Match Report
Monday 4th April 2016 Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division
Hadley (0) 0
Leverstock Green (1) 1 McCarthy 8
at Potters Bar Town F.C.

Leverstock Green earned a crucial three points on Monday night as an early goal proved to be enough to beat Hadley

The goal came in the 8th minute as a free kick was floated into the Hadley box. The ball was knocked down and Alex McCarthy was first to the loose ball and shot home.

Leverstock's only other sight of goal in the match came in the 15th minute when McCarthy won the ball in midfield and Ashley Addison threaded a pass to Dan Bourne, but the keeper was off his line quickly to save.

Despite the lack of chances this was a great backs-to-the-wall performance as the Green side kept their shape and their concentration, working hard to close down and get a foot in, thus reducing Hadley to little more than a handful of chances themselves.

In the 3rd minute Liam Jahn pulled off a great save to turn away a long-range shot from Laste Dombaxe after a crossfield ball had been intercepted, and Jahn had to make a similar save on 40 minutes from a long-range shot by Nick Chrysanthou.

The second half was almost all Hadley, but again they found it difficult to create chances against the battling Green side. There was a heart-in-the-mouth moment on 51 minutes when Tanasheh Abrahams burst through and was brought down by Joe Horwood just outside the box. Horwood escaped with a yellow card, and Dombaxe floated the resulting free kick towards the top corner, but Jahn tipped it over the bar.

On 76 minutes a Hadley free kick floated into the box missed everyone and ran through to Louis Bowen, who had a nonchalant flick at the ball but Jahn did well to get down and keep the ball out of his bottom corner.

Leverstock didn't help themselves by giving away a series of free kicks in dangerous positions in a lengthy period of stoppage time, but unlike last week against Bedford, this time they maintained their concentration to the end and saw the match out.

The three points moves Leverstock eight points clear of the current bottom five, most of the sides having just six games left. Their next game is away to London Tigers on Saturday.
Hadley: 1. Tom Le Tissier, 2. Mustafa Mutlak, 3. Martin Flannery, 4. Kevin Duncan-Williams, 5. Louis Bowen, 6. Sam Lyon, 7. Laste Dombaxe, 8. Nick Chrysanthou, 9. Ivan Machedo, 10. Clifford Newby-Harris (15. Harry Sedgley H/T), 11. Tanasheh Abrahams. Subs not used: 12. Joshua Luther, 14. Tony Sabag, 16. Nathan Munroe, 17. Antonio Fusco.
Leverstock Green: 1. Liam Jahn, 2. Tommy Walsh, 3. Ross Adams, 4. Alex McCarthy, 5. Shane Wood, 6. Joe Horwood, 7. Dan Bourne, 8. Curtis Donaldson, 9. Ollie Buckley (17. Dan Griggs H/T), 10. Ashley Addison (14. Danny Fielding (85 mins), 11. Ryan Laville (15. Dan O'Donnell 78 mins). Subs not used: 12. Tyler Osborne, 16. Mylie Cash.