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ASCOT UNITED vs. CHESSINGTON / HOOK UTD 

Tue 3 Nov 2020 

Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League Cup 2nd Round 

Matchday 

Programme 

Season 

2020/21

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T H E Y E L L A M E N 

Yellow and Blue 

Sam Gray (GK) 

Alex Sykes (GK) 

Sam Hayes (GK) 

Aaron Berry 

Aiden Higgs 

Ben Hodges 

Calum Ferguson 

Chris Ellis 

Dan Bailey 

Elliott Carey 

George Lock 

Harry Laflin 

Ian Davies 

James Haworth 

James Richardson 

Jonny Denton 

Josh Masters 

Louis Bouwers 

Riccardo Andrady 

Rory Merrick 

Sam Evans 

Taylor Morgan 

T H E B L U E S 

Blue 

Joshua Wyatt 

Julien Saka 

Peter Mokwenye 

Jeffrey Njuguna 

George Isaacs 

Ben Ewing 

Pedro De Moco 

Tate Greenaway 

Anthony Ogbanufe 

Dammy Nickels 

Alex Nunes 

Ben Thorne 

Morgan Ellis 

Cameron Peters 

Darren Bryan 

Emmanuel Foloronso 

George Nichols 

Alfie Huckle 

Jamie Tompkins Manager Glen Nichols 

Dan Masters Asst. Manager Andrew Ellis 

Jamie Ashdown GK Coach 

Bjorn Dunkley Coach James Deacons 

Steve Quelch Coach Gary Taylor, Scott Bishop 

Georgia Buddin Therapist Darren Russell 

Karan 

Grewal 

Match Officials 

Scott 

Orchard 

Ben 

Maskery 

Last Match: 

Newhaven 

A Sat 31 Oct 

Next Match: Guildford City A Sat 7 Nov 

L 1-4 

TBC 

FAV 1 

COCO

ASCOT UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB 

Racecourse Ground, Winkfield Road, Ascot, SL5 7LJ 

Chairman: Simon Negus 

Club Secretary: Dan Birchmore 

Director of Football: Neil Richards 

1st Team Manager: Jamie Tompkins 

Assistant manager: Dan Masters 

Coaches: Bjorn Dunkley, Steve Quelch 

Goalkeeping Coach: Jamie Ashdown 

Allied U18 Manager: Josh Nice 

Therapist: Georgia Buddin 

Racecourse Facilities Manager: Jo Gavin 

Administration Manager: Emma Paton 

Bar Manager: Ellen Stearn 

Clubhouse Catering: Lisa Richards 

Reporting, Comms and Programme: Neal Jeffs 

Directors: 

Doug Page 

Mark Cooper 

Rob Jones 

Mike Harrison 

Phil Wray 

Zoe Reilly 

Chris Day 

Ascot United Football Club Limited. Registered in 

England and Wales. Registration No. 6883550 

Registered Office: Ternion Court, 264-268 Upper Fourth 

Street, Central Milton Keynes MK9 1DP. 

Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks F.A. No. Q-B&B0165 

IN THE CHAIR 

with Simon Negus 

A warm welcome to Chessington / Hook Utd 

for today's Cherry Red Records Combined 

Counties League Cup fixture. 

Welcome to The Racecourse ground for tonight‘s cup 

game and a special welcome to our visitors from 

Chessington & Hook. 

As I’m sure many of you did, I listened to the latest 

government lockdown announcement with interest 

and although at the time of writing we haven’t 

received any further clarification from the FA I think 

it’s fair to say we are assuming that grassroots 

football will come to a temporary halt from 

Wednesday evening for a few weeks. It is impossible 

for us as a club to argue against the expert opinions 

that will have been used to come to this decision - 

what we can do is continue to make football at Ascot 

Utd as safe as possible until the new restrictions 

come into play. 

As a club we are well positioned to ride out this 

further period of uncertainty and will continue to plan 

and invest for the rest of the season. I have no doubts 

that we will still manage to complete the season, even 

if that takes us into May or June. 

The priority for us as a club is to it ensure that all of 

our members are safe and well – if anyone needs 

support from the club during this period and in the 

build up to Christmas please make sure you do get in 

touch with the club and we will help in whatever way 

we can. It’s at times like these that community clubs 

such as ours really have an opportunity to make a 

difference over and beyond what happens on the 

pitch. 

Let’s hope we all see a good game this evening and 

please follow all of the guidelines to help us get back 

to some sort of normality as soon as possible. 

Hope you all enjoy the game tonight… 

Simon.

FROM THE DUGOUT 

Jamie Tompkins 

First Team Manager 

Welcome to the players, officials 

and supporters of Chessington / 

Hook Utd. Enjoy the game! 

Hello and welcome to Chessington and Hook FC players, staff and club committee and to all 

supporters in attendance this evening Combined Counties League Cup fixture. 

As our last fixture before lockdown is imposed on us all again, we hope you all get your football fix at 

the Racecourse Ground and enjoy the game. We wish you all good health over the next few weeks and 

thank you for your continued support. 

Recent form and results have been steady and performances have improved but we are still not yet 

where we want to be and maybe the lockdown will be a blessing in disguise for us. Our FA Vase exit on 

Saturday was a disappointment and we are left to focus on our league and league cup campaign, 

whenever it is we will return. 

Our visitors this evening started their season well in division 1 but recent form has seen them slip 

down the table. However, when you play higher opposition you always raise your game and we expect 

to see an improved performance. 

We have made a few changes from Saturday and provided opportunities for players to get their last 

few minutes for a few weeks. 

Thank you to our sponsors, club officials and volunteers for all the fantastic work they do for our 

football club. 

Enjoy the game! 

ASCOT UNITED FC MANAGEMENT TEAM: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY ASCOT UNITED FC U12 YOUTH 

Dan Masters 

Assistant Manager 

Jamie Ashdown 

Goalkeeping Coach 

Bjorn Dunkley 

Coach 

Steve Quelch 

Coach 

Georgia Buddin 

Therapist

W E L C O M E T O T H E B L U E S 

W E L C O M E T O T H E B L U E S 

ON COURSE! 

With Programme Editor Neal Jeffs 

Welcome to the players, officials and 

supporters of Chessington / Hook Utd for 

this Cherry Red Records Combined 

Counties League Cup match. 

Happy 

reading, and 

enjoy the 

game! Neal 

So, here we are for our final game for at least a month as we are most likely to lose 

grassroots football again. There has been no official announcement at the time of 

writing this but it is safe to assume we will all be at home twiddling our fingers on 

Saturday afternoon and trying to wriggle out of the domestic chores once again! 

Anyway, it is what it is, and so tonight is a chance to savour the action and hopefully 

the lads can keep their unbeaten league cup run going – one which stretches back 

to 2017 if you count only the main league cup competition of either the Hellenic or 

Combined Counties Leagues. If I had enough time I would have published the current 

state of play with the competition but all you need to know is that this is the 2nd 

round and a lot of Premier Division sides have already tumbled out, probably 

because they rotated their squads and/or fielded weakened sides ahead of 

important FA Vase matches last weekend. 

COMBINED 

COUNTIES 

LEAGUE DIV 1 

TABLE (TOP 8 

OF 20 TEAMS) 

Tonight’s visitors were Premier Division mainstays between 2003 and 2014, before 

they dropped down to Division 1 in the same season that Spelthorne Sports came up 

to the Premier Division as undefeated Champions. Chessington won immediate 

promotion back – and then were immediately relegated again – and they are now in 

their fifth season in Division 1 since 2016. This season, their recent form has dipped 

after a good start, but they did take the scalp of Farnham Town early-on; Farnham 

now leading the table having only lost to The Blues (that's our opponents tonight 

BTW). But whatever the form, the score, the weather or whatever else, we should just 

enjoy tonight’s game and then see what the next month holds. Whatever it does hold, 

remember to keep yourselves safe, and we wish our visitors an enjoyable stay with 

us and safe journey home too! Neal

RESULTS AND FIXTURES 20/21 

Date Opposition 

H/A Comp Result Att 

Scorers 

01-Sep Christchurch 

A FAC XP L 1-1* 

Higgs 

05-Sep Molesey 

A COCO W 7-1 

Davies 3, Laflin 3, Hodges 

08-Sep Camberley Town 

A COCO L 0-1 60 

12-Sep Colliers Wood United H COCO W 5-2 70 Higgs 3, Laflin 2 

15-Sep Frimley Green 

H COCO W 6-0 112 Berry 2, Davies 2, Richardson, OG 

19-Sep Southall 

A COCO W 1-0 

Bailey 

26-Sep Hanworth Villa 

A COCO L 0-3 116 

29-Sep Abbey Rangers 

H COCO L 0-4 93 

03-Oct Redhill 

A COCO W 4-3 68 Morgan (2), Higgs, Laflin 

06-Oct Tooting Bec 

A LC 1 W 1-0 55 Davies 

10-Oct Spelthorne Sports 

A COCO D 1-1 162 D. Bailey 

13-Oct Cobham 

H COCO D 1-1 68 Richardson 

20-Oct CB Hounslow United H COCO W 3-1 79 Laflin 2, Higgs 

24-Oct Knaphill 

H COCO D 1-1 297 Laflin 

31-Oct Newhaven 

A FAV 1 L 1-4 

Richardson 

03-Nov Chessington / Hook Utd H LC 2 

07-Nov Guildford City 

A COCO 

14-Nov Raynes Park Vale 

A COCO 

21-Nov Sheerwater 

***NATIONAL COVID-19 LOCKDOWN*** 

H COCO 

28-Nov Spelthorne Sports 

H COCO 

05-Dec Egham Town 

A COCO 

12-Dec Frimley Green 

A COCO 

19-Dec Camberley Town 

H COCO 

28-Dec Badshot Lea 

H COCO 

02-Jan Colliers Wood United A COCO 

09-Jan Molesey 

H COCO 

16-Jan Sutton Common Rovers A COCO 

23-Jan Southall 

H COCO 

30-Jan CB Hounslow United A COCO 

06-Feb Abbey Rangers 

A COCO 

13-Feb Hanworth Villa 

H COCO 

20-Feb Sheerwater 

A COCO 

27-Feb Egham Town 

H COCO 

06-Mar Sutton Common Rovers H COCO 

13-Mar Banstead Athletic 

A COCO 

20-Mar Raynes Park Vale 

H COCO 

27-Mar Cobham 

A COCO 

03-Apr Guildford City 

H COCO 

05-Apr Badshot Lea 

A COCO 

24-Apr Knaphill 

A COCO 

TBA Banstead Athletic 

H COCO 

TBA Redhill 

H COCO 

* Christchurch won 7-6 on penalties 

COCO - Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League Premier Division, FAV - Buildbase FA Vase, FAC - The Emirates 

FA Cup, BBT - Berks&Bucks Trophy, LC - Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup

FOOTBALL IN BERKSHIRE 

Here, Tom Canning writes his weekly grass-roots update for programme editors. His 

website, Football in Berkshire, is a staple for local grass-roots football. 

A big thanks 

It’s been a weird few weeks for me. At the start of October I welcomed a gorgeous baby girl 

in to my life and all the related awake time, poo and everything else you need to learn 

quickly - but don’t worry this isn’t a new parenting column in your programme notes! 

What it’s meant is that I haven’t been to a game in over 30 days - which is probably the 

longest period of time I’ve spent away from the game since I was a teenager (pre-season 

doesn’t count because as any volunteer knows, non-league football never ever stops). 

And Football in Berkshire never stops either. We’ve been a bit slower this month but I 

wanted to take these notes just to thank everyone who’s picked up the slack for me while 

I’ve not been about. 

Rob Davies, Abi Ticehurst, Steve Gabb, Tony Hardy, Alicia Povey and Neil Maskell have made 

some brilliant contributions over the month, writing, audio and visually and our amazing 

photographers have been supplying great images, from Neil Graham, Richard Claypole, 

Hannah Cooper, Richard Milam and Andrew Batt amongst many others have gone football 

crazy and I’m ever so grateful to all of them. The site has grown beyond my wildest dreams 

and is now read by 24,000 people a month accessing our news, reports, podcasts and more 

on the great non-league game in Berkshire - which I think you’ll agree is ridiculous! 

So while this isn’t a typical weekly set of programme notes, as I prepare to hopefully (Covid, 

tears (and tier’s) permitting) get back out to a game at the weekend, I wanted to just offer 

my thanks to all our readers and contributors, I know Duds would be proud! 

Lastly, we are always looking for new contributors to the site, if you have any ideas or would 

just like to get involved, drop me an email to tom.canning@footballinbracknell.co.uk 

Tom Canning, www.footballinberkshire.co.uk co-editor. 

Tom Canning, 

www.footballinberkshire.co.uk coeditor.

TODAY'S FIXTURES AND RECENT RESULTS 

Weekend results: 

CB Hounslow United 1-5 Horley Town FAV Sat 

Eastbourne Town 0-3 Southall FAV Sat 

Frimley Green 0-2 Flackwell Heath FAV Sat 

Jersey Bulls A-W Cobham FAV Sat 

Newhaven 4-1 Ascot United FAV Sat 

Raynes Park Vale p-p Sheerwater FAV Sat 

Tooting Bec 2-3 Guildford City FAV Sat 

Welling Town 1-6 Hanworth Villa FAV Sat 

Badshot Lea 1-0 Abbey Rangers COCO Sat 

Banstead Athletic p-p Molesey COCO Sat 

Camberley Town p-p Spelthorne Sports COCO Sat 

Colliers Wood United 0-2 Knaphill COCO Sat 

Sutton Common Rovers 4-1 Redhill COCO Sat 

Midweek fixtures: 

Hanworth Villa v Badshot Lea COCO Tue 

Frimley Green v Egham Town COCO Tue 

Ascot United v Chessington & Hook United LC Tue 

Camberley Town v Abbey Rangers LC Tue 

Westfield v Cobham SSC Tue 

Guildford City v Hanworth Villa COCO Wed 

Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Premier Division Table (31/10/20) 

P W D L GD PTS 

1 Sutton Common Rovers 11 9 2 0 25 29 

2 Southall 10 7 1 2 18 22 

3 Spelthorne Sports 11 7 1 3 14 22 

4 Hanworth Villa 8 7 1 0 13 22 

5 Ascot United 12 6 3 3 11 21 

6 Badshot Lea 10 7 0 3 6 21 

7 Knaphill 11 5 3 3 3 18 

8 Abbey Rangers 10 5 2 3 11 17 

9 Banstead Athletic 12 4 5 3 4 17 

10 Camberley Town 8 4 0 4 -3 12 

11 Sheerwater 9 3 2 4 -3 11 

12 Cobham 10 3 2 5 -5 11 

13 Egham Town 9 3 1 5 -3 10 

14 Raynes Park Vale 10 3 1 6 -11 10 

15 Frimley Green 9 2 1 6 -10 7 

16 CB Hounslow United 8 1 3 4 -4 6 

17 Colliers Wood United 10 1 3 6 -12 6 

18 Redhill 9 2 0 7 -13 6 

19 Guildford City 7 1 1 5 -8 4 

20 Molesey 10 1 0 9 -33 3

APPEARANCES AND GOALS 

Below are the updated Ascot United appearance and scorers' records for 

this season's squad. 

2020-21 All-time 

App Goals App Goals 

R Andrady 13 13 

D Bailey 15 2 19 2 

T Bailey 1 1 

A Berry 7 2 15 5 

L Bouwers 12 140 11 

E Burden 1 32 

E Carey 9 50 4 

H Cliff 2 2 

I Davies 13 6 48 29 

J Denton 15 166 19 

C Ellis 1 54 1 

S Evans 6 8 

C Ferguson 4 20 1 

S Gray 14 75 

J Haworth 13 84 1 

S Hayes 1 2 

A Higgs 12 6 35 15 

B Hodges 12 1 107 10 

L Jones 1 1 

H Laflin 13 9 98 44 

G Lock 14 114 5 

J Masters 6 7 

R Merrick 20 

T Morgan 9 2 9 2 

J Richardson 14 3 63 12 

L Sankoh 1 23 1 

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ASCOT UNITED ALLIED U18 

Under the stewardship of Josh Nice and his management team, the Ascot United Allied U18s have 

kicked off the 11th season of Allied Counties football at The Racecourse. Josh, the manager, has 

himself represented The Yellamen at Allied Counties, U23 and First Team levels. His management 

team comprises assistant manager Chris Thompson, a former coach with Maidenhead United FC, and 

current first team star James Richardson, who also has a coaching role. 

The team represents the pinnacle of youth football at Ascot and the squad boasts a number of players 

who have been at the club since Soccer School from the tender age of five. These include Sam, Evans, 

Tom Bailey, Lawson Jones, Alex Goderski, and Ryan Pandhor, and three of them have even featured for 

the first team this season, being Sam, Tom and Lawson. 

This season, Surrey Youth League U16 stars, Alex Hall and Ollie Graham made their debut in the U18s, 

proving the saying “if you’re good enough, you’re old enough”. And, his team trains alongside the first 

team to bolster their development. 

The team have played two league matches so far – registering a win and a defeat – although they will 

now wait until December to resume their campaign after a second pandemic lockdown. Meanwhile, 

they also played two matches in the FA Youth Cup campaign and their run was ended by an extremely 

strong Didcot Town side (0-1) after recording an earlier win at Oxford City by the same scoreline.

MATCH REPORT ROUNDUP 

NEWHAVEN END ASCOT FA VASE HOPES AT FIRST HURDLE 

Dockers return to haunt Yellamen on Halloween 

Saturday 31st October 2020 - Buildbase FA Vase First Round - Newhaven 4 - 1 

Ascot United 

Ascot United saw their FA vase interests end in East Sussex on Saturday afternoon as Newhaven brushed them aside 

at a boggy, wind-swept Trafalgar Ground. In a match where the kick-off was delayed a groundstaff worked to clear a 

waterlogged corner of the pitch, the home side mastered the heavy conditions to run out comfortable 4-1 winners. 

The Yellamen had lost at Newhaven in the second round stage of the competition four years ago and whilst only 

captain Louis Bouwers survived from the Ascot squad on that day, the home side still had lethal marksman Lee 

Robinson in their ranks. Robinson broke Ascot’s hearts with a late winner back then, and it took him just 22 minutes 

to haunt the visitors once again when he tapped home at the far post to put his side two goals up. 

Earlier-on, it was only 22 seconds before the game’s first chance – a Jonny Denton effort which sailed wide after Ascot 

had gone at Newhaven straight from the kick-off. 

After their early ascendancy, Ascot were quickly forced to retreat and found themselves one-nil down after nine 

minutes when Charlie Bennett scooped into the top left after Alfie Rogers had played the ball into the box from a shortcorner 

routine. Robinson then doubled the lead after James Jefferies broke clear and picked out Rogers to cut the 

ball back for the easiest of finishes, but Ascot responded well and soon found themselves back in it. 

And, it was James Richardson who deservedly cut the deficit just before the half-hour mark when he finished at the 

far post after Taylor Morgan had raced onto Harry Laflin’s through ball and rounded Jake Buss. 

At the other end, The Dockers’ Charlie Bennett might have done better than screw a volley wide when well-placed but 

The Yellamen would change ends with a glimmer of hope after the earlier onslaught. 

As in the first half, Ascot began strongly – and would create chances – but they never really threatened Buss on an 

ultimately frustrating afternoon. Defender Dan Bailey planted two carbon-copy free headers over the bar from a 

brace of Denton corners – 48 and 66 minutes played – whereas Harry Laflin could only fire wide from distance in the 

middle of those chances and the energetic Richardson’s shot deflected wide later on, but Ascot simply couldn’t 

score. 

By that point the game had already run away from them, largely due to hugely impressing left-back Ian Robinson who 

gave George Lock a torrid afternoon and was equally adept with left and right foot as he surged forwards at will. And, 

when his neat-one two ended with Lock being shown a clean pair of heels, the covering Bouwers was also left for 

dead, and he raced into the box and slotted into the bottom right; 53 minutes played. 

‘Keeper Sam Gray would keep Ascot in the hunt with good saves to deny both Jefferies and Seb Saunders, before 

producing a sensational late save to claw Ian Robinson’s audacious chip away, but namesake Lee would have the last 

word – just as he did four year earlier – with an injury time tap-in to complete the rout. Ascot will now focus on the 

league, as goes the adage. 

Ascot United: Gray, Lock, Masters, Carey (Evans 46’), Bouwers, D. Bailey, Laflin (Haworth 68’), Denton, Morgan, 

Richardson, Higgs (Davies 81’). Subs unused: Berry, Andrady

PHOTOZONE 

A selection of photos from the 1-1 draw with Knaphill a week last Saturday (shootingstars.co.uk). 

Clockwise from top left: Ben Hodges 

in full flight, Jonny Denton crosses, 

George Lock in front of the 297- 

strong crowd, Louis Bouwers clears, 

a drenched Steve Quelch, Sam Gray 

gathers.

PHOTOZONE 

A selection of photos from the 1-1 draw with Knaphill a week last Saturday (shootingstars.co.uk). 

Clockwise from top left: James 

Richardson shrugs off a challenge, 

fans, Harry Laflin rises to the 

challenge, more fans (of the guy 

above!), the boss (with Jamie!), 

Laffers curls home the opener.

ASCOT UNITED LADIES 

Ascot United Ladies play in the Southern Region Women's’ Football League – the highest level at which they 

have competed. The Ladies’ section starts down at the junior level with a host of teams – beginning with 

mixed teams at U7 - rising through girls’ sides from U10 up to a senior Development (reserve) side playing in 

the Thames Valley League. The junior sides operate on Saturdays or Sundays, with the Seniors (First and 

Development) playing on Sunday afternoon. The first team are managed by Darrel Evans and coached by 

Stephen Jeffery. The reserve team is managed by Jon Swallow. Find out more on our website. Sponsorship 

packages now available - ask a member of the committee! 

Amy Woollard Hannah Swallow Georgia Bowers 

Lisa Phillips 

Darcy Young 

Kelly Rideout 

Freya Johnson 

Isabel Woods 

Nicole Brown

Ian is a Biomechanics coach, supporting players returning from injury and 

improving strength and conditioning.

PEN PICS AND SPONSORS - ASCOT UNITED 

Sam Gray – goalkeeper 

Solid goalkeeper, confident with the 

ball at his feet. Established first 

teamer since 18/19 and was players’ 

player of the year in 19/20 when he 

appeared in every league game. 

Sponsors: Gorilla Hub and Westcott 

Building Services 

Sam Hayes – goalkeeper 

Talented Youth Team ‘keeper who 

made his debut in a league cup win 

over Balham in 19/20. Sponsor: FJ Lane 

& Son 

Alex Sykes – goalkeeper 

Former England international Futsal 

team goalkeeper 

James Haworth – defence 

Winger who joined in 18/19 from Fleet 

Town, having previously played for 

Aldershot Town. Likes to get forward. 

Sponsor: Ascot United Ultras 

Louis Bouwers – defence 

A physical and dominant centre half 

and a leader on the pitch. Signed from 

Faringdon Town FC in 16/17 and now 

well-established as club captain. 

Sponsors: Just Mortgages and Ascot 

United U18 Racing 

Chris Ellis – defence 

Signed for 18/19, a strong and 

dominant defender. Vastly 

experienced having played for 

Camberley Town, Egham Town and 

Chipstead. 

George Lock – defence 

A fearless right back previously with 

Binfield and Bracknell. Technically 

strong and a consistently high 

performer. Supporters POY in 18/19, 

part of a select few who have made 

100 appearances. Sponsors: Dave 

Bucktrout and Total Market Solutions 

Dan Bailey – defence 

Experienced centre back who 

skippered Flackwell Heath in 19/20. 

Previously played at a higher level 

with Marlow and has a level 2 

coaching qualification. Sponsor: Total 

Market Solutions 

Jonny Denton – midfield 

Former Ascot Youth team star who 

returned in 17/18 after a scholarship 

in the U.S. A dead ball specialist with 

over 150 appearances, he has twice 

won the player of the year award. 

Sponsors: Darcliffe Homes and 

Westcott Building Services 

Elliot Carey – midfield 

Combative midfielder who was signed 

in 18/19. Has a good ability to read the 

game. Sponsor: Code 3 Security 

Ben Hodges – midfield 

A talented player previously with 

Holmer Green. Very committed, Ben 

has great composure and an eye for a 

killer pass. Sponsor: P&P Litho 

Josh Masters - midfield 

Sponsor: Carrier

PEN PICS AND SPONSORS - ASCOT UNITED 

Calum Ferguson – midfield 

Signed in 19/20 having previously starred for 

a National League youth side. Also had a spell 

with Highworth Town. Sponsor: Ascot United 

Foundation Academy 

Sam Evans – midfield 

Played for the U16s and U18s in 19/20 before 

making his first team debut in the same 

season. Exciting prospect having been with 

the club since his debut for the U8s. Sponsor: 

SL4 Vintage Handpicked Clothing 

Taylor Morgan - Forward 

Pacey forward who impressed whilst playing 

against us for Fleet Town during pre-season. 

Has played at a higher level including several 

seasons in the US Major League. Previous 

clubs include Toronto, Ostersunds (Sweden), 

Falkirk, Airdrie and Whitehawk. 

Aiden Higgs – forward 

Energetic forward who always gives 100%. 

Signed from Burnham during 19/20 and was 

in excellent form just before the season 

ended. Sponsor: Terry's Badges 

Rory Merrick – forward 

Signed for 19/20 and continues to improve. 

Calm and composed figure on the pitch and 

has great technical ability. Sponsor: Fitness 

Clinic 

Ian Davies – forward 

Prolific goalscorer who scored 25 goals for 

Binfield in 18/19 before top scoring for Ascot 

with 23 goals in the curtailed 19/20 

campaign. Sponsor: Zipcar UK 

James Richardson – forward 

A talented forward who made his debut in 

17/18 aged just 16 and has won several 

England Schoolboys International caps. An 

exciting prospect with dazzling skills, 

tremendous work ethic and an abundance of 

energy. Sponsor: Ascot United U12 Aces 

Harry Laflin – forward 

Laffers joined in 18/19 when he scored 13 

goals. Added another 22 goals in 19/20 

despite often playing out of position, earning 

him the supporters’ player of the season 

award. Sponsor: Cameron Webb 

Aaron Berry – forward 

Returned in 19/20 for his second spell at the 

club. Strong and leads the line well. 

Previously with Burnham. 

Riccardo Andrady – forward 

Signed from Basingstoke Town for 20/21. 

Pacey and skilful wide player. Sponsor: Omni 

Plastering, Ascot 

Jamie Tompkins – manager 

Highly respected throughout the club who 

guided the team to league cup glory in 18/19 

before taking the team to top of the league 

before the 19/20 campaign was curtailed. 

Football Development manager at Brentford 

FC. Sponsors: Ascot United U16 Youth and 

Ascot United U12 Youth 

Jamie Ashdown - goalkeeping coach 

Needs little introduction, former professional 

Jamie began his career with Reading before 

making over 100 appearances for Portsmouth 

between 2004-2012. A huge asset to the club 

where he coaches at all levels. Sponsor: 

Ascot United FC Veterans 

Dan Masters – asst. manager 

Dan is in his third season with Ascot Utd and 

is a crucial part of the coaching staff. 

Sponsor: Ascot United U12 Youth 

Georgia Buddin - Therapist 

Stepped up to be the lead therapist at Ascot 

United in 19/20, supporting the fitness and 

recovery of the squad

CLUB HISTORY - ASCOT UNITED 

Ascot United as we know it, was founded in 1965 by a men’s team who played their games at Sunninghill with “after 

match meetings” in The Wells in Cheapside village (now Mikado’s). teams playing as long ago as 1928 under the name 

Ascot United but nothing to link them directly to the current club. In 1965, the club had gained permission from the Ascot 

Racecourse Trustees to convert the land east of coach park 10 into a football pitch. A wooden clubhouse was built and 

this team went on to win many prestigious trophies in the years that followed. 

Various youth teams represented Ascot United over the years up to 1988, and 1992 the East Berks 7-a-side Association 

was formed by our then Chairman Keith Wicks introducing small-sided junior games and having disbanded in 1980 the 

men’s team also reformed. The club continued to grow, entering into partnership with Charters School and being 

awarded FA Charter Standard status in 2004. The men’s senior team enjoyed early success through the East Berks 

League gaining continued promotions to the Senior division and winning various Cups including the Fielden Charity Cup 

in 1996/7. 2001 saw the 1st team join the Reading Senior League and winning the Evening Post Senior Cup at the Madejski 

Stadium in 2006. Promotion to the Hellenic League soon followed in 2007, followed by promotion to the Hellenic Premier 

Division in 2009. The club today has grown to become one of the largest Community football clubs in the UK with over 

1000 registered players and over 70 teams playing every weekend embracing all ages and abilities from 5 year olds 

through to Vets. A new clubhouse opened in September 2010, together with an improved main pitch, floodlights and a 

stand. 

The club has enjoyed much success at all levels particularly in the Ladies and Girls Section where they are regularly 

winners of leagues and county Cups. Our senior Ladies won promotion to the Premier Division of the Southern Region 

Women’s’ Football League in 2017-18 and consolidated their position with a mid-table finish in 2018-19. Meanwhile, 2018- 

19 was an outstanding one for our junior Boys’ teams who won an array of county cups at various age groups, a feat we’ve 

rarely previously achieved. 

The past decade has been hugely successful for our first team; our debut in the FA Cup in 2011 attracted 1,149 people to 

the Racecourse on a Friday evening where the famous trophy itself was on display and the match was streamed live on 

Facebook. Between 2012-13 and 2015-16 we reached the Quarter Final of the FA Vase twice, enjoyed two top-three 

finishes in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division, and won both the Bluefin Sport Challenge Cup and Perpetua 

Press Floodlit Cup. More recently, our players’ development took the spotlight, as a host of Yellamen have enjoyed 

success with other local sides and many of our talented development players stepped up into the first team. After 

finishing 2017-18 in style, in 2018-19 new manager Jamie Tompkins led his side to the top of the table for long spells, 

winning two team-of-the-month awards, and finishing with league cup glory once again by defeating Windsor 3-1 on 6th 

May. 

We were transferred into the Combined Counties League for the 2019-20 season, playing on our new 3G pitch facility, 

which transformed the club by facilitating more of our teams’ matches and training at The Racecourse. The stronger 

platform facilitated further player development, and Jamie’s young side would lead the table for long periods before 

establishing what looked like a title-winning margin at the top shortly before the league was aborted due to the global 

virus pandemic. 

Jamie has retained most of his squad for the 2020-21 season and they are eager to make another attempt at winning the 

title. One of the benefits of not winning promotion last season is that we will re-acquaint with some of the new friends we 

made along the way! But most importantly, the club is committed to ensuring the health and safety of players, officials 

and supporters so that grassroots football can continue to thrive in the way that it should.

CLUB HISTORY - CHESSINGTON / HOOK UTD 

Formed as Chessington F.C. in 1921, the club entered the Kingston & District League and within two years were 

the Division 4 Champions. Further honours proved elusive through the divisions until 1961 winning the Premier 

Division. By 1968, the club had moved to the Premier Division of the Middlesex League, which was their first 

taste of intermediate football. hey ended that first season as Runners-up and were consequently admitted to 

the Surrey County Senior League – a major milestone in the club’s history. Even more significantly, they became 

Division 1 Champions in the 1970-71 season. In 1972, the club joined the Home Counties League and continued to 

play in the League until the formation of the current Combined Counties League in 1978.That season, the most 

successful in the club’s history, when they brought home seven trophies! Despite the successes of the late 70’s, 

the club’s fortunes declined alarmingly in the early 80’s. Relegation to the Surrey Premier League was quickly 

followed by further demotion to the Surrey Combination, Bankruptcy was a real possibility. The introduction of a 

new management team in 1986, led by Chairman Graham Ellis, (of Hook United & Hook Youth) saw a rebirth of the 

club and return to former glory under the banner ‘Chessington & Hook United FC’ & ex-skipper Eric Wicks as 

Manager & Grahams son Paul assistant.By 1994, they were back in the Surrey Premier league, finishing 3rd and 

two years later, go one step further, finishing 2nd behind Virginia Water by just one point to make a welcome 

return to Senior football in the Combined Counties League. Eric stands down due to work commitments, Paul 

takes the reins. Chessington played through to the League Cup Final in their first season versus Ash United at 

Woking, only to lose 6-1. They finished third in the Premier division ‘04/05 and the season after, made the 4th 

round of the F,A. Vase, beaten 2-1 by finalists Cammell Laird at home in front of some 500 supporters. 

Work was carried out during the close season to bring the ground up to level five standard and they now 

possess a stand for 200 spectators and also erected a covered area behind one goal. Season 2006/07 had 

Chessington languishing in the relegation zone but 15 matches unbeaten saw them finish a creditable 10th 

position. 2007/08 season saw us use a huge number of players who had us playing some good attacking 

football, but the weather caught us napping, & with only one match in eight weeks, finally finished the season 

once again mid table. 

2008/09 & we introduce a new manager after Paul Norris decided to step down after 10 years. Enter Glynn 

Stephens as manager. Glynn had been reserve team manager at Ashford Town (Middx) after a glittering playing 

career amongst some of the top Ryman teams, but he took to it admirably & took the team to its second highest 

finish, 6th, since we entered this competition. Four years later & sadly, Glynn found the going tough & halfway 

through the 20011/12 season, parted company with the Club. In for Glynn came once again……...Paul (Nogsy) 

Norris!! Nogsy changed the team around in an effort to save the Club from relegation, but all in vain as we 

finished third from bottom, only Banstead Athletic & Mole Valley SCR were below us, but our fate was in the 

hands of a relegated Whyteleafe team who were bottom of Ryman South but decided not to come down to CCL 

but enter the Kent League leaving us free to continue our quest for success in this League. 2013/14, Nogsy left 

the Club in October that year, leaving his assistant Andrew Ellis to take charge. Andrew brought in ex CHUFC 

player Darren Woods to assist him but to no avail as we were relegated to Division One finishing bottom of the 

Premier Division after flirting that position for the previous two years. Division One was probably a breath of 

fresh air & Darren & Andy took it on the chin & set out to earn promotion back to the Premier Division but with 19 

games to play, it seemed a bridge too far until a run of just two defeats & two draws & a dramatic final game of 

the season when, 1-3 down at HT v Alton Town & Worcester Park beating Banstead, it all seemed in vain until a 

strange twist of fortune as the lads scored four 2nd half goals & Banstead won at Worcester Park to send the 

mammoth crowd of over 350 delirious, that means we finish third in the table above Worcester Park & back in 

the Premier Division, unfortunately, we couldn’t sustain our Premier Division status, once again, our pitch lets us 

down leaving us to play 16 games in 34 days, a bridge too far as we end up 2nd bottom to be relegated to Div One. 

Fifth in the following season meant we’d be once again playing Division One in 2017/18.

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