Ashley Ward
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ashley Stuart Ward | ||
| Date of birth | 24 November 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Middleton, Lancashire, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cheadle Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | Manchester City | 1 | (0) |
| 1991 | → Wrexham (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| 1991–1992 | Leicester City | 10 | (0) |
| 1992 | → Blackpool (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 1992–1994 | Crewe Alexandra | 61 | (25) |
| 1994–1996 | Norwich City | 53 | (18) |
| 1996–1997 | Derby County | 40 | (9) |
| 1997–1998 | Barnsley | 46 | (20) |
| 1998–2000 | Blackburn Rovers | 54 | (13) |
| 2000–2003 | Bradford City | 84 | (17) |
| 2003–2005 | Sheffield United | 33 | (5) |
| Total | 388 | (110) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ashley Ward (born 24 November 1970) is a businessman and retired English footballer who played centre forward.
Ward was born in Middleton, Lancashire, the son of a coal mining engineer. He attended William Hulme's Grammar School, which opted for Rugby and Lacrosse as the school sports over football.
Ward had a spell with Manchester United in the 1986–87 season, making 16 appearances for the club's Junior B team. He then played for Cheadle Town Youth, and chose to become an apprentice at Manchester City above an offer from Blackburn Rovers.
He played for at least a dozen different clubs in a long career, including Crewe Alexandra, where he made his name, Norwich City, Derby County, Barnsley and Blackburn Rovers and Bradford City.
Ward contributed to Derby's 1996-97 Premier League campaign, scoring a late winner against Chelsea and one of the goals as Derby memorably beat Manchester United 3-2 at Old Trafford. Barnsley signed Ward from Derby County in September 1997, shortly after their promotion to the Premier League. Throughout their debut season in the Premier League he scored some crucial and memorable goals including the only goal in 1-0 winners against Liverpool and Aston Villa at Anfield and Villa Park respectively. However he was unable to prevent Barnsley's relegation at the end of that season.
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