saturday 24 august 2024 - Kick-off 3.00pm vstockport georgians The isuzu fa vase first qualifying round ASHTON ASHTON ATHLETIC ATHLETIC stockport georgians #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 24 august 15:00 Alsager Town v Heather St Johns 15:00 Ashton Athletic v Stockport Georgians 15:00 Barton Town v Stockport Town 15:00 Bilston Town v Stafford Town 15:00 Bottesford Town v Barnton 15:00 Burscough v Droylsden 15:00 Cammell Laird 1907 v Armthorpe Welfare 15:00 Chelmsley Town v Allscott Heath 15:00 Dearne & District v Darwen FC 15:00 Eccleshill United v Chadderton 15:00 FC St Helens v Cheadle Heath Nomads 15:00 Glasshoughton Welfare v Cheadle Town 15:00 Golcar United v New Mills 15:00 Horbury Town v Ashton Town 15:00 Longridge Town v Whitley Bay 15:00 Maghull v Bury 15:00 Market Drayton Town v Studley 15:00 Northallerton Town v Route One Rovers 15:00 Parkgate v Sandbach United 15:00 Runcorn Town v Handsworth 15:00 Thackley v Colne 15:00 Thornaby v Padiham 15:00 Winsford United v Litherland REMYCA 15:00 Worcester Raiders v Eccleshall The Isuzu FA Vase 1st Qualifying Round 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 Stockport Georgians I hope you enjoy your afternoon at Brocstedes. In what promises to be an exciting weekend, we kick off the Bank Holiday weekend with a tantalising Isuzu FA Vase 1st Qualifying Round match against First Division South, Stockport Georgians. Our opponents currently 16th in the North West Counties First Division South, come into this fixture buoyed by back-to-back wins over Alsager Town and Abbey Hulton United. They’ll be eager to carry this momentum into the cup, where anything can happen. Despite our midweek setback against a strong Droylsden side, we have been in solid form recently and will be keen to bounce back. We know that cup matches bring their own unique challenges, where form can be deceptive and surprises are never far away. To secure progression to the next round, we will need to be at our sharpest, taking nothing for granted against a Stockport side with everything to gain. Hopefully a good performance will see us through to the next round and give us confidence for the arrival of our near neighbours and good friends, Ashton Town on Monday afternoon. The future is bright, the future is yellow! Jay Monday 26 August 2024 Kick-off 3.00pm v Ashton Town North West Counties League First Division North First Division North P GD Pts 1 Droylsden 8 11 19 2 Atherton LR 8 10 19 3 Nelson 8 10 18 4 Holker Old Boys 8 10 17 5 Maghull 8 3 14 6 Bacup Borough 8 10 13 7 Euxton Villa 7 5 13 8 AFC Blackpool 8 3 12 9 Maine Road 8 2 12 10 Ashton Town 8 -1 11 11 Daisy Hill 8 1 10 12 Ashton Athletic 8 -12 10 13 Darwen FC 8 0 9 14 Thornton Cleveleys 8 -4 9 15 Steeton 8 -9 8 16 Route One Rovers 8 -11 4 17 Garstang 8 -13 4 18 Skelmersdale United 5 -15 0 NEXT UP for the Yellows Table as up to Wednesday 21 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 Stockport Georgians football club has its origins in St. George’s Church on Buxton Road in 1908, games were played at a ground on Nangreave Road in Heaviley in the Stockport Sunday League. All football was suspended during the Great War but resumed in 1919 and with the church having made some land available in trust for sporting activities. Minutes from a general meeting from October 1923 confirm that the club is to be called St. Georges (Stockport) Athletic Club. At that time, in addition to football, there were clubs for cricket, hockey, tennis and, for the younger people, scouts and girl guides. It is interesting to note from those minutes that “qualification for membership shall be as follows: attendance at Divine Worship held in St. George’s Church or membership of the Men’s Bible Class”. If those conditions applied today, we might have trouble fielding just a first eleven! The club played in the Stockport League in the 1920’s with success in the 1926 and 1927 seasons when they were champions, having acquired the current site in February 1925 in a conveyance “of a plot of land containing eight acres and twenty seven perches situated at Woodsmoor, Stockport”. This area originally belonged to Mirrlees Bickerton. In 1931 the club was elected to division two of the Lancashire & Cheshire Amateur League. Football was again suspended during the Second World war but by the early 50’s a third team was playing in the Lancashire & Cheshire third division, and in 1964 the club won division 2 of that league. Between 1970 and 1973 due to deterioration of the playing surface Georgians played at Woodbank Park and Davenport School and during this time the changing rooms at Woodsmoor were tragically burnt down. In 1973 new facilities were built alongside the prefabricated building of the Cricket Club with assistance of a Sports Council grant and the sale of some of the land. In 1975 Georgians entered a team in the Stockport & District Sunday Football League division 4. but the side had folded by the mid 90’s. In 1987 the football club amalgamated with Adswood Amateurs which greatly increased the number of players available, raised the profile of the club and established an even stronger committee, which all amateur clubs need to stay alive. This merger was the foundation of the club as it is today. As part of the merger Stockport Georgians took the place of Adswood Amateurs in the Manchester Football League and finished as champions in season 1987-88. We would go on to win the league in 2001-2002 and again after a 13 year wait in 2015. We had numerous other successes in cup competitions and a few near misses in the Cheshire Amateur Cup, which remained an elusive prize. The push to become a North West counties club started after the 2015 title win when we lost several of that talented squad to clubs in the NWCFL. It was then that our ambitions grew to grow the club and start the planning and preparation to improve all areas of the organisation. Season 2021-22 ended with a third-place finish in the Manchester League and a narrow 2-1 defeat to Mersey Royal in the Cheshire Amateur Cup, but after years of hard work and endeavours on and off the pitch, we were delighted to be promoted to the North West Counties League. Now we are looking forward to the challenge of becoming a semi-professional club, maintaining our standards, visiting new our opponents today our opponents today grounds and continuing to grow the club in honour of all those individuals who helped build Stockport Georgians Football Club over the last 114 years. stockport georgians stockport georgians Current Position: 16th P W D L F A Pts 8 2 1 5 10 19 7 Current Form: 16th P W D L F A 6 2 0 4 7 15 Last Six Matches: Date Opponent Score 19/08/24 Abbey Hulton United (A) W 2-1 17/08/24 Alsager Town (H) W 3-1 13/08/24 New Mills (A) L 0-1 10/08/24 Market Drayton Town (H) L 1-5 06/08/24 Winsford United (A) L 1-4 03/08/24 Stafford Town (A) L 0-3 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 Tue 20/08/24 Droylsden A 19:45 1-5 Nicholson Sat 24/08/24 Stockport Georgians H 15:00 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 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 stockport georgians Manager: andy jenkins 1. Joe beswick 2. joe white 3. Conal larkin 4. Calum Wilson 5. ethan pearce 6. Dean curtis 7. Zach Conway 8. jack smith 9. danny hutchins 10. Deklan Hill 11. joshua high 12. Josh Nicholson 14. dean curtis 15. Reece carrington 16. kingston david 17. Emmanuel ujahchuku 18. nathan beca 19. niall partridge Luke Graham Will Callan Louie DSouza Owen Massey Harry Lambert Thomas Russell Daniel Billington-Boateng Aiden Dwyer Lucas Berry Joseph Collins Joel Atkinson Luke Casey William Wareing Daniel Birch Samuel Marshall Paul Beresford dieter downey spencer jenkinson NEXT UP AT BROCSTEDES PARK monday 26 august 2024 Kick-off 3.00pm ashton town ASSISTANT martin flynn REFEREE james birch-ford ASSISTANT george groves