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CLUB HISTORY - ASCOT UNITED LADIES<br />
In 2017/18 <strong>Ascot</strong> United <strong>Ladies</strong> competed in the SRWFL Premier Division, <strong>and</strong> after the first 4 games of the<br />
season an away win to Shanklin saw the team top the table where they stayed for 3 weeks. Going into the<br />
Christmas break the Yellawomen were still sitting in the top 3. Unfortunately, some indifferent form in the<br />
2nd half of the season saw United slip into their final league placing of 6th. Overall though, the team could<br />
be pleased with their first year competing at step 5. For the second season in a row United made it to the<br />
2nd qualifying round of the cup. In the 1st qualifying round United avenged their 1-0 FA Cup defeat away to<br />
Newbury <strong>Ladies</strong> in 2014/15 by beating them on penalties at The Racecourse after the game finished 1-1 AET.<br />
However, United were eliminated in the 2nd Qualifying round once again with a 2-0 defeat against Chesham<br />
United <strong>Ladies</strong> at the Racecourse.<br />
2018/19 Season saw big improvements on the pitch, but the final league table showed only a small<br />
improvement. The team yet again finished 6th in the League but improved on their points tally by 2 points<br />
from the previous season’s debut season at that level. The team lost their 2nd game of the season away to<br />
Winchester City Flyers which was the Yellawomen’s only defeat against teams that finished outside the top<br />
3, but although United were difficult to beat too many draws cost the team, denying them a higher finish<br />
than 6th. After a 1st qualifying round win against Wycombe W<strong>and</strong>erers United again come unstuck for the<br />
third consecutive season in the 2nd Qualifying round of the Women’s FA Cup going out to Ashford Town.<br />
United exited the Berks & Bucks Senior Women’s County Cup in the quarter finals to Chesham United. And,<br />
there was no luck in either the League or Chairman’s Cup, with two narrow defeats to AFC Bournemouth <strong>and</strong><br />
Abingdon United respectively.<br />
In 2019/20 the Yellawomen were again in 6th place with 3 games remaining but due to the Covid p<strong>and</strong>emic<br />
the League was halted <strong>and</strong> the season remained unfinished. In the Women’s FA Cup United fell at the first<br />
hurdle away to Abingdon Town but got their revenge over Abingdon in the League cup 1st round before<br />
United were knocked out at the Quarter Final stage to Moneyfields Women. In the Berks & Bucks Cup it was<br />
Quarter Final heartache as <strong>Ascot</strong> lost to Chesham United once again.<br />
The 2020/21 season again saw Covid come away as the winner as the league was terminated after just 5<br />
games with the Yellawomen sitting 2nd in the league with 3 wins <strong>and</strong> 2 defeats. In the Women’s FA Cup,<br />
United recorded their best result in the competition with a 6-0 win over Swindon Supermarine in the<br />
Preliminary Round, before defeat against Denham United <strong>Ladies</strong> in the 1st Qualifying round. As the country<br />
came out of Lockdown the SRWFL ran a subsidiary Cup which saw the Yellawomen top their group, but only<br />
to fall to AFC Bournemouth Women in the Quarter Final.<br />
And, as the team moves through 2021/22, everyone hopes for a safe <strong>and</strong> successful campaign <strong>and</strong> more<br />
progression for its players throughout the junior to senior ranks.
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