ASHTON TOWN AFC PROFILES PARK,
# Onward Onwards s & Upwards
Edge Green Street, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 8SL
COMMITTEE
President - Jimmy Cahill Chairman - Mark Hayes Vice Chairman - Gordon Johnson Vice President - Stephen Barrett Secretary - Stefan Ochwat Clubhouse Manager - Clare Peters Treasurer - Peter Williams Committee Members - Kieran Johnson, Joanne Round, Joanne Bourne, Alison Sinnott Catering Manager - Denise Brady Commercial Manager - Jonathan Southward Programme Editor - Ian Pomfrett Welfare Officer - Gordon Johnson Social Media Officer - Lucy Ford Grounds Team - Jimmy Cahill, David Bourne, Keith Peacock, Kit Manager - Keith Peacock Club Covid Officer - Mark Hayes Photographer - Megan Sharples
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Welcome to our club Good evening and welcome to Profiles Park for this prestigious pre season friendly against Accrington Stanley.
This I am sure is maybe your first steps to a little bit of normality, with all things covid doing its best to ruin our beautiful game and also our lives. I truly hope that you read this well and with your loved ones in tact, and that we can finally start to move on from this surreal period within our lives. Firstly a huge welcome and thanks to Accrington Stanley for this fixture. It means a hell of a lot when a professional club supports us in non league as the fixture will do wonders for us. Special thanks to our very own Karl Bell for his work in making sure that this fixture has happened.
We really have developed behind the scenes and come together in recent years, and the time spent with covid only seems to have built us stronger as a club. The commitment from the ground staff, and the daily heart beat of the club has been phenomenal. I am prouder than ever to lead this club and hopefully this season we Surreally since re appointing Dave Dempsey will compliment all the hard work with some many, many months ago we have something to celebrate come May. only had one competitive fixture before all things again became null and void. What Thank you so much again to all whom are that time has seen though is how watching today, your support means a hell impeccably a management team keeps its of a lot and it really does feel like we are lads ticking. I dare say that we are ready on the verge of creating a very special fan now to come back fitter and better than base. ever, and that's huge credit to Dave and his team for keeping the lads together and Thank you for joining our journey. active, and chomping at the bit to get Stay safe, onwards and upwards as going again. always, and enjoy the ride. Mark - Club Chairman
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He then joined the theatre production, By The Waters of Liverpool. The tour was supposed to take place from March until the end of May 2020. Within a week But due to the Covid of graduating 19 lockdown, the play from Kingston was cancelled after College, only 2 weeks of production. Glasspool was In August 2016, Glasspool posted a video filming for on the social media application Instagram series 6 of showing him wielding a knife while Hollyoaks Later, a spin- pretending to be a woman threatening to off of Hollyoaks. He was cast in the role of kill her boyfriend. Glasspool was suspended from Hollyoaks for two weeks. Tony Hutchinson's estranged son, Harry Thompson, who had previously appeared in Glasspool appeared here at Edge Green Hollyoaks between 2007 and 2009, then Street on 22nd May 2015 when he was a played by Daniel Seymour and later member of the Hollyoaks Celebrity XI, who Harrison George Rhodes. Glasspool has noted that being called Parry and playing a were on the wrong end of a 10-0 score-line against the „Latics Legends‟ team, in the character called Harry can be confusing, Inaugural „Josephs‟ Goal Charity fund and that one person called him Parry on raising game organised by our Chairman set and it was aired. After this, he Mark Hayes. appeared in a two short films, How To Be Sexy by Isabelle Sieb and Cicada by Delouris Collins and on Our Zoo for BBC1. He later moved to Liverpool after being invited to participate in the main series of Hollyoaks, with his first episode being broadcast 9 February 2015 on E4 and a day later on Channel 4. For his role as Thompson, he was nominated for best newcomer at the National Television Awards. Parry left Hollyoaks in July 2019 after his character, Harry, was killed by
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Muslim athlete pledge Ahead of the start of the 2021-22 North West Counties League season beginning, Town have signed the Muslim Athlete Pledge to demonstrate its commitment to equality and diversity for all. With an increase of more Muslim players in football as well as support from Muslim fans, we sought to sign the Muslim Athlete Pledge to listen, learn and adopt good practice to help players to flourish and supporters feel valued and supported.
On signing the pledge, CEO and founder of Nujum Sports, Ebadur Rahman said: “Having signed this pledge Ashton Town is joining a positive movement of solidarity, The Pledge is a commitment and start to equality and recognition of the recognising Muslim needs in the sport as contribution Muslims make to their club well as the club. and its teams. Nujum is here to support both professional and amateur clubs and This pledge is part of our wider work their players and to contribute positively around equality and diversity and an to their equality and diversity agenda. We important aspect gor us to understand, are here to help them aspire to be even grow and adopt good practice. more inclusive and build on the passion and love we have for our respective clubs, The pledge is the beginning of a journey to players and fans” be fully accredited with the Nujum Sports Muslim Athletes Charter which will help us By signing the pledge Ashton Town AFC strengthen our voice and zero tolerance have now started our journey working with towards any form of discrimination. Nujum Sports and hope to continue working with them to get fully acredited in Club Welfare Officer, Gordon Johnson, the future. commented: “We believe this is a positive step for Ashton Town and integral to our To learn more about Nujum Sports and the work in supporting players and supporters. pledge please visit: By understanding their faith and cultural www.nujumsports.co.uk/pledge needs we can better position ourselves as a club as well as making our players and #ProudToBeTown #football #diversity supporters feel valued and appreciated” #equality #inclusion
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MANAGER’S NOTES Good Evening.
On a more positive
May I share my excitement with you at
note we have managed to retain the
being able to welcome Accrington Stanley
players we wanted to retain and add a lot
to Profiles Park and thank everybody at
of quality to the group. I feel we are in a
Accrington Stanley FC for making this
really strong position and in an exciting
happen. I anticipate tonight to be a
moment.
fantastic game of football and one that
I think I need to take this opportunity to
will challenge my players in many ways.
thank Jimmy, Denise, Dave Bourne and
Testing ourselves against football league
Keith for all of their hard work in getting
clubs and higher opposition was something
the ground looking how it does. Endless
I was really keen to do in terms of this pre- hours over lockdown, 12hr shifts and a lot season. I feel this group of players are
of hard work has been put into making
definitely capable of being competitive
tonight happen. Your efforts and
and if we want to achieve what we feel we togetherness is something this football can do this season and compete at the
club is lucky to have and it doesn‟t go
right end of the table then these games
unnoticed.
are a perfect platform to learn and develop as a group.
Please enjoy tonight, support the players and take it all in. It has been too long
Now let me share with you where we are
since we have been able to welcome
at as a squad. You will see a lot of last
people in to our football club to enjoy a
year‟s players having left, those that were
game of football.
brought in by the last manager in charge have decided to play football elsewhere. I would like to thank each and every one of
Thank you all so much for your support.
those lads for their commitment and time given to Ashton Town Football Club.
Dave Dempsey
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By Gordon Johnson Twice: 1991 Manchester United 1-0 Red Star Belgrade, Old Trafford, Manchester and 2014 Real Madrid 2-0 Sevilla Cardiff City Stadium, Wales. Eric Gerets (1988 PSV Eindhoven), Daniel Van Buyten (2013 Bayern Munich) and Thomas Vermaelen (2015 Barcelona). Radamel Falcao 17 goals for FC Porto in Season 2010-11. 1997 ( Schalke 04 1-1 (pens 4-1) Inter Milan). Dave Watson (6 caps), Chris Woods (4 caps), Mark Barham (2 caps), Phil Boyer, Rob Green, Kevin Reeves and John Ruddy. Liechtenstein as it doesn‟t run a National League competition. Thierry Henry (175), Ian Wright (104), Robin van Persie (96), Dennis Bergkamp (87) and Olivier Giroud (73). Shay Given(354), Alan Shearer (303), Shola Ameobi (294), Rob Lee (267), Nolberto Solano (230), Gary Speed (213), Fabricio Coloccini (211) and Aaron Hughes (205). Stamford Bridge (11 times), Highbury (7 times), Millennium Stadium (6 times), Old Trafford (6 times) and White Hart Lane (6 times). Gianluca Vialli (Chelsea 2000), Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea 2010), Roberto Mancini (Manchester City 2011), Roberto di Matteo (Chelsea 2012) and Antonio Conte (Chelsea 2018).
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How many times has a one-off UEFA Super Cup final been held in Britain? Which three Belgians won UEFA European Cup or Champions League Medals? Which player holds the record for most UEFA Cup or Europa League Goals scored in a season? In what year was the last UEFA Cup Final was played over two legs? Which seven players have won England Caps whilst with Norwich City? Which one of the 55 UEFA Members doesn‟t send its Clubs to the Champions League? Which five players have scored more than 70 Premier League Goals for Arsenal? Which eight players made over 200 Premier League Appearances for Newcastle United? Which five venues outside Wembley have hosted the most FA Charity Shield matches? Which five Italian Managers have won the FA Cup?
HALF TIME QUIZ
HISTORY OF ASHTON TOWN Ashton Town Association Football Club originally joined the Div 2 of the Lancashire Combination in 1903 and were promoted Div 1 in 1st season. However, relegated back to Div 2 after finishing 16 in first season of Div 1. Towards the end of 1910/11 season club withdrew from league and fixtures taken over by Tyldesley Albion. The Club was reformed in 1953 as Makerfield Mill FC and after a short spell in the Wigan Sunday School League, they played in the St Helens Combination League for three years before joining the Warrington and District Amateur League in 1958. The founder was a persistant man named Derek „Mick‟ Mycock. In 1962 the Club was forced to move from its original ground at Windsor Road because of land development and it was at this point the Club name was changed to Ashton Town AFC. Home games were played on a public park pitch at Whithill Street Recreation Ground in Bryn until
1964, at which point the Club purchased a piece of land at Edge Green Street, previously the home of Stubshaw Cross Rovers. This became the Club`s new home, and development of the ground began. In 1969 the Clubhouse was completed, and was opened by Liverpool and England star Roger Hunt, and in 1975 the present dressing room facilities were built. During this period the Club joined the Lancashire Combination in 1971, and then in 1978, they left to join the Cheshire County League for four years. The formation of the North West Counties Football League 1982 saw Ashton Town join as founder members, and the Club has remained in the league since then with the exception of season 1985-86, when they played in the Manchester League while essential ground maintenance work was carried out to bring the ground up to stringent ground grading requirements for the NWCF League. Throughout the years there have been many custodians of the club, owned by noone, powered by volunteers. I‟ll surely miss out a host of names here but….Notable is the involvement of Jack Longstaffe, Pat Dooney, Barry & Sandra Longstaffe, Gordon Ellis, Les Bailey, Len Riley, Malcolm Magrath, Billy Pomfrett R.I.P 5/5/20 and
Jimmy Cahill. The latter two who have clocked up over a hundred years service to Town and Jimmy is still here on a daily basis. In more recent times, Clare and James Horner made a massive boost to the club with the long overdue formation of a Junior section. As did the arrival of our current Chairman, Mark Hayes, who has helped build the profile of the club both locally and nationally. Other volunteers to mention are Steve, Stefan, Denise, Ian, Dawn, Peter, Clare, Joanne and more recently, Keith whose dedication and workrate is second to none on quite often a day to day basis. It would go amiss if I didn‟t mention at this point Brian Cunliffe, who has on and off, over the years worked behind the scenes painting, digging or mending often without the right resources for the job…..it‟s people like this who really make a place what it is. So Many to mention, others to forget, but we are here and that wouldn‟t exist if it weren‟t for those who give up their time and effort to keep the club alive. Our motto ...... „Onwards & Upwards‟, sums us up as we now strive for promotion.
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OUR CHOSEN CHARITY Joseph‟s Goal is a Wigan-based charity, ran by a small group of family and friends who all volunteer their services. The charity has received support from Wigan Council, Wigan Warriors and Wigan Athletic, as well as schools, local organisations and the business community. Joseph‟s Goal have raised most of their funds through charity balls, football matches, bike rides, marathons and 10-Ks, swimathons, spinathons, Xmas jumper days, numerous other fundraising events, and hundreds of donations from generous people. Ashton Town AFC now host an annual charity legends football match, after the huge success of the inaugural match in May 2015, with the Latics Legends thumping a Hollyoaks XI 10-0 with a sensational performance. Town chairman, Mark Hayes was touched by Joe‟s story and has been actively involved in the charity‟s fundraising efforts for several years. This years event is the fifth annual Joseph‟s Goal legends game and is set to be another classic with the likes of Bryan Robson, Emmerson Boyce and Arjan De Zeeuw gracing the Ashton Town turf. Since Josephs story was shared publicly, the 10-year-old has become a little star in the local area and recognised throughout the United Kingdom for his fantastic story in defying all the odds. Joseph‟s Goal has
also received support from multiple football, rugby and television stars over the years including Pep Guardiola, Harry Redknapp and Joe Calzaghe.
lights in Wigan Town Centre. Joseph‟s Goal was recognised further in 2014 by the Wigan Council for contributing to the “Believe in Wigan” campaign. In April 2019, Joe returned to his role as Wigan Athletics‟ lucky charm as he featured pitchside at half-time during Wigan‟s shock victory against Leeds United. This was after more than 70 Latics fans heroically walked 58-miles over three days for the charity from Wigan‟s Euxton training ground to Elland Road, In 2013, Joe was the mascot organised by Martin Tarbuck for Wigan Athletic in the FA from the Mudhutter fanzine. Cup Final and was carried out Joseph‟s story has inspired onto the pitch at Wembley by thousands of people to help skipper, and charity fundraise for NKH and ambassador Emmerson Boyce, contribute to their bid in which led to television finding a cure for the very rare appearances on BBC North condition. West, ITV, Granada and Sky News. Many Latics fans believe Help us to raise money for that Joe was a lucky charm as further research and hopefully Wigan defied the odds to edge closer to the end goal of beat Manchester City 1-0 and helping Joe and other children claim their first major trophy in with the same condition. the club‟s history, similar to how Joe managed to defy all the odds given by the doctors to reach his 10th birthday on Thursday May 9th 2019. Joe‟s father Paul Kendrick, a life-long Wigan Athletic sup-porter and the Latics correspondent for Wigan Today, was gobsmacked that Joe was given the opportunity to be a mascot. In 2014, Joseph‟s family were the Joseph's Goal is a registered charity in WISH FM “Local Heroes Family England and Wales of the Year” and Joseph Charity number: 1151548 switched on the Christmas
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