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MATCH REPORT ROUNDUP<br />
HARRY AT THE DOUBLE AS ASCOT EASE PAST HOUNSLOW<br />
Laflin brace sets Yellamen on way to 3-0 win<br />
Saturday 27th November 2021 - Cherry Red Records Premier Division North -<br />
CB Hounslow 0 - 3 <strong>Ascot</strong> United<br />
Harry Laflin scored two and Keaton August bagged another as <strong>Ascot</strong> United beat CB Hounslow 3-0<br />
on Saturday. In Baltic conditions, the Yellamen were worthy winners, bouncing back from their<br />
midweek league cup exit in style.<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> were well on top in the first half and it took them just seven minutes to take the lead<br />
following a fine team goal. George Lock and August linked up on the left, Sean McCormack played<br />
the ball back to man-of-the-match James Harper, and Harper’s delicious, hanging cross was met<br />
with an equally delicious cushioned header by Harry Laflin, which looped over home ‘keeper Zack<br />
Basey.<br />
At the other end, Rolly Illunga couldn’t make the most of a half-chance after Thomas Kanek and<br />
Ademola Larukma had combined in the build-up, but after that it was a comfortable ride for <strong>Ascot</strong><br />
despite being forced into an early chance when Louis Bouwers limped off shortly after that goal.<br />
Laflin planted a header wide from McCormack’s cross – arguably an easier chance than his first –<br />
but made amends just before the half-hour mark with an overhead kick after Dan Bailey had<br />
headed Tom Scott’s free kick back across goal.<br />
The second half was more uncomfortable for the Yellamen who were scrappy for long spells,<br />
although credit to the hosts who rallied and indeed struck the angle of post and bar just after the<br />
hour mark.<br />
But <strong>Ascot</strong> should have scored and hit the woodwork themselves when, after great work from<br />
Taylor Morgan in the middle, August’s cross put the ball on a plate for McCormack who somehow<br />
managed to thump the crossbar from close range, before Laflin’s thunderous follow-up was<br />
heroically charged down by defender Andy Morris.<br />
The hosts’ next and final real chance of setting up a grandstand finish ended when substitute<br />
Amari Morgan slashed wide after a promising run by Baruwa – although Sam Gray was on hand to<br />
make an awkward save form Jordan Ireland later on – but it was <strong>Ascot</strong> who wrapped it up four<br />
minutes from time when August tucked the ball home first-time from McCormack’s right-wing<br />
cross.<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> United: Gray, Lock, Everiss (Merrick), Harper, Bouwers (Amate), Bailey, McCormack, Scott<br />
(Hamid), Morgan (Merrick), Laflin, August (Nortey)
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