Ashington A.F.C.
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| Full name | Ashington Community Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Colliers |
| Founded | 1883 |
| Ground | Woodhorn Lane, Ashington |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman | Ian Lavery |
| Manager | Steve Harmison |
| League | Northern League Division One |
| 2015–16 | Northern League Division One, 12th |
| Website | Club home page |
Ashington Association Football Club is a football club based in Ashington, Northumberland, England. The club are currently members of Division One of the Northern League and play at Woodhorn Lane.
The club was formed in 1883 and since then have played in a number of local leagues, including the Northern Alliance, the East Northumberland League, the North Eastern League, the Midland League, Wearside League and the North Regional League. The club was a founding member of the Football League Third Division North in 1921, and the Northern Premier League in 1968. They have been in the Northern League since 1970.
The club was founded in 1883 and began entering the FA Cup in 1887. They joined the Northern Alliance at the start of the 1892–93 season when the league was expanded to twelve clubs. However, the league was reduced to ten club the following season, and as they had finished in the bottom two, Ashington were asked to leave. The club then ceased activities, but were brought back following a large meeting, joining the East Northumberland League in 1895. They went on to win the league title in 1897–98.
The club applied to rejoin the Northern Alliance in 1901, but were rejected. However, the following season they were elected back into the league, finishing second in the vote to admit three clubs. They won the league in 1913–14 and moved up to the North Eastern League. When football resumed after World War I the club rejoined the North Eastern League, where they remained until being elected into the new Third Division North of the Football League in 1921. After all the applications had been considered by the League, Ashington were one of fourteen clubs marked out for admission in a single bloc, which they duly were. In 1926–27 the club recorded its best performance in the FA Cup, reaching the third round, where they lost 2–0 at home to Nottingham Forest. After finishing bottom of the division in 1928–29 the club lost their bid for re-election, receiving only 14 votes to the 24 received by non-League York City.
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