Leverstock Green FC vs St Panteleimon Programme

Match Day Programme Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round Saturday 20th August 2022 Kick Off 3.00 pm Verses

St. PANTELEIMON FC Match Sponsored By STEPHEN HALE

Welcome to Pancake Lane Today we welcome St Panteleimon Players, Officials and Supporters to the LORDS Builders Stadium for SSML Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round.

We hope you have an enjoyable afternoon.

We also welcome our match officials Referee Bimi Sherifi and his assistants Edward Clifford and Adam Marsh.

You are welcome to use the clubs bar and tea bar before, halftime and after today’s game. You will be well look after by Sue and Michelle and our catering staff, Ioana and Nigel.

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

Stephen Hale, sponsors todays match; who played with current manager Fergus at Uxbridge and Northwood. We thank Stephen for his sponsorship.

Please use the car parking provided inside the ground, as this will avoid any unnecessary disruption to our neighbours. If you have left your car on ANY of the adjoining roads please pop outside and bring your car in, the car parking is free.

Please follow any instructions or requests made by the club for your safety and enjoyment. The Club Management also reserves the right to refuse admission to the ground to, or to eject from the ground, any person who refuses to be searched by any steward, servant or agent of the Club or any Police officer.

The Club management accepts no responsibility for injury or loss of property.

Fixtures, results and league tables are shown within the programme or visit our web site http://levgreenfc.co.uk Thank you for your co-operation https://lordsbm.co.uk

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FA Cup Preliminary Round LEVERSTOCK GREEN

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St PANTELEIMON

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JOSH MOLLISON (GK)

GUSTAVO NUNES

RIO BEACH

RENZO ALVES

ALVIN KYEREMEH

MICHAEL FRANGESKOU

BRADLEY ROBINSON

ALEX ANDROUTSOS

LUKE DURNIN

BRAD GILMANEY

RYAN CARRUTHERS

JAVONNE MOLLOY

IBRAHIM NAGHEEB

AHMED DOUKHI

LEWIS COLLINS

GUILHERME MONTI

GEORGE MITCHELL-GEARS

JOAO MARCO PRAES

LUKE BECKWITH

LUCAS TOTTI

ETHAN MOONEY

JONATHAN MOURA

CHRIS BLUNDEN

DEAN MORGAN

SEAN WALSH

COURTNEY MASSAY

JAMES COLLINS

AYUB ALBADRI

SCOTT McGLEISH

ROBERTO KATSIKAS

ALFIE HERD

GEORGE ANDROUTSOS

DAN WEEKES AUSTIN BYFIELD (GK) ELGENIY DAALBERG

Manager: Assistant: Coach: Physio:

Fergus Moore Scott McGleish Darren Bonfield Cam Gaffeny

Manager: Assistant: Physio:

George Frangeskou Costa Mina George Mina

Referee: Bimi Sherifi Referee Assistants: Edward Clifford & Adam Marsh

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Alan Lee Reporting FA Youth Cup Extra Preliminary Round Berkhamsted 2 Leverstock Green 3 Thursday 18th August 2022 Leverstock Green’s under-18s got their competitive season off to a fantastic start as they twice came from behind to beat neighbours Berkhamsted in the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Youth Cup. There were some early chances for the Green side. In the 4th minute a pass from Charlie Hobbs set up a great chance for Ed Thackeray, but his shot was saved by the leg of home keeper James Hall. Three minutes later Kai Sullivan had a clear shot from the edge of the box but it went inches over the bar. On 12 minutes Callum Moore had at attempt at goal but it went wide.

It looked as though those missed chances could prove costly when Berko took the lead on the break in the 15th minute. Alfie Roffey intercepted a cross-field pass and ran towards goal before squaring for Godfrey Opoku to shoot home the opening goal.

Opoku went close with another shot shortly afterwards, but for the remainder of the half the game went a little scrappy and niggly, with a yellow card being shown to one player from each side. A minute before the break Leverstock got back into the game through a somewhat fortuitous goal. From a free kick over 40 yards from goal, Charlie Hobbs floated the ball into the box. It should have been an easy take for keeper Hall, but the ball went through his hands and straight into the net to level the scores at 1-1.

However, there was yet more to come before half time, as in the second minute of stoppage time Berko went back in front through former Green player Nana Yeboah, who slotted home a low shot from the edge of the penalty area.

A change at half time saw Archie Roberts replace Kai Sullivan, and ten minutes into the second half it was Roberts who brought Leverstock back level again as Hall again failed to cover himself in glory from a free kick. The kick was 30 yards out and to the left of the penalty area. Roberts floated his shot towards the top corner, and although Hall got a hand to it, he couldn’t keep it from going into the net.

Shortly afterwards there was a lengthy stoppage for treatment to Berko’s Jake McGregor, who eventually had to be stretchered off. Once the game resumed, Leverstock went close to going in front from a goalmouth scramble but neither Roberts nor Bilal Mohammed could force the ball home.

On 69 minutes, however, Leverstock found the net again from another free kick. This time the kick was near the corner flag, and Mohammed floated the ball into the six-yard box perfectly for Dan Payne to get on the end of it with a header to put his side in front for the first time in the game.

There was furious pressure from the Berko side over the closing minutes and more than ten minutes of stoppage time, but the Green defence held their composure to hold on for an impressive win. Their reward is a home tie against Langley F.C. in the next round on Thursday 1st September.

Leverstock Green 3 (Hobbs 44, Roberts 55, Payne 69) 1. Liam Fortune, 2. Billy Hoar, 3. Bilal Mohammed, 4. Charlie Hobbs, 5. Finn McLean (14. Reece Marchant 75 mins), 6. Ellis Webb, 7. Kai Sullivan (12. Archie Roberts H/T), 8. Dan Payne, 9. Ed Thackeray, 10.

Callum Moore, 11. Tom Rutherford (16. Jack Nicoll 53 mins).

Subs not used: 15. Archie Wood, 17. Lenny Hopwood, 18. Callum Maloney.

Photos by Alan Lee FA Youth Cup Extra Preliminary Round Versus Berkhamsted

Club News Ground Renaming Leverstock Green FC is delighted to announce the renaming of the ground at Pancake Lane to the LORDS Builders Merchant Stadium. This marks a continuing relationship with Lords, which has seen increased investment into the Club over the past two years.

Lords has branches in Kings Langley, Aylesbury, Watford, Hayes, Beaconsfield and across northwest London.

LORDS Managing Director Jamie Herd said ‘We are very happy to be increasing our sponsorship of the Club. As a local, I know the amazing role it plays in the community and it’s great to be able to support the club and hopefully see the team go from strength to strength this season.’

Leverstock Green FC Vice Chairman Tony Smart, “We are delighted with our continued partnership with LORDS Builders Merchants. Renaming the stadium is another step in increasing the awareness of Leverstock Green Football Club and LORDS Builders Merchants.”

Ground and Clubhouse Teams We have two groups other than the officers and committee, working behind the scenes at the LORDS Builders Merchant Stadium. We would like to say thank you to these volunteers for their hard work and dedication.

Ground Team Led by Bill Dawes, the team is Roger Lipscombe, Peter Jerram and Alan Brett. The consultant is Craig Ringsell.

Clubhouse Team Led by Tony Smart, the bar team is Sue Smart-Hollick, Michelle Brandon, tea bar, Ioana and Nigel Herman and Steve Ypey our handy man.

SSML Premier Division Results & Fixtures

Saturday 13th August PREM

Ardley United

1

1

Potton United

PREM

Baldock Town

0

2

Leverstock Green

PREM

Biggleswade United

2

2

Cockfosters

PREM

Colney Heath

2

1

Arlesey Town

PREM

Dunstable Town

2

2

Tring Athletic

PREM

Harpenden Town

1

2

Crawley Green

PREM

London Colney

0

2

Leighton Town

PREM

Risborough Rangers

0

0

Hoddesdon Town

PREM

Shefford Town & Campton

2

1

St Panteleimon

PREM

Stotfold

3

2

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

Tuesday 16th August PREM

Ardley United

5

2

Risborough Rangers

PREM

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

1

3

Leighton Town

PREM

Biggleswade United

2

4

Shefford Town & Campton

PREM

Leverstock Green

1

0

London Colney

PREM

Stotfold

0

0

Potton United

PREM

Tring Athletic

1

0

Colney Heath

2

2

Hoddesdon Town

Wednesday 17th August PREM

St Panteleimon

SSML Premier Division Results & Fixtures Saturday 20th August PREM Arlesey Town PREM Cockfosters PREM Crawley Green PREM London Colney DLC Colney Heath FAC Aylesbury United FAC Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FAC Barking FAC Leverstock Green FAC Maldon & Tiptree FAC Soham Town Rangers FAC Southend Manor FAC Stotfold

Tring Athletic Risborough Rangers Baldock Town Biggleswade United Risborough Rangers Ardley United Bristol Manor Farm Leighton Town St Panteleimon Harpenden Town Potton United Shefford Town & Campton Grays Athletic

Sunday 21st August FAC Dunstable Town

West Essex

Friday 26th August FAV Stansted

Hoddesdon Town

Saturday 27th August PREM Shefford Town & Campton PREM St Panteleimon FAV Ardley United FAV Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FAV Baldock Town FAV Biggleswade United FAV Dunstable Town FAV Edgware & Kingsbury FAV Flackwell Heath FC First FAV Harefield United FAV Ilford FAV Leighton Town FAV Milton Keynes Irish First FAV Romford

Colney Heath Tring Athletic North Greenford United Rushden & Higham United Ipswich Wanderers Southend Manor Crawley Green Leverstock Green Risborough Rangers London Colney Cockfosters London Tigers Arlesey Town Potton United

Sunday 28th August FAV May & Baker Eastbrook Community

Stotfold

Alan Lee Reporting SSML Premier Division Leverstock Green 1 London Colney 0 Tuesday 16th August 2022 Leverstock Green’s winning start continued, as a single goal from Alvin Kyemereh was enough for a hard-fought 1-0 home win over a good London Colney side on a night that saw some much-needed rain at the Lords Builders Merchants Stadium. Fergus Moore’s side have still not conceded a goal in a competitive match, and they are the last remaining side in the SSML Premier Division to have not conceded.

Leverstock had the best of the early play, with Brad Robinson sending over an excellent cross to the far post in the 4th minute which was headed wide by George Mitchell-Gears. Man of the Match Mitchell-Gears was unlucky in the 15th minute as he struck a fierce shot from 20 yards which was brilliantly tipped onto the bar by Colney keeper Harvey Simson, and the rebound went just over the head of Chris Blunden. Two minutes later it was the visitors’ turn to be unlucky as a shot from Patrick Akwasi-Bronyan struck the base of the post.

Mitchell-Gears was denied by Simson again in the 20th minute as his shot was turned around the post. Four minutes later a cross from Robinson found Blunden in the box, but he couldn’t quite work a shooting position and ended up hitting the ball across the face of goal with no one there to apply the finishing touch.

Ibrahim Nagheeb was next to have a shot at goal on 30 minutes, with a curling effort that went a yard wide. Two minutes later at the other end Akwasi-Bronyan had another great chance but hit the ball straight at Josh Mollison from close range. On 34 minutes Lewis Collins had a run into the box but put the ball over the bar from a narrow angle. Half time was reached with the game goalless and Leverstock having been frustrated by some strong defending from the visitors.

The breakthrough finally came five minutes into the second half. Nagheeb floated a corner to the back post, where Mitchell-Gears headed it back across goal, and Alvin Kyemereh was there to head home his second goal in four days to put Leverstock into a 1-0 lead. Leverstock continued to push forward, with Collins hitting a shot just wide after a solo run on 52 minutes, and Mitchell-Gears heading wide from a Luke Beckwith cross two minutes later. In the 58th minute Colney had a free kick in a dangerous position, but Pijus Montvydas shot wide of the target. There were more chances for the Green side. On 71 minutes a great pass from Robinson put Blunden through, but his shot was saved

by Simson. Three minutes later Collins hit a shot which Simson couldn’t hold onto, but he was able to smother Blunden’s effort from the rebound. In stoppage time a pass from Blunden gave Sean Walsh a run at goal, but instead of shooting Walsh opted to play a square pass to Elgeniy Daalberg, who was offside.

The game threatened to boil over during stoppage time, with yellow cards shown to both sides, but Leverstock held out for the win, which still leaves them in third place in the table, behind the other two teams with 100% records on goal difference. They now take a break from league action to focus on Saturday’s FA Cup tie against St Panteleimon.

Leverstock Green (0) 1 (Kyemereh 50) 1. Josh Mollison, 2. Brad Robinson, 3. Rio Beach, 4. Dan Weeks, 5. Alvin Kyemereh, 6. Ryan Carruthers, 7. Lewis Collins (16. Sean Walsh 88 mins), 8. Ibrahim Nagheeb, 9. Chris Blunden, 10.

George Mitchell-Gears, 11. Luke Beckwith (12. Elgeniy Daalberg 76 mins). Subs not used: 14. Alfie Herd, 15. Kai Stonnell, 20. Scott McGleish.

First Team Results & Goalscorers Date 02-Aug

SSML

Venue Home

Opponents Risborough Rangers

Score 1-0

Won

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Halstead Town Baldock Town London Colney St Panteleimon Edgware & Kingsbury Leighton Town London Colney Ardley United Rugby Borough

3-0 0-2 1-0

Won Won Won

Away

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Arlesey Town Shefford Town & Campton Stotfold Dunstable Town St Pantelemon Hoddesdon Town

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Biggleswade Utd Crawley Green Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Baldock Town London Colney

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Harpenden Town Crawley Green Potton Utd Tring Athletic Colney Heath Cockfosters Aylesbury Vale Dynamos St Panteleimon Harpenden Town Potton Utd Arlesey Town Dunstable Town Ardley United Hoddesdon Town Biggleswade Utd Stotfold Risborough Rangers Cockfosters Colney Heath Tring Athletic Shefford Town & Campton Leighton Town

Goalscorers Blunden Mitchell-Gears, Blunden, Durnin Kyeremeh, Blunden Kyeremeh

Photos from Baldock and London Colney Photo credit to Hoppy McHopFace & Tony Smart

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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 SATURDAY 13th AUGUST WEEKEND HEADLINES Pitstone & Ivinghoe fall short of record win, their 11-1 success failing to match their 16-0 win back in September 2005. For opponents The 61FC (Luton) it was the club’s heaviest defeat since losing 1-12 back in October 2005.

Weekend Stats: 29 games played of which 11 were home wins, 13 away wins and 5 draws.

Weekend Stats: The 29 games produced a total of 116 goals, an average of 3.68 per game. Caleb Bolton (Pitstone & Ivinghoe) led the way with a four goal haul while Joe Evans (Moulton FC), Lewis Putman (Amersham Town) and Ayomide Akinbobola (Leighton Town Development) netting hat-tricks.

Weekend Highest Attendances: 131 Dunstable Town v Tring Athletic, 103 Harpenden Town v Crawley Green and Stotfold v Aylesbury Vale Dynamos.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Premier Division Clubs): 323 Leighton Town v Stotfold, 283 Leighton Town v Baldock Town (FA Cup) and 281 Stotfold v Newport Pagnell Town (FA Cup).

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division One Clubs): 273 Real Bedford FC v Rushden & Higham United, 176 Moulton FC v Buckingham Athletic and 96 Ampthill Town v Thame United Reserves.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division Two Clubs): 87 Totternhoe v Risborough Rangers Development, 78 Leighton Town Development v AFC Caddington and 70 Bovingdon v New Bradwell St Peter.

PREMIER DIVISION Title favourites Leighton Town are the early pace setters as they made it two wins from two with a 2-0 success at London Colney. Joining Leighton with two wins from two are Shefford Town & Campton (2-1 winners against visiting St Panteleimon) and Leverstock Green who won 2-0 on the road at Baldock Town. The fore mentioned Baldock along with their landlords Arlesey Town remain the only two top flight clubs looking for their first points of the new campaign, Arlesey going down by the odd goal in three at Colney Heath. Harpenden Town were surprisingly beaten at home by Crawley Green, the visitors winning 2-1 while Aylesbury Vale Dynamos again found first half football their undoing as they failed to overturn a 0-3 deficit as they were beaten by the odd goal in five at Stotfold. Ardley United drew 1-1 at home against Potton United despite having two players sent off late in the game while Risborough Rangers remain goalless this campaign although Saturday saw them gain a point at home against Hoddesdon Town. Elsewhere Tring Athletic drew 2-2 at Dunstable Town and it was the same score line as Biggleswade United were held at home by Cockfosters.

DIVISION ONE Real Bedford FC climbed to the top of the standings with a 7-1 win at Buckingham Athletic (more on this later in the ramblings) while hot in their heels are Moulton FC who maintained their 100% start to the season with a 6-0 home success against Thame United Reserves (again more on this later in the ramblings). Joining them on maximum points after two games are Ampthill Town, Northampton Sileby Rangers and Amersham Town, the ‘Amps’ defeating visiting Wellingborough Whitworth 3-1, Sileby won 5-2 at Holmer Green while Amersham enjoyed a 4-2 success at Raunds Town. At the other end of the table five clubs are pointless, joining the fore mentioned Thame, Buckingham, Holmer and Whitworth are Burton Park Wanderers who went down to a 1-2 defeat at London Tigers. Eaton Socon welcomed Winslow United for their first ever home game in the SSML and kept their fans happy with a 2-0 success while Rushden & Higham United were 3-1 winners at home against newbies Lutterworth Athletic. Elsewhere Langford were beaten 0-4 at home by new boys Northampton ON Chenecks while Letchworth Garden City Eagles suffered a 0-3 reversal at home by another of the newcomers this season Rugby Borough. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.

3-1 Ampthill Town v Wellingborough Whitworth (Watson, Cerminara [pen], Holmes) / (Bivens) Attendance: 81 1-7 Buckingham Athletic v Real Bedford FC (Busby) / (Owusu [2], Brown [2], Walker [2] [1 pen], Ducket) Attendance: 91 2-0 Eaton Socon v Winslow United (Sagwete [pen], Alderson) Attendance: 77 2-5 Holmer Green v Northampton Sileby Rangers (Page, Odumosu) / (Burrows [2], Taylor, Bell, Cirelli) Attendance: 49 0-4 Langford v Northampton ON Chenecks (Holman [2], Parsons, May-Corcoran) Attendance: 32 0-3 Letchworth Garden City Eagles v Rugby Borough (McGahey [2], Lockley) Attendance: 23 2-1 London Tigers v Burton Park Wanderers (Strang, Grossett) / (Dench) Attendance: Unknown 6-0 Moulton FC v Thame United Reserves (Evans [3], Reza [2], Opponent Own Goal) Attendance: 58 2-4 Raunds Town v Amersham Town (Ricciardi, Beattie) / (Putman [3], Smith) Attendance: 40 3-1 Rushden & Higham United v Lutterworth Athletic (Whitehead, Mann, McMahon) / (Thomas) Attendance: 31

DIVISION TWO Pitstone & Ivinghoe certainly had a stroll in the sunshine as they romped to a 11-1 opening day win, 2-1 up at the interval they turned on the style in the second period to leave their visitors The 61FC (Luton) totally shell-shocked, for the hosts xx marked his debut by bagging four There was another goal packed game at Leighton Town Development where in the clash of two Division Two newbies the hosts raced into a 7-0 interval lead, things were a little better for visitors AFC Caddington after the break as the hosts added just once more to complete a 8-0 win.

Last season’s champions Old Bradwell United began the new campaign with a 3-0 success at Sarratt while the side they piped for the title Aston Clinton opened with a 3-2 win at Milton Keynes College Football Academy.

Berkhamsted Raiders edged out the third of this seasons newbies Potton United Development by the odd goal in five at the Hutchinson Hollow while Codicote won by a solitary goal at Tring Corinthians AFC. Elsewhere Bovingdon were held to a 1-1 draw at home by New Bradwell St Peter and Totternhoe won 1-0 at home against Risborough Rangers Development. The day’s other game saw Eynesbury United come from a goal down at the interval to win 3-1 at Buckingham United. Full results and goalscorers are listed below.

1-1 Bovingdon v New Bradwell St Peter (Ianis) / (Ciliberti) Attendance: 70 1-3 Buckingham United v Eynesbury United (Buckley) / (Stewart, Pinto, Kent) Attendance: 25 8-0 Leighton Town Development v AFC Caddington (Akinbobola [3], Horne [2], Peart, Dubniuc, Kenny) Attendance: 78 2-3 Milton Keynes College Football Academy v Aston Clinton (Lodder, Davis) / (MacDonald, Doncaster, Wilkin) Attendance: 30 11-1 Pitstone & Ivinghoe v The 61FC (Luton) (Bolton [4], Gallant [2], Downes, Zanetti, Webster, O’Brien, Tappin) / (Mohmmeh) Attendance: 52 2-3 Potton United Development v Berkhamsted Raiders (Hall, Cyrus) / (Barnard-White, Sykes, Standley) Attendance: 35 0-3 Sarratt v Old Bradwell United (Valentine, Maxey, Cooke) Attendance: 28 1-0 Totternhoe v Risborough Rangers Development (Taylor) Attendance: 87 0-1 Tring Corinthians AFC v Codicote (Daly) Attendance: 34

COMMITTEE AWAYDAYS SSMFL Board & Committee member Bob Flight was at Buckingham Athletic and pens the following report:- Last Saturday, with temperatures in the mid-thirties, Buckingham Athletic hosted ambitious Real Bedford at Stratford fields. The pitch was well presented although the standard of the football was very average. But Bedford overwhelmed Athletic and ran out worthy winners by 7 goals to 1. It started well for the home team as they scored on 20 minutes through Rory Busby following a poor defence lapse by Bedford. But Bedford soon equalised through Kevin Owusu on 27 minutes. They went further ahead from the penalty spot as Dan Walker scored a couple of minutes later. Athletic were further undone right on half time by a ball that was missed by all the defenders which allowed Walker to run though and score. Any hope by Athletic to get back into the game was destroyed by Bedford who scored three quick goals just into the second half. But to their credit Athletic fought hard during the second half but were once again victim of another Bedford goal by Owusu just before the final whistle. Congratulations must go to all the players and match officials who endured the heat to provide a game for the spectators to enjoy. Whilst this was a stroll in the park for Bedford, they will face much tougher opposition in their bid for promotion this season.

SSMFL Board & Committee member Dave Henman was at Moulton FC and pens the following report:- I made my first ever visit to Moulton for their first home game in the Spartan South Midlands League basically to welcome them to our League. Although this is a 3 or 4 pitch it is a very impressive set up with covered accommodation situated by the halfway line. The pitch is fully utilised by their numerous junior sides, plus walking football activities. They have made several extensions to their clubhouse and are more than ready to make the step up from the Northants Combination. Allied to that they have a healthy committee and a bunch of willing helpers so it’s all systems go. They were also impressive on the field, as well as off it. The first goal after 8 minutes was a very unfortunate own goal when the centre half diverted a low cross into his own goal when trying to clear a low hard cross. Further goals followed in the first half through SHAD REZA (15) and JOEY EVANS (23, 32 and 44). Whilst there were a couple of good shots two goals were made out of nothing but pure determination to get the ball into the net. The second half was understandably a lower tempo as the game was already won. Moulton bought on all 5 subs at various times in the second half whilst Thame bought on their one and only sub. Whilst the result was a foregone conclusion by half time Thame kept on trying to play football, never gave up, never resorted to “dubious“ tactics, and neither side gave the referee Jakob Gierczyk any hassle. SHAD REZA completed the scoring after the break. Despite conceding 6 goals Thames’ keeper Mikolaj Thompson had a very good game. All in all an entertaining game, played in very trying conditions so credit to all involved. And that’ it!

AND FINALLY The result of this week’s Team of the Day Poll with 125 votes cast is: Crawley Green 32.8% Pitstone & Ivinghoe 28.8% Leighton Town Development 22.4% Real Bedford FC 16.0%

Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Table 17th August 2022

Team

P

W

D

L

GD

PTS

1 Leighton Town 2 Shefford Town & Campton

3

3

0

0

7

9

3

3

0

0

6

9

3 Leverstock Green 4 Tring Athletic

3

3

0

0

4

9

3

2

1

0

2

7

5 Ardley United 6 Dunstable Town

3

1

1

1

2

4

2

1

1

0

2

4

7 Crawley Green 8 Biggleswade United

2

1

1

0

1

4

3

1

1

1

0

4

9 Stotfold 10 Harpenden Town

3

1

1

1

-2

4

2

1

0

1

0

3

11 Colney Heath 12 London Colney

3

1

0

2

-1

3

3

1

0

2

-1

3

13 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 14 St Panteleimon

3

1

0

2

-2

3

3

0

2

1

-1

2

15 Potton United 16 Hoddesdon Town

3

0

2

1

-2

2

3

0

2

1

-3

2

17 Cockfosters 18 Risborough Rangers

2

0

1

1

-2

1

3

0

1

2

-4

1

19 Baldock Town 20 Arlesey Town

2 2

0 0

0 0

2 2

-3 -3

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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 TUESDAY 16th AUGUST / WEDNESDAY 17th AUGUST MIDWEEK HEADLINES Midweek Stats: 7 games played of which 3 were home wins, 2 away wins and 2 draws.

Midweek Stats: The 7 games produced a total of 23 goals, an average of 3.28 per game.

Midweek Highest Attendances: 322 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Leighton Town, 212 Biggleswade United v Shefford Town & Campton and 171 Stotfold v Potton United.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Premier Division Clubs): 323 Leighton Town v Stotfold, 322 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Leighton Town and 283 Leighton Town v Baldock Town (FA Cup).

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division One Clubs): 273 Real Bedford FC v Rushden & Higham United, 176 Moulton FC v Buckingham Athletic and 96 Ampthill Town v Thame United Reserves.

Season’s Highest Attendances to date (Division Two Clubs): 87 Totternhoe v Risborough Rangers Development, 78 Leighton Town Development v AFC Caddington and 70 Bovingdon v New Bradwell St Peter.

PREMIER DIVISION The midweek Premier Division action saw no changes at either end of the standings, leaders Leighton Town enjoyed a 3-1 win at neighbouring Aylesbury Vale Dynamos with a healthy crowd of 322 in attendance, second placed Shefford Town & Campton also enjoyed an away trip with a 4-2 win at Biggleswade United, the only scare coming in the closing minutes when home team secretary Tracey James had to dig deep into her handbag to find a shilling for the meter to prevent a floodlight failure while third placed Leverstock Green were made to work hard for their solitary goal success by visiting London Colney. With neither of the bottom two in action the main change at that end of the table saw Risborough Rangers slip to third bottom after losing 2-5 at a rampant Ardley United side with the only comfort for the visitors being they had finally broken their goalscoring drought. Elsewhere on Tuesday night Tring Athletic moved up to fourth following a 1-0 home success against Colney Heath while the game between Stotfold and visiting Potton United finish goalless. The Wednesday night action saw a last gasp goal earn Hoddesdon Town a 2-2 draw at St Panteleimon. Full results and goalscorers (where known) are listed below.

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/sounds/play/p0cpxtpn

Photos from Saturday vs. Baldock Town Photos credit to Alan Lee & Tony Smart Man of the match George Mitchell-Gears Presented and Sponsored by Jamie Herd Below George in action from the game vs. Baldock Town.

Dean Bradford Profile When did you join LGFC and what role?

I joined in July 2019 as the General Club Secretary Previous Clubs/Positions As a player at Bognor Regis Town, Lancing and Wick. As a manager at the same current level as Levy with Lancing, Wick, and Haywards Heath Town. After moving north of the river I was a Director at Berkhamsted in the Spartan and Southern Leagues and the Youth Team Secretary culminating in the under 16s winning the treble of the Herts County Cup, EJA League, and EJA Cup. Honours Sussex County League (now Southern Combination) Runners Up, Young Player of the Year at Bognor Regis Town and others as a Manager/Director at the clubs mentioned above.

Describe your current role?

I am one of the 6 officers of Leverstock Green FC and specifically the General Club Secretary of the first team, under 18s and under 15s. I am also the overly excitable voice over the tannoy on match days!

What is your favourite football team?

Leverstock Green (obviously) and Tottenham (for my sins) although Watford are fast coming up the rails as I am really falling out of love of hugely financially owned Premier League clubs!

Who is your favourite player?

I genuinely love them all but I would have to say Harry Bonner. I was his Youth Team Secretary since he was 13 so to see him playing now in our first team fills me with great pride and he should be an inspiration for all our under 18s and under 15s. Got to know the family well in that time too and they are great!

What is your proudest moment in football?

Scoring in the FA Cup 1st Round Proper in front of 4,000 home fans as a 16 year old for Bognor Regis Town and becoming an instant star at school after years of just being a spotty teenager!

If you can chose what would like to be in the football world?

I'm in my dream job to be fair. I love being a club secretary of a club I live less than a mile from and feel I am in some way contributing to the success and growth of what is an amazing club surrounded by fantastic people on and off the pitch.

What does no one know about you?

I ran the London Marathon in 2016. Proof you don’t have to be skinny to run 26.2 miles!

What is your nickname?

Deano by everyone except work but at school it was Tigger because I was always so happy, positive and excitable which hopefully people still think I am as I see these as good traits!

What is the best thing about LGFC? Where do I start? My fellow officers, Emma, Jamie, Tony, Alan and Bill are an absolute joy to work with on literally a daily basis as are our wonderful committee members and volunteers that I feel run the best club at step 5 and have yet to have been proved wrong. Then there are the management teams and players of all 3 clubs that I'm extremely proud of. At the time of writing a special shout out to Tony who has also secured the lease on Pancake Lane until at least 2047 which would take us beyond our 150th anniversary as a club.

Club

Sponsor

ARDLEY UNITED

Deckchair Pete

ARLESEY TOWN AYLESBURY VALE DYNAMOS

KitAid – www.kitaid.net

BALDOCK TOWN

Steve Cubitt

BIGGLESWADE UNITED

Tony Smart

COCKFOSTERS COLNEY HEATH

Dean Bradford

CRAWLEY GREEN

Jim Doble

DUNSTABLE TOWN

Emma Smart

HARPENDEN TOWN

Roger Stokes

HODDESDON TOWN LEIGHTON TOWN

Leverstock Green U18

LONDON COLNEY

Jamie Herd

POTTON UNITED

Deckchair Pete

RISBOROUGH RANGERS

Tony Smart

SHEFFORD TOWN & CAMPTON

Nick Payne https://www.justgiving.com/fu ndraising/dawnpayne44

STOTFOLD ST PANTELEIMON TRING ATHLETIC

Tony Smart

HALSTEAD TOWN FA CUP

Keith Pym

ST PANTELEIMON FA Cup

Stephen Hale

LONDON COLNEY (PDC)

Peter Fraser

St Panteleimon FC

St. Panteleimon FC (nicknamed “The Saints”) was established within the Greek Orthodox Community in Harrow - NW London in 2015, to create a sporting and family based team. Our philosophy is the provision of a safe and supportive community setting, encouraging skills development, fitness, fair play and teamwork.

As of April 2018 St. Panteleimon FC achieved The FA Charter Standard Club Award, presented by the Middlesex FA. We strive to provide an inspirational and motivational environment where preparation, practice and hard work generate legitimate opportunities for success, while emphasising the importance and development of fundamentals and techniques necessary for positive experiences in football and in life, creating a consistently exciting and entertaining programme that generates a wave of support, pride, and tradition for our entire community to share.

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

Sponsor

Keith Pym LORDS Builders Merchants Dean Bradford LORDS Builders Merchants Deckchair Pete Peter Jerram Alan Lee Rob Webb LORDS Builders Merchants George Kent – Leyton Orient Focus Scaffolding Emma Smart Deckchair Pete Emma Smart Alan Lee Tony Smart Jamie Herd Carole Pym Jamie Herd Tony Smart Steve Byrne

First Team Appearances & Goal Scorers

APPEARANCES Player Josh Mollison Rio Beach Bradley Robinson Alvin Kyeremeh Ryan Carruthers Ibrahim Nagheeb Chris Blunden Lewis Collins George Mitchell-Gears Luke Beckwith Ethan Mooney Elgenly Daalberg Dan Weeks Sean Walsh Luke Durnin Kai Stonnell Scott McGleish James Collins

SSML 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0

PDC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FA Cup 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1

FA Vase 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1

HSC 0 0 0 0

FA Cup 1 0 1 1

FA Vase 0 0 0 0

Total 4 2 1 1

GOALSCORERS Player Chris Blunden Alvin Kyeremeh George Mitchell-Gears Luke Durnin

SSML 3 2 0 0

PDC 0 0 0 0

CC 0 0 0 0

MATCH SPONSOR

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TODAY’S MATCH SPONSOR

Stephen Hale FORTHCOMING MATCHES AT THE LORDS BUILDERS MERCHANTS STADIUM Competition Opponents

Day

Kick Off

Date

Team

25-Aug

SCYFL Friendly

Totternhoe Res

Thursday

19:45

01-Sep

SCYFL FA Y Cup

Langley

Thursday

19:45

10-Sep

SSML

PDC

London Colney

Saturday

15:00

13-Sep

SSML

Premier

Ardley Utd

Tuesday

19:45

22-Sep

SCYFL Corinthian

Crawley Green

Thursday

19:45

Leverstock Green FC History & Honours FA Cup Results F.A. CUP 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

2018-19

2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23

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ENFIELD TOWN ENFIELD TOWN ETON MANOR BARKINGSIDE BARKINGSIDE STANWAY ROVERS BEACONSFIELD S Y C O B STOTFOLD HULLBRIDGE SPORTS BURNHAM RAMBLERS ENFIELD TOWN HAREFIELD UNITED BIGGLESWADE UNITED OXHEY JETS HILLINGDON BOROUGH NEWPORT PAGNELL TOWN HAREFIELD UNITED BIGGLESWADE UNITED STAINES TOWN TRING ATHLETIC LONDON COLNEY EDGWARE TOWN EDGWARE TOWN AYLESBURY UNITED AYLESBURY UNITED SOUTHALL HARPENDEN TOWN HADLEY HADLEY DORKING WANDERERS ARDLEY UNITED ARDLEY UNITED WEMBLEY BURNHAM STANWAY ROVERS HALSTEAD TOWN

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SCYFL U18 Corinthian Division Results and Fixtures

Date 15-Aug 01-Sep 08-Sep 15-Sep 22-Sep 29-Sep 06-Oct 13-Oct 20-Oct 24-Oct 03-Nov 10-Nov 17-Nov 24-Nov 01-Dec 08-Dec 15-Dec 05-Jan 12-Jan 19-Jan 26-Jan 02-Feb 09-Feb 16-Feb 23-Feb

FAY FAY SCYFL FAY SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL SCYFL

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Berkhamsted Langley Berkhamsted

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Home Away Home Away Home Away Away Home Away Home Home Away Home Away Home Away Home Home Away Home Away

Crawley Green Harpenden Town Kings Langley Dunstable Town Leighton Town Luton Town Cedars Oxhey Jets Colney Heath Aylesbury Vale Dynamos AFC Dunstable Berkhamsted Crawley Green Harpenden Town Kings Langley Dunstable Town Leighton Town Luton Town Cedars Oxhey Jets Colney Heath Aylesbury Vale Dynamos AFC Dunstable

Goalscorers Hobbs, Roberts, Won Payne

SCYFL U18 Corinthian Division Appearances & Goalscorers

APPEARANCES Liam Fortune Billy Hoar Daniel Payne Bilal Mohammed Charlie Hobbs Reece Marchant Finn McLean Ellis Webb Kai Sullivan Archie Roberts Edward Thackeray Callum Moore Tom Rutherford Jack Nicholl Archie Wood Lenny Hopwood Callum Maloney

League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Merton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

League 0 0 0

Merton 0 0 0

League Cup 0 0 0

HFA U18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FAY Cup 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Total 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

HFA U18 0 0 0

FAY Cup 1 1 1

Total 1 1 1

GOALSCORERS Daniel Payne Archie Roberts Charlie Hobbs

SCYFL U18 Corinthian Division Results & League Table Week commencing 15th August 2022 FA Youth Cup Extra Preliminary Round AFC Dunstable

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Baldock Town

1

0

3

Dunstable Town

5

Baldock Town on penalties March Town United

Kettering Town

5

Ampthill Town

1

Potters Bar Town

4

Aveley

5

Berkhamsted

2

Leverstock Green

3

2

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AFC Dunstable Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Berkhamsted Crawley Green Harpenden Kings Langley Colney Heath Oxhey Jets Leverstock Green Luton Town Cedars Leighton Town Dunstable Town

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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SCYFL U18 Fixtures Week commencing 29th August 2022 FA Youth Cup Preliminary Round Histon Leighton Town Kempston Rovers Stotfold Raunds Town Dunstable Town St Ives Town Crawley Green Cockfosters Colney Heath Heybridge Swifts Welwyn Garden City New Salamis Hertford Town West Essex Takeley Enfield Borough St Margaretsbury CB Hounslow United Hilltop Burnham Leverstock Green Brook House Kings Langley Oxford City NEMEAN DIVISION Shefford Town & Campton Ampthill Town

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Letchworth Gdn City Eag Newport Pagnell Town Milton Keynes Irish St Neots Town Harpenden Town Rothwell Corinthians Buckingham Athletic Baldock Town Barking FC Clacton Haringey Borough Stanway Rovers Woodford Town Sawbridgeworth Town Great Wakering Rovers Waltham Abbey Billericay Town Buckhurst Hill Edgware Town Wembley Hayes & Yeading United Langley Hanwell Town Holmer Green Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

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Winslow United Bedford Town

EJA Peter Peters Cup Final Wednesday 11th May vs. Welwyn Garden City The Under-15s ended their season with a deserved trophy as they lifted the EJA Peter Peters Cup on Wednesday night.

The Leverstock side earned the trophy with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Welwyn Garden City U15 in Wednesday night’s final played at Ware F.C. There were early chances for the Green side, with Joe Sadler’s free kick bringing a great save out of the WGC keeper on 12 minutes, and Shay Kelly heading over the bar from the resulting corner. In the 16th minute Lucas Georgiou set up a chance for Josh Weidner, but he shot wide.

The goal came in the 30th minute, as Georgiou got on the end of a free kick with a looping header that came down off the bar. A defender tried to clear off the line but the linesman flagged to indicate that the ball had crossed the line.

There was almost a second goal five minutes into the second half when Sadler hit a fierce shot from distance, which the keeper did well to tip over the bar. However, over the last half-hour of the game the long season started to take its toll on the Leverstock side, as they looked out on their feet. The side had to dig very deep under constant pressure from the Welwyn side, which had a couple of agonising near misses. Green keeper Freddie Burroughs was very impressive, often having to come off his line to thwart breakaways from the Welwyn side.

A long period of stoppage time saw several Leverstock players go down suffering with cramp, but they held out until the end to claim a well-deserved trophy at the end of a season where they were just piped by Berkhamsted to the U15 Brown Division title.

EJA U16 Brown Division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Team Barton Rovers U16 Berkhamsted FC Youth U16 EJA Colney Heath Youth U16 EJA Harpenden Town U16 EJA Hemel Hempstead Town Youth U16 Hertford Town U16 Leighton Town Youth U16 (EJA) Leverstock Green U16 Ware FC Academy U16 EJA

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W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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VICE PRESIDENTS CLUB 2022-23 Leverstock Green Football Club would like to thank the Vice Presidents for their help and assistance pledged for last season.

Colin Bull, Peter Dennis, Jim Doble, Peter Frasier, Roger Stokes As in previous seasons the donations made by our Vice Presidents have assisted us in providing many improvements.

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.

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