Saturday 31 July 2021 - Kick-off 3.00pm v Wythenshawe Town The North West Counties Football League Premier Division Official Matchday Programme ASHTON ATHLETIC ASHTON ATHLETIC HELP KEEP THE FANS AT THE GAME, FOLLOW THE RULES TO ENSURE WE CAN ALL ENJOY FOOTBALL www.nwcfl.com HOW YOU CAN HELP: WASH HANDS REGULARLY STAY HOME IF YOU HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS SOCIALLY DISTANCE & MASK ON REQUEST 1m+ NWCFL Newsroom Members of Daisy Hill FC’s first team squad spent last Saturday evening handing out food parcels at the Homeless Aid Bolton food bank in Bolton town centre. The visit was organised by the first team’s Assistant Manager Lee Hill, who has supported the Food Bank in the past through his business FitPRO Training Academy. The players gave up their Saturday night to help with the community initiative to support the operation at the HAB facility and found the experience as an opportunity for reflection, whilst also providing much needed support and manpower to a vital source of support for the Bolton Community. “With my company having established links with the Food Bank, I thought it would be great to bring that same support over to Daisy Hill and get the club involved too”, said Lee. “I had some surplus food available and asked some of the team to help me create food parcels, and give up their time to come down and help distribute the food parcels. Many of the squad volunteered, but we didn’t want to take too many as it is important to maintain the dignity of the service users, and we didn’t want to appear imposing. In the end, five of us went down with 40 food parcels and spent an hour giving out food and speaking to the service users. “It was great for the lads to experience this and they were truly touched by the work of the volunteers and the service users themselves. They have all asked if they can do it again sometime soon, and many of the other team members have also asked if they can be involved the next time we do it. “I think it’s great for the lads and the club to help out in the community where we can. Even if we play a small part in helping those less fortunate, it’s those collective efforts that add up and make a huge difference. “I am extremely proud of the club and the lads for helping out and giving up their time on a Saturday evening to serve food to the people who need it”. MATCH DAY 15:00 Ashton Athletic v Wythenshawe Town 15:00 Avro v Padiham 15:00 Charnock Richard v Winsford United 15:00 Irlam v Litherland REMYCA 15:00 Longridge Town v Congleton Town 15:00 Macclesfield v Burscough 15:00 Prestwich Heys v Northwich Victoria 15:00 Runcorn Town v Barnoldswick Town 15:00 Squires Gate v Lower Breck 15:00 Vauxhall Motors v AFC Liverpool 15:00 AFC Darwen v South Liverpool 15:00 Ashton Town v AFC Blackpool 15:00 Bacup Borough v Cleator Moor Celtic 15:00 Daisy Hill v Chadderton 15:00 Garstang v Campion 15:00 Holker Old Boys v Golcar United 15:00 Ilkley Town v Bury AFC 15:00 Nelson v Pilkington 15:00 St Helens Town v Atherton LR 15:00 Vauxhall Motors v AFC Liverpool 14:00 Maine Road v FC Isle of Man 15:00 Abbey Hey v Stockport Town 15:00 Alsager Town v West Didsbury & Chorlton 15:00 Barnton v Wythenshawe Amateurs 15:00 Cammell Laird 1907 v Cheadle Heath Nomads 15:00 Cheadle Town v New Mills 15:00 Rocester v Eccleshall 15:00 Sandbach United v Brocton 15:00 St Martins v Abbey Hulton United 15:00 Stafford Town v Ellesmere Rangers Saturday 31 July 2021 Premier Division First Division North First Division South Welcome to Brocstedes Park Year Formed: 1968 Life President: Jimmy Witherington Club President: Bill Bohannon Club Chairman: Jimmy Whyte Club Secretary: Jimmy Whyte Club Treasurer: Brad Reid First Team Managers : Jay Foulds & Dougie Pitts Assistant Manager: David Tickle Physio: Amy Benson Development Squad Manager: Paul Piert Under 18’s Manager: Carl Vieri 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 Dougie Pitts Jay Foulds Daz Mullen A warm welcome to all of our friends from Wythenshawe Town. I hope you enjoy your afternoon at Brocstedes. We were extremely saddened to learn that Sam Jones, centre forward for Wythensahwe Town passed away earlier in the week. We would like to pass on our condolences to Sam’s family and the club at this very difficult time. This afternoon’s match will be our first league outing since late December when the season was curtailed due to COVID-19 restrictions. So it’s fair to say that we are keen to get started again and see League action return to Brocstedes. Pre-season matches have been taken place for a number of weeks now. With each game things have slowly started to come together as new players get used to each other and new combinations develop. While most of the match results have gone against us, there have been many postives to take from the performances. I feel with a group of established players and new players coming in there is no reason why we can’t look forward to good season in both League and Cup competitions. Enjoy the match this afternoon. The future’s bright, the future’s yellow. Dougie and Jay Saturday 7 August 2021 Kick-off 3.00pm v Squires Gate The Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Premier Division P GD Pts 1 AFC Liverpool 0 0 0 2 Ashton Athletic 0 0 0 3 Avro 0 0 0 4 Barnoldswick Town 0 0 0 5 Burscough 0 0 0 6 Charnock Richard 0 0 0 7 Congleton Town 0 0 0 8 Irlam 0 0 0 9 Litherland REMYCA 0 0 0 10 Longridge Town 0 0 0 11 Lower Breck 0 0 0 12 Macclesfield 0 0 0 13 Northwich Victoria 0 0 0 14 Padiham 0 0 0 15 Prestwich Heys 0 0 0 16 Runcorn Town 0 0 0 17 Skelmersdale United 0 0 0 18 Squires Gate 0 0 0 19 Vauxhall Motors 0 0 0 20 Winsford United 0 0 0 21 Wythenshawe Town 0 0 0 To book an award winning mental fitness session at your club, email Elaine.Prendergast@stateofmindsport.org www.stateofmindsport.org STATE OF MIND SPORT IS PROUD TO BE THE official CHARITY PARTNER OF THE NORTH WEST COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE. State of Mind Sport is a charity that harnesses the power of sport to promote positive mental fitness, to improve performance among our sportsmen and women, fans and wider communities, AND to ultimately prevent suıcide. State of Mind Sport raise awareness of the issues surrounding mental fitness and deliver education on the subject to all levels of sport, business, education and community groups. A Brief History... 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. F O O T B A L L L E A G U E T H E N O R T H W E S T C O U N T I E S nwcfl.c m For the latest League & Club News & Info, Fixtures, Results, Cup Info, Stats & Archives Follow us on social media Search ‘North West Counties League’ on Twitter and Facebook Official Website of The North West Counties Football League oFFICIAL GoALKEEPING PARTNER oF THE NoRTH WEST CouNTIES FooTBALL LEAGuE. prouD SpoNSor oF THE GoALKEEpEr oF THE MoNTH AND GoALKEEpEr oF THE YEAr AWArDS www.reusch.com www.facebook.com/ReuschUK www.twitter.com/ReuschUK For more information, visit Our Opponents Today The club was founded in 1946 as the North Withington Amateur Football Club and was the idea of some young men who attended St. Crispin’s Church on Hart Road in Fallowfield. The first committee was held in the lounge of a house in Garswood Road, Fallowfield and in attendance was Eric Renard, Brian Honeysett and others. Stan Hahn became involved much later, but then totally immersed himself in the club. The club first played in the South Manchester & Wythenshawe League (1946 - 1958) and were subsequently transferred to the Lancashire & Cheshire Amateur league (1958 - 1972). It was in 1972 the club applied and were accepted into the Manchester league, when up until 1974 all games of football were played at Hough End Field, Princess Road, Withington. In June 1974, under the helm of Chairman Billy Moore, the club’s headquarters were moved from the Princess Hotel in Withington to the newly acquired ground at Timpson Road, Baguley, M23 9LL where three pre- fabricated houses were purchased and turned into a clubhouse with a bar, kitchen and changing facilities. After numerous discussions, it was decided to name the ground after the residing Chairman (Stan Hahn) and the Club Secretary (Eric Renard) out of respect, honouring them as founding members, hence the name Ericstan Park. And it was at this point, the club decided to design a new badge incorporating a cockerel and a fox; the cockerel related to founding member Stanley Hahn (the German for cockerel is Hähnchen) and the fox to founding member Eric Renard (the French for fox is Renard), to forever recognise the club’s founding members. In 2014 and under new Chairman Kenny Hope, the club transferred to the Cheshire League Division 2 and went on to become history-makers, making national headlines as they won every single league and Cup game, 39 games in total, earning the side the title, ‘The Invincibles.’ Back to back promotions on their debut in the Cheshire League, and with a working partnership in place with professional football club Fleetwood Town, the club set their sights firmly on bringing semi-professional football to the club for the first time in history. That ambition came to realisation at the end of the 2017/18 season after two seasons in the Cheshire Premier League when the club secured promotion to Step 6 and the Hallmark Security North West Counties League South Division, heralding a new era at the club. There were further changes at the beginning of 2019 when Chris Eaton took over as Chairman with a promise to put the club on a sound business footing. Promotion was narrowly missed at the end of the season but with Manager James Kinsey and his coaching team in charge, the club looked forward to the new campaign with optimism. The optimism proved well-founded as the club showed its confidence in the players and management team was justified with some remarkable highlights and a run in the league that left them in third place and looking forward to a future in the next level. Their greatest run of success was in the FA Vase where a series of victories against Goole Town, Nostell Miners Welfare, Skelmersdale United, and Northwich Victoria saw them matched against competition favourites big-spending Consett Town. A draw at home saw Wythenshawe visit the North-East for the replay but the FA’s experimental rule-change for the competition saw the team short of six players while their opponents had a full squad to choose from. Even so it was a narrow one-nil defeat that saw their visions of Wembley come to an end. The highlight of the season was a remarkable two-one away victory over high flying National League North stars Curzon Ashton in the Frank Hannah Manchester Senior Cup and their last game before the season was brought to an end by COVID-19 was in the semi-final of the Division One Cup against Sandbach United. The decision to declare the season null and void robbed the club of what looked to be a certain promotion. Season 2020/2021 saw a remarkarkable start to the campaign with seven straight wins and 29 goals scored against just 3 in return. Once again, the season was brought to an end by COVID and it looked as if once again frustration was the order of the day. However, the club got the news it so richly deserved when the FA made the decision to base promotion on the records of the two curtailed seasons and Wythenshawe Town found themselves starting the new campaign in the Premier Division. There was progress off the field as well at the beginning of 2021, when Chairman Chris Eaton, with the unanimous backing of the members, turned the club into a limited company with a promise of great things to come. Wythenshawe Town Recent Club Honours Manchester League 1972 -2014 1973/74 - North Withington 1st Team, Division 2 CHAMPIONS 1978/79 - North Withington 2nd Team, Reserve Division CHAMPIONS 1976/77 - North Withington 1st Team, Manchester Challenge Trophy WINNERS 1977/78 - North Withington 1st Team, Manchester Challenge Trophy WINNERS 1979/80 - North Withington 1st Team, Manchester Challenge Trophy WINNERS 1992/93 - Wythenshawe Town 1st Team, Manchester Challenge Trophy WINNERS 1994/95 - Wythenshawe Town 1st Team, Manchester Challenge Trophy WINNERS 1979/80 - North Withington 1st Team, Lancashire Amateur Cup WINNERS 1979/80 - North Withington Team, Manchester Youth Cup WINNERS 1984/85 - North Withington 1st Team, Gilcryst Cup WINNERS 1978/79 - North Withington 1st Team, Sportsmanship WINNERS 1999/00 - Wythenshawe Town 1st Team, Murray Shield WINNERS Cheshire League 2014 -2018 2014/15 - Wythenshawe Town 1st Team, Division 2 CHAMPIONS 2015/16 - Wythenshawe Town 1st Team, Division 1 CHAMPIONS 2014/15 - Wythenshawe Town 1st Team, JA Walton Cup WINNERS 2014/15 - Wythenshawe Town 1st Team, MFA County Cup WINNERS 2014/15 - Wythenshawe Town 1st Team, Altrincham Cup WINNERS 2015/16 - Wythenshawe Town 1st Team, MFA County Cup RUNNERS UP 2016/17 - Wythenshawe Town 1st Team, MFA County Cup RUNNERS UP Other 2014/15 - Wythenshawe Town 1st Team, National team of the year 2016/17 - Wythenshawe Town Football Club, Hospitality club of the year 2016/17 - Wythenshawe Town Football Club, Step 7 Programme of the year 2017/18 - Wythenshawe Town Football Club, Step 7 Programme of the year BACK TO LIVE BACK TO LIVE FOOTBALL! FOOTBALL! THE RETURN TO BROCSTEDES Season Tickets from only £90 Adults £45 Concessions Date Opponents H/A KO Score Goalscorers Sat 31/07/21 Wythenshawe Town H 15:00 Tue 03/08/21 Burscough A 19:45 Sat 07/08/21 Squires Gate (The Emirates F.A Cup EP) H 15:00 Sat 14/08/21 Charnock Richard A 15:00 Tue 17/08/21 Winsford United H 15:00 Sat 21/08/21 Vauxhall Motors H 15:00 Sat 28/08/21 Congleton Town A 15:00 Mon 30/08/21 Lower Breck H 15:00 Sat 11/09/21 Abbey Hey (The Buildbase FA Vase 1Q) A 15:00 Currently fixtures are only available to 11 September 2021. Fixture lists are being re-arranged in the light of COVID-19 restrictions. Fixtures and Results Pre-Season Date Opponents H/A KO Score Goalscorers Tues 27/07/21 St.Martins H 20:00 5-2 Sat 24/07/21 Burnley U23’s A 15:00 0-1 Wed 21/07/21 Clitheroe A 19:45 0-1 Sat 17/07/21 1874 Northwich H 15:00 2-3 Sat 10/07/21 Ashton Town H 15:00 1-2 Sat 03/07/21 CMB FC A 15:00 4-3 Appearances Cards Cards MOM Player Start Sub Start Sub Red Yellow Charles Akande 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Cartwright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Douglas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Foulds (GK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Declan Gallagher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Hatton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Samuel Houghton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dale Korie-Butler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Charlie Middlemore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joseph Nicholson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joshua Nicholson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Martin Pearson (GK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marcus Perry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andrew Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harvey Whyte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Calum Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sean Yeldrem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Appearences Ashton Athletic Managers: Jay Foulds & Dougie Pitts Wythenshawe Town Manager: James Kinsey Brad Byrne Callum Jakovlevs Deane Smalley Dominic Smalley Gary Da Costa Grant Spencer Greg Wilkinson Jainiero Salmon-Harris Jan Palinkas Jerome Wright Joel Bembo Leta Jordan Burton Jordan Rutter Lee Gregory Matthew Bryan Matthew Roberts Matthew Rowson Niall Rhodes Steven Dryden Steven Hewitt Charles Akande Ben Cartwright Tom Douglas Jason Foulds (GK) Declan Gallagher Brian Hatton Samuel Houghton Dale Korie-Butler Charlie Middlemore Joseph Nicholson Joshua Nicholson Martin Pearson (GK) Marcus Perry Andrew Thomas Joe White Harvey Whyte Calum Wilson Sean Yeldrem Harvey Whyte Calum Wilson Liam Wood Sean Yeldrem MATCH OFFICIALS REFEREE TBC ASSISTANT TBC ASSISTANT TBC NEXT UP AT BROCSTEDES PARK Saturday 7 August 2021 Kick-off 3.00pm Squires Gate