Leverstock Green finished the season with a 3-0 home defeat to already-crowned champions Leighton Town, but held onto their 7th place in the league thanks to Biggleswade United also losing. It was a game that never caught fire and for the most part looked like an end-of-season affair, and all three goals were rather softly conceded.

Leverstock had the better of a quiet open half-hour, winning several corners, but apart from a near scramble caused by a corner in the 15th minute, little came of them. In the 26th minute Elginey Daalberg made a good run and put over a cross which George Mitchell-Gears tried to hook over his head, but the effort went wide. In the 30th minute Mitchell-Gears won the ball off Ben Spaul and was set to run through until being brought down by Spaul, who only received a yellow card when a red could have been a possibility.

Two minutes before the half looked like drifting towards a goalless conclusion, Leighton scored when Lewis Toomey got on the end of a Kyle Connolly free kick with a header that should have been stopped, but found its way into the net.

The second half was equally uninspiring, and Leighton added a second goal in the 65th minute. The Green defence was undone by a single ball down the middle as a flick-on put Archie McClelland clean through to slot past Austin Byfield.

Leverstock’s best chance of the game came in the 82nd minute when a pass from Ryan Carruthers put Ibrahim Nagheeb through on goal, but keeper Xavi Comas produced a great save to turn Nagheeb’s shot round the post. Leighton’s top scorer Leon Lobjoit came off the bench towards the end of the game, and was denied firstly by the post, and then by a great save from Byfield, but in stoppage time he connected with a Connolly corner to head home a third Leighton goal.

Leverstock Green (0) 0
1. Austin Byfield, 2. Alvin Kyeremeh (15. Raheem Khan 78 mins), 3. Rio Beach, 4. Luke Durnin, 18. Bobby Armstrong (17. Dan Weeks 62 mins), 6. Ibrahim Nagheeb, 7. Elgeniy Daalberg, 8. Dan Pett, 9. Chris Blunden (12. Ryan Carruthers 74 mins), 10. George Mitchell-Gears (14. Toby Head 67 mins), 11. Ethan Mooney. Sub not used: 16. Ayomide Oke.
Leighton Town (1) 3 (Toomey 43, McClelland 65, Lobjoit 90+2)
1. Xavi Comas, 2. Gary Connolly, 3. Kyle Connolly, 4. Manny Folarin, 5. Ethan Flanagan (15. Josh Hatton 66 mins), 6. Luke Pyman, 7. James Towell, 8. Ben Spaul, 9. Archie McClelland (17. Arel Amu 78 mins), 10. Lewis Toomey (14. Leon Lobjoit 70 mins), 11. Kwai Marsh-Brown (12. Reece Robins H/T). Sub not used: 16. Harry Seabrook.

Leverstock Green had won their last two league games, but failed to follow that up on Easter Monday as they fell to a tame home defeat to Tring Athletic. Heavy rain throughout the night and the morning had left the pitch wet, and together with the increasing wind it didn’t make for the easiest conditions, but the Green side showed disappointingly little threat against their Dacorum neighbours.

Tring had the better chances of a quiet first half. In the 7th minute a mix-up at the back allowed Godlove Oppong to get round Austin Byfield, but his shot was deflected wide. Former Leverstock player Giuseppe Delgaudio hit a shot from distance in the 15th minute but it was fielded by Byfield. Four minutes later Leo Farruch found space in the box but his shot was cleared off the line.

Leverstock didn’t get a shot on target until the 24th minute but it was turned round the post by the keeper. In first half stoppage time Tring went close again when Oppong hit a rasping shot, but Byfield pulled off a great save to turn it around.

Leverstock’s best chance of the match came in the 60th minute. A corner was headed down to Chris Blunden, who connected with a shot on the turn, but it drifted just over the bar. The second half was genderally proving just as quiet as the first until the 67th minute, when Delgaudio hit a low shot from the edge of the box out of Byfield’s reach into the corner of the net to put Tring 1-0 up.

A good move in the 70th minute set up Ryan Carruthers for a shot from the edge of the box, which went just over the bar. A minute later Tring were threatening at the other end again, and a cross from Jack Harvey found Farruch with a free header to double Tring’s lead.

The match somewhat petered out after that, with Tring happy to sit on their lead and Leverstock unable to create any kind of chance. Leverstock have work to do from their remaining three matches if they are to secure a top ten finish.

Leverstock Green (0) 0
1. Austin Byfield, 2. Rio Beach, 3. Kurainashe Musanhi, 4. Dan Weeks, 18. Bobby ARmstrong, 6. Ryan Carruthers (19. Luke Durnin 71 mins), 7. Elgeniy Daalberg (12. Lewis Collins 60 mins), 8. Dan Pett, 9. Chris Blunden, 10. Ibrahim Nagheeb (15. George Mitchell-Gears 50 mins), 11. Richard Ennin. Subs not used: 14. Alfie Herd, 16. Ayomide Oke.
Tring Athletic (0) 2 (Delgaudio 67, Farruch 71)
1. Eric Negaru, 2. Eli Hearn, 3. Adam Sawyer, 4. Greg Deer, 7. Godlove Oppong (15. Callum Shortt 82 mins), 8. Jack Harvey, 9. Guiseppe Delgaudio, 12. Harrison Cornick, 14. George Carbery, 17. Leo Farruch, 18. Luke Peerless (11. Harry Shepherd 84 mins). Subs not used: 6. Leonard Armstrong, 10. Harrison Mead, 16. Liam Mann.