Ashton North End
Full nameAshton North End Football Club
Nickname(s)The Onions[1]
Founded1886
Dissolved1899
GroundRayner Lane (1886-1895) / Manchester Road[1] (1895-1899)

Ashton North End Football Club were an English football club from Ashton-under-Lyne at the end of the 19th century.

History

Ashton North End were formed in 1886 after Junior club Smallshaw changed their name and moved into adult football. They were said to be named North End due to playing in the North End of Ashton-u-Lyne.[2] 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 by winning the competition by beating local rivals Hurst Reserves in the Final the following season. Later they played in the Ashton & District League, finishing in the top half in 1891–92, and joined The Combination in 1894. They were Combination champions in their first season. In 1895 they joined the Lancashire League and played there for four seasons. The club went bankrupt in 1899 and resigned from the League.

Merger with Ashton Town

In 1893 there was merger with Ashton Town, who had been formed a year earlier. The two teams merged, keeping the North End name and the new club initially played at Rayner Lane, but then moved grounds in 1895 to the Athletic Grounds on Manchester Road, Ashton-u-Lyne.[3]

Players

Famous players for Ashton North End include Herbert Chapman, who later led Huddersfield Town and Arsenal to the First Division title as manager, who played for Ashton North End between 1895 and 1896; and Arthur Wharton, Britain's first black professional footballer, who played for Ashton North End from 1897 until their demise in 1899.

See also

  • Ashton United, another club from Ashton, known as Hurst FC until 1946, that still exists today.

References

  1. 1 2 Twydell, Dave (5 November 2001). Denied F.C.: The Football League Election Struggles. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 32–33. ISBN 1-85983-512-0.
  2. ↑ A Limited Liability Concern, Stalybridge Reporter (21 March 1896). "Ashton North End Football Club". British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ Proposed Amalgamation of the two Organisations, Stalybridge Reporter (22 April 1893). "Ashton Town and Ashton North End Football Clubs". British Newspaper Archive.
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