Saturday 5 august 2023 - Kick-off 3.00pm v route one rovers The North West Counties League First Division North Official Matchday Programme ASHTON ASHTON ATHLETIC ATHLETIC route one rovers #proud to be a yellow! 1. Entry to the Ground shall constitute acceptance of these Ground Regulations and the Rules and Regulations. All persons entering the Ground must have paid the relevant admission charge. Proof of age, where an age concession is claimed, and proof of identity may be re- quired and must be supplied on demand. 2. Notwithstanding possession of any ticket the Club, any police officer or authorised steward may refuse entry to (or eject from) the Ground any person: 2.1 who fails (or in the Club’s reasonable opinion is likely to fail) to comply with these Ground Regulations or any reasonable instruction issued by a police officer or authorised steward; and/or 2.2 whose presence within the Ground is, or could (in the Club’s reasonable opinion), consti- tute a source of danger, nuisance or annoyance to any other person. 3. On no account will admission be granted to a person who is the subject of a current Ban- ning Order under the Football Spectators Act 1989 (as amended) or has been convicted of ticket touting offences under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (as amended). 4. The Club excludes, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any liability for loss, injury or damage to persons and property in or around the Ground. Nothing in these Ground Regula- tions shall exclude the Club’s liability for death or personal injury caused by the Club’s negli- gence. 5. No guarantees can be given by the Club that a Match will take place at a particular time or on a particular date, or at all, and the Club reserves the right to reschedule or cancel a Match without notice. 6. In the event of the postponement, cancellation or abandonment of the Match (or if the Match has, for any reason, to be played out of the view of the public), refunds (if any) will be made in accordance with the specific ticket terms and conditions applicable to your ticket pur- chase. The Club will have no further liability whatsoever, including (but not limited to) liability for any in direct or consequential loss or damage, such as (but not limited to) loss of enjoyment or travel costs. 7. All persons seeking entrance to the Ground acknowledge and agree to the Club’s reasona- ble right to search any person, and their belongings, entering the Ground and to refuse entry to or eject from the Ground any person refusing to submit to such a search. 8. Further, you may not bring into the Ground any sponsorship, promotional or marketing materials save in respect of official club merchandise and/or other football related clothing nor may you offer (either free or for sale by any person) any goods (including literature) of any nature without the express written approval of the Club. 9. The following articles must not be brought within the Ground – knives, fireworks or any other pyrotechnics, smoke canisters, air-horns, flares, weapons, dangerous or hazardous items, laser devices, glass bottles, glass vessels, cans, poles, any articles that are prohibited by the Rules and Regulations, and any article that might be used as a weapon and/or compromise public safety. Any person in possession of such items will be refused entry to (or ejected from) the Ground. 10. The use of threatening behaviour and/or foul or abusive language is strictly forbidden and may result in arrest and/or ejection from the Ground. The Club may impose a ban (including, but not limited to, a ban for one or more Matches) and/or the removal of season ticket(s) for any such behaviour. 11. Any act of victimization as defined in the Equality Act 2010 or any act of discrimination by reason of ethnic origin, colour, race, nationality, religion or belief, gender, gender reassign- ment, sexual orientation, disability age, pregnancy, maternity, marital status or civil partnership, or other forms of harassment is strictly forbidden and will result in arrest and/or ejection from the Ground. The Club may impose a ban (including, but not limited to, a ban for one or more Matches) and/or the removal of season ticket(s) for any such behaviour. 12. Nobody may stand in any seating area whilst play is in progress. Persistent standing in seated areas whilst play is in progress is strictly forbidden and may result in ejection from the Ground and, in addition, the Club may impose a ban (including, but not limited to, a ban for one or more Matches) and/or the removal of season ticket(s) for any such behaviour. 13. The obstruction of gangways, access ways, exits and entrances, stairways and like places is strictly forbidden. Nobody entering the Ground shall be permitted to climb any structures within the Ground. 14. With the exception of the designated smoking areas, smoking (including the use of elec- tronic cigarettes) is not permitted in any part of the Ground and will result in ejection from the Ground. 15. Mobile telephones, smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices are permitted within the Ground provided that they are used for personal and private use only (which, by way of example only, shall not include the capturing, logging, recording, transmitting, playing, issu- ing, showing, or any other communication of any Material for any commercial purposes). 16. Alcohol may only be consumed within the Ground if purchased from the Club’s own facili- ties and in accordance with the Club’s licensing conditions. Under the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985 (as amended), the following are offences for which a person can be arrested by a police officer and conviction could result in a Banning Order being made under the Football Spectators Act 1989 (as amended): 16.1 Attempting to enter the Ground or being inside the Ground whilst drunk; 16.2 Being in possession of any intoxicating liquor, or bottle, can or other portable container which could cause damage or personal injury, when entering the Ground or in a public area of the Ground from which the event can be directly viewed. 17. Under the Football (Offences) Act 1991 (as amended) the following are offences for which a person can be arrested by a police officer and conviction could result in a Banning Order being made under the Football Spectators Act 1989 (as amended): The list is non-exhaustive. 17.1. The throwing of any object within the Ground without lawful authority or excuse; 17.2. The chanting of anything of a racist, homophobic or discriminatory nature; and/or 17.3. The entry onto the playing area or any adjacent area to which spectators are not gener- ally admitted without lawful authority or excuse. 18. Any individual who has entered any part of the Ground designated for these of any group of supporters to which he does not belong may be ejected from the Ground either for the purposes of his own safety or for any other reason. 19. Save as set out in Condition 15 above, no person (other than a person who holds an appropriate licence) may capture, log, record, transmit, play, issue, show or otherwise com- municate (by digital or other means) any Material in relation to the Match, any players or other persons present in the Ground and/or the Ground, nor may they bring into the Ground or use within the Ground (or provide to, facilitate or otherwise assist another person to use within the Ground) any equipment or technology which is capable of capturing, logging, recording, transmitting, playing, issuing, showing or otherwise communicating (by digital or other means) any such Material. Copyright, database rights and any other intellectual property rights in any unauthorised recording or transmission is assigned (by way of present assignment of future rights) to the Club and the relevant Football Authority responsible for the Match. You further agree (if and whenever required to do so by the Club) to promptly execute all instruments and do all things necessary to vest the right, title and interest in such rights to the Club and the relevant Football Authority responsible for the Match absolutely and with full title guarantee. 20. Tickets are not transferable and may not be offered for sale without the prior written per- mission of the Club or otherwise as set out in the express terms and conditions of such tickets. Any tickets offered for sale in breach of the terms and conditions thereof may be confiscated by any steward or officer of the Club or any police officer. The Club reserves the right to refuse admission to or eject from the Ground, any person who has transferred his/her ticket in contravention of the relevant ticket terms and conditions (and/or the holder of any ticket that has been transferred in contravention of the relevant ticket terms and conditions). In the event of any refusal of admission or ejection from the Ground no refund shall be payable. Tickets remain the property of the Club at all times. 21. By entering the Ground, all persons acknowledge that photographic images and/or video recordings and/or stills taken from those video recordings may be taken of them and may also be used by the Club for marketing or promotional purposes. Entry into the Ground is confir- mation that all persons have consented to such use of their image unless the Club is notified in writing to the contrary. If any images should feature an individual prominently the Club will make reasonable efforts to gain the consent of that person before publishing such image. If such person is under 18 years of age, the parent, guardian, responsible adult who is accompa- nying them into the Ground shall be deemed to have provided consent on their behalf. 22. CCTV cameras are in use around and in the Ground and the Club may itself use or trans- fer to the police or any Football Authority any recordings for use in any proceedings, or for health, safety or security purposes. By entering the Ground, you consent to such use and transfer of CCTV footage. 23. At all times whilst present in the Ground, persons must comply with any and all reasona- ble instructions and directions of any steward or officer of the Club, any police officer or any officer of any other safety or security service. Failure to comply with any such instruction or direction may lead to the refusal of entry to, or the immediate ejection from, the Ground. 24. Any person found damaging or defacing the Ground may be prosecuted. 25. No re-entry to the Ground is permitted unless permission is given by an officer or a stew- ard of the Club. 26. The Club reserves absolutely the right to refuse entry and eject from the Ground any person that fails (or in the Club’s reasonable opinion is likely to fail) to comply with any of the Ground Regulations or the Rules and Regulations or whose presence within the Ground is, or could (in the Club’s reasonable opinion), be construed as constituting a source of danger, nuisance or annoyance to any other person. This could lead to further action by the Club including, but not limited to, the withdrawal of any Club membership and or match ticket and/ or season ticket (without reimbursement) and other benefits. 27. The Club reserves the right to make changes to any of these Ground Regulations from time to time. GROUND REGULATIONS These Ground Regulations shall apply to each Match taking place at the Ground. Entry to the Ground shall constitute acceptance of these Ground Regulations and the Rules and Regulations. These Ground Regulations incorporate the Club's Customer Charter (if any). Definitions: "Club" means this football club. "Football Authorities" means the Football League, the Premier League, The Football Association, the Football Association of Wales, the league of which the Club is in membership from time to time, FIFA, UEFA and any other relevant governing body of association football. "Ground" means this football stadium and all locations owned, oc- cupied or utilised by the Club. "Ground Regulations" means these ground regulations, as amended from time to time. "Match" means any association football match (or any part or aspect of such a match) taking place at the Ground. "Material" means any audio, digital, visual or audio-visual material or any information or data. "Rules and Regulations" means each of the rules and regula-tions of the Football Authorities that may be relevant to the Match, the Club and/or the Ground from time to time. By order of The Football Association INSERT CLUB NAMEHERE JOIN OUR 300 JOIN OUR 300 CLUB! CLUB! 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Win Cash Prizes ASHTON ATHLETIC MATCH DAY Saturday 5 august 18:00 FC Isle of Man v Litherland REMYCA 15:00 AFC Blackpool v Shelley 15:00 Ashton Athletic v Route One Rovers 15:00 Bacup Borough v Runcorn Town 15:00 Daisy Hill v FC St Helens 15:00 Euxton Villa v Holker Old Boys 15:00 Ilkley Town v Ashton Town 15:00 Nelson v Atherton LR 15:00 South Liverpool v Garstang 15:00 Steeton v Darwen FC 15:00 Abbey Hulton United v Market Drayton Town 15:00 Alsager Town v Cammell Laird 1907 15:00 Ashville v Sandbach United 15:00 Cheadle Heath Nomads v New Mills 15:00 Eccleshall v Abbey Hey 15:00 Maine Road v Barnton 15:00 Stockport Georgians v Stafford Town 15:00 Winsford United v Droylsden Premier Division First Division South First Division North Welcome to Brocstedes Park Year Formed: 1968 Life President: Jimmy Witherington Club President: Bill Bohannon Club Chairman: Jimmy Whyte Club Secretary: Alan Greenhalgh Club Treasurer: Brad Reid First Team Manager : Jay Foulds Assistant Manager: Physio: TBC Development Squad Manager: Konrad Gielniak Programme Editor: Bernie Johnson Ground: Brocstedes Park Address: Brocstedes Road, Wigan, Lancashire, WN4 0NR Telephone: 01942 716360 Website: www.ashtonathletic.co.uk Twitter: @AshtonAthletic Facebook: www.facebook.com/ AshtonAthletic The Entity: Unincorperated Members Club Midweek Home Games: Tuesday Registered Outfield Colours: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts & Socks Registered Goalkeeping Colours: Green Shirt, Shorts & Socks Alternative Colours: Blue shirts, Blue Shorts & Socks Highest Attendance: 610(v Chorley 30/09/17) County Affiliation: Lancashire FA Honours: Atherton Charity Cup: Winners: 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09 NWCFL Challenge Cup: Winners: 2013/14 Wigan Cup: Winners: 2014/15 Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy: Winners 2016/17 Jay Foulds A warm welcome to all of our friends from Route One Rovers, I hope you enjoy your afternoon at Brocstedes. Two games in our first week in the First Division North show us just how tough it is going to be in this league. Firstly we had a hard fought draw against Daisy Hill in our opening home fixture last Saturday. This was followed by a narrow defeat away at FC St Helens on Tuesday evening. Daisy Hill proved tought opponents in our opening fixture and went in at half time with a 1-0 lead. We fought hard in the second half and gained our reward when the returning Dale Korie-Butler scored with his first touch, having come on as a substitute. Afterwards we pressed hard to get a winner but it was honours even at full time. Tuesday evening’s match was played in similar vein. We made a promising start but were unable to take advantage and as with Saturday went in 1-0 down at half time. Having gone down to a second goal shortly after the interval, Dale Korie Butler netted his second of the season to give us hope, but our opponents struck late on to get a third to send us to defeat. We hope for better things this aftenoon as we take on early league pace setters Route One Rovers. Should be a close encounter. The future’s bright, the future’s yellow. Jay Tuesday 8 August 2023 Kick-off 7.45pm v Darwen North West Counties League First Division North First Division North P GD Pts 1 Route One Rovers 2 6 6 2 Atherton LR 2 5 6 3 Euxton Villa 2 5 6 4 FC St Helens 2 3 6 5 Darwen FC 2 2 4 6 Ilkley Town 2 1 4 7 Holker Old Boys 2 2 3 8 Bacup Borough 2 1 3 9 Runcorn Town 2 1 3 10 South Liverpool 2 0 3 11 Steeton 2 -3 3 12 Daisy Hill 2 0 2 13 Ashton Athletic 2 -2 1 14 Nelson 2 -3 1 15 Garstang 2 -3 0 16 AFC Blackpool 2 -4 0 17 Ashton Town 2 -5 0 18 Shelley 2 -6 0 NEXT UP for the Yellows Table as up to Thursday 3 August 2023 view from the view from the dugout dugout Ashton Athletic Football Club was founded in 1968 and 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 club’s and for numerous years the club endeavored 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 Club is now at the end of a ten-year development plan to enhance its recreational facilities and expand the Club, in particular its junior section. Eight years ago, the Club had two teams, 50 members, one mediocre pitch with dilapidated clubhouse and changing rooms. Since then the Club members have 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. More recently the ground has been brought up to the necessary Ground Grading for re-entry into the NWCFL, in time for the start of the 2006/7 season and further inprovements have provided additional seating. The 2008/09 season also saw further progression of the Club, having been promoted to the Premier Division of the Vodkat North West Counties League. We were again able take to the national stage, having been accepted in the FA Cup competition after last season’s debut in the FA Vase which 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 Club 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). Jimmy McBride, who took over the reins midway through the 12/13, left the club when the season ended and the club took the unusual step in bringing in a trio of 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 saw the retirement of Jay Foulds and he was replaced in the Ashton Athletic goal by Martin Pearson. Unfortunately, there were no cup heroics in that season but there was 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 club 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 have made at the club in the 4 seasons that they have been in charge of the first team, 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, where he will link up again former Yellows captain, Ian Rowlands. 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. A Brief History... A Brief History... Route One Rovers FC was established in 2013 by Chairman Sameel Mahmood. The club started competing in the Spen Valley League followed by promotion up to the West Riding County Amateur Football League. Fast forward a few years, Route One Rovers were placed in the Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division and after winning a League Cup and District double in 21/22, the vision was very much promotion to the Counties League. After a successful double winning 22/23 season, winning the Yorkshire Amateur League Title in an invincible run and the Keighley District Cup, Route One Rovers FC gained promotion to the North West Counties League. our opponents today our opponents today route one rovers route one rovers Appearances Goals Cards MOM Player Start Sub Start Sub Red Yellow James Aspinall (GK) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Bacon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Max Buckley-Benbow 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Cartwright 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Zach Conway 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mark Corbett (GK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ross Ellison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jordyn Fitton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Daniel Flood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Foulds (GK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Hamilton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Deklan Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kyle King 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dale Korie-Butler 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 Conal Larkin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Callum Mahoney 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Callum McHale 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Daniel Mogford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joshua Nicholson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Niall Partridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ethan Pearce 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matthew Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Smith 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas Stead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Calum Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Date Opponents H/A KO Score Goalscorers Sat 29/07/23 Daisy Hill H 15:00 1-1 Korie-Butler Tue 01/08/23 FC St Helens A 19:45 1-3 Korie-Butler Sat 05/08/23 Route One Rovers H 15:00 Tue 08/08/23 Darwen FC H 19:45 Sat 12/08/23 Runcorn Town A 15:00 Wed 16/08/23 Bacup Borough A 20:00 Sat 19/08/23 Ilkley Town H 15:00 Tue 22/08/23 Euxton Villa H 19:45 Mon 28/08/23 Garstang A 15:00 Sat 02/09/23 AFC Blackpool H 15:00 Sat 09/09/23 Steeton A 15:00 Sat 16/09/23 Holker Old Boys A 15:00 Sat 23/09/23 Pilkington (The Isuzu FA Vase 2Q) A 15:00 Sat 30/09/23 Nelson H 15:00 Sat 07/10/23 Shelley A 15:00 Tue 10/10/23 South Liverpool (The Edward Case Cup 1) H 19:45 Sat 14/10/23 AFC Blackpool A 15:00 Sat 21/10/23 Steeton H 15:00 Sat 04/11/23 Runcorn Town H 15:00 Sat 18/11/23 South Liverpool H 15:00 Sat 02/12/23 Atherton LR A 15:00 Sat 09/12/23 Shelley H 15:00 Sat 16/12/23 Darwen FC A 15:00 Tue 26/12/23 Ashton Town H 15:00 Sat 30/12/23 Euxton Villa A 15:00 Sat 06/01/24 South Liverpool A 15:00 Sat 13/01/24 FC St Helens H 15:00 Sat 20/01/24 Daisy Hill A 15:00 Sat 17/02/24 Route One Rovers A 15:00 Sat 02/03/24 Holker Old Boys H 15:00 Sat 23/03/24 Garstang H 15:00 Sat 30/03/24 Ilkley Town A 15:00 Mon 01/04/24 Ashton Town A 15:00 Sat 06/04/24 Bacup Borough H 15:00 Sat 13/04/24 Atherton LR H 15:00 fixtures and results fixtures and results player appearances player appearances Ashton Athletic Manager: Jay Foulds route one rovers Manager: mohammed patel & sohail rehman 1. James Aspinall 2. conal larkin 3. Callum Mahoney 4. Callum Wilson 5. Ben Cartwright 6. Joe Bacon 7. Zach Conway 8. Kyle King 9. Max Buckley-Benbow 10. Deklan Hill 11. Dale Korie Butler 12. Josh Nicholson 14. Jordyn Fitton 15. Ross Ellison 16. Jack Hamilton 17. Jack Smith 18. callum mchale Sulaiman Sajjad Umer Farooq Zakariah Arshad Jonathan Mwembie McKenzie Borek Mohamed Wassa Leke Ajibode Muhammad Arshad Musa Jallow Zakariya Khan Callan Parker-Wells Myles Foley Benjamin Darkins Haroon Dad Mohammed Sadiq Austin Okore Lewis Woodcock NEXT UP AT BROCSTEDES PARK tuesday 8 august 2023 Kick-off 7.45pm darwen ASSISTANT adam swift REFEREE philip brennan ASSISTANT matthew rogby