Ashton Athletic

FORMED
1968

MANAGER
Jason Foulds

GROUND
Brocstedes Park

TWITTER
@AshtonAthletic

Current Position: 5th

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
2	2	0	0	5	0	6

Current Form: 8th

P	W	D	L	F	A
3	2	0	1	5	4

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
08/08/26	Flixton (A)	L 0-4
04/08/26	Uppermill (H)	W 3-0
01/08/26	AFC Blackpool (H)	W 2-0

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
11/08/26	Woolton (A)	19:45
15/08/26	FC St Helens (H)	15:00
18/08/26	Maghull (A)	19:45
22/08/26	Thornton Cleveleys (H)	15:00
29/08/26	Cammell Laird 1907 (H)	15:00
01/09/26	Ashville (A)	19:45

Latest News:

	Power Of Player Sponsorship
	Charity benefits from donations from Hanson Property Services

	Joe White receives his Player of the Month Award
	The Ashton Athletic defender picked up his award for January 2025...

	It’s 500 up for Jay Foulds! Ashton Athletic’s gaffer hits a great mark
	A conversation with veteran NWCFL manager Jay Foulds on his long tenure at Brocstedes Park, with game number 500 now in the rear-view mirror

	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.

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O.	Score	Goalscorers
Sat 01/08/26	AFC Blackpool	H	15:00	W 2-0	Joshua Nicholson (81) Joshua Nicholson (88)
Tue 04/08/26	Uppermill	H	19:45	W 3-0	Callum Mahoney (18) Ryan Knowles (80) Thomas Beswick (89)
Sat 08/08/26	Flixton	A	15:00	L 0-4
	(The Edward Case Cup P N)
Tue 11/08/26	Woolton	A	19:45
Sat 15/08/26	FC St Helens	H	15:00
	(The Isuzu FA Vase 1Q)
Tue 18/08/26	Maghull	A	19:45
Sat 22/08/26	Thornton Cleveleys	H	15:00
Sat 29/08/26	Cammell Laird 1907	H	15:00
Tue 01/09/26	Ashville	A	19:45
Sat 05/09/26	Halewood Apollo	A	15:00
Tue 15/09/26	Maine Road	H	19:45
Sat 19/09/26	Steeton	A	15:00
Sat 03/10/26	Squires Gate	A	15:00
Sat 10/10/26	Daisy Hill	H	15:00
Tue 13/10/26	Fulwood Amateurs	A	19:45
Sat 17/10/26	Holker Old Boys	H	15:00
Sat 31/10/26	Flixton	A	15:00
Sat 07/11/26	Colne	A	15:00
Sat 14/11/26	AFC Knowsley	H	15:00
Sat 21/11/26	Bacup Borough	A	15:00
Sat 28/11/26	Daisy Hill	A	15:00
Sat 05/12/26	Steeton	H	15:00
Sat 12/12/26	Uppermill	A	15:00
Sat 19/12/26	Darwen FC	H	15:00
Sat 26/12/26	Ashton Town	A	15:00
Sat 02/01/27	Ashville	H	15:00
Sat 09/01/27	Bacup Borough	H	15:00
Sat 16/01/27	Thornton Cleveleys	A	15:00
Tue 19/01/27	Flixton	H	19:45
Sat 23/01/27	Squires Gate	H	15:00
Sat 30/01/27	Darwen FC	A	15:00
Sat 06/02/27	Garstang	H	15:00
Sat 13/02/27	Woolton	H	15:00
Sat 20/02/27	AFC Blackpool	A	15:00
Sat 27/02/27	Colne	H	15:00
Sat 06/03/27	Maine Road	A	15:00
Tue 09/03/27	Maghull	H	19:45
Sat 13/03/27	Holker Old Boys	A	15:00
Sat 20/03/27	Fulwood Amateurs	H	15:00
Sat 27/03/27	Garstang	A	15:00
Mon 29/03/27	Ashton Town	H	15:00
Sat 03/04/27	Halewood Apollo	H	15:00
Sat 10/04/27	Cammell Laird 1907	A	15:00
Sat 17/04/27	AFC Knowsley	A	15:00

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
Sat 01/08/26	AFC Blackpool (H)	W 2-0
Tue 04/08/26	Uppermill (H)	W 3-0
Sat 08/08/26	Flixton (A)	L 0-4
(The Edward Case Cup P N)
Tue 11/08/26	Woolton (A)	19:45
Sat 15/08/26	FC St Helens (H)	15:00
(The Isuzu FA Vase 1Q)
Tue 18/08/26	Maghull (A)	19:45
Sat 22/08/26	Thornton Cleveleys (H)	15:00
Sat 29/08/26	Cammell Laird 1907 (H)	15:00
Tue 01/09/26	Ashville (A)	19:45
Sat 05/09/26	Halewood Apollo (A)	15:00
Tue 15/09/26	Maine Road (H)	19:45
Sat 19/09/26	Steeton (A)	15:00
Sat 03/10/26	Squires Gate (A)	15:00
Sat 10/10/26	Daisy Hill (H)	15:00
Tue 13/10/26	Fulwood Amateurs (A)	19:45
Sat 17/10/26	Holker Old Boys (H)	15:00
Sat 31/10/26	Flixton (A)	15:00
Sat 07/11/26	Colne (A)	15:00
Sat 14/11/26	AFC Knowsley (H)	15:00
Sat 21/11/26	Bacup Borough (A)	15:00
Sat 28/11/26	Daisy Hill (A)	15:00
Sat 05/12/26	Steeton (H)	15:00
Sat 12/12/26	Uppermill (A)	15:00
Sat 19/12/26	Darwen FC (H)	15:00
Sat 26/12/26	Ashton Town (A)	15:00
Sat 02/01/27	Ashville (H)	15:00
Sat 09/01/27	Bacup Borough (H)	15:00
Sat 16/01/27	Thornton Cleveleys (A)	15:00
Tue 19/01/27	Flixton (H)	19:45
Sat 23/01/27	Squires Gate (H)	15:00
Sat 30/01/27	Darwen FC (A)	15:00
Sat 06/02/27	Garstang (H)	15:00
Sat 13/02/27	Woolton (H)	15:00
Sat 20/02/27	AFC Blackpool (A)	15:00
Sat 27/02/27	Colne (H)	15:00
Sat 06/03/27	Maine Road (A)	15:00
Tue 09/03/27	Maghull (H)	19:45
Sat 13/03/27	Holker Old Boys (A)	15:00
Sat 20/03/27	Fulwood Amateurs (H)	15:00
Sat 27/03/27	Garstang (A)	15:00
Mon 29/03/27	Ashton Town (H)	15:00
Sat 03/04/27	Halewood Apollo (H)	15:00
Sat 10/04/27	Cammell Laird 1907 (A)	15:00
Sat 17/04/27	AFC Knowsley (A)	15:00

Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Joseph Barlow	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Beswick (GK)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Beswick	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Joshua Brierley	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Conway	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Crompton	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Cusani	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Davison	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Foulds (GK)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Gilchrist	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Greene	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Knowles	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Callum Mahoney	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Joshua Nicholson	2	1	2	0	0	0	0
David Oko	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
Daniel Regan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Sodhi	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Liam Thirkell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Walker	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Christopher Webster	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Calum Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Former Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom

Staff Members

Name
Jason Foulds		Manager
Liam Hook		Coach
Caitlin Mathieson		First Aider
David Tickle		Manager

Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Joseph Barlow	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Beswick	3	0	0	0	0
Thomas Beswick	1+2	1	0	0	0
Joshua Brierley	3	0	0	0	0
Zach Conway	2	0	0	0	0
Luke Crompton	2+1	0	0	0	0
Marcus Cusani	2	0	0	0	1
Jake Davison	0+2	0	0	0	0
Jason Foulds	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Gilchrist	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Greene	3	0	0	0	0
Ryan Knowles	1+1	1	0	0	0
Callum Mahoney	3	1	0	0	0
Joshua Nicholson	2+1	2	0	0	0
David Oko	3	0	0	1	1
Daniel Regan	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Sodhi	2+1	0	0	0	0
Liam Thirkell	0	0	0	0	0
George Walker	2+1	0	0	1	0
Christopher Webster	0+1	0	0	0	0
Calum Wilson	3	0	0	0	0

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom

Staff Members

Name
Jason Foulds		Manager
Liam Hook		Coach
Caitlin Mathieson		First Aider
David Tickle		Manager

Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Joseph Barlow	1	0
Joe Beswick (GK)	3	0
Thomas Beswick	1+2	1
Joshua Brierley	3	0
Zach Conway	2	0
Luke Crompton	2+1	0
Marcus Cusani	2	0
Jake Davison	0+2	0
Jason Foulds (GK)	0	0
Adam Gilchrist	0	0
Jake Greene	3	0
Ryan Knowles	1+1	1
Callum Mahoney	3	1
Joshua Nicholson	2+1	2
David Oko	3	0
Daniel Regan	0	0
Jonathan Sodhi	2+1	0
Liam Thirkell	0	0
George Walker	2+1	0
Christopher Webster	0+1	0
Calum Wilson	3	0

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals

Staff Members

Name
Jason Foulds		Manager
Liam Hook		Coach
Caitlin Mathieson		First Aider
David Tickle		Manager

Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	4-0	11/10/25 v Bacup Borough (First Division North)
Biggest Away Win	4-2	18/03/26 v Bacup Borough (First Division North)
Biggest Home Defeat	0-5	18/11/25 v Lancaster City (Lancashire Challenge Trophy)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-5	11/04/26 v Nelson (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Home Game	2-2	28/03/26 v Fulwood Amateurs (First Division North) 06/12/25 v Darwen FC (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Away Game	2-2	18/10/25 v Squires Gate (First Division North) 21/02/26 v Maghull (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	5	2-3 27/09/25 v FC St Helens (The Macron Cup) 1-4 30/08/25 v Droylsden (First Division North) 1-4 20/09/25 v MSB Woolton (First Division North) 2-3 06/04/26 v Ashton Town (First Division North) 0-5 18/11/25 v Lancaster City (Lancashire Challenge Trophy) 3-2 10/02/26 v Steeton (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	6	4-2 18/03/26 v Bacup Borough (First Division North)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	19		19		38
Won	5	26.32%	3	15.79%	8	21.05%
Drawn	2	10.53%	2	10.53%	4	10.53%
Lost	12	63.16%	14	73.68%	26	68.42%
Scored	28	1.47	18	0.95	46	1.21
Conceded	42	2.21	45	2.37	87	2.29

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Isuzu FA Vase	1st Qualifying Round	0-2	Charnock Richard	(A)
The Macron Cup	1st Round	2-3	FC St Helens	(H)
The Edward Case Cup	1st Round North	0-2	Daisy Hill	(A)
Lancashire Challenge Trophy	2nd Round	0-5	Lancaster City	(H)

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	19 games	89

Number of Games Since
Last Win	5 games
Last Defeat	0 games
Goalless Draw	42 games
Score Draw	3 games
Scored A Goal	1 game
Fail To Score	0 games
Clean Sheet	22 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	14	36.84%	3	7.89%
One	10	26.32%	3	7.89%
Two	8	21.05%	19	50.00%
Three	4	10.53%	8	21.05%
Four	2	5.26%	3	7.89%
Five or more	0	0.00%	2	5.26%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	6	13.04%	10	0.00%	6	4.51%
16-30	3	6.52%	11	12.64%	14	10.53%
31-45	5	10.87%	14	16.09%	19	14.29%
46-60	13	28.26%	10	11.49%	23	17.29%
61-75	9	19.57%	19	21.84%	28	21.05%
76-90	10	21.74%	23	26.44%	33	24.81%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	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, Lancashire

Postcode: WN4 0NR

Telephone: 01942 716360

Midweek Night: Tuesday

2026/27 Admission Prices: £7 adults £4 concessions Kids £1 cash only only

Programme Price: Electronic programme only

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 150 vehicles

Ground Facilities: Licensed Bar. Tea Bar. Ramp into clubhouse. Please note these are by card payment only.

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Club Information

Legal Entity: Unincorporated

Ground: Brocstedes Park

Address: Downall Green, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire

Postcode: WN4 0NR

Telephone: 01942 716360

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

Twitter: @AshtonAthletic

Registered Colours: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks

Registered Goalkeeper Colours: All green

Alternative Colours: Orange Shirts Black Shorts Orange socks

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: All yellow

Secretary: Alan Greenhalgh

Chairman: James Whyte

Manager: Jason Foulds

Programme Editor: Alan Greenhalgh

Committee / Directors: Jimmy Whyte, Amanda Dixon, Lisa Daniels, Chris Picton, Karen Picton. Alan Greenhalgh Malc Hodkinson Brian Worth Mike Evans. Liam Hook David Tickle Jason Foulds

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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