Leverstock Green FC Programme vs Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

Match Day Programme Premier Division Kit Aid Supporters Cup Saturday 12th November 2022 Kick Off 3.00 pm Verses

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC LORDS Builders Merchants Stadium Match Sponsored By Derek Williams Kit Aid

Welcome to Pancake Lane Today we welcome Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Players, Officials and Supporters to the LORDS Builders Merchants Stadium for SSML Premier Division game, playing for the Kit Aid Supporters Cup We hope you have an enjoyable afternoon with us.

We also welcome our match officials Referee John Wynne and his assistant’s Pat Hanlon and Lyn McGregor.

You are 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.

Derick Williams & Kit Aid sponsors todays match. We thank Derick for sponsoring today’s game. See below as message from Kit Aid. 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

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

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 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

SSML Premier Division LEVERSTOCK GREEN

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

White/Green Shirts, Green Shorts & Socks

Yellow & Blue Hooped Shirts, Blue Shorts & Socks

AUSTIN BYFIELD (GK)

GEORGE ZAMMIT

RIO BEACH

FABIAN GARCIA

ALVIN KYEREMEH

JAKE BALDWIN

BRADLEY ROBINSON

TERRY GRIFFITHS

ADRIAN PITFIELD

MAX ROSNER

RYAN CARRUTHERS

KRISTIAN COLLIER

IBRAHIM NAGHEEB

SAM WOOD

LEWIS COLLINS

JAMIE FULTON

GEORGE MITCHELL-GEARS

ANTONIO IANELLI

ELGENTY DAALBERG

RIO DEALL

ETHAN MOONEY

LIAM STUDLEY

CHRIS BLUNDEN

SADIBO CAMARA

SEAN WALSH

JACK ALDRIDGE

DAN PETT

TAFARA DUBE

SCOTT McGLEISH

TOM KENNARD

BOBBY ARMSTRONG

JACK HODGINS

KRAIG McLEOD

LUKE NUGENT

BRIAN TESTOLIN

Manager: Assistant: Coach: Physio:

Fergus Moore Scott McGleish Darren Bonfield Cam Gaffeny

Manager: Manager: Coach: Physio:

James Green Jordon King

Referee: John Wynne Referee Assistants: Patrick Hanlon & Lyn McGregor

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC History

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos is an amalgamation of Aylesbury FC and Bedgrove Dynamos, two local clubs with a rich history in local football Aylesbury FC enjoyed a long history in senior and junior football dating back to the 1930’s under the previous names of Aylesbury Vale, Haywood United, Belgrave, Stocklake and Negretti and Zambra FC, which was founded in the 1930’s by workers at the Negretti and Zambra company then based in London’s King Cross district. The company moved to the Stocklake Industrial Estate, Aylesbury. in 1949 and by the mid 50’s the premises had a bar, football, cricket and tennis facilities. The football club joined the Aylesbury District League in 1954. The social club changed its name to Stocklake when Negretti and Zambra sold the premises to the local council, who then leased the facilities; hence the different sections adopted the name Stocklake. Under the guidance of Chairman Mr Ernie Crotty, the club gained many honours including runners up in ADL’s top divisions, before gaining intermediate status in the Wycombe and District League first and senior divisions. Sadly, Ernie was killed in a road accident just before the club moved premises to the present location at Haywood Way in 1987.

After gaining senior status and promotion to the Chiltern League in 1988, Stocklake enjoyed many further successes including Division One runners up in 1991, Premier Division and League Cup runners up the following season and Wycombe Senior Cup success in 1995. Cup success was also followed on in the following season, this time the Berks and Bucks Intermediate Cup being added to the trophy cabinet. Belgrave FC was formed in 1983 by Jim Sullivan who lived in nearby Belgrave Road. Jim had two sons who were passionate about football but were limited to where they could play, so formed a team himself with the help of neighbours Lynne and David Hatcher. By 1990, under the guidance of Danny Martone, Belgrave had grown to five youth teams providing football for over ninety boys from the Quarrendon and Haydon Hill areas of Aylesbury.

1996 saw the forming of two senior teams under the Belgrave FC name and by the turn of the millennium teams were represented at all levels from Under 8’s through to seniors, some 200 players being registered, this also including Stocklake Ladies. In 2000 four youth teams won league and cup honours, whilst the senior team went on to win the Aylesbury District Cup, the Field Shield and ADL Premier Division runners up.

At the start of the 2000/2001 season, the senior Belgrave FC team was renamed Haywood United following an amalgamation with Stocklake FC with Danny Martone voted in as chairman of the new club. Haywood United joined the Spartan South Midlands League and won promotion into Division One after two seasons. Notable achievements during the 2001/2002 season included league awards for the best kept and most improved ground; this included the erection of floodlights and perimeter fencing, which Danny and his hardworking committee fought hard to establish. Another award was gained for the match day programme in recognition of how much the club was developing. Season 2002/2003 saw a difficult start in Division One, but with the arrival of manager Jon Franklin and his assistant Keith Walker just after Christmas, the club eventually consolidated finishing in 9th place.

Promotion was gained to the South Midlands Premier Division the following year after a campaign that saw 23 wins, 7 draws and only 4 losses. Haywood United proved themselves capable of staying in the Premier Division after finishing 3rd in the 2004/2005 season in a campaign that only include one loss in the twenty matches after Christmas. The club also entered the FA Cup and Vase for the first time and won the Buckingham Charity Cup in 2006.

Season 2006/2007 began with Haywood United becoming Aylesbury Vale FC and saw Keith Walker and Steve Gleinster take over as joint managers and steadily build a squad. This was recognised in the 2008/2009 season, under the management of Mark Eaton, with a good cup run in the FA Cup and FA Vase, winning three rounds in the FA Cup losing to Level 4 side Gosport after a replay, and losing out in the 4th round of the FA Vase to Leiston Town.

After Christmas the side suffered due to long term injuries and finished mid table. May 2009 saw a major new development in a new semi-professional side vote for a name change.

Aylesbury Football Club was formed under the leadership of Chairman Roger Dance and assisted by Vice Chairman Danny Martone. Former Chairman Bill Harrison was made President of the club. Great success on the field of play was to follow, with the team having a fantastic run in the F.A. Cup. We were the last 'level five' team in the country to remain in the competition and were rewarded with a visit to Haywood Way for the F.A. Cup trophy, allowing the team, supporters and local people to get their hands on this famous trophy and make the most of this memorable occasion. We were finally knocked out of the competition by Wealdstone in a close game. A brave and superb display was witnessed by a bumper crowd of 800 plus.

Meanwhile, away from the midst of F.A. Cup drama, our success continued, becoming 'Double Winners' Winning both the Spartan South Midland League and League Cup capping an extraordinary season and gaining promotion to the Southern League Division 1 Central.

Steve Bateman took over in 2013/14, steered the club to safety in his first 6 months in charge.

Then in 2014/15 with Bateman at the helm FC has their most successful season to date most successful to date. Playing at the highest level in the club’s history, the team finished third in the League, having been pushing for promotion all season and narrowly lost out in the semi-final to Bedworth United having already beaten them twice in the league

The 2015/16 finished with a flourish as the club finished just outside the play off positions but had the consolation of our first major Cup Final, beating Chesham United in the Berks & Bucks Cup at Windsor. Steve Bateman and his management team resigned at the end of the season and Danny Gordon & Gareth Risbridger took the helm, supported by Paul Bonham, Ryan Wiffin & Aaron Norman. Davis Haule took over from Gordon & Risbridger in December 2016, appointed brother Brian as his assistant and recruited former coaches Fraser McLachlan, Aaron Wiffin and added Ryan Collings to his back-room staff for the 2017/18 season In 2018/19 after ten seasons in the Southern League the club was relegated back to the South Midlands League after a difficult period for the club.

Bedgrove Dynamos Alf Buckland, a resident of Finmere Crescent, formed Bedgrove Dynamos in 1968. It was created to fill a void in activities for boys within the Bedgrove area on the south side of Aylesbury. In 1980, Dave Bayliss became involved when he brought his Cub side to the Bedgrove Park. The teams amalgamated and Dave went on to be the chairman for 21 years, stepping down in the year 2000. Within two years and barely a full strip between them, they managed not only to win the Under 12's Aylesbury & District League (ADL) but went on to win the 13's & 14's league in consecutive years and, by which time, they now had four teams at various age groups.

Over the years the club has grown and has won many tournaments and trophies, especially at county level. Many teams have toured abroad, and the club has also entertained boys from Europe and America. We can boost that we are the only boys club to have a club pennant on display in Barcelona's trophy room.

At the start of the season 2001/02 the club was the largest junior club in the Aylesbury area, running teams from under 8's through to under 18's.

At the end of the season 2001/02 the club managed to win the coveted Berks and Bucks Cup at under 14's, the Mayor's Cup at under 12's, represented in two other cup finals, won 3 league titles, gained 6 promotions in total and all teams finished in the top 6 to the fair play awards for their respective leagues.

In the last 20 seasons, across the age groups the club has won 25 divisional titles, and runners up 20 times.

In 2019 two became one when the sides almagated with the intention of allowing the youth of the town to progress through junior football to youth and then adult football at the highest possible level.

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KitAid Supporters Cup

KitAid is a Hertfordshire based charity which collects unwanted football kits to send out to teams in Africa and South America, who desperately need kit, boots and equipment. It was founded by Derrick Williams MBE in 1998 following a trip he made to Tanzania.

While there he spotted a young boy wearing a ragged Liverpool FC shirt. Once home he showed the photo to friends and they all agreed to collect a box full of shirts and send it off to the village in Tanzania, as a "one off" thank you.

Fast forward 24 years to 2022 and since that first "one off" box, 913,000 items of kit have now been donated to football projects across the Developing World. KitAid are looking to reach 1 Million donated items in 2023, which will be their 25th Anniversary.

KitAid is run entirely on a voluntary basis, and it receives no grants, just donations from supporters across the UK. Leverstock Green FC have been long term supporters of KitAid and have donated many kits. Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC have also come on board this year. As both Clubs are due to play each other in the SSML on 12 November, we decided to make the game a little more interesting by introducing the inaugural KitAid Supporters Cup for the winners.

We hope to extend this next season to include other supporting Clubs from the SSML, such as Tring Athletic FC and Harpenden Town FC. Good luck to both teams today and we look forward to presenting the trophy at 5-00pm, and hope it isn't a draw!

For more information about the work of KitAid please visit any of the following sites:www.kitaid.net Twitter @kitaid Instagram @kitaidcharity Facebook @kitaidcharity

Photos from Kit Aid

Club News Scott Walters A Scott Walters & Monique Walters update !! After a tremendous effort by everyone over the past 12 months the extension is now completed, is eternally grateful to everyone who was involved in the fund raising and the build process, he’d like to invite all those who attended the football fundraiser last year and those who couldn’t make it to this event and say a massive thank you We however don’t want the hard work to stop here, we’d like to help Scott & Monique by providing a downstairs wet room for Scott.

If you could come along in the 18th November and show your support this would be fantastic.

Further details contact me on 07989648778 , Antony Beamish Keith Hardy

SSML Premier Division Results & Fixtures Saturday 5th November PREM Ardley United PREM Aylesbury Vale Dynamos PREM Baldock Town PREM Dunstable Town PREM Leighton Town PREM Leverstock Green PREM London Colney PREM Risborough Rangers PREM Tring Athletic

0 0 1 0 5 2 3 2 3

2 2 1 4 0 2 3 2 0

Hoddesdon Town St Panteleimon Cockfosters Stotfold Colney Heath Biggleswade United Harpenden Town Potton United Arlesey Town

Tuesday 8th November PREM Baldock Town GCT Dunstable Town PREM Leighton Town PREM Stotfold PREM Tring Athletic

2 2 3 4 4

0 3 0 3 2

Risborough Rangers Moulton Harpenden Town Colney Heath Shefford Town & Campton

Saturday 12th November PREM Arlesey Town PREM Cockfosters PREM Crawley Green PREM Hoddesdon Town PREM Leverstock Green PREM Potton United PREM Shefford Town & Campton

Colney Heath Ardley United London Colney Risborough Rangers Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Stotfold Harpenden Town

Tuesday 15th November CC Barton Rovers First CC Dunstable Town First CC Kempston Rovers First CC Leighton Town First PREM London Colney CC Shefford Town & Campton First CC Stotfold First

Arlesey Town First AFC Dunstable First Crawley Green First Biggleswade United First Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Luton Town First Bedford Town First

Wednesday 16th November PREM St Panteleimon

Leverstock Green

Alan Lee Reporting Premier Division Leverstock Green 2 Biggleswade United 2 Saturday 5th November 2022 For the sixth time in their last eight league matches Leverstock Green ended up with a share of the points, but this was another very good performance against a team in the top four of the division. Leverstock dominated for long periods of the game and were twice in front, but the division’s top scorer Taylor Rhiney scored two goals from two chances to level the scores.

With more injuries to their centre-backs, Leverstock played with Bobby Armstrong and Scott McGleish at the centre of defence throughout, and McGleish’s performance earned him the man-of-the-match award.

Leverstock started the game strongly and went close to taking the lead in the 7th minute when skipper Dan Pett hit the bar with a shot struck from the edge of the box. Two minutes later Pett had another shot which went over the bar, but in the 19th minute Pett finally hit the target with a low drive from 20 yards that found the bottom corner of the net to give his side a deserved lead.

However, that lead only lasted three minutes. Biggleswade won a free kick a few yards outside the left edge of the penalty area. It looked like a position from where the ball would be crossed in, but Rhiney had other ideas as he curled the ball over the wall and over the outstretched arm of Austin Byfield into the top corner of the net for a stunning equaliser.

Leverstock had dominated up to this point, but it was an even game for the remainder of the half, and the nearest that either side came to finding the net was in the 28th minute when the visitors broke away quickly and Raheem Jabbar got in behind the Green defence but struck the bar with his shot.

The second half was largely played in heavy rain, and just as Leverstock had started the first half well, they also made a great start to the second half. Two minutes in Chris Blunden got past a defender and sent over a cross, but Ibrahim Nagheeb couldn’t get his header on target. In the 50th minute Brian Testolin showed some good footwork to make a solo run into the box before setting up Blunden for a shot which keeper Tom Wyant could only parry. Ethan Mooney came in for the rebound but put it into the side netting. Two minutes later Mooney made up for his miss by threading a pass to put Blunden through against Wyant, and although the keeper got a boot onto Blunden’s shot, it wasn’t enough to stop it going into the net and putting Leverstock back in front at 2-1.

On the hour Leverstock were awarded a free kick about 30 yards from goal, and Blunden tried his luck with a shot which cleared the wall but was turned wide by a good save from Wyant. The keeper failed to hold onto the resulting corner but was not punished. Another corner three minutes later dropped for Armstrong on the edge of the box, but his shot went over the bar. As the game went into its last ten minutes a neat sidestep from Testolin opened up a shooting chance but his shot was gathered by Wyant.

With five minutes remaining Leverstock were still holding onto their lead and looking good value for it, but they were hit by an equaliser which came almost out of nothing. A ball was punted forward and found Rhiney on the edge of the box with his back to goal, and the striker wasted no time in turning and shooting low into the corner of the net to level the scores at 2-2.

Over the closing minutes both sides pushed forward in search of a winner, and either side could have won it.

Leverstock’s best chance came when Sean Walsh won the ball off a defender to go through on goal, but Walsh chose to shoot from a narrow angle when pulling the ball back for Blunden might have been the better option, and it was deflected behind.

Leverstock Green (1) 2 (Pett 19, Blunden 52) 1. Austin Byfield, 2. Adrian Pitfield (16. Brad Robinson 30 mins), 3. Rio Beach, 18. Bobby Armstrong, 20. Scott McGleish, 6. Ibrahim Nagheeb, 7. Brian Testolin, 8. Dan Pett, 9. Chris Blunden, 10. Ryan Carruthers (17. Sean Walsh 84 mins), 11. Ethan Mooney. Subs not used: 12. Elgeniy Daalberg, 14. Freddie Newing, 15. Ayomide Oke.

Man of the Match vs. Biggleswade United Scott McGleish Photos by Alan Lee & @cat_daisy on Twitter

First Team Results and Goal Scorers Date

Venue

Opponents

Score

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

10-Sep

PDC

Home

London Colney

P-P

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

16-Nov

SSML

Away

St Panteleimon

19-Nov

SSML

Home

Baldock Town

22-Nov

SSML

Away

London Colney

29-Jan

SSML

Away

Crawley Green

03-Dec

SSML

Home

Harpenden Town

10-Dec

SSML

Home

Crawley Green

17-Dec

SSML

Away

Potton Utd

27-Dec

SSML

Away

Tring Athletic

02-Jan

SSML

Home

Colney Heath

07-Jan

SSML

Away

Cockfosters

14-Jan

SSML

Away

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

21-Jan

SSML

Home

St Panteleimon

28-Jan

SSML

Away

Harpenden Town

04-Feb

SSML

Home

Potton Utd

11-Feb

SSML

Away

Arlesey Town

18-Feb

SSML

Away

Dunstable Town

25-Feb

SSML

Away

Ardley United

04-Mar

SSML

Home

Hoddesdon Town

11-Mar

SSML

Away

Biggleswade Utd

18-Mar

SSML

Home

Stotfold

25-Mar

SSML

Away

Risborough Rangers

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

Goalscorers

Blunden

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Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Table 8th November 2022 Team

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1 Stotfold

14

9

4

1

15

31

2 Leighton Town

12

8

2

2

21

26

3 Crawley Green

13

8

2

3

15

26

4 Biggleswade United

12

7

2

3

4

23

5 Shefford Town & Campton

12

7

1

4

3

22

6 Tring Athletic

16

6

4

6

-3

22

7 St Panteleimon

12

6

3

3

5

21

8 Potton United

12

5

4

3

8

19

9 Dunstable Town

10

5

4

1

7

19

10 Leverstock Green

11

4

6

1

6

18

11 Risborough Rangers

12

5

3

4

-2

18

12 Baldock Town

14

5

1

8

-9

16

13 Hoddesdon Town

13

4

3

6

-10

15

14 Cockfosters

10

3

5

2

3

14

15 Harpenden Town

12

4

2

6

-5

14

16 Ardley United

11

3

3

5

-1

12

17 Arlesey Town

13

2

2

9

-11

8

18 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

10

2

1

7

-10

7

19 Colney Heath

13

1

2

10

-17

5

20 London Colney

14

1

2

11

-19

5

Club

Sponsor

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Garry Harvey www.emtrg.co.uk

AYLESBURY VALE DYNAMOS

KitAid – www.kitaid.net

BALDOCK TOWN

Steve Cubitt

BIGGLESWADE UNITED

Roger Stokes

COCKFOSTERS

Jim Doble

COLNEY HEATH

Dean Bradford

CRAWLEY GREEN DUNSTABLE TOWN

Keith Pym – The Railway Men Emma Smart

HARPENDEN TOWN

Alison & Keith Jacobs

HODDESDON TOWN

Jim Doble

LEIGHTON TOWN

Leverstock Green U18

LONDON COLNEY

Jamie Herd

POTTON UNITED

Deckchair Pete

RISBOROUGH RANGERS

Tony Smart

SHEFFORD TOWN & CAMPTON

STOTFOLD

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ST PANTELEIMON

Craig Ringsell

TRING ATHLETIC

Tony Smart

HALSTEAD TOWN FA CUP

Keith Pym

ST PANTELEIMON FA Cup

Stephen Hale

LONDON COLNEY (PDC)

Peter Fraser

Player Sponsorship £50 per Player Player Adrian Pitfield Sean Walsh Ryan Carruthers Daniel Weeks Darren Bonfield Ethan Mooney Fergus Moore Rio Beach Ibrahim Nagheeb Elgeniy Daalberg Cam Gaffeny Scott McGleish George Mitchell-Gears Lewis Collins Luke Beckwith Kai Stonnell Dan Pett Bradley Robinson Alvin Kyeremeh Chris Blunden Ollie Cox Alfie Herd George McCluskey Austin Byfield Luke Durnin Bobby Armstrong

Sponsor

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First Team Appearances APPEARANCES Player Ryan Carruthers Alvin Kyeremeh Rio Beach Lewis Collins Chris Blunden Ethan Mooney Ibrahim Nagheeb Bradley Robinson George Mitchell-Gears Dan Pett Scott McGleish Adrian Pitfield Austin Byfield Sean Walsh Elgenly Daalberg Luke Beckwith Bobby Armstrong Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica Josh Mollison Dan Weeks Luke Durnin Kai Stonnell Kurainashe Musanhi Brian Testolin Ayomide Oke Oscar Frost George McCluskey Kraig McLeod Sean Lockehart Robbie Emanuels James Collins

SSML 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 7 7 5 8 7 5 4 4 7 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

PDC 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

CC 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

FA Cup 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 2 3 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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

Total 20 18 17 16 16 15 14 14 13 13 13 12 11 11 11 10 8 7 7 7 6 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

First Team Goalscorers

GOALSCORERS SSML

PDC

CC

HSC

FA Cup

FA Vase

Total

Chris Blunden

7

0

0

0

2

0

9

Alvin Kyeremeh

3

0

0

0

0

1

4

Lewis Collins

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

George Mitchell-Gears

1

0

0

0

1

0

2

Rio Beach

1

0

0

0

1

0

2

Ethan Mooney

1

1

0

0

0

0

2

Dan Pett

1

0

0

0

1

0

2

Luke Beckwith

0

0

0

0

1

1

2

Luke Durnin

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

Ryan Carruthers

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

Adrian Pitfield

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Elgenly Daalberg

0

0

0

0

1

0

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Team Competition Opponents

Day

13-Nov

U16

Kick Off

Brown

Ware

Sunday

11:00

Tuesday

19:30

15-Nov

U16

Cup

Fakenham Town

19-Nov

1st

Premier

Baldock Town

Saturday

15:00

24-Nov

U18

Corinthian

AFC Dunstable Thursday

19:45

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

The first competitive fixtures were reported during season 1908/1909 when the Club competed in Division Three of the West Herts League. Other clubs competing in the league at that time were: Abbots Langley, Bovingdon, Boxmoor, Bushey Heath, Hagden Lane, Kings Langley and Potten End. The Club ground in Pancake Lane originally formed part of the Gorhambury Estate, Lord Verulam making the ground available for the youth of the area and his estate workers to enjoy a game of ball.

Clearly Lord Verulam was an early enthusiast, providing timber-built changing rooms, which have been progressively replaced since the 1960’s by the existing brick-built clubhouse and changing rooms.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Emma Smart took over as chairman for season 2019/20, and with a new management team and a new spirit of optimism the club was on course for a safe mid-table finish before the season was brought to a premature end by Covid-19. The management team of Matt Harding and Mick Vipond continued into the 2020/21 season, which again came to a premature end. For season 2021/22, a new management team of Fergus Moore, Scott McGleish and Paul Marks has been appointed. The club has increased its commitment to youth development by joining the Eastern Junior Alliance and will be running an under15 side this season.

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

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

24-Oct

SCYFL

Away

Luton Town Cedars

P-P

03-Nov

SCYFL

Away

Oxhey Jets

0-1

Won

McLean

10-Nov

SCYFL

Home

Colney Heath

1-2

Lost

Payne

17-Nov

SCYFL

Away

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

24-Nov

SCYFL

Home

AFC Dunstable

01-Dec

SCYFL

Home

Berkhamsted

08-Dec

SCYFL

Home

Luton Town Cedars

15-Dec

SCYFL

Home

Harpenden Town

05-Jan

SCYFL

Away

Kings Langley

09-Jan

SCYFL

Away

Luton Town Cedars

19-Jan

SCYFL

Away

Leighton Town

26-Jan

SCYFL

02-Feb

SCYFL

Home

Oxhey Jets

09-Feb

SCYFL

Away

Colney Heath

16-Feb

SCYFL

Home

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

23-Feb

Payne, Sullivan, Roberts

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

League 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 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

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

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

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

Total 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

League 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1

Merton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

League Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HFA U18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FAY Cup 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Total 7 3 2 2 1 1 1 1

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

SCYFL U18 Corinthian Division League Table 10th November 2022

Team

P

W

D

L

GD

Pts

1 Leighton Town U18

9

7

1

1

12

22

2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC U18

6

6

0

0

16

18

3 Colney Heath FC U18

8

4

1

3

5

13

4 Oxhey Jets U18

8

3

2

3

1

11

5 Kings Langley FC U18

7

3

1

3

0

10

6 Harpenden Town U18

7

2

2

3

-3

8

7 AFC Dunstable U18 (SC)

6

2

1

3

-2

7

8 Dunstable Town U18

7

2

0

5

-8

6

9 Leverstock Green U18

8

2

0

6

-9

6

10 Luton Town U18 Shadow (Cedars)

5

1

2

2

-4

5

11 Berkhamsted FC U18

7

1

2

4

-8

5

SCYFL U18 Results & Fixtures Week commencing 24th October 2022 CORINTHIAN DIVISION Crawley Green Dunstable Town Harpenden Town Kings Langley Leighton Town Luton Town Cedars

2 1 3 0 2 P

Oxhey Jets Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Berkhamsted AFC Dunstable Colney Heath Leverstock Green

5 2 2 0 1 P

Week commencing 31st October 2022 CORINTHIAN DIVISION AFC Dunstable Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Berkhamsted Colney Heath Oxhey Jets

P P P 5 0

Dunstable Town Leighton Town Kings Langley Luton Town Cedars Leverstock Green

P P P 1 1

Week commencing 7th November 2022 CORINTHIAN DIVISION Luton Town Cedars Kings Langley Berkhamsted Harpenden Town Leverstock Green AFC Dunstable

P 0 P 1 1 3

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Leighton Town Dunstable Town Oxhey Jets Colney Heath Stotfold

P 2 P 1 2 0

Week commencing 14th November 2022 CORINTHIAN DIVISION Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Oxhey Jets Berkhamsted Harpenden Town

v v v v

Leverstock Green Colney Heath Leighton Town Kings Langley

EJA U16 Brown Division Team

P

W

D

L

GD

Pts

Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA) Harpenden Town U16 EJA Hertford Town U16 Berkhamsted FC Youth U16 EJA

6 5 4 5

4 3 3 3

1 2 0 0

1 0 1 2

9 4 9 3

13 11 9 9

5 Colney Heath Youth U16 EJA 6 Hemel Hempstead Town Youth U16 7 Leverstock Green U16

4 5 4

2 1 1

1 2 0

1 2 3

5 4 0

7 5 3

8 Ware FC Academy U16 EJA 9 Barton Rovers U16

5 4

0 0

2 0

3 4

-7 -27

2 0

1 2 3 4

EJA U16 Results Date

Venue

Opponents

Score

Goalscorers

11-Sep

EJA

Home

Leighton Town

P-P

18-Sep

EJA

Home

Harpenden Town

3-4

Lost

Kelly, Darr, McIntosh

02-Oct

EJA

Away

Ware

5-2

Won

McIntosh 2, Barbakdze, Weidner, JohnBaptise

09-Oct

EJA

Home

Leighton Town

2-3

Lost

Bowie, Imbre

10-Oct

Cup

Away

Arlesey Town

3-4

Won

Imbre 2, Sadler, McIntosh

16-Oct

Cup

Away

Stanway Rovers

0-1

Lost

23-Oct

EJA

Home

Barton Rovers

P-P

30-Oct

EJA

Home

Hertford Town

2-3

Lost

Georgiou 2

06-Nov

CC

Away

Broadhall Youth

11 - 0

Won

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

13-Nov

EJA

Home

Ware

15-Nov

Cup

Home

Fakenham Town

20-Nov

EJA

Away

Colney Heath

27-Nov

EJA

Away

Hemel Hempstead

04-Dec

EJA

Away

Cheshunt Youth

18-Dec

EJA

15-Jan

EJA

22-Jan

EJA

29-Jan

EJA

01-Feb

EJA

12-Feb

EJA

26-Feb

EJA

12-Mar

EJA

19-Mar

EJA

21-Mar

EJA

26-Mar

EJA

02-Apr

EJA

09-Apr

EJA

23-Apr

EJA

30-Apr

EJA

* Won on Penalties

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

League 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1

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

Peters Cup 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

HFA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 1

League 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0

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

Peters Cup 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

HFA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

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

EJA U16 Results & Fixtures Sunday 30th October L

Colney Heath Youth U16 EJA

1

0

Ware FC Academy U16 EJA

L

Hemel Hempstead Town Youth U16

10

1

Barton Rovers U16

L

Leverstock Green U16

2

3

Hertford Town U16

L

Berkhamsted FC Youth U16 EJA

2

3

Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA)

Sunday 6th November CC

Baldock Town Youth U16 Templars

1

9

Hemel Hempstead Town Youth U16

CC

Broadhall Youth U16 Rangers

0

11 Leverstock Green U16

CC

Ware FC Academy U16 EJA

0

3

Berkhamsted FC Youth U16 EJA

L

Barton Rovers U16

P

P

Harpenden Town U16 EJA

CC

Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA)

H W Stopsley United Youth U15

Wednesday 9th November Cup Hutton Y U16 EJA

Harpenden Town U16 EJA Friday 11th November

Cup Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA)

Baldock Town U16

Sunday 13th November L

Harpenden Town U16 EJA

Hertford Town U16

L

Leverstock Green U16

Ware FC Academy U16 EJA

CC

Barton Rovers U16

Arlesey Town U16

L

Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA)

Colney Heath Youth U16 EJA

Tuesday 15th November Cup Leverstock Green U16

Fakenham Town F.C. 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.

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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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