Match
Premier Division





Saturday 1st April 2023
Kick Off 3.00 pm


Verses
Match
Sponsored By Jim Doble

Match
Premier Division
Saturday 1st April 2023
Kick Off 3.00 pm
Verses
Match
Sponsored By Jim Doble
Today we welcome Cockfosters 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 Chaolun Tan and his assistant’s Sam Waterhouse and Lyn McGregor.
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.
With all the cancellations due to the weather please check the fixtures before travelling, they are being added or being postponed daily.
Our sponsor today is Jim Doble who is one of our Vice Presidents. We thank Jim 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
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Leverstock Green Football Club has announced a number of new additions to our off the field team and football management appointments for the next season.
Joining Fergus Moore and Scott McGleish is Ross Bargent who will take on the coach role. Ross is promoted from the manager of our Under 18 team.
The club is entering a Development team into the Herts Senior League next season and we have appointed a manger from outside of the club. Because of his current football commitments, we will announce the new man in April.
The under 18 team will be managed by Aaron MacIntosh. Aaron has extensive knowledge of Under 18 and Youth football.
Off the Field we have joining us this season:
Garry Harvey and Stephen Fletcher will be joining our media team led by Alan Lee.
Alan is our football secretary and reports our 1st team matches and keeps the Twitter and web site up to date.
Garry will be covering 1st team matches via VEO camara and is also one of our sponsors. Supplying the first team management highlights of each game.
Stephen is the clubs photographer and keeps Facebook up to date with all the latest news.
Also joining us is Gemma Williams as Function Manager who has taken on the role of organising our events and clubhouse bookings, taking over from Emma Smart.
U16 vs Arlesey
Sunday 2nd April ko 11:00
1st vs Stotfold
Tuesday 4th April ko 19:45
U18 vs Harpenden Town
Thursday 6th April ko 19:45
1st vs Tring Athletic
Monday 10th April ko 15:00
U18 vs Luton Town Cedars
Thursday 20th April ko 19:45
1st vs Leighton Town
Saturday 22nd April ko 15:00
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 Manager/Website – Alan Lee
Photographer/Facebook – Stephan Fletcher
Programme Editor – Tony Smart
Veo – Garry Harvey
Functions/Sponsorship - Gemma Williams
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.
White/Green Shirts, Green Shorts & Socks
Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts & Socks
AUSTIN BYFIELD (GK)
CHARLIE MANN
RIO BEACH KENNY NORBREGA
ALVIN KYEREMEH
BRADLEY ROBINSON
ADRIAN PITFIELD
RYAN CARRUTHERS
IBRAHIM NAGHEEB
LUKE BECKWITH
GEORGE MITCHELL-GEARS
ELGENTY DAALBERG
ETHAN MOONEY
CHRIS BLUNDEN
RICHARD ENNIN
PRINCE MADU
AIDEN READ
NICK BARRETT
JOE ENTWHISTLE
MATT THOMSON
GEORGE SIPPETTS
REECE BARRETT
ANTONIO PAONE-MICHAEL
CORY UGBOMAH
CHRIS GRIFFIN
RYAN McMENEMY
DAN PETT JAY LOVELL
SCOTT McGLEISH
MICHAEL OKAFOR
BOBBY ARMSTRONG CONRAD HOLLAND
RADU-MIHAL STEFANOAICA
AYOMIDE OKE
QUELLE WEEKES
ARCHIC JOLLY
JOHN SHAMALO CATHAL FEE
Manager: Fergus Moore Manager: Gavin Kelsey
Assistant: Scott McGleish
Coach: Darren Bonfield
Coach: Ross Bargent
Physio: Cam Gaffeny
Ass Manager: Glenn Draper
Coach: Phil Lovell
Coach: Mike Warburton
Physio: Dan Foster
Referee: Chaolun Tan
Referee Assistants: Sam Waterhouse & Lyn McGregor
The EARLY YEARS: The Club was originally formed as Cockfosters Athletic in 1921 by local residents and the ground allocated to the Club by Lady Bevan, from her family estate. Season 1938/39 saw first of two “trebles” in the Club’s history, winning the Wood Green League’s Premier Division, League Cup and the Barnet Cup. After the war the 1st Team moved to the strong local league of that time - the Northern Suburban Intermediate, whilst the Reserves played in the Wood Green, Southgate & District League.
The 1960s saw a re-awakening of the Club. 1960/61: 1st Team win Northern Suburban League’s 1st Division and the next campaign win Premier Division. Barnet Cup and the Barnet Charity Cup finals were reached regularly with both trophies being won on a couple of occasions.
The 1970s: This decade was one of the most successful in the Club’s history. 1970/71: 1st Team win London FA Intermediate Cup and finalists in Herts County League’s Aubrey
1978/79: 1st Team win ‘treble’ of HC League Premier Division, Aubrey Cup and Herts FA Intermediate Cup; ‘A’ Team win the NSI Lge.
The 1980s:
1980/81: Former Barnet FC player Jeff Voyce appointed 1st Team Manager and the side claim their second Premier Division title.
1983/84: Colin Bell takes over as Manager and 1st Team win HSCL Premier Division for a third time. Colin decides to resign at the end of the campaign.
1984/85: Former Arsenal player Glyn MacDonald appointed as 1st Team Manager. Team win the HSCL’s Aubrey Cup and are Premier Division Runners-up.
1989/90: 1st Team win London FA Intermediate Cup.
The 1990s: 1990/91 sees the Club gain “Senior Status” the 1st Team leave for the London Spartan League Premier Division, bringing an end of 25 seasons of membership in the Herts Senior County League - all, but the first having been in the top flight - a period that saw the 1st Team as Premier Division Champions 3 times, London FA Intermediate Cup winners twice, the Herts FA Intermediate Cup winners once and finalists on 3 other occasions, HSCL Aubrey Cup winners twice and finalists twice.
2000 to Present Day: Youth football was re-introduced to the Club starting with an Under 18 side and later teams at Under 13 and Under 15 age groups.
2002/03: The Club introduce an Under 18 Youth side managed by Paul Boxer and competing in the Southern Counties Floodlit Youth League.
2007/08: With the elevation into the Spartan South Midlands League’s Premier Division the Club accepted into the FA Challenge Cup for the first time in their history.
2013/14: The season proved to be another successful one, with a very creditable 8th place & both the SSML's Challenge Trophy and the South Midlands Floodlight (Senior) Cup won. The Under 18s, managed by Paul Boxer and assisted by Steve Foot, won the Southern Counties Floodlit Youth League's Nemean Division and were runners-up in the League's Divisional Winners Play-Off Final.
2013, the season saw our Youth Section enhanced with a get together with Whetstone Wanderers. The Wanderers' Under 15 & Under 16 teams were to play under the Cockfosters FC’s name in the Eastern Junior Alliance League. This new 'affiliation” expected to be a great benefit to both clubs and would provide a continuity of players moving up into our Under 18's, Reserves and hopefully our 1st Team.
2014/15: The season’s one bright spot being the displays of our Youth Section. The U18s were Southern Counties Floodlit Youth Lge. Olympian Division winners, beating Luton Town in the SCFYL’s Divisional Winners Play-off Final.
2015/16: The U14’s made a clean sweep of everything, winning the EJA’s Herts (Brown) Division, the EJA U14 Divisional Play-Off Final, the EJA U14 Challenge Cup and the Middlesex FA County FA’s U14 Cup.
2016/17 : After a very successful campaign, which saw the 1st Team finish 3rd (its’ highest ever position) in the SSML Premier Div. and the Reserves as R/up in the U25 Developme nt Div
2017/18:The U18s were Runners-up in the SCFYL’s Delphian Division. The U13s won the EJA Herts (Green) Div. and also won the AFA County Youth Cup and were runners-up in the London FA Sunday Youth Cup.
2018/19: Ryan Wade appointed as 1st Team manager with Nick Mountford assistant / coach, both having played at a higher level of football. The campaign was disappointing, but the last 15 minutes of the season’s final league game saw us score 3 times to win 3-2 & avoid the drop. The youth sides continued to do well - Vas Chiotis’ U14s, winning the EJA division & reaching 2 County Youth Cup finals & Brett Cahill’s U17s also reached a County Youth Cup final.
2019/20 The FA moved us laterally from the Spartan South Midlands Lge’s top division to that of the Essex Senior League, With the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons both curtailed by Covid19 season 2021 -2022 has been a season of change. At the end of January Ryan Wade stepped down as Manager and the highly experienced Gavin Kelsey was appointed bringing in Glenn Draper as his assistant. The Under 18s
have continued to play in the Southern Counties Floodlit Youth League & Eastern Junior Alliance League giving youngsters a chance to showcase their skills before stepping up to the res erves and 1st Team. This progression was highlighted recently when young goalkeeper Neo Donoghue made his 1st team debut at Woodford Town following in the footsteps of George Constanti who has netted over 30 times for the Under 18s this season and also An dy Polycarpou who debited for the 1st team earlier in the season.
The Club has teams in the EJA League at Under 14, Under 15, Under 16 & Under 18 level. This has seen more success with the Under 18s clinching the Black Division and the Under 15s winning the London County Cup.
Season 2022-2023 see Gavin Kelsey in charge with Glen Draper as his assistant and the team moved back to the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division. The Reserve teams continues in the Herts Senior County League with the Under 18s remaining in the Southern Counties Floodlit Youth League & Eastern Junior Alliance League giving youngsters a chance to showcase their skills before stepping up to the reserves and 1st Team.
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Saturday 18th March
Tuesday 21st March
Wednesday 22nd March
Saturday 25th March
Tuesday 28th March
Thursday 30th March
Saturday 1st April
PREM Ardley United Tring Athletic
PREM Baldock Town Leighton Town
PREM Colney Heath Harpenden Town
PREM Crawley Green Stotfold
PREM Dunstable Town Biggleswade United
PREM Hoddesdon Town London Colney
PREM Leverstock Green Cockfosters
PREM Potton United Risborough Rangers
PREM Shefford Town & Campton Arlesey Town
PREM St Panteleimon Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Tuesday 4th April
PREM Cockfosters Baldock Town
PREM Crawley Green Leighton Town
PREM Dunstable Town Colney Heath
PREM Leverstock Green Stotfold
PREM Potton United Biggleswade United
PREM Risborough Rangers Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
PREM Tring Athletic Hoddesdon Town
Wednesday 5th April
PREM St Panteleimon Harpenden Town
Thursday 6th April
GCT Rugby Borough Stotfold
Saturday 8th April
PREM Arlesey Town Crawley Green
PREM Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Ardley United
PREM Biggleswade United Stotfold
PREM Cockfosters Hoddesdon Town
PREM Colney Heath Leverstock Green
PREM Dunstable Town Baldock Town
PREM Leighton Town Risborough Rangers
PREM Shefford Town & Campton Potton United
PREM Tring Athletic London Colney
Leverstock Green travelled to their SSML Premier Division fixture at Risborough Rangers in good spirits, sitting in 7th place in the table after three straight wins, and with one of their strongest line-ups of the season, but it ended up being something of a nightmare afternoon for the Green side. Two quick goals towards the end of the first half and another two at the start of the second half sealed their fate, but in truth they were rarely in the game against a strong side who may yet have a say in the promotion race.
The opening 15 minutes of the game were mostly played in the Leverstock half as the home side applied heavy pressure. In the 9th minute a shot from Wiktor Makowski brought a great save out of Austin Byfield, who then pulled off a double save from close range from the resulting corner. Byfield produced more heroics in the 20th minute as he parried away a cross from Ricky Miller, and then somehow got a hand to Rico Greco’s effort from the rebound and turned it onto the bar.
Leverstock’s first near miss came in the 34th minute as a free kick from Dan Pett went across the face of goal, just eluding both Dan Weeks and Bobby Armstrong who flung themselves at the ball. Just when it seemed as though Leverstock might get a foothold in the game, they conceded an unfortunate goal a minute later. A chip from Miller should have been kept out by Byfield, but the ball went through his hands and squirmed over the line despite Byfield’s efforts to scramble back and keep it out.
Two minutes later the lead was doubled from another unfortunate goal. A clearance from Weeks was blocked into the path of Makowski, who had the goal at his mercy and shot past Byfield into the corner of the net. Weeks felt he was fouled in the build-up to the goal, and his protests earned him a spell in the sinbin. Leverstock went close to pulling a goal back three minutes before the break as a cross from Chris Blunden found Radu -Mihai Stefanoaica at the near post, but his hooked effort went inches wide.
Weeks was still in the sinbin for the opening two minutes of the second half, but Leverstock were back up to full strength by the time they conceded the third goal to a swift Risborough counter-attack in the 49th minute. Makowski was clean through on goal, and although Byfield did well to keep out Makowski’s shot, he could do nothing about the rebound as Rahman Ajibola followed up to score. Leverstock were found wanting at the back again in the 54th minute as Makowski’s pace took him clear and his cross found Miller to score his second and Risborough’s fourth of the game.
The home side were needlessly reduced to ten men in the 58th minute as Greco was shown a straight red card for striking out at Ethan Mooney, whose reaction only earned him a yellow card. Leverstock didn’t win their first corner of the game until the 73rd minute, and Stefanoaica had an effort on goal, but it was blocked in the sixyard box.
A save from Byfield in the 75th minute prevented Miller from completing a hat-trick, but in the 81st minute Danny May was caught by the ball bobbling over his boot, and Jethro Odunosu was left to run clean through and slot past Byfield, marking the first time that Leverstock had conceded five goals in a league game during the reign of Fergus Moore. The damage to Leverstock’s goal difference saw them drop below Cockfosters in the table despite both sides losing.
* Won on Penalties
Club Sponsor
ARDLEY UNITED Deckchair Pete
ARLESEY TOWN Garry Harvey https://ttclondon.co.uk
AYLESBURY VALE DYNAMOS KitAid – www.kitaid.net
BALDOCK TOWN
Steve Cubitt
BIGGLESWADE UNITED Roger Stokes
COCKFOSTERS
COLNEY HEATH
CRAWLEY GREEN
Jim Doble
Dean Bradford
Keith Pym – The Railway Men
DUNSTABLE TOWN Emma Smart
HARPENDEN TOWN
HODDESDON TOWN
Alison and Keith Jacobs
Jim Doble
LEIGHTON TOWN Leverstock Green U18
LONDON COLNEY
Jamie Herd
POTTON UNITED Deckchair Pete
RISBOROUGH RANGERS
SHEFFORD TOWN & CAMPTON
Tony Smart
Nick Payne
https://www.justgiving.com/fundr
aising/dawnpayne44
STOTFOLD Garry Harvey https://ttclondon.co.uk
CHIPPERFIELD CORINTHIANS
ST PANTELEIMON
TRING ATHLETIC
HALSTEAD TOWN FA CUP
ST PANTELEIMON FA Cup
LONDON COLNEY (PDC)
Garry Harvey https://ttclondon.co.uk
Craig Ringsell
Tony Smart
Keith Pym
Stephen Hale
Peter Fraser
Player Sponsor
Adrian Pitfield
Sean Walsh
Ryan Carruthers
Daniel Weeks
Emma Smart
Peter Jerram & Bob Foster
Keith Pym
Darren Bonfield LORDS Builders Merchants
Ethan Mooney
Dean Bradford
Fergus Moore LORDS Builders Merchants
Rio Beach Deckchair Pete
Ibrahim Nagheeb
Elgeniy Daalberg
Alan Lee
Rob Webb
Cam Gaffeny LORDS Builders Merchants
Scott McGleish
George Mitchell-Gears
Lewis Collins
Luke Beckwith
Kai Stonnell
Dan Pett
Bradley Robinson
Alvin Kyeremeh
Chris Blunden
Alfie Herd
Austin Byfield
Luke Durnin
Bobby Armstrong
Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica
George Kent – Leyton Orient
Focus Scaffolding
Emma Smart
Deckchair Pete
Emma Smart
Alan Lee
Tony Smart
Jamie Herd
Jamie Herd
Tony Smart
Steve Byrne
Carole Pym
Would you like to see your name, company, or business name in this box? Matchball Sponsorship helps the club and provides advertising for your company or business.
Week commencing 20th March 2023
Week commencing 27th March 2023
Week commencing 3rd April 2023
Colney Heath FC U18
Luton Town (Cedars)
Dunstable Town U18
Leverstock Green
Oxhey Jets U18
AFC Dunstable U18 (SC)
Berkhamsted FC U18
Week commencing 10th April 2023
Harpenden Town U18
AFC Dunstable U18 (SC)
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Leighton Town U18
Week commencing 17th April 2023
AFC Dunstable U18 (SC)
Luton Town U18 (Cedars)
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Oxhey Jets U18
AFC Dunstable U18 (SC)
Leverstock Green U18
Leighton Town U18
Harpenden Town U18
Kings Langley FC U18
Harpenden Town U18
Luton Town (Cedars)
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Leighton Town U18
Colney Heath FC U18
Oxhey Jets U18
Berkhamsted FC U18
Leverstock Green U18
Dunstable Town U18
Kings Langley FC U18
Harpenden Town U18
Berkhamsted FC U18
Kings Langley FC U18
Luton Town U18 (Cedars)
Sunday 19th March
Sunday 26th March
Sunday 2nd April
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Sunday 16th April
L Barton Rovers U16
L Colney Heath Youth U16 EJA
L Harpenden Town U16 EJA
Sunday 23rd April
L Colney Heath Youth U16 EJA
L Barton Rovers U16
Town Youth U16 (EJA)
Green U16
Hempstead Town Youth
Town U16 EJA
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 StokesAs 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 4 and Step 5
The Clubs finishing in the bottom two places in each of the eight divisions at Step 4 at the end of the Regular Season will be relegated and placed in a feeder pool and placed in the most geographically appropriate division at Step 5 for the following Playing Season.
They will be replaced by the Clubs finishing in 1st position in each of the sixteen divisions at Step 5.
The Clubs finishing in third and fourth from bottom in each of the eight divisions at Step 4 at the end of the Regular Season will take part in Inter-Step Play-Off Matches against the Clubs finishing in 2nd position in each of the sixteen divisions at Step 5 to determine whether they remain at Step 4 or are relegated to Step 5 for the following Playing Season.
Inter-Step Play Off Matches:
Each Club at Step 4 which finishes the Regular Season in an Inter-Step Play Off Position will be drawn at home against a Club from Step 5 which finishes the Regular Season in an InterStep Play Off Position.
Ties will be a one-off match with the winner being allocated to Step 4 for the following Playing Season and the defeated Club being allocated to Step 5 for the following Playing Season. The Clubs allocated to Step 4 will be placed in a feeder pool and placed in the most geographically appropriate division at Step 4 for the following Playing Season.