Leverstock Green played their second pre-season friendly on Saturday, as new Hemel manager Lee Bircham brought a squad to Pancake Lane. It was a good game to watch on a very warm afternoon, with Hemel coming out on top with two goals late in the game.

The first ten minutes of the game were dominated by the visitors, with Mason Hall heading over from a corner in the 2nd minute and Joel Rollinson hitting a shot wide in the 10th minute. Adiel Mannion had Leverstock’s first shot of the game in the 12th minute, and a minute later Jamie Ovington headed just wide from a Frank Jowle corner. John Smith made an early attempt for Goal of the Season with a free kick taken from the halfway line that tried to catch the keeper off his line, but he just got back to tip it over the bar.

Both sides had much-changed sides out for the second half, and there were fewer chances until the later stages of the game. In the 72nd minute a volley from Ryan O’Sullivan brought a save out of the Hemel keeper, but two minutes later at the other end Sydney Ibie put Hemel in front with a close-range shot in off the underside of the bar.

In the 77th minute James Hall had a shot parried away by the keeper, and as Hemel broke away, Ibie squared for Ibrahim Lukulay to add a second goal.

Leverstock Green: (0) 0

Starting XI: Matt Fallon, Brima Johnson, Mickey Shuttlewood, Jamie Ovington, Dan Weeks, John Smith, Kian Wilkes, Paplamin Jawara, Frank Jowle, Adiel Mannion, Sydney Gueye.

Subs used: Ollie Cox, Tom Carter, Ryan O’Sullivan, Jack Stevens, Gary Wallace, James Hall, Elginey Daalburg, Will Bisney, Ollie Lawford.

Hemel Hempstead Town: (0) 2 (Ibie 74, Lukulay 77)

Starting XI: Jake Alley, Jayden Randell, Kyle Ajayi, Richie Whittingham, Charlie Briggs, Mason Hall, Rondel Gordon, Charlie Edwards, Deon Moore, Joe Leslie, Joel Rollinson.

Subs used: Danny Boness, Jack Bartram, Junior Wiltshire, Ibrahim Lukulay, Ola Olajubo, Tayshan Hayden-Smith, Alie Bangura, Sydney Ibie, Connor Ferguson.