Leverstock Green FC Programme vs Harpenden Town

Welcome to Leverstock Green FC

Today we welcome Harpenden Town 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 Guy Koskas.

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 and Alison Jacobs. We thank them both 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

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

Harpenden Town FC History

Harpenden Town Football Club was formed as Harpenden F.C. 1891 playing in both the Mid-Herts and Herts County Leagues, winning the Mid-Herts on numerous occasions. Town was added in the 1908.

Town climbed into the South Midlands League in 1957 winning the Premier Division title in 1962 and 1965 and in 1968 adding both the Herts Charity Shield & the South Midlands League Shield to their trophy haul.

Season 1990 91 saw the last significant investment in the club with the erection of the Centenary Stand, and the installation of floodlights. The Club obtained entry to the FA Cup for the first time in 1998 and is a regular contender in the FA Vase.

After a turbulent period resulting in relegation from the Premier Division in 2000 and 2005. At the start of the 2006/07 season a new committee was in place their first move was to gain the Football Associations Charter Standard Accreditation, which ensured the correct structures were in place.

On the field the club also required stabilising and it was felt that more local community approach was needed so links with Harpenden Colts were established to bring through local young players ensuring a pathway from under sevens to adult football.

Success soon followed and after only one year Harpenden Town was named Herts FA Charter Standard club of the year thanks to their community work, which included hosting an anti-racism event, an adult seven aside competition, free coaching offered to schools/junior teams and the development of women’s football through the Herts youth games.

The past two seasons has seen Harpenden make strides to secure its long-term future however with possibly the worst facilities in the league due to lack of investment and vandalism over the past 20 years we face a massive task to completely turn around the clubs fortunes. We now have a new football management set up with local loyalties and most new players come from the local area. Off the field there is a new committee of local football fans who have not been involved with the club before supported by the old committee and others who still assist with the running of the club.

In 2015 having successfully obtained £100k of funding the club’s facilities have been refurbished which has had a positive impact on the club and its profile.

2018 19 was the last for the very successful manager Danny Plumb that included promotion back to the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division and a memorable Divisional Cup triumph inspired by local PE teacher David Keenleyside and striker James Ewington.

For the last 2 Covid hit seasons and currently the team is managed by Mickey Nathan assisted by Steve O’Reilly and Rob Swan. In the 21 22 season our 130 year anniversary season the team finished a very credible 5th in the Spartan Premier division. It also marked a return to our original colours of Green and Gold Stripes.

The same management team continued for the 22 23 season which would be the last on a grass playing surface as the plans for an All Weather pitch funded by the Football Foundation for the community ready for the 23 24 season

We are an independent business established over 30 years ago with a strong family heritage. The small team that started has grown to almost 300 colleagues, building reputation on customer service, reliability, and flexibility.

Knowledge and reliability

We believe trust and efficiency are key to building and maintaining strong relationships with our clients. As such, our priority is to deliver excellent customer service, whether by sharing technical know how, accommodating deliveries, or offering advice on the right materials for a project. We make sure our team have extensive product knowledge and a full understanding of trades.

Locations and products

We supply trade professionals and homeowners in West and South London, as well as the Home Counties with a network of 10 branches and extended delivery area. Our products range from bricks and blocks, sheet and timber, aggregates and cementing to landscaping, decorating, as well as plumbing and heating.

Specialist products

We maintain a close relationship with our suppliers and are able to arrange specialist product delivery direct from the manufacturer.

BUILDING SUPPLY SOURCING

It’s always frustrating trying to get hold of some of those highly elusive or difficult to obtain products that nobody ever seems to stock. Lords Builders Merchants have the solution.

Our very experienced and knowledgeable sales team who have been in the industry for many years have always worked closely with both large and small customers to source through our extensive network of suppliers those special products including reclaim materials if we can’t get it, it isn’t out there!

For more information on our building supply sourcing service call 020 8963 7530 or send your enquiry to sales@lordsbm.co.uk.

SSML Premier Division Results & Fixtures

Saturday 19th November

PREM Ardley United 0 5 Stotfold

PREM Arlesey Town 0 4 Risborough Rangers

PREM Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 4 0 Hoddesdon Town

PREM Biggleswade United 5 1 London Colney

PREM Cockfosters 5 1 Shefford Town & Campton

PREM Crawley Green 5 0 Colney Heath

PREM Harpenden Town 1 3 Leighton Town

PREM Leverstock Green 4 1 Baldock Town

PREM St Panteleimon 0 1 Potton United

PREM Tring Athletic 1 0 Dunstable Town

Tuesday 22nd November

PREM Baldock Town 0 2 Crawley Green

PREM Colney Heath 2 4 Tring Athletic

PREM Dunstable Town 2 0 Arlesey Town

PREM Harpenden Town 0 2 Cockfosters

PREM Hoddesdon Town 2 2 St Panteleimon

PREM Leighton Town 2 1 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

PREM London Colney P P Leverstock Green

PREM Risborough Rangers 3 4 Ardley United

PREM Shefford Town & Campton 2 2 Biggleswade United

GCT Stotfold 4 0 Berkhamsted Raiders

Saturday 26th November

GCT Bovingdon 2 4 Biggleswade United

PREM Arlesey Town 2 3 Ardley United

PREM Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 3 1 Cockfosters

PREM Crawley Green 1 4 Leverstock Green

PREM Dunstable Town 2 2 Potton United

GCT Eaton Socon 5 0 Hoddesdon Town

PREM Leighton Town 2 0 Tring Athletic

GCT Northampton Sileby Rangers 4 2 Risborough Rangers

Wednesday 30th November

CC St Panteleimon Main 2 0 Uxbridge FC First

CC Thame United First 1* 1 Ardley United FC First

CC Dunstable Town 1 2 AFC Dunstable

Saturday 3rd December

PREM Ardley United Colney Heath

PREM Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Crawley Green

PREM Baldock Town London Colney

PREM Cockfosters Potton United

PREM Hoddesdon Town Arlesey Town

PREM Leverstock Green Harpenden Town

PREM Stotfold Risborough Rangers

FAV Biggleswade United Lakenheath

FAV Dunstable Town Tring Athletic

FAV Leighton Town Fakenham Town

FAV Pinchbeck United St Panteleimon

Tuesday 6th December

PREM

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

Biggleswade United

GCT Colney Heath Arlesey Town

DLC Crawley Green Hoddesdon Town

Alan Lee Reporting Premier Division

Leverstock Green 4 Baldock Town 1

Saturday 19th November 2022

After six league games without a win, Leverstock Green finally returned to winning ways in style with a 4 1 win over Baldock Town in Saturday’s SSML Premier Division fixture, completing a league double over Baldock. Most of the damage was done in the first half, despite a quiet start to the game. The game’s first shot was an effort over the bar in the 7th minute from Rio Beach. Leverstock had the ball in the 10th minute as George Mitchell Gears slotted home from a Radu Mihai Stefanoaica cross, but he was flagged for offside. At the other end two minutes later, Lawrence Ajong put the ball across the face of the Leverstock goal, but no one was on the end of it, and on 15 minutes a shot from Dominik Robertson stung the hands of Austin Byfield. Leverstock were having more of the goal threat. On 16 minutes a cross from Brad Robinson was over the outstretched arm of keeper David Archer but dropped onto the bar, and on 27 minutes a cross from Stefanoaica was met with a glancing header from Ethan Mooney that was not enough to divert it on target. Finally, in the 30th minute Mooney did well on the right edge of the penalty area and chipped a cross into the six yard box, where Stefanoaica met it with a volley to open the scoring and notch his first goal for the club in his 8th game. He didn’t have long to wait for his second goal. In the 38th minute Mooney exchanged passes with Blunden on a quick break before sending over a cross from the bye line which found Stefanoaica on the edge of the six yard box with the space to control the ball with his first touch and calmly drill home a shot with his second touch for a 2 0 lead.

It should have been 3 0 in the 42nd minute when Blunden was clean through against Archer, but Leverstock’s top scorer was uncharacteristically off target as he blasted the ball over the bar. However, the third goal did arrive in the first minute of stoppage time, as Ibrahim Nagheeb received a pass from Stefanoaica and stroked a shot from the edge of the box low into the corner of the net for his first goal of the season.

Baldock had played better than the scoreline suggested in the first half, and they had the better of the early stages of the second half as they put the Green goal under some pressure but were unable to get the early goal that might have caused some nerves in the Leverstock defence. Instead, it was the Green side that increased their lead in the 58th minute. A corner was cleared to the edge of the box, where Stefanoaica met it with a shot into the ground which was probably going into the net as it bounced towards the goal, but Blunden made sure as he got his head to the ball inches before the goal line to register a goal for the fourth straight game. Blunden was replaced by new signing Tyriq Hunte immediately after bagging his goal, with one eye on the injury that caused him to leave Wednesday night’s game early. Baldock looked like getting a goal back in the 65th minute when Ryan Lamond was through on goal, but Byfield did well to turn his shot wide. Leverstock were unable to add to their tally, with off target efforts from Mooney and Hunte being as close as they got. They were also denied the clean sheet as Baldock got their consolation goal in the 89th minute with a free kick from outside the box that somehow got through everyone and rolled into the corner of the net. However, it was still an excellent win which lifts Leverstock back into the top half of the table. Despite Stefanoaica’s two goals and two assists, Bobby Armstrong was nominated as man of the match for his solid performance at the back.

Leverstock Green (3) 4 (Stefanoaica 30, 38, Nagheeb 45+1, Blunden 58)

1. Austin Byfield, 2. Brad Robinson (15. Ayomide Oke 70 mins), 3. Rio Beach, 18. Bobby Armstrong, 5. Alvin Kyeremeh, 6. Ibrahim Nagheeb, 7. Ethan Mooney, 8. Dan Pett, 9. Chris Blunden (14. Tyriq Hunte 59 mins), 10. George Mitchell Gears (16. Sean Walsh 67 mins), 11. Radu Mihai Stefanoaica. Subs not used: 12. Ryan Carruthers, 20. Scott McGleish.

Man of the Match vs. St Panteleimon Radu

Man of the Match vs Baldock Town

by Alan Lee

Photos

First Team Results and Goal Scorers

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 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

Alvin Kyeremeh

SSML PDC CC HSC FA Cup FA Vase Total

14 2 0 1 4 1 22

Ryan Carruthers 13 2 1 1 4 1 22 Rio Beach 14 1 1 1 4 0 21

Ethan Mooney 13 2 1 1 2 0 19 Chris Blunden 12 1 1 0 4 1 19

Ibrahim Nagheeb 13 0 1 1 3 0 18 Bradley Robinson 12 0 1 0 4 1 18

Dan Pett 11 2 1 0 2 1 17

George Mitchell Gears 10 2 0 1 3 0 16 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 7 1 1 1 3 1 14

Adrian Pitfield 9 2 1 1 0 0 13

Bobby Armstrong 11 1 0 0 0 0 12

Sean Walsh 6 2 1 1 1 1 12 Radu Mihai Stefanoaica 8 2 0 0 0 1 11

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 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

Player

Chris

Photos from Crawley Green by Tony Smart

Alan Lee Reporting Premier Division

Crawley Green 1 Leverstock Green 4

Saturday 26th November 2022

Leverstock Green followed up their 4 1 win last Saturday with another 4 1 win as they toppled the start of play league leaders Crawley Green in a remarkable game at the Brache which saw both goalkeepers red carded.

Fergus Moore was without top scorer Chris Blunden, who was unavailable, and George Mitchell Gears, serving a one match suspension for five bookings. However, there was a first appearance of the season for last season’s top scorer Rawn Seale, who has been unavailable to play so far this season.

Leverstock made a bright start to the game, with Radu Mihai Stefanoaica putting the ball across the face of the Crawley goal in the 5th minute. Two minutes later came the first major incident of the game. Bobby Armstrong played a ball forward for Seale to chase, and home keeper Loris Marcimain came racing out of his area and handled the ball outside the box. The referee adjudged that it was a deliberate handball to prevent a goal and showed a red card to the keeper. Crawley defender Marius Patru took over in goal for the resulting free kick and could only watch as Ibrahim Nagheeb drilled a low shot into the corner of the net to open the scoring in the 10th minute.

There was an immediate change of keeper for Crawley, as forward Brandon Carney replaced Patru in goal, and Carney went on to give an impressive display in goal, firstly denying Seale a goal when he was clean through in the 27th minute. In the 30th minute a loss of concentration at the back gifted a chance to the home side, but Josh Adeyieka shot into the side netting.

Leverstock were looking the more likely to score, though, with Stefanoaica having a good run into the box in the 32nd minute but slipping over at the vital moment. Seconds later a shot from Ethan Mooney brought a good save out of Carney as he tipped it onto the post. Seale netted the rebound but was flagged offside. The second goal eventually arrived in first half stoppage time with a neat move started by Armstrong and Rio Beach, and ending with Stefanoaica laying off to Dan Pett, who curled a superb shot out of Carney’s reach into the corner of the net.

Leverstock continued to look impressive in the second half. On 51 minutes a shot from Nagheeb took a deflection and flew inches over the angle of post and bar. Two minutes later a pass from Ryan Carruthers put Seale through again, but Carney produced another good save to turn Seale’s shot away. Crawley’s task was made harder when Patru was sent to the sinbin in the 58th minute for arguing about an incident at a corner. Leverstock took advantage of their opponents being temporarily down to nine men, adding a third goal in the 65th minute. Mooney crossed from the right edge of the penalty area and Stefanoaica fired home a shot for his third goal in two games.

It was still 3 0 as the game went into the 90th minute. A mistake at the back left Adeyieka through on goal, and as he reached the penalty area his run was ended by a foul challenge from Leverstock keeper Austin Byfield. The referee showed consistency with his earlier decision and again showed the red card to Byfield for preventing a goalscoring opportunity. Scott McGleish, who had only come off the bench two minutes earlier, took over in goal and got a hand to Garry Jones’ penalty, but could not keep it out as Crawley pulled back a consolation goal. However, there was still another story to come. Callum Moore, 16 year old son of manager Fergus, had come off the bench in the 82nd minute for his senior debut. In the 5th minute of stoppage time, a shot from Elgeniy Daalberg took a wicked deflection and looped up over Carney. The ball came back off the crossbar and Moore was there to nod home the rebound and notch his first senior goal on his debut, restoring Leverstock’s three goal advantage and completing an impressive 4 1 win. The three points moves Leverstock up to seventh place in the table.

Leverstock Green (2) 4 (Nagheeb 10, Pett 45+1, Stefanoaica 65, Moore 90+5)

1. Austin Byfield, 2. Brad Robinson (16. Adrian Pitfield 37 mins), 3. Rio Beach, 18. Bobby Armstrong, 5. Alvin Kyemereh (20. Scott McGleish 88 mins), 6. Ryan Carruthers, 7. Ethan Mooney, 8. Dan Pett (14. Callum Moore 82 mins), 9. Rawn Seale, 10. Ibrahim Nagheeb (15. Ayomide Oke 77 mins), 11. Radu Mihai Stefanoaica (12. Elgeniy Daalberg 68 mins).

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 19th NOVEMBER

WEEKEND STATISTICS

Weekend Stats: 29 games played of which 15 were home wins, 12 away wins and 2 draws. Weekend Stats: The 29 games produced a total of 126 goals, an average of 4.34 per game. Taylor Rhiney (Biggleswade United) led the way with a four goal haul while Joshua Adeyileka (Crawley Green), Temilola Akinbusoye (Stotfold), Halim Halim (Rugby Borough) and Christopher White (Sarratt) all netted hat tricks.

PREMIER DIVISION

No changes at the top of the Premier Division as the top three all recorded wins, leaders Stotfold won 5 0 at lowly Ardley United, second placed Crawley Green saw off struggling Colney Heath, the hosts winning 5 0 while third placed Leighton Town enjoyed a 3 1 at Harpenden Town. At the other end of the standings bottom club London Colney were soundly beaten 1 5 at Biggleswade United, the hosts climb to fourth while Arlesey Town continue to look over their shoulders following a 0 4 home defeat by Risborough Rangers. Elsewhere a late goal was enough to see Tring Athletic defeat visiting Dunstable Town while Leverstock Green won for the first time since early October with a 4 1 success against visiting Baldock Town. In the day’s other Premier Division action Potton United edged out hosts St Panteleimon by a solitary goal, Cockfosters inflicted a 5 1 defeat on Shefford Town & Campton while Aylesbury Vale Dynamos saw off the threat of visiting Hoddesdon Town winning 4 0.

DIVISION ONE

Division One leaders Real Bedford FC welcomed one of their promotion rivals, Eaton Socon, and in a closely fought contest the hosts edged it by the odd goal in three while second placed Rugby Borough kept up the pressure on the leaders with a 5 0 home success against Raunds Town. Northampton Sileby Rangers stay third following their 4 2 win at Moulton FC, the visitors coming from 0 2 down at the break. Fourth placed Amersham Town lost ground on the leaders after being held 3 3 at Northampton ON Chenecks. At the other end of the standings bottom club Holmer Green surrendered a 3 0 interval lead at home against Letchworth Garden City Eagles, the visitors coming out on top in a seven goal thriller while Thame United Reserves climbed out of the drop zone with a 4 0 home win against Langford, the result sending the visitors into the bottom three. Elsewhere Wellingborough Whitworth were beaten by the odd goal in three at Lutterworth Athletic while Rushden & Higham United enjoyed a 6 2 win at London Tigers. In the days other league action Burton Park Wanderers took their unbeaten league run to seven games with a 3 0 success at Buckingham Athletic (more on this later in the ramblings) while Ampthill Town sit just outside the play off places following a 3 1 home success against Winslow United.

DIVISION TWO

New Bradwell St Peter remain top of the Division Two standings following their 5 1 home success against Tring Corinthians AFC while neighbours Old Bradwell United stay hot on their heels thanks to a 2 0 win at Eynesbury United. At the other end of the table bottom club The 61FC (Luton) remain pointless after being beaten 0 6 at Berkhamsted Raiders while Buckingham United picked up three much needed points with a 4 2 success against fellow strugglers Risborough Rangers Development. Elsewhere Totternhoe found themselves reduced to nine men after just ten minutes in their game at Aston Clinton, the visitors producing a battling display despite their handicap to win by the odd goal on five while Codicote remain fifth following their 1 1 home draw with Milton Keynes College Football Academy, the visitors remain sixth. The day’s other league action saw Pitstone & Ivinghoe enjoy a 4 0 win at Potton United Development while Sarratt ruined AFC Caddington’s new manager first game in charge with a 3 1 home win.

DIVISION TWO CUP Second Round

Leighton Town Development advanced to the quarterfinals of the Division Two Cup with a solitary first half goal success against visiting Bovingdon, the hosts now await next month’s draw to find out their next opponents.

COMMITTEE AWAYDAYS

SSMFL Board & Committee member Bob Flight was at Buckingham Athletic and pens the following report:- On a fine autumn afternoon, Buckingham Athletic hosted the improving Burton Park Wanderers and the visitors left with all three points. Before the kick off, a minutes silence was observed in memory of Club Committee member and ex chairman of Athletic, Ron Ackerman who sadly passed away during the week. It was an entertaining match and a young Athletic team more than held their own against Wanderers who had greatly improved recently. Just when Athletic thought they had held on for a goalless first half, Wanderers scored when a foul on Rory Busby went unpunished and Burton raced away to score on 40 minutes through Lewis Martin. Although all the chances in the first half fell to Burton, Karl Daley in the home goal would not be beaten and he made several excellent saves. The second half saw Athletic come into the match and an early header was saved and another effort went wide of goal. A later chance was well saved by the Burton keeper. Both teams made substitutions, and this paid off for Burton as both scored. Josh Drain scored a great headed goal from a right wing cross on 69 minutes and in time added on, Lewis Kennedy scored after Daley had saved a previous shot. The scoreline is harsh on Athletic whose young team battled throughout the game but with little reward to show for their huge effort. Continued efforts like in this game should see Athletic pick up sufficient points to keep them away from any relegation worries. 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

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

TUESDAY 22nd NOVEMBER

MIDWEEK STATISTICS

Midweek Stats: 10 games played of which 5 were home wins, 3 away wins and 2 draws.

Midweek Stats: The 10 games produced a total of 41 goals, an average of 4.10 per game.

THE GLADWISH CHALLENGE TROPHY Second Round

There was to be no fairy tale for Division Two side Berkhamsted Raiders in the Second Round of the Gladwish Challenge Trophy as they went down 0 4 at Premier Division highflyers Stotfold while the night’s other tie, an all Division One clash, Burton Park Wanderers swept aside visiting Wellingborough Whitworth 6 1, both winners can now look forward to the Third Round daw later this month.

PREMIER DIVISION

Crawley Green took full advantage of morning leaders Stotfold involvement in the Gladwish Challenge Trophy to return to the top of the Premier Division standings on Tuesday night with a 2 0 win at Baldock Town thanks to a goal in each half. Leighton Town remain third following their 2 1 home success against Aylesbury Vale Dynamos while Tring Athletic climb to fourth thanks to a 4 2 win at struggling Colney Heath. Elsewhere a last minute winner saw Ardley United come out on top in a seven goal thriller at Risborough Rangers while Shefford Town & Campton shared the spoils with visiting Biggleswade United following a 2 2 draw. In the night’s other league action Arlesey Town went down 0 2 at Dunstable Town, St Panteleimon drew 2 2 at Hoddesdon Town and Harpenden Town defeated visiting Cockfosters with two unanswered second half goals

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

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

APPEARANCES

Daniel Payne

SCYFL U18 Corinthian Division

Appearances & Goalscorers

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 21st November 2022

Colney Heath FC U18 P Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC U18 P

Luton Town U18 Shadow (Cedars) P Berkhamsted FC U18 P

Kings Langley FC U18 P Oxhey Jets U18 P

AFC Dunstable U18 (SC) 1 Leverstock Green U18 1

Harpenden Town U18 P Dunstable Town U18 P

Week commencing 28th November 2022

Colney Heath FC U18 P AFC Dunstable U18 (SC) P

Dunstable Town U18 P Kings Langley FC U18 P

Oxhey Jets U18 3 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC 1

Leighton Town U18 7 Harpenden Town U18 0

Leverstock Green U18 1 Berkhamsted FC U18 3

Week commencing 8th December 2022

Kings Langley FC U18 Harpenden Town U18

Oxhey Jets U18 Dunstable Town U18

AFC Dunstable U18 (SC) Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC U18

Berkhamsted FC U18

Colney Heath FC U18

Luton Town U18 (Cedars) Kings Langley FC U18

Week commencing 15th December 2022

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

AFC Dunstable U18 (SC)

Leighton Town U18

Berkhamsted FC U18

Oxhey Jets U18

Dunstable Town U18

Leverstock Green U18 Harpenden Town U18

EJA U16 Results

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 06 Dec Cup Home Aveley 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

Date

EJA U16

Appearances & Goalscorers

APPEARANCES

League League Cup Mid-Week HFA Total

Freddie Burroughs 7 1 2 0 10

Shae Robinson 7 1 2 0 10

Joshua Weidner 7 1 2 0 10

Jamie McIntosh 7 0 2 0 9

Kaylan John-Baptise 6 1 2 0 9

Leo Goldschmied 6 1 2 0 9 Joseph Sadler 6 1 1 0 8 Sid Young 6 0 2 0 8 Ryan Barry 5 1 2 0 8

Kaashan Darr 5 1 2 0 8 Brandon Bowie 5 1 2 0 8 Shay Kelly 6 0 1 0 7

David Barbakdze 5 1 1 0 7 Sam Kin 4 1 2 0 7

Yuvraaj Pangali 4 1 2 0 7

Arther McLaughlin 5 1 0 0 6 Lucas Georgiou 4 0 2 0 6

Sameer Salique 4 1 0 0 5 Levi Young 4 0 1 0 5 Oscar Martin 3 1 1 0 5 Raul Imbre 2 1 1 0 4 Roshan Hirani 3 0 0 0 3

GOALSCORERS

League League Cup

Mid-Week HFA Total

Jamie McIntosh 10 1 2 0 13

Raul Imbre 1 0 2 0 3

Kaylan John-Baptise 2 0 0 0 2

Lucas Georgiou 2 0 0 0 2 Shay Kelly 2 0 0 0 2

Kaashan Darr 1 0 0 0 1

David Barbakdze 1 0 0 0 1 Joshua Weidner 1 0 0 0 1 Brandon Bowie 1 0 0 0 1 Joseph Sadler 0 0 1 0 1

Sunday

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.