Ashton Athletic Football Club is a
football club based in
Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of the and play at Brocstedes Park. They are full members of the
Lancashire County Football Association
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.
History
The club was formed in 1968, initially as a
Sunday league club playing in the Wigan Sunday League.
[Club history]
Ashton Athletic F.C. After winning every division in the league in successive seasons, they switched to playing Saturday football, joining the
Warrington & District League.
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Success in the Warrington League saw the club join the ]Lancashire Combination
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in 1978.[ 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 subsequently dropped into Division One of the Manchester League.][ They continued to struggle in the Manchester League, with several lower-half finishes before finishing bottom of Division One in 1989–90. They finished bottom again in 1994–95,][The Manchester League 1994–2011]
Non-League Matters
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,[ bypassing the Premier Division of the Manchester League. In 2007–08 a third-place finish saw them promoted to the renamed Premier Division of the league.][ Although they finished bottom of the division in ]2010–11
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, they were reprieved from relegation after New Mills
New Mills is a town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, south-east of Stockport and from Manchester at the confluence of the River Goyt and Sett. It is close to the border with Cheshire and above the Torrs, a deep gorge cut t ...
were promoted from the division and Formby
Formby is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, which had a population of 22,419 at the 2011 Census.
Historically in Lancashire, three manors are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under "Fo ...
were relegated due to a breach of the rules. In 2013–14 they won the Challenge Cup, defeating Maine Road
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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.
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
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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 2017Ashton Athletic: Info]
North West Counties League
See also
* Ashton Athletic F.C. players
References
External links
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
Association football clubs established in 1968
1968 establishments in England
Ashton-in-Makerfield
Warrington & District Football League
Lancashire Combination
North West Counties Football League clubs
Manchester Football League