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#WeAre<strong>Ascot</strong><br />
A S C O T U N I T E D F C<br />
neil graham photography<br />
taylor MORGAN<br />
ASCOT UNITED vs. KNAPHILL<br />
Sat 24 Oct 2020<br />
Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League Premier Division<br />
Matchday<br />
Programme<br />
Season<br />
2020/21
T H E Y E L L A M E N<br />
Yellow and Blue<br />
T H E K N A P P E R S<br />
Red and Black<br />
twitter.com/<strong>Ascot</strong><strong>United</strong>FC<br />
www.ascotunited.net<br />
Sam Gray (GK)<br />
Alex Sykes (GK)<br />
Sam Hayes (GK)<br />
Aaron Berry<br />
Aiden Higgs<br />
Ben Hodges<br />
Calum Ferguson<br />
Chris Ellis<br />
Dan Bailey<br />
Elliott Carey<br />
George Lock<br />
Harry Laflin<br />
Ian Davies<br />
James Haworth<br />
James Richardson<br />
Jonny Denton<br />
Josh Masters<br />
Louis Bouwers<br />
Riccardo Andrady<br />
Rory Merrick<br />
Sam Evans<br />
Taylor Morgan<br />
Cameron Kennedy (GK)<br />
Max Roffey (GK)<br />
Azeez Alabi<br />
Dennis Gorman<br />
Wayne Ridgley<br />
Sam Hamer<br />
Jacob Lambe<br />
Timmy Taylor<br />
Ross Murdoch<br />
Emmanuel Adetokunbo<br />
Adan Aziz<br />
Leo Medrado<br />
James Dinsdale<br />
Mark Primett<br />
Leon Byrne<br />
Connor Holland<br />
Yosef Al Amrani<br />
Cameron Miller<br />
Joe Waigot<br />
Danny Taylor<br />
Dylan Averiss<br />
Zak Horan<br />
Brett Cunningham<br />
Usman Lalustani<br />
Jamie Tompkins Manager Jamie Daltry & John Cook<br />
Dan Masters Asst. Manager<br />
Jamie Ashdown GK Coach Steve Lynch, Andy Rowe<br />
Bjorn Dunkley Coach Marc Gorman, Roland Baker<br />
Steve Quelch Coach Steve Cavey<br />
Georgia Buddin Therapist Katie Dorsett<br />
Garry<br />
Collins<br />
Match Officials<br />
Chris<br />
Williams<br />
Terry<br />
Pusey<br />
Last Match: CB Hounslow <strong>United</strong> H Tue 20 Oct<br />
Next Match: Newhaven A Sat 31 Oct<br />
W 3-1<br />
COCO<br />
FAV 1
ASCOT UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB<br />
Racecourse Ground, Winkfield Road, <strong>Ascot</strong>, SL5 7LJ<br />
Chairman: Simon Negus<br />
Club Secretary: Dan Birchmore<br />
Director of Football: Neil Richards<br />
1st Team Manager: Jamie Tompkins<br />
Assistant manager: Dan Masters<br />
Coaches: Bjorn Dunkley, Steve Quelch<br />
Goalkeeping Coach: Jamie Ashdown<br />
Allied U18 Manager: Josh Nice<br />
Therapist: Georgia Buddin<br />
Racecourse Facilities Manager: Jo Gavin<br />
Administration Manager: Emma Paton<br />
Bar Manager: Ellen Stearn<br />
Clubhouse Catering: Lisa Richards<br />
Reporting, Comms and Programme: Neal Jeffs<br />
Directors:<br />
Doug Page<br />
Mark Cooper<br />
Rob Jones<br />
Mike Harrison<br />
Phil Wray<br />
Zoe Reilly<br />
Chris Day<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> Football Club Limited. Registered in<br />
England and Wales. Registration No. 6883550<br />
Registered Office: Ternion Court, 264-268 Upper Fourth<br />
Street, Central Milton Keynes MK9 1DP.<br />
Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks F.A. No. Q-B&B0165<br />
IN THE CHAIR<br />
with Simon Negus<br />
A warm welcome to <strong>Knaphill</strong> for today's<br />
Cherry Red Records Combined Counties<br />
League Premier Division fixture.<br />
A warm welcome to you all and especially our visitors<br />
from <strong>Knaphill</strong> for this Combined Counties Premier League<br />
fixture. After a great result on Tuesday night, it’s great to<br />
be back at the Racecourse again and looking for another<br />
three points.<br />
Today we have invited all of our junior players to attend<br />
the game for free along with their parents… we have over<br />
70 junior teams and it would be good to see even more<br />
attending our games. The link between the senior and<br />
junior sections is really important and we are making<br />
huge strides forward in this regard – the senior players<br />
regularly help at training sessions for the younger age<br />
groups, and we have had first team players and coaches<br />
helping to run our holiday camp this week. Hopefully any<br />
first time visitors enjoy their day and become regulars.<br />
I’m also delighted to see so many of our sponsors<br />
attending our games, both home and away. We are keen to<br />
build closer relationships with our partners, more than<br />
just producing a pitch sideboard and taking the dollar. We<br />
want to actively support our sponsors, whether it’s putting<br />
more referrals to them or ensuring we as a club purchase<br />
from our sponsors where appropriate – so you might have<br />
accessed this programme via our new website created by<br />
media partners Gorilla Hub or you might be eating one of<br />
the fantastic burgers supplied by T&G Wholesale Meats… if<br />
you are interested in finding out more about our<br />
partnership opportunities, drop us an email at<br />
marketing@ascotunited.net<br />
We’re delighted to be able to welcome fans to The<br />
Racecourse but realise that many clubs in higher leagues<br />
can’t do this currently. Rather than take this for granted,<br />
we must ensure we collectively follow all the guidelines<br />
and consider the implications if we don’t. As a club we<br />
have invested in signage and think we are providing a safe<br />
environment for all our visitors – but we do rely on<br />
individual responsibility rather than strict stewarding of<br />
the ground. Please help us to keep <strong>Ascot</strong> Utd and all<br />
grassroots grounds open for the fans.<br />
Hope you all enjoy the game today… Simon.
FROM THE DUGOUT<br />
Jamie Tompkins<br />
First Team Manager<br />
Welcome to the players, officials<br />
and supporters of <strong>Knaphill</strong>. Enjoy<br />
the game!<br />
Hello and welcome to <strong>Knaphill</strong> FC players, staff and club committee and to all supporters in<br />
attendance this afternoon Combined Counties Premier League fixture.<br />
I would like to extend the welcome to our youth team coaches, players and parents today, it<br />
will be great to see you all in big numbers and hope you enjoy the game!<br />
In our previous fixture, we had to show a great deal of character and resilience to secure<br />
the 3 points. Having gone down to 10 men (again), the work rate and desire to the defend as<br />
a group was fantastic and demonstrated what we have been working on in training.<br />
We will be aiming to match and better this in today’s game against <strong>Knaphill</strong>, another good<br />
team in our league and I’m sure they will give us plenty to think about during the game. Full<br />
of pacey forward players and familiar faces in Usman Lalustani and Luqman Kassim (two<br />
members of our squad at the beginning of last season).<br />
We hope to see a great crowd, hear lots of noise when cheering the team on and thank you<br />
for your continued support.<br />
Thank you to our sponsors, club officials and volunteers for all the fantastic work they do<br />
for our football club.<br />
Enjoy the game! Jamie<br />
ASCOT UNITED FC MANAGEMENT TEAM: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY ASCOT UNITED FC U12 YOUTH<br />
Dan Masters<br />
Assistant Manager<br />
Jamie Ashdown<br />
Goalkeeping Coach<br />
Bjorn Dunkley<br />
Coach<br />
Steve Quelch<br />
Coach<br />
Georgia Buddin<br />
Therapist
ON COURSE!<br />
With Programme Editor Neal Jeffs<br />
Welcome to the players, officials and<br />
supporters of <strong>Knaphill</strong> for this Cherry Red<br />
Records Combined Counties League<br />
Premier Division match.<br />
W E L C O M E T O T H E K N A P P E R S<br />
Happy<br />
reading, and<br />
enjoy the<br />
game! Neal<br />
Welcome back for what I think is only our 2nd home Saturday match of the season. Having<br />
now gone five games unbeaten we need to convert those into victories as other teams<br />
around us continue to pick up points and there were very few surprises again last weekend.<br />
Today will be tough, with three games in hand on us and being only six points behind<br />
<strong>Knaphill</strong> will be looking to close the gap and will take heart from last season when they<br />
came here and won 3-2 in December after we’d won 2-0 over there in September. I fully<br />
expect the other six teams in the top eight to win today, we are the only two side in the top<br />
eight who are playing in each other. During midweek it seems like a lot of teams rested<br />
players in their league cup matches as there were ‘shock’ results for Division 1 sides<br />
against Premier sides (Eversley and California beat Hanworth Villa, Dorking Wanderers<br />
Reserves won at <strong>Knaphill</strong>, Walton and Hersham beat Southall). What this does do is open up<br />
the competition and with our next round match being played a week on Tuesday against<br />
Division 1 opposition there is obviously a real chance of silverware – remember we’ve not<br />
lost a ‘primary’ league cup tie for 3 years!<br />
Harry Laflin talks through his<br />
midweek goal at <strong>Ascot</strong>'s<br />
soccer school. After his 725th<br />
detailed run-through of the<br />
strike, the kids were allowed<br />
to leave shortly after<br />
midnight…<br />
What this does do is open up the competition and with our next round match being played a<br />
week on Tuesday against Division 1 opposition there is obviously a real chance of<br />
silverware – remember we’ve not lost a ‘primary’ league cup tie for 3 years! Next weekend<br />
we have a tough trip to Newhaven where we lost 4 year ago. Once again they are doing well<br />
in the Southern Combination [primarily Sussex] league and seasoned striker Lee Robinson<br />
continues to knock the goals in. From my records only Louis Bouwers remains in our squad<br />
from that day and even then he only came on as an injury time substitute. However, the<br />
travelling fans remember the last-minute winner for Newhaven all too well… Anyway, not<br />
much else to report, Elliot Carey should be back next weekend which will be a big boost and<br />
with no midweek game I am sure the gaffer will have plenty of time to get his troops ready<br />
for the big match next weekend. However, back to today’s big match – enjoy and stay safe!<br />
Neal<br />
W E L C O M E T O T H E K N A P P E R S
RESULTS AND FIXTURES 20/21<br />
Date Opposition<br />
H/A Comp Result Att Scorers<br />
01-Sep Christchurch<br />
A FAC XP L 1-1*<br />
Higgs<br />
05-Sep Molesey<br />
A COCO W 7-1<br />
Davies 3, Laflin 3, Hodges<br />
08-Sep Camberley Town<br />
A COCO L 0-1 60<br />
12-Sep Colliers Wood <strong>United</strong> H COCO W 5-2 70 Higgs 3, Laflin 2<br />
15-Sep Frimley Green<br />
H COCO W 6-0 112 Berry 2, Davies 2, Richardson, OG<br />
19-Sep Southall<br />
A COCO W 1-0<br />
Bailey<br />
26-Sep Hanworth Villa<br />
A COCO L 0-3 116<br />
29-Sep Abbey Rangers<br />
H COCO L 0-4 93<br />
03-Oct Redhill<br />
A COCO W 4-3 68 Morgan (2), Higgs, Laflin<br />
06-Oct Tooting Bec<br />
A LC 1 W 1-0 55 Davies<br />
10-Oct Spelthorne Sports<br />
A COCO D 1-1 162 D. Bailey<br />
13-Oct Cobham<br />
H COCO D 1-1 68 Richardson<br />
20-Oct CB Hounslow <strong>United</strong> H COCO W 3-1<br />
Laflin 2, Higgs<br />
24-Oct <strong>Knaphill</strong><br />
H COCO<br />
31-Oct Newhaven<br />
A FAV 1<br />
03-Nov Chessington / Hook Utd H LC 2<br />
07-Nov Guildford City<br />
A COCO<br />
14-Nov Raynes Park Vale<br />
A COCO<br />
21-Nov Sheerwater<br />
H COCO<br />
28-Nov Spelthorne Sports<br />
H COCO<br />
05-Dec Egham Town<br />
A COCO<br />
12-Dec Frimley Green<br />
A COCO<br />
19-Dec Camberley Town<br />
H COCO<br />
28-Dec Badshot Lea<br />
H COCO<br />
02-Jan Colliers Wood <strong>United</strong> A COCO<br />
09-Jan Molesey<br />
H COCO<br />
16-Jan Sutton Common Rovers A COCO<br />
23-Jan Southall<br />
H COCO<br />
30-Jan CB Hounslow <strong>United</strong> A COCO<br />
06-Feb Abbey Rangers<br />
A COCO<br />
13-Feb Hanworth Villa<br />
H COCO<br />
20-Feb Sheerwater<br />
A COCO<br />
27-Feb Egham Town<br />
H COCO<br />
06-Mar Sutton Common Rovers H COCO<br />
13-Mar Banstead Athletic<br />
A COCO<br />
20-Mar Raynes Park Vale<br />
H COCO<br />
27-Mar Cobham<br />
A COCO<br />
03-Apr Guildford City<br />
H COCO<br />
05-Apr Badshot Lea<br />
A COCO<br />
24-Apr <strong>Knaphill</strong><br />
A COCO<br />
TBA Banstead Athletic<br />
H COCO<br />
TBA Redhill<br />
H COCO<br />
* Christchurch won 7-6 on penalties<br />
COCO - Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League Premier Division, FAV - Buildbase FA Vase, FAC - The Emirates FA<br />
Cup, BBT - Berks&Bucks Trophy, LC - Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup
TODAY'S FIXTURES AND RECENT RESULTS<br />
Midweek results:<br />
Banstead Athletic 3-1 Cobham COCO Tue<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> 3-1 CB Hounslow <strong>United</strong> COCO Tue<br />
Eversley & California 1-1 5p3 Hanworth Villa LC Tue<br />
Farnham Town 2'2 4p5 Badshot Lea LC Tue<br />
<strong>Knaphill</strong> 1-6 Dorking Wanderers Reserves LC Tue<br />
Redhill 4-0 Bagshot LC Tue<br />
Walton & Hersham 3-1 Southall LC Tue<br />
Colliers Wood <strong>United</strong> p-p Egham Town LC Wed<br />
Guildford City p-p Bedfont & Feltham LC Wed<br />
Weekend fixtures:<br />
Abbey Rangers v Camberley Town COCO Sat<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> v <strong>Knaphill</strong> COCO Sat<br />
Cobham v Hanworth Villa COCO Sat<br />
Egham Town v Guildford City COCO Sat<br />
Molesey v Sutton Common Rovers COCO Sat<br />
Raynes Park Vale v Badshot Lea COCO Sat<br />
Redhill v CB Hounslow <strong>United</strong> COCO Sat<br />
Sheerwater v Frimley Green COCO Sat<br />
Southall v Colliers Wood <strong>United</strong> COCO Sat<br />
Spelthorne Sports v Banstead Athletic COCO Sat<br />
Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Premier Division Table (20/10/20)<br />
P W D L GD PTS<br />
1 Sutton Common Rovers 9 7 2 0 20 23<br />
2 Spelthorne Sports 10 7 1 2 15 22<br />
3 <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> 11 6 2 3 11 20<br />
4 Southall 9 6 1 2 16 19<br />
5 Hanworth Villa 7 6 1 0 12 19<br />
6 Abbey Rangers 8 5 2 1 13 17<br />
7 Badshot Lea 8 5 0 3 2 15<br />
8 <strong>Knaphill</strong> 8 4 2 2 3 14<br />
9 Banstead Athletic 11 3 5 3 3 14<br />
10 Cobham 9 3 2 4 -4 11<br />
11 Raynes Park Vale 9 3 1 5 -8 10<br />
12 Camberley Town 7 3 0 4 -4 9<br />
13 Sheerwater 8 2 2 4 -4 8<br />
14 Egham Town 8 2 1 5 -5 7<br />
15 Frimley Green 8 2 1 5 -9 7<br />
16 CB Hounslow <strong>United</strong> 7 1 3 3 -1 6<br />
17 Colliers Wood <strong>United</strong> 8 1 3 4 -8 6<br />
18 Guildford City 7 1 1 5 -8 4<br />
19 Redhill 7 1 0 6 -13 3<br />
20 Molesey 9 1 0 8 -31 3
APPEARANCES AND GOALS<br />
Below are the updated <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> appearance and scorers' records for<br />
this season's squad.<br />
2020-21 All-time<br />
App Goals App Goals<br />
R Andrady 12 12<br />
D Bailey 13 2 17 2<br />
T Bailey 1 1<br />
A Berry 7 2 15 5<br />
L Bouwers 10 138 11<br />
E Burden 1 32<br />
E Carey 8 49 4<br />
H Cliff 2 2<br />
I Davies 12 6 47 29<br />
J Denton 13 164 19<br />
C Ellis 1 54 1<br />
S Evans 4 6<br />
C Ferguson 4 20 1<br />
S Gray 12 73<br />
J Haworth 11 82 1<br />
S Hayes 1 2<br />
A Higgs 10 6 33 15<br />
B Hodges 11 1 106 10<br />
L Jones 1 1<br />
H Laflin 11 8 96 43<br />
G Lock 12 112 5<br />
J Masters 4 5<br />
R Merrick 20<br />
T Morgan 7 2 7 2<br />
J Richardson 12 2 61 11<br />
L Sankoh 1 23 1<br />
181 29 1178 160<br />
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MATCH REPORT ROUNDUP<br />
ASCOT DIG DEEP TO EARN HOUNSLOW WIN<br />
Yellamen finally tune in to beat CB 3-1<br />
Tuesday 20th October 2020 - Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League<br />
Premier Division - <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> 3 - 1 CB Hounslow<br />
CB Hounslow fought hard but were eventually beaten 3-1 by <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> on Tuesday evening as the home side<br />
extended their unbeaten run to five matches. Leading 2-0, The Yellamen inflicted a self-inflicted wound when Harrison<br />
Cliff was dismissed before the break, but eventually sealed victory after the visitors had halved the deficit.<br />
Both sides had been hard to beat in recent matches with <strong>Ascot</strong>’s unbeaten four-match streak comparing to<br />
Hounslow’s solitary defeat in their last seven, making for a tight game on paper. There was still no return for the<br />
combative Elliot Carey who still waits for his 50th appearance, but fit-again Louis Bouwers slotted back into defence<br />
after missing the past three games – and his performance alongside the superb Dan Bailey would underpin the<br />
victory.<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> were quickly about of the blocks and might have scored in the sixth minute only for Sam Bersey to react well<br />
and claw Harry Laflin’s effort away after Aiden Higgs had earlier been well-tackled when attempting to convert James<br />
Richardson’s through ball. However, it was one-nil a minute later when Higgs reacted quickest to hook home after<br />
Richardson had headed the ball back into the danger area.<br />
CB Hounslow rarely threatened and when they did were either wasteful in the final third or thwarted by an offside flag,<br />
but it was another twenty minutes before the home side threatened again when Taylor Morgan burst down the right,<br />
cut the ball back for Richardson – who saw his shot blocked – before Laflin curled the loose ball wide of the top right.<br />
But the visitors were rightly incensed when defender Harry Driver’s perfectly timed tackle on Richardson cost his side<br />
a penalty – photos would later confirm the erroneous decision – although Laflin showed no mercy in tucking home the<br />
spot kick on the half-hour mark. Bersey raced quickly from his line to smother at the feet of Cliff in the 43rd minute, but<br />
Cliff’s evening soon ended when he was dismissed for a late challenge on Thomas Ranek, leaving <strong>Ascot</strong> a man down<br />
for the second half.<br />
With their man advantage, The Dragons sniffed blood and after a decent opening spell they got their reward when<br />
Jordan Vidal’s vicious, swerving effort from distance sailed over Gray for a fine goal ten minutes after the restart. Lewis<br />
Woods might then have done better when well-placed as Hounslow knocked in the now-creaking <strong>Ascot</strong> door, but the<br />
home side would ultimately manage the game well and ultimately emerged unscathed.<br />
Indeed, Laflin almost made it 3-1 with a shot from a tight angle after Josh Masters had done well to win possession and<br />
tee him up – Bersey alert to the danger again – but he was powerless soon after when <strong>Ascot</strong> delivered a hammer blow.<br />
This time, it was substitute James Haworth’s mazy run – taking three defenders with him – that created the chance, but<br />
with work still to do his cross was dummied by Higgs for Laflin to rifle past Bersey.<br />
With fifteen minutes still to play, the visitors would find time to threaten again, although when they did it was Gray<br />
who got down well to tip Marcus Williams’ shot round a post after Bouwers made a hash of his attempted clearance.<br />
As Hounslow ran out of ideas they also ran out of a full quota of players when substitute Luke Berry saw red for pulling<br />
Higgs back in added time, but the result was already settled.<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong>: Gray, Lock, Masters, Denton, Bouwers, D. Bailey, Laflin (Hodges 75’), Cliff, Morgan (Andrady 56’),<br />
Richardson (Haworth 56’), Higgs. Subs unused: Evans
PHOTOZONE<br />
A selection of photos from Tuesday's win over CB Hounslow (Neil Graham Photography)<br />
Clockwise from top left: Aiden Higgs<br />
pounces to open the scoring, Higgs<br />
causes more problems for the defence,<br />
captain Louis Bouwers - who had a<br />
strong return to the side from injury,<br />
Sam Gray safely claims under pressure,<br />
Taylor Morgan unleashes a shot.
PHOTOZONE<br />
A selection of photos from Tuesday's win over CB Hounslow (Neil Graham Photography)<br />
Clockwise from top: Harry Laflin tucks<br />
home a penalty, Jonny Denton crosses,<br />
James Richardson is challenged but a<br />
penalty is harshly awarded, Harrison<br />
Cliff sees the visiting 'keeper save at his<br />
feet.
ASCOT UNITED LADIES<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> Ladies are up and running in the Southern<br />
Regions Women’s Football League after a comprehensive win<br />
over Warsash Wasps on Sunday afternoon. Darrel Evans’ side<br />
quickly recovered from going a goal down to run out 10-1<br />
winners, taking their first three points of the season after<br />
defeat last weekend.<br />
Freya Johnson (pictured) scored to pull her side level in the sixth minute, barely a minute after Wasps had<br />
taken the lead, and would even Amy Woollard made it 2-1 in the 8th minute before Dom Carrington (21’), and<br />
both Johnson (28’) and Woollard (32’) added to their own tallies to make it 5-1 just after the half-hour mark.<br />
However, the visitors weren’t helped when they lost a player with a shoulder injury early-on, and after she<br />
had departed for hospital they were down to the bare bones as a couple of players went down with cramp.<br />
Carrington’s cross-shot found its way in via the ’keeper’s hand to give <strong>Ascot</strong> a 6-1 lead at half time, and after<br />
Evans changed the shape in the second half his side relaxed and knocked the ball around with more<br />
confidence. Laura Spark had a solid game in defence, mopping up most of what Warsash could muster,<br />
although credit goes to the visitors who plugged away in the second half only to be restricted mainly to<br />
long-range efforts, which Lisa Phillips confidently dealt with.<br />
After Johnson had completed her hat-trick, impressive winger<br />
Georgia Bowers found the net with an audacious cross-shot to<br />
make it 8-1, before substitute Nicole Brown bagged a late<br />
brace – although she might have had two more – had it not<br />
been for a couple of good saves from the overworked visiting<br />
’keeper. The Ladies travel to Abingdon <strong>United</strong> next Sunday<br />
(2pm). Meanwhile, <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> Ladies Reserves lost 4-2 at<br />
Woking Reserves last weekend.
ASCOT UNITED LADIES<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> Ladies play in the Southern Region Women's’ Football League – the highest level at which they<br />
have competed. The Ladies’ section starts down at the junior level with a host of teams – beginning with<br />
mixed teams at U7 - rising through girls’ sides from U10 up to a senior Development (reserve) side playing in<br />
the Thames Valley League. The junior sides operate on Saturdays or Sundays, with the Seniors (First and<br />
Development) playing on Sunday afternoon. The first team are managed by Darrel Evans and coached by<br />
Stephen Jeffery. The reserve team is managed by Jon Swallow. Find out more on our website. Sponsorship<br />
packages now available - ask a member of the committee!<br />
Amy Woollard Hannah Swallow Georgia Bowers<br />
Lisa Phillips<br />
Darcy Young<br />
Kelly Rideout<br />
Freya Johnson<br />
Isabel Woods<br />
Nicole Brown
Ian is a Biomechanics coach, supporting players returning from injury and<br />
improving strength and conditioning.
PEN PICS AND SPONSORS - ASCOT UNITED<br />
Sam Gray – goalkeeper<br />
Solid goalkeeper, confident with the<br />
ball at his feet. Established first<br />
teamer since 18/19 and was players’<br />
player of the year in 19/20 when he<br />
appeared in every league game.<br />
Sponsors: Gorilla Hub and Westcott<br />
Building Services<br />
Sam Hayes – goalkeeper<br />
Talented Youth Team ‘keeper who<br />
made his debut in a league cup win<br />
over Balham in 19/20. Sponsor: FJ Lane<br />
& Son<br />
Alex Sykes – goalkeeper<br />
Former England international Futsal<br />
team goalkeeper<br />
James Haworth – defence<br />
Winger who joined in 18/19 from Fleet<br />
Town, having previously played for<br />
Aldershot Town. Likes to get forward.<br />
Sponsor: <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> Ultras<br />
Louis Bouwers – defence<br />
A physical and dominant centre half<br />
and a leader on the pitch. Signed from<br />
Faringdon Town FC in 16/17 and now<br />
well-established as club captain.<br />
Sponsors: Just Mortgages and <strong>Ascot</strong><br />
<strong>United</strong> U18 Racing<br />
Chris Ellis – defence<br />
Signed for 18/19, a strong and<br />
dominant defender. Vastly<br />
experienced having played for<br />
Camberley Town, Egham Town and<br />
Chipstead.<br />
George Lock – defence<br />
A fearless right back previously with<br />
Binfield and Bracknell. Technically<br />
strong and a consistently high<br />
performer. Supporters POY in 18/19,<br />
part of a select few who have made<br />
100 appearances. Sponsors: Dave<br />
Bucktrout and Total Market Solutions<br />
Dan Bailey – defence<br />
Experienced centre back who<br />
skippered Flackwell Heath in 19/20.<br />
Previously played at a higher level<br />
with Marlow and has a level 2<br />
coaching qualification. Sponsor: Total<br />
Market Solutions<br />
Jonny Denton – midfield<br />
Former <strong>Ascot</strong> Youth team star who<br />
returned in 17/18 after a scholarship in<br />
the U.S. A dead ball specialist with<br />
over 150 appearances, he has twice<br />
won the player of the year award.<br />
Sponsors: Darcliffe Homes and<br />
Westcott Building Services<br />
Elliot Carey – midfield<br />
Combative midfielder who was signed<br />
in 18/19. Has a good ability to read the<br />
game. Sponsor: Code 3 Security<br />
Ben Hodges – midfield<br />
A talented player previously with<br />
Holmer Green. Very committed, Ben<br />
has great composure and an eye for a<br />
killer pass. Sponsor: P&P Litho<br />
Josh Masters - midfield<br />
Sponsor: Carrier
PEN PICS AND SPONSORS - ASCOT UNITED<br />
Calum Ferguson – midfield<br />
Signed in 19/20 having previously starred for<br />
a National League youth side. Also had a spell<br />
with Highworth Town. Sponsor: <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
Foundation Academy<br />
Sam Evans – midfield<br />
Played for the U16s and U18s in 19/20 before<br />
making his first team debut in the same<br />
season. Exciting prospect having been with<br />
the club since his debut for the U8s. Sponsor:<br />
SL4 Vintage Handpicked Clothing<br />
Taylor Morgan - Forward<br />
Pacey forward who impressed whilst playing<br />
against us for Fleet Town during pre-season.<br />
Has played at a higher level including several<br />
seasons in the US Major League. Previous<br />
clubs include Toronto, Ostersunds (Sweden),<br />
Falkirk, Airdrie and Whitehawk.<br />
Aiden Higgs – forward<br />
Energetic forward who always gives 100%.<br />
Signed from Burnham during 19/20 and was<br />
in excellent form just before the season<br />
ended. Sponsor: Terry's Badges<br />
Rory Merrick – forward<br />
Signed for 19/20 and continues to improve.<br />
Calm and composed figure on the pitch and<br />
has great technical ability. Sponsor: Fitness<br />
Clinic<br />
Ian Davies – forward<br />
Prolific goalscorer who scored 25 goals for<br />
Binfield in 18/19 before top scoring for <strong>Ascot</strong><br />
with 23 goals in the curtailed 19/20<br />
campaign. Sponsor: Zipcar UK<br />
James Richardson – forward<br />
A talented forward who made his debut in<br />
17/18 aged just 16 and has won several<br />
England Schoolboys International caps. An<br />
exciting prospect with dazzling skills,<br />
tremendous work ethic and an abundance of<br />
energy. Sponsor: <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> U12 Aces<br />
Harry Laflin – forward<br />
Laffers joined in 18/19 when he scored 13<br />
goals. Added another 22 goals in 19/20<br />
despite often playing out of position, earning<br />
him the supporters’ player of the season<br />
award. Sponsor: Cameron Webb<br />
Aaron Berry – forward<br />
Returned in 19/20 for his second spell at the<br />
club. Strong and leads the line well.<br />
Previously with Burnham.<br />
Riccardo Andrady – forward<br />
Signed from Basingstoke Town for 20/21.<br />
Pacey and skilful wide player. Sponsor: Omni<br />
Plastering, <strong>Ascot</strong><br />
Jamie Tompkins – manager<br />
Highly respected throughout the club who<br />
guided the team to league cup glory in 18/19<br />
before taking the team to top of the league<br />
before the 19/20 campaign was curtailed.<br />
Football Development manager at Brentford<br />
FC. Sponsors: <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> U16 Youth and<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> U12 Youth<br />
Jamie Ashdown - goalkeeping coach<br />
Needs little introduction, former professional<br />
Jamie began his career with Reading before<br />
making over 100 appearances for<br />
Portsmouth between 2004-2012. A huge asset<br />
to the club where he coaches at all levels.<br />
Sponsor: <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> FC Veterans<br />
Dan Masters – asst. manager<br />
Dan is in his third season with <strong>Ascot</strong> Utd and<br />
is a crucial part of the coaching staff.<br />
Sponsor: <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> U12 Youth<br />
Georgia Buddin - Therapist<br />
Stepped up to be the lead therapist at <strong>Ascot</strong><br />
<strong>United</strong> in 19/20, supporting the fitness and<br />
recovery of the squad
CLUB HISTORY - ASCOT UNITED<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> as we know it, was founded in 1965 by a men’s team who played their games at Sunninghill with “after<br />
match meetings” in The Wells in Cheapside village (now Mikado’s). teams playing as long ago as 1928 under the name<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> but nothing to link them directly to the current club. In 1965, the club had gained permission from the <strong>Ascot</strong><br />
Racecourse Trustees to convert the land east of coach park 10 into a football pitch. A wooden clubhouse was built and<br />
this team went on to win many prestigious trophies in the years that followed.<br />
Various youth teams represented <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> over the years up to 1988, and 1992 the East Berks 7-a-side Association<br />
was formed by our then Chairman Keith Wicks introducing small-sided junior games and having disbanded in 1980 the<br />
men’s team also reformed. The club continued to grow, entering into partnership with Charters School and being<br />
awarded FA Charter Standard status in 2004. The men’s senior team enjoyed early success through the East Berks<br />
League gaining continued promotions to the Senior division and winning various Cups including the Fielden Charity Cup<br />
in 1996/7. 2001 saw the 1st team join the Reading Senior League and winning the Evening Post Senior Cup at the<br />
Madejski Stadium in 2006. Promotion to the Hellenic League soon followed in 2007, followed by promotion to the<br />
Hellenic Premier Division in 2009. The club today has grown to become one of the largest Community football clubs in<br />
the UK with over 1000 registered players and over 70 teams playing every weekend embracing all ages and abilities<br />
from 5 year olds through to Vets. A new clubhouse opened in September 2010, together with an improved main pitch,<br />
floodlights and a stand.<br />
The club has enjoyed much success at all levels particularly in the Ladies and Girls Section where they are regularly<br />
winners of leagues and county Cups. Our senior Ladies won promotion to the Premier Division of the Southern Region<br />
Women’s’ Football League in 2017-18 and consolidated their position with a mid-table finish in 2018-19. Meanwhile, 2018-<br />
19 was an outstanding one for our junior Boys’ teams who won an array of county cups at various age groups, a feat<br />
we’ve rarely previously achieved.<br />
The past decade has been hugely successful for our first team; our debut in the FA Cup in 2011 attracted 1,149 people to<br />
the Racecourse on a Friday evening where the famous trophy itself was on display and the match was streamed live on<br />
Facebook. Between 2012-13 and 2015-16 we reached the Quarter Final of the FA Vase twice, enjoyed two top-three<br />
finishes in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division, and won both the Bluefin Sport Challenge Cup and Perpetua<br />
Press Floodlit Cup. More recently, our players’ development took the spotlight, as a host of Yellamen have enjoyed<br />
success with other local sides and many of our talented development players stepped up into the first team. After<br />
finishing 2017-18 in style, in 2018-19 new manager Jamie Tompkins led his side to the top of the table for long spells,<br />
winning two team-of-the-month awards, and finishing with league cup glory once again by defeating Windsor 3-1 on 6th<br />
May.<br />
We were transferred into the Combined Counties League for the 2019-20 season, playing on our new 3G pitch facility,<br />
which transformed the club by facilitating more of our teams’ matches and training at The Racecourse. The stronger<br />
platform facilitated further player development, and Jamie’s young side would lead the table for long periods before<br />
establishing what looked like a title-winning margin at the top shortly before the league was aborted due to the global<br />
virus pandemic.<br />
Jamie has retained most of his squad for the 2020-21 season and they are eager to make another attempt at winning the<br />
title. One of the benefits of not winning promotion last season is that we will re-acquaint with some of the new friends we<br />
made along the way! But most importantly, the club is committed to ensuring the health and safety of players, officials<br />
and supporters so that grassroots football can continue to thrive in the way that it should.
CLUB HISTORY - KNAPHILL<br />
The club was founded in 1924 and originally played its home games at Waterer’s<br />
Park, <strong>Knaphill</strong>. Over the years the club have been one of the most successful<br />
sides in the Surrey and many players have gone onto to play at higher levels of<br />
football. In 2004 we moved to our present home of Redding Way, <strong>Knaphill</strong> and in<br />
2007 we won promotion to the Combined Counties Football League. Our first team<br />
are members of the Combined Counties Football League playing in the Premier<br />
Division which is step 5 in the national non league pyramid ladder.<br />
Our U18s compete in the Allied Counties Midweek Youth League. We also have<br />
Mini Knappers Fun Coaching for 4-6 year olds, a Under 12 girls team and a Under<br />
15s boys teams. We are a FA Standard Charter Club.<br />
Accomplished on the field and professionally organised behind the scenes, we<br />
are rightly proud of our highly-regarded set-up and football achievements down<br />
the years. Our ambition to compete successfully at the highest levels of the<br />
amateur game is underpinned by a young and exciting squad, a talented and<br />
hard-working staff and the ceaseless efforts of our management committee<br />
through whose vision and dedicated service we are constantly striving to<br />
improve every aspect of the club’s operations. While there is much that is both<br />
contemporary and progressive about our set-up, our fiercely competitive spirit<br />
on the pitch and the warm and friendly welcome extended to all in our ground are<br />
traditions which have been handed down from generation to generation through<br />
the best and worst of times since our earliest beginnings in 1924.<br />
Today, we are proud to carry on these traditions and long may they continue to be<br />
the things by which we are known.Towards the end of the 2010/11 season the new<br />
floodlights and stand were installed which enabled us to continue in our leagues<br />
and to compete in the FA Cup, FA Vase, Surrey Senior Cup and FA Youth Cup. Since<br />
then we have added a further 50 seater stand as well as additional covered<br />
standing areas. For a small village club we will continue to grow from strength to<br />
strength with help from our advertisers, sponsors and supporters.