Les joined from Dulwich Hamlet in December 1961 and was the final piece in the jigsaw that produced the team that won the Amateur Cup and three successive Isthmian League titles. An established amateur international who had played mostly at inside-forward, Les was signed to play on the right wing. He made an immediate impression with four goals in his début against Oxford City. Almost ever present in the following two seasons, he made 169 first-team appearances in all, scoring 89 goals, before leaving for Guildford City at the end of 1965/66, later managing Whyteleafe - then a Surrey Senior League side.