Lee Wort continued to close in on AFC Portchester’s all-time goalscoring record when his double netted three points against Ascot United.

He moved on to 92 goals for the club – now just five behind current highest scorer Simon Woods – and he looks to be on course to go past that number sometime in the coming weeks.

It was an afternoon of positives for the Royals with this 2-0 win – something badly needed at the end of a torrid week which had brought league defeats against Raynes Park Vale and Westfield.

This result put three points on the board, brought a clean sheet and produced a much improved performance. Defensively Portchester were rock solid and the visitors barely put their goal under any threat.

The Royals had the first chance of the game on two minutes when Tommy Scutt won possession of the ball in midfield and hit a shot from 25 yards out but it went straight at keeper Kie Plumley.

Two minutes later Spencer Spurway threaded his pass through the Ascot defence to find Wort but he couldn’t quite get his shot away before the ball was cleared.

The home side took the lead on six minutes after a back pass from a defender fell well short of reaching Plumley. Alfie Stanley latched on to the ball before rolling a pass inside to Wort, and he dispatched his shot low into the net.

Portchester doubled their lead on 13 minutes thanks to a long ball forward when it was cleared from midfield. As it dropped into the penalty area Wort got underneath it, held off his marker and then struck his shot home inside the near post.

The worldie goals file almost had to be re-opened on 34 minutes when Stanley won control of the ball in midfield. He spotted Plumley off his line and from inside the centre circle he tried to lob the ball over him into the net but the keeper just about recovered in time to make the save.

A series of corners in the final five minutes of the first half almost brought a third goal for the home side.

From the first one Archie Willcox’s header had to be cleared off the line and when the ball was played back into the box Plumley had to tip the ball over after one of his defenders knocked it on towards his own goal.

From the second corner Plumley had to tip Willcox’s goal-bound header over and from the next corner the Portchester defender’s header dropped just wide.

The home side stood firm defensively in the second half to snuff out any attempt by Ascot to try and find a way back into this game.

The visitors struggled to muster any meaningful attempts on the Portchester goal throughout the afternoon and keeper Steven Mowthorpe was not put to any serious test during the 90 minutes.

On 72 minutes a corner from the right found Jack Lee but he put his header just over the top. In injury time quick passing across the pitch saw the ball moved on to substitute Zack Willett on the left edge of the penalty area but his shot flew over.