Ashton Athletic

FORMED
1968

MANAGER
Jay Foulds / Richard Brodie

GROUND
Brocstedes Park

TWITTER
@AshtonAthletic

Current Position: 22nd

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
38	4	6	28	40	100	18

Current Form: 21st

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	0	2	4	7	27

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
29/03/23	Southport (H)	L 0-9
25/03/23	Charnock Richard (H)	L 2-6
18/03/23	Litherland REMYCA (H)	L 0-5
11/03/23	Winsford United (A)	D 3-3
07/03/23	Bury AFC (A)	D 1-1
04/03/23	Congleton Town (H)	L 1-3

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
01/04/23	Burscough (H)	15:00
10/04/23	Irlam (H)	15:00
15/04/23	Northwich Victoria (A)	15:00
22/04/23	Kendal Town (H)	15:00

Latest News:

	How youngster Thomas Smart ended up volunteering in Non-League football
	A lot of youngsters could take a leaf from Thomas' book and put their time and effort into something worth while.

	Foulds believes Ashton have turned the corner
	Foulds feels it will be the most competitive season ever with three teams going up.

	Club Secretary vacancy at Ashton Athletic
	Premier Division side seeking an individual to join the club as secretary

	Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy Semi-Final - Ashton Athletic 1 Southport 3
	Two goals in the final quarter of the game ended Ashton Athletic's hopes of booking a place in the final of the Partners Foundation Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy.

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O.	Score	Goalscorers
Sat 30/07/22	West Didsbury & Chorlton	H	15:00	D 1-1	Zach Conway (88)
Tue 02/08/22	Congleton Town	A	19:45	L 0-4
Sat 06/08/22	Prescot Cables	A	15:00	D 1-1	Richard Brodie (55)
	(The Emirates F.A Cup EP)
Tue 09/08/22	Prescot Cables	H	19:45	L 1-2	Matthew Reid (40)
	(The Emirates F.A Cup EP R)
Tue 09/08/22	Lower Breck	H	19:45	Postp
Sat 13/08/22	FC Isle of Man	A	18:00	L 1-2	Samuel Houghton (33)
Tue 16/08/22	Charnock Richard	A	19:45	L 2-3	Richard Brodie (67p) Max Lewens (73)
Sat 20/08/22	Litherland REMYCA	A	15:00	L 0-2
Tue 23/08/22	AFC Liverpool	H	19:45	L 1-2	Lucas Schofield (90+6)
Sun 28/08/22	Hallam	A	15:00	L 2-3	Calum Wilson (26) Richard Brodie (90+2)
	(The Isuzu FA Vase 1Q)
Tue 30/08/22	Kendal Town	H	19:45	Postp
Sat 03/09/22	Padiham	H	15:00	L 1-4	Richard Brodie (60)
Wed 07/09/22	Squires Gate	A	19:45	L 1-2	Samuel Houghton (67)
Sat 10/09/22	Avro	H	15:00	Postp
Sat 17/09/22	Northwich Victoria	H	15:00	L 2-6	Samuel Houghton (45) Thomas Beckett (84)
Tue 20/09/22	Vauxhall Motors	A	19:45	L 0-1
Sat 24/09/22	Prestwich Heys	A	15:00	L 0-1
Thu 29/09/22	Lower Breck	A	19:45	W 1-0	Matthew Reid (6)
Sat 01/10/22	Barnoldswick Town	A	15:00	W 2-1	Christopher Bandell (17) Zach Conway (68)
Sat 08/10/22	Prestwich Heys	H	15:00	L 0-3
Tue 11/10/22	Kendal Town	A	19:45	L 2-4	Zach Conway (8) Max Rogers (75)
Sat 15/10/22	Longridge Town	H	15:00	W 3-2	Jamie Nicholson (6) Lucas Schofield (14) Luke Moran (79)
	(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 22/10/22	Avro	A	15:00	L 2-6	Darren Brannigan (60) Luke Moran (75)
Sat 29/10/22	Bury AFC	A	15:00	Postp
Sat 05/11/22	Longridge Town	H	14:00	L 0-1
Tue 08/11/22	Burscough	A	19:45	D 1-1	Darren Brannigan (77)
Sat 12/11/22	Padiham	A	14:00	L 0-2
Wed 16/11/22	Euxton Villa	A	19:45	W 3-1	Samuel Houghton (47) Max Rogers (53) Zach Conway (68)
	(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 2)
Sat 19/11/22	Euxton Villa	H	14:00	L 1-3	Darren Brannigan (46)
	(The Macron Cup 2)
Tue 22/11/22	Avro	N	19:45	L 1-2	Darren Brannigan (23)
Sat 26/11/22	Wythenshawe Town	H	14:00	L 1-7	Jamie Nicholson (33)
Fri 09/12/22	West Didsbury & Chorlton	A	19:45	Postp
Tue 13/12/22	Longridge Town	A	19:45	Postp
Sat 17/12/22	Squires Gate	H	14:00	Postp
Tue 20/12/22	West Didsbury & Chorlton	A	19:45	L 1-4	Calum Wilson (65)
Mon 26/12/22	Irlam	A	13:30	L 3-5	Thomas Beckett (9) Lewis Billingsley (34) Lewis Billingsley (77)
Wed 04/01/23	Bury AFC	A	19:45	Postp
Sat 07/01/23	Winsford United	H	14:00	Postp
Tue 10/01/23	Radcliffe	A	19:45	Postp
	(Lancashire Challenge Trophy QF)
Sat 14/01/23	Wythenshawe Town	A	15:00	L 0-5
Tue 17/01/23	Radcliffe	A	19:45	WON	Zach Conway (13)
	(Lancashire Challenge Trophy QF)
	(1-1 after 90 mins, Ashton Athletic won 4-5 on pens)
Sat 21/01/23	Bury AFC	H	14:00	Postp
Tue 24/01/23	Longridge Town	A	19:45	D 2-2	Joe Mswalie (14) Joseph Nicholson (39)
Sat 28/01/23	Vauxhall Motors	H	14:00	L 2-3	Deklan Hill (59) Joshua Nicholson (66)
Tue 31/01/23	Winsford United	H	19:45	W 2-1	Joe Mswalie (45) Lucas Schofield (90+5p)
Sat 04/02/23	Barnoldswick Town	H	15:00	D 2-2	Calum Wilson (42) Deklan Hill (45+4p)
Tue 07/02/23	Bury AFC	H	19:45	L 0-2
Sat 11/02/23	AFC Liverpool	A	15:00	W 2-0	Deklan Hill (44) Joseph Nicholson (90+1)
Sat 18/02/23	FC Isle of Man	H	14:00	L 0-1
Tue 21/02/23	Squires Gate	H	19:45	L 0-1
Sat 25/02/23	Lower Breck	H	15:00	L 0-1
Sat 04/03/23	Congleton Town	H	15:00	L 1-3	Darren Brannigan (39)
Tue 07/03/23	Bury AFC	A	19:45	D 1-1	Zach Conway (57)
Sat 11/03/23	Winsford United	A	15:00	D 3-3	Zach Conway (40) Darren Brannigan (60) Darren Brannigan (90+3)
Sat 18/03/23	Litherland REMYCA	H	15:00	L 0-5
Sat 25/03/23	Charnock Richard	H	15:00	L 2-6	Deklan Hill (70) Darren Brannigan (85)
Wed 29/03/23	Southport	H	19:30	L 0-9
	(Lancashire Challenge Trophy SF)
Sat 01/04/23	Burscough	H	15:00
Mon 10/04/23	Irlam	H	15:00
Sat 15/04/23	Northwich Victoria	A	15:00
Sat 22/04/23	Kendal Town	H	15:00

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
30/07/22	West Dids & Chor (H)	D 1-1
02/08/22	Congleton Town (A)	L 0-4
06/08/22	Prescot Cables (A)	D 1-1
(The Emirates F.A Cup EP)
09/08/22	Prescot Cables (H)	L 1-2
(The Emirates F.A Cup EP R)
09/08/22	Lower Breck (H)	Postp
13/08/22	FC Isle of Man (A)	L 1-2
16/08/22	Charnock Richard (A)	L 2-3
20/08/22	Litherland REMY (A)	L 0-2
23/08/22	AFC Liverpool (H)	L 1-2
28/08/22	Hallam (A)	L 2-3
(The Isuzu FA Vase 1Q)
30/08/22	Kendal Town (H)	Postp
03/09/22	Padiham (H)	L 1-4
07/09/22	Squires Gate (A)	L 1-2
10/09/22	Avro (H)	Postp
17/09/22	Northwich Vics (H)	L 2-6
20/09/22	Vauxhall Mtrs (A)	L 0-1
24/09/22	Prestwich Heys (A)	L 0-1
29/09/22	Lower Breck (A)	W 1-0
01/10/22	Barnoldswick Town (A)	W 2-1
08/10/22	Prestwich Heys (H)	L 0-3
11/10/22	Kendal Town (A)	L 2-4
15/10/22	Longridge Town (H)	W 3-2
(The Macron Cup 1)
22/10/22	Avro (A)	L 2-6
29/10/22	Bury AFC (A)	Postp
05/11/22	Longridge Town (H)	L 0-1
08/11/22	Burscough (A)	D 1-1
12/11/22	Padiham (A)	L 0-2
16/11/22	Euxton Villa (A)	W 3-1
(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 2)
19/11/22	Euxton Villa (H)	L 1-3
(The Macron Cup 2)
22/11/22	Avro (H)	L 1-2
26/11/22	Wythenshawe Town (H)	L 1-7
09/12/22	West Dids & Chor (A)	Postp
13/12/22	Longridge Town (A)	Postp
17/12/22	Squires Gate (H)	Postp
20/12/22	West Dids & Chor (A)	L 1-4
26/12/22	Irlam (A)	L 3-5
04/01/23	Bury AFC (A)	Postp
07/01/23	Winsford United (H)	Postp
10/01/23	Radcliffe (A)	Postp
(Lancashire Challenge Trophy QF)
14/01/23	Wythenshawe Town (A)	L 0-5
17/01/23	Radcliffe (A)	W
(Lancashire Challenge Trophy QF)
(1-1 after 90 mins, Ashton Athletic won 4-5 on pens)
21/01/23	Bury AFC (H)	Postp
24/01/23	Longridge Town (A)	D 2-2
28/01/23	Vauxhall Mtrs (H)	L 2-3
31/01/23	Winsford United (H)	W 2-1
04/02/23	Barnoldswick Town (H)	D 2-2
07/02/23	Bury AFC (H)	L 0-2
11/02/23	AFC Liverpool (A)	W 2-0
18/02/23	FC Isle of Man (H)	L 0-1
21/02/23	Squires Gate (H)	L 0-1
25/02/23	Lower Breck (H)	L 0-1
04/03/23	Congleton Town (H)	L 1-3
07/03/23	Bury AFC (A)	D 1-1
11/03/23	Winsford United (A)	D 3-3
18/03/23	Litherland REMY (H)	L 0-5
25/03/23	Charnock Richard (H)	L 2-6
29/03/23	Southport (H)	L 0-9
(Lancashire Challenge Trophy SF)
01/04/23	Burscough (H)	15:00
10/04/23	Irlam (H)	15:00
15/04/23	Northwich Vics (A)	15:00
22/04/23	Kendal Town (H)	15:00

Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Hogan Ako	12	7	0	0	0	1	0
Thomas Beckett	36	3	2	0	0	3	4
Darren Brannigan	20	6	8	0	0	1	0
Richard Brodie	5	4	4	0	0	4	0
Max Buckley-Benbow	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Carnell	7	2	0	0	0	1	0
Elliott Coleman	14	1	0	0	0	5	1
Joseph Collins	6	8	0	0	0	1	0
George Colville	15	19	0	0	0	3	2
Zach Conway	32	10	7	0	0	3	2
Kyle Cooper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Corbett (GK)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Regan Daly	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Dark	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Donohue	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Foulds (GK)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louis Haddock	6	6	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Hamilton	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Hatton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Hatton	11	0	0	0	0	1	0
Deklan Hill	14	1	4	0	1	3	2
Samuel Houghton	16	10	4	0	0	4	0
Yannick Machado Le Gal	11	2	0	0	0	4	0
Charlie Middlemore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Mswalie	16	1	2	0	0	0	2
Joseph Nicholson	3	1	2	0	0	1	0
Joshua Nicholson	16	1	1	0	0	0	1
Matthew Reid	36	2	2	0	1	3	4
Max Rogers	21	8	2	0	0	5	2
Jack Smith	3	9	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph Smith (GK)	47	0	0	0	0	1	4
Andrew Thomas	18	2	0	0	0	2	1
Harrison Waddington (GK)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe White	14	3	0	0	0	6	1
Calum Wilson	43	3	3	0	0	4	2
Liam Wood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Former Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Christopher Bandell	10	4	1	0	0	2	3
Mussab Benaly	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lewis Billingsley	3	1	2	0	0	1	1
Regan Brown	14	1	0	0	0	1	1
Chris Cordara-Soanes	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Owen German	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robel Kosote	8	4	0	0	0	1	0
Max Lewens	5	5	1	0	0	0	1
Luke Moran	2	4	2	0	0	1	0
Joshua Murray	15	0	0	0	0	1	1
Jamie Nicholson	15	4	2	0	0	2	2
Callum Preston	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Salisbury	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lucas Schofield	13	8	3	0	0	0	0

Staff Members

Name
Richard Brodie		Coach
Mark Corbett		Coach
Jason Foulds		Manager
Alan Greenhalgh		Committee Member
Michael Grimshaw		Physio
Jamie Harrison		Coach
Brian Hatton		Coach
Liam Hook		Coach
David Tickle		Coach
James Whyte		Chairman

Squad Details

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Hogan Ako	12 +7	0	0	1	0
Christopher Bandell *	10 +4	1	0	2	3
Thomas Beckett	36 +3	2	0	3	4
Mussab Benaly *	1 +1	0	0	0	0
Lewis Billingsley *	3 +1	2	0	1	1
Darren Brannigan	20 +6	8	0	1	0
Richard Brodie	5 +4	4	0	4	0
Regan Brown *	14 +1	0	0	1	1
Max Buckley-Benbow	1 +3	0	0	0	0
Nathan Carnell	7 +2	0	0	1	0
Elliott Coleman	14 +1	0	0	5	1
Joseph Collins	6 +8	0	0	1	0
George Colville	15 +19	0	0	3	2
Zach Conway	32 +10	7	0	3	2
Kyle Cooper	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Corbett (GK)	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Cordara-Soanes *	0 +3	0	0	1	0
Regan Daly	1 +2	0	0	0	0
Jack Dark	1	0	0	0	0
Michael Donohue	3 +1	0	0	0	0
Jason Foulds (GK)	0	0	0	0	0
Owen German *	0	0	0	0	0
Louis Haddock	6 +6	0	0	0	1
Jack Hamilton	0 +2	0	0	0	0
Brian Hatton	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Hatton	11	0	0	1	0
Deklan Hill	14 +1	4	1	3	2
Samuel Houghton	16 +10	4	0	4	0
Robel Kosote *	8 +4	0	0	1	0
Max Lewens *	5 +5	1	0	0	1
Yannick Machado Le Gal	11 +2	0	0	4	0
Charlie Middlemore	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Moran *	2 +4	2	0	1	0
Joe Mswalie	16 +1	2	0	0	2
Joshua Murray *	15	0	0	1	1
Jamie Nicholson *	15 +4	2	0	2	2
Joseph Nicholson	3 +1	2	0	1	0
Joshua Nicholson	16 +1	1	0	0	1
Callum Preston *	3	0	0	0	0
Matthew Reid	36 +2	2	1	3	4
Max Rogers	21 +8	2	0	5	2
Nathan Salisbury *	0 +4	0	0	0	0
Lucas Schofield *	13 +8	3	0	0	0
Jack Smith	3 +9	0	0	0	0
Joseph Smith (GK)	47	0	0	1	4
Andrew Thomas	18 +2	0	0	2	1
Harrison Waddington (GK)	0	0	0	0	0
Joe White	14 +3	0	0	6	1
Calum Wilson	43 +3	3	0	4	2
Liam Wood	0	0	0	0	0

* Indicates player is no longer a member of the squad

# Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance

Staff Members

Name
Richard Brodie		Coach
Mark Corbett		Coach
Jason Foulds		Manager
Alan Greenhalgh		Committee Member
Michael Grimshaw		Physio
Jamie Harrison		Coach
Brian Hatton		Coach
Liam Hook		Coach
David Tickle		Coach
James Whyte		Chairman

Squad Details

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Hogan Ako	12 +7	0
Christopher Bandell *	10 +4	1
Thomas Beckett	36 +3	2
Mussab Benaly *	1 +1	0
Lewis Billingsley *	3 +1	2
Darren Brannigan	20 +6	8
Richard Brodie	5 +4	4
Regan Brown *	14 +1	0
Max Buckley-Benbow	1 +3	0
Nathan Carnell	7 +2	0
Elliott Coleman	14 +1	0
Joseph Collins	6 +8	0
George Colville	15 +19	0
Zach Conway	32 +10	7
Kyle Cooper	0	0
Mark Corbett (GK)	0	0
Chris Cordara-Soanes *	0 +3	0
Regan Daly	1 +2	0
Jack Dark	1	0
Michael Donohue	3 +1	0
Jason Foulds (GK)	0	0
Owen German *	0	0
Louis Haddock	6 +6	0
Jack Hamilton	0 +2	0
Brian Hatton	0	0
Jack Hatton	11	0
Deklan Hill	14 +1	4
Samuel Houghton	16 +10	4
Robel Kosote *	8 +4	0
Max Lewens *	5 +5	1
Yannick Machado Le Gal	11 +2	0
Charlie Middlemore	0	0
Luke Moran *	2 +4	2
Joe Mswalie	16 +1	2
Joshua Murray *	15	0
Jamie Nicholson *	15 +4	2
Joseph Nicholson	3 +1	2
Joshua Nicholson	16 +1	1
Callum Preston *	3	0
Matthew Reid	36 +2	2
Max Rogers	21 +8	2
Nathan Salisbury *	0 +4	0
Lucas Schofield *	13 +8	3
Jack Smith	3 +9	0
Joseph Smith (GK)	47	0
Andrew Thomas	18 +2	0
Harrison Waddington (GK)	0	0
Joe White	14 +3	0
Calum Wilson	43 +3	3
Liam Wood	0	0

* Indicates player is no longer a member of the squad

# Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance

Staff Members

Name
Richard Brodie		Coach
Mark Corbett		Coach
Jason Foulds		Manager
Alan Greenhalgh		Committee Member
Michael Grimshaw		Physio
Jamie Harrison		Coach
Brian Hatton		Coach
Liam Hook		Coach
David Tickle		Coach
James Whyte		Chairman

Statistics

Match Summary 2
Biggest Home Win	3-2	15/10/22 v Longridge Town (The Macron Cup)
Biggest Away Win	3-1	16/11/22 v Euxton Villa (Lancashire Challenge Trophy)
Biggest Home Defeat	0-9	29/03/23 v Southport (Lancashire Challenge Trophy)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-5	14/01/23 v Wythenshawe Town (Premier Division)
Highest Drawn Game	3-3	11/03/23 v Winsford United (A) (Premier Division)
Highest Aggregate Scoreline	9	29/03/23 0-9 v Southport (H) (Lancashire Challenge Trophy)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	22		24		46
Won	2	9.09%	4	16.67%	6	13.04%
Drawn	2	9.09%	6	25.00%	8	17.39%
Lost	18	81.82%	14	58.33%	32	69.57%
Scored	21	0.95	31	1.29	52	1.13
Conceded	67	3.05	55	2.29	122	2.65

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Emirates F.A Cup	Extra Preliminary Round Replay	1-2	Prescot Cables	(H)
The Emirates F.A Cup	Extra Preliminary Round	1-1	Prescot Cables	(A)
The Isuzu FA Vase	1st Qualifying Round	2-3	Hallam	(A)
The Macron Cup	2nd Round	1-3	Euxton Villa	(H)
The Macron Cup	1st Round	3-2	Longridge Town	(H)
Lancashire Challenge Trophy	Semi Finals	0-9	Southport	(H)
Lancashire Challenge Trophy	Quarter Finals	1-1	Radcliffe	(A)
Lancashire Challenge Trophy	Quarter Finals	v	Radcliffe	(A)
	To be played on Tue 10/01/23
Lancashire Challenge Trophy	2nd Round	3-1	Euxton Villa	(A)

Home Attendance Summary
Highest Attendance	350	07/02/23 v Bury AFC (Premier Division)
Lowest Attendance	50	03/09/22 v Padiham (Premier Division)
Average Attendance	22 games	103

Number of Games Since
Last Win	9 games
Last Defeat	0 games
Goalless Draw	107 games
Score Draw	3 games
Scored A Goal	1 game
Fail To Score	0 games
Clean Sheet	9 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	14	30.43%	2	4.35%
One	16	34.78%	14	30.43%
Two	12	26.09%	11	23.91%
Three	4	8.70%	7	15.22%
Four	0	0.00%	4	8.70%
Five or more	0	0.00%	8	17.39%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	7	13.46%	20	0%	27	15.52%
16-30	3	5.77%	12	0%	15	8.62%
31-45	12	23.08%	15	0%	27	15.52%
46-60	9	17.31%	24	0%	33	18.97%
61-75	10	19.23%	16	0%	26	14.94%
76-90	11	21.15%	35	0%	46	26.44%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0%	0	0.00%

History

Ashton Athletic Football Club was founded in 1968, playing in the Wigan Sunday League – winning every Division in consecutive seasons and many cup competitions before switching to the Warrington League on Saturdays where similar success was sustained.

The Club developed Brocstedes Park and was admitted to the Lancashire Combination, before becoming a founder member of the North West Counties League when the Combination merged with the Cheshire league in 1982. Unfortunately, financial constraints prevented the required ground improvements to be completed, and the Club was relegated into the Manchester league Division One in 1986. The drop of two leagues resulted in the majority of the playing staff moving to other clubs and for numerous years the club endeavoured to re-build. Players came and went, lacking the Club loyalty that had brought success to the Club in the 1970's and early 80's until the Committee embraced an ambitious youth development policy in 1999.

The Yellows then embarked on a ten-year development plan to enhance its recreational facilities and expand the Club, in particular its junior section. The Club members worked tirelessly to progress the Club within its means, and with some help from external grant sources. Assistance from the Football foundation, Awards for All programme, and Wigan Council enabled a series of improvements to be completed. The main pitch was re-drained, a second pitch acquired/improved, new changing rooms and Clubhouse built, disabled access provided and other improvements made to the grounds. The ground was brought up to the necessary Ground Grading for the NWCFL and further improvements provided additional seating.

The 2008/09 season also saw further progression for the Yellows, having been promoted to the Premier Division of the North West Counties League. The FA Cup proved very lucrative for the Club, progressing through 3 stages and beating 2 teams from higher leagues in the process. The previous season also saw cup success for the Yellows, retaining the Atherton Charity Cup at the end of the season. Following an impressive 6th place finish in the 2008/09 season, the Yellows struggled in the league for the next 4 seasons, finishing in the bottom three of the league in three of the next four seasons. 21st (09/10), 22nd (10/11), 14th (11/12) and 20th (12/13).

In 2013, the Yellows took the unusual step in bringing in a trio of joint managers -Jay Foulds, Ben Kay and Dougie Pitts. Jay and Ben were brought in from Wigan Robin Park and Dougie came in following a break from the game. The trio needed to completely rebuild the squad for the 2013/14 season and made an excellent start to their managerial careers creating club history with a 6th place finish and beating Maine Road 1-0 to win the League Challenge Cup at Curzon Ashton. More club history was made in the 2014/15 season with a highest ever 5th place finish in the league, conceding only 38 goals and losing only 7 league games that season and the Yellows were successful in the Wigan Cup, beating Newburgh Harrock United 5-1 in the final at Brocstedes Park. The 2015/16 season brought a solid 7th place finish in the league.

The 2016/17 saw another top 10 finish with the club ending the season in 9th place, but the Yellows made history in the cups reaching the 2nd qualifying round for the first time ever, losing 5-0 against Halifax Town and winning the Lancashire Cup for the first time, coming from a goal down to win 2-1 against Radcliffe Borough. Lee Vaughan scoring the winner in the final minute of the game. With the impact the management trio made at the club in the 4 seasons that they were in charge , the success was noticed from clubs at a higher level and following the 2016/17 season, Ben Kay left his role as joint manager to take up the role as assistant manager to Simon Howarth at Clitheroe FC.

The following seasons saw further progression with finishes of 12th (17/18), 5th (18/19), and 5th and 14th in the covid curtailed campaigns of 19/20 and 20/21. The club enjoyed further cup success - the 2017/18 season saw Ashton Athletic see off Squires Gate, Runcorn Linnets, Bamber Bridge and Albion Sports in the FA Cup to set up a mouth watering 3rd qualifying round local derby with Chorley with the yellows suffering a narrow 1-0 defeat in front of live BBC cameras and the biggest home crowd in their history of 610. In the 2019/2020 season, wins over AFC Liverpool, Skelmersdale and Morpeth set up an away trip to York City with the yellows beaten 5-0 by their illustrious opponents in front of over 1,000 spectators at Bootham Crescent.
In November 2021, Dougie Pitts stepped down from his position of joint manager due to family and work commitments with. Shortly afterwards, Jay Foulds was joined at the club by Richard Brodie with the pair operating as joint managers of the yellows.

A new vision for the Club is under discussion to further develop the Club and these will include plans for improvements to the access road, new junior changing rooms, additional playing fields for the junior section and a proposed girls/ladies section. The main ground is also scheduled for enhancement works with additional covered spectator areas. The Club is a voluntary organisation run by a Committee of 14 alongside approximately 25 coaches and managers. Any money raised by the Club has been ploughed back into improving the facilities and developing the youth section.

The Club now has a total membership of more than 400. We have 9 junior teams consisting of approximately 160 children who take advantage of the improvement of our now excellent facilities, whilst hundreds of children and adults from opposition teams also benefit from the continually improving facilities. The Club is keen to maintain the pace of development of the club and future plans will enable increased activity at the Club, additional Junior teams and a much safer and secure environment in particular for spectators and Children.

The Club was awarded the FA Charter Standard in 2013.

Matchday Information

Ground: Brocstedes Park

Address: Downall Green, Ashton in Makerfield

Postcode: WN4 0NR

Telephone: 01942 716360

Midweek Night: Tuesday

2022/23 Admission Prices: £6 Adults, £3 Concessions

Programme Price: £2.00

Directions: From South: M6 to junction 25, turn right onto A49, after 1/2 mile turn right into Soughers Lane, at T junction turn right into Downall Green Road, pass over M6 and turn 2nd right into Boothbrow Road, turn 2nd right in Brocstedes Road.

From North: M6 to junction 24, rejoin north bound M6 to junction 25, directions as above.

Nearest Railway: Bryn (1.2 miles)

Nearest Bus Route to Ground: 156/157 St Helens/Bryn route

Parking Facilities: Parking facilities for approx 100 cars

Ground Facilities: Licensed Bar. Tea Bar. Ramp into clubhouse.

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Legal Entity: Unincorporated

Ground: Brocstedes Park

Address: Downall Green, Ashton in Makerfield

Postcode: WN4 0NR

Telephone: 01942 716360

Website: http://www.ashtonathletic.co.uk

Twitter: @AshtonAthletic

Registered Colours: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Yellow Socks

Registered Goalkeeper Colours: Luminous Yellow Shirt, Black Shorts, Black Socks

Alternative Colours: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Grey Shirt, Grey Shorts, Grey Socks

Secretary: Alan Greenhalgh

Chairman: James Whyte

Manager: Jay Foulds / Richard Brodie

Programme Editor: James Whyte

Committee / Directors: Jimmy Whyte, Brad Reid, Bill Bohannon, Mike Birch, Clare Reid, Jimmy Witherington, Peter Richardson, Amanda Dixon, Paul Dixon, Lisa Daniels, Chris Picton, Karen Picton. Alan Greenhalgh

County Affiliation: Lancashire FA

Year Formed: 1968

Record Attendance: 610 v. Chorley (FA Cup) 30th September 2017

Previous Leagues:

Lancashire Combination
Manchester League

Honours:

Atherton Charity Cup winners 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09.
NWCFL Challenge Cup Winners 2013/14
Lancashire Trophy Winners 2016/17

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Current Position: 22nd

Current Form: 21st

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