Match Report

Leverstock Green added another crucial three points to their total with an impressive win over bottom side AFC Dunstable in Tuesday night’s Southern League Division One Central fixture.

An early goal was vital for the Leverstock side to settle their nerves, and it took just six minutes for them to open the scoring, as Iker Noguera Leon had a shooting chance on the edge of the box and hit a low shot out of the reach of keeper Noah Vaughan into the corner of the net. The second goal was not long arriving, as George Mitchell-Gears fired home a half-volley from just inside the box to notch the first goal of his current spell at the club.

There could have been a third in the 23rd minute as a neat passing move put Leon through on goal, but Vaughan got a hand to his shot to tip it round the post. Five minutes later Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica made a run into the box but his shot from a narrow angle was kept out by Vaughan’s legs. Leon had another shooting chance in the 38th minute but hit it straight at Vaughan.

The young AFC Dunstable side came more into the game in the last ten minutes of the half, and a foul from Olusegun Adedipe gave them a free kick just outside the box, but the shot was saved by Ashton Broome-Alexander.

Leverstock struggled to make any further ground early in the second half, and Broome-Alexander had to make another good save in the 59th minute to keep out a shot from a narrow angle. A double substitution on the hour saw Jack Allen and Luke Beckwith introduced, and added some pep to the Leverstock side.

Broome-Alexander made another crucial save in the 68th minute to punch away a dangerous cross, and within a minute Leverstock had their third goal. Allen hit a shot from the edge of the box which took a deflection off a defender and looped up over Vaughan’s head into the net as the big striker scored his first goal for the club.

Leverstock were playing with more freedom now, and top scorer Jeffrey Sekyere added his name to the scoresheet in the 78th minute, cutting in from the left on a solo run before drilling home a low shot from a narrow angle. There was more to come in the first minute of stoppage time as Allen went on a solo run into the box before firing home his second of the night and completing Leverstock’s biggest ever win in the Southern League.

Leverstock Green (2) 5 (Leon 6, Mitchell-Gears 11, Allen 69, 90+1, Sekyere 78)
1. Ashton Broome-Alexander, 2. Kombe Kawimbe, 3. Rio Beach, 4. Dan Pett, 6. Ryan Carruthers (15. Nat Connolly 65 mins), 7. Iker Noguera Leon (18. Jack Allen 61 mins), 8. Carmicheal Uchenna, 9. Jeffrey Sekyere, 10. George Mitchell-Gears (16. Marcus Warren 70 mins), 11. Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica (12. Luke Beckwith 61 mins). Sub not used: 14. Dan Casey.
AFC Dunstable (0) 0
1. Noah Vaughan, 2. Aaron Addy (12. Tyrelle Joseph 80 mins), 3. Wallace Clark, 4. James Doherty, 5. Mohibur Rahman, 6.Jamie De Beer, 7. Alfie Carrington (12. Jeffery Yeboah H/T), 8. Jeremy Amissah (14. Benjamin Burt 51 mins), 9. Shea Greene, 11. Cyril Mensah (17. Christopher Carter 69 mins), 15. Jake Cowley (16. Jude Slough 89 mins).