Windsor went into the game minus Dave Carroll after getting injured against Bracknell a week earlier and you could see he was missed right from the start.

Adedayo Ajoge deputised for Carroll in the midfield but wasn't quite the playmaker that Carroll is, although he came very close to opening the scoring when he fired a Younis Nabil corner wide.

For all their efforts Windsor couldn't get through the Ashford defence to cause any real damage.

Ashford got themselves ahead on 24 minutes when Aidan Kilner's free kick deflected to Richard Butler who shot in from close range.

Butler doubled his sides lead in first half injury time when he was pulled down by Chuck Martini and a penalty awarded for which Martini was booked.

Butler made no mistakes with the spot kick to get his second of the match.

Jason Cousins came very close with a free kick mid-way through the second half which forced Tony Wells into a fine save.

Butler completed his hat-trick in second half injury time with a second penalty.

Martini had decided to dribble the ball upfield but was challenged by substitute Stephen Willmore and he played the ball goalwards and Butler gave chase and was flagged offside.

Referee Harwood continued to baffle the away fans with his incompetence by ignoring the flag when Butler turned away.

Martini and Willmore gave chase and when Martini went to gather the ball Willmore just fell on top of him and Harwood awarded a second penalty and gave Martini his second yellow card.

Once again, Butler made no mistake with the penalty firing past makeshift keeper Jason Cousins.

There was still time for one more sending off when Ross Davidson tackled Craig O'Connor waist high and was given a straight red card.