Wycombe inflict heavy defeat on Yellamen
Ascot United lost 6-0 against Wycombe Wanderers in the Berks and Bucks Senior Cup third round on Tuesday evening. In a one-sided affair on a miserable, damp evening, the visitors were almost out of sight at half time thanks to striker Cameron Stones’s first-half hat-trick.
Can the cup provide a catalyst for league form?
Whilst their league form is best forgotten, Ascot’s form in cup competitions has been ok this season, and their last win came at the 2nd-round stage of this tournament, a 3-1 win over Flackwell Heath just over one month earlier.
Wanderers would arrive for this last fifteen-tie having lost to Ascot at the semi final stage four years earlier (fourteen teams across seven ties would battle it out for a place in the quarter final where Reading FC enter). Wycombe’s starting line-up included two of their senior side – Mo Keita and Joe McCallum – but the rest of their squad would comprise mainly academy players.
Late afternoon rain lingered into the evening leaving most of the fans seeking what shelter was available; could the Yellas repeat the trick they had played four years before?
Wanderers are clinical in one-sided first-half
After William Bratvedt had dragged wide for Ascot early-on following a decent move where Ollie Rowan and Fope Deru had linked up on the right, the visitors quickly gained the ascendancy.
Jahrel McKoy’s driving run and shot signalled their intention – just wide – before Ascot had their best moment when Chukz Uzor raced onto loanee Nkaih Majesty’s fine-pass only to see Chairboys’ ‘keeper Kyle Defraine superbly off his line to smother his shot.
But when McKoy slid Stones in with 24 minutes on the clock it was 1-0; Stones cleverly disguising a low shot right-of-centre.
Stones then rifled home to make it 2-0 after Wycombe had gone route-one from the back in the 32nd minute – albeit a nice lay-off to the right wing and quick delivery thereafter – before Majesty made a hash of his attempted clearance in the 42nd minute and Stones thumped into the roof of the net to make it 3-0 and complete his hat-trick.
Second half sees no early respite
The second half began with U18’s starlet Aubin Smith introduced in a trio of home substitutions, but it was quickly 4-0 when McKoy converted from close range soon after the restart.
Another U18 – towering defender Fletcher Knight– came on soon afterwards in a proud moment for both management and family, and after that Kie Plumley made a fine save to deny Wanderers a fifth.
But the fifth came when Stones netted his fourth in the 82nd minute before Josh Gidaree completed the rout with three minutes remaining.
Ascot United: Plumley, Rowan, Schutter, Majesty, Wilson, Allsopp, Brandao, Long, Uzor, Deru, Bratvedt. Subs: Mboge, Parkinson, Smith, Knight, Richardson
Venue: The Racecourse, Ascot
Attendance: TBC
Weather: 8c, rain
Ascot United MOM: TBC
Entertainment: 2
Away fans estimate: 25
One-word summary: Overpowered