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ASCOT UNITED vs. KNAPHILL
Sat 24 Oct 2020
Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League Premier Division
Matchday
Programme
Season
2020/21

T H E Y E L L A M E N
Yellow and Blue
T H E K N A P P E R S
Red and Black
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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
Cameron Kennedy (GK)
Max Roffey (GK)
Azeez Alabi
Dennis Gorman
Wayne Ridgley
Sam Hamer
Jacob Lambe
Timmy Taylor
Ross Murdoch
Emmanuel Adetokunbo
Adan Aziz
Leo Medrado
James Dinsdale
Mark Primett
Leon Byrne
Connor Holland
Yosef Al Amrani
Cameron Miller
Joe Waigot
Danny Taylor
Dylan Averiss
Zak Horan
Brett Cunningham
Usman Lalustani
Jamie Tompkins Manager Jamie Daltry & John Cook
Dan Masters Asst. Manager
Jamie Ashdown GK Coach Steve Lynch, Andy Rowe
Bjorn Dunkley Coach Marc Gorman, Roland Baker
Steve Quelch Coach Steve Cavey
Georgia Buddin Therapist Katie Dorsett
Garry
Collins
Match Officials
Chris
Williams
Terry
Pusey
Last Match: CB Hounslow United H Tue 20 Oct
Next Match: Newhaven A Sat 31 Oct
W 3-1
COCO
FAV 1

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 Knaphill for today's
Cherry Red Records Combined Counties
League Premier Division fixture.
A warm welcome to you all and especially our visitors
from Knaphill for this Combined Counties Premier League
fixture. After a great result on Tuesday night, it’s great to
be back at the Racecourse again and looking for another
three points.
Today we have invited all of our junior players to attend
the game for free along with their parents… we have over
70 junior teams and it would be good to see even more
attending our games. The link between the senior and
junior sections is really important and we are making
huge strides forward in this regard – the senior players
regularly help at training sessions for the younger age
groups, and we have had first team players and coaches
helping to run our holiday camp this week. Hopefully any
first time visitors enjoy their day and become regulars.
I’m also delighted to see so many of our sponsors
attending our games, both home and away. We are keen to
build closer relationships with our partners, more than
just producing a pitch sideboard and taking the dollar. We
want to actively support our sponsors, whether it’s putting
more referrals to them or ensuring we as a club purchase
from our sponsors where appropriate – so you might have
accessed this programme via our new website created by
media partners Gorilla Hub or you might be eating one of
the fantastic burgers supplied by T&G Wholesale Meats… if
you are interested in finding out more about our
partnership opportunities, drop us an email at
marketing@ascotunited.net
We’re delighted to be able to welcome fans to The
Racecourse but realise that many clubs in higher leagues
can’t do this currently. Rather than take this for granted,
we must ensure we collectively follow all the guidelines
and consider the implications if we don’t. As a club we
have invested in signage and think we are providing a safe
environment for all our visitors – but we do rely on
individual responsibility rather than strict stewarding of
the ground. Please help us to keep Ascot Utd and all
grassroots grounds open for the fans.
Hope you all enjoy the game today… Simon.

FROM THE DUGOUT
Jamie Tompkins
First Team Manager
Welcome to the players, officials
and supporters of Knaphill. Enjoy
the game!
Hello and welcome to Knaphill FC players, staff and club committee and to all supporters in
attendance this afternoon Combined Counties Premier League fixture.
I would like to extend the welcome to our youth team coaches, players and parents today, it
will be great to see you all in big numbers and hope you enjoy the game!
In our previous fixture, we had to show a great deal of character and resilience to secure
the 3 points. Having gone down to 10 men (again), the work rate and desire to the defend as
a group was fantastic and demonstrated what we have been working on in training.
We will be aiming to match and better this in today’s game against Knaphill, another good
team in our league and I’m sure they will give us plenty to think about during the game. Full
of pacey forward players and familiar faces in Usman Lalustani and Luqman Kassim (two
members of our squad at the beginning of last season).
We hope to see a great crowd, hear lots of noise when cheering the team on and thank you
for your continued support.
Thank you to our sponsors, club officials and volunteers for all the fantastic work they do
for our football club.
Enjoy the game! Jamie
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

ON COURSE!
With Programme Editor Neal Jeffs
Welcome to the players, officials and
supporters of Knaphill for this Cherry Red
Records Combined Counties League
Premier Division match.
W E L C O M E T O T H E K N A P P E R S
Happy
reading, and
enjoy the
game! Neal
Welcome back for what I think is only our 2nd home Saturday match of the season. Having
now gone five games unbeaten we need to convert those into victories as other teams
around us continue to pick up points and there were very few surprises again last weekend.
Today will be tough, with three games in hand on us and being only six points behind
Knaphill will be looking to close the gap and will take heart from last season when they
came here and won 3-2 in December after we’d won 2-0 over there in September. I fully
expect the other six teams in the top eight to win today, we are the only two side in the top
eight who are playing in each other. During midweek it seems like a lot of teams rested
players in their league cup matches as there were ‘shock’ results for Division 1 sides
against Premier sides (Eversley and California beat Hanworth Villa, Dorking Wanderers
Reserves won at Knaphill, Walton and Hersham beat Southall). What this does do is open up
the competition and with our next round match being played a week on Tuesday against
Division 1 opposition there is obviously a real chance of silverware – remember we’ve not
lost a ‘primary’ league cup tie for 3 years!
Harry Laflin talks through his
midweek goal at Ascot's
soccer school. After his 725th
detailed run-through of the
strike, the kids were allowed
to leave shortly after
midnight…
What this does do is open up the competition and with our next round match being played a
week on Tuesday against Division 1 opposition there is obviously a real chance of
silverware – remember we’ve not lost a ‘primary’ league cup tie for 3 years! Next weekend
we have a tough trip to Newhaven where we lost 4 year ago. Once again they are doing well
in the Southern Combination [primarily Sussex] league and seasoned striker Lee Robinson
continues to knock the goals in. From my records only Louis Bouwers remains in our squad
from that day and even then he only came on as an injury time substitute. However, the
travelling fans remember the last-minute winner for Newhaven all too well… Anyway, not
much else to report, Elliot Carey should be back next weekend which will be a big boost and
with no midweek game I am sure the gaffer will have plenty of time to get his troops ready
for the big match next weekend. However, back to today’s big match – enjoy and stay safe!
Neal
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
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
Laflin 2, Higgs
24-Oct Knaphill
H COCO
31-Oct Newhaven
A FAV 1
03-Nov Chessington / Hook Utd H LC 2
07-Nov Guildford City
A COCO
14-Nov Raynes Park Vale
A COCO
21-Nov Sheerwater
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

TODAY'S FIXTURES AND RECENT RESULTS
Midweek results:
Banstead Athletic 3-1 Cobham COCO Tue
Ascot United 3-1 CB Hounslow United COCO Tue
Eversley & California 1-1 5p3 Hanworth Villa LC Tue
Farnham Town 2'2 4p5 Badshot Lea LC Tue
Knaphill 1-6 Dorking Wanderers Reserves LC Tue
Redhill 4-0 Bagshot LC Tue
Walton & Hersham 3-1 Southall LC Tue
Colliers Wood United p-p Egham Town LC Wed
Guildford City p-p Bedfont & Feltham LC Wed
Weekend fixtures:
Abbey Rangers v Camberley Town COCO Sat
Ascot United v Knaphill COCO Sat
Cobham v Hanworth Villa COCO Sat
Egham Town v Guildford City COCO Sat
Molesey v Sutton Common Rovers COCO Sat
Raynes Park Vale v Badshot Lea COCO Sat
Redhill v CB Hounslow United COCO Sat
Sheerwater v Frimley Green COCO Sat
Southall v Colliers Wood United COCO Sat
Spelthorne Sports v Banstead Athletic COCO Sat
Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Premier Division Table (20/10/20)
P W D L GD PTS
1 Sutton Common Rovers 9 7 2 0 20 23
2 Spelthorne Sports 10 7 1 2 15 22
3 Ascot United 11 6 2 3 11 20
4 Southall 9 6 1 2 16 19
5 Hanworth Villa 7 6 1 0 12 19
6 Abbey Rangers 8 5 2 1 13 17
7 Badshot Lea 8 5 0 3 2 15
8 Knaphill 8 4 2 2 3 14
9 Banstead Athletic 11 3 5 3 3 14
10 Cobham 9 3 2 4 -4 11
11 Raynes Park Vale 9 3 1 5 -8 10
12 Camberley Town 7 3 0 4 -4 9
13 Sheerwater 8 2 2 4 -4 8
14 Egham Town 8 2 1 5 -5 7
15 Frimley Green 8 2 1 5 -9 7
16 CB Hounslow United 7 1 3 3 -1 6
17 Colliers Wood United 8 1 3 4 -8 6
18 Guildford City 7 1 1 5 -8 4
19 Redhill 7 1 0 6 -13 3
20 Molesey 9 1 0 8 -31 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 12 12
D Bailey 13 2 17 2
T Bailey 1 1
A Berry 7 2 15 5
L Bouwers 10 138 11
E Burden 1 32
E Carey 8 49 4
H Cliff 2 2
I Davies 12 6 47 29
J Denton 13 164 19
C Ellis 1 54 1
S Evans 4 6
C Ferguson 4 20 1
S Gray 12 73
J Haworth 11 82 1
S Hayes 1 2
A Higgs 10 6 33 15
B Hodges 11 1 106 10
L Jones 1 1
H Laflin 11 8 96 43
G Lock 12 112 5
J Masters 4 5
R Merrick 20
T Morgan 7 2 7 2
J Richardson 12 2 61 11
L Sankoh 1 23 1
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MATCH REPORT ROUNDUP
ASCOT DIG DEEP TO EARN HOUNSLOW WIN
Yellamen finally tune in to beat CB 3-1
Tuesday 20th October 2020 - Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League
Premier Division - Ascot United 3 - 1 CB Hounslow
CB Hounslow fought hard but were eventually beaten 3-1 by Ascot United on Tuesday evening as the home side
extended their unbeaten run to five matches. Leading 2-0, The Yellamen inflicted a self-inflicted wound when Harrison
Cliff was dismissed before the break, but eventually sealed victory after the visitors had halved the deficit.
Both sides had been hard to beat in recent matches with Ascot’s unbeaten four-match streak comparing to
Hounslow’s solitary defeat in their last seven, making for a tight game on paper. There was still no return for the
combative Elliot Carey who still waits for his 50th appearance, but fit-again Louis Bouwers slotted back into defence
after missing the past three games – and his performance alongside the superb Dan Bailey would underpin the
victory.
Ascot were quickly about of the blocks and might have scored in the sixth minute only for Sam Bersey to react well
and claw Harry Laflin’s effort away after Aiden Higgs had earlier been well-tackled when attempting to convert James
Richardson’s through ball. However, it was one-nil a minute later when Higgs reacted quickest to hook home after
Richardson had headed the ball back into the danger area.
CB Hounslow rarely threatened and when they did were either wasteful in the final third or thwarted by an offside flag,
but it was another twenty minutes before the home side threatened again when Taylor Morgan burst down the right,
cut the ball back for Richardson – who saw his shot blocked – before Laflin curled the loose ball wide of the top right.
But the visitors were rightly incensed when defender Harry Driver’s perfectly timed tackle on Richardson cost his side
a penalty – photos would later confirm the erroneous decision – although Laflin showed no mercy in tucking home the
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
Cliff’s evening soon ended when he was dismissed for a late challenge on Thomas Ranek, leaving Ascot a man down
for the second half.
With their man advantage, The Dragons sniffed blood and after a decent opening spell they got their reward when
Jordan Vidal’s vicious, swerving effort from distance sailed over Gray for a fine goal ten minutes after the restart. Lewis
Woods might then have done better when well-placed as Hounslow knocked in the now-creaking Ascot door, but the
home side would ultimately manage the game well and ultimately emerged unscathed.
Indeed, Laflin almost made it 3-1 with a shot from a tight angle after Josh Masters had done well to win possession and
tee him up – Bersey alert to the danger again – but he was powerless soon after when Ascot delivered a hammer blow.
This time, it was substitute James Haworth’s mazy run – taking three defenders with him – that created the chance, but
with work still to do his cross was dummied by Higgs for Laflin to rifle past Bersey.
With fifteen minutes still to play, the visitors would find time to threaten again, although when they did it was Gray
who got down well to tip Marcus Williams’ shot round a post after Bouwers made a hash of his attempted clearance.
As Hounslow ran out of ideas they also ran out of a full quota of players when substitute Luke Berry saw red for pulling
Higgs back in added time, but the result was already settled.
Ascot United: Gray, Lock, Masters, Denton, Bouwers, D. Bailey, Laflin (Hodges 75’), Cliff, Morgan (Andrady 56’),
Richardson (Haworth 56’), Higgs. Subs unused: Evans

PHOTOZONE
A selection of photos from Tuesday's win over CB Hounslow (Neil Graham Photography)
Clockwise from top left: Aiden Higgs
pounces to open the scoring, Higgs
causes more problems for the defence,
captain Louis Bouwers - who had a
strong return to the side from injury,
Sam Gray safely claims under pressure,
Taylor Morgan unleashes a shot.

PHOTOZONE
A selection of photos from Tuesday's win over CB Hounslow (Neil Graham Photography)
Clockwise from top: Harry Laflin tucks
home a penalty, Jonny Denton crosses,
James Richardson is challenged but a
penalty is harshly awarded, Harrison
Cliff sees the visiting 'keeper save at his
feet.

ASCOT UNITED LADIES
Ascot United Ladies are up and running in the Southern
Regions Women’s Football League after a comprehensive win
over Warsash Wasps on Sunday afternoon. Darrel Evans’ side
quickly recovered from going a goal down to run out 10-1
winners, taking their first three points of the season after
defeat last weekend.
Freya Johnson (pictured) scored to pull her side level in the sixth minute, barely a minute after Wasps had
taken the lead, and would even Amy Woollard made it 2-1 in the 8th minute before Dom Carrington (21’), and
both Johnson (28’) and Woollard (32’) added to their own tallies to make it 5-1 just after the half-hour mark.
However, the visitors weren’t helped when they lost a player with a shoulder injury early-on, and after she
had departed for hospital they were down to the bare bones as a couple of players went down with cramp.
Carrington’s cross-shot found its way in via the ’keeper’s hand to give Ascot a 6-1 lead at half time, and after
Evans changed the shape in the second half his side relaxed and knocked the ball around with more
confidence. Laura Spark had a solid game in defence, mopping up most of what Warsash could muster,
although credit goes to the visitors who plugged away in the second half only to be restricted mainly to
long-range efforts, which Lisa Phillips confidently dealt with.
After Johnson had completed her hat-trick, impressive winger
Georgia Bowers found the net with an audacious cross-shot to
make it 8-1, before substitute Nicole Brown bagged a late
brace – although she might have had two more – had it not
been for a couple of good saves from the overworked visiting
’keeper. The Ladies travel to Abingdon United next Sunday
(2pm). Meanwhile, Ascot United Ladies Reserves lost 4-2 at
Woking Reserves last weekend.

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 - KNAPHILL
The club was founded in 1924 and originally played its home games at Waterer’s
Park, Knaphill. Over the years the club have been one of the most successful
sides in the Surrey and many players have gone onto to play at higher levels of
football. In 2004 we moved to our present home of Redding Way, Knaphill and in
2007 we won promotion to the Combined Counties Football League. Our first team
are members of the Combined Counties Football League playing in the Premier
Division which is step 5 in the national non league pyramid ladder.
Our U18s compete in the Allied Counties Midweek Youth League. We also have
Mini Knappers Fun Coaching for 4-6 year olds, a Under 12 girls team and a Under
15s boys teams. We are a FA Standard Charter Club.
Accomplished on the field and professionally organised behind the scenes, we
are rightly proud of our highly-regarded set-up and football achievements down
the years. Our ambition to compete successfully at the highest levels of the
amateur game is underpinned by a young and exciting squad, a talented and
hard-working staff and the ceaseless efforts of our management committee
through whose vision and dedicated service we are constantly striving to
improve every aspect of the club’s operations. While there is much that is both
contemporary and progressive about our set-up, our fiercely competitive spirit
on the pitch and the warm and friendly welcome extended to all in our ground are
traditions which have been handed down from generation to generation through
the best and worst of times since our earliest beginnings in 1924.
Today, we are proud to carry on these traditions and long may they continue to be
the things by which we are known.Towards the end of the 2010/11 season the new
floodlights and stand were installed which enabled us to continue in our leagues
and to compete in the FA Cup, FA Vase, Surrey Senior Cup and FA Youth Cup. Since
then we have added a further 50 seater stand as well as additional covered
standing areas. For a small village club we will continue to grow from strength to
strength with help from our advertisers, sponsors and supporters.