Lords Builders Merchants Stadium

Leverstock Green F.C.

Pancake Lane,
Leverstock Green,
Hemel Hempstead,
Herts.
HP2 4NQ

(H) Dunstable FC

The Under-18s got their league season off to a flying start with a 6-0 win over Dunstable FC in Thursday night’s SCFYL Corinthian Division game.

Lucas Hammer opened the scoring in the 16th minute, and Samuel Brewster added the second and third in the 28th and 32nd minutes. Alex Gyamfi made it 4-0 just before the break, and Brewster completed his hat-trick early in the second half. Ashton Corder came off the bench to add the sixth in the 72nd minute.

Noah Jennings
Seb Kirkup
Ellis Simmons
Ted Wilkin
Alex McGinty
Henry Burroughs
Alex Gyamfi ⚽
Charlie Henson
Samuel Brewster ⚽⚽⚽
Samuel Dey
Lucas Hammer ⚽
Rehan Khan 🟢
Ashton Corder 🟢⚽
Finlay Clark 🟢
Oscar Roe 🟢
Zach Palmer 🟢

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(H) Broadfields United

Leverstock Green’s under-18 side continued their run in the FA Youth Cup with a win on penalties against Broadfields United in Thursday night’s Preliminary Round tie.

Alex Gyamfi gave Leverstock a first half lead, but the visitors equalised in the second half having been reduced to ten men. But with the score at 90 minutes 1-1, Leverstock came out on top 3-2 in the penalty shoot-out.

They will now face a home tie against Rayners Lane in the First Round Qualifying on Thursday 17th September.

1. Ben Jackson
2. Seb Kirkup
3. Ellis Simmons
4. Ted Wilkin
5. Alex McGinty
6. Henry Burroughs 🔻
7. Alex Gyamfi ⚽17′
8. Charlie Henson 🔻
9. Ashton Corder
10. Oscar Roe 🔻
11. Lucas Hammer 🔻
12. Praise Awoyemi 🟢 (for Henson 74′)
13. Noah Jennings
14. Rehan Khan
15. Sam Dey 🟢 (for Burroughs 67′)
16. Finlay Clark 🟢 (for Roe 67′)
17. Sam Brewster 🟢 (for Hammer 52′)
18. Gabriel Maragh 🟢 (for Gyamfi 81′)

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(H) Potters Bar Town

Leverstock Green got an excellent point from their Bank Holiday Monday fixture against a Potters Bar Town side aiming for an immediate return to Step 3 following relegation last season. The Leverstock side was organised and worked hard throughout the match, and had the better chances to win the game late on.

Timi Bada had a couple of runs into the box early on, but the former Lincoln City academy player was blocked off before he could get a cross in. At the other end Johnny Allottey hit a shot over the in the 10th minute, while in the 22nd minute Ebenezer Kufour broke clear but hit his eventual shot across goal and wide.

Carmicheal Uchenna twice went close for Leverstock, firstly in the 33rd minute when his free kick was turned away by keeper Albi Laci, and two minutes later when he received a cross from Sankou Jabbi at the near post but shot over the bar.

Leverstock were playing up the slope in the second half but showed more attacking threat than the visitors. Joe McCarthy had a chance in the 58th minute when Callum Neal’s cross was deflected into his path by a defender, but couldn’t get his shot away. Ashton Corder came off the bench midway through the half and hit a shot over the bar in the 72nd minute.

Leverstock had their best chance of the game in the 80th minute as a flick from Corder set McCarthy away to deliver a cross which found Jack Allen in space inside the box, but his shot was kept out by Laci. Two minutes later Laci pulled off another great save to keep out a close-range volley from Corder.

At no point did Leverstock settle for the point as they continued to attack throughout stoppage time, and Nat Connolly had two efforts on goal which were only narrowly wide of the target.

Leverstock Green (0) 0
1. Ryan North, 2. Callum Neal, 3. Ademide Baruwa, 4. Dan Pett, 5. Kombe Kawimbe, 6. Ryan Carruthers (16. Marcus Warren 84 mins), 7. Timi Bada (15. Joe McCarthy 54 mins), 8. Carmicheal Uchenna, 9. Jack Allen, 10. George Mitchell-Gears (12. Nat Connolly 82 mins), 11. Sankou Jabbi (14. Ashton Corder 66 mins). Sub not used: 20. Archie Quinlan.
Potters Bar Town (0) 0
1. Albi Laci, 2. Ethan Lack, 3. Damani Hunter (16. Ibrahim Nagheeb 45+1 mins), 4. Haziz Kone (18. Max Davis 77 mins), 5. Jacques Kpohomouh, 6. Tom Baggaley, 7. Andrew Bennett (14. Fatih Mustafa 56 mins), 8. Connor Tomlinson (15. Daniel Tagoe 63 mins), 9. Cyrus Babaie-Gumbs, 10. Ebenezer Kufuor, 11. Johnny Allotey.

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(H) London Lions

Leverstock Green have yet to start a league campaign with a win since their elevation to Step 4, and that run continued as they were beaten 2-1 at home by London Lions on Tuesday night in their opening game of 2026/27.

It was the visitors that made the stronger start to the game, with Jack Mattey proving a threat down the right and hitting a shot across goal and wide in the third minute. In the 21st minute a cross found Max Kyte in front of goal, but his header was saved by Leverstock keeper Ryan North.

A minute later Leverstock had their first chance of the game when a shot from Joe McCarthy was turned away by Lions keeper Sam Meisel. Five minutes later Ademide Baruwa had a good chance from a corner but headed wide. In the 30th minute Jack Allen just failed a reach a ball across goal from Vladyslav Karuchok.

The visitors took the lead in the 31st minute in an almighty goalmouth scramble following a corner. North made a good save from the initial chance, but Leverstock could not clear the ball from their six yard box and eventually Ben Bellman forced the ball home.

Leverstock went close to an equaliser on 41 minutes when Callum Neal got on the end of a cross from George Eldridge but his header was tipped over by Meisel. However, as the first half went into stoppage time Neal was in the box again, this time meeting a cross from McCarthy with a diving header that found the corner of the net for the equaliser.

But having levelled the scores, Leverstock conceded again further into stoppage time. Having seconds earlier been denied a good shout for what looked like a backpass handled by Maisel, they were caught on the break and Adam Burchell finished from close range to put the visitors back in front.

It could have been 3-1 in the opening minute of the second half, but Daniel Creese’s shot hit the post and rebounded across goal. For the remainder of the game it was Leverstock on top as they attacked down the slope, but were unable to create the chances their pressure merited. The best chance came in the 56th minute when a free kick from Carmicheal Uchenna found Allen, but he headed over the bar. As the game went into stoppage time Leverstock had a series of free kicks and corners, but the visitors defended well. Substitute Enoch Folorunsho had a half-chance for an equaliser in the fourth minute of stoppage time but could not keep his shot under the bar.

Leverstock Green (1) 1 (Neal 45+1)
1. Ryan North, 2. Callum Neal, 3. Vladyslav Karuchok, 4. Dan Pett, 5. Kombe Kawimbe, 6. Ademide Baruwa, 7. Joe McCarthy, 8. Carmicheal Uchenna, 9. Jack Allen 15. Enoch Folorunsho 85 mins), 10. Marcus Warren (14. Ashton Corder 76 mins), 11. George Eldridge (16. George Mitchell-Gears 63 mins). Sub not used: 12. Ryan Carruthers, 17. Aldo Petagine.
London Lions (2) 2 (Bellman 31, Burchell 45+3)
1. Sam Meisel, 2. Adam Lipman, 3. Ben Bellman, 4. Joshua Shack, 5. James Cohen, 6. Alex Lee, 7. Jack Mattey (14. Josh Gibbons), 8. Adam Burchell (16. Ethan Kessel), 15. Max Kyte (17. Tyler Smith), 10. Joe Leslie, 11. Daniel Creese (12. Solomon Jacobs).

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(H) Walthamstow

A dramatic stoppage time winner from Jack Allen secured Leverstock Green’s progress in the Emirates FA Cup, setting up an away tie against divisional rivals Ware in the next round, and ensuring a victory in the 250th game in charge for Fergus Moore and Scott McGleish.

Visitors Walthamstow, from the Isthmian North Division, have endured a torrid summer with two managerial changes, and arrived at the Lords Builders Merchants Stadium with a squad containing many players that had only been signed in the past week. They had the better of the early play, though, forcing a double save from Leverstock keeper Finlay Penniston-Walker in the 8th minute, keeping out shots from Jordan Peart and Joden Trickett.

Leverstock’s first chance came in the 13th minute when a fine cross from the right by George Eldridge found Allen in front of goal, but he headed over the bar. There was little else in the way of chances in the first half, but in the first minute of stoppage time Walthamstow took the lead when a corner from the right found William Oduwa to head home from close range.

Leverstock made a stronger start to the second half, and their chances were boosted when the visitors were reduced to ten men, Nathaniel Orafu receiving a second yellow card in the 57th minute. They should have equalised a minute later when Eldridge swung over another excellent cross but Allen couldn’t force it home at the far post.

There was another chance in the 63rd minute when Joe McCarthy was put through and took the ball past the keeper, but as he steadied himself two defenders had got back to cover the line. McCarthy laid it back to Allen, but again he was off target, shooting over the bar. Allen shot over the bar again in the 68th minute in a scramble following a corner, and in the 74th minute Carmicheal Uchenna hit a free kick just wide.

Leverstock rang the changes with four substitutions in nine minutes, and one of those substitutes proved crucial as they finally levelled the scores in the 81st minute. George Mitchell-Gears was on hand to drill home a shot through a crowd of players following another scramble in the six yard box.

Leverstock continued to pile on the pressure over the closing minutes against the ten men, but as the game went into stoppage time it looked increasingly likely that the teams would meet again on Tuesday in a replay. However, as the game ticked into a seventh minute of stoppage time, Callum Neal played a long ball forward. Flick-ons from Mitchell-Gears and Ashton Corder put Allen though on goal, and this time he made no mistake, lifting a shot past the keeper into the corner of the net to cue scenes of great celebration.

Even then the game wasn’t over, and Leverstock were denied a third goal when a shot from Marcus Warren was saved, but the final whistle went soon after and the Green side were safely through.

Leverstock Green (0) 2 (Mitchell-Gears 81, Allen 90+7)
1. Finlay Penniston-Walker, 2. Callum Neal, 3. Vladyslav Karuchok (15. George Mitchell-Gears 71 mins), 20. Archie Quinlan (17. Dan Pett 75 mins), 5. Kombe Kawimbe, 6. Ryan Carruthers (18. Marcus Warren 80 mins), 7. George Eldridge, 8. Carmicheal Uchenna, 9. Jack Allen, 10. Ademide Baruwa, 11. Joe McCarthy (12. Ashton Corder 76 mins). Subs not used: 14. Enoch Folorunsho, 16. Aldo Petagine, 19. Scott McGleish.
Walthamstow (1) 1 (Oduwa 45+1)
1. Anton Robinson, 2. Jared Small, 3. Luke Warner-Eley, 4. Nathaniel Orafu, 5. Hamid Seisay, 6. William Oduwa, 7. Zion Sinclair (18. Shaun Soukou 60 mins), 8. Gassem Benelghazi (12. Lewis Allan 39 mins), 9. James Collins, 10. Joden Trickett (14. Elijah Grant 56 mins)(17. Reece Jacobs 90+5 mins), 11. Jordan Peart (16. Ozzy Adeniji 76 mins). Subs not used: 15. Lewis Nicholls, 20. Sion Nurse.

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(H) Watford U23

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(H) Harrow Borough