Gladwish Challenge Trophy Round 2 Dunstable Town Tuesday 6th February 2024 Kick Off 7:45 pm Vs LORDS Builders Merchants Stadium
Admission £8 Concessions £4 Under 12’s Free Match Sponsor Steve Ypey
Welcome to Leverstock Green FC Today we welcome Dunstable Town Players, Officials and Supporters to the LORDS Builders Merchants Stadium We also welcome our match officials Referee Patrick Hanlon and his assistants, Marcus Baxter and Nigel Hickes. We hope you have an enjoyable evening with us. The Gladwish Challenge Trophy match will go to kicks from the penalty sport if the scores are level after 90 minutes. 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 Steve, Tony and Peter will give guidance for car parking and selling 50/50 tickets. The entrance fee us £8 and £4 for concessions and Under 12’s is free. Our sponsor for today’s game is Steve Ypey. We thank Steve, our club Secretary for sponsoring today’s cup game. The FA are targeting discrimination in football, see the next page in this programme, which includes racism which in the news recently. 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. Please use the car parking provided inside the ground, as this will avoid any unnecessary disruption to our neighbours. If you have left your car on ANY of the adjoining roads, please pop outside and bring your car in, the car parking is free. The 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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We provide a range of integrated services, which together form a pathway to support people towards an independent future. Day Centre – A community-based setting, providing expert advice, where anyone is welcome to drop in, have a shower, a hot meal, some clean clothes, as well as some friendly company. Outreach – Working with local rough sleepers to build trust and offer access to any services needed – with a focus on bringing people into safe and stable accommodation. The Elms – A 44-bed hostel providing emergency and short-term accommodation to single, homeless adults. Crash Pad – Emergency overnight accommodation offered to people when we are unable to accommodate them immediately at The Elms. Move On – Providing support for The Elms residents into more independent living in shared accommodation. Resettlement – Supporting clients moving from The Elms or Move On into council, social housing, or private rental. Foodbank – Providing emergency food parcels and household provisions to local individuals and families. In the Community – Supporting people in the community during this cost-of-living crisis and helping reduce the need to visit our Foodbank. Social Enterprises – Developing employability skills and self-confidence in a supportive environment, while also raising income.
Craig Ringsell Sports Pitches & Garden Services! Trading since 2008. Specialist in winter and summer sports pitches and schools sites. Groundsman to Chesham Utd Fc, Dr Challoners Boys, Chesham Grammar and cover 18 cricket club in Herts, Beds and Bucks. Also do consultancy for a number of local football clubs Leverstock Green, Leighton Town and Amersham Town. Maintenance to general gardens cover mowing , weeding, hedge cutting and lawn treatments.
Mantis Cranes specialise in the hire and sale of self-erecting tower cranes, flat-top tower cranes, luffing tower cranes and construction hoists. We also offer an extensive range of crane accessories. We are a family-run company that has been operating in UK and Ireland for more than 20 years. We provide cost-effective lifting solutions for construction projects. Our established bases in UK and Ireland allow us to truly offer a nationwide service. https://www.mantiscranesgroup.com https://youtu.be/eY8JEvmZvS0
The Management Teams First Team Fergus Moore – Manager Scott McGleish – Assistant Manager
Ross Bargent, Darren Bonfield, Aaron Eales Coach GK Coach Coach
Development Team
Andy Murray – Manager Steve Newing – Coach Mark McGinty- Coach Under 18’s Aaron McIntosh – Manager Dan Renton – Joint Manager
Dan Sadler – Coach
Club Physio Dan Homer
Gladwish Challenge Trophy Round 2 6th February 2024 Green Shirts, Green Shorts & Socks
Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts & Socks
JOSH BOWLER (GK)
CONNOR COULSON
RIO BEACH
DYLAN BAKER
BRADLEY ROBISNON
HARRY BEAUMONT
DAN WEEKS
KYLE DAVISON-GORDON
MICKEY HAVILL-TIERNEY
ETHAN CREARY
RYAN CARRUTHERS
ISAAC OLALEYE
CALLUM NEAL
RUAIRI MILLS
ADEMIDE BARUWA
LUKE DUNSTAN
GEORGE MITCHELL-GEARS
ALFIE OSBORNE
LUKE BECKWITH
BENI CRILLY
ETHAN MOONEY
JOE SELLERS-WEST
DANNY MAY
KELVIN OSEI-ADDO
NAT CONNOLLY
TOLU IKUTINMINU
DAN PETT
SEAN EMMANUEL
RAWN SEALE
DANNY WEBB
PAUL MARKS
NIMI AJI
RADU-MIHAL STEFANOAICA
JOE REYNOLDS
JOE SADLER
LUKE WILLIAMS
LEWIS COLLINS
SAM SCOTT
Manager: Fergus Moore Assistant: Scott McGleish GK Coach: Darren Bonfield Coach: Ross Bargent Coach: Aaron Eales Physio: Dan Homer
Manager: Joe Deeney Assistant: Kyle Duncan Coach: Anthony Christophi Coach Jamie Nicholls Physio: Adam Ashton
Referee: Patrick Hanlon Referee Assistants: Marcus Baxter and Nigel Hickes
https://kitaid.net A few words about KitAid KitAid is a charity set up by, Derrick Williams MBE, who visited Tanzania on a WaterAid supporters’ trip in 1998. Derrick, being a mad footie fan, was amazed at the reception he received from children and adults in remote villages just because he was wearing one of his favourite football shirts (he follows Watford, Liverpool and Chesham Utd). After two weeks in Tanzania, a flame was lit in Derrick’s heart, and he was on a mission to provide kit and equipment to the bare-footed children playing with footballs made of tied string and plastic bags. Twenty-one years on, KitAid has lots of volunteers and to date we’ve sent out 900,000+ kits to children and adults in 55 different countries across the world.
How to donate
If you’d like to support the KitAid cause, the easiest way to donate your unwanted football kit, in order for us to find it a new home. Alternatively, if you don’t have any unwanted kit, but would still like to support us, we’re very grateful for any donations which will help to fund our annual costs as well as support other partnership charities where possible. We thank you for all your support.
In working in some of the most under-privileged countries around the world, The Football Association is no stranger to seeing the impact the donation of something as simple as a shirt or a pair of shorts can make. KitAid has brought an enormous amount of pleasure and enjoyment to young and old alike through the gift of football kit and has shared the spirit of British clubs and the England team with communities in all corners of the globe. We are proud to be associated with KitAid and wish them all the best in their endeavours for the years to come. Jane Bateman, Head of International Relations, The Football Association
Leverstock Green FC Club Information President – Jamie Herd Chairman – Emma Smart Vice Chairman – Tony Smart General Club Secretary – Steve Ypey Football Secretary – Alan Lee Treasurer – Tony Smart General Officer – William Dawes General Committee Keith Pym, Alan Brett, Scott Isaacs, Pete Jerram, Steve Ypey, Roger Lipscombe, Garry Harvey, Gemma Williams, Stephen Fletcher, Laurence Fitzgerald, Steven Smart
Match Day Secretary - Alan Lee Membership: Steve Ypey Clubhouse Manager – Tony Smart Club Welfare Officer/Charter Standard – Scott Isaacs Functions & Sponsorship – Gemma Williams Groundsman & Team – Bill Dawes Roger Lipscombe, Peter Jerram & Alan Brett Media Officer/Website – Alan Lee Photographer/Facebook – Stephan Fletcher Programme Editor – Tony Smart Veo – Garry Harvey & Laurence Fitzgerald Accountants – Coyle & Co Honorary Life Vice-Presidents Mr. J Baldry, Mr. B Barter, Mr. C Bull, Mr. W Dawes, Mr. J Doble, Mr. S Robinson, Mr. R Saville, Mr. A Smart, Mr. P Taylor, Mr. J Williams, Mr. M Goodson, Mr. .J Lawes Web: http://levgreenfc.co.uk Twitter: @levgreenfc Facebook: @Leverstock Green F.C.
Dunstable Town FC History
Dunstable Town FC are now in their 140th year. A former home to George Best, Jeff Astle, Kerry Dixon, and more recently, Peter Kioso, the Club can boast a rich heritage, a proud past and nowadays the honour of being only the 46th club in the UK to be a completely fan owned club run by its fans as a Community Benefit Society (CBS) The purpose of the Club is no longer just to play football but to be a force for good in our local communities. The Club is a legal entity & is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and supported as a CBS by the Football Supporters’ Association. The Club now operates as a social enterprise. Between Monday and Friday, we run seven different groups for people in our local community who want to improve their levels of fitness, increase their social support networks, and enjoy a safe space while in recovery from mental ill-health. All our groups are free to join and participate in. The Club is now in its sixth year of supporting the work of Mind BLMK (Beds, Luton & Milton Keynes) as well as becoming part of the CALM Collective (Campaign Against Living Miserably) The Club has a specialist Mental Health Advocate who works with local mental health services and charities. The move to become a CBS was necessary to ensure the Club survived. The financial effects of Covid saw the Club’s income halved and the difficult decision taken to fold the U23’s Development Team at the end of the 2019 – 20 season. With no matchday income from the bar or food sales and no clubhouse to hire out, the Club relies almost totally on gate receipts, sponsorship, fundraising and prize money for its income. The running of the Club was passed to the fans in 2017 after the wholesale departure of the Board, coaching staff, and all but two of the players. A consortium of three local businessmen offered to save the Club, but on condition they would seek voluntary relegation from the Premier Division of the Southern League.
A group of 15 fans took over the running of the Club in order to keep it in the Premier Division of the Southern League and despite successive relegations the model of being a members’ run Club proved sufficiently popular for the decision to become a CBS to be backed unanimously by the fans. Fans now have the opportunity to become owners of the Club & buy a single share in the Club and receive exclusive discounts with local traders under the Blue Card scheme. This model of Fan Ownership ensures that the Club will always stay in the hands of its supporters and cannot be taken over by one single investor determined to ride the non-league financial rollercoaster. The Club now has over 330 individual owners who elect the Club’s Directors and vote on important Club policy decisions. The Club appointed Joe Deeney as Head Coach in early October 2021. Joe had managed at Step 2 with Hemel Hempstead Town FC and had been Asst Manager at Oxford City. He brought with him an experienced back-room team including Kyle Durcan as his number 2. In his first season Joe took the Club from the bottom of the table to a respectable 9th position and last season guided us to a 4th place finish, narrowly missing out on the play-offs by just two points. Attendances have risen steadily with last season’s average attendance of 207 being the second highest in the League. The Club is ambitious and wants to play at the highest level of football it is prudent and sustainable to do so. The Club now has individual owners in many different countries and welcomes supporters of many different clubs who just want to support our community improvement programme, Improving the Lives of Others. For more information, please visit www.dunstabletownfc.co.uk/membership
First Team Results 2023 Date
Venue
Opponents
Score
Goalscorers
22-Jul
HFACS
Home
Tring Athletic
2-4
Lost
Blunden 2
01-Aug
SSML
Away
St Panteleimon
2-0
Won
Stefanoaica, Pett
05-Aug
FAC
Home
White Ensign
5-3
Won
Blunden 3, Stefanoaica 2
12-Aug
SSML
Home
Stansted
4-0
Won
Michell- Gears 2, Blunden, Beckwith
16-Aug
SSML
Away
FC Romania
1-4
Lost
Stefanoaica
19-Aug
FAC
Away
Walthamstow
1-3
Lost
Pett
26-Aug
FAV
Home
Ampthill
3-2
Won
Edwards 2, Newman
29-Aug
SSML
Home
Harpenden Town
2-0
Won
Beckwith, Stefanoaica
02-Sep
SSML
Home
Dunstable Town
1-4
Lost
Stefanoaica
09-Sep
SSML
Away
Shefford Town & Campton
3-1
Won
Radu 2, Pett
16-Sep
SSML
Away
Potton Utd
1- 4
Lost
Blunden
23-Sep
FAV
Away
Crawley Green
0-3
Lost
30-Sep
SSML
Home
Baldock Town
5-1
Won
Mitchell-Gears 2, Beckwith, Seale, Mooney
02-Oct
HFASC
Away
Hitchin
1 - 1*
Lost
Beckwith
07-Oct
SSML
Away
Cockfosters
2-5
Lost
Stefanoaica, Mitchell-Gears
10-Oct
SSML
Home
St Panteleimon
0-0
Draw
14-Oct
SSML
Home
Sawbridgeworth Town
3-1
Won
Mooney, Newman, Collins
17-Oct
SSML
Home
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
3-2
Won
Neal, Stefanoaica, Beckwith
21-Oct
SSML
Away
Biggleswade Utd
2-1
Won
Neal, Sadler
25-Oct
SSML
Away
London Lions
4-3
Won
Newman, Stefanoacia, Beach, Grout
28-Oct
SSML
Away
Colney Heath
1-0
Won
Pett
31-Oct
PDC
Home
London Lions
0-3
Lost
04-Nov
SSML
Away
Harpenden Town
1-3
Lost
Newman
11-Nov
GCT
Home
Northampton Sileby R.
3-0
Won
Beckwith, Stefanoaica, Mitchell-Gears
18-Nov
SSML
Away
Milton Keynes Irish
2-2
Draw
Stefanoacia 2
25-Nov
SSML
Home
FC Romania
3-2
Won
Beckwith, Beach, Mitchell-Gears
02-Dec
SSML
Home
Potton Utd
1-1
Draw
Pett
16-Dec
SSML
Away
Sawbridgeworth Town
3-1
Won
Stefanoacia 2, Pett
23-Dec
SSML
Home
Colney Heath
1-4
Lost
Stefanoaica
First Team Results & Fixtures Date
Venue
Opponents
Score
Goalscorers
09-Jan
SSML Home
Biggleswade Utd
6-0
Won
Stefanoaica, Neal 2, Beckwith, Seale, Newman
13-Jan
SSML Away
Arlesey Town
2-1
Won
Pett, Beckwith
27-Jan
SSML Home
London Lions
1-1
Draw Collins
30-Jan
SMC
Bovingdon
3-0
Won
Newman, Seale, Mooney
03-Feb
SSML Home
Real Bedford
2-1
Won
Stefanoaica, Beckwith
06-Feb
SSML Home
Dunstable Town
10-Feb
SSML Away
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
13-Feb
SSML Home
Milton Keynes Irish
17-Feb
SSML Home
Crawley Green
20-Feb
SSML Home
Arlesey Town
02-Mar
SSML Away
Baldock Town
12-Mar
SSML Home
Tring Athletic
16-Mar
SSML Away
Real Bedford
23-Mar
SSML Home
Cockfosters
26-Mar
SSML Away
Tring Athletic
30-Mar
SSML Away
Crawley Green
06-Apr
SSML Away
Dunstable Town
13-Apr
SSML Away
Stansted
20-Apr
SSML Home
Shefford Town & Campton
Home
First Team Appearances Player SSML Rio Beach 25 Luke Beckwith 23 Nat Connolly 25 Dan Pett 22 Radu Stefanoaica 22 Ryan Carruthers 20 Callum Neal 20 Dan Weeks 20 Mickey Havill-Tierney 17 Ethan Mooney 17 Josh Bowler 18 Jayden Newman 15 Danny May 13 Lewis Collins 13 George Mitchell-Gears 12 Ademide Baruwa 12 Rawn Seale 12 Joe Sadler 6 Bradley Robinson 8 Chris Blunden 7 Paul Marks 8 Luke Durnin 6 Austin Byfield 4 Connor McGinty 3 Morgan Grout 3 Loris Marcimain 3 Ryan Hennessy 2 Callum Moore 2 Scott McGleish 1 Shehzad Anwar 1
PDC 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
GCT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
StM 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
HSC 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
HCS 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FA Cup 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FA Vase 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 33 32 31 30 27 27 26 25 25 23 22 19 19 18 16 16 14 12 11 11 9 8 7 4 4 3 3 3 3 2
First Team Goal Scorers Player
SSML
PDC
GCT
StM
HSC
HCS
Radu Stefanoaica Luke Beckwith George Michell-Gears Dan Pett Chris Blunden Jayden Newman Callum Neal Ethan Mooney Rawn Seale Rio Beach Lewis Collins Jordan Edwards Joe Sadler Morgan Grout
15 8 6 6 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FA Cup 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FA Vase 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Match Highlights Leverstock Green 2 Real Bedford 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a81SZio1EBc
Total 19 10 7 7 7 6 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1
Alan Lee Reporting Leverstock Green 2 Real Bedford 1 Leverstock Green pulled off a magnificent result on Saturday as they defeated runaway league leaders Real Bedford 2-1 at the Lords Builders Merchant Stadium. The visitors were 22 points ahead of Leverstock at the start of play and had won all but three of their league fixtures, but they came up against a disciplined, hard-working Leverstock side that fully deserved their three points that took them back up to third place in the SSML Premier Division. Right from the start Leverstock were chasing every ball and pressuring their opponents, allowing them little chance to play their football. Leverstock took the lead in the 13th minute from a corner. Dan Pett’s cross went right into the heart of the six yard box, where Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica connected with a powerful header that brought a great save out of visiting keeper Tyler McGregor. However, Luke Beckwith got his head to the rebound and forced the ball over the line for a 1-0 Leverstock lead. Three minutes later Bedford had a go with a long-range effort which was well saved by Josh Bowler. However, much of the play was at the other end, where Leverstock’s constant pressure forced an error out of McGregor, who kicked the ball straight to Stefanoaica in the 21st minute, but got away with it as Stefanoaica shot over the bar. Rawn Seale got on the end of another Pett corner in the 25th minute, but his header went wide. Three minutes later Seale pressured a defender into giving the ball away on the edge of his own penalty area. Seale laid the ball off to Beckwith, whose cross was met by Stefanoaica sliding in to put Leverstock into a 2-0 lead. The last ten minutes of the half saw a strong recovery from the visitors, as they finally started to put a threat on the Leverstock goal. In the 40th minute Ben Stevens got past a couple of challenges in the box before shooting home to put his side back into the game at 2-1. Over the remainder of the half Bowler had to save a close-range header, and Joey Evans fired a shot inches over the bar as Leverstock were desperately in need of the half time whistle. The way that Bedford ended the half suggested that it would be a long second half for Leverstock, but after the break the Green side had recovered their composure and picked where they had left off before Bedford’s revival. Leverstock were once again chasing down their opponents and denying them any space. The visitors were unable to create any meaningful chances until the final minutes as the Leverstock defence held their nerve. Leverstock could have added a third goal in the 78th minute, but McGregor pulled off a great save to keep out a fierce shot from Ethan Mooney, and denied Ademide Baruwa from the rebound. In the 83rd minute it was the turn of Bowler to pull off two equally impressive saves, firstly turning a header from a free kick round the post, and then tipping a header over the bar from the resulting corner. Seven additional minutes were played at the end, and in the fourth of those minutes an unlucky deflection offered a great chance to a Bedford forward, but Rio Beach came in with a superb game-winning block. The final whistle eventually came and Leverstock celebrated a notable win that keeps them very much in the promotion play-off picture. Leverstock Green (2) 2 (Beckwith 13, Stefanoaica 28) 1. Josh Bowler, 2. Mikey Havill-Tierney, 3. Rio Beach, 4. Dan Weeks, 5. Paul Marks, 6. Ryan Carruthers (12. Ademide Baruwa 56 mins), 7. Luke Beckwith (16. Ethan Mooney 58 mins), 8. Dan Pett, 9. Rawn Seale, 10. Nat Connolly (15. Daniel Green 66 mins), 11. Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica (14. Lewis Collins 70 mins). Sub not used: 17. Brad Robinson.
Photos from Saturday Thanks to Stephen Fletcher
Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Table 3rd February 2024 Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
PTS
1 Real Bedford
26
22
2
2
93
19
74
68
2 Milton Keynes Irish
23
19
3
1
70
14
56
60
3 Leverstock Green
25
15
4
6
56
41
15
49
4 St Panteleimon
25
13
7
5
50
32
18
46
5 FC Romania
24
12
5
7
58
42
16
41
6 Harpenden Town
24
11
4
9
44
42
2
37
7 Tring Athletic
24
9
6
9
39
42
-3
33
8 London Lions
24
8
8
8
50
47
3
32
9 Colney Heath
24
10
2
12
33
39
-6
32
10 Potton United
26
9
5
12
33
46
-13
32
11 Cockfosters
22
8
7
7
45
37
8
31
12 Dunstable Town
24
8
7
9
37
37
0
31
13 Biggleswade United
24
9
4
11
47
58
-11
31
14 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
21
9
2
10
42
50
-8
29
15 Baldock Town
26
8
3
15
50
64
-14 24 *
16 Stansted
23
6
5
12
31
48
-17
23
17 Arlesey Town
23
6
3
14
21
51
-30
21
18 Crawley Green
22
4
4
14
29
56
-27
16
19 Shefford Town & Campton
20
4
4
12
26
59
-33
16
20 Sawbridgeworth Town
20
0
5
15
18
48
-30
5
Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Results & Fixtures Saturday 3rd February PDC
Baldock Town
1
3
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
PREM
Cockfosters
2
0
Potton United
PREM
Harpenden Town
2
1
Crawley Green
PREM
Leverstock Green
2
1
Real Bedford
PREM
London Lions
4
3
Biggleswade United
PREM
Milton Keynes Irish
3
0
Sawbridgeworth Town
PREM
Shefford Town & Campton
0
1
Arlesey Town
PREM
Stansted
2
2
Dunstable Town
PREM
Tring Athletic
3
2
St Panteleimon
Tuesday 6th February GCT
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Berkhamsted Raiders
GCT
Baldock Town
Huntingdon Town
GCT
Leverstock Green
Dunstable Town
PREM
Shefford Town & Campton
Biggleswade United
CC
Stansted First
FC Clacton First
GCT
Tring Athletic
Buckingham FC
Wednesday 7th February PREM
FC Romania
London Lions
PREM
St Panteleimon
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
Leverstock Green Football Club Club Scarf £11 Club Pin Badge £4 Club Pen £2 Beanie £10
Man of the Match Josh, named as MOM vs Real Bedford presented by Bomber – Darren Bonfield
50 appearances Well done to Luke Beckwith, who made his 50th appearance for the club on Saturday! Also, too the following who recently passed 50 appearances: Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica (51) Brad Robinson (52) Rawn Seale (54)
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Step 4 and Step Flay Offs 2023/24 Season 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. Clubs relegated for finishing in the bottom two places in each of the eight divisions at Step 4 will be replaced by the Clubs finishing in 1st position in each of the sixteen divisions at Step 5 together with a further 16 Clubs (one Club from each of the sixteen divisions at Step 5) determined by a series of Play Off Matches. Where a Club finishes in 1st position but does not meet the minimum criteria for promotion to the next Step (which shall include being awarded a Grade 5 following an independent ground grading inspection), the Club finishing in 2nd position shall be promoted and the Club finishing in 3rd position (and so on) shall be the Club in the next eligible position to take part in the Play Off Matches. Where a Club finishes in a Play Off Position but does not meet the Criteria for participation in Play Off Matches, the Club finishing in the next eligible position shall take part in the Play Off Matches. In each division at Step 5, the Play Off Matches shall be played so that the highest placed of the eligible Clubs plays against the lowest placed of the eligible Clubs and the other two eligible Clubs play each other. The ties will be played on a single match basis with the home Club being the Club with the best points per match ratio in the Regular Season. If there are only three eligible Clubs, then the highest placed eligible Club shall receive a bye and play the winner of the other Play Off Match, and the winner of that match will be promoted. Clubs finishing below 7th position will not be eligible to take part in Play Off Matches. The promoted Clubs will be placed in a feeder pool and placed in the most geographically appropriate division at Step 4 for the following Playing Season. In addition, a Club promoted to Step 4 shall comply with the Licencing System provision as set out in Appendix 1 to the Standardised Rules.
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The Clubs finishing in the bottom four 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. Clubs relegated for finishing in the bottom four places in each of the eight divisions at Step 4 will be replaced by the Clubs finishing in 1st position in each of the sixteen divisions at Step 5 together with a further 16 Clubs (one Club from each of the sixteen divisions at Step 5) determined by a series of Play Off Matches. Where a Club finishes in 1st position but does not meet the minimum criteria for promotion to the next Step (which shall include being awarded a Grade 5 following an independent ground grading inspection), the Club finishing in 2nd position shall be promoted and the Club finishing in 3rd position (and so on) shall be the Club in the next eligible position to take part in the Play Off Matches. Where a Club finishes in a Play Off Position but does not meet the Criteria for participation in Play Off Matches, the Club finishing in the next eligible position shall take part in the Play Off Matches. In each division at Step 5, the Play Off Matches shall be played so that the highest placed of the eligible Clubs plays against the lowest placed of the eligible Clubs and the other two eligible Clubs play each other. The ties will be played on a single match basis with the home Club being the Club with the best points per match ratio in the Regular Season. If there are only three eligible Clubs, then the highest placed eligible Club shall receive a bye and play the winner of the other Play Off Match, and the winner of that match will be promoted. Clubs finishing below 7th position will not be eligible to take part in Play Off Matches.
Form Tables – SSML Premier Division & HSCL Premier Division Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Team Milton Keynes Irish Real Bedford Leverstock Green Tring Athletic Aylesbury Vale Dynamos London Lions Dunstable Town Colney Heath Harpenden Town Arlesey Town Potton United FC Romania Cockfosters St Panteleimon Stansted Crawley Green Shefford Town & Campton Biggleswade United Baldock Town Sawbridgeworth Town
P
Team Hatfield Town First Cuffley Seniors First Belstone First Oracle Components First Hertford Heath First Apsley Argyle First Leverstock Green Development Lemsford First Chipperfield Corinthians First Colney Heath FC Reserves Hinton First Buntingford Town First Everett Rovers London Lions Development Bush Hill Rangers FC First Cockfosters Reserves Sandridge Rovers First Baldock Town Reserves
P
W 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
D 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0
W 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
L 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
D 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0
F 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 5
L 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1
A 12 18 15 14 17 15 8 10 10 7 7 11 10 8 8 7 6 7 9 4
F 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 3 4 5 5
3 6 8 8 12 9 4 6 10 9 8 15 10 12 12 17 16 18 11 12 A
22 19 11 23 18 15 9 15 14 16 14 10 17 6 6 9 10 12
4 10 7 12 14 12 10 18 11 17 16 13 16 12 16 13 18 29
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Development Team Fixtures and Results Date
Venue
Opponents
Score
Goalscorers
05-Aug
HSCL
Away
Bushey Hill Rangers
1-5
Lost
Moore
08-Aug
HSCL
Home
Everett Rovers
0-3
Lost
15-Aug
HSCL
Home
0-3
Lost
19-Aug
HSCL
Home
Chipperfield Corinthians Hinton
2-4
Lost
Hennessy, Kelly
22-Aug
HSCL
Away
Colney Heath
1-2
Lost
Lodovica
26-Aug
HSCL
Away
Hatfield Town
1-4
Lost
Hennessy
02-Sep
HSCL
Away
Cockfosters Res
2-1
Won
Mandeville, Hajousman
09-Sep
HSCL
Home
Hatfield Town
0-6
Lost
16-Sep
HSCL
Away
Lemsford
3-2
Won
23-Sep
HSCL
Home
Cuffley
4-6
Lost
26-Sep
HFAC
Home
Apsley Argle
4-3
Won
07-Oct
HSCL
Home
Hertford Heath
0-5
Lost
14-Oct
HSCL
Away
London Lions Dev
4-6
Lost
21-Oct
HSCL
Home
Buntingford Utd
2-4
Lost
Dischamps 2, Kirov, Grout Grout, Marshall
28-Oct
NAT
Home
Bovingdon Res
1-2
Lost
Dischamps
07-Nov
HFAC
Home
Cuffley
2-3
Lost
Moore, Duane-Berry
11-Nov
HSCL
Away
Baldock Town Res
2-0
Won
McIntosh 2
25-Nov
HSCL
Away
Oracle Components
1-6
Lost
Havill-Tierney
02-Dec
HSCL
Away
Belstone
1-2
Lost
Evripidis Grigoriou
16-Dec
HSCL
Home
Colney Heath Res
2-1
Won
Moore 2
13-Jan
HSCL
Home
London Lions Dev
1-0
Won
Duane-Berry
27-Jan
HSCL
Away
Hinton
4-1
Won
McIntosh 2, Kanda, Dalli
03-Feb
HSCL
Away
Apsley Argyle
0-0
Draw
10-Feb
HSCL
Home
Sandridge Rovers
17-Feb
HSCL
Away
Everett Rovers
24-Feb
HSCL
Home
Bushey Hill Rangers
02-Mar
HSCL
Away
Sandridge Rovers
Herbert, McGinty, Hennessy Adriano 2, Hennessy, Moore Kirov 2, Michell-Gears, Stefanoaica
Herts Senior County League Premier Division Results and Fixtures Saturday 3rd February L
Apsley Argyle First
0
0
Leverstock Green Development
L
Baldock Town Reserves
3
3
Cuffley Seniors First
L
Belstone First
1
0
Bush Hill Rangers FC First
NAT
Hertford Heath First
2*
2
Hinton First
L
Lemsford First
3
2
Cockfosters Reserves
L
Oracle Components First
2
5
Colney Heath FC Reserves
NAT
Sandridge Rovers First
1
4
Bovingdon Reserves
L
Everett Rovers
3
0
London Lions Development
L
Hatfield Town First
2
0
Chipperfield Corinthians First
Saturday 10th February L
Apsley Argyle First
Hertford Heath First
L
Belstone First
Buntingford Town First
L
Chipperfield Corinthians First
Bush Hill Rangers FC First
L
Cockfosters Reserves
Baldock Town Reserves
NAT
Hemel Hempstead Rovers First
Everett Rovers
L
Hinton First
Cuffley Seniors First
L
Oracle Components First
Sandridge Rovers First
L
Hatfield Town First
Colney Heath FC Reserves
L
Leverstock Green Development
Lemsford First
Herts Senior County League Premier Division Table 3rd February 2024 Team
P
W
D
L
GD
PTS
1 Hatfield Town First
23
16
4
3
60
52
2 Belstone First
18
15
2
1
31
47
3 Chipperfield Corinthians First
20
14
1
5
22
43
4 Cuffley Seniors First
17
12
2
3
27
38
5 Hertford Heath First
19
11
4
4
22
37
6 London Lions Development
23
8
7
8
-3
31
7 Hinton First
17
9
3
5
14
30
8 Bush Hill Rangers FC First
20
8
5
7
2
29
9 Colney Heath FC Reserves
21
8
5
8
-4
29
10 Buntingford Town First
22
8
4
10
-10
28
11 Everett Rovers
21
7
4
10
-3
25
12 Apsley Argyle First
24
7
4
13
-19
25
13 Oracle Components First
18
6
2
10
-4
20
14 Lemsford First
20
5
4
11
-23
19
15 Leverstock Green Development
20
6
1
13
-30
19
16 Cockfosters Reserves
15
3
3
9
-17
12
17 Sandridge Rovers First
18
2
4
12
-26
10
18 Baldock Town Reserves
20
2
3
15
-39
9
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There was late heartbreak for the Under-18s, as they came very close to ending the 100% record of Tring Athletic in Thursday night’s SCFYL Corinthian Division game but were beaten by a goal deep into stoppage time. Tring had won their opening four league games, as well as having a long run in the FA Youth Cup, and they took an early lead. However, Stan Kenyon equalised for Leverstock in the 14th minute. The score remained a 1-1 until the 4th minute of stoppage time when Tring scored a winner. Leverstock Green’s Under-18s earned their fourth league win of the season and their first of 2024 on Thursday night. After a goalless first half, goals from Alex King and Oscar Martin put Leverstock into a 2-0 lead. Kings Langley pulled a goal back, but a further goal from Tom Rutherford sealed a 3-1 win. A second half goal from Oscar Martin earned a point for Leverstock Green U18 against Leighton Town U18 in Thursday night’s SCFYL Corinthian Division game at the Lords Builders Merchants Stadium. Leighton had taken the lead in the 9th minute, but Martin’s 55th minute goal levelled the scores.
Under 18’s Team Fixtures and Results Date 16-Aug
FAYC
31-Aug
Venue Away
Opponents Oxhey Jets
Score 1-4 Lost
Goalscorers Payne
SCYFL Away
Leighton Town
1-4
Lost
Dischamps
15-Sep
SCYFL Away
Hemel Hempstead
1-2
Lost
21-Sep
SCYFL Home
Dunstable Town
4-1
Won
28-Sep
SCYFL Away
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5-0
Won
05-Oct
SCYFL Home
Winslow
1-4
Lost
Dischamps 2, Darr, Roberts Kelly 3, McIntosh, Renton McIntosh
12-Oct
SCYFL Away
Aylesbury Vale Dyn
1-2
Lost
Moore
19-Oct
SCYFL Away
Dunstable Town
0-3
Lost
23-Oct
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Barnet
2-1
Won
McIntosh, Martin
16-Nov
SCYFL Away
Winslow
3-5
Lost
23-Nov
SCYFL Home
Aylesbury Vale Dyn
3-0
Won
28-Nov
BHC
Crawley Green
4-1
Won
Sadler, McIntosh, Dischamps Dischamps, Kelly, McIntosh McIntosh 3, McGinty
11-Jan
SCYFL Away
Tring Athletic
1-2
Lost
25-Jan
SCYFL Home
Kings Langley
3-1
Won
Martin, Wood, King
01-Feb
SCYFL Home
Leighton Town
1-1
Draw
Martin
SCYFL Home
Hemel Hempstead
Away
Away
08-Feb 15-Feb
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Southern Counties Floodlight League Corinthian League Table 1st February 2024 Team
P
W
D
L
GD
Pts
1 Tring Athletic U18 Midweek
9
9
0
0
28
27
2 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC U18 FL
9
6
0
3
11
18
3 Winslow United U18 Southern
10
5
2
3
4
17
4 Leighton Town U18
8
5
1
2
11
16
5 Kings Langley FC U18
10
5
0
5
-4
15
6 Hemel Hempstead Town U18
8
4
2
2
13
14
7 Leverstock Green U18
12
4
1
7
-1
13
8 Berkhamsted FC U18
7
3
0
4
-1
9
9 Dunstable Town U18
11
3
0
8
-21
9
10 Buckingham Football Club U18 S
10
0
0
10
-40
0
Under 18’s Team Goal Scorers Jamie McIntosh Luc Dischamps Shay Kelly Oscar Martin Archie Roberts Kaashan Darr James Renton Callum Moore Joe Sadler Stanley Kenyon Archie Wood Daniel Payne Connor McGinty
League 4 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
BHC 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
League Cup 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
FAY Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 8 5 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Southern Counties Floodlight League Corinthian Division Results & Fixtures Week commencing 29th January 2024 COR
Berkhamsted FC U18
0
Hemel Hempstead Town U18
4
COR
Leverstock Green U18
1
Leighton Town U18
1
COR
Buckingham Football Club U18
1
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC U18
4
COR
Tring Athletic U18 Midweek
4
Kings Langley FC U18
1
COR
Dunstable Town U18
4
Winslow United U18 Southern
2
COR
Hemel Hempstead Town U18
Berkhamsted FC U18
Week commencing 5th February 2024 COR
Leighton Town U18
Hemel Hempstead Town U18
COR
Hemel Hempstead Town U18
Leighton Town U18
COR
Winslow United U18 Southern
Tring Athletic U18 Midweek
COR
Tring Athletic U18 Midweek
Winslow United U18 Southern
COR
Buckingham Football Club U18
Berkhamsted FC U18
COR
Kings Langley FC U18
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC U18
COR
Hemel Hempstead Town U18
Leighton Town U18
COR
Leighton Town U18
Hemel Hempstead Town U18
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Berkhamsted FC U18
Dunstable Town U18
COR
Dunstable Town U18
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COR
Leighton Town U18
Tring Athletic U18 Midweek
COR
Kings Langley FC U18
Winslow United U18 Southern
COR
Leverstock Green U18
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Leverstock Green History
Leverstock Green FC 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 1960s 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 Clubs landlords since that time, despite two unsuccessful attempts by the Club to buy the freehold. Leverstock Green FC 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 1970s 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 Leverstock Green FC 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 FC 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 Womens 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 was appointed. Fergus and Scott continued through season 2022/23 and won their first silverware for the club with a 1-0 win over Tring Athletic in the final of the West Herts St Mary’s Cup. Fergus and Scott are joined by former Under-18 manager Ross Bargent for season 2023/24, and the club has also started a Development Team this season, which will be playing in the Herts Senior County League Premier Division. Four 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 longserving club secretary Brian Barter in 2019. Brian stood down from his role as secretary in 2020, having twice been honoured with awards from the Spartan South Midlands League. The fourth to receive the award was vice-chairman and treasurer Tony Smart in 2023.
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VICE PRESIDENTS CLUB 2023-24 Leverstock Green Football Club would like to thank the Vice Presidents for their help and assistance pledged for this season. Colin Bull, Peter Dennis, Jim Doble, Peter Frasier, Roger Stokes As in previous seasons the donations made by our Vice Presidents have assisted us in providing many improvements. Would you like to join, £25 will secure your place.
GOLD Members Club Tony Smart, Alan Lee, Keith Pym Colin Bull and Bill Dawes The Gold Members Club for those who have given significant donations to the club. Leverstock Green FC would like to thank the above which allows the club to have additional resources for their use. If you like to join the Gold Club, please contact Tony Smart
MAIN CLUB SPONSOR SEASON 2023-2024
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