Paul Gathern, Pete Mather, Graham Hunt (obscured), Archie Conway, Keith Lee, Al Mayman, Al Dawson, Colin Bradley, Russell Sheppard, Steve Close, Phil Thompson, Kevin Connolly

      Chiltern Youth League Division 3

The Under Fourteens scored 100 league goals as they took the Division 3 title.

	Chiltern Youth Div. 3	P.	W.	D.	L.	F.	A.	Pts.
1.	Lea Sports Pirton	24	18	1	5	100	52	55
2.	AFC Kempston Colts ‘A’	24	16	3	5	62	33	51
3.	Brickhill Wanderers ‘B’	24	15	4	5	104	34	49
4.	AFC Dunstable	24	15	3	6	64	36	48
5.	Langford	24	14	2	8	71	44	44
6.	Bedford Park Rangers ‘B’	24	13	3	8	50	36	42
7.	Marsh Farm	24	11	3	10	59	53	36
8.	Lewsey Centre	24	10	2	12	41	46	32
9.	Caddington	24	9	2	13	58	89	29
10.	Kempston West End	24	8	3	13	50	67	27
11.	Warden Hill Tigers	24	6	2	16	37	54	20
12.	Flamstead	24	6	1	17	50	121	19
13.	Celtic ‘B’	24	0	1	23	14	95	1

A ten-match winning streak in March and April 2006 was enough to bring the title to Pirton. The team was involved in a number of high-scoring matches - including 16 matches through the season where seven or more goals were scored, but in the end their record of 18 wins was the best in the division.

      North Home Counties Sunday Football League Division 3

In 2001-02 it was the adults' turn again when the First Team, under the leadership of Steve Baggett, took the Division 3 Championship by a point from 61 FC.

* Including 1 match awarded.       

Despite just 1 win in their first 5 league games, and 1 win in 4 games against their 2 nearest rivals, consistency through the season and a mean defence brought the title back to Pirton.

      Luton Sunday League Division 1

The Thirds had been knocking at the door of the Luton Sunday League Division 1 Championship for some years, finishing 2nd, 3rd, 2nd and 4th in the preceding 4 seasons, but it was Steve Baggett who took them to their first title.

	Luton Sunday Division 1	P.	W.	D.	L.	F.	A.	Pts.
1.	Lea Sports ‘A’	16	14	1	1	59	21	43 *
2.	Woodlands Social	16	11	1	4	73	21	34
3.	Icknield Rangers	16	9	1	6	54	34	28
4.	One Nation	16	9	1	6	53	37	28
5.	Mary Seacole	16	7	2	7	46	41	23
6.	Luton Rangers	16	7	1	8	40	52	22
7.	Carpenters Arms	16	7	0	9	36	34	21
8.	Bramingham Rovers	16	3	1	12	27	71	10
9.	Finn McCouls	16	1	0	15	17	94	3

* Includes 1 match awarded 2-0.    

In the end, only 2 matches in February 1998 spoiled a perfect league season: a 2-2 home draw with Mary Seacole and a 4-1 defeat to Icknield Rangers. One Nation did manage a 5-3 win over us in the Challenge Cup and there was a surprise 4-3 extra time defeat to Division 2 Windsor Castle in the TT Trophy, but otherwise the team swept all before them.

Back row: Phil Thompson, Steve Goldsmith, Graham Carter, Dave Newman, Kelvin Callow, Hugh Byrne, Al Palmer

Front row: Phil Clarke, Mick Marsh, Steve Baggett, Rick Vipers, Neil Hebron, Paul Gathern, Archie Conway

      Bedford Colts Under Seventeen Division

The Under Seventeens, under Kieran Dimambro, claimed the joint championship of the Beds Colts League in remarkable circumstances.

	Beds Colts Division 1	P.	W.	D.	L.	F.	A.	Pts.
1=.	Lea Sports Stopsley	20	16	0	4	83	34	32 *
1=.	Bletchley Colts	20	15	2	3	68	17	32
1=.	Brickhill Wanderers	20	14	4	2	75	32	32
1=.	Kempston Rovers	20	16	0	4	75	32	32
5.	Sandy Albion	20	11	3	6	54	36	25 *
6.	Cranfield Colts	20	8	3	9	54	52	19
7.	St. Mary’s	20	7	1	12	44	57	15
8.	Flitwick Eagles	20	6	1	13	42	67	13
9.	Aqmpthill Boys	20	4	2	14	31	61	10
10.	Wootton Rangers	20	3	2	15	22	68	8
11.	Putteridge	20	1	0	19	18	109	2

* Points from Sandy Albion vs. Lea Sports were awarded to Lea Sports Stopsley.     

The Championship looked lost when the league docked us 2 points for not fulfilling an away fixture vs. Sandy Albion on Good Friday, but we successfully appealed to the Bedfordshire FA that the league had not given us sufficient notice of the fixture and they ruled that the game should be replayed. By the time this decision was made, we were well into May and Sandy refused to play the game, conceding the points to Lea Sports. There was also insufficient time to arrange play-offs to decide the title, so it was split four ways and the league had to buy four sets of medals!

(Picture taken at the end of the preceding season at Under Sixteen)

      Luton Sunday League Division 2

Kevin Knight's Fourth XI swept all before them in Division 2 of the Luton Sunday League in only their third season of league football.

	Luton Sunday Division 2	P.	W.	D.	L.	F.	A.	Pts.
1.	Lea Sports Stopsley ‘B’	18	14	2	2	88	20	44 *
2.	Luton Rangers	18	9	5	4	48	41	32
3.	Hibbert Arms	18	8	4	6	45	34	28
4.	Icknield Rangers	18	8	4	6	43	42	28
5.	Round Green Rangers	18	8	3	7	45	35	27
6.	GML Comets	18	7	3	8	42	59	24
7.	Emerald United Res.	18	5	5	8	42	52	20
8.	Dunstable Drivers	18	6	2	10	31	52	20
9.	Two Brewers	18	5	3	10	38	52	18
10.	AFC Oakley Res.	18	3	3	12	26	59	12

* Includes 1 match conceded 2-0.     

Lea Sports only lost 2 league games all season, one of which was a conceded game to Two Brewers after fixture congestion at the end of the season (the team also reached the Invitation Cup final, where they lost to Chalton Strollers). The other defeat was to Icknield Rangers, whom they had earlier beaten 10-1! There were no league defeats after Christmas and the league was effectively wrapped up in December when challengers Luton Rangers were walloped 6-0.

Much of the same team were to reach the Invitation Cup Final the following year, pictured here is that Cup Final team:

Back row: Dean Kempson, Kevin Knight, Craig Brooke, Phil Roberts, Dave Malvern, Houston Ferguson, Owen McKee, Marcus Olden, Andrew Sexton

Front row: Richard Sexton, Graham Manton, Steve Grimes, Rob Middleton, Steve Middleton, Ian Clarke, Damian Corbett

      Chiltern Youth League Division 2

Godfrey Knock's Under Fourteen Reds had a great season in Division 2 in 1999-2000.

	Chiltern Youth Division 2	P.	W.	D.	L.	F.	A.	Pts.
1.	Lea Sports Reds	20	18	1	1	85	24	37 *
2.	Markyate	20	15	1	4	93	33	31
3.	Harpenden	20	14	2	4	80	41	30
4.	Ampthill	20	9	2	9	56	62	20
5.	Leighton United ‘B’	20	8	3	9	44	54	19
6.	Houghton Wanderers	20	8	3	9	53	53	19
7.	Flitwick Eagles	20	7	4	9	54	55	18
8.	Luton Irish	20	6	3	11	45	46	15
9.	Harlington	20	6	2	12	50	75	14
10.	Dunstable Town ‘B’	20	4	3	13	31	67	11
11.	Parkside Rangers	20	3	0	17	24	105	6

* Includes 1 game awarded 1-0.    

The only defeat was in the final fixture at home to Ampthill: despite leading 5-1 at one point, the thought of the champagne went to the boys' heads and they lost an amazing game 6-5. The only other team to come close were Leighton Utd. who snatched a 1-1 draw in Pirton in November 1999. Ben L'Honoré had  a great season up front, scoring 51 goals in 30 games.

Two years later the same team reached the final of the Royston Crow Under 16 League Cup Final (losing on penalties to Stevenage Borough).

Front row: Luke Day, Tom Newland, Jon Whitehead, Simon Mayes, Ben Thomson, Mark Williams, Phil Thompson