Match Report

Leverstock Green opened their league season with a defeat as they went down 3-1 at Aylesbury Vale Dynamos on Tuesday night. It was mostly an evenly-contested game, but the home side proved more clinical in their finishing.

Sidney Gueye had the game’s first chance in the 5th minute for Leverstock, but his shot from the edge of the box went just wide. Matt Fallon was forced into a save in the 11th minute, and two minutes later produced a double save as Leverstock struggled to clear a corner.

Luke Peerless got on the end of a free kick in the 15th minute, but his header was comfortably saved by home keeper Archie Davis, and Davis gathered again in the 29th minute when Micky Shuttlewood dived in to meet a free kick with a header. Seconds later the ball was at the other end, and a shot from Lamar Mason-Williams took a deflection off a defender which took it just out of Fallon’s reach and into the corner of the net to give Aylesbury a 1-0 lead.

The second half proved a similar story, as Leverstock had another chance in the 47th minute with Guiseppe Delgaudio getting on the end of a free kick, but again it was saved by Davis. Three minutes later the home side doubled their lead, and it was unfortunate for Jamie Ovington, as his attempted clearance cannoned off of Daniel Lambeth, who then won the race for the rebound and was clean through to slot home the second goal.

In the 59th minute Davis pulled off his best save of the night to tip over a close-range shot from Shuttlewood that looked certain to put Leverstock back in the game.

A third goal for Aylesbury six minutes from time sealed the match, as Leverstock were caught short at the back after a mistake, leaving Alfie Gaspar all alone to slot home from the edge of the box.

There was a brief glimmer of hope in the 87th minute when Leverstock pulled a goal back. Shuttlewood won a challenge with Davis in the box, and as the ball came down, he hooked it over the keeper into the net. Aylesbury were reduced to ten men in stoppage time when Dave Brown was shown a straight red card for a two-footed tackle on Elgeniy Daalberg, but there was no time left for Leverstock to take advantage.

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos (1) 3 (Mason-Williams 29, Lambeth 50, Gaspar 84)
Team: 1. Archie Davis, 2. Joshua Adjei, 3. Jake Baldwin, 4. Dave Brown, 6. Ben Gill, 7. Lamar Mason-Williams, 8. Alfi Touceda, 9. Daniel Lambeth (12. Kevin Owusu 90 mins), 10. Darnell Ramsey (14. Alfie Gaspar 61 mins), 11. Charlie Jackson (16. Schradhac Divova 87 mins), 18. Alex McGowen.
Subs not used: 15. Dan Wilson, 17. Edward Gyamfi.

Leverstock Green (0) 1 (Shuttlewood 87)
Team: 1. Matt Fallon, 2. Brima Johnson, 3. Dan Weeks, 4. Jamie Ovington, 5. Mickey Shuttlewood, 6. Jack Stevens (12. Frank Jowle 39 mins), 7. James Hall, 8. Luke Peerless, 9. Sidney Gueye (17. Elgeniy Daalberg 60 mins), 10. John Smith, 11. Guiseppe Delgaudio (15. Adiel Mannion 51 mins).
Subs not used: 14. Kian Wilkes, 16. Gary Wallace.