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MATCH REPORT ROUNDUP<br />
HAMMERS DELIVER BLOW TO ASCOT HOPES<br />
Cobham fight back to draw 1-1 as <strong>Ascot</strong> drop vital points<br />
Tuesday 13th October 2020 - Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League<br />
Premier Division - <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> 1 - 1 Cobham<br />
Disjointed <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> drew 1-1 against a spirited Cobham side on Tuesday evening, further denting their early<br />
promotion hopes. In a match the home side expected to win, they took the lead soon after half time courtesy of James<br />
Richardson, only to be pegged back on the hour-mark by lively winger Danny Campion’s breakaway goal.<br />
Both sides’ league matches this season had yielded four goals per game so it was somewhat surprising that this<br />
game produced just two, although the odds were still in the home side’s favour against their mid-table opposition<br />
having come into the game on a three-game unbeaten streak.<br />
The first half was a fast-paced affair, and it was the returning Harrison Cliff who pulled most of the strings for <strong>Ascot</strong>,<br />
who enjoyed the lion’s share of possession.<br />
That said, Cobham threatened at each end of the half. Firstly, when Ben Senior slipped the ball in from a breakaway for<br />
Campion, who shot low to the left of Sam Gray only for the dependable home keeper to get down well and make the<br />
save. And, just before the break defender James King lofted the simplest of balls over the top for fellow defender Craig<br />
Lewington, who should have done better than shoot straight at Gray.<br />
In between that, Richardson shot over on the turn, George Lock’s thumping effort was tipped onto the underside of the<br />
bar by Lee Norman and Lock again struck just wide after a good move saw Cliff play in Taylor Morgan to tee him up, but<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> also drew blank and it remained goalless at the break.<br />
But, Richardson gave the home side an early lift in the second half when he ran across the defence onto a through ball<br />
before dragging a left-footed shot across Norman and into the net.<br />
However, Cobham retained their optimism and duly levelled when Campion galloped into acres of space and thumped<br />
a powerful volley past Gray; 60 minutes played and all-square once again.<br />
Defender Dan Bailey might have nodded his side back into the lead from Richardson’s cross fifteen minutes from time<br />
only to scuff his header wide as team-mate Harry Laflin also challenged, but Cobham still posed a threat and<br />
substitute Callum Wilson screwed wide when well placed two minutes later.<br />
Stand-out player Campion became a sit-down player when he was sin-binned for dissent in the 82nd minute, all-butending<br />
his air-time as only three minutes of injury time would later be played, but credit to Cobham as they looked<br />
more likely to score in the closing stages, even if both they and <strong>Ascot</strong> failed to muster a clear chance.<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> will take seven days to regroup before their next fixture, also giving them time to try and find their missing<br />
jigsaw piece - if it is elsewhere than the treatment table.<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong>: Gray, Lock, Haworth, Denton, Evans, D. Bailey, Laflin, Cliff, Davies (Hodges 75’), Richardson, Morgan<br />
(Andrady 60’). Subs unused: Masters, Ellis