Ascot United F.C.

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Ascot United
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Full name Ascot United Football Club
Nickname(s) The Yellamen
Founded 1965
Ground Ascot Racecourse,
Ascot
Ground Capacity 1,150
Chairman Mike Harrison
Manager Jeff Lamb
League Hellenic Football League
Premier Division
2014–15 Hellenic Football League
Premier Division, 3rd

Ascot United F.C. are a football club based in Ascot, near Windsor in Berkshire, England. They were established in 1965. Currently they are members of the Hellenic Football League Premier Division. The East Berkshire, UK club fields 67 teams, from Youth teams to the Senior Side every weekend and has well over 800 players. It is supported by 46 businesses who provide various forms of sponsorship and the First team sponsors are DP Worldwide Freight who have a 20-year association with the club. The club is run by volunteers over 90 of whom have formal FA coaching qualifications. The club is affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association[1]

History

Ascot United was founded in 1965 by a men’s team who played their games at Sunninghill, with "after match meetings" in The Wells public house in Cheapside village (now Mikados).[2]

Within three seasons, the club had gained permission from the Ascot Racecourse Trustees to convert the land north 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, but the size of the club never exceeded 8 boys’ teams. From 1989 there was a gradual increase in demand and in 1992 there came a turning point when small-sided games were introduced for 7 and 8 year olds and the men’s team reformed, having disbanded in 1980.[3]

In 1990 the club started to work on some improvements to its infrastructure, with a new club house being erected at the Racecourse Ground, and a season later a new pitch and training area was constructed on waste land.[3] The work continued in 1992 when the clubhouse was converted and Floodlights added in 1994.[3] Then in 2003 a Partnership with Charters School was established and the club website went live, this was followed by achieving FA Charter Community club status in 2004.[2]

With the work carried out off the pitch, under manager Stuart Scammell results started to improve on the pitch with the club winning the Reading Evening Post Cup final at the Madejski Stadium in the 2005-06 season, and the following season winning the Reading League Senior Division.[3][4] This league title gained them promotion to the Hellenic League Division one East in the 2008–09 season they finished Runners-up in the Division and got promoted to the Premier division. Once again the club upgraded its facilities and ground to meet step 5 requirements, with new Floodlights in 2009 and a new Clubhouse and stand in 2010.

The club made its debut in the FA Vase in the 2010-11 season and in 2011-12 season the club made its debut in the FA Cup under new manager Jeff Lamb, as long serving manager Stuart Scammell resigned at the end of the 2010-11 season due to work commitments.[3][4] Their debut in the FA cup was also special as it was the first ever game to be broadcast live on a social networking site, when they played Wembley in the extra preliminary round of the FA Cup, shown on Facebook.[5]

Ground

Ascot United play their games at Ascot Racecourse, Car Park 7&8, Winkfield Road, Ascot SL5 7LJ.

The ground has floodlighting, a clubhouse and stand which brings the grounds capacity to 1150 people.[6]

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
10 England GK Chris Grace
20 England DF Dave Hancock (captain)
30 England DF Andy Dean
40 England MF James Burrell
50 England DF Joe Yeates
60 England MF Matt Cooper
70 England MF Rob Saunders
80 England MF Ian Brooks
90 England FW Matt Jones
100 England FW Leon Yarnie
110 England MF Lee Boon
No. Position Player
120 England MF Jon Denton
140 England MF Daryl Mclean
150 England DF Jon Keough
170 England DF Jeff Lamb
180 England MF Joe Gritt
200 England FW Jermaine Roche
230 England MF Jesse Wilson
250 England DF Alex Rodrigues
260 England FW Damian Markman
270 England FW Joe Grant
280 Philippines DF Rob Gier

Club honours

  • Hellenic Football League Division One East :[4]
    • Runners-up: 2008-09
  • Reading League Senior Division:[4]
    • Winners: 2006-07
  • Reading Evening Post Cup:[3]
    • Winners: 2005-06
  • Bluefin Sports Hellenic Challenge Cup :[4]
    • Winners: 2013-14

Club records

  • Highest League Position:[4] 3rd in Hellenic premier Division 2013-14 / 2014-15
  • FA Cup best performance:[4] Preliminary Round 2012–13
  • FA Vase best performance:[4] Quarter-finals 2012-13 / Quarter-finals 2014-15
  • Highest Attendance:[7] 1149 vs Wembley 19 August 2011

Former players

1. Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
2. Players with full international caps.

References

  1. ↑ FA Community Clubs BerksBucksFA
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ascot United Berks and Bucks FA
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Club History Ascot United FC
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 ASCOT UNITED at the Football Club History Database
  5. ↑ Facebook to show Ascot v Wembley FA Cup opener BBC
  6. ↑ Sponsor to show Ascot United v Wembley FC FA Cup tie on Facebook Wednesday 17 August 2011 The Guardian
  7. ↑ 20 August 2011 Ascot United 1 – 2 Wembley The Real FA Cup

External links

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