monday 26 august 2024 - Kick-off 3.00pm v ashton town The North West Counties League First Division North Official Matchday Programme ASHTON ASHTON ATHLETIC ATHLETIC ashton town #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 monday 26 august 13:00 Stockport Town v FC Isle of Man 15:00 Abbey Hey v Barnoldswick Town 15:00 AFC Liverpool v Irlam 15:00 Burscough v Padiham 15:00 Bury v Cheadle Town 15:00 Glossop North End v Charnock Richard 15:00 Longridge Town v Chadderton 15:00 Lower Breck v Squires Gate 15:00 Pilkington v Colne 15:00 West Didsbury & Chorlton v Litherland REMYCA 15:00 Ashton Athletic v Ashton Town 15:00 Bacup Borough v Atherton LR 15:00 Daisy Hill v Droylsden 15:00 Euxton Villa v Darwen FC 15:00 Garstang v Nelson 15:00 Holker Old Boys v Maghull 15:00 Route One Rovers v Maine Road 15:00 Thornton Cleveleys v Steeton 15:00 Ashville v Stafford Town 15:00 Cammell Laird 1907 v New Mills 15:00 Cheadle Heath Nomads v Abbey Hulton United 15:00 Eccleshall v Winsford United 15:00 Foley Meir v Barnton 15:00 Market Drayton Town v Alsager Town 15:00 Runcorn Town v Shawbury United 15:00 Stockport Georgians v Allscott Heath 15:00 Wolverhampton Sporting Community v Sandbach United 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 Ashton Town I hope you enjoy your afternoon at Brocstedes. We continue our busy Bank Holiday weekend of football with an eagerly anticipated local derby against our neighbours from across the town this afternoon. Both teams are going to be bouyed by the confidence of earning passages to the next round of the FA Vase from victories on Saturday afternoon. We fell behind to Stockport Georgians after they made a bright start to the match, but importantly we remained resilient and managed to equalise just before half time through Joe White from a well worked corner. The second half saw us get a bit more control and we deservedly went ahead, with the match winner coming from Deklan Hill, sending us through to the next round. Our opponents have had the better of things in recent derbies so we are determined to put that right this afternoon. With both teams lying in the middle of the table, this match promises to be an exciting proposition and with local pride at stake it should prove a great game to watch! Enjoy the match! The future’s bright, the future’s yellow. Jay Saturday 31 August 2024 Kick-off 3.00pm v Daisy Hill North West Counties League First Division North First Division North P GD Pts 1 Atherton LR 9 11 22 2 Nelson 9 14 21 3 Holker Old Boys 9 11 20 4 Droylsden 8 11 19 5 Maine Road 9 4 15 6 Maghull 8 3 14 7 Bacup Borough 9 6 13 8 Euxton Villa 7 5 13 9 AFC Blackpool 9 3 13 10 Ashton Town 8 -1 11 11 Daisy Hill 9 0 10 12 Ashton Athletic 8 -12 10 13 Darwen FC 8 0 9 14 Thornton Cleveleys 9 -5 9 15 Steeton 9 -9 9 16 Route One Rovers 8 -11 4 17 Garstang 9 -15 4 18 Skelmersdale United 7 -15 2 NEXT UP for the Yellows Table as up to Saturday 24 August 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 The original Ashton Town joined Division Two of the Lancashire Combination in 1903, and were promoted to Division One in their first season. However, they were relegated back to Division Two after finishing sixteenth in their first season in Division One. Towards the end of the 1910–11 season the club withdrew from the league and their fixtures were taken over by Tyldesley Albion. The current club was established in 1953 as Makerfield Mill. They initially played in the Wigan Sunday School League, before moving to the St Helens Combination, in which they played for three years, winning Division Two in 1957–58. In 1958 they joined the Warrington and District Amateur League, winning Division One in 1959–60 and 1950–61. In 1962 the club were renamed Ashton Town after being forced out of their Windsor Road ground and moving home matches to a public park pitch at Whithill Street Recreation Ground in Bryn. However, they won the league again in 1962–63 and 1963–64. In 1964 the club purchased their Edge Green Street ground, which had currently hosted Stubshaw Cross Rovers. They finished as Division One champions for a fifth time in 1964–65, before winning a sixth title in 1969–70. They joined the Lancashire Combination in 1971, moved to Division Two of the Cheshire County League in 1978 and became a founder member of Division Three the North West Counties League in 1982. In 1985 the club dropped into the Manchester League, but returned to Division Three of the North West Counties League the following season. After Division Three was merged into Division Two in 1987, the club had remained at the same level until relegation to the Cheshire Football League Premier Division at the end of the season 2016/17. However, were promoted back the following season 2018/19 to the NWCFL Division One North. Atherton Charities Cup winners 2012/13 (Runners up 2007 & 2011) Wigan Cup winners 1960/61, 2018/19 & 2022/23. our opponents today our opponents today Current Position: 10th P W D L F A Pts 8 3 2 3 14 15 11 Current Form: 10th P W D L F A 6 2 2 2 12 13 Last Six Matches: Date Opponent Score 24/08/24 Horbury Town (A) Won 5-4 on pens D 2-2 20/08/24 Thornton Cleveleys (H) W 4-1 17/08/24 Maine Road (A) W 2-1 13/08/24 Maghull (H) D 4-4 10/08/24 Holker Old Boys (H) L 0-3 06/08/24 Droylsden (A) L 1-3 ashton town ashton town Appearances Goals Cards MOM Player Start Sub Start Sub Red Yellow Oscar Aimaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nathan Beca 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Beswick (GK) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Charlie Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reece Carrington 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Zach Conway 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 Chris Cottington 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 Dean Curtis 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 Kingston David 2 1 0 0 0 0 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 Joshua High 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 Deklan Hill 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 Daniel Hutchins 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 Conal Larkin 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 Christian Moussima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joshua Nicholson 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 Niall Partridge 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 Ethan Pearce 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 Jack Smith 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 Emmanuel Ujahchuku 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 Joe White 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Calum Wilson 7 1 2 0 0 0 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 Sat 31/08/24 Daisy Hill A 15:00 Sat 07/09/24 Steeton A 15:00 Sat 14/09/24 Nelson A 15:00 Sat 21/09/24 Wombwell Town (The Isuzu FA Vase 2Q) A 15:00 Sat 28/09/24 AFC Blackpool H 15:00 Sat 05/10/24 Ashton Town A 15:00 Sat 12/10/24 Skelmersdale United H 15:00 Sat 19/10/24 Maine Road H 15:00 Sat 26/10/24 Daisy Hill A 15:00 Sat 02/11/24 Garstang A 15:00 Sat 16/11/24 Steeton H 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 Sat 12/04/25 Euxton Villa H 15:00 fixtures and results fixtures and results player appearances player appearances Ashton Athletic Manager: Jay Foulds ashton town Manager: kevin towey 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 Joshua McGreavy William Hamilton Connor Brown Sam Sheen Callum Lees Michael Burke Leon Wright Cal Hunter Christopher Lomax Carl Peers Alexandre Santos Jude Bond Lewis Roughley Joseph Barlow Harrison Kay Joshua Brown NEXT UP AT BROCSTEDES PARK saturday 31 august 2024 Kick-off 3.00pm daisy hill ASSISTANT lewis walters REFEREE Aaron Connolly ASSISTANT yosuf mulla