Ascot United FC: Behind the Goals

The Men's 1st XI are safe, the women's XI finish a great second half of the campaign. Dan Hough and Tim Rose talk through the ups and downs. Plus, coaching boys' and girls' sides; Tim talks us through the similarities and differences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leon and Dan unpack all things Ascot United. The 1st XI are in a bit of a trough, but big game incoming on Wednesday. The Women's XI continue to hold their own, and have a cup final to look forward to. And, it's farewell (although not adieu) to one of the podcast team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Guv'nor, Rob Jones, joins Leon and Dan to talk shop. The three of them manage to cover football tours to the former Soviet Union, train journeys to Beijing plus how Leon and Kevin De Bruyne have more in common than you might expect. Do tune in to get the full lowdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Victor Ocansey, Ascot United's men's team's assistant manager, has experienced pretty much all that football can throw at you. Ups and downs, highs and lows, and even a wake taking place on a football pitch! Vic joins Leon and Dan to talk about all things football.....including his weird fascination with Jon Obi-Mikel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Will Chaisty joins Leon and Dan to talk about all things coaching. Will coaches the youngest and indeed the oldest members of AUFC; he begins with the U5s and ends with walking football. He leads on the club's popular coaching camps and helps the U18 make their transition into senior football. He is, in other words, a busy man who's integral to what Ascot United is trying to achieve. Do have a listen to get more on his view on footballing life.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leon and Dan are back following their summer break. In episode one of 2025-26 they talk to the new Ascot United manager, Gavin Smith. All the cutting edge issues are covered; where it all began for Gavin, how he ended up at Ascot and......who has the worst musical taste in the 1st XI dressing room. Plus plenty more.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2024-25 has been a season of highs, lows and oddities.  Whether it be the highs of cup final wins, the lows of seeing parents of juniors behave badly or simply the Vets' inability to sort their kits out, Leon and Dan come together for one last time in 2024-25 to chew the fat.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The season has all but ended, but Dan and Leon still have plenty to discuss. The V1s and the Supervets have been winning cup finals, the men's senior team have unfortunately been losing semi-finals. Plus, news has broken about Jamie Tompkins moving on.  Plenty for the hosts to get their teeth into then. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The men's side have made it to the play offs and now look forward to playing Hanworth Villa. Leon, JK and Dan talk about how they got there and indeed what the next week might bring. Plus, (yet more) kit-related shenanigans and which penalty would you take if you found yourself in a penalty shootout? We've also entered the world of Instagram; do follow us at @behind_the_goals_podcast  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's squeaky bum time for the men's 1st XI. Will they be able to push on and grab that play off berth? The women's 1st XI have now achieved one of their aims - celebrations incoming. Elsewhere, the AUFC U14 girls welcomed a touring side from Virginia in the USA and Leon, JK and Dan mull over their most embarrassing football-related howlers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

March is drawing to a close and a number of the Ascot sides are heading into very interesting territory. The Men's 1st XI are right in the middle of the play-off shake-up, the Women's 1st XI are not just gunning for promotion they've got a cup final to look forward, too. Two of the Supervets' sides are also cup final bound. Leon and Dan discuss progress on each front. And, heard about the FA's plans for 3v3 football? If not, do listen in..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Club institution George Lock joins Dan and Leon to talk shop. Despite battling with injuries in 2024-25, Locky's now fast approaching 300 appearances for the Yellas. He also talks us through playing Sunday league football, making cocktails with Ian Davies and seeing his mates cheering him on at Wembley. And, of course, he has to find his way through the now (in)famous 10 questions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leon and Dan return for the first Ascot United: Behind the Goals podcast of 2025. Poor old Leon's been in the wars, although his most latest spell on the treatment table came on account of a rather usual source. Discussion of the men's first XI's highly successful Christmas is high on the agenda, as is the Women's 1st XI's 100 per cent start to 2025. Plus, Leon checks in with the Warriors and Dan talks us through the world of kick ins in junior football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Do you know your football trivia? And do you know your Ascot United stats? What about Christmas songs or Bluey? If you want to be the inaugural Christmas quiz champion then you need to touch all these bases. Who of Simon Negus (club chairman), Philippa Holden (women's 1st XI captain) or Jamie Tompkins (men's 1st XI manager) is going to prevail? Tune in to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First XI midfielder Harry Grant joins Leon and Dan to talk about life as we know it. The troika talk through the first team's excellent form of late as well as their further aims and ambitions for the season. Plus, they also cut to the real chase; who takes longest in the shower post-game? Who's the best/worst dresser? Who wouldn't you want to be stuck on a desert island with? Harry spills the beans..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leon and Dan return to talk all things Ascot United. The big news nonetheless centres around Leon and the strange tale of the penalty, the injury, the sniper and the stretcher. There's also more on the AUFC Women's cup showdown with Brentford and the ones ding dong of a win against Hartley Wintney. Plus, what's the strangest injury you've ever seen on a sports field.....? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Club stalwart Jon Keough joins Leon and Dan to chew the fat. The club's big weekend of cup action comes under the microscope, as does the Supervets' first league game, the women's team's impressive start to the season and, erm, Leon's new porch. Plus, heard the one about the bus driver's drone stopping play? Have a listen to find out more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2024-25 season is up and running and so is the second season of the Ascot United podcast. Leon Palmer-Wilson and Dan Hough talk cups, pre-season and a plethora of red cards. Do get in touch ([email protected]) with comments and queries, questions, moans and groans. All feedback welcome! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tim Rose, the self-proclaimed poor man's Teddy Sheringham, joins Leon and Dan to talk shop. What does a club chaplain do? Does being a referee help you coach and does being a coach help you referee? Plus, the tale of the coach who was so incensed with what he was watching that he booted his team's kitbag....into a nearby river! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Heard the one about the seven men playing against eleven men? Or even the three man cricket team taking to the field? If not, do tune in to the latest 'Ascot United: Behind the goals'. Plus, promotion for one of the Vets' sides, a near miss for the AUFC Women and the launching of the new 'Shed End' at the Racecourse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ascot United stalwart Rob Saunders joins Leon and Dan to talk about how the club has changed since he began playing for it way back in the 1980s. From the puddle that acted as a 12th man at one end of the Racecourse, to 3G pitches and Wembley, Rob really has seen it all. Plus, ever heard the one about a side being awarded five (!) penalties in a game? If not, have a listen, it happened to one of the Ascot sides on Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To wear a shirt or to not wear a shirt, that is the question. Well, it's the question Kai Walters, the man who scored the goal that won Ascot United the FA Vase in May 2023, now finds himself asking every day. Why? As he's swapped Berkshire for the Gold Coast and is enjoying all that life in Australia has to offer. Leon and Dan caught up with him before he went off to the beach for another day and talked all things Wembley. And guinea pigs. They get a hefty mention, too.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ascot United seem to score a lot​ of good goals. How do Leon and Dan know this? Because the goal-of-the-month competition for December tells them so. Plus, the first team look ahead to a big local derby at Binfield and the Ascot United Women win a penalty shoot out thriller .... at the second time of asking.  Goal of the Month Competition can be seen Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ceri Hooper and Jacob Perry join Leon and Dan to discuss life with the Ascot United Warriors. Ceri and Leon explain who the Warriors are, how they started and indeed where they are going. Do have a listen for fascinating insight into what's arguably the most inspirational of all Ascot United sides.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donna Graham joins Leon and Dan to talk all things Ascot United Women and Girls. The trio discuss first-team ambitions and how Ascot United has been dealing with the (welcome) challenge of ever more players wanting to play for the women and girls section. Plus, Leon talks us through his wooden spoon carvings and we hear more than we might perhaps like about the group's karaoke choices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jamie Tompkins will forever be the man who led Ascot United to victory at Wembley. But how did he come to find his way to Ascot and where does he think the club will be in five years time? We also find out what will live longest in the memory about that famous day. Plus, the time he ended up putting a goalkeeping coach on up front and we also hear all about Leon's plumbing problems Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this podcast episode, hosts Dan Hough and Leon Palmer Wilson, members of Ascot United and Ascot United Vets, invite listeners to explore the camaraderie, challenges, and charm of local football club Ascot United. We share our personal journeys with the club, recounting their experiences on and off the pitch, our favorite football figures, and our love for the sport. We are also going to discuss various aspects of the club, from the first team to the women's team, juniors, and the disability team, aiming to provide a comprehensive view of Ascot United. We also encourage listeners to share their interests and topics they want to discuss, ensuring the podcast remains relevant and engaging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices