Leverstock Green F.C.
Pancake Lane,
Leverstock Green,
Hemel Hempstead,
Herts.
HP2 4NQ
The Under-18s completed a league double over Letchworth Garden City Eagles with a 4-2 win in Thursday night’s SCFYL Delphian Division game. George Eldridge scored a hat-trick with Oscar Martin adding the other goal.
Thomas Morrell
Ryan Barry
Alfie Hart
Archie Baker
Oscar Martin ⚽
Freddie Turner
Josh Weidner
Shae Robinson
Kuba Tinriover
Luca Crofts
George Eldridge ⚽⚽⚽
Neo Mitchell 🟢
Sonny Latham-Gough 🟢
Luke Dunton 🟢
Matthew Brett 🟢
4 vs 2 
Letchworth Garden City EaglesLeverstock Green notched a second straight win and clean sheet as they overcame neighbours Berkhamsted in the first round of the Herts Senior Cup on Tuesday night. A second half header from Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica was enough to seal a well-deserved and hard-fought win for the Leverstock side, who now face a home tie against Stevenage in the second round.
The first half saw the visitors have the majority of the pressure, although they only had one clear-cut chance, in the 31st minute when a cross found Leverstock legend Jonathan Lacey at the far post, but Lacey’s header went across goal and wide. Leverstock should have taken the lead two minutes before the break. Callum Neal was through on goal, and squared to set up a chance for Rawn Seale, whose shot was saved by Berko keeper Matthew Burch, although Seale and the supporters behind the goal were convinced that the ball had crossed the line before Burch pulled it back. The goal was not given, and Leverstock manager Fergus Moore was sent off for his protests.
In the opening minute of the second half Lacey had another chance, but Alfie Bonfield pulled off a tremendous save to tip his shot over the bar. There was another moment of controversy in the 73rd minute when Eyituoyo Akinbulumo got his head to a cross to seemingly put Leverstock in the lead, but the goal was then disallowed for a foul on Burch.
However, five minutes later Leverstock had the ball in the net again and this time it counted. Rio Beach went on a run down the left and delivered a superb cross which found the unmarked Stefanoaica at the far post with a perfectly-placed header past Burch to finally put Leverstock 1-0 up.
That proved to be enough as the Leverstock defence remained as solid as it had been throughout the game. Both centre-backs Gary Connolly and Akinbulumo were outstanding, but the latter just got the nod as man-of-the-match for his performance.
Leverstock Green (0) 1 (Stefanoaica 78)
1. Alfie Bonfield, 2. Callum Neal (14. Isaiah Hilaire 63 mins), 3. Rio Beach, 5. Gary Connolly, 18. Eyituoyo Akinbulumo, 6. Ryan Carruthers, 7. Ethan Mooney (17. Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica 57 mins), 8. Ademide Baruwa, 9. Rawn Seale, 10. Nat Connolly, 11. Luke Beckwith (12. Lewis Collins 82 mins). Subs not used: 16. Tyrone Kumi, 4. Dan Weeks.
Berkhamsted (0) 0
1. Matthew Burch, 2. Jack Tompkins (12. Roger James 63 mins), 3. Ben Walster, 4. Ross Oulton, 5. Lewis Thorpe, 6. Jordon Frederick, 7. Jonathan Lacey (16. Louie Collier 73 mins), 8. Connor Toomey (14. Kye Tearle 69 mins), 9. BJ Christie, 10. Luke Andrews (17. Josh Chamberlain 73 mins), 11. Tom Newman (15. Simeon Olarerin 63 mins).
1 vs 0 
BerkhamstedLeverstock Green finally have their first win in the Southern League on the board, and they did it in style against a mid-table AFC Dunstable side at the Lords Builders Merchants Stadium on Saturday.
Top scorer Guiseppe Delgaudio was still out injured after picking up a knock last week, but Rawn Seale returned from suspension to take up the number nine shirt, and got Leverstock off to a great start. In the 5th minute of the game a cross from Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica was spilled by goalkeeper Seb Stacey under pressure from Ethan Mooney, and Seale pounced to shoot home the loose ball and put Leverstock 1-0 up.
The visitors had little to offer in the first half other than a couple of shots well over the bar, and Leverstock had two great opportunities to extend their lead in the closing minutes of the half. In the 38th minute Mooney put the ball across goal to find Seale coming in at the far post, but he scooped his shot over the bar from close range. Three minutes later Stefanoaica went on a run from his own half into the AFC penalty area. Stacey got a touch on the ball to knock it off of Stefanoaica’s toe, but he got the ball back, only for his shot at goal to be cleared off the line by a defender.
AFC made a triple substitution at half time in an attempt to turn their fortunes around, but it was Leverstock that continued to impress. In the 55th minute they added a second goal on the break. Seale got up on the halfway line to nod the ball into the path of Stefanoaica, who was onside and clean through. It looked as though Stefanoaica might have run the ball too far forward as he approached the penalty area, but he got to it before Stacey and slotted it under the keeper to make it 2-0.
Things got even better five minutes later. A pass from Stefanoaica gave Nat Connolly a run at goal, and Connolly squared the ball to Seale, who tried to work a shooting position but in the end deferred to Mooney, who was running in at the perfect angle to shoot into the top corner and make it 3-0 to Leverstock.
It should have been four in the 67th minute when Stefanoaica was brought down in the box by a clumsy challenge from Kwadwo Bugyei-Kyei for a Leverstock penalty, but Stefanoaica’s spot kick was saved by Stacey. The visitors went close to pulling a goal back in the 68th minute when Enrico Greco was through on goal, but his shot hit the post. In the 87th minute a great pass from Stefanoaica put Luke Beckwith through on goal, but Stacey tipped his shot over the bar. However, four minutes into stoppage time a pass from Lewis Collins put Beckwith into another one-on-one situation with Stacey, and this time he slotted it past the keeper to score his first goal of the season and complete a superb 4-0 win for the Leverstock side.
Leverstock Green (1) 4 (Seale 5, Stefanoaica 55, Mooney 60, Beckwith 90+4)
1. Alfie Bonfield, 2. Callum Neal, 3. Rio Beach, 4. Dan Weeks, 5. Gary Connolly (18. Eyituoyo Akinbulumo 76 mins), 6. Ryan Carruthers, 7. Ethan Mooney (14. Jamie Breen 79 mins), 8. Ademide Baruwa (17. Tyrone Kumi 89 mins), 9. Rawn Seale (12. Luke Beckwith 63 mins), 10. Nat Connolly, 11. Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica (15. Lewis Collins 87 mins).
AFC Dunstable (0) 0
1. Seb Stacey, 2. Ben Lynch (16. Callum Martin H/T), 3. Khyan Frazer-Williams (14. Kwadwo Bugyei-Kyei H/T), 4. Kyle Lynch, 5. Stanley Georgiou, 6. Archie Long Nicholls (18. Bruce Ovbiye-Nsang H/T), 7. George Joyce (12. Daniel Tagoe 63 mins), 8. Hayden Beadle, 9. Russell Berko (17. Andrei-Eric Frunza 63 mins), 10. Enrico Greco, 11. Kyle Brooks.
4 vs 0 
AFC DunstableThe Under-18s were knocked out of the Brian Hitchings Cup on penalties on Thursday night. The Green side led 1-0 at half time, but the game finished 2-2 after 90 minutes, and visitors Enfield Borough won the shootout 5-4.
Thomas Morrell
Matthew Brett
Alfie Hart
Archie Baker
Oscar Martin
Shae Robinson ⚽
Joe Sadler
Josh Weidner
Taylor Wilkinson-Ousby
George Eldridge ⚽
Luca Crofts
Chris McNamee 🟢
Sonny Latham-Gough 🟢
Luke Dunton 🟢
Kuba Tinriover 🟢
Leo Rumsby-Ferris
2 vs 2 
Enfield BoroughLeverstock Green Reserves exited their second cup competition on successive Saturdays, losing on penalties to Codicote’s first team in the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy. At half time the score was 1-1, with both goals coming from penalties – Connor McGinty for Leverstock and James Ewington for Codicote, and the visitors were down to ten men with Ewington having received two yellow cards. A second McGinty penalty put Leverstock 2-1 up, but yet another penalty saw Aaron Jarvis level the scores for Codicote. With the scores level at 90 minutes, the game went to penalties and Codicote won the shootout 4-2.
Thomas Morrell
Kaashan Darr
Freddie Newing 🟩
Alfie Herd
Bobby O’Flynn 🔻
Reece Marchant
Connor McGinty ⚽⚽
Tyrone Kumi 🟨
Rodger Siluba
Schilo Mateta-Kanda 🟩
Joe Dalli 🔻
Jack Evans 🟢 (for O’Flynn)
Alex Vtornicov
Filip Kastrati
Michael Adriano 🟢 (for Dalli)
2 vs 2 
CodicoteThe reserves exited the Norman Appleby Trophy at the first hurdle with a 1-0 home defeat to Cockfosters Reserves.
Harry Maloret 🔻
Alex Vtornicov 🔻
Rodger Siluba
Jack Evans
Alfie Herd
Freddie Newing 🟨
Jose Costa 🔻
Raymond John 🔻
Michael Adriano 🔻
Connor McGinty 🟨
Ronnie Brennan
Joe Dalli 🟢 (for Maloret)
Josh Weidner 🟢 (for John)
Callum Moore 🟢 (for Adriano)
Bobby O’Flynn 🟢 (for Vtornicov)
Filip Kastrati 🟢 (for Costa)
0 vs 1 
Cockfosters ReservesLeverstock Green’s run in the Isuzu FA Trophy ended as they came out on the wrong side of a seven-goal thriller in Saturday’s Second Round Qualifying tie against Barton Rovers.
Leverstock got off to a great start as they took the lead in the 5th minute. Callum Neal delivered a cross from the right touchline and Guiseppe Delgaudio got up to head the ball past visiting keeper Tyler Josephs.
There could have been further goals later in the half. In the 18th minute Eyotuoyo Akinbulumo got on the end of a corner from Jamie Breen, but didn’t get enough on his header to divert it inside the post. Three minutes later another Breen corner reached Josh Dooley at the far post but his header went back across goal and wide. Alfie Bonfield saved shots from John Shamalo and Taylor Rhiney, and as the game went into first half stoppage time Leverstock still held the lead. However, a free kick was given away in a dangerous position, and Rhiney curled a superb shot over the wall and out of the reach of Bonfield to level the scores at the break.
Within a minute of the second half starting Leverstock were back in front. Luke Beckwith flicked the ball through to Delgaudio, and he sent a lob over Josephs for a 2-1 lead. The lead was almost increased in the 50th minute as a free kick from Beckwith could only be parried away by Josephs, but a defender got to the loose ball first to clear.
However, again Leverstock couldn’t hold onto their lead. In the 54th minute Ryan Neufville played a one-two which took him into the Leverstock box, where we was felled by a challenge from Akinbulumo. The referee awarded the penalty, and Rhiney netted the spot kick for his second of the game.
In the 61st minute Barton took the lead for the first time as Alfie Warman hit a volley from the edge of the box that went through a crowd of players past Bonfield. Five minutes later the scores were level again as Rio Beach got to the bye-line and put in a low cross which was finished from close range by Neal for a 3-3 scoreline.
But little over a minute later Barton were back in front again as Rhiney got in behind the Leverstock defence with a superb first time dipping shot over Bonfield to make it 4-3 to Barton and complete his hat-trick.
Leverstock pushed for another equaliser but were unable to find one, and Barton held on to progress to the next round.
Leverstock Green (1) 3 (Delgaudio 5, 46, Neal 66)
1. Alfie Bonfield, 2. Callum Neal, 3. Rio Beach, 4. Josh Dooley, 18. Eyituoyo Akinbulumo (16. Dan Weeks 90 mins), 6. Ryan Carruthers, 7. Luke Beckwith, 8. Cem Poyraz (15. Ethan Mooney 64 mins), 9. Guiseppe Delgaudio, 10. Nat Connolly, 11. Jamie Breen (14. Curtis Dibley 73 mins). Subs not used: 12. Ademide Baruwa, GK. Darren Bonfield.
Barton Rovers (1) 4 (Rhiney 45+2, 54 pen, 68, Warman 61)
1. Tyler Josephs, 2. Ryan Neufville, 3. Cam Hyde, 4. Ashton Grant (15. Saul Williams 60 mins), 5. Robbie Goodman, 6. Christian Swaby, 7. Lucas Kirkpatrick (14. Martel Powell 69 mins), 8. Alfie Warman, 9. John Shamalo (12. Kian Wilkes 69 mins), 10. Taylor Rhiney (16. Charlie Milton 83 mins), 11. Markel Cousins (17. Matt Moloney 60 mins).
3 vs 4 
Barton Rovers