Ashfield F.C.

Ashfield

Full name	Ashfield Football and Athletic Club
Nickname(s)	The Field
Founded	1886
Ground	Stepford Park, Glasgow
Capacity	500
Chairman	Paul Maxwell
Manager	Michael Oliver
League	West of Scotland League First Division
2022–23	West of Scotland League Second Division, 2nd of 16 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours

Ashfield Football Club are a Scottish football club previously based in the Possilpark area of north Glasgow. The club compete in the West of Scotland League First Division and wear black and white hooped strips.

Formed in 1886, they were based at Saracen Park, which they shared latterly with the Glasgow Tigers speedway team; Ashfield moved in December 2022 to Stepford Park Complex and were promoted at the end of the Season to West of Scotland League Division 1. They will continue to play at Stepford until a new Ground is located/built.

In July 2018 former Ashfield player Paul Maxwell took over as manager with former player Ryan Cairley taking over as assistant & after 4 successful years moved to take up role of Managing Director. Michael Oliver took over the reins in June 2022 supported by Assistant Manager Jamie Broadfoot.

Ashfield moved to play their home games at the Stepford Football Centre in Easterhouse in December 2022.^[1]

Honours

• Scottish Junior Cup
  • Winners: 1893–94, 1894–95, 1904–05, 1909–10
  • Runners-up: 1913–14, 1920–21
• Central Junior Football League
  • Winners: 1952–53, 1954–55
• Glasgow Junior Football League
  • Winners: 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1920–21
• Scottish Intermediate Football League
  • Winners: 1928–29
• West Super League First Division
  • Winners: 2010–11
• Central League C Division
  • Winners: 1968–69
• West Region Central Second Division
  • Winners: 2006–07

Promotion from the WoS PDM Buildbase Second Division 2022/2023

• Central Region Division Two
  • Winners: 1990–91

Other Honours

• Evening Times Cup winners 2011-12
• West of Scotland Junior Cup winners: 1927–28, 1928–29
• Glasgow Junior Cup winners: 1893–94, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1914–15, 1925–26, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1962–63
• Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1926–27, 1928–29, 1946–47, 1952–53, 1962–63
• Maryhill Charity Cup: 1898, 1918

Former players

1. Players that have played/managed in the Football League or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).

• Johnny Quigley - Nottingham Forest, Huddersfield Town, Bristol City, Mansfield Town^[2]
• Walter Smith - Dundee Utd, Glasgow Rangers, Everton, Scotland
• Bobby Parker
• Bill Finlayson

2. Players with full international caps.

• Archie Gray
• Tommy Ring
• Alex Massie
• Alex James
• Bobby Neill
• Jimmy Gibson
• Johnny Crum
• Jimmy Blair
• Stevie Chalmers

3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

References

External links

• Club website
• Facebook
• Twitter

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