Ashton Athletic
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Ashton
Athletic
FOOTBALL CLUB
A
shton Athletic FC is based at Brocstedes Park in Lancashire and their
first team currently competes in the North West Counties League
Premier Division. They are led by the team of Chair Jimmy Whyte and
President Jimmy Witherington and the club has been progressing well under
their guidance.
Their first team put together a solid
league campaign this time around,
compiling a record of seventeen wins,
nine draws and sixteen defeats from their
forty two matches. This saw them finish in
the top half of the table with sixty points
on the board.
This should provide them with a solid
platform from which to build as they look
ahead to the rest of the campaign. As long
as they can retain their current group of
players and perhaps make one or two
quality additions they should be in with a
good chance of pushing on.
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Ashton Athletic is not a club to focus
solely upon their senior section however
and this is reflected by the fact that they
also have a thriving youth set up. This
part of the club looks to provide young
players from the local community with an
opportunity to play the game in a safe and
enjoyable environment whilst helping
them to reach their full potential.
It is important for any club looking to
be successful over a sustained period of
time to be able to produce their own talent
and this is an area that they appear to
have covered. It will certainly be exciting
to see how their youngsters can progress
over the coming years.
In order to help ensure that these
players enjoy a smooth transition into the
senior game they also run a development
side. This allows them to gain experience
of adult level football even if they are not
yet considered ready for first team action
which can be an important step in the
development process.
Another benefit of having an extra
side is that it allows the first XI to benefit
from far greater strength in depth. If they
are ever left short on numbers through