saturday 12 october 2024 - Kick-off 3.00pm v skelmersdale united The North West Counties League First Division North ASHTON ASHTON ATHLETIC ATHLETIC skelmersdale united #proud to be a yellow! 1 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, occupied 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 regulations of the Football Authorities that may be relevant to the Match, the Club and/or the Ground from time to time. 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 required 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), constitute 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 Banning 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 Regulations shall exclude the Club’s liability for death or personal injury caused by the Club’s negligence. 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. ASHTON ATHLETIC F.C. JOIN OUR 300 JOIN OUR 300 CLUB! CLUB! Raise money for our club! Win Cash Prizes ASHTON ATHLETIC MATCH DAY saturday 12 october 15:00 Burscough v Abbey Hey 15:00 Colne v Pilkington 15:00 Glossop North End v Longridge Town 15:00 Litherland REMYCA v South Liverpool 15:00 Lower Breck v AFC Liverpool 15:00 Prestwich Heys v FC St Helens 15:00 Ramsbottom United v Cheadle Town 15:00 Stockport Town v Barnoldswick Town 15:00 West Didsbury & Chorlton v Charnock Richard 18:00 FC Isle of Man v Padiham 15:00 AFC Blackpool v Darwen FC 15:00 Ashton Athletic v Skelmersdale United 15:00 Droylsden v Thornton Cleveleys 15:00 Garstang v Bacup Borough 15:00 Maine Road v Euxton Villa 15:00 Nelson v Route One Rovers 15:00 Steeton v Maghull 15:00 Abbey Hulton United v Winsford United 15:00 Alsager Town v Foley Meir 15:00 Barnton v Shawbury United 15:00 Cheadle Heath Nomads v Market Drayton Town 15:00 Eccleshall v Stockport Georgians 15:00 New Mills v Ashville 15:00 Runcorn Town v Sandbach United 15:00 Stafford Town v Allscott Heath 15:00 Wolverhampton Sporting Community v Cammell Laird 1907 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 Skelmersdale United I hope you enjoy your afternoon at Brocstedes. While we had a disappointing time in the Edward Case Cup on Monday evening, going down 3-0 away at Route One Rovers, our league form continues to be impressive as we push for a promotion spot. Our most recent victory was at our near neighbours from across the town, Ashton Town. In front of a bumper crowd of over 400 we extended our winning run in the league to 6 matches with a fine performance on Friday night. The fast conditions certainly suited us and we took the lead on 23 minutes through Jack Smith, and we doubled the lead just a few minutes later when Dek Hill got his first goal of the night to put us firmly in control. While Town put us under some pressure in the second half, including having a penalty, which was saved superbly by Joe Beswick, we secured all the points when Dek Hill got his second of the night to give us a 3-0 winning scoreline. We look to continue our fine form as we take on our visitors this afternoon. While they have had a tough time of things at the start of the season, we know they will be anxious to get back to winning ways, so we will need to be at our best to continue our run. The future’s bright, the future’s yellow. Jay Saturday 19 October 2024 Kick-off 3.00pm v Maine Road North West Counties League First Division North First Division North P GD Pts 1 Holker Old Boys 15 31 38 2 Atherton LR 15 26 38 3 Nelson 16 18 34 4 Euxton Villa 14 14 29 5 Droylsden 15 11 28 6 Ashton Athletic 14 2 28 7 Maine Road 15 14 25 8 Bacup Borough 15 10 23 9 Daisy Hill 15 0 20 10 AFC Blackpool 16 -4 19 11 Thornton Cleveleys 15 -5 19 12 Maghull 14 -5 18 13 Ashton Town 14 -6 16 14 Darwen FC 14 -7 15 15 Steeton 15 -15 12 16 Route One Rovers 14 -16 9 17 Garstang 15 -24 8 18 Skelmersdale United 15 -44 2 NEXT UP for the Yellows Table as up to Wednesday 9 October 2024 view from the view from the dugout dugout STATE OF MIND SPORT IS A CHARITY THAT HARNESSES THE POWER OF SPORT TO PROMOTE POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH AMONG OUR SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN, FANS AND WIDER COMMUNITIES, AND ULTIMATELY TO PREVENT SUICIDE. WE RAISE AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND DELIVER EDUCATION ON THE SUBJECT TO ALL LEVELS OF SPORT, BUSINESS, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. WHO ARE STATE OF MIND? 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... nwcfldotcomA6ad202425.indd 1 nwcfldotcomA6ad202425.indd 1 30/06/2024 20:12 30/06/2024 20:12 o oFFICIAL G FFICIAL Go oALKEEPING ALKEEPING PARTNER PARTNER o oF THE F THE N No oRTH WEST C RTH WEST Cou ouNTIES NTIES F Foo ooTBALL LEAG TBALL LEAGu uE. E. prou prouD S D Spo poNS NSor or o oF THE F THE G Go oALKEE ALKEEp pE Er r o oF THE M F THE Mo oNTH NTH AND G AND Go oALKEE ALKEEp pE Er r o oF THE F THE YEA YEAr r AWA AWAr rDS DS www.facebook.com/ReuschUK www.facebook.com/ReuschUK www.twitter.com/ReuschUK www.twitter.com/ReuschUK Shop online using discount Shop online using discount code ‘NWCFL’ www.reuschuk.com code ‘NWCFL’ www.reuschuk.com Follow us on social media Follow us on social media Skelmersdale United Football Club has a very rich pedigree with an extensive list of honours since we were founded in 1882. The Club had its genesis in a team of players brought together by the teachers of the Skelmersdale Wesleyan Day School and was originally called Skelmersdale Young Rovers. The name was then changed to Skelmersdale Wesleyans but subsequently the minister expressed his disapproval and the team became Skelmersdale United. United have had a long and varied past, playing at the Sandy Lane Ground in the early part of the 20th Century, we competed in the Liverpool County Combination, winning the title on ten occasions, also claiming the Liverpool County Cup eight times and the George Mahon Cup on five occasions. We moved to our spiritual home, White Moss Park in 1957 and progression to the Lancashire Combination saw us clinch the Division Two title in our first season. Steady progress was made in the Combination as United became a force to be reckoned with. Chairman Bill Gregson had a dream to make progress in the Amateur Cup and with the appointment of Manager Bernie Banks in 1966 he saw United become one of the most respected non league sides in the Country reaching a first Wembley final in 1967. After drawing 0-0 against Enfield beneath the Twin Towers, United lost the replay at Maine Road 3-0. Unperturbed, Gregson led us to two more semi finals in the following three years. The Appointment of Roy Rees in 1970 saw an all-conquering side finally return to Wembley this time emerging victorious as Dagenham were comprehensively outplayed in the final. A Ted Dicken hat trick giving United a 4-1 win. One of the everlasting memories of the successful Amateur Cup days was the tremendous support the club attracted. Crowds between 1,000 and 1,500 were the norm for league games, and this rose to several thousand for cup games. The record gate saw 7,500 fans pack into the ground to witness a 1-0 quarter final victory over Slough Town in March 1967. The Amateur Cup was not United’s only success in the late 60’s and early 70’s, as our roll of Honour included two Cheshire League titles, two Lancashire Cup wins. two Cheshire League Shield wins and three appearances in the 1st Round of the FA Cup. There is no doubt that the 1967-1971 period was a golden era for Skelmersdale United with many players progressing into the Football League. Steve Heighway, Mickey Burns, Norman Whitehead, Dave Moorcroft and Alan Mansley are amongst those who made the step up to league football. The club joined the Northern Premier League in 1971 but it was to be an unhappy time bringing financial problems that the club would have hanging round its neck for the next two decades. Performances on the pitch too were less than impressive and we had to wait till 2000 to claim our next piece of silverware, The North West Counties League Cup. We left our beloved White Moss Park in 2002 and eventually moved to the newly named Westgate Interactive Stadium (Stormy Corner). Our fortunes changed becoming a potent force in the North West Counties, eventually gaining promotion to the Northern Premier League in 2006 and enjoying the success that followed. From that platform ‘Skem’ went onto more trophies winning the Lancashire Cup in our opponents today our opponents today 2009, the Northern Premier League North in 2012-13 and the Liverpool Senior Cup in 2015 under the guidance of mercurial manager Tommy Lawson. However success could not be maintained and with eviction from Stormy Corner we found ourselves homeless and back in the North West Counties as Manager Paul McNally looked to re build the club whilst it played out of town in Prescot. A return home to JMO Sports Park was briefly interrupted by the COVID pandemic, but after the return of normal football, McNally’s team started to earn itself a reputation for fast- flowing, exciting football. In the 2020-21 season we made headline news as we battled through to the 1st Round of the FA Cup for the first time since 1971. The club even featured live on BT Sports, going down to Harrogate 4-1 Skem were involved in a rip-roaring battle for the 2021-22 NWCFL Premier Division title with big spending Macclesfield. United eventually had to settle for second and a play-off place against Cinderford Town of the Hellenic League but on the day Utd ran out emphatic 5-1 winners to earn a place back in the Northern Premier League. Last season got off to a nightmare start with United forced to leave the town once more and play its fixtures at Burscough FC due to pitch issues at the JMO. Things got worse as Paul McNally left for pastures new and steadily took most of his promotion winning squad with him. We turned to popular ex-player Richard Brodie to steady the ship and along with our talisman flying winger and skipper Elliot Morris ended our first season back at the higher level in a creditable 11th spot. Sadly the ground grading hoo-doo struck the club once again in the summer as its current home was ruled insufficient for the standards required by the Northern Premier League and we have had to accept relegation back to the North West Counties League for 2023-24. Despite the many turmoils of the last few years Skem continues to strive for success off and on the field with the main goal being to get back playing in our home town as soon as possible. We will re-acquaint ourselves with old friends in the NWCFL and hopefully make new friends playing entertaining football and offering a cheery welcome to all who come to see us, no matter who they support. skelmersdale united skelmersdale united Appearances Goals Cards MOM Player Start Sub Start Sub Red Yellow Nathan Beca 4 10 2 0 0 1 0 Joe Beswick (GK) 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 Charlie Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reece Carrington 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 Zach Conway 12 1 1 0 0 3 0 Chris Cottington 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 Kingston David 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 Ross Ellison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Daniel Flood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Foulds (GK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marcus Giglio 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ben Glendon 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Joshua High 9 1 5 0 0 0 2 Deklan Hill 13 2 7 0 0 3 3 Daniel Hutchins 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 Conal Larkin 14 0 0 0 1 2 0 Jamie Nicholson 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 Joshua Nicholson 15 1 6 0 0 0 0 Niall Partridge 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 Ethan Pearce 10 2 1 0 1 2 1 Pierce Ryan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Smith 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 Emmanuel Ujahchuku 6 10 0 0 0 1 0 Nathan Whalley 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Joe White 7 1 1 0 0 3 1 Calum Wilson 15 1 2 0 0 1 0 Date Opponents H/A KO Score Goalscorers Sat 27/07/24 Bacup Borough A 15:00 0-5 Tue 30/07/24 Maghull H 19:45 2-2 Wilson, Nicholson Sat 03/08/24 Skelmersdale United A 15:00 1-0 Smith Tue 06/08/24 Atherton LR H 19:45 0-2 Sat 10/08/24 Route One Rovers A 15:00 1-0 Pearce Tue 13/08/24 Darwen FC A 19:45 1-5 Wilson Sat 17/08/24 Thornton Cleveleys A 15:00 2-1 High (2) Tue 20/08/24 Droylsden A 19:45 1-5 Nicholson Sat 24/08/24 Stockport Georgians (The Isuzu FA Vase 1Q) H 15:00 2-1 White, Hill Mon 26/08/24 Ashton Town H 15:00 3-0 Beca, High, Hill Sat 31/08/24 Daisy Hill H 15:00 5-1 High, Hill, Beca, Conway, Nicholson Sat 07/09/24 Steeton H 15:00 2-1 Hill (2) Sat 14/09/24 Nelson A 15:00 2-1 Nicholson, High Sat 21/09/24 Wombwell Town (The Isuzu FA Vase 2Q) A 15:00 0-3 Sat 28/09/24 AFC Blackpool H 15:00 4-2 Josh Nicholson (2), Jamie Nicholson (2) Sat 05/10/24 Ashton Town A 15:00 3-0 Smith, Hill (2) Mon 07/10/24 Route One Rovers (Edward Case Cup R1) A 20:00 0-3 Sat 12/10/24 Skelmersdale United H 15:00 Sat 19/10/24 Maine Road H 15:00 Fri 25/10/24 Daisy Hill A 15:00 Sat 02/11/24 Garstang A 15:00 Sat 09/11/24 Steeton A 15:00 Sat 30/11/24 Maghull A 15:00 Sat 07/12/24 Holker Old Boys H 15:00 Sat 14/12/24 Thornton Cleveleys H 15:00 Thu 26/12/24 Atherton LR A 15:00 Sat 28/12/24 Euxton Villa A 15:00 Sat 04/01/25 Garstang H 15:00 Sat 11/01/25 Bacup Borough H 15:00 Sat 18/01/25 Holker Old Boys A 15:00 Sat 15/02/25 Nelson H 15:00 Sat 01/03/25 Maine Road A 15:00 Sat 22/03/25 Droylsden H 15:00 Sat 29/03/25 AFC Blackpool A 15:00 Wed 02/04/25 Darwen FC A 19:45 Sat 05/04/25 Route One Rovers H 15:00 fixtures and results fixtures and results player appearances player appearances Ashton Athletic Manager: Jay Foulds skelmersdale united Manager: thomas lawson 1. Joe beswick 2. joe white 3. Conal larkin 4. Calum Wilson 5. chris cottington 6. nathan beca 7. Zach Conway 8. jack smith 9. danny hutchins 10. Deklan Hill 11. ethan pearce 12. Josh Nicholson 14. dean curtis 15. Reece carrington 16. kingston david 17. Emmanuel ujahchuku 18. danny flood 19. niall partridge Joe Langford Joel Nunnen Sahit Shehu Adam Reynolds Harry Middlehurst Keane Joyce Keyni Mills David Russo Renato De Oliveira Gomes Harrison Denton Alfie Westhead Aidan McKerney Alex Priestley Leyton Baines Alistair Clifford Benjamin Taylor NEXT UP AT BROCSTEDES PARK saturday 19 october 2024 Kick-off 3.00pm maine road ASSISTANT david baker REFEREE matthew pointer ASSISTANT jacob baker