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MATCH REPORT ROUNDUP<br />
YELLAMEN SURGE BACK TO SINK ROYALISTS<br />
‘A-star’ performance as B nets three in 5-1 rout<br />
Saturday 13th August 2022 - Combined Counties League Premier Division <strong>North</strong> - Windsor<br />
FC 1 - 5 <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
Brendan Matthew scored a hat-trick as <strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong> powered to a 5-1 win over Windsor at a sweltering<br />
Stag Meadow on Saturday. The Yellamen trailed early-on, but had the game wrapped up by half time<br />
and even missed a penalty and struck the woodwork in the second half.<br />
The Yellamen made a couple of changes from the side that had beaten Cribbs in the FA Cup eight days<br />
earlier; George Lock and available-again Sean McCormack in for Rory Merrick and Keaton August. In an<br />
eventful first half, <strong>Ascot</strong> almost took the lead in the eighth minute when Usman Lalustani squeezed a<br />
deft flick past home ‘keeper Conaill Ryan only for defender Adam Jeffries to clear off the line. Windsor<br />
then took advantage of statuesque defending two minutes later when OJ Senessie rose highest to plant<br />
a firm head past Jamie Ashdown from Harry Maple’s right wing free-kick.<br />
But the Yellamen were soon level and virtually out of sight by half time with a powerful, dominant<br />
display. First, Marcus Mealing wrapped his left foot to swing the ball across for Matthew to head into<br />
the top left hand corner in the 17th minute, before Matthew started and finished a fine move in the 22nd<br />
minute; Jordan Ajanlekoko and Mealing combining in between. Jacob Adeyimi should have levelled just<br />
before the midpoint drinks break following indecision in the <strong>Ascot</strong> defence – Adeyimi firing over – and<br />
when play resumed <strong>Ascot</strong> were back in control. They were denied a clear penalty when Matthew was<br />
tripped just after the half-hour mark, but got their reward soon after when Matthew picked out<br />
Lalustani’s run and he cut back onto his right foot from the by-line before firing a deflected effort past<br />
Ryan. And 3-1 became 4-1 in first half injury time when Senessies’s attempted clearance from Jay<br />
Welch’s miscued shot wrong-footed Ryan and found the bottom right hand corner.<br />
Three minutes after the restart, Ryan saved Mealing’s spot-kick which was awarded after Dan Bailey’s<br />
header had been handled, although Ashdown was soon equally alert at the other end to smother Joe<br />
Blunt’s low shot. Substitute Ollie Harris’s fine run almost ended with Matthew converting at the far post,<br />
although Matthew missed arguably his easiest chance after another substitute - Keaton August – had<br />
pressurized Windsor into losing possession after Ryan and Senessie tried to play their way out of the<br />
six-yard box. The replacements continued to impress – Harry Laflin’s touch and shot across the box<br />
would have been a wonder strike but sailed wide, before the sensational Matthew thumped a header<br />
onto the crossbar from Harris’s corner. Ryan then saved from substitute Harry Grant as <strong>Ascot</strong>’s<br />
relentless pressure continued, and they would finally be rewarded with an injury-time fifth when<br />
Harris’s mazy run through a mass of defenders ended with a cross that Matthew gleefully tucked home<br />
at the far post.<br />
<strong>Ascot</strong> <strong>United</strong>: Ashdown, Lock (Grant 46’), Masters, Ajanlekoko, Bailey, Tucker (Bouwers 68’), McCormack<br />
(Harris 62’), Welch, Mealing (Laflin 68’), Matthew, Lalustani (August 62’).