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Ashton Athletic F.C.

Association football club in Greater Manchester, England

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fullname	Ashton Athletic Football Club
nickname	The Yellows
founded	1968
ground	Brocstedes Park, Ashton-in-Makerfield
capacity	400 (100 seated)
chairman	Jimmy Whyte
manager	Jay Foulds & Dougie Pitts
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Ashton Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. Affiliated to the Lancashire County Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at Brocstedes Park.

History

The club was formed in 1968, initially as a Sunday league club playing in the Wigan Sunday League. After winning every division in the league in successive seasons, they switched to playing Saturday football, joining the Warrington & District League.

Success in the Warrington League saw the club join the Lancashire Combination in 1978. However, the move up saw the club struggle, finishing bottom of the league in 1978–79 and 1981–82. When the league merged with the Cheshire County League to form the North West Counties League in 1982, Ashton were placed in Division Three, which they finished bottom of in both 1982–83 and 1983–84. After a fourteenth-place finish in 1984–85, they finished bottom of the table again in 1985–86.

At the end of the season the club were expelled from the league due to Brocstedes Park failing to meet the ground grading criteria. They finished bottom again in 1994–95,

The 2005–06 season saw them finish fourth in Division One, and after applying for rejoin the North West Counties League following improvements to Brocstedes Park, the club were accepted into Division Two, In 2013–14 they won the Challenge Cup, defeating Maine Road 1–0 in the final. The 2016–17 season saw them win the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy with a 2–1 win over Radcliffe Borough in the final.

In 2022–23 Ashton finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to Division One North.

Honours

North West Counties League
- Challenge Cup winners 2013–14
Atherton Charity Cup
- Winners 2006–07
Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy
- Winners 2016–17

Records

Best FA Cup performance: Third qualifying round, 2017–18
Best FA Vase performance: Third round, 2017–18
Record attendance: 610 vs Chorley, FA Cup third qualifying round, 30 September 2017

References

Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) ''Non-League Club Directory 2013'', p714 {{ISBN. 978-1-869833-77-0
[http://www.ashtonathletic.co.uk/a/club-history-27139.html Club history] Ashton Athletic F.C.
{{fchd|id=ASHTONA|name=Ashton Athletic}}
[http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs_2_N/NWman94.html The Manchester League 1994–2011] Non-League Matters
[https://www.fchd.info/lghist/nwc2014.htm 2013–14 North West Counties League] Football Club History Database
[http://www.lancashirefa.com/news/2017/apr/post-match-partners-foundation-challenge-trophy-final Post-Match: Partners Foundation Challenge Trophy Final] Lancashire FA
[http://www.hallmarksecurityleague.com/clubpage.php?id=4 Ashton Athletic: Info] North West Counties League

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