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Today's Opposition London Lions In the summer of 1995, the players and officials of Maccabi Association London (MAL) decided that they had reached the limits of Sunday football and that a new challenge was required. The Hertfordshire Senior County League was a popular choice, and the club made its debut in the 95/96 season under a new name of MALEX. Four years later the club had made many friends but had narrowly missed out on promotion from Division 1 in each season. During the summer of 1999, the club revised its management structure, and decided to change its name to LONDON MACCABI LIONS, whilst retaining its all-Jewish status. Under the management team of Bobby Fisher and Adam Solomons the 1st team lost only three league games that season as they won the Division 1 and reached the semi-finals of the Aubrey Cup. The club grew into one of the strongest teams in the Premier League but had to wait to land its first major honour in 2007 when Lions beat Metropolitan Police to lift the Herts Centenary Trophy. This was supplemented by the Reserves who were also promoted as champions, in 2002, and made it to three Herts Reserve Cup finals, winning one in 09/10. After a decade in the Herts Premier, in 2009/10 now under the stewardship of Tony Gold and Steve Grenfell, Lions won the Herts Senior County League for the first time in the club’s history, winning promotion to the Spartan South Midlands League in the process. The following season – the club’s first in the South Midlands Division One – they added a second Herts Centenary Trophy beating Letchworth Garden City Eagles 3-2 in the final. Lions were able to go on better in 2012/13, winning the South Midlands Division One title and promotion to the heights of the South Midlands Premier Division. The club also made their debut in the FA Cup, winning 4-0 against Clapton. Now just one league away from semi-professional football, it was a tall order for a team missing a number of players who had departed following promotion, and so 2013/14 saw Lions suffer their first ever relegation at the end of a difficult season. Having steadied the ship, the club decided to return to the Herts Senior County League for 2015/16 in order to rebuild. Seeking to promote a new generation under manager Andy Landesberg, there was immediate reward by winning the Anagram Records Trophy at the end of their first season, with most of the starting XI having come through the club’s massive youth set up. We then achieved an unprecedented treble in winning the league, Centenary Trophy and, for the first time, the Aubrey Cup. The club was welcomed back to Spartan South Midlands League where we have won further honours in the shape of the Division One Cup (2018), Herts Centenary Trophy (2019) and Spring Cup (2021) while threatening to get promotion to the Premier Division before Covid struck. The club was reassigned to the Combined Counties League Division One in the summer of 2021 and we are again targeting promotion to the next step, as well as representing our community with pride. Achievements Spartan South Midlands League Division One Winners 2012/13 Spartan South Midlands League Division One Cup Winners 2017/18 Runners-Up 2018/19 Spartan South Midlands League Spring Cup Winners 2020/21 Anagram Records Trophy (Capital Counties Trophy) Winners 2015/16 Herts FA Senior Centenary Trophy Winners 2006/07, 2010/11, 2016/17, 2018/19 Runners-Up 2017/18 Herts Senior County League Premier Division Winners 2009/10, 2016/17 Runners-Up 2008/09 Herts Senior County League Division One Winners 1999/00 Aubrey Cup Winners 2016/17 Spartan South Midlands League Reserve Challenge Trophy Runners-Up 2010/11 Herts Senior County League Reserve Division One Runners-Up 2004/05 Herts Senior County League Reserve Division Two Winners 2001/02
Hitchin Sunday League: Pied Piper and Arlesey Town into semis Cup competitions in the Hitchin Sunday League are heading to their conclusion - with some sides moving into semi-finals. In the second round of the George John Cup, Troll Campbell were at home against fellow Division Two side Hitchin Rovers and lost 3-0. Atletico 99 from Division One found their second round tie against Division Three side Lea Sports PSG much easier going and romped to a 7-1 win. In the quarter final of the Division One Cup, Pied Piper beat AC Malone 5-0 at home with some well-taken goals. That puts them deservedly through to the semi-final. Arlesey Town have reached the same stage of the Division Two Cup with a 4-1 win away to Buffs. Sandon met Stotfold Juniors in the first round and although Stotfold are six places below Sandon in the table, they managed to upset the form book with a 3-0 win. In league action, Coach & Horses were at home against FC Inter Malone and stayed on course to retain their Division One title with a 6-3 win. Squirrel Taverners moved up into second place thanks to a 2-0 win against North Baldock. St Ippolyts had a good 2-1 win at home against GSS and as a result move up a place in the Division Two table. The Cock won 3-1 against Ashwell. In Division Three there was a meeting of the bottom two sides as Cronies faced Kimpton and the latter returned to the bottom of the table following a 5-2 loss. An end to end first half saw Cal Taylor level the scores with a spectacular long range effort after the visitors had gone behind. The home side's lead was restored shortly after but was once again cancelled out when Nick Jessop stabbed home from close range following an Alex Jode corner. Six minutes before the break a poorly timed challenge gifted Cronies a penalty which was duly converted for a slender 3-2 lead. The second half, which has been Kimpton’s nemesis over the last few games, proved just so once again, although the big difference was the home side finishing the chances they created while the villagers failed miserably to find the target. Niche moved up to second place in the table after winning 4-2 away against Down And Under. Top of the table North Herts Hatters remain unbeaten but dropped points for the first time this season after their 0-0 stalemate against Khoi Khoi. The final game of the day saw Saint Evenage at home against Feed Up Warm Up and a 5-2 defeat for Saint drops them down two places to fourth. By Neil Metcalfe Sports Reporter The Comet @NPMetcalfe 'Hitchin Sunday League: Arlesey Town progress in county cup (2023) The Comet, Available at: https://www.thecomet.net/sport/23990290.newmanagement-team-arlesey-town-aim-unite-community/ (Accessed: 10 Febuary 2024).
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Arlesey Town. 1 MATCH Leverstock Grn. 2REPORT CHRIS STERRY Another local derby after our mini lay off this one had the feel of a "6 pointer" as Arlesey traveled the 5.2 miles up the road to Shefford. Arlesey had Kai Pitts-Lewis on the bench after he recovered from illness and also Josh Helmore returning from an absence. With Tom Millett unavailable and Zack Howell recalled to Stevenage manager Tommy Cooney made a start at full back. Arlesey started strongly as Eddie Carrington attacked to the bye-line and pulled a great ball back to Matt Gilbert who hit a shot that just skimmed the fat post when he really should have found the bottom corner. Shefford responded with a cross in from the right that found Sam Day who headed over the bar from a good position. Shefford started pressing a bit but Arlesey looked well disciplined and we're defending well to absorb the pressure. A good move from Arlesey saw Noah Mosanya feed Carrington who found Dwade James who held it up well and then found Mosanya who looked to have been brought down in the box,despite appeals nothing was given by the ref. Tommy Cooney received a yellow card soon after for not returning the ball on a FK which came to nothing. Arlesey gained a FK in almost the same spot just after well in their own half and this was taken to Montel Brown who slipped the ball into the box finding James who slotted the ball past Josh Mollson in goal I to the bet for 0-1 on 17mins. Arlesey were now looking confident and Bruno Brito picked up the ball inthe middle and advancing hit a 35 yard thunder shot that beat Mollson and crashed into the crossbar before going out. Another good flowing move saw Carrington again get to the by-line and pulling the ball back to Alex Taylor who fed it through to the overlapping Gilbert who put it into the net from a tight angle but before he could celebrate the O/S flag went up. A Shefford corner was headed well wide and a break by Dev Simms saw him put in a low cross that was well saved by Ollie Skinner under some pressure. Ryan Lewis had a long shot that was well wide as he was quickly closed down. A good ball from Brown fed in James with just the keeper to beat , he hit a low shot into the keepers legs when he really should have scored. Another good ball forward by Carrington was well cleared by Mollson as Arlesey pushed on. Another good ball from Mosanya found Carrington who attacked and crossed in to find Mosanya again and his good header went just past the far post. Mosanya looked fouled in the centre but the ref thought it was the other way and even booked Mosanya. Just before the break Shefford won a corner which was met by Charlie Milton with a good header but this was,well taken by Skinner leaving it with an Arlesey lead at the break. Shefford started the 2nd half with a good ball in from Milton which was well dealt with by Skinner. Brito won the ball well in the centre and found Carrington who hit a 25 yard shot that dipped in the wind and needed saving by Mollson pushing it round the post for a corner which came out to Mosanya who hit a shot that was deflected off a defender allowing it to be taken by the keeper. A Shefford corner was well headed clear by Yasin Boodhoo before as Shefford pushed forward Boodhoo was fouled from behind by Milton. The Shefford skipper then lost his head as he pushed over Cooney with a straight arm and as others got involved the ref tried to regain control. Although it looked a straight red for the push on Cooney the ref showed a yellow to Milton for the challenge on Boodhoo and also a yellow for the push so this was followed by a red card for the Shefford skipper. Arlesey made a change up front as Josh Helmore made his return and replaced Dwade James. With Shefford also making a change at the back. Taylor played a good ball out to Gilbert whoes cross in was well taken by Mollson. Shefford made a couple more changes while Arlesey replaced Tommy Cooney with fit again Kai Pitts-Lewis. Carrington picked up the ball and fed in Helmore who hit a great shot from the edge tha again crashed against the cross bar and came back to Carrington who recycled the ball to Brown who again fed Helmore, this time his shot was deflected for a corner that was cleared. Carrington put in a cross that found Mosanya who hit a shot from the edge that went over the bar. Arlesey replaced Brown with Joe Abe to try a slightly different tack. Shefford replacements seemed to have freshened them up as Kurms Alleyne wearing a strange number 20 shirt hit a shot that was saved by Skinner who palmed it and ex Arlesey player Diamagio Robinson put past the post. Shefford were pushing forward even though they were a man down and Arlesey started looking at the clock. Pitts-Lewis broke out well and held the ball down in the corner before winning a corner which was delivered in and taken by the keeper. Gilbert was booked for one too many niggles as he defended. From the FK Lewis delivered the ball in and it wasn't cleared as everyone scrambled for the ball before Robinson shot it over the Arlesey bar. Arlesey were now looking to defend their lead, a good cross in was well headed by Boodhoo to clear, and a deep ball in was well gathered by Skinner as the game moved into added time. A deep ball in was well gathered and hung onto by Skinner before Arlesey replaced Eddie Carrington with Euan Hove and in the 97th min Dam Day for Shefford was sent to the sin bin for obviously saying something. Another FK for Shefford in the dieing moment saw Mollson come up but Skinner claimed the ball and the final whistle went after 99 minutes for a great and valuable away win for Arlesey. This was a good performance that should have been more comprehensive but the cross bar was an extra defender for Shefford on this day. A proffonal looking performance from Arlesey to hang on in the end looks promising for the future.
PREM 01/08/23 19:45 Arlesey Town 1-0 Cockfosters FAC 05/08/23 15:00 Sawbridgeworth Town 5-1 Arlesey Town PREM 12/08/23 15:00 Colney Heath 2-2 Arlesey Town PREM 15/08/23 19:45 Arlesey Town A (61) Potton United PREM 19/08/23 15:00 Arlesey Town 3-3 Tring Athletic FAV 26/08/23 15:00 Desborough Town 2-4 Arlesey Town PREM 29/08/23 19:45 Arlesey Town 1-5 Real Bedford PREM 02/09/23 15:00 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 0-2 Arlesey Town PREM 09/09/23 15:00 St Panteleimon 1-0 Arlesey Town PREM 12/09/23 19:45 Biggleswade United 6-1 Arlesey Town PREM 16/09/23 15:00 Arlesey Town 0-2 Crawley Green PREM 07/10/23 15:00 Arlesey Town 1-0 Sawbridgeworth Town PREM 10/10/23 19:45 Milton Keynes Irish 2-0 Arlesey Town PREM 14/10/23 15:00 Arlesey Town 0-5 FC Romania PREM 17/10/23 19:45 Dunstable Town 2-1 Arlesey Town FAV 21/10/23 15:00 Arlesey Town 2 pens 4 Eynesbury Rovers First CC 24/10/23 19:45 Arlesey Town 0-5 Bedford Town PREM 28/10/23 15:00 Harpenden Town 2-2 Arlesey Town PREM 04/11/23 15:00 Real Bedford 5-0 Arlesey Town PREM 11/11/23 15:00 Cockfosters 4-0 Arlesey Town GCT 18/11/23 15:00 Arlesey Town 2-1 Burton Park Wanderers PREM 16/12/23 15:00 Stansted 3-1 Arlesey Town PREM 23/12/23 15:00 Arlesey Town 0-2 Harpenden Town PREM 27/12/23 19:45 Arlesey Town 2-1 Baldock Town PREM 30/12/23 15:00 Arlesey Town 1-0 Biggleswade United PREM 06/01/24 15:00 London Lions 4-1 Arlesey Town PREM 09/01/24 19:45 Potton United 2-1 Arlesey Town PREM 13/01/24 15:00 Arlesey Town 1-2 Leverstock Green PREM 23/01/24 19:45 Arlesey Town VS Colney Heath PREM 03/02/24 15:00 Shefford Town & Campton VS Arlesey Town PREM 10/02/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS London Lions PREM 13/02/24 19:45 Arlesey Town VS Crawley Green PREM 17/02/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS Dunstable Town PREM 20/02/24 19:45 Leverstock Green VS Arlesey Town PREM 24/02/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS Stansted PREM 02/03/24 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Arlesey Town PREM 09/03/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS Shefford Town & Campton PREM 16/03/24 15:00 Crawley Green VS Arlesey Town PREM 23/03/24 15:00 Sawbridgeworth Town VS Arlesey Town PREM 30/03/24 15:00 Baldock Town VS Arlesey Town PREM 06/04/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS Aylesbury Vale Dynamos PREM 09/04/24 19:45 Arlesey Town VS Colney Heath PREM 16/04/24 19:45 Arlesey Town VS Potton United PREM 20/04/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS St Panteleimon PREM 16/01/24 19:45 FC Romania p-p Arlesey Town PREM 20/01/24 15:00 Arlesey Town p-p Milton Keynes Irish FIXTURES & RESULTS2 0 2 3 / 2 4
2 0 2 3 / 2 4 Player APP GLS YEL RED Sin Bin SUB ON CPT Abe, Joseph 23 1 2 7 Adesida, Melvin Adebambo 6 1 Airen, Jesse Iwinosa 2 Aouati, Samy 7 1 7 Bamforth, Piers 1 1 blackwood, cordell 2 Boodhoo, Yasin 5 1 Brown, Montel D'Angelo 6 2 1 1 Busby, Rory 18 5 3 3 Carrington Alberdi, Eddie 2 1 Cooney, Thomas Michael 3 1 Crowter, Reece Lewis Patrick 12 3 2 Davis, Kai Jueles 4 1 Udanoh, Daniel 7 1 1 Farah, Yonis Abdirizak 1 Felenko, Mykola 3 1 Galatis, Jack 3 Gardner, Sonny 1 1 Gilbert, Matt 24 1 4 Gooch, Aaron 12 2 2 Guerfi, Zakary Zidane 5 2 1 Helmore, Joshua 16 3 2 1 Hove, Euan 8 7 Howell, Zack George David 3 James, Dwade Kieron 2 1 Lamond, Ryan 15 2 1 3 Lobo Brito, Bruno 21 4 2 2 McClelland, William 15 2 2 2 Millett, Tom 15 1 1 1 18 Mosanya Christopher 1 1 5 O'NEIL, CAMERON 3 1 1 2 Ovens, Tommy 10 1 6 Parker, Ethan 10 5 Pitts-Lewis, Kai 3 1 Randall, Adam 2 1 1 Richefond, Ryan James 5 1 3 Ryan, Gabriel 11 2 8 1 Sayer, Archie 6 1 2 Skinner, Oliver 24 Tanim, Tofael 4 2 Taylor, Alex 22 7 1 1 2 Turner, Adam 16 1 6 Wappett, Daniel 20 5 Zilboud, Muhammad SQUAD STATS
2 0 2 3 / 2 4 PREM 10/02/24 15:00 Arlesey Town VS London Lions PREM 10/02/24 15:00 Colney Heath VS Stansted PREM 10/02/24 15:00 Crawley Green VS Baldock Town PREM 10/02/24 15:00 FC Romania VS Cockfosters PREM 10/02/24 15:00 Potton United VS Milton Keynes Irish PREM 10/02/24 15:00 Sawbridgeworth Town VS Harpenden Town PREM 10/02/24 15:00 St Panteleimon VS Shefford Town & Campton PDC 10/02/24 15:00 Dunstable Town VS Real Bedford PDC 10/02/24 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Biggleswade United PREM 13/02/24 19:45 Biggleswade United VS Sawbridgeworth Town PREM 13/02/24 19:45 Cockfosters VS London Lions PREM 13/02/24 19:45 Leverstock Green VS Milton Keynes Irish PREM 13/02/24 19:45 Tring Athletic VS Aylesbury Vale Dynamos GCT 13/02/24 19:45 Arlesey Town VS Crawley Green STMC 13/02/24 19:45 Harpenden Town VS Chipperfield Corinthians PREM 14/02/24 19:45 FC Romania VS Shefford Town & Campton PDC 14/02/24 19:45 St Panteleimon VS Potton United PREM 27/01/24 15:00 Tring Athletic VS Cockfosters GCT 27/01/24 15:00 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos VS Berkhamsted Raiders POS Team P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Real Bedford 26 22 2 2 93 19 74 68 2 Milton Keynes Irish 23 19 3 1 70 14 56 60 3 Leverstock Green 25 15 4 6 56 41 15 49 4 St Panteleimon 25 13 7 5 50 32 18 46 5 FC Romania 25 13 5 7 63 45 18 44 6 Harpenden Town 24 11 4 9 44 42 2 37 7 Tring Athletic 24 9 6 9 39 42 -3 33 8 London Lions 25 8 8 9 53 52 1 32 9 Colney Heath 24 10 2 12 33 39 -6 32 10 Potton United 26 9 5 12 33 46 -13 32 11 Cockfosters 22 8 7 7 45 37 8 31 12 Dunstable Town 24 8 7 9 37 37 0 31 13 Biggleswade United 24 9 4 11 47 58 -11 31 14 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 21 9 2 10 42 50 -8 29 15 Baldock Town 26 8 3 15 50 64 -14 24 * 16 Stansted 23 6 5 12 31 48 -17 23 17 Arlesey Town 23 6 3 14 21 51 -30 21 18 Crawley Green 22 4 4 14 29 56 -27 16 19 Shefford Town & Campton 20 4 4 12 26 59 -33 16 20 Sawbridgeworth Town 20 0 5 15 18 48 -30 5 Saturday 3rd February 2024 SSML Cockfosters 2 0 Potton United 84 SSML Harpenden Town 2 1 Crawley Green 115 SSML Leverstock Green 2 1 Real Bedford 92 SSML London Lions 4 3 Biggleswade United 35 SSML Milton Keynes Irish 3 0 Sawbridgeworth Town 140 SSML Shefford Town & Campton 0 1 Arlesey Town 71 SSML Stansted 2 2 Dunstable Town 90 SSML Tring Athletic 3 2 St Panteleimon 79 Wednesday 7th February 2024 SSML FC Romania 5 3 London Lions 53 SSMLPREMIER DIVISIONFIXTURES TABLE RESULTS
W W W.A R L E S E Y T O W N F C.C O.U K Manager Tommy Cooney Manager Joseph Abe Melvin Adesida Yasin Boodhoo Bruno Brito Montel Brown Rory Busby Eddie Carrington Tommy Cooney Matt Gilbert Zakery Guerfi Aaron Gooch Dwade James Euan Hove Zack Howell Tom Howard Noah Mosany Tom Millett Cameron O'Niel Kai Pitts-Lewis Adam Randall Ryan Richefond Gabriel Ryan Oliver Skinner Alex Taylor Daniel Wappett CJake Rinsler Benji Weinberger Adam Lipman Jamie Cohen Jack Mordecai Max Kyte Austin Lipman Daniel Creese Felix Shalom Adam Arnold Nathan Bloohn Max Davis Alex Lee Lee Goldberg Rob Cohen Leo Carmelita Officials Referee: Peter Kwak Assistant Referee: Matthew Rendell Assistant Referee: Ian Wright Andrew Landesberg