Leverstock Green FC Programme vs Stansted

Welcome to Leverstock Green FC

Today we welcome Stansted Players, Officials and Supporters to the LORDS Builders Merchants Stadium

For the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division match. We hope you have an enjoyable afternoon with us.

We also welcome our match officials Referee Ben Compton and his assistant’s Frank Van de Wens and Lyn McGregor.

You are all welcome to use the clubs bar and tea bar before, halftime and after today’s game. You will be well look after by Sue and Michelle and our catering staff, Ioana and Nigel. We also have an outside bar which is a bottle and card only bar.

On the gate Tony, Keith and Steve 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 today is Garry Harvey from The Training Centre, we thank Garry for sponsoring today’s league game.

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

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

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

Fixtures, results, and league tables are shown within the programme or visit our web site http://levgreenfc.co.uk

Thank you for your co-operation.

Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division

LEVERSTOCK GREEN STANSTED

White/Green Shirts, Green Shorts & Socks

Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts & Socks

AUSTIN BYFIELD (GK)

RIO BEACH

BRADLEY ROBISNON

DAN WEEKS

MICKEY HAVILL-TIERNEY

RYAN CARRUTHERS

OCASR MARTIN

LUKE DURNIN

GEORGE MITCHELL-GEARS

LUKE BECKWITH

JOE SADLER

CHRIS BLUNDEN

NAT CONNOLLY

CHARLIE ADAMS

JACOB BARLOW

FREDDIE BURRELL

CABHAN CLARKE

JOHN CLARKE

CARL CONWAY

STANLEY GURNEY

MICHAEL MIGNOT

TOM MILLETT

JACK MITCHELL

CHARLIE TURNER

TOM MASSEY

BILLY GANNON

DAN PETT THOMAS MASSEY

RYAN HENNESSEY

BOBBY ARMSTRONG

RADU-MIHAL STEFANOAICA

DANNY MAY

THOMAS RUTHERFORD

Manager: Fergus Moore

Assistant: Scott McGleish

Coach: Darren Bonfield

Coach: Ross Bargent

Physio: Cam Gaffeny

LOUIS MONK

HARRISON CROWTHER

THANDO MOYO

FINLEY GREGORY

GEORGE HAMILL

Manager: Paul Pittuck

Manager: John Watters

Coach: Neil Tillotson

Coach: Dave Limber

Physio : Lisa Mills

Referee: Ben Compton

Referee Assistants: Frank Van de Wens & Lyn McGregor

Home Games at the Lords

Builders Merchants Stadium

Leverstock Green are delighted to announce LORDS BUILDERS MERCHANTS will continue their club sponsorship into the 2023/24 season.

LORDS will be the club’s MAIN SPONSOR which includes the ground naming rights LORDS BUILDERS MERCHANTS STADIUM.

LORDS sponsorship will encompass branding all the First Team and Under 18 Playing Kits and the club Polo Shirts, Hoodies and Managers’ clothing. They will provide material to support projects undertaken by the club that will improve facilities for Players and Spectators.

Additional Pitch-side banners will be used to promote our Main Sponsor.

In addition, CONDELL BUILDING SUPPLIES are sponsoring our new Development team playing in the Herts Senior County League.

CONDELL sponsorship will encompass branding all the Development Team Playing Kit and Polo Shirts, Hoodies and Managers’ clothing.

Jamie Herd, Managing Director, Lords Group Trading, Merchanting Division:

“We are delighted to continue Lords’ relationship with Leverstock Green FC next season. It’s a fantastic local club, which we are proud to support, and watch thrive”.

Emma Smart, Leverstock Green FC Chairman:

“We are extremely happy that Lords have continu ed their sponsorship into the 23/24 season. Lords are a great company to work alongside, and we can’t wait to enter another season with them by our side. We cannot thank them all enough for their continued support and the relationships we are building. We look forward to seeing you all again next season. We also welcome Condell Building Supplies to our club.”

Leverstock Green FC

Club Information

Officers

President – Jamie Herd

Chairman – Emma Smart

Vice Chairman – Tony Smart

General Club Secretary – Dean Bradford

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 1st Team & Development - Alan Lee

Match Day Secretary SCFYL Under 18 – Alan Lee

Membership: Dean Bradford

Clubhouse Manager – Tony Smart

Club Welfare Officer/Charter Standard – Scott Isaacs

Functions & Sponsorship – Gemma Williams

Media Officer/Website – Alan Lee

Photographer/Facebook – Stephan Fletcher

Programme Editor – Tony Smart

Veo – Garry Harvey

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.

Patrick Kelly Branch Manager watfordsales@lordsbm.co.uk

Stansted History

Records show that the club goes back as far as 1902 and although success has mainly been confined to the League and Cups, our club name still stands proudly in the FA Handbook as winners of the FA Vase when in the1983-84 season the players and fans made the trip to Wembley and in front of a crowd of 8,500 beat Stamford 3-2, a memorable occasion where the memories of a great day are portrayed in the Club Committee Room. There was however a period of dark days when in 2012-13 the future of the club looked bleak where lack of leadership at the helm of the club led to a situation whereby outstanding debts meant there could have been a distinct possibility of the club folding. However, a new committee of fresh faces was found and under the stewardship of Glyn Warwick the club managed to see off the threats of the bailiffs knocking at the club door. The new motivated Committee members were able to put plans in place, and over several years has attracted both new sponsors and supporters to the club, thus ensuring a brighter future.

At the end of 2018 – 19 season many Stansted followers (The Airport Army) were reflecting on what had been the most successful club season we have had for many years. To be able to display not just one trophy, but three because as well as collecting the League cup and the Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy we also received the Shield for our Second-place finish in the League. The club were not considered by many to be in contention for any honours after the experience of the previous season when the club won a late reprieve from the FA and avoided relegation to step 6 status. That made the success even more remarkable and was great testament to the hard work put in by the whole coaching staff and players.

With the Essex Senior League now in its 53rd season of competition we are proud to still be able to promote the club as being one of the Leagues founder members, although prior to the success of2018 - 19 season our only other honours were a League Title in 2009-10 and two League Challenge Cup wins in 1983-84 & 2010-11, therefore the club are now hoping to build on these latest achievements.

2020-21 season saw the introduction of 3 junior teams at different age groups competing for us, which we hope will kick start the clubs long term plan of having a pathway through to Senior Football.

Further evidence of that was the introduction of Over 45’s Veterans Football which introduced an avenue for those ex-players who thought their playing days were over and in season 202021 gained promotion to compete in the Premier Division of the Essex Veterans League in 2021-22. Operating a football club at this level in the FA pyramid is extremely challenging. What with financial burdens, player expectations and the need to compete with other major sports organisations in our geographical area, therefore great emphasis is placed on all the volunteers associated with the club.

We now embark on a new challenge for our first season in the Spartan South Midland Football League hoping we give a good account of ourselves in 2023/24.

First Team Results & Fixtures

First Team Appearances & Goal

Alan Lee Reporting

Leverstock Green 5 White Ensign 3

It was an Emirates FA Cup classic at the Lords Builders Merchants Stadium as Leverstock Green FC scored two late goals to win an eight-goal thriller against Essex Senior League side White Ensign. Leverstock’s strike partnership of Chris Blunden and Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica were in top form, scoring all five goals between them in this Extra Preliminary Round tie.

With regular keeper Austin Byfield still away and backup keeper Loris Marcimain unavailable, Fergus Moore drafted in former Edgware Town keeper Greg Marsh. The visitors were the first to go close with only a minute played as Robbie Farrell struck the post with a shot from the edge of the box. In the 13th minute White Ensign thought they had a penalty when Marsh appeared to bring down Farrell just inside the box, but after consulting his assistant, the referee awarded a free kick just outside the box, which was defended well.

White Ensign had been the better side for the opening 15 minutes, but Leverstock Green FC opened the scoring in the 16th minute with their first real attack of the game. A defensive slip allowed Stefanoaica to run clear down the right and square the ball for Blunden to shoot home from the edge of the six-yard box. Four minutes later the lead was doubled. Nat Connolly curled in a free kick from the left edge of the penalty area, which was headed away, but only as far as Stefanoaica, who took a couple of touches before blasting a shot which flew into the net despite the efforts of defender Ben Sargent to clear it off the line.

The visitors had a chance to pull a goal back in the 28th minute as Farrell was through on goal, but Marsh produced a good save to turn the shot round the post. The resulting corner was not cleared, though, and a second cross was headed home at the near post by Nathan Wilson to reduce the arrears to 2-1.

There was a lengthy period of stoppage time at the end of the half due to an injury to Ryan Carruthers requiring treatment. There was another good chance for Leverstock when a pass from Blunden put Stefanoaica through, but Ensign keeper Harry Fairs saved well, and Carruthers headed wide from the result ing corner. At the other end Marsh saved a diving header from Archie McFadden. In the 7th minute of stoppage time Rio Beach produced a bit of magic, going on a dazzling run into the box before pulling the ball back for Blunden to shoot home his second and send Leverstock Green FC into the break with a 3-1 lead.

The game was still very much in the balance, though. Ensign brought on substitute Billy Bonham-Dare at half time, and three minutes into the half Bonham-Dare received the ball with his back to goal before turning and shooting past Marsh to pull it back to 3 -2.

Stefanoaica showed his pace again in the 58th minute, going on another run at goal but being denied by Fairs. On 71 minutes Stefanoaica got in behind the last defender and headed for goal again, this time squaring for Luke Beckwith, whose shot brought a great save out of Fairs.

Going into the last ten minutes Leverstock still held their slender lead, but it was back all square at 3-3 in the 81st minute as Robbie Allen ran into the box and beat Marsh at his near post with a shot from a narrow angle. That left Leverstock facing the prospect of a Wednesday night trip to Great Wakering, but there were still more goals to come. In the 86th minute Leverstock launched a quick counterattack. A pass from George MitchellGears gave Stefanoaica another run at goal, and his square pass across the six-yard box found Blunden, who controlled it and shot home to complete his hat-trick and put Leverstock Green FC back in front.

The visitors had to throw caution to the wind in search of an equaliser, which left them vulnerable to a quick break, and that is what happened in the third minute of stoppage time. A pass from Mikey Havill-Tierney put Stefanoaica through again, and this time he went alone, sidestepping Fairs to seal the tie with his second and Leverstock’s fifth goal.

Despite Blunden’s hat-trick, it was Stefanoaica’s two goals and two assists that earned him a man of the match nomination. There was also a notable moment in stoppage time as Joe Sadler came off the bench to make his FA Cup debut at the age of 16. Leverstock Green FC will now travel to Isthmian League North Division side Walthamstow in the Preliminary Round in two weeks’ time.

Leverstock Green FC (3) 5 (Blunden 16. 45+7, 86, Stefanoaica 20, 90+3)

1. Greg Marsh, 2. Mikey Havill-Tierney (15. Brad Robinson 90+6 mins), 3. Rio Beach, 4. Callum Neal, 5. Dan Weeks, 6. Ryan Carruthers, 7. Luke Beckwith (12. George MitchellGears 78 mins), 8. Dan Pett, 9. Chris Blunden, 10. Nat Connolly (16. Joe Sadler 90+4 mins), 11. Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica. Subs not used: 14. Ryan Hennessy, 17. Danny May, GK. Darren Bonfield.

Leverstock Green Development.

Leverstock Green Development travelled to reigning league champions Bush Hill Rangers for their opening game in the Herts Senior County League Premier Division and were beaten 5-1.

Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Table 8th August 2023

Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Results

Spartan South Midlands Premier Division Fixtures

Saturday 12th August

PREM Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Biggleswade United

PREM Baldock Town Tring Athletic

PREM Cockfosters Real Bedford

PREM Colney Heath Arlesey Town

PREM Crawley Green Sawbridgeworth Town

PREM Leverstock Green Stansted

PREM Milton Keynes Irish FC Romania

PREM Potton United London Lions

PREM Shefford Town & Campton Harpenden Town

PREM St Panteleimon Dunstable Town

Tuesday 15th August

PREM Arlesey Town Potton United

PREM Biggleswade United Dunstable Town

PREM Cockfosters Stansted

PREM Crawley Green Shefford Town & Campton

PREM Milton Keynes Irish Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

PREM Real Bedford Baldock Town

PREM Sawbridgeworth Town St Panteleimon

PREM Tring Athletic Colney Heath

Wednesday 16th August

PREM FC Romania Leverstock Green

PREM London Lions Harpenden Town

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St Panteleimon 0 Leverstock Green 2

For the third straight season Leverstock Green opened their Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division campaign with a win and a clean sheet. A penalty from Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica and a goal from skipper Dan Pett had Leverstock 2-0 ahead at half time, and they held their lead throughout a second half in which home side St Panteleimon were reduced to ten men.

The four games between these two sides last season were all tight affairs, and again there was little to choose between the sides this evening. The opening 20 minutes of the game produced little in the way of attempts at goal from either side. St Panteleimon had a strong spell midway through the half. On 24 minutes they had a free kick in a dangerous position just outside the box, but the wall did its job and blocked the kick. A minute later Green keeper Loris Marcimain produced a sharp save to keep out a shot at his near post. Soon after a shooting opportunity opened up for George Androutsos, but his shot went over the bar.

Having weathered a few minutes of pressure, it was Leverstock who went on to score the game’s opening goal. In the 35th minute Stefanoaica showed his pace as he ran with the ball from near the halfway line into the penalty area. Before he could shoot, Stefanoaica was brought down by a tackle from Renzo Alves, and the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Stefanoaica took the spot kick himself, and although keeper Gustavo Nunes got a hand to it, the ball still went in to put the Green 1-0 up.

The lead was doubled during first half stoppage time. A pass from Chris Blunden allowed Pett to run at goal, and Pett appeared to have taken it too far, but he still managed to squeeze the ball between Nunes and the post for a 2-0 half time lead.

The second half was competitive and highly watchable, but still short of chances to extend either keeper. The closest that Leverstock came to another goal was in the 59th minute when Nat Connolly’s shot from the edge of the box went just over the bar. On 66 minutes St Panteleimon were reduced to ten men when Alves was dismissed for a second yellow card.

The home side if anything looked stronger with ten men than they had with eleven, but Leverstock’s defence was in no mood to give up their clean sheet, with central defender Callum Neal having a particularly good game and being named man of the match.

Leverstock Green (2) 2 (Stefanoaica 36 pen, Pett 45+2)

1. Loris Marcimain, 2. Mikey Havill-Tierney, 3. Rio Beach, 4. Callum Neal, 5. Danny May, 6. Ryan Carruthers, 7. Lewis Collins (12. Luke Beckwith 73 mins), 8. Dan Pett (14. George Mitchell-Gears 69 mins), 9. Chris Blunden ((15. Ryan Hennessy 80 mins), 10. Nat Connolly (17. Joe Sadler 90+3 mins), 11. Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica.

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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 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.

GOLD Members Club

Tony Smart, Alan Lee, Keith Pym Colin Bull and Bill Dawes

The Gold Members Club is for those who 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.