Leverstock Green
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| Engeland - FA Cup | 09/03 14:00 | 14 |
Billericay Town
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Leverstock Green
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L | 4-1 | |
| Engeland - FA Cup - Kwal. | 09/22 14:00 | 15 |
Leverstock Green
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Dorking Wanderers
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L | 2-4 | |
| Engeland - FA Cup - Kwal. | 09/12 18:45 | 14 |
Hadley
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Leverstock Green
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W | 0-1 | |
| Engeland - FA Cup - Kwal. | 09/08 14:00 | 14 |
Leverstock Green
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Hadley
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D | 0-0 | |
| Engeland - FA Cup | 09/27 14:00 | 15 |
Staines Town
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Leverstock Green
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L | 5-0 |
Wikipedia - Leverstock Green F.C.
Leverstock Green Football Club is a football club based in the Leverstock Green suburb of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division and play at Pancake Lane.
History
The club was established around 1895. They joined Division Three of the West Herts League in 1908. In 1954 the club moved up to Division Two of the Hertfordshire Senior County League. They were runners-up in their first season in the division and were, earning promotion to Division One B, which became Division One the following season. The club were relegated to Division Two at the end of the 1966–67 season, but were promoted back to Division One in 1973–74 after finishing second in Division Two.
Leverstock Green were Division One champions in 1978–79, earning promotion to the Premier Division. Although they were relegated to Division One in 1983–84, the following season saw them finish as runners-up in Division One, securing an immediate promotion back to the Premier Division. The club were relegated again in 1986–87, but were promoted back to the Premier Division at the end of the 1988–89 season having finished as runners-up in Division One. They were Premier Division runners-up in 1990–91, after which the club moved up to the Premier Division of the South Midlands League.
In 1993 Leverstock Green were demoted to the Senior Division of the South Midlands League as their ground did not have floodlights. They went on to finish as runners-up in 1995–96 and then won the division in 1996–97. At the end of the season the league then merged with the Spartan League to form the Spartan South Midlands League, with Leverstock Green placed in the Senior Division. The division was renamed Division One in 2001, and the club were promoted to the Premier Division at the end of the 2002–03 season after a fourth-place finish.
De club heeft een rijke geschiedenis in de FA Cup, de nationale bekercompetitie van Engeland. In de jaren zeventig bereikte de club de derde ronde van de FA Cup, en in de jaren tachtig de vierde ronde. In 2019 bereikte de club de eerste ronde van de FA Cup, waarin het werd uitgeschakeld door Newport County.
Leverstock Green is een amateurclub, maar heeft een aantal professionele spelers in zijn geschiedenis gehad. Zo speelde de voormalige Arsenal- en Engeland-speler David Seaman van 1982 tot 1984 voor de club.
De club heeft een sterke band met de lokale gemeenschap en biedt een breed scala aan activiteiten voor alle leeftijden. Leverstock Green is een belangrijke pijler in de gemeenschap en is een bron van trots voor de inwoners.