Match Report

Leverstock Green exited the Herts Senior Cup at the quarter-final stage with a heavy defeat to a strong Hemel Hempstead Town on Tuesday night.

There were plenty of first team regulars in the Hemel side, and having already had a couple of chances they opened the scoring in the 12th minute as Oliver Hamstead put Oliver Lynch through to shoot home from the edge of the box. A second goal was added in the 20th minute as Leverstock keeper Ryan North neemed to have the ball in his hands, but Mazeed Ogungbo came in to force the ball home from close range. A foul from Kyle Connolly resulted in a Hemel penalty in the 33rd minute, which Lynch put away for his second and Hemel’s third goal of the match.

Hemel were awarded another penalty in the 53rd minute which was again converted by Lynch to complete his hat-trick, and it was 5-0 in the 62nd minute as Ethan Light came in at the far post to score with a header. Eoin McKeown added the sixth goal in the 71st minute. Leverstock had created few chances during the game, but in the 82nd minute they got a consolation goal as Marcus Warren curled home a shot from the edge of the box to score his first goal for the club.

Leverstock now have just the league to concentrate on, with 11 games to play from which they need plenty of points to save their Southern League status.

Hemel Hempstead Town (3) 6 (Lynch 12, 33 pen, 53 pen, Ogungbo 20, Light 62, McKeown 71)
1. Bradley House, 2. Oliver Hamstead, 3. Mazeed Ogungbo (17. Olatunbosun Adenola H/T), 4. Philip Chinedu, 5. Ethan Light, 6. Chris Smith, 7. Eoin McKeown, 8. Giovanni McGregor (15. Matthew Achuba 73 mins), 9. Oliver Lynch (12. George Williams 56 mins), 10. Millar Mathews-Lewis, 11. Kai Omoko Brosnan. Subs not used: 14. Brandon Barzey, 16. Kyran Wiltshire.
Leverstock Green (0) 1 (Warren 82)
1. Ryan North, 2. Callum Neal (14. Lucas Georgiou 69 mins), 3. Kyle Connolly, 4. Josh Dooley, 5. Gary Connolly, 6. Ryan Carruthers, 7. Ademide Baruwa, 8. Dan Pett, 9. Guiseppe Delgaudio (15. Rawn Seale 65 mins), 10. Nat Connolly (17. Marcus Warren 50 mins), 11. Luke Beckwith (12. Lewis Collins 60 mins). Sub not used: 16. Dan Weeks.