Ashford Town F.C.
| Full name | Ashford Town (Middlesex) Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Tangerines, Ash Trees |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Ground | Robert Parker Stadium, Stanwell |
| Capacity | 2,550 (250 seated) |
| Chairman | Dave Baker |
| Manager | Ben Murray |
| League | Southern League Division One Central |
| 2015–16 | Combined Counties League Premier Division, 1st (promoted) |
Ashford Town (Middlesex) Football Club are a football club based in Ashford, Surrey, England. The club are currently members of the Southern League Division One Central and play at the Robert Parker Stadium in Short Lane. They are affiliated to both the Middlesex FA and the Surrey FA.
The club was established in 1958 as Ashford Albion and joined Division Two of the Hounslow & District League. They finished second in their first season, earning promotion to Division One. They finished as runners-up again the following season, and were promoted to the Premier Division, adopting their current name in 1964. However, the club pulled out the Premier Division during the 1964–65 season, resulting in their record being expunged. The following season the first team took over from the reserves in Division Two.
The club finished third in Division Two in 1965–66, resulting in promotion to Division One. After finishing as runners-up in Division One the following season, the club joined the Premier Division B of the Surrey Intermediate League (Western) for the 1967–68 season. They finished fourth in their first season, earning promotion to Premier Division A. After claiming the runners-up spot in 1972–73, they won the division in 1974–75.
Ashford became founder members of the Surrey Premier League in 1982. In 1989–90 they won the Surrey Premier Cup, beating Farnham Town Reserves 3–0 in the final. In 1990 they were formally renamed Ashford Town (Middlesex) to avoid confusion with the Kent club which previously shared the same name, but are now named Ashford United. In the same year they joined the Combined Counties League. They finished as runners-up in 1993–94, and won the league the following season. They went on to win the league in each of the next three seasons, and again in 1999–2000 (a season in which they also won the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup), after which they were promoted to Division Three of the Isthmian League.
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