Ashton North End F.C. Explained

Clubname:Ashton North End
Fullname:Ashton North End Football Club
Nickname:The Onions
Founded:1886
Dissolved:1899
Ground:Rayner Lane (1886-95) /
Athletic Grounds (1895-99)
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Ashton North End Football Club was an English football club from Ashton-under-Lyne at the end of the 19th century.

History

Ashton North End was formed in 1886 after Junior club Smallshaw changed their name and moved into adult football. Its were said to be named North End due to playing in the North End of Ashton-u-Lyne.[1] They first played Cup football in 1887–88 reaching the latter stages of the Manchester Junior Cup in the Cup's first season. They followed this up the next season by winning the competition by beating local rivals Hurst Reserves in the Final. Later Ashton North End played in the Ashton & District League, finishing in the top half in 1891–92. They were also a founder member of the Football Federation (for Manchester area clubs) in 1892–93[2] and won the inaugural title with 30 points from 18 games.[3] The club stepped up to The Combination in 1894 and were champions in its first season.

Merger with Ashton Town

In 1893 there was merger with Ashton Town, who had been formed a year earlier.[4] The two teams merged, keeping the North End name. Two years later in 1895 they joined the Lancashire League for four seasons.

End of the club

At the end of the 1898–99 season, the club applied to join the Football League; however, after sending in the application, the club president withdrew funding, having lost "an enormous amount of money" after a "disastrous" season - an attempt to float the club as a limited company only had a lukewarm response.[5] The application was unsuccessful, the club not earning a single vote,[6] and the club "put up the shutters" before the following season got under way.[7]

Colours

The club's original colours were cardinal and royal blue, but in March 1892 the club adopted new red and white quartered[8] jerseys, provided by a Mrs Earnshaw of the Horse & Jockey Inn.[9] By the time of its final season, its colours were black jerseys with white stars.[10]

Ground

The club originally played at Rayner Lane, moving to the Athletic Grounds on Manchester Road, Ashton-u-Lyne in 1895.[11]

Players

Famous players for Ashton North End include:

See also

External websites

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ashton North End Football Club. Stalybridge Reporter. A Limited Liability Concern. 21 March 1896. British Newspaper Archive.
  2. The Football Federation . Stalybridge Reporter . 4 June 1892 . 7.
  3. The position of the local football clubs in the Federation . Middleton Albion . 27 May 1893 . 5.
  4. Web site: Ashton Town and Ashton North End Football Clubs. Stalybridge Reporter. Proposed Amalgamation of the two Organisations. 22 April 1893. British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Ashton North End Football Club . Manchester Evening News . 10 May 1899 . 4.
  6. Looker-on . The coming football season . Sheffield Daily Telegraph . 26 August 1899 . 10.
  7. Lancashire League . Sporting Life . 21 August 1899 . 6.
  8. At the time, this was the term for halved shirts with counterchanged sleeves, the term for "quartered" shirts in this era being "harlequin".
  9. Pendennis . Notes on sport . Stalybridge Reporter . 5 March 1892 . 7.
  10. Football Association . Athletic News. 8 May 1899 . 4.
  11. Book: Twydell, Dave . Denied F.C.: The Football League Election Struggles . Yore Publications . . 5 November 2001 . 32–33 . 1-85983-512-0.
  12. Sporting items . Liverpool Mercury . 27 May 1899 . 10.

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