach Harry Herbert – Coach Club Physio Dan Homer

SSML Premier Division Green Shirts, Green Shorts & Socks

Red Shirts, Red Shorts & Red Socks

JOSH BOWLER (GK)

OLLIE SKINNER

RIO BEACH

MATT GILBERT

BRADLEY ROBISNON

TOM MILLETT

DAN WEEKS

DAN UHDANOH

MICKEY HAVILL-TIERNEY

WILL McCLELAND

RYAN CARRUTHERS

DAN WAPPETT

CALLUM NEAL

ADAM TURNER

ADEMIDE BARUWA

ALEX TAYLOR

GEORGE MITCHELL-GEARS

JOSH HELMORE

LUKE BECKWITH

BRUNO BRITO

ETHAN MOONEY

RORY BUSBY

DANNY MAY

MUHAMMED ZILBOUD

NAT CONNOLLY

JOE ABE

DAN PETT

GABRIEL RYAN

RAWN SEALE

RYAN LAMOND

PAUL MARKS

CAM O’NEIL

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: Adam Randall Assistant: Luis Navarro Coach: Coach Physio: Pebbles Folorunso

Referee: Ben Compton Referee Assistants: Frank Van der Wens & Ruben Fernandez

Home Games at the Lords Builders Merchants Stadium

Leverstock Green are delighted to announce LORDS BUILDERS MERCHANTS will continue their club sponsorship into the 2023/24 season.

LORDS will be the club’s MAIN SPONSOR which includes the ground naming rights LORDS BUILDERS MERCHANTS STADIUM. LORDS sponsorship will encompass branding all the First Team and Under 18 Playing Kits and the club Polo Shirts, Hoodies and Managers’ clothing.

They will provide material to support projects undertaken by the club that will improve facilities for Players and Spectators.

Additional Pitch-side banners will be used to promote our Main Sponsor.

In addition, CONDELL BUILDING SUPPLIES are sponsoring our new Development team playing in the Herts Senior County League.

CONDELL sponsorship will encompass branding all the Development Team Playing Kit and Polo Shirts, Hoodies and Managers’ clothing.

Jamie Herd, Managing Director, Lords Group Trading, Merchanting Division: “We are delighted to continue Lords’ relationship with Leverstock Green FC next season. It’s a fantastic local club, which we are proud to support, and watch thrive”.

Emma Smart, Leverstock Green FC Chairman: “We are extremely happy that Lords have continued their sponsorship into the 23/24 season.

Lords are a great company to work alongside, and we can’t wait to enter another season with them by our side. We cannot thank them all enough for their continued support and the relationships we are building. We look forward to seeing you all again next season. We also welcome Condell Building Supplies to our club.”

https://kitaid.net A few words about KitAid KitAid is a charity set up by, Derrick Williams MBE, who visited Tanzania on a WaterAid supporters’ trip in 1998. Derrick, being a mad footie fan, was amazed at the reception he received from children and adults in remote villages just because he was wearing one of his favourite football shirts (he follows Watford, Liverpool and Chesham Utd).

After two weeks in Tanzania, a flame was lit in Derrick’s heart, and he was on a mission to provide kit and equipment to the bare-footed children playing with footballs made of tied string and plastic bags. Twenty-one years on, KitAid has lots of volunteers and to date we’ve sent out 900,000+ kits to children and adults in 55 different countries across the world.

How to donate

If you’d like to support the KitAid cause, the easiest way to donate your unwanted football kit, in order for us to find it a new home.

Alternatively, if you don’t have any unwanted kit, but would still like to support us, we’re very grateful for any donations which will help to fund our annual costs as well as support other partnership charities where possible.

We thank you for all your support.

In working in some of the most under-privileged countries around the world, The Football Association is no stranger to seeing the impact the donation of something as simple as a shirt or a pair of shorts can make. KitAid has brought an enormous amount of pleasure and enjoyment to young and old alike through the gift of football kit and has shared the spirit of British clubs and the England team with communities in all corners of the globe.

We are proud to be associated with KitAid and wish them all the best in their endeavours for the years to come.

Jane Bateman, Head of International Relations, The Football Association

Leverstock Green FC Club Information Officers 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 1 Team & Development - Alan Lee Match Day Secretary SCFYL Under 18 – Alan Lee Membership: Steve Ypey Clubhouse Manager – Tony Smart Club Welfare Officer/Charter Standard – Scott Isaacs Functions & Sponsorship – Gemma Williams st

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.

Arlesey Town 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-rival’s Stotfold who loosened Arlesey's grip on the Hinchingbrooke Cup with a 20 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 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 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 & Fixtures Date

Venue

Opponents

Score

Goalscorers

22-Jul

HFA CS

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

HFA SC

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

09-Dec

SSML

Home

Arlesey Town

16-Dec

SSML

Away

Sawbridgeworth Town

19-Dec

GCT

Home

Dunstable Town

23-Dec

SSML

Home

Colney Heath

27-Dec

SSML

Home

Crawley Green

30-Dec

SSML

Home

Tring Athletic

06-Jan

SSML

Away

Real Bedford

09-Jan

SSML

Home

Biggleswade Utd

13-Jan

SSML

Away

Arlesey Town

16-Jan

SMC

Home

Bovingdon

20-Jan

SSML

Away

Tring Athletic

27-Jan

SSML

Home

London Lions

03-Feb

SSML

Home

Real Bedford

06-Feb

SSML

Away

Crawley Green

13-Feb

SSML

Home

Milton Keynes Irish

02-Mar

SSML

Away

Baldock Town

23-Mar

SSML

Home

Cockfosters

06-Apr

SSML

Away

Dunstable Town

13-Apr

SSML

Away

Stansted

20-Apr

SSML

Home

Shefford Town & Campton

First Team Appearances Player SSML Rio Beach 19 Nat Connolly 19 Luke Beckwith 17 Dan Pett 16 Mickey Havill-Tierney 15 Ryan Carruthers 15 Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica 16 Callum Neal 16 Dan Weeks 15 Danny May 13 Ethan Mooney 12 Josh Bowler 12 George Mitchell-Gears 11 Jayden Newman 11 Lewis Collins 9 Ademide Baruwa 9 Chris Blunden 7 Joe Sadler 5 Bradley Robinson 6 Rawn Seale 6 Austin Byfield 4 Luke Durnin 3 Connor McGinty 3 Morgan Grout 3 Loris Marcimain 3 Paul Marks 3 Ryan Hennessy 2 Shehzad Anwar 1 Scott McGleish 1

PDC 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

GCT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

StM 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

HSC 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

HCS 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

FA Cup 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Total 27 25 25 23 22 22 21 21 19 19 17 15 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 7 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2

First Team Goal Scorers Player

SSML

PDC

GCT

StM

HSC

HCS

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

11 6 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 1

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

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

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

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

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

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Total 15 7 7 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Table 6th December 2023 Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

PTS

1 Real Bedford

18

16

1

1

66

12

54

49

2 Milton Keynes Irish

16

13

2

1

54

10

44

41

3 Leverstock Green

19

11

3

5

41

33

8

36

4 St Panteleimon

17

10

5

2

36

17

19

35

5 FC Romania

19

10

3

6

48

34

14

33

6 Biggleswade United

16

8

3

5

39

35

4

27

7 Harpenden Town

16

7

4

5

32

31

1

25

8 Cockfosters

16

6

6

4

35

27

8

24

9 Potton United

18

7

3

8

25

33

-8

24

10 London Lions

18

5

6

7

35

38

-3

21

11 Dunstable Town

17

5

5

7

28

31

-3

20

12 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

17

6

2

9

32

42

-10

20

13 Baldock Town

19

7

1

11

38

47

-9 19 *

14 Tring Athletic

17

5

4

8

25

34

-9

19

15 Colney Heath

16

5

2

9

20

32

-12

17

16 Crawley Green

18

4

4

10

27

42

-15

16

17 Shefford Town & Campton

15

3

4

8

23

46

-23

13

18 Stansted

14

3

3

8

19

32

-13

12

19 Arlesey Town

15

3

3

9

13

37

-24

12

20 Sawbridgeworth Town

15

0

4

11

15

38

-23

4

Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Results & Fixtures Saturday 2nd December FAV

London Lions

1

1*

Stanway Pegasus

PREM

Crawley Green

2

0

Dunstable Town

PREM

Harpenden Town

0

5

Real Bedford

PREM

Leverstock Green

1

1

Potton United

0

0

London Lions

Wednesday 6th December PREM

St Panteleimon

Saturday 9th December FAV

Biggleswade Utd

Whitchurch Airport

PREM

Baldock Town

St Panteleimon

PREM

Dunstable Town

Real Bedford

PREM

Stansted

Harpenden Town

PREM

Leverstock Green

Arlesey Town

PREM

London Lions

Tring Athletic

PREM

Milton Keynes Irish

Crawley Green

PREM

Potton United

Colney Heath

PREM

Shefford Town & Campton

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

Tuesday 12th December PDC

Arlesey Town

Colney Heath

PDC

Cockfosters

Harpenden Town

PREM

Tring Athletic

Shefford Town & Campton

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Leverstock Green had to settle for a point from their home game against Potton United in the SSML Premier Division on Saturday. Leverstock dominated the first half and had enough chances to have built a comfortable lead, but they could only find the net once, and a spirited comeback by Potton in the second half saw them equalise and come away with a deserved point.

Leverstock Green 1 Potton United 1

This game was the only SSML Premier Division fixture to go ahead on a grass pitch on Saturday, with all others falling due to frozen pitches. The Pancake Lane pitch was in superb condition, with the intermittent fog during the afternoon causing more problems than the freezing temperatures.

Leverstock went close to going in front in the 5th minute with a Rio Beach shot from the edge of the box going just wide. The goal arrived in the 10th minute. A corner was headed away, but only as far as Dan Pett, who hit a shot through a crowd of players that took a deflection and beat keeper James Hoskins.

There should have been a second goal in the 13th minute when a cross from Ethan Mooney found Luke Beckwith at the far post, but Beckwith’s shot was cleared off the line by a defender. A minute later a cross from Beach went through to Pett at the far post but came to him too quickly to get a controlled shot away, and it went wide.

In the 18th minute a pass from Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica put Rawn Seale through on goal, but his shot was saved by Hoskins, who denied Leverstock again in the 27th minute by tipping a shot from Stefanoaica over the bar. In the 37th minute Stefanoaica made a solo run into the box but again he could not beat Hoskins, who turned the shot wide. From the resulting corner a header from Ryan Carruthers was headed off the line by a defender.

The slender nature of the Leverstock lead was shown in the 42nd minute as Potton went close to equalising with their first chance. James Smith got on the end of a free kick with a header that hit the bar.

The second half was played in difficult conditions as the fog made it hard to see from one side of the pitch to the other. Leverstock were unable to produce the same free-flowing football they had played in the first half, and the Potton defence stepped up a gear to limit their chances. Potton levelled the scores in the 63rd minute, with Smith coming in unmarked to head home a corner.

The remainder of the game was evenly contested with Potton often looking the more likely to score, although Josh Bowler did not have a serious save to make. Nat Connolly had Leverstock’s best effort of the half in the 77th minute but his shot went just wide. Leverstock should have had a penalty for handball deep into stoppage time, but the referee waved away the protests, and the game ended soon after as a 1-1 draw.

Leverstock Green (1) 1 (Pett 10) 1. Josh Bowler, 2. Ethan Mooney, 3. Rio Beach, 4. Paul Marks (17. Dan Weeks 31 mins), 5. Callum Neal, 6.

Ryan Carruthers (12. George Mitchell-Gears 65 mins), 7. Luke Beckwith (15. Jayden Newman 74 mins), 8.

Dan Pett, 9. Rawn Seale, 10. Nat Connolly, 11. Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica. Subs not used: 14. Danny May, 16. Joe Sadler.

Development Team Fixtures and Results Date

Venue

Opponents

Score

Goalscorers

05-Aug HSCL

Away

Bushey Hill Rangers

1-5

Lost

08-Aug HSCL

Home

0-3

Lost

15-Aug HSCL

Home

Everett Rovers Chipperfield Corinthians

0-3

Lost

19-Aug HSCL

Home

Hinton

2-4

Lost

Hennessy, Kelly

22-Aug HSCL

Away

Colney Heath

1-2

Lost

Lodovica

26-Aug HSCL

Away

Hatfield Town

1-4

Lost

Hennessy

02-Sep HSCL

Away

Cockfosters Res

2-1

Won

Mandeville, Hajousman

09-Sep HSCL

Home

Hatfield Town

0-6

Lost

16-Sep HSCL

Away

Lemsford

3-2

Won

Herbert, McGinty, Hennessy

23-Sep HSCL

Home

Cuffley

4-6

Lost

26-Sep HFAC

Home

Apsley Argle

4-3

Won

Adriano 2, Hennessy, Moore Kirov 2, Michell-Gears, Stefanoaica

07-Oct

HSCL

Home

Hertford Heath

0-5

Lost

14-Oct

HSCL

Away

London Lions Dev

4-6

Lost

Dischamps 2, Kirov, Grout

21-Oct

HSCL

Home

Buntingford Utd

2-4

Lost

Grout, Marshall

28-Oct

NAT

Home

Bovingdon Res

1-2

Lost

Dischamps

07-Nov HFAC

Home

Cuffley

2-3

Lost

Moore, Duane-Berry

11-Nov HSCL

Away

Baldock Town Res

2-0

Won

McIntosh 2

25-Nov HSCL

Away

Oracle Components

1-6

Lost

Havill-Tierney

02-Dec HSCL

Away

Belstone

1-2

Lost

09-Dec HSCL

Away

Sandridge Rovers

16-Dec HSCL

Home

Colney Heath Res

23-Dec HSCL

Away

Everett Rovers

06-Jan

HSCL

Home

Cockfosters Res

13-Jan

HSCL

Home

London Lions Dev

Moore

Herts Senior County League Premier Division Results and Fixtures Saturday 2nd December L

Belstone

2

1

Leverstock Green Dev

L

Apsley Argyle

2

4

Oracle Components

L

Colney Heath

1

3

London Lions

L

Hatfield Town

4

2

Baldock Town Res

L

Hertford Heath

0

3

Chipperfield Corinthians

NAT

Evergreen

4

1

Cockfosters

NAT

Owens

1

1*

Cuffley

O

Larkspur Rovers

4

0

Sandridge Rovers

Saturday 9th December L

Baldock Town Res

Hertford Heath

NAT

Chipperfield Corinthians

London Lions

NAT

Hinton

Hatfield Town

L

Lemsford

Belstone

L

Sandridge Rovers

Leverstock Green Dev

L

Apsley Argyle

Bush Hill Rangers

L

Cockfosters

Everett Rovers

L

Colney Heath

Cuffley

CC

Oracle Components

Oxhey Jets

Tuesday 12th December CC

Hoddesdon Town

Cuffley

Herts Senior County League Premier Division Table 2nd December 2023 Team

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1 Belstone First

14

13

1

0

30

40

2 Chipperfield Corinthians First

16

13

1

2

26

40

3 Hatfield Town First

16

11

2

3

38

35

4 Hertford Heath First

15

8

4

3

21

28

5 Cuffley Seniors First

13

9

1

3

20

28

6 London Lions Development

18

7

7

4

5

28

7 Bush Hill Rangers FC First

15

8

3

4

13

27

8 Hinton First

14

8

2

4

16

26

9 Colney Heath FC Reserves

17

6

5

6

-3

23

10 Buntingford Town First

16

6

3

7

-7

21

11 Everett Rovers

16

5

4

7

-5

19

12 Oracle Components First

14

4

2

8

-8

14

13 Apsley Argyle First

17

4

2

11

-22

14

14 Cockfosters Reserves

12

3

2

7

-15

11

15 Sandridge Rovers First

16

2

4

10

-22

10

16 Lemsford First

16

2

3

11

-28

9

17 Leverstock Green Development

16

3

0

13

-35

9

18 Baldock Town Reserves

15

2

2

11

-24

8

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Development & U18’s Team News Leverstock Green Development lost 2 – 1 in the Norman Appleby Cup 1st round against Bovingdon Reserves, Luc Dischamps was our goal scorer with an assist from Jamie McIntosh.

Leverstock Green Development registered their first win since the appointment of Andy Murray as manager as they travelled to Baldock Town Reserves and came away with the three points. Two goals from Jamie McIntosh were enough for a 2-0 win.

It was a bad day at the office for Leverstock Green Development, who were 3-1 down at half time and 6-1 down at full time to Oracle Components. Manager Andy Murray described it as “a spanking”.

Leverstock Green Development put in a great effort against unbeaten league leaders Belstone in Saturday’s HSCL Premier Division fixture.

There were several new signings in the squad, including Evripidis Grigoriou, on loan from Barnet, and his goal had the Leverstock side leading 1-0 at half time. However, Belstone struck back in the second half and eventually won the game 2-1 with a last-minute goal.

The under-18s registered their third league win of the season on Thursday night, an impressive 30 result against Aylesbury Vale Dynamos at the Lords Builders Merchants Stadium.

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The under-18s moved into the last 16 of the Brian Hitchings Cup with a 4-1 win at Crawley Green in Tuesday night’s Second Round tie. Connor McGinty opened the scoring in the 27th minute, and Jamie McIntosh added a second six minutes later.

The hosts pulled a goal back after half time, but McIntosh struck again in the 76th and 8th minutes to complete his hat-trick and a 4-1 win.

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

Venue Away

Opponents Oxhey Jets

Score 1-4

Lost

Goalscorers Payne

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

Dischamps 2, Darr, Roberts

28-Sep SCYFL

Away

Buckingham

5-0

Won

Kelly 3, McIntosh, Renton

05-Oct

SCYFL

Home

Winslow

1-4

Lost

McIntosh

12-Oct

SCYFL

Away

Aylesbury Vale Dyn

1-2

Lost

Moore

19-Oct

SCYFL

Away

Dunstable Town

0-3

Lost

23-Oct

BHC

Away

Barnet

2-1

Won

McIntosh, Martin

16-Nov SCYFL

Away

Winslow

3-5

Lost

Sadler, McIntosh, Dischamps

23-Nov SCYFL

Home

Aylesbury Vale Dyn

3-0

Won

Dischamps, Kelly, McIntosh

28-Nov BHC

Away

Crawley Green

4-1

Won

McIntosh 3, McGinty

07-Dec SCYFL

Home

Tring Athletic

14-Dec SCYFL

Home

Buckingham

21-Dec SCYFL

Home

Berkhamsted

P

Southern Counties Floodlight League Corinthian League Table 30th November 2023

Team

P

W

D

L

GD

Pts

1 Winslow United U18 Southern

6

5

1

0

9

16

2 Leighton Town U18

5

4

0

1

13

12

3 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC U18 FL

7

4

0

3

7

12

4 Kings Langley FC U18

7

4

0

3

0

12

5 Hemel Hempstead Town U18

5

3

1

1

10

10

6 Tring Athletic U18 Midweek

3

3

0

0

8

9

7 Leverstock Green U18

9

3

0

6

-2

9

8 Dunstable Town U18

8

2

0

6

-18

6

9 Berkhamsted FC U18

4

1

0

3

-4

3

10 Buckingham Football Club U18 S

6

0

0

6

-23

0

Southern Counties Floodlight League Corinthian Division Results & Fixtures

Week commencing 27th November 2023 BHC

Crawley Green U18

1 Leverstock Green U18

4

BHC

Arlesey Town U18

2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC

4

FAYC

Leyton Orient

3 Tring Athletic U18 Midweek

1

Week commencing 7th December 2023 COR

Hemel Hempstead Town U18

Kings Langley FC U18

Week commencing 14th December 2023 COR

Leverstock Green U18

Buckingham Football Club U18

COR

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC

Berkhamsted FC U18

COR

Tring Athletic U18 Midweek

Dunstable Town U18

COR

Hemel Hempstead Town U18

Winslow United U18 Southern

Week commencing 21st December 2023 COR

Leverstock Green U18

Berkhamsted FC U18

COR

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC U18

Dunstable Town U18

COR

Buckingham Football Club U18

Tring Athletic U18 Midweek

COR

Hemel Hempstead Town U18

Leighton Town U18

COR

Winslow United U18 Southern

Kings Langley FC U18

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With a Brick and Paving Matching Service inside the M25 and a full range of new and reclaimed facing bricks, Condell Ltd will be pleased to help with any enquiry large or small.

Our aim is to provide a user-friendly service, and we believe with our wealth of product knowledge we can track down almost any item on offer.

We also offer bulk discounts for merchants and the flexibility to source outside of a fixed product range. Delivery on most products is free inside the M25 and Home Counties. Feel free to search the site and remember that our product list is by no means exhaustive. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, we’ll do our best to find it for you. Please e-mail the Sales Team at info@condell-ltd.com, or phone on 020 8254 0066 with any material enquiries you may have.

We look forward to doing business with you.

Jim McMeckan, Director

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.

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

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.

Leverstock Green FC would like to thank the above which allows the club to have additional resources for their use.

If you like to join the Gold Club, please contact Tony Smart

MAIN CLUB SPONSOR SEASON 2023-2024

Lords Kings Langley Address: Premier Works, Primrose Hill Kings Langley, WD4 8HR Phone: 01923 268222 E-mail: sales@lordsbm.co.uk