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ASCOT UNITED vs. CRIBBS
Fri 5 Aug 2022
Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round
Matchday
Programme
Season
2022/23

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T H E Y E L L A M E N
Yellow and Blue
Alex Sykes (GK)
Sam Gray (GK)
Jamie Ashdown (GK)
Adam Everiss
Brendan Matthew
Chris Ellis
Dan Bailey
Dan Price
Elliott Carey
George Lock
Harry Grant
Harry Laflin
Harry Tucker
Jay Welch
Jordan Ajanlekoko
Josh Masters
Kai Walters
Keaton August
Louis Bouwers
Marcus Mealing
Ollie Harris
Rory Merrick
Sean McCormack
Toby Thompson
Usman Lalustani
C R I B B S
Red and Black
Seth Locke (GK)
Aaron Greatbanks (GK)
Sonny Harnett-Balkwill
Josh Bennett
Joe Hillard
Ryan Crouch
Ross McErlain
Rudi McKinnon
George Kellow
Jack Fillingham
Steve Murray
Jake Hodgson
Nick Jones
Matt Spiller
Lewis Hedges
Ryan Cainey
Aaron Ward-Baptiste
Charlie Dashfield
Niza Chilufya
Gerlando Parrinello
James Crossley-John
Bailey Croome
Lynford Bhebbe
David Duru
Jamie Tompkins Manager Richard Luffman
Dan Masters Asst. Manager Aaron Still
Jamie Ashdown GK Coach Joe Ledbury
Steve Quelch Coach Jack Richardson
Stuart Britton Coach Ben Waters
Chad Smith Physio Simon Hartley
David
Bott
Match Officials
William
Douglas
Ethan
Stacey
Last Match: 0
0
Sat 0 Jan
00:00
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Next Match: Windsor A Sat 13 Aug
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 U18s Team Manager: Josh Nice
Veterans Team Manager: Dave Good
Ladies Team Manager: Darrel Evans
Ladies Reserves Team Manager: John Swallow
Therapist: Chad Smith
Sports Psychology: Izzy Woods
Marketing Manager: Abi Ticehurst
Football Operations Manager: Emma Dunbar
Private Events Manager: Sam Knight
Racecourse Facilities Manager: Jo Gavin
Administration Manager: Emma Paton
Clubhouse Catering: Lisa Richards
Reporting and Programme: Neal Jeffs
Directors:
Doug Page
Mark Cooper
Rob Jones
Donna Graham
Phil Wray
Graham Jones
Here's a preview of what's inside this week's edition:
* Words from Chairman Simon Negus and Manager Jamie Tompkins
* Programme Editor Neal Jeffs dusts off his pen
* Ladies, Ladies Reserves and Allied U18 reflection on last season
* Fixtures and statistics
* Plus more

IN THE CHAIR
A warm welcome to Cribbs for
today's Emirates FA Cup fixture.
Simon Negus
Chairman
I’m delighted to welcome you all here to The Racecourse for this evening's FA Cup match and a
special welcome to all from Cribbs FC.
Like me I’m sure that you are all delighted to see competitive football start again after all of the
recent preseason friendlies. It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were signing off last season in
style with the cup final but I know Jamie and all of the team are now focused on the season ahead.
Whilst we have strengthened our playing squad for this season it’s also important that we continue
to strengthen and grow the club as a whole. We will be fielding more teams than ever going into the
new season, especially in our fast-growing girls section. The impact of the Lionesses in the past few
days will only accelerate this growth and we as a club our proud to be able to provide great coaching
and facilities for any girls wanting to start their footballing journey.
Equally importantly we have started a mixed ability team for those with special needs – they train
every week with a qualified coach and look forward to entering tournaments in the coming weeks
with a realistic aim for players to get selected for Special Olympics GB in the future.
We have also strengthened the staff at the club by appointing Abi Ticehurst as our first full-time
marketing manager – Abi is already well known to many in the local footballing community and is
already proving a huge asset to the club. She is keen to get to know as many of our fans and members
as possible so please get in touch with her with ideas and suggestions of how we can further grow
the club.
It’s also the time of year that club secretaries around the country disappear into darkened rooms to
complete the endless admin required at grassroots football. We are really fortunate to have one of
the best in the business and I’d like to thank Dan Birchmore publicly for all of his continued hard
work.
I hope you all have a fantastic evening.
Simon

FROM THE DUGOUT
Welcome to the players, officials
and supporters of Cribbs. Enjoy
the game!
Jamie Tompkins
First Team Manager
Good evening everyone, it is good to be back in front of our home supporters tonight and we
are looking forward to what will be another magnificent atmosphere at the Racecourse
Ground.
It has been a very enjoyable (and busy!) off-season, I managed to squeeze in a wedding day,
marrying my beautiful, now wife, Emma and a honeymoon trip to Indonesia, but there was
still time to make all those important phone calls on the beach as we began assembling
our squad.
As with every off-season, it has allowed us to review and evaluate the previous year but
look ahead to what we need to move forwards. As always, the club progresses off the pitch
every year and we want to ensure we are matching this on the pitch.
We can’t wait to get going again and no better way to kick-off than playing in the FA Cup
against Cribbs FC. It will be tough encounter and a huge challenge for us to overcome if we
are to progress into the next round. I have belief that the players will perform in the right
way tonight and, with your fantastic support, we will be doing everything we can to secure
another memorable win.
You will see many new faces on the pitch tonight and we are delighted to welcome them to
the club and in addition, welcoming Abi Ticehurst to our off-field team, joining as Marketing
Manager and her expertise will continue driving the clubs awareness and excellent
reputation in our local community.
Enjoy the game! Jamie
ASCOT UNITED FC MANAGEMENT TEAM
Dan Masters
Assistant Manager
Jamie Ashdown
Goalkeeping Coach
Stuart Britton
Strength/Con. Coach
Steve Quelch
Coach
Chad Smith
Physio

W E L C O M E T O C R I B B S
W E L C O M E T O C R I B B S
ON COURSE!
With Programme Editor Neal Jeffs
Welcome to the players, officials and
supporters of Cribbs for this Emirates FA Cup
match.
Happy
reading, and
enjoy the
game! Neal
Good evening and in a repeat of last season we are delighted to open our campaign with an
FA Cup fixture on a Friday evening under the lights. Some of our sister leagues begin their
seasons last weekend and already have a couple of matches under their belts heading into
this weekend’s cup ties. Other leagues began during midweek (including the Combined
Counties and Hellenic Leagues with a handful of fixtures) but for both sides this evening it is
the first outing. Both Ascot and Cribbs have had similar recent trajectories up the pyramid –
whilst we are coming out of the Reading Senior League they were coming up from the
Gloucestershire Senior League around the same time – and eventually into Step 5 a few
seasons later. Looking at our league, we’ve got some new faces this season including a few
where you’re probably wondering where they hang out - Broadfields United (Harrow, sharing
with Rayners Lane), Hilltop (Stonebridge, sharing with Hillingdon Borough), London Lions
(Barnet) and Oxhey Jets (Watford). More dates with the M25!
ICONIC MOMENT! The Women's
Euro 2022 was a huge
success, not only due to
England's victory but for the
impact it will have on
women's football in the UK.
You’ll also see some new names on the team sheet. Its great to See Harry Laflin and Usman
Lalustani back with us, and some of you may also remember Jordan Ajanlekoku who played
a couple of games on loan for us in our troubled 2017-18 campaign. He has step 3
experience with Beaconsfield and has since played against us in the County Cup. Looking
ahead there is no midweek game but hopefully we see a good travelling support next
weekend at Windsor for our league opener. 50 year-old Barry Hayles is back part of their
backroom set up and what price for seeing him on the pitch again this season!? Finally, I
can’t end without referencing the Lionesses. What they achieved was simply outstanding
for the county, ladies and girls football and long may it continue. I’m an avid fan of the
women’s game and watch our Ascot teams with interest and the hope is that some of our
crop are inspired to become the next Toone, Russo or Williamson. Enjoy the game! Neal

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RESULTS AND FIXTURES
Date Opposition
H/A Comp Result Att
05-Aug Cribbs
H FAC XP
13-Aug Windsor
A COCO
16-Aug North Greenford United H COCO
23-Aug Egham Town
A COCO
27-Aug Long Crendon
A FAV 1Q
29-Aug Wallingford & Crowmarsh H COCO
03-Sep Harefield United
A COCO
06-Sep FC Deportivo Galicia A LC 1Q
10-Sep Hilltop
H COCO
17-Sep Wembley
A COCO
Scorers
COCO - Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League Premier Division North, FAV - Isuzu FA Vase, FAC - The
Emirates FA Cup, BBT - Berks&Bucks Trophy, LC - Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup.

TODAY'S FIXTURES AND RECENT RESULTS
Latest results:
Today's fixtures:

LEAGUE TABLES
Combined Counties League Premier Division North
P W D L GD PTS
1 Wallingford & Crowmarsh 1 0 1 0 0 1
2 Wokingham & Emmbrook 1 0 1 0 0 1
3 Ascot United 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Broadfields United 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Burnham 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Chalfont St Peter 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Edgware & Kingsbury 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Egham Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Flackwell Heath 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Harefield United 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hilltop 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Holyport 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 London Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 North Greenford United 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Oxhey Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Reading City 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Spelthorne Sports 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Virginia Water 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Wembley 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Windsor 0 0 0 0 0 0
Combined Counties League Premier Division South
P W D L GD PTS
1 Farnham Town 1 0 1 0 0 1
2 Jersey Bulls 1 0 1 0 0 1
3 AFC Croydon Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Abbey Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Alton 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Badshot Lea 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Balham 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Banstead Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Camberley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cobham 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Colliers Wood United 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fleet Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Frimley Green 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Guildford City 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Horley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Knaphill 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Raynes Park Vale 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Redhill 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Sheerwater 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Tadley Calleva 0 0 0 0 0 0

APPEARANCES AND GOALS
Below are the updated Ascot United appearance and scorers' records for
this season's squad.
Season 2022/23
All-time
App Goals App Goals
S Gray - - 133 -
J Ashdown - - - -
A Everiss - - 26 1
B Matthew - - - -
C Ellis - - 88 1
D Bailey - - 72 10
D Price - - 46 10
E Carey - - 55 4
G Lock - - 166 10
H Grant - - - -
H Laflin - - 139 81
H Tucker - - - -
J Welch - - - -
J Ajanlekoko - - 2 1
J Masters - - 37 -
K Walters - - 36 3
K August - - 44 9
L Bouwers - - 174 11
M Mealing - - - -
O Harris - - - -
R Merrick - - 42 -
S McCormack - - 43 10
T Thompson - - 3 -
U Lalustani - - 38 11
A Sykes - - 3 -
- - 1,147 162
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MATCH REPORT ROUNDUP
READING EASE PAST ASCOT TO LIFT COUNTY CUP
Fairy-tale ends for Yellamen but pride intact
Saturday 7th May 2022 - Berks and Bucks Senior Cup Final - Ascot United 0 - 4 Reading
FC
Reading Academy beat Ascot United 4-0 in the Berks and Bucks County Cup Final on
Saturday. In front of a crowd of 1,122 at Slough Town’s Arbour Park, the professional outfit
stormed into a 3-0 half time lead before adding a late fourth to lift the silverware.
The Yellamen were backed by a huge travelling contingent – probably three-quarters of the
crowd – and they would play their part in raising Jamie Tompkins’ side in what was an
impressive second half performance.
But Reading had long since done the damage as Ajani Giscombe swept home in the 12th
minute before Nahum Melvin-Lambert’s powerful header doubled their advantage in the
25th minute.
Sam Gray made a smart save to deny Melvin-Lambert on the half-hour mark – making
himself big to block the lively striker’s thunderous effort – but there was little he could do in
the 35th minute when defender Imari Kines-Samuels’ left-footed rocket across Gray
cannoned in off the angle of post and bar to make it 3-0.
The Yellamen came out firing in the second half and Louis Bouwers twice went close with
headers from corners, although their already bleak prospects were all-but-extinguished
when the lively Sean McCormack was harshly shown a second yellow card with a quarter of
an hour remaining.
That said, the ten remaining Yellamen continued to push and nearly got the goal their efforts
deserved when Rory Merrick’s overhead kick struck the top of the crossbar.
Pushing forwards, Ascot were exposed, but they nearly shut Reading out for entire half only
for Melvin-Lambert to poke home for Reading during a seven-minute period of added time.
The Yellamen rightly took their plaudits at the final whistle as the fans honoured a
memorable cup run as much as their heroes’ performance on the day.
Ascot United: Gray, Lock (August), Masters, Merrick, Bouwers, Bailey, McCormack, Scott, T.
Morgan (Nortey), Surpanu (Davies), Ellis. Subs unused: Sykes, Carey

ASCOT UNITED ALLIED U18
Ascot United U18's
will compete in the
Allied Counties Youth
League (Central)
Division after a
lateral move from the
Southern section,
which they won.
Josh Nice led his young side to title glory in 2021/22 after a neck-and-neck
battle with close rivals Westfield. The pivotal moment of the season came
with a handful of games remaining when they faced Westfield at home.
Trailing 3-2 in injury time and knowing that defeat would put the destiny of
the title in the visitors’ hands, they bagged a late, late dramatic equaliser
to swing the pendulum back in their favour. They still needed to win their
final two games at Virginia Water and Fleet Spurs (celebrations pictured
afterwards, below) in March – but that they did – and more silverware
came back to The Racecourse.
Allied Counties Youth League (South) - final table 2021/22
P W D L GD PTS
1 Ascot United 14 11 2 1 25 35
2 Westfield 14 10 3 1 28 33
3 Wokingham & Emmbrook 14 9 2 3 30 29
4 Fleet Town 14 5 2 7 -11 17
5 Abbey Rangers 14 5 0 9 -5 15
6 Virginia Water 14 4 3 7 -21 15
7 Frimley Green 14 3 3 8 -17 12
8 Fleet Spurs 14 1 1 12 -29 4

ASCOT UNITED LADIES
The club were formed in the 2005/06 season,
joining the Surrey County Women's League.
They moved into the Thames Valley Counties
Football League in 2007/08. After some ups and
downs they eventually achieved promotion to
Division 1 of the SRWFL and later to the Premier
Division for the 2017/18 season, which is where
they have remained.
The 2022/23 season is team’s 17th in existence,
having enjoyed a fine campaign in 2021/22.
They reached the first round proper of the
women’s FA Cup for the first time in their
history, hosting Chichester and Selsey Ladies
from Step 3 of the pyramid, and put up a fine
display despite a 4-0 defeat. A gutsy 3-2 league
cup quarter final exit at Abingdon United on
13th March signalled the end of their season
but their final league placing of 4th wasn't
confirmed until later when teams around them
played their games in hand. Manager Darrel
Evans has added a few new faces during preseason
in the hope they can go even further
this campaign, which starts in September.
The existence of a reserve team and talented
junior section means there is competition for
places. Our Girls Under 16’s reached the Surrey
County Cup Final where they lost 3-1 against
mighty Crystal Palace, whilst one of our 16 year
olds – Tia Johnson – made the seamless
transition to first team football in early 2022
and even scooped a player of the month award
after scoring 4 goals in 4 games!
League:
Southern Region Women's
Football League Premier
Level on Pyramid:
5
Manager:
Darrel Evans
League position 21/22:
4th
Above: Laura Spark
Below: Izzy Woods - pre-season against Brentford

ASCOT UNITED LADIES RESERVES
Ascot United Ladies Reserves had an
incredible season in Division 3 (East) of
the Thames Valley Counties League as
they won all 18 league games on their
way to the league title and promotion!
They almost extended an alreadyincredible
winning sequence (dating
back to December 2020), only to lose
against Division 1 Champions Badshot
Lea in the league cup final on 3rd April.
This was John Swallow's side's last
outing of the season, and in the end-ofseason
shake-up there was talk of them
being promoted 2 levels to the Division 1,
a sensible move given their total
dominance of Division 3 (East) and also
having beaten a Division 1 side earlier in
the League Cup run.
Anyone interested in joining Ascot United
Ladies can reach out to either first team
manager Darrel Evans
(dmhhevans@ntlworld.com) or reserve
team manager John Swallow
(swallow127@btinternet.com). Both
teams are on our website, and have their
own twitter feeds (@AscotLadiesFC and
@AscotLadiesRes).
League:
Thames Valley League
Division 1
Level on Pyramid:
7
Manager:
John Swallow
League position 21/22:
1st (Div 3 East Champions)
Above: Hot-shots Freya Johnson and Clodagh Farrell
Below: Kat Webb

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 played 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 in 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 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. In
2001, the First Team join the Reading Senior League, were awarded FA Charter Standard status in 2004, and won the
Reading Evening Post Senior Cup at the Madejski Stadium in 2006. Promotion to the Hellenic League Division 1 soon
followed in 2007, before promotion to the Premier Division in 2009. The club today has grown to become one of the
largest Community football clubs in the UK with over 1,000 registered players and over 70 teams playing every weekend
embracing all ages and abilities from 5 year olds through to veterans. A new clubhouse opened in September 2010,
together with an improved main pitch, floodlights and a stand.
“The Yellamen” made their debut in the FA Cup in 2011 with a home tie against Wembley FC. The game 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. In 2012-13 and 2015-16 we reached the Quarter Final of the FA Vase twice, enjoyed two topthree
finishes in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division, and won both the Bluefin Sport Challenge Cup and
Perpetua Press Floodlit Cup. After finishing 2017-18 in style, in the following season 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.
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
Coronavirus. Retaining much of the same squad for 2020-21, Jamie saw his side in and around the challengers before
another pandemic-curtailed season, although they battled through to the league cup final where they were ultimately
beaten on penalties by Redhill.
In 2021-22 Ascot finished 6th in the league, but the highlight was an eye-catching run to the final of the Berks and Bucks
Senior Cup Final where they defeated three sides from higher divisions, including Wycombe Wanderers in the semifinal
front of a club-record crowd of 1,267. For the current season, Ascot have strengthened their squad and made further
ground developments; hopes are high that they will now push for the promotion they were cruelly denied in 2019-20.
The club has also 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 enjoyed their best season on 2021-22 with a top-four finish and a run to
the First Round Proper of the FA Cup. Meanwhile, our Ladies Reserves won every league match of their Thames Valley
League Division 3 campaign to secure promotion, also reaching the league cup final.

CLUB HISTORY - CRIBBS

CLUB HISTORY - CRIBBS

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