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TOWN ANNOUNCE NEW FIRST TEAM MANAGER
The Executive Committee at Leighton Town FC are delighted to announce that Lee Bircham has been appointed as First Team Manager at the club, effective from today.
LEON LOBJOIT 50 GOALS ๐ฅ
Top goalscorer in the country ๐ฌ๐ง
What a season this man is having 50 goals in 44 games
Long may it continue
@Leonlobjoit
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๐๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐ซก
Leighton Town are delighted to announce that Gary Flinn has joined the club as our new First Team Manager ๐ค
Letโs get going ๐
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Our FA Vase run is over. After going 3-2 up in the second half, Town lose 4-3 in the dying embers.
Itโs heartbreaking, but our boys have done us so proud throughout this competition. What a run weโve been on ๐
๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค
The clinical striker joins Leighton for the 23/24 Season ๐
With an incredible record everywhere he has been in his career, with 45 goals in 32 games at Pitstone and 37 in 44 at Newport Pagnell ๐
Welcome
@albiehall9
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#YourTownYourTeam
Football without Fans, is Nothing.
With Social Distancing Measures in place, Supporters could safely return to their local Non-League Ground, bringing in vital revenue for their club.
Share and make some noise.
#LetFansIn
Everyone at the football club sends our best wishes to our Club Secretary, Roy Parker, who suffered a heart attack yesterday.
Roy is recovering in hospital for the next couple of days.
We wish him a very speedy recovery ๐๐ผ
LEWIS TOOMEY SIGNS โ๏ธ
Lewis, joins Leighton Town for the 2022/23 campaign ๐
He has an incredible goalscoring record for Hemel, St Albans and Chesham to name a few โฝ๏ธ
Toomey was Berkhamsted Captain and Top Goalscorer for the past 3 seasons ๐ฅ
#YourTownYourTeam
๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค
Charlie Pattison commits to Leighton Town for the 23/24 Campaign ๐
Charlie has a wealth of experience at this level and levels much higher including his time with MKDons, Rushden & Diamonds and Banbury United ๐
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๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ค ๐ฃ๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐
We are the Champions of the Premier Division Cup ๐คฉ
That makes the double ๐
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๐๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ค
Luke played a vital part of our 22/23 campaign & commits to another season at Leighton Town ๐
Pyman, who is super versatile will play another massive role next season ๐
Heโs one of our own โค๏ธ
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DOUBLE DELIGHT โ๏ธ
Welcome to
@GaryConnolly14
and Kyle Connolly to Leighton Town ๐
The brothers have shaken hands with
@LEEBIRCH
and have agreed to join from Kings Langley, both with be a massive part of the team for the upcoming Season ๐
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We are very pleased to announce that our club Secretary Roy Parker is now home from hospital, getting on well and making good progress.
Roy, Pauline and Andrew would like to thank everyone for their very kind messages and best wishes, they were all very much appreciated.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ค
Last Saturday
@lpyman31
made his 100th appearance for Leighton Town โค๏ธ
During these appearances Lukeโs scored 22 goals, lifted 3 Trophies and even beaten Luton Town ๐
Hereโs to ๐ฏ moreโฆ
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๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค
Karl commits to Leighton for the 23/24 campaign ๐
Daley is a young goalkeeper with a big future who was at Leicester City academy before starting senior 1st team football at Buckingham Athletic last season ๐
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WEโVE DONE IT!!!!!!!!!!
Archieโs late goal sealed it for the Town as we march on to the quarters!
What a performance, what a club, what support! UTTTTTTTT!!!!!!! ๐ด
What an Attendance ๐คฉ
604 here today at Bell Close in our 3-0 win against
@RRFC_1971
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That first 45 minutes was an epic match up between the two sides and was an excellent advert for Non League Football ๐ฅ
Thank you for outstanding support ๐
#YourTownYourTeam
Todays Man of the Match goes to the gaffer Lee Bircham. Without him this season wouldnโt have happened ๐ค
Thank you to our Buzzard Fascias & Fixings for presenting the MOTM ๐
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Tonightโs Man of the Match goes to Harry Seabrook who was absolutely superb this evening ๐ฅ
Donโt think Harry lost a header all evening against their 3 attackers โฝ๏ธ
Well deserved
@harryyseabrook_
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Welcome aboard Liam Dwyer
Liam will be 1st team coach alongside Sam, a massive addition to the gaffer and his staff
Liam knows the league inside and out having been the manager at Aylesbury Dynamos and also been at Kings Langley & Harpenden amongst others
Welcome
@dwyersonfire
๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค
Finlay is another local young talented player that joins the squad ๐
Finlay went through MKDons academy and captained the U18โs. He then joined the Loughborough University program playing for the 1st team in the UCL Premier North ๐
Fresh from a 9-0 demolition of Southampton last night, England and Leicester Left-Back
@BenChilwell
was at Bell Close this afternoon!
Not quite 9, but 8-0 isnโt bad, hey Ben? ๐
Without the hard work of these 2, who knows where we would be today.
The constant work that they put in goes unnoticed most of the time, so join us in saying thank you, for putting us in a great position for the future, emphasised by todayโs news!
Thank you, Steve and Sean ๐ป
๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ค
Sam joins Leighton Town for the upcoming campaign ๐
Another young talented sought after player commits after impressive standout seasons at Shefford & Campton ๐ฅ
Welcome to the club
@Samking_009
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#YourTownYourTeam
XAVI COMAS SIGNS โ๏ธ
The big talented Spanish goalkeeper has joined Leighton for the 2022/2023 campaign ๐
He has an excellent record at Berkhamsted, Hemel and Kings Langley ๐งค
Last season he made 35 appearances and was voted Supporters Player of the Year ๐
#YourTownYourTeam
๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ค
Highly regarded Centre Back has represented England Colleges & has step 3 & 4 experience with St Ives Town & Kempston ๐
The last two seasons he played for Newport helping them reach successive FA Vase Finals ๐
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"Champione, champione, ole ole ole" ๐ถ
Massive thank you to everyone that made it last night ๐
Hereโs the celebrations after the final whistle ๐พ
#YourTownYourTeam
Get well soon
@pbonham_AFC
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Everyone at Leighton Town wishes you a very speedy recovery ๐
Looking forward to having you back on the touch line soon โฝ๏ธ
#YourTownYourTeam
MUSTAPHA DUMBUYA SIGNS โ๏ธ
Welcome Muzzy, the ex Doncaster Rovers, Crystal Palace, Portsmouth, Crawley town, Notts County, Tampa Bay Rowdies and Sierra Leone international ๐ธ๐ฑ
He is a pacey wide man who
@leebirch
has been chasing for a long while now ๐
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FT | ๐ด Cobham 0-1 Town ๐ก
Becoming quite the occurrence this... ๐
Archie McClellandโs late, late goal sees Town progress into the Quarter Finals of the Vase once again!
COME ON LEIGHTON!!!!!!
#COBLEI
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FRANKIE BIRCHAM SIGNS โ๏ธ
The talented youngster commits to Leighton Town for the 2022/23 Campaign ๐
The tall ball playing central midfielder joined late last season from Sarrat and was excellent when called upon especially in the game against Broadfields ๐
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ETHAN FLANAGAN RE-SIGNS โ๏ธ
The highly rated Centre Back is committing to another season at Leighton Town ๐
Still only 21, Ethan has a massive future and no doubt he will get even stronger under our new management ๐
#YourTownYourTeam
JASON BECK SIGNS โ๏ธ
Jason commits to Leighton Town for the 22/23 Campaign.
Jason is a highly experienced CB who previously played at step 3 & 4 he has gained promotion with AFC Dunstable, Royston and Walthamstow ๐
Welcome
@BeckoJase
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PYMAN RE-SIGNS โ๏ธ
Weโre delighted to announce Luke Pyman will be a Leighton player for another Season ๐
After some amazing performances last season he has deserved this ๐
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๐๐๐ญ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค
Striker Jake Watkinson joins on the back of two Wembley appearances ๐
A real handful for defenders he scored 26 goals last season for Newport Pagnell & will look to continue this form ๐
Welcome
@Jake_Watkinson7
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#YourTownYourTeam
TOP 2 CONFIRMED โ
This afternoon we secured top 2 in the league after our 3-0 win over Risborough Rangers ๐
Just 4 more points to goโฆ
#YpurTownYourTeam
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐
This award goes to
@lpyman31
who has been absolutely incredible this year ๐
Moving from CB to CM throughout the year after the gaffer changing his game immensely ๐
Well deserved Pyman ๐ค
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Bonham takes the reins at Leighton Town
The Executive Committee at Leighton Town FC are delighted to announce that Paul Bonham has been offered and accepted the First Team Managerโs position at our football club.
๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐๐/๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐
First Team ๐
- League Champions
- League Cup Winners
Development Team ๐
- Promotion to Step 6
U18โs ๐
- SCYFL Champions
- Beds U18โs Floodlight Winners
Not a bad season for the club ๐
#YourTeamYourTeam
The Top 10 highest attendances this season in the Spartan have all been games when Leighton have played, 9 of the 10 have been held at Bell Close๐ก
The average attendance at Bell Close this season is 335 ๐
Thanks for all your loyal and continued Support ๐ด
#YourTownYourTeam
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐! ๐
Thank you for your incredible support today, 774 of you through the gate!
Itโs been brilliant all season, see you all again on Tuesday for the Trophy Lift ๐
#YourTownYourTown
๐๐๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ค
Xavi Comas remains a red for the 23/24 campaign ๐
Last year the Spaniard played 49 games and only conceded 45, giving him the best record in the league ๐คฉ
bienvenido de nuevo
@Xaviercomasleon
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๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค
Ethan Flanagan has agreed to stay at the club for the 23/24 Campaign ๐ด
Ethan has excelled while being at the club the past 2 seasons and will be an integral part of the team this upcoming season ๐
#YourTownYourTeam
๐๐โ๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ฉ 1 ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๏ธ
What a season this man has had, with 60 goals and countless assists ๐
There is only one man that can catch him on goals from Premier League to Step 5 and thatโs
@ErlingHaaland
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๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด
We are delighted to announce the signing of
@Alie_Bangura42
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Alie the exciting forward, was part of the Berkhamsted title winning squad last season & has been a stand out at FC Romania this season ๐
#YourTownYourTeam
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐
Both Gary and Kyle Connolly joined us at the start of the season and made massive impacts ๐
With Gary donning the armband and Kyle playing almost everywhere, both have been influential to the team ๐
#YourTownYourTeam
WILL SUMMERFIELD SIGNS โ๏ธ
Will is a hugely talented & versatile player, winning the league with Bedford Town & Bovingdon whilst also finishing top with Berkhamsted when covid struck.
Will also has great experience from his time at MK Dons
Welcome
@wsummerfield7
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The
#EuropeanSuperLeague
is just another reason to get out and support your local Non-League club.
Clubs who actually appreciate your support. Clubs who wonโt overcharge you for a hotdog and a beer. Clubs who value you.
Choose Non-League.
#SayNoToEuropeanSuperLeague
Yesterday Vice Chairman Steve Harris, Manager Joe Sweeney and players Alfie Osborne & Dave Murphy visited Leighton Linslade Homeless Service with a donation from the club of ยฃ1000 to support their work with the homeless in the town and their community food bank.
200 APPEARANCES ๐ดโช๏ธ
Today James Towell played his 200th game for Leighton Town ๐
What an incredible player he has been for us at the club on and off the pitch โค๏ธ
Thank you for everything and hereโs to 200 more ๐ฅ
#YourTownYourTeam
AREL AMU SIGNS โ๏ธ
Arel Amu joins from AFC Dunstable for the rest of the season ๐
Amu is a prolific striker/winger that has a great record at Dunstable Town, Kings Langley and Hemel Hempstead ๐ฅ
Welcome Arel ๐ค
#YourTownYourTeam
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The experienced Centre Half joins for the 23/24 campaign ๐
Tommy has great experience & knows the league well having been part of the successful Berkhamsted winning squad last season ๐
Welcome
@TommySmith1993
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STEVE WARD SIGNS โ๏ธ
The pacey winger commits to the 2022/23 Campaign ๐
Steve, massively experienced wide man at steps 5,4 & 3 and still only 25.
Spent many seasons at Kings Langley where he has amassed a very decent goal scoring record โฝ๏ธ
Welcome Steve ๐ค
#YourTownYourTeam
120+3โ FULL TIME
Absolutely heartbreaking for the U18โs they played outstanding against a league 2 side.
The support shown today has been incredible tonight
The next generation at Leighton is strong โค๏ธ
#YourTownYourTeam
CORINTHIAN FC AWAY!!! ๐
We will travel to Gay Dawn Farm to take on Corinthian FC, in the Quarter Final of the FA Vase! ๐ด
Tie to be played on Saturday 29th February! ๐
#YourTownYourTeam
Thank You
@JoeFitzy98
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Everyone would like to thank Joe for his commitment and hard work to the club for the past 3 years.
That penalty shootout win against Luton Town. Playing in the FA Vase QF and that winning penalty in the Beds Senior Cup Final ๐
#YourTownYourTeam