HAT-TRICKS from Harry Grant and Brendan Matthew helped Ascot United strike 10 past AEK Boco in their FA Vase victory.
Played at the Racecourse Ground, the clinical display puts the Yellamen into the first-round proper of the F.A.Vase.
The visitors are a Step lower than Ascot, but managed to open the scoring after a quarter of an hour with Jenkins and Fred Taylor-Fox providing Drew Thomas with a shot that came off the post and into the net.
A few minutes later the first goal by Brendan Matthew levelled the score-line. He had chased an overhead cross by Tucker and headed in beyond keeper Luke Bond.
Harry Grant scored with a surprise header to give Ascot the lead three minutes later. Then the goals began to arrive. Ascot forwards approach work was thwarted and cleared but the third goal came in useful with a ball placed nicely for Marcus Mealing to send on to Ollie Harris who scored deftly.
Half-time was imminent and McCormack sent the ball neatly into the space in front of Matthew who collected the ball and lashed it into the corner of the net to make it 4-1 to the home team.
After the break, Ascot began by attacking and because of erroneous play were well offside.
They came back, working deep into Boco’s defence and gained a corner but Boco cleared the ball. Ascot charged forward and a neat back heel pass reached a Yellaman whose shot missed the target.
Harry Grant tapped in goal number five increasing the unassailable target for the opposition. That score-line did not last long because Matthew added a sixth and. substitute Lalustani popped in a seventh goal four minutes later.
One minute later, Walters crashed in another to make it 8-1 and he scored again with a run onto the ball just one minute later.
This put Grant into a position to step round keeper Bond way off his line and net the ball beyond a defender who was guarding the goal line to round off a sensational attacking display
Ascot. United: 1]. Ashdown,(GK). 2]. Lock. 3]. Masters. 4]. Ajanlekoko. 5]. Bailey. 6]. Tucker 7]. McCormack. 8].Grant. 9]. Mealing. 10]. Matthew. 11]. Harris.
Substitutes: 12]. Welch. 13]. Docherty. (GK). 14]. Walters. 15]. Bowers. 16]. Price. 17]. Lalustani.
Goals: Grant x3, Matthew x3, Harris, Walters x2, Grant
Report by Arthur Strand
