Leverstock Green FC vs Crawley Green

Welcome to Leverstock Green FC

Today we welcome Crawley Green Players, Officials and Supporters to the LORDS Builders Merchants Stadium for SSML Premier Division game. Especially Kate, Bobby and Matt. We hope you have an enjoyable afternoon with us.

We also welcome our match officials Referee Iwan Pritchard and his assistant’s Oliver Simnock and Thomas Fogden. You are all welcome to use the clubs bar and tea bar before, halftime and after today’s game. You will be well look after by Sue and Michelle and our catering staff, Ioana and Nigel.

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

Our sponsors todays are Keith Pym – The Railway Men. We thank them Keith and his Railway Men 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

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LGFC Club Information

Officers

President – Jamie Herd Chairman – Emma Smart Vice Chairman – Tony Smart General Club Secretary – Dean Bradford Treasurer – Tony Smart

General Committee

William Dawes, Keith Pym, Alan Brett, Scott Isaacs, Pete Jerram, Steve Ypey, Roger Lipscombe, Alan Lee

Match Day Secretary 1st Team - Alan Lee Match Day Secretary SCFYL Under 18 – Alan Lee Match Day Secretary EJA Under16 - Dean Bradford

Membership: Dean Bradford Tony Smart - Clubhouse Manager Club Welfare Officer/Charter Standard – Scott Isaacs

Media Officer/Website – Alan Lee 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

Crawley Green FC History

The History of Crawley Green FC - Saturday Side

Crawley Green Sports & Social Club was formed in November 1989 after arsonists caused the virtual destruction of the present building. Members of Stopsley Harriers, The Wyvern and Ramridge Rangers Sunday Football Clubs amalgamated to form the present club and were successful in securing a 99-year lease from the Council. The New Club house was formally open on 19th June, 1992 by then Luton Town manager, David Pleat.

The badge incorporates all the elements of the three founding clubs but also local history. The club badge was adopted in 1996 after many years of discussion. Maroon was the colour of the largest single club Ramridge Rangers, and it was adopted as the club colour. It is incorporated in the Club badge as the bar across the middle. Stopsley Harriers were well known for their red and blue quarters, whilst Wyvern Members were predominantly blue since their foundation. Both these colours are reflected in the badge. Crawley Green FC Saturday side was formed in 1993 after another local team, Somerset Tavern came under the Crawley Green umbrella. The club colour of maroon was adopted by the team.

In 2018 Luton Town FC and Crawley Green FC further enhanced their club partnership with the announcement that Crawley Green FC will play their home games at The Brache training ground from season 2018-2019. Crawley Green, who are the only Luton based team to play at step 5 or above of the National League System, have been trying since 2008 to get permission to build a suitable stadium. Unfortunately, in that time they have failed to receive the support needed from Luton Borough Council, despite there being no cost involved for the Council. This decision has meant that they have had to ground share with Barton Rovers FC for 11 years now, to enable the team to continue to play at that level.

This is a poor indictment of the Council’s attitude to football in Luton, considering that other major towns in Bedfordshire have at least one team each playing step 6 or above. Their lack of support in comparison to the likes of Biggleswade (3 teams), Bedford (2 teams), Dunstable (2 teams), Leighton Buzzard (1 team) and Kempston (1 team), means that even our local leagues have the ignominy of having to travel to local villages to host their cup finals.

Luton recently installed a brand-new all-weather surface down at the training ground and to comply with national ground grading criteria Crawley Green will complete the remaining requirements. This will include new changing rooms, dugouts, turnstile and spectator standing area. Tony Talbot, Chairman of Crawley Green stated: “We would like to thank Gary Sweet and Kevan Platt and everyone at Luton Town FC for firstly affording us this opportunity and then their support in making this happen.

“In the past we have seen a number of ex-Crawley Green players go on to play for Luton, but our partnership has really continued to grow in recent years. It’s with great satisfaction for us that we are currently seeing James Justin starring for the first team. In addition, the recently transferred Tyreeq

Bakinson and four of the current U18s team, Josh Neufville, Joe Mead, Ciaren Jones and Michael Shamalo all came through our youth system.

“A town the size of Luton needs a successful professional club, as well as teams playing in the national league pyramid”. This gives our talented youngsters a pathway to development, without having to go outside the borough to develop. “In addition, underneath these clubs is a large community hub, which affords lots of youngsters the opportunity to play football. These community hubs ensure all young people have the opportunity to participate in football in a safe supportive environment, which preserves the dignity and respect of the individual regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion, disability, income and any other social deprivation. With Government statistics showing a concerning rise in childhood obesity throughout the UK, these community hubs encourage our children to stay active and engage in physical activity. This all helps promote health, self-confidence and importantly social cohesion, and hopefully leads to the wider benefits in raising standards.”

Hatters chief executive Gary Sweet said: “We see ourselves as guardians of elite football in our region and part of that responsibility is to help – wherever possible – other local, aspirational clubs develop and thrive, staying at the core of their roots. “The challenges faced at Crawley Green were difficult and, with the great relationship we’ve had over the years, having recruited numerous young players from their excellent development structure, we’re proud to help Crawley Green retain a local home for their competitive games, just as we are happy to utilise our existing training facility at perhaps the only time when it won’t get used.”

In recognition of his services to the community and sport, Crawley Green Sports & Social Club Chairman, Tony Talbot was awarded a BEM – British Empire Medal - in the 2018 New Year’s Honours List.

Finally, Crawley Green would like to sincerely thank all their programme advertisers, match ball and match day sponsors for their generous support throughout the season.

Year A Brief History

1995-96 Joined South Midlands League Division One 1997-98 Founder members of the Spartan South Midlands League Division One North 1998-99 Left Spartan South Midlands League for Luton & District league 1999-00 Re-joined Spartan South Midlands League. Alan Clark and Eddie Downey joined Crawley Green to manage the 1st Team & Reserves respectively. Alan Burgess took over as Club Secretary.

2001-02 Division One renamed Division Two

2002-03 Spartan South Midlands League Division Two Cup Winners. Beat Buckingham Athletic 2-0. Martin Fensome and Leon Holton (pen).

2002-03 Bedfordshire Junior Cup Winners. Reserves beat Potton United 1-0 (Andy Bath).

2004-05 Gary King takes over as 1st Team Manager and wins the Spartan South Midlands League Division Two and the Bedfordshire Senior Cup beating Kent Athletic 4-0 with goals from John Coley 2, Adey Bascombe 2. Crawley were denied the treble when they lost a penalty shootout to Dunstable Town in the League Cup Final.

2005-06 Neil Tattersall takes over as 1st Team Manager

2006-07 6 pts deducted (ineligible player), costing the Club runners up spot

2007-08 Started ground share with Barton Rovers FC. Spartan South Midlands League Division Two runners up to Kings Langley. Promoted to Division One

2009-10 Bedfordshire Senior Trophy Winners. Beat Potton United 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out. Scores finished 1-1 after extra time. Ryan Smith

(pen). Successful penalty takers Rian MacNabola, John Cooper, Jermaine Hall, Ryan Smith and Phil Cusack

2011-12 First Team Manager Neil Tattersall steps down after 6 seasons in charge and is replaced by Darren Salton. Darren Salton resigns in September after only 1 win in 10 games. Mark Smith is appointed manager in October 2011 with Assistant Terry Shrieves. Bedfordshire Senior Trophy finalists - lost 0-1 to Ampthill Town. Spartan South Midlands League Division One Cup winners. Beat Kings Langley 2-1 with goals from Courtney Massey and Chris Gibson

2013-14 First Team reaches the final of the Bedfordshire Senior Trophy but loses 2-3 to Bedford. Scorers Sean Downey and Jon Butler. Reserves win the Bedfordshire Intermediate Cup with a 2-0 victory over Elstow Abbey with goals from Lewis Billington & Anthony Wright

2014-15 1st Team win the Bedfordshire Senior Trophy. Beat AFC Oakley M&DH 40 with goals from Sean Bishop, Stuart Strange, Tom Barnett & Sam Halfpenny. Reserves lose in the Reserve Challenge Trophy Final 1-0 to Risborough Rangers.

2015-16 1st Team – Runners-Up Division One – promoted to Premier Division. 1st Team winners – Division One League Cup. Beat Edgware Town 2-1 with goals from Fabio Buffano and Aarron Browne. Reserves–Winners Reserve Challenge Trophy. Beat Hoddesdon Town 21 with goals from James Potter and Andy Randell. Reserves lose Beds Intermediate Cup Final to Sundon Park Rangers 6-5 in a penalty shootout after game finished 2-2. Scorers own goal and Rob Newman (pen).

2016-17 1st Team finish a creditable 11th in their first season in the Premier Division. Manager Mark Smith steps down to spend more time with his family. Dean Bull takes over and Richard Smith joins as Assistant Manager. 2nd Team move to the Bedfordshire County League and finish 4th and move up to the Premier Division.

2017-18 Dean Bull and Richard Smith step down after 22 games in charge. They are replaced by new manager Chris Devane and his assistant Craig Meyrick.

2018-19 Craig Bicknell joins the 1st Team as coach and Bobby Males steps down and joins the Committee.

2018-19 In recognition of his services to the community and sport, Crawley Green Sports & Social Club Chairman, Tony Talbot was awarded a BEM – British Empire Medal - in the 2018 New Year’s Honours List.

2018-19 Manager Chris Devane resigns due to work commitments. Craig Meyrick takes charge assisted by Craig Bicknell. Steve Tucker joins as coach. Jimmy Sherlock steps down from the Reserves and is replaced by Craig Savage and Richard McKinley.

2019-20 The 1st team were 8th and the Reserves 6th in their Leagues when the season was cancelled due COVID-19

2020-21 Ricky Clark joins the 1st Team coaching staff

2021-22 Manager Craig Meytick resigns and is replaced by Paul Blackman assisted by Matt Harding. 1st Team avoid relegation with a point against Tring Athletic in the last game of the season. Reserves miss out on Champions spot and finish Runners-Up with a draw in the last game of the season.

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SSML Premier Division Results & Fixtures

Saturday 3rd December

PREM

Ardley United 1 1 Colney Heath

PREM Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 0 1 Crawley Green

PREM Baldock Town 3 2 London Colney

PREM Cockfosters 0 2 Potton United

PREM Hoddesdon Town 1 3 Arlesey Town

PREM Leverstock Green 2 1 Harpenden Town

PREM Stotfold P P Risborough Rangers

FAV Biggleswade United 1* 1 Lakenheath

FAV Dunstable Town 2 3 Tring Athletic

FAV Leighton Town 2 1 Fakenham Town

FAV Pinchbeck United 1 0 St Panteleimon

Tuesday 6th December

PREM

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 4 1 Biggleswade United

GCT Colney Heath 1 2 Arlesey Town

DLC Crawley Green 0 1 Hoddesdon Town

Saturday 10th December

GCT Milton Keynes College Potton United

PREM Arlesey Town Stotfold

PREM Biggleswade United Dunstable Town

PREM Cockfosters Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

PREM Colney Heath Hoddesdon Town

PREM Harpenden Town Tring Athletic

PREM Leverstock Green Crawley Green

PREM London Colney Risborough Rangers

PREM Shefford Town & Campton Ardley United

PREM St Panteleimon Baldock Town

Saturday 17th December

PREM

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Colney Heath

PREM Baldock Town Ardley United

PREM Crawley Green Cockfosters

PREM Leighton Town

Arlesey Town

PREM London Colney St Panteleimon

PREM Potton United Leverstock Green

PREM Risborough Rangers

Biggleswade United

PREM Shefford Town & Campton Dunstable Town

PREM Stotfold Hoddesdon Town

PREM Tring Athletic Harpenden Town

Tuesday 20th December

PREM

Biggleswade United Potton United

GCT Leighton Town New Bradwell St Peter

PREM Shefford Town & Campton Cockfosters

Wednesday 21st December

DLC St Panteleimon Dunstable Town

Saturday 27th December

PREM Arlesey Town Baldock Town

PREM Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Risborough Rangers

PREM Cockfosters St Panteleimon

PREM Colney Heath London Colney

PREM Dunstable Town Crawley Green

PREM Harpenden Town Hoddesdon Town

PREM Leighton Town Ardley United

PREM Shefford Town & Campton Stotfold

PREM Tring Athletic Leverstock Green

Monday 2nd January

PREM

Ardley United

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

PREM Baldock Town Dunstable Town

PREM Crawley Green Arlesey Town

PREM Harpenden Town St Panteleimon

PREM Hoddesdon Town Cockfosters

PREM Leverstock Green Colney Heath

PREM London Colney Tring Athletic

PREM Potton United Shefford Town & Campton

PREM Risborough Rangers Leighton Town

PREM Stotfold Biggleswade United

Alan Lee Reporting Premier Division

Leverstock Green 2 Harpenden Town 1 Saturday

3rd December 2022

It was a third league win in a row for Leverstock Green as they overcame a strong Harpenden Town side in Saturday’s game at the Lords Builders Merchants Stadium. Suspension, illness, and injuries meant that it was a somewhat different looking side to last week’s. Goalkeeper Tautvydas Poniskaitis was drafted in to cover for the suspended Austin Byfield, and defenders George Alfieri and Joshua Yoane were brought in on loan from Hadley to play in defence, where Brad Robinson, Adrian Pitfield and Alvin Kyeremeh were all out injured. Skipper Dan Pett was also absent through illness. All three of the newcomers gave excellent performances.

Both sides were playing some good football in the early stages, but without much end product. Chris Blunden brought a good save out of visiting keeper Alex Desmond in the 11th minute but had already been flagged offside. George Mitchell-Gears had an effort from the edge of the box in the 20th minute which went just over the bar.

In the 42nd minute a pass from Alfieri put Ethan Mooney through on goal. Mooney squared for Blunden, but his shot was saved and he was flagged offside again. However, in the 44th minute a big header from Ryan Carruthers gave Blunden a run at goal. Blunden couldn’t get his shot away, but held onto the ball until support arrived, and squared into the six-yard box where Mitchell-Gears was there to stab home the opening goal.

Having scored just before half time, Leverstock added their second just after half time. A foul on Blunden gave Leverstock a free kick in a dangerous position 25 yards out, and just as he did last week, Ibrahim Nagheeb produced a superb strike into the corner of the net. It was also a third goal in successive games for Nagheeb.

However, just over a minute later Harpenden were back in the game. A cross from the left was palmed away by Poniskaitis, but the ball fell for Josh Setchell, who drove home a shot to pull the score back to 2-1.

For the remainder of the game it was end-to-end stuff. The nearest that Leverstock came to extending their lead was in the 76th minute when a header from a corner was well saved by Desmond. Harpenden had a couple of good chances from headers in the 77th and 80th minutes but both efforts were off target. A cross from Rio Beach in the 86th minute set up a shooting chance for Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica, but his well-hit effort was blocked. A minute later Harpenden had the ball flashing across the face of the Leverstock goal but with no-one on the end of it.

Leverstock used every tactic during stoppage time to run more seconds off the clock, and unlike recent games where they have surrendered a single-goal lead late on, this time they closed the game out for a crucial three points which takes them up to 5th in the Premier Division table.

Leverstock Green (1) 2 (Mitchell-Gears 44, Nagheeb 48)

1. Tautvydas Poniskaitis, 2. George Alfieri, 3. Rio Beach, 18. Bobby Armstrong, 5. Joshua Yoane, 6. Ryan Carruthers, 7. Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica, 8. Ibrahim Nagheeb, 9. Chris Blunden (12. Elgeniy Daalberg 90 mins), 10. George Mitchell-Gears, 11. Ethan Mooney. Subs not used: 14. Freddie Newing, 15. Ayomide Oke, 16. Sean Walsh, 20. Scott McGleish.

Man of the Match vs Harpenden Town

Presented by Alison Jacobs

by Alan Lee

Photo

Date

First Team Results and Goal Scorers

Venue Opponents

Score Goalscorers

02-Aug SSML Home Risborough Rangers 1 - 0 Won Blunden 06-Aug FAC Home Halstead Town 3 - 0 Won Mitchell-Gears, Blunden, Durnin 13-Aug SSML Away Baldock Town 0 - 2 Won Kyeremeh, Blunden 16-Aug SSML Home London Colney 1 - 0 Won Kyeremeh 20-Aug FAC Home St Panteleimon 2 - 2 Draw Beckwith, Beach 24-Aug FAC Away St Panteleimon 3* - 3 Won Pett, Carruthers, Daalberg 27-Aug FAV Away Edgware & Kingsbury 2 - 2* Lost Kyeremeh, Beckwith 03-Sep FAC Away Billericay Town 4 - 1 Lost Blunden 06-Sep HSC Away Bishops Stortford 0 - 5 Lost 10-Sep PDC Home London Colney P - P 13-Sep SSML Home Ardley United 1 - 1 Draw Blunden 17-Sep CT Away Rugby Borough 0 - 2 Lost 24-Sep SSML Away Stotfold 1 - 1 Draw Collins 27-Sep PDC Home London Colney 2* - 2 Won Pitfield, Mooney 01-Oct SSML Away Arlesey Town 1 - 1 Draw Collins 04-Oct PDC Home Coney Heath 0 - 1 Lost 08-Oct SSML Home Shefford Town & Campton 3 - 0 Won Blunden, Kyeremeh, Mitchell-Gears 15-Oct SSML Home Dunstable Town 2 - 2 Draw Blunden, Beach 25-Oct SSML Away Hoddesdon Town 0 - 1 Lost 29-Oct SSML Away Leighton Town 1 - 1 Draw Mooney 05-Nov SSML Home Biggleswade Utd 2 - 2 Draw Pett, Blunden 12-Nov SSML Home Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 3 - 3 Draw Blunden 2, Mooney 16-Nov SSML Away St Panteleimon 1 - 2 Lost Blunden 19-Nov SSML Home Baldock Town 4 - 1 Won Stefanoaica 2, Nagheeb, Blunden 22-Nov SSML Away London Colney P - P 29-Jan SSML Away Crawley Green 4 - 1 Won Nagheeb, Pett, Stefanoaica, Moore 03-Dec SSML Home Harpenden Town 2 - 1 Won Nagheeb, Mitchell-Gears 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

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First Team Appearances

APPEARANCES

Player SSML PDC CC HSC FA Cup FA Vase Total

Ryan Carruthers

14 2 1 1 4 1 23

Rio Beach 15 1 1 1 4 0 22

Alvin Kyeremeh 14 2 0 1 4 1 22

Ethan Mooney 14 2 1 1 2 0 20

Chris Blunden 13 1 1 0 4 1 20

Ibrahim Nagheeb 14 0 1 1 3 0 19

Bradley Robinson 12 0 1 0 4 1 18

Dan Pett 11 2 1 0 2 1 17

George Mitchell-Gears 11 2 0 1 3 0 17

Lewis Collins 9 2 0 1 4 0 16

Scott McGleish 8 2 1 1 3 1 16

Austin Byfield 11 1 1 1 1 0 15

Elgenly Daalberg 8 1 1 1 3 1 15

Bobby Armstrong 12 1 0 0 0 0 13

Adrian Pitfield 9 2 1 1 0 0 13

Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica 9 2 0 0 0 1 12

Sean Walsh 6 2 1 1 1 1 12

Luke Beckwith 4 0 1 1 3 1 10

Josh Mollison 3 0 0 0 3 1 7

Dan Weeks 2 0 0 1 3 1 7

Luke Durnin 1 0 0 0 4 1 6

Ayomide Oke 4 0 1 0 0 0 5

Kai Stonnell 1 0 1 0 1 1 4

Kurainashe Musanhi 2 1 0 0 0 0 3

Brian Testolin 2 0 0 0 0 0 2

Oscar Frost 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

George McCluskey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Kraig McLeod 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Tyrig Hunte 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Rawn Seale 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Tautvydas Poniskaitis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

George Alfieri 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Joshua Yoane 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Callum Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Sean Lockehart 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Robbie Emanuels 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 James Collins 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

First Team Goal Scorers

GOALSCORERS

Player SSML PDC CC HSC FA Cup FA Vase Total

Chris Blunden

11 0 0 0 2 0 13

Alvin Kyeremeh 3 0 0 0 0 1 4

Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica 3 0 0 0 0 0 3

Ibrahim Nagheeb 3 0 0 0 0 0 3

Ethan Mooney 2 1 0 0 0 0 3

Dan Pett 2 0 0 0 1 0 3

George Mitchell-Gears 2 0 0 0 1 0 3

Lewis Collins 2 0 0 0 0 0 2

Rio Beach 1 0 0 0 1 0 2

Luke Beckwith 0 0 0 0 1 1 2

Callum Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

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 1

Photos from Harpenden Town by Tony Smart

THE INANE RAMBLINGS FROM UP NORFF

‘NOWT SO QUEER AS YORKSHIRE FOLK’

BY KAREN BROWNE

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

SATURDAY 26th NOVEMBER

WEEKEND STATISTICS

Weekend Stats: 23 games played of which 10 were home wins, 6 away wins and 7 draws Weekend Stats: The 23 games produced a total of 97 goals, an average of 4.22 per game. Dildale Linton (Rugby Borough), Jake Reynolds (Rushden & Higham United) and Rhys Thorpe (Eaton Socon) all netted hat tricks.

THE GLADWISH CHALLENGE TROPHY First Round

Division Two New Bradwell St Peter produced a giant-killing act in the Gladwish Challenge Trophy First Round with a 3-0 home success over Division One Ampthill Town, their reward is an away tie with Premier Division Leighton Town in December.

THE GLADWISH CHALLENGE TROPHY Second Round

Four Gladwish Challenge Trophy Second Round ties were played on Saturday with some surprising results, in the two Division One v Premier Division ties it was the underdogs who came out on top in both, Eaton Socon thumped visiting Hoddesdon Town 5-0 while Northampton Sileby Rangers enjoyed a 4-2 home success against Risborough Rangers. Division Two side Bovingdon came close to causing an upset as they led visiting Premier Division Biggleswade United 2-1 with five minutes to go before the visitors scored three in the final minutes. The day’s other tie saw an all Division One clash with hosts Rugby Borough defeating Letchworth Garden City Eagles 5-1.

PREMIER DIVISION

Leighton Town climbed to the top of the Premier Division with a 2-0 home win over Tring Athletic replacing morning leaders Crawley Green who suffered a 1-4 home defeat at the hands of Leverstock Green, the hosts having their goalkeeper red carded after five minutes and having to field an outfield player between the sticks for the remainder of the game, the visitors climbing to seventh place as a result. Elsewhere Ardley United enjoyed a 3-2 success at Arlesey Town while Aylesbury Vale Dynamos overcame visiting Cockfosters 3-1. In the days other Premier Division action Dunstable Town and Potton United shared the spoils following a 2-2 draw at Creasey Park (more on this later in the ramblings).

DIVISION ONE

Division One leaders Real Bedford FC maintained their excellent season with a 4-0 home success against struggling London Tigers while relegation threatened Wellingborough Whitworth suffered a 1-4 reverse at Winslow United. In the days other league action Amersham Town lost ground on the leaders after being beaten 23 at home by Buckingham Athletic, the visitors having led 3-0 at the break.

NORTHANTS LES UNDERWOOD JUNIOR CUP Second Round

Three of the four SSML sides advanced into the next round of the Northants Les Underwood Junior Cup on Saturday, Raunds Town being the only losers when going out in a penalty shoot-out at former SSML side Irchester United following a 1-1 draw. Moulton FC also required the lottery of spot kicks before seeing off FC Peterborough after a thrilling 3-3 draw. Elsewhere Northampton ON Chenecks overcame Wellingborough Whitworth Reserves,

the SSML visitors winning 2-0 while in the other tie Rushden & Higham United eased past visiting Daventry Town Reserves 6-0.

DIVISION TWO

The three Division Two fixtures all resulted in draws on Saturday, Tring Corinthians AFC held visiting Pitstone & Ivinghoe 0-0, Buckingham United and Potton United Development shared four goals while it was the same scoreline as AFC Caddington hosted Milton Keynes College Football Academy, the hosts coming back from 0-2 down.

ANAGRAM RECORDS TROPHY Third Round

It was double joy for the two SSML clubs in the Anagram Records Trophy Third Round, Old Bradwell United advanced to the quarterfinals with a 3-1 home success against Clapton Community while Codicote needed a penalty shoot-out to see off visiting Sungate after drawing 3-3.

HUNTINGDONSHIRE INTERMDIATE CUP SECOND ROUND

Eynesbury United moved into the next round of the Huntingdonshire Intermediate Cup with a 3-0 away success against Stilton United Reserves.

COMMITTEE AWAYDAYS

SSMFL Board & Committee member Bob Flight was at Dunstable Town and pens the following report:- Mid table Dunstable Town hosted 6th placed Potton United at Creasey Park in front of over 200 spectators on a bright November afternoon. It was a very interesting and entertaining game although with some bad-tempered moments. Indeed, there was a constant feeling that the game could boil over at any minute. Fortunately, this did not happen but if the players had shown the same attitude to their game that they showed to moaning at the match officials, then this could have been a great watch. Dunstable began well and Potton had difficulty in keeping them at bay. An early Town chance, was missed by Craig Foxall in the Potton goal, but it was cleared off the goal line by a defender. Other chances were either blocked or missed the goal completely. The opening goal came from a Town corner kick which saw Albie Osborne head the ball into the Potton net off the underside of the crossbar on 29 minutes. Little was seen of the Potton attack in the first half although they forced a great save from Connor Coulson in the home goal. They also saw a header from a corner kick cleared off the home goal line. However, Dunstable were good value for their half time lead. The second half saw more of the same although Town were fortunate to see a poor back pass not converted by Potton as keeper Coulson just about cleared the ball. Town scored their second goal on 70 minutes when a long ball found striker Danny Webb clear who lobbed the ball over Foxall and into the empty net. It looked game over for Potton when captain Jesse Armoo was sin binned for one comment too many to referee Tingey. But Town did not make the extra man tell and Armoo resumed his place on the pitch after the 10-minute spell. Still the result looked comfortable for Town until the final few minutes when Robbie Goodman saw red after illegally denying a certain Potton goal on 79 minutes. The resulting penalty was dispatched by Finbar King. This set up a pulsating final few minutes of the game and Potton rescued an unlikely point when Dave Parkinson scored the equaliser deep into stoppage time. Dunstable should have won this match but credit to Potton who never gave up and deservedly drew the game.

AND FINALLY

The result of this week’s Team of the Day Poll with 163 votes cast is:-

Leverstock Green 50.9%

New Bradwell St Peter 25.2%

Eaton Socon 16.0%

Northampton Sileby Rangers 7.9%

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THE INANE RAMBLINGS FROM UP NORFF

‘NOWT SO QUEER AS YORKSHIRE FOLK’

BY KAREN BROWNE

The Views Expressed Are Solely My Own, Are Written Tongue In Cheek And Should Be Taken With A Pinch Of Salt WEDNESDAY 30th NOVEMBER

MIDWEEK STATISTICS

Midweek Stats: 4 games played of which 3 were away wins and 1 draw.

Midweek Stats: The 4 games produced a total of 10 goals, an average of 2.50 per game.

BEDS SENIOR CUP First Round

The local derby between Dunstable Town and AFC Dunstable in the Beds Senior Cup saw visiting Step 4 AFC advance thanks to an odd goal in three successes at Creasey Park.

MIDDLESEX SENIOR CHARITY CUP Second Round

St Panteleimon progressed in the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup with a 2-0 success at Step 4 Uxbridge thanks to two second half strikes.

OXFORDSHIRE SENIOR CUP Second Round

A 90th minute penalty denied Ardley United a win at Step 4 Thame United in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup, the spot kick sent the game into extra time but with no further goals it was down to the lottery of penalties in which the hosts advanced into the quarterfinals.

DIVISION ONE

Moulton FC ended their six-match league run of six games without a win with an excellent 3-0 away success at second placed Rugby Borough in front of a crowd of 205.

AND FINALLY

The Non-League Show on Three Counties Radio (Herts, Beds & Bucks) has returned with a new day and time. It will air live between 12-2pm every Saturday. The show presented by Ollie Bayliss will reflect on the previous week’s big news and stories as well as promoting and reviewing matches later that afternoon. For those who missed it then you can catch up here:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0db7tgb

Photos from Crawley Green by Tony Smart

Leverstock Green FC

1950’s Team Photo

Two photos from FA Youth Cup vs Southend Mark and Scott, Emma and Graham

November was another really busy month with kit either leaving or arriving at the containers most days. Here are the monthly totals

Total items sent in November - 13,850

Total items sent so far in 2022 - 106,130

Total items sent since 1998 - 927,082

Countries supported - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Ukraine, Colombia, DR Congo, Tanzania, The Philippines, Libya.

Even though I say it myself, I do think this is quite impressive for a volunteer-run charity, with a minimal budget and little recognition, to reach so many different countries. We are also edging ever closer to the milestone figure of 1 Million items of donated kit. My guess is that we will reach this by next July.

25th Anniversary 2023 calendars

Hopefully you will have seen the email I sent out last week with the link to order your copy. It is a really nice calendar with pictures representing our work across th e globe. If you are still to order or have lost the email, here is the link to Ask Calendars site https://www.askonline.shop/collections/kitaid

Please support this fundraiser if you can as we do need to sell as many calendars as we can to help meet our running costs.

England Netball

I have attended a couple of meetings with England Netball in November to discuss running a netball kit collection across Hertfordshire. This has now been agreed and plans are in place for one collection to be held at the National Schools Netball Tournament on 28 January, where schools from across the whole of the UK will compete at Stanborough School in Welwyn Garden City.

A second collection will be held with all Hertfordshire based Netball Clubs in early February. This is a great opportunity and hopefully a lot of kit will be collected to support the new Netball League in Mulanje, Malawi.

Interestingly we also received a great donation of kit from the England National Badminton centre, and it is lovely kit which can also be used for netball.

KitAid Supporters Cup

Due to a 92nd minute equaliser by Aylesbury Vale Dynamos, against Leverstock Green FC, the inaugural KitAid Supporters Cup could not be presented to either team. It finished 3-3. I don't think I have ever been so frustrated by an injury time goal! However, a few of the KitAid team had an enjoyable afternoon at the game and as we also sponsored the game, we had the pleasure of joining the club officials in the boardroom at half time as well as choosing the Man of the Match. We will look to carry the trophy over to the return match in January.

Everton FC

At the boxing up session in October we handed over some Everton FC kit to a volunteer who was about to go out to Ghana to work at a school. He sent photos back of the kit being used and Richie, the Regional Co-ordinator, submitted a story to the Everton press office. They then released the story across their official social media sites and this really showed the power of a good photo and story. There were thousands of views, and the story was also covered by the Liverpool Echo and the FC Business magazine.

This is why photos are so important for KitAid as well as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Do Not Scratch Your Eyes podcast

This podcast is run by Watford FC supporters, and it is becoming one of the main voices for Hornet fans.

I was given 30 minutes to tell the KitAid story a few months ago and since then, the guys who run the site have been very supportive of our work. Last week they announced they are moving on to a bigger platform, which hosts some of the really big sites and is linked to Talk Sport. They will also be releasing merchandise and half of the proceeds will be donated to KitAid.

Couriers

We are looking for another courier company as back up, as the companies we currently use are struggling with driver shortages. If you know of a reliable and good value company who cover the UK for collections and deliveries, could you please let me know.

25th Anniversary Celebration

We have started work on planning for the big 25th Anniversary/1 Million donated items event for 2023.

We are still waiting to hear if Affinity Water can help with sponsorship, and this is critical in terms of the type of event we hold. Depending on sponsorship, it will either be a hotel-based buffet event, similar to the 20th Anniversary, or a garden party/club house event. As it is such a significant milestone, we would prefer to make it a hotel type event.

If you have any suggestions on sponsorship, venue, entertainment, auction items we would love to hear from you.

25th Anniversary merchandise

We have ordered some polo shirts with the new special logo, and these will be available for £15, including p&p.

There will also be special badges, available for £5. More information will follow with photos in the next monthly update, but if you would like to place an order in advance, please reply stating the required size.

Well, I think that is everything for November and I hope you find this update interesting and of use.

Many thanks for your support, which is what makes KitAid exist.

Very best wishes

Derrick

Leverstock Green FC Supports Kit Aid

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 Payne, Sullivan, Roberts

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 P - P 24-Nov SCYFL Away AFC Dunstable 1 - 1 Draw Moore 28-Nov SCYFL Home Berkhamsted 1 - 3 Lost McLean 08-Dec SCYFL 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 Home Luton Town Cedars

02-Feb SCYFL Home Oxhey Jets

09-Feb SCYFL Away Colney Heath

16-Feb SCYFL Home Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 23-Feb

SCYFL U18 Corinthian Division

Appearances & Goalscorers

APPEARANCES

Daniel Payne

League Merton League Cup HFA U18 FAY Cup Total

11 0 0 0 1 12

Finn McLean 11 0 0 0 1 12

Archie Roberts 11 0 0 0 1 12 Callum Moore 10 0 0 0 1 11

Stanley Kenyon 10 0 0 0 0 10

Reece Marchant 9 0 0 0 1 10

Bilal Mohammed 8 0 0 0 1 9

Archie Wood 8 0 0 0 1 9

Shad Rasha 8 0 0 0 0 8

Billy Hoar 7 0 0 0 1 8

Charlie Hobbs 7 0 0 0 1 8 Ellis Webb 6 0 0 0 1 7

Kai Sullivan 6 0 0 0 1 7

Callum Maloney 6 0 0 0 1 7

Liam Fortune 5 0 0 0 1 6 Tom Rutherford 5 0 0 0 1 6

Jamie McIntosh 5 0 0 0 0 5 Sean Lockehart 5 0 0 0 0 5 Luc Dischamps 4 0 0 0 0 4

Oliver Clark 4 0 0 0 0 4 Charlie Waugh 4 0 0 0 0 4 Jack Nicholl 3 0 0 0 1 4 Lenny Hopwood 3 0 0 0 1 4

Fergus Murray 3 0 0 0 0 3 Edward Thackeray 2 0 0 0 1 3

Pete Samnakhon 2 0 0 0 0 2 Joseph Sadler 2 0 0 0 0 2

Freddie Borroughs 1 0 0 0 1 2 George Edwards 1 0 0 0 0 1 David Barbakdze 1 0 0 0 0 1 Raul Imbre 1 0 0 0 0 1

GOALSCORERS

League Merton League Cup HFA U18 FAY Cup Total

Daniel Payne 6 0 0 0 1 7

Archie Roberts 2 0 0 0 1 3

Kai Sullivan 2 0 0 0 0 2

Callum Moore 2 0 0 0 0 2

Finn McLean 2 0 0 0 0 2

Charlie Hobbs 1 0 0 0 1 2 Joseph Sadler 1 0 0 0 0 1 Stanley Kenyon 1 0 0 0 0 1

SCYFL U18 Results & Fixtures

Week commencing 5th December 2022

Kings Langley FC U18

P Harpenden Town U18 P

Oxhey Jets U18 P Dunstable Town U18 P

AFC Dunstable U18 (SC) P

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC P

Berkhamsted FC U18 P Colney Heath FC U18 P

Week commencing 12th December 2022

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

AFC Dunstable U18 (SC)

Leighton Town U18

Luton Town Cedars

Leverstock Green U18

Week commencing 2nd January 2022

Berkhamsted

Dunstable Town

Berkhamsted FC U18

Oxhey Jets U18

Dunstable Town U18

Kings Langley

Harpenden Town U18

AFC Dunstable

Luton Town Cedars

Harpenden Town Colney Heath

Kings Langley

Leverstock Green

Leighton Town Oxhey Jets

Week commencing 9th January 2022

Colney Heath FC U18

Luton Town U18 (Cedars)

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

Oxhey Jets U18

Kings Langley FC U18

Leverstock Green U18

Harpenden Town U18

Berkhamsted FC U18

EJA U16 Results & Fixtures

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, John-Baptise 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 2 - 2 Draw McIntosh 2 20-Nov EJA Away Colney Heath 1 - 4 Won McIntosh 4 22-Nov Cup Home Fakenham Town 2 - 1 Won McIntosh 2 27-Nov EJA Away Hemel Hempstead 2 - 2 Draw Kelly, McIntosh 04-Dec EJA Away Cheshunt Youth 1 - 2 Lost Georgiou 06-Dec Cup Home Aveley 3 - 0 Won McIntosh 2, Weidner 11-Dec EJA Away Berkhamsted 18-Dec Cup Home Brantham Ath 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

APPEARANCES

Freddie Burroughs 7 1 3 1 12

Shae Robinson 7 1 3 1 12

Joshua Weidner 7 1 3 1 12

Jamie McIntosh 7 0 3 1 11

Kaylan John-Baptise 6 1 3 1 11 Leo Goldschmied 6 1 3 1 11

Joseph Sadler 6 1 2 1 10 Sid Young 6 0 3 1 10 Ryan Barry 5 1 3 1 10 Brandon Bowie 5 1 3 1 10 Shay Kelly 6 0 2 1 9

Kaashan Darr 5 1 3 0 9 David Barbakdze 5 1 1 1 8 Sam Kin 4 1 3 0 8 Lucas Georgiou 4 0 3 1 8 Yuvraaj Pangali 4 1 2 0 7 Sameer Salique 4 1 1 1 7 Levi Young 4 0 2 1 7 Arther McLaughlin 5 1 0 0 6 Oscar Martin 3 1 1 0 5 Roshan Hirani 3 0 0 1 4 Raul Imbre 2 1 1 0 4

GOALSCORERS

Jamie

Sunday 4th December

CC Hemel Hempstead Town Youth Whites 0 9 Hertford Town U16

CC Cheshunt Youth U16 EJA 1 2 Leverstock Green U16

CC Colney Heath Youth U16 EJA 1 1* Baldock Town U16

CC Harpenden Town U16 EJA 5 2 Chorleywood Common Youth

CC Hemel Hempstead Town Youth Blacks 0* 0 Berkhamsted FC Youth U16 EJA

CC Ware FC Academy U16 EJA 1 0 Everett Rovers Youth U16 Black

Tuesday 6th December

Cup Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA)

Walthamstow Youth U16 EJA

Cup Harpenden Town Harlow Town

Cup Leverstock Green U16 3 0 Aveley Youth U16 EJA

Sunday 11th December

CC Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA) Dunstable Town U15 Lions

L Barton Rovers U16 Harpenden Town U16 EJA

L Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA) Hemel Hempstead Town Youth U16

L Berkhamsted FC Youth U16 EJA Leverstock Green U16

L Ware FC Academy U16 EJA Colney Heath Youth U16 EJA

Sunday 18th December

Cup Barton Rovers U16

Burnham Ramblers Youth U16 EJA

Cup Colney Heath Youth U16 EJA St Margaretsbury Youth U16 Reds EJA

Cup Fakenham Town F.C. U16 EJA Hemel Hempstead Town Youth U16

Walthamstow Youth U16 EJA Cup Leverstock Green U16 Brantham Athletic F.C. U16 (EJA)

Cup Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA)

VICE PRESIDENTS CLUB 2022-23

Leverstock Green Football Club would like to thank the Vice Presidents for their help and assistance pledged for last season. Colin Bull, Peter Dennis, Jim Doble, Peter Frasier, Roger Stokes

As in previous seasons the donations made by our Vice Presidents have assisted us in providing many improvements. Would you like to join, £25 will secure your place.

Step 5 and Step 6 Promotion and Relegation

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

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

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

The 6 remaining Step 4 Clubs and 6 remaining Step 5 Clubs are placed into geographical groupings and paired by PPG as per the Play-Off Criteria

12 Clubs finishing in the bottom two across Step 5 will now be reprieved from relegation ranked on PPG. It has to be noted that the above situation is the current position and could change if the Committee feels there is a valid reason in the best interest of the NLS.