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ASHTON ATHLETIC Saturday 18 September 2021 - Kick-off 3.00pm v Prestwich Heys The North West Counties Football League Premier Division Official Matchday Programme MATCH DAY Premier Division HELP KEEP THE 15:00 15:00 Ashton Athletic v Prestwich Heys Barnoldswick Town v Vauxhall Motors FANS AT THE 15:00 Longridge Town v Irlam 15:00 Lower Breck v Winsford United 15:00 Macclesfield v Litherland REMYCA 15:00 Northwich Victoria v AFC Liverpool GAME, 15:00 15:00 15:00 Padiham v Congleton Town Runcorn Town v Burscough Skelmersdale United v Wythenshawe Town First Division North FOLLOW THE RULES 15:00 15:00 AFC Darwen v Atherton LR Chadderton v Campion TO ENSURE WE CAN 15:00 Daisy Hill v Bacup Borough 15:00 Garstang v Bury AFC 15:00 Holker Old Boys v Nelson ALL ENJOY FOOTBALL 15:00 Ilkley Town v St Helens Town 15:00 Pilkington v Golcar United 15:00 South Liverpool v AFC Blackpool 15:00 Steeton v Cleator Moor Celtic www.nwcfl.com JOIN OUR 300 First Division South CLUB! 14:30 15:00 Stockport Town v FC Isle of Man Abbey Hey v West Didsbury & Chorlton 15:00 Abbey Hulton United v Cheadle Heath Nomads 15:00 Brocton v St Martins HOW YOU CAN HELP: Raise money 15:00 15:00 Cheadle Town v Stafford Town Maine Road v Ellesmere Rangers STAY HOME IF YOU WASH HANDS SOCIALLY DISTANCE & for our club! 15:00 15:00 New Mills v Eccleshall Rocester v Barnton HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS REGULARLY MASK ON REQUEST 15:00 Sandbach United v Cammell Laird 1907 Win Cash Prizes 1m+ In the first week of September our first prize won £225! 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 Dougie Pitts Jay Foulds 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 Daz Mullen Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy: Winners 2016/17 NEXT UP at Brocstedes Tuesday 5 October 2021 Kick-off 7.45pm v Longridge Town The North West Counties League Premier Division Premier Division P GD Pts 1 Macclesfield 8 7 20 2 Wythenshawe Town 9 7 17 3 Congleton Town 9 8 16 4 Skelmersdale United 7 10 15 5 Charnock Richard 8 14 14 A warm welcome to 6 Northwich Victoria 9 5 14 all of our friends from I can’t stress enough the 7 Longridge Town 9 3 14 Prestwich Heys. I hope importance of making a 8 Winsford United 9 -4 14 you enjoy your afternoon good start to each match 9 Avro 8 4 13 at Brocstedes. and starting on the front 10 Irlam 8 3 13 foot. This was an issue 11 Lower Breck 9 -3 13 This afternoon’s match for us at the start of the 12 AFC Liverpool 8 -1 12 gives us an opportunity to season where we often return to winning ways. A found ourselves a goal 13 Vauxhall Motors 9 -6 12 couple of weeks ago we down very early on in a 14 Barnoldswick Town 7 3 11 looked as though we were match. 15 Burscough 9 1 11 turning a corner as we 16 Runcorn Town 9 -2 10 strung together a number Against a determined AFC 17 Squires Gate 7 1 9 of good performances Liverpool team on Tuesday 18 Prestwich Heys 9 -8 9 against top quality evening we made a fast 19 Ashton Athletic 10 -15 8 opposition. start and it was us that 20 Padiham 9 -5 7 took the lead. This gave 21 Litherland REMYCA 10 -22 0 However, recently our form us a good foothold in the has dropped as we have game and we held on for a Table as up to Monday 13 September 2021 not recorded a win in our desrved draw. last three matches. Hopefully we can make It all started in our last a fast start again this home league fixture afternoon. against Runcorn Town. We approached the The future’s bright, the match full of confidence. future’s yellow. Unfortunately we made a poor start to the match Dougie and Jay and found ourselves two goals down within the first ten minutes. A Brief History... Ashton Athletic Football Club was founded in 1968 and Wigan playing in the Wigan Sunday League – winning every Division in consecutive seasons and many cup competitions before Robin Park and Dougie came in following a break from the switching to the Warrington League on Saturdays where game. similar success was sustained. The trio needed to completely rebuild the squad for the 2013/14 season and made an excellent start to their The Club developed Brocstedes Park and was admitted to the managerial careers creating club history with a 6th place Lancashire Combination, before becoming a founder member finish and beating Maine Road 1-0 to win the League of the North West Counties League when the Combination Challenge Cup at Curzon Ashton. merged with the Cheshire league in 1982. Unfortunately, financial constraints prevented the required ground More club history was made in the 2014/15 season with a improvements to be completed, and the Club was relegated into the Manchester league Division One in 1986. 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 STATE OF MIND SPORT IS PROUD TO BE THE official CHARITY 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 Harrock United 5-1 in the final at Brocstedes Park. The 2015/16 season saw the retirement of Jay Foulds and he PARTNER OF THE NORTH WEST COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Club loyalty that had brought success to the Club in the 1970’s was replaced in the Ashton Athletic goal by Martin Pearson. and early 80’s until the Committee embraced an ambitious youth development policy in 1999. Unfortunately, there were no cup heroics in that season but there was a solid 7th place finish in the league. State of Mind Sport is a charity that harnesses the power of sport to The Club is now at the end of a ten-year development plan The 2016/17 saw another top 10 finish with the club ending promote positive mental fitness, to improve performance among our to enhance its recreational facilities and expand the Club, the season in 9th place, but the club made history in the cups in particular its junior section. Eight years ago, the Club had reaching the 2nd qualifying round for the first time ever, losing sportsmen and women, fans and wider communities, two teams, 50 members, one mediocre pitch with dilapidated 5-0 against Halifax Town and winning the Lancashire Cup for clubhouse and changing rooms. the first time, coming from a goal down to win 2-1 against AND to ultimately prevent suıcide. Radcliffe Borough. Lee Vaughan scoring the winner in the final Since then the Club members have worked tirelessly to minute of the game. progress the Club within its means, and with some help State of Mind Sport raise awareness of the issues surrounding from external grant sources. Assistance from the Football With the impact the management trio have made at the club foundation, Awards for All programme, and Wigan Council enabled a series of improvements to be completed. The main 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 mental fitness and deliver education on the subject to all levels pitch was re-drained, a second pitch acquired/improved, new changing rooms and Clubhouse built, disabled access following the 2016/17 season, Ben Kay left his role as joint manager to take up the role as assistant manager to Simon of sport, business, education and community groups. provided and other improvements made to the grounds. Howarth at Clitheroe FC, where he will link up again former Yellows captain, Ian Rowlands. More recently the ground has been brought up to the necessary Ground Grading for re-entry into the NWCFL, in time A new vision for the Club is under discussion to further for the start of the 2006/7 season and further inprovements develop the Club and these will include plans for have provided additional seating. improvements to the access road, new junior changing rooms, additional playing fields for the junior section and a proposed The 2008/09 season also saw further progression of the girls/ladies section. The main ground is also scheduled for Club, having been promoted to the Premier Division of the enhancement works with additional covered spectator areas. Vodkat North West Counties League. We were again able take to the national stage, having been accepted in the FA The Club is a voluntary organisation run by a Committee Cup competition after last season’s debut in the FA Vase of 14 alongside approximately 25 coaches and managers. which proved very lucrative for the Club, progressing through Any money raised by the Club has been ploughed back into 3 stages and beating 2 teams from higher leagues in the improving the facilities and developing the youth section. process. The previous season also saw cup success for the Club retaining the Atherton Charity Cup at the end of the The Club now has a total membership of more than 400. We season. have 9 junior teams consisting of approximately 160 children who take advantage of the improvement of our now excellent Following an impressive 6th place finish in the 2008/09 facilities, whilst hundreds of children and adults from season, the Yellows struggled in the league for the next 4 opposition teams also benefit from the continually improving seasons, finishing in the bottom three of the league in three facilities. of the next four seasons. 21st (09/10), 22nd (10/11), 14th (11/12) and 20th (12/13). The Club is keen to maintain the pace of development of the club and future plans will enable increased activity at the To book an award winning mental fitness session at your club, Jimmy McBride, who took over the reins midway through the 12/13, left the club when the season ended and the club took Club, additional Junior teams and a much safer and secure environment in particular for spectators and Children. email Elaine.Prendergast@stateofmindsport.org the unusual step in bringing in a trio of managers, Jay Foulds, www.stateofmindsport.org Ben Kay and Dougie Pitts. Jay and Ben were brought in from The Club was awarded the FA Charter Standard in 2013. Our Opponents Today nwcfl.c m WEST TH C O R O U THE N NT IES FO E O U TB G ALL LEA The origins of Prestwich Heys A.F.C. can be came the onslaught of professionalism and the Official Website of The North West traced back to February 9th, 1938 when a meeting club struggled to maintain its winning ways. Counties Football League was called at the Music Room of the Heys Road After claiming the Manchester Amateur Cup in Boys School at which Elgar Lumsden put forward 1972, the trophy cabinet remained bare as Heys the idea of forming an Old Boys Association. negotiated the gradual restructuring of semi- For the latest League & professional football, moving from the Cheshire Attending that first meeting were messers Bridge, County League in to the newly formed North West Club News & Info, Fixtures, Stott, Foster, Taplin and Alan Proctor Bell, who Counties League in 1982. Results, Cup Info, Stats & was to become a central figure in the Club’s history and whose progress he was to report Ground grading problems saw the club drop in Archives on in the Prestwich Guide under the guise of to the Manchester Football League in 1986 but ‘Touchliner’. the club went on to gain its first trophy for over a decade when the First Division title was claimed Follow us on social media Despite the onset of the Second World War a in 1988. Search ‘North West Counties League’ on year later, the Association flourished under the Twitter and Facebook Chairmanship of Bell, who also acted as Secretary 1991 saw Heys relocate from their Grimshaws of the football arm, known as Heys Old Boys AFC home on Heys Road for a new base at Sandgate and was acknowledged as one of the region’s Road, just over the border in Whitefield. best. After relegation in 1996, the club bounced back The team went on to win its first honours in 1943 with the Manchester League double of First in the Prestwich and Whitefield League with the Division Championship and Murray Shield built on Woodward Shield - a success which was repeated the back of a record 19 league wins from the start for the next three seasons. of the season. The team gradually progressed through the After finishing runners-up to champions Royton Bury Amateur League and in to the South East Town in the 2003/04 season, the 2004/05 season Lancashire League claiming Championships saw Heys finally take the major prize of their in 1960, 1961 and 1964. Under the guidance first Manchester League Premier Division title. of Peter Gilmour in the sixties, Heys won the They followed this up by retaining their crown prestigious Lancashire Amateur Cup in 1967 the following season with a 2-0 victory in their followed by the one and only Lancashire penultimate game of the season at Hindsford. oFFICIAL GoALKEEPING Combination Grand Slam in the 1970/71 season with Heys bringing all four trophies available back In 2006/07, Heys made it a hat-trick of Premier PARTNER oF THE to Grimshaws. (left) Division titles and also lifted the Goldline Trophy after defeating Charnock Richard on penalties at NoRTH WEST CouNTIES The club also changed its name in 1964 to Prestwich Heys AFC, an acknowledgement of the the Reebok Stadium. FooTBALL LEAGuE. fame achieved by the club as they proved one of However, on the Eve of the 2007-08 season the nation’s top amateur clubs. tragedy struck when Chairman and Manager Adie prouD SpoNSor oF THE Moran died whilst on holiday in Sri Lanka at the GoALKEEpEr oF THE MoNTH Thousands flocked to see Heys play, and beat, the age of 43. It stunned the football community and AND GoALKEEpEr oF THE likes of Sutton United, Ferryhill Athletic, Finchley left Heys reeling. YEAr AWArDS and Highgate United in the FA Amateur Cup with the clubs best run taking Heys to the last 16. Indeed, the following four years were marked by The victory over Sutton United in 1969 ranks as decline and successive relegation battles before, For more information, visit one of Heys most famous moments, attracting in 2011, Heys turned to former player Jon Lyons, www.reusch.com nationwide coverage, coming a week before their who had played under Moran to resurrect their opponents were due to meet Leeds United in the fortunes. Bottom of the table they collected 25 www.facebook.com/ReuschUK FA Cup. points from the last fifteen games to again stave www.twitter.com/ReuschUK off relegation. These were heady days but with the seventies Prestwich Heys Form Guide Heys continued to make steady progress re-establishing themselves amongst the area’s leading clubs culminating in a glorious record breaking 2015-16 season. At a club with an illustrious history the clubhouse at Adie Moran Park is adorned with the names and faces of legends of Heys past. However, the class of 2016 now proudly sit alongside those greats after delivering the most successful season in the club’s history. A first team treble and Reserve team double brought five trophies to the club, capped by achieving the Current Position 19th Current Form 14th long-held dream of a return to the North West Counties League after a 30-year absence. P W D L F A Pts P W D L F A Heys won the Manchester League Premier Division by 13 points. More glory followed. The Bolton Hospital Cup was secured with a 1-0 at the Macron Stadium over Atherton Collieries. 10 2 2 6 14 29 8 6 2 2 2 8 9 Then, despite a weary performance, the League and Cup double was secured with a 1-0 win over Manchester Gregorians in the Gilgryst Cup Final. LAST SIX MATCHES It was an example of the resolve that ran though the squad throughout the season. For all the plaudits Date Opponent Score for their football, they scored 91 goals in the League, Heys had an underlying grit. They conceded only 29 goals in 30 league games and kept a club record for consecutive clean sheets when their goal was 14/09/21 AFC Liverpool (A) D 2-2 not breached in their last seven matches. 11/09/21 Abbey Hey (A) L 0-1 So, the 2016-17 season saw Heys take their place in the North West Counties League years. For a long 07/09/21 Runcorn Town (H) L 2-4 time, it looked as if promotion was possible but a crippling fixture list and mounting injuries saw Jon Lyons side ultimately finish eighth. 04/09/21 Macclesfield (H) D 1-1 2017-18 however saw the club win their first ever honour at semi-professional level as the LWC Drinks 30/08/21 Lower Breck (H) W 1-0 1st Division Cup was won with a thrilling 2-1 win over Cammell Laird in the Final. A stunning 91st minute goal by John Main was to prove decisive. 28/08/21 Congleton Town (A) W 2-1 This compensated for the main aim of promotion being narrowly missed. Heys came third in the table with 91 points and having finished top scorers with 124 goals. Defeat in the play off semi-final to Cammell Laird ended their hopes of making the step up. Current Position: 18th Current Form: 11th The following season saw Heys finish in fifth position in a very strong Division One North, but had the compensation of seeing our return to the FA Cup after a thirty-five year gap marked with a BBC- P W D L F A Pts P W D L F A televised home tie with near neighbours Radcliffe before a bumper crowd. 9 3 0 6 15 23 9 6 3 0 3 10 11 Last season started with high hopes, but with Heys on the fringe of the promotion race in December, Club legend Jon Lyons stepped down as manager after eight successful years, with former player Matty Barnes taking over until the 2019-20 season ended prematurely. Last Six Matches: Date Opponent Score 14/09/21 Wythenshawe Town (A) L 1-4 11/09/21 Lower Breck (H) W 3-1 03/09/21 Vauxhall Motors (A) L 1-2 30/08/21 Avro (A) W 1-0 28/08/21 Winsford United (H) W 4-1 21/08/21 Warrington Rylands 1906 (H) L 0-3 Fixtures and Results Player Appearences Date Opponents H/A KO Score Goalscorers Appearances Goals Cards MOM Sat 31/07/21 Wythenshawe Town H 15:00 0-1 Player Start Sub Start Sub Red Yellow Tue 03/08/21 Burscough A 19:45 1-3 Houghton Charles Akande 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 Sat 07/08/21 Squires Gate (The Emirates F.A Cup EP) H 15:00 0-2 Ben Ascroft (GK) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sat 14/08/21 Charnock Richard A 15:00 1-9 Brown James Aspinall (GK) 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 Tue 17/08/21 Winsford United A 19:45 0-3 Christopher Bandell 6 0 3 0 0 1 0 Sat 21/08/21 Vauxhall Motors H 15:00 4-5 Brown, Joe Nicholson, Bandell (2) Ethan Beckford 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 Sat 28/08/21 Congleton Town A 15:00 2-1 Bandell, Josh Nicholson Mon 30/08/21 Lower Breck H 15:00 1-0 Beckford Lewis Boyd 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 Sat 04/09/21 Macclesfield H 15:00 1-1 Beckford Millen Brown 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 Tue 07/09/21 Runcorn Town H 19:45 2-4 Korie-Butler, Boyd Ben Cartwright 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 Sat 11/09/21 Abbey Hey (The Buildbase FA Vase 1Q) A 15:00 0-1 Tom Douglas 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tue 14/09/21 AFC Liverpool A 19:45 2-2 Boyd, Korie-Butler Jason Foulds (GK) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sat 18/09/21 Prestwich Heys H 15:00 Declan Gallagher 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sat 25/09/21 Squires Gate A 15:00 Brian Hatton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wed 29/09/21 Litherland REMYCA A 19:45 Samuel Houghton 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 Sat 02/10/21 Skelmersdale United A 15:00 Bram Johnstone 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tue 05/10/21 Longridge Town H 19:45 Oredi Kibombo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sat 09/10/21 Avro H 15:00 Dale Korie-Butler 10 2 2 0 0 1 0 Sat 16/10/21 Padiham A 15:00 Andy Mandjoba 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sat 30/10/21 Irlam H 15:00 Cian McDermott 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sat 06/11/21 Northwich Victoria A 15:00 Charlie Middlemore 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sat 13/11/21 Barnoldswick Town A 15:00 Joseph Nicholson 9 0 1 0 1 1 2 Currently fixtures are only available to 13 November 2021. Fixture lists are being re-arranged in the light of COVID-19 restrictions. Joshua Nicholson 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 James O’Hara 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 Martin Pearson (GK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marcus Perry * 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 Fenton Reeves * 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Matthew Reid 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 Andrew Thomas 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 Neil Weaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nathan Whalley 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Joe White 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 Harvey Whyte * 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Dimeji Willan (GK) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Calum Wilson 7 2 0 0 0 1 1 Dean Winnard 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sean Yeldrem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Credit- @Peester79 Gregor Zabret 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 MATCH OFFICIALS REFEREE TBC ASSISTANT Ashton Athletic Prestwich Heys TBC Managers: Jay Foulds & Dougie Pitts Manager: Matty Barnes ASSISTANT TBC James Aspinall Ryan Livesey Matthew Reid Joe Rothwell Andrew Thomas Nathan Emery Ben Cartwright Scot Cullen NEXT UP AT Declan Gallagher Adrian Bellamy BROCSTEDES PARK Tuesday 5 October 2021 Joseph Nicholson James Dwyer Kick-off 7.45pm Joshua Nicholson Oscar Campbell Calum Wilson Samuel Dickinson Longridge Town Dale Korie-Butler Jack Coop Christopher Bandell Bradley Sixsmith Bram Johnstone Niall Sultan Ethan Beckford Taylor Share Charles Akande Oliver Scott Andy Mandjoba Krisel Prifti Joe White Ryan Shenton James O’Hara Sean Cookson Cian McDermott Neil Weaver