Windsor & Eton 1-1 Fisher - I gave them a challenge - my challenge was you're going through to the next round and reaching the last 16 of The FA Vase hasn't sunk in yet, says proud Fisher boss Ajay Ashanike

Windsor & Eton 1 – 1 Fisher
Location	Stag Meadow, St Leonards Road, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 3DR
Kickoff	24/01/2026 15:00

WINDSOR & ETON  1-1  FISHER
(Fisher win 4-3 on penalties)
The Isuzu FA Vase Fourth Round
Saturday 24 January 2026
Stephen McCartney reports from Stag Meadow

PROUD Fisher manager Ajay Ashanike says reaching the last 16 of The FA Vase for the very first time hasn’t sunk in yet and he will need time with his family over the weekend to realise what his immense players have achieved in Berkshire today.

Rob Webb’s side went into this tie on an impressive 17 match unbeaten run – stretching back to 9 September and were in sixth-place in the Combined Counties League Premier Division North table, having picked up 40 points (11 wins, seven draws and one defeat).

The Royalists’ have beaten Whitchurch United (2-0), Kevin Stevens’ Bearsted (2-0) and Steve Ives’ Tunbridge Wells (3-1) to reach this stage of the competition.

Fisher – a club that doesn’t pay their players – arrived at Stag Meadow sitting in tenth-place in the Presence & Co Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division table, having picked up 31 points (eight wins, seven draws and five defeats).

Ashanike’s side have started their FA Vase campaign at the very first hurdle and have defeated Redhill (1-0), Sutton Common Rovers (4-1), Steyning Town Community (3-1 on penalties after a 0-0 draw), Balham (2-1), Fleet Town (8-7 on penalties after a 2-2 draw) and have banked £6,000 in prize money so far.

Fisher took an early lead through a clinical drilled finish from hard-working central striker Festos Kamara, to score his tenth goal of the season.

However, Windsor & Eton grabbed an equaliser with their second and final shot on target, through striker Jabir Laraba who swept in his seventh goal of the season, just three minutes before half-time.

Fisher dominated the second half but couldn’t find the finish that they needed and visiting 21-year-old goalkeeper Isaac Ogunseri’s only two saves of the outing came in the penalty-shoot out, as Michael Sarpong rattled in the winning spot-kick as Fisher claimed a 4-3 win after 10 spot kicks.

Ashanike stepped off the pitch and took part in a 22 minute post-match interview, held in the main stand due to the windy conditions.

“Oh, I don’t know what to say! The boys have done absolutely amazing for the club today, absolutely amazing work, from the word go,” said the Fisher boss, who described this success as a career highlight.

“I think (losing the) Larkfield game really pushed us to want to come here and win today and we just wanted the game on and as soon as we heard the game was on (late yesterday afternoon), the boys were up for it, so credit to every single one of them for putting a good shift in for 90 minutes. It was absolutely immense today!

“Career highlight? 100%, 100%.  For any manager around, you’ve got to love these occasions, last 16 of The FA Vase where every Step Five and Step Six club plays in the country and to be part of it is an honour in the first place but to be in the last 16, is something you don’t ever think is ever going to happen to you – but again credit to the boys that have got in there.

“They’ve dug deep really well today for the club and hopefully be able to continue really, that’s what we’re looking forward to.

“I said when I first walked into here six or seven years ago, I said to everyone, Fisher, it’s a sleeping giant. This club’s a sleeping giant. Covid really stopped us going through all the momentum that we started off but the fruit of the labour is coming through. Where a lot of clubs are changing managers, even when we hit our bad patch, they stood behind us. The fans’ come in numbers every week and again today, they’ve come out here and we’ve done it for them today, everything’s about them today!

“I thought they (Windsor & Eton) were a good side. They moved the ball really, really well. You could see why they haven’t lost as well but if they play like that, it really suits my team really well. It suits us when we’re playing against a good slick footballing side because we’re a footballing side as well.”

Fisher created the first of their seven shots on target after only 71 seconds.

Sarpong showed desire to poach the ball off Windsor & Eton’s fellow central midfielder Tahir Carmichael within the centre circle before emerging to sweep the ball out to tricky right-winger Rafael Garcia.

He played a short pass to feed the outstanding Tom Jones, who drilled a right-footed angled drive straight down the throat of goalkeeper Finley Purcell, who beat the ball away at his near-post.

“Jonesy has been absolute class.  When he played against us (for Tunbridge Wells) last season, he absolutely played the best against us in midfield and I thought my midfield last year was absolutely good,” said Ashanike.

“But he made three of my midfield look medium in that game and we just had to go and get him and he’s just showing what we know, what he’s going to do and there’s still more to come from Jonesy.

“Jonesy should not be at this level and he knows that but he’s producing each week and hopefully we can keep getting the best out of him and see where it takes us.”

Ashanike added: “Look, that’s a massive save. That’s a good moment so early in the game. I think if we scored early, they would’ve come at us, so not scoring made it even better – if you understand what I’m saying?

“But he gets into that dangerous spot. He’s so dangerous when we’re going forward. He’s just the key for us to unlock defenders and he’s just doing the same thing. We know what he’s going to do every week and so far I’ve never seen him play lower than eight or nine (out of 10), which is good for us.”

If Ashanike (reaching the last 16 without a budget), keeper Ogunseri (six FA Vase penalty shoot-out saves) and Jones fail to make it in Monday morning’s Kent Messenger’s Team of the Week, then the selection panel need locking up in the iconic Windsor Castle!

The game started in an open fashion – watched by the hosts highest crowd of the season (596) at Stag Meadow – and the home side produced a well-worked move with 186 seconds on the clock.

Left-back Luke Phillips released Carmichael on an overlapping run and his cross from within the left channel found winger Enzo Pashaj in a central position, who took a touch and hit his left-footed drive just over the crossbar from 17-yards.

Windsor & Eton were a threat down the right flank with seven-goal winger Isaiah Chase-Kelly – but Fisher’s left-back Lorenzo Duncan put in a composed performance to close the gate on many occasions.

A throw in from right-back Kieran Jordan saw Leo Decabo turn Fisher’s holding midfielder Flavio Jumo, who swept a left-footed shot on the turn from 22-yards, which bounced past the near-post.

Fisher took the lead with an emphatic strike, with eight minutes and 27 seconds on the clock.

A triangle of passes inside the Fisher half involving Jumo, Sarpong and Jack Gibbons saw Fisher’s right-back and captain Gibbons drill a long ball over the top of Windsor & Eton’s centre-half Luke Appleton and Kamara kept his composure to cut in to drill a clinical right-footed shot over the advancing keeper and into the far corner from the corner of the six-yard box.

“We had to adapt our game a lot today,” explained Ashanike.

“Jack’s played it around the corner to Festos because we know after watching a good few of their videos, we know we can actually catch them on the break and if they do step up, we can exploit it.  They tried to step up.

“Fes has worked the line really well with a good curve run and what a finish by the way! For someone who hasn’t scored in our last four games, what a good finish that he’s got there, a really, really good finish.

“I think we made about four passes before we actually put it around the corner, good movement, good goal.

“The boy (Kamara) just doesn’t stop working. He’s another player who we got from Tunbridge Wells and credit to Tunbridge Wells, they’ve looked after him for the last few years and you can tell what type of footballer he is.

“He loves grass pitches and he’s come here today and he said ‘he’s going to score’ and he produced it as well, which is really credit to him.”

Windsor & Eton’s other centre-half Toby Bridges (Fisher did not press the two centre-halves when they played out from the back before often hitting the ball long) cleared the ball within his right defensive channel and the ball went straight to the impressive Fisher winger Esteban Salgado (making his debut at Larkfield in midweek and signed before the FA Vase registration deadline for this round, which was Friday 16 January), who played the ball in from the left flank to Jones, who placed his right-footed shot past the diving keeper and just past the foot of the right-hand post from 22-yards, just outside the D in a central position.

Fisher’s lead was comfortably intact and their players were showing plenty of desire and Jones was a threat in attack in his midfield role in behind the hard-working Kamara.

Fisher only switched off defensively on a couple of occasions and Windsor & Eton broke and should have equalised with 31 minutes and 12 seconds on the clock.

Bridges kicked the ball to Pashaj, who rolled the ball in behind a high Gibbons to release Phillips, who reached the by-line before cutting the ball back to Laraba, whose shot was superbly cleared off the line by Fisher centre-half Donald MacAuley and Pashaj’s follow-up shot looped over the crossbar from the edge of the six-yard box.

“Like we said on Thursday to the boys – even last week – we said to them we can’t allow them to have chances,” explained Ashanike.

“The video’s we’ve seen, we’ve seen them hit good efforts from outside the box, inside the box. We can never give them a chance, even though we know Isaac’s a top keeper, but we just can’t allow them to get close to us at all and I thought we done really well for 90 minutes to make sure that we kept them at bay and yes, we done really well there.”

Duncan fed the ball to Jones, who cut inside Carmichael before Jones cut onto his right-foot and his 22-yard drive was comfortably saved by Finley Purcell, preventing the ball nestling into the bottom right-hand corner (36:47).

Windsor & Eton grabbed the equaliser with 41 minutes and 13 seconds on the clock, as Fisher switched off defensively on the corner of their six-yard box.

You sensed Webb’s side would score from a set-piece as right-back Jordan threw the ball into the box from within the right-channel and Laraba spun MacAuley at the near-post before sweeping his right-footed shot across Ogunseri to find the bottom far corner with a clinical strike.

“So, we came here with a key word of concentration. That was the key word on the board for them today, which was concentration and that lack of concentration allowed them to score,” said Ashanike, knowing decent teams like Windsor & Eton will punish you in these latter stages of a national competition.

“That is something that I’m absolutely furious about, is we could’ve won this game 1-0 with a clean-sheet and for you to fall asleep in a crucial time of the moment – we’re three minutes before half-time as well.

“We’ve just got to stay focused. If we stay focused, I believe we can beat any team but again if you want to do well like we did last season (reaching the Play-Off Final and seconds away from taking VCD Athletic to a penalty shoot-out), we can’t be allowing goals like that to go in and it’s something they need to learn, very, very quick.

“We haven’t got Ange (Djadja) anymore (following the central defender's move to Isthmian League South East Division side Merstham) that commands the back four, so Donny needs to stand up and jut be a leader in there because those kind of goals are schoolboy errors. That’s the kind of mistakes that I expect him to make when he’s 16, not when he’s 19-20 now, but we’ll go back on the drawing board to speak to him again and make sure that doesn’t happen again.”

Windsor & Eton raised their game as half-time approached with holding midfielder Sam Hutchings playing the ball along the grass into an unmarked Pashaj, who rolled his right-footed shot from outside the D across the keeper and past the far post.

Ashanike gave his side a brilliant half-time team-talk that got them over the line in the end.

“I gave them a challenge. I’ve never had to come and challenge a team before but I’ve had to challenge them today.  My challenge was ‘you’re going through to the next round and can you make sure you get to the next round!’

“For me, I believe that challenge actually worked. They came in feisty, they showed the ugly side of the game, which is really something that you don’t see from my side really because we like to play pretty but the ugly side of the game was there and I was so proud of them.

“I was so proud to see the other side of them for 90 minutes today, just to carry doing the same thing, make sure they win the battle.

“Windsor are going to come out second half, they’re going to look pretty again. As long as we keep our shape, everything is going to be ok, which it was.”

Fisher were to be denied, courtesy of a superb double save from Purcell inside the opening four minutes of the second half.

The impressive Salgado ran with the ball towards the Windsor & Eton penalty box before laying the ball off to the unmarked Duncan, who cut onto this right foot before sweeping his shot towards goal, which was parried by Purcell, who then tipped over Kamara’s rebound over the crossbar with a brilliant reaction save, as the striker aimed for the top left-hand corner from six-yards.

“That’s something we’ve been working on, the counter-attack, this week.  Esteban skipped past three people and I thought the keeper done really, really well to even get his hand to it, to the follow-up as well. It was goal bound and I thought Festos would put it away,” said Ashanike.

“That’s the ugly side that we’ve got to get through is can we stop scoring good goals? Can we start scoring ugly goals now? Goals wins you trophies at the end of the day and they’ve just got to get ruthless and a chance like that falls to someone else, they put it away.”

Fisher, who were their usual threat on the counter-attack, broke and Duncan’s pass fed Salgado, who cracked a right-footed angled drive, which was comfortably saved in Purcell’s midriff at his near-post as Fisher kept knocking on the door.

Duncan’s downward short throw to Kamara, saw the striker cut inside and tried to curl one into the bottom far corner from within the left-channel, which only just curled around the bottom far corner (11:40).

Windsor & Eton were offering no threat the other way and Webb started to make changes in minutes 52, 58, 69, 74 and 88 but to no avail, as Fisher’s two centre-halves, MacAuley and Stephan Richard Kingson were keeping the keys to the castle firmly in their pockets.

Garcia was fouled by Chase-Kelly (who went missing in the second half) and Jones stroked his right-footed free-kick from 28-yards over the four-man wall towards the top right-hand corner, only for Purcell to dive to his left to push the ball behind for one of Fisher’s nine corners (Windsor & Eton won only three), with 19:16 on the clock.

“Jonesy is phenomenal. We keep saying it about Jonsey. Set-piece master, penalty master, everything master. He’s a different type of animal, honesty, a great signing for the club,” admitted Ashanike, who pulled off a transfer coup to get the Poplar based talent to the club.  You could say he’s impressing for his near-to-home-town club.

Fisher were by far the better side during the second half and all that was missing was that ruthlessness streak when it really mattered.

Appleton’s long ball forward was intercepted by Salgado before the half-way line, who drove towards the Windsor & Eton penalty area before his right-footed drive screamed over the top of the right-hand post from 25-yards.

The last few minutes proved to be an open affair and sub Fisher winger David Mata played a one-two with Sarpong, before the ball was played into Kamara, who fed Jones before Duncan’s right-footed half-volley from within the D flashed across the keeper and past the far post (44:20).

“I thought we knocked on the door really, really well for 90 minutes,” added Ashanike.

“If you’re not scoring, your pinning someone back and a team that’s been scoring for fun for the last few weeks, pinning them back, making them know that we’re here, really allowed us how we wanted to play in the second half, which is good for us.”

Referee Jake Hillier had no option when Windsor & Eton were reduced to 10 men (44:54) after Decabo was shown a second yellow card after fouls on Jones and then Fisher substitute Nasereldene Crespo (inside the centre-circle).

“I thought the 10 (Decabo) was the best player today. I really, really fancy him. He’s a good player but getting him off the pitch allowed us to dominate the last six minutes, which took a lot of legs away from them as well going into the penalties,” said Ashanike.

“You could tell they were a bit leggy, so I thought it was a second yellow card, especially the first one that he gave away where Tom (Jones) was through on goal when he kicked him.”

Both sides could have changed the story inside stoppage time.

Jones swung in Fisher’s ninth and final corner and the ball was cleared out to an unmarked Crespo, who drilled his right-footed half-volley through the crowd of players and just past the far post from 25-yards.

Explaining his decision to leave Crespo on the bench until the 81^st minute, Ashanike said: “Oh Crespo, he was gutted he didn’t start today, really, really gutted that he didn’t start but I knew we needed fresh legs off the bench and he was the only one in midfield who could come on and do something great for us and he showed the character that we know he can show.

“He gave us more energy to midfield. He gave us more going forward and the boys just have to understand and they have to trust myself (and my management team) that our decisions, we know what we’re doing and they’re getting the benefit from it, not us.”

Windsor & Eton went direct when Ross McKernan hit the ball upfield, the ball was knocked down by fellow sub Ethan Darcy (a threat on the counter-attack at Culverden Stadium, no threat today joining Nick Thumwood in attack after the pair came off the bench) but Hutchings’ composure went to pieces as his first time left-footed drive from 25-yards flashed harmlessly wide.

“Honestly, I always knew this was always going to go to penalties. I know they’re a good side and we’re a good side and if you go to penalties against us, I just fancy my team with the big man in goal. I fancy us. He’s showed it time and time again,” said Ashanike.

“That VCD game, if we went to penalties, we’d be a Step Four team right now and I believe so because of Isaac. When it goes to penalties, I’ve got every confidence that he’s going to save at least two or one penalty and we can score our goals, which we did.”

There’s always something about left-footed part-time footballers taking penalties in shoot-outs – they usually miss!

Windsor & Eton’s left-back Luke Phillips left-footed spot-kick saw Ogunseri dive to his left and beat the ball away two-handed.

Jones capped off an outstanding man-of-the-match performance by rolling his right-footed penalty into the bottom right-hand corner, sending Purcell the other way.

Royalists’ centre-half Bridges stepped up and placed a composed right-footed penalty just right of centre, sending Ogunseri the other way.

Purcell was unlucky with two penalties, diving to his left and almost getting fingertips to a couple – Duncan’s right-footed penalty nestling into the bottom right-hand corner to give Fisher a 2-1 lead after four spot-kicks.

Windsor & Eton restored parity, with Thumwood drilling an emphatic right-footed penalty into the top left-corner, sending the keeper the wrong way.

MacAuley shook off his first half mistake by giving his side a 3-2 advantage, rolling his right-footed penalty into the bottom right-hand corner, with Purcell going the same way and coming agonisingly close to saving again.

Windsor & Eton skipper Appleton proved exactly why he is a centre-half, hitting his right-footed penalty straight down Ogunseri’s throat, who made a big save, with Fisher now leading 3-2 after seven kicks.

Kamara had the chance to grab the headlines – he deserved it for his hard-work – but the pressure went to him, sending the keeper the wrong way but placing his low right-footed penalty miles wide of the left-hand post.

Windsor & Eton’s 88^th minute substitute George Weston-Brown found the bottom right-hand corner with his right-footed penalty, which brought a cheer from the home fans within the iconic main stand.

Sarpong held his bottle and drilled a composed right-footed penalty into the top right-hand corner, which sparked celebrations among players and around 80 travelling supporters as the contest came to a successful conclusion 12 minutes past five, as Webb’s side extended their unbeaten run to an impressive 18 games.

“Two massive saves, big saves as well. A great hit, dived really well, great hands. That’s why Isaac’s in Step Three coming down (from Folkestone Invicta) to help us out for the season – but it just shows,” hailed Ashanike.

“Honestly, we thought it was that close (Purcell nearly saving two) because on Thursday they just took the ball and they started to wrap it. When you’re wrapping it like that, it’s difficult for goalkeepers and they’ve mastered that technique really, really well and they’ve just showed it. 

“The boys are young boys and they take on pressure and the pressure they’re taking is absolute immense.

“I think the pressure got to Festos. Festos is someone that thrives of pressure just in general.  He scored a goal in the game for us to be 1-0 up and Issac’s come to bail him out again and that’s what they need to do as a unit is just bailing each other out when somebody else is not having a good game.”

When asked about the magnitude of what was achieved here today, Ashanike replied: “It hasn’t sunk in yet. It hasn’t sunk in. I think I need to get home to my wife and my kids just to realise what we’ve done today, honestly.

“Last 16. The club has never been there. I’ve never been there, none of the boys have been there before. This is something to be proud off really, just to be proud off and everything else we’re going to take it game-by-game and just see where it takes us.”

Fisher – who were knocked out of the Challenge Cup after losing 3-1 away to second-placed Larkfield & New Hythe on Tuesday night, now play three more cup ties.

The Fish welcome Wingate & Finchley to St Paul’s on Tuesday night in the last 16 of the London Senior Cup and deserve a heroes homecoming for today.

Jay Saunders’ Folkestone Invicta stretched their lead at the top of the Isthmian League Premier Division table to an impressive 14 points following their 4-0 win over Ahmet Rifat’s side at Cheriton Road today.

“We’re all going to enjoy the game and see where it takes us. Wingate & Finchley is my home club where I used to play when I was younger. Ahmet used to be my team-mate,” revealed Ashanike.

“Look, we’re not meant to be winning games like that but we are going to give our big effort. Whoever wins, there’s a big prize waiting for us which is Dulwich Hamlet at St Pauls. It will be good revenue for the club, so that’s what we want to be apart of, so we’re going to give it our best and see what we can do.”

Ashanike then takes his side to Whitstable Town next Saturday to contest a Kent Senior Trophy Quarter-Final.

Fisher then face a double-header against Chipie Sian’s Punjab United.  They travel to Gravesend first (on Saturday 7 February) – a game that will be covered by this website - in the last 16 of The FA Vase, before playing each other in the League at St Paul’s Stadium three days later.

“Both club’s have never got to that stage before. It looks like one of us are going to be there (the Quarter-Finals). Both club’s are family clubs. We love each other. Chipie texted me this morning.

“This League that we’re in is the best Step Five League anywhere in the UK and that is just the honest truth because every single year you see one of us at least punching in this kind of tournament and we’re just proud to be part of the League and we’re so proud to be apart of a tournament like this.

“The boys are thriving for it and just look, just thank you to everyone else who has come out to support us today. We can’t thank them enough that have travelled to make it here is something else and I’m so proud to be a part of this club.

“Do you know what it is, yes because they (Punjab) understand us, we understand them. We know what type of game it’s going to be.  It’s at their place as well. They’re going to be fancying themselves because they’re at home. We’re going to fancy ourselves because we’re playing on grass.

“People will think Fisher, like two or three years’ ago, where we’ve got boys who can’t play on grass, we can play on grass now. Chipie knows we’re going to come and he’s going to get his boys ready and what I need to do is make sure my boys are ready and hopefully the best team wins.

“The best thing for us right now at least one of the SCEFL boys are going to be in the Quarter-Finals, so hopefully it’s us, just let’s see what happens.”

Fisher at Wembley?

“That will be the dream.  Everyone’s dream is that when we start the first game. Can we get to Wembley? That’s what’s everyone’s talking about but for me I’m not even thinking about Wembley. If it happens, it happens but every single game I just want to win every single football match now and the boys want to win every single football match,” came the Fisher manager’s reply.

“Who said we can’t get there? Like I said last season, who said we can’t get into the play-offs and we got there.  Who said we can’t get there this time? We just got to be focused and the full thing is focus and concentration and while they do that, they can do whatever they want.

“Like I said to them yesterday night, if I need to motivate you for the next couple of weeks, you should not be playing football! You should be able to motivate yourself for occasions like this.

“Larkfield, Quarter-Final, today, the Vase (get into the) last 16, Wingate & Finchley are Step Three. The games are coming and they’re massive, massive games. If I need to come and try to gee you up for it, you should not be playing football. You should just forget football and have fun with it.

“No team talk was done today and they motivated themselves and they done that and that’s what I want to get from them. They don’t need me. They should be able to do everything themselves. I pick the team but once they cross the line it’s up to them and they showed it now.  They don’t need me out there to be shouting at them. I didn’t shout at them for one minute today. I sat there, watched them game and I fully enjoyed every minute of it.

“The character they showed me that they can go deep and they showed me they can go to the next level and they showed their level today and they’ve set this standard and they need to carry on that standard for the rest of the season.

“You can’t go to teams that we know we should be beating because we’re not up for it. We have to be up for it and I hope this can show them that they can do it and see where it goes.

“The boys are buzzing. They’ve done really well. They’ve worked really hard for it and look they need to enjoy the moment, go and enjoy it with their family and team-mates and the fans need to enjoy it.

“Like I said to you, that was for the club and I hope every single one (of our fans) enjoy this moment and just be proud of what the boys have done for them and embrace and let’s see where the next round takes us, Punjab, here we come Chipie!

 We’ve got an important game on Tuesday and all this has got to be forgotten on Monday morning and then we’ve got to get going again to work again.”

FA Vase holders Whitstable Town also reached that stage of The FA Vase following their 4-1 win at Harpenden Town seven days ago and Jamie Coyle’s side welcome Cockfosters in the next round and they should see off that outfit too.

It is expected that two Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division sides will be in the Quarter-Finals of The FA Vase (28 February).

Sixth-placed Windsor & Eton, meanwhile, sit a couple of places beneath the play-off zone tonight.

Burnham (54 points from 27 of 38 games) are at the summit, while the play-off sides tonight are Broadfields United (49 points from 25), Ashford Town (Middlesex) (47 points from 24), Wallingford & Crowmarsh (47 points from 27) and Ardley United (42 points from 22), with the Royalists on 40 points from 19.

“Look, I believe they’ll go on and still make play-offs, even win their League by the look of it – but just credit to my boys. I’m absolutely proud of them today,” added Ashanike.

Domestically, there were League wins for Faversham Strike Force (5-1 at Chislehurst Glebe), Corinthian won 3-2 at Larkfield & New Hythe, Tunbridge Wells won 3-2 at Stansfeld and Darren Beale was sacked following Hythe Town’s 7-2 humiliating defeat at Snodland Town after failing to win any of his nine games in charge of his home-town club, which leaves the crisis club rooted to the foot of the table and eight points adrift of safety with 13 games remaining.

Whitstable Town were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Phoenix Sports.

Whitstable Town (57 points from 23 games) remain at the summit and on course of ending their four-year stay in the division.

Larkfield & New Hythe (46 points from 24), Rusthall (40 points from 19), Bearsted (38 points from 21) and Snodland Town (35 points from 22) are in the play-off zone tonight.

Fisher in eleventh-place are only four points adrift of the top five.

“I’ll be honest with you, my full focus is still the League because you only get judged on the League. Ok, if you win a trophy but we’re still in this League next season but we’re trying to make sure we put ourselves in a good place where we can still get in the play-offs,” added Ashanike.

The Fish were without Jacob Katonia (feinted during training), Conor Darwish (groin), Alex Kozak (cup-tied), Adejola Lahan (hamstring), Sha’mar Lawson (groin) and Tyron Mbuenimo (suspended).

Windsor & Eton: Finley Purcell, Kieran Jordan (Ethan Kitching 74), Luke Phillips, Sam Hutchings, Toby Bridges, Luke Appleton, Enzo Pashaj (Nick Thumwood 69), Tahir Carmichael (Ross McKernan 52), Jabir Laraba (Ethan Darcy 58), Leo Decabo, Isaiah Chase-Kelly (George Weston-Brown 88).

Goal: Jabir Laraba 42

Booked: Tahir Carmichael 39, Luke Phillips 80, Leo Decabo 86

Sent Off: Leo Decabo 90

Fisher: Isaac Ogunseri, Jack Gibbons, Lorenzo Duncan, Flavio Jumo (Nasereldene Crespo 81), Donald MacAulay, Stephan Richard Kingson, Esteban Salgado (David Mata 66), Michael Sarpong, Festos Kamara, Tom Jones, Rafael Garcia (Christopher Ojemen 86).
Subs: Daniel Carpanini, Ekow Amaquandoh

Goal: Festos Kamara 9

Booked: Rafael Garcia 83

Attendance: 596
Referee: Mr Jake Hillier
Assistants: Mr Marc Rister & Mr Nigel Owen
Fourth Official: Mr Samuel Palmer