Curzon Ashton F.C.
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| Full name | Curzon Ashton Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Nash |
| Founded | 1963 (as Curzon Amateurs) |
| Ground | Tameside Stadium |
| Capacity | 4,000 (524 seated) |
| Chairman | Harry Twamley |
| Manager | John Flanagan |
| League | National League North |
| 2015–16 | National League North, 11th |
Curzon Ashton Football Club is a football club based in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. They currently compete in the National League North, the sixth tier of English football, and are members of the Manchester County Football Association. Nicknamed "the Nash", the club play their home games at the 4,000-capacity Tameside Stadium.
Curzon won Division One North of the Northern Premier League in 2013–14 and won the play-offs in the league's Premier Division in 2014–15, thus gaining promotion to the National League North.
Curzon Ashton was formed in 1963 after the merger of two clubs, Curzon Road Methodists F.C. and Ashton Amateurs F.C., who played in the Manchester Amateur Football League. The amalgamated club's name was originally Curzon Amateurs before being changed to the current name.
Curzon joined the Manchester League and once they had found their feet in the higher competition, there was no stopping The Nash, taking a string of honours in the early 1970s. In 1970–71 they were Manchester Intermediate Cup runner-up and they followed that with a hat trick of wins in the competition. In 1973–74 they were runners-up in Division One of the Manchester League and then runners-up in the premier division, a feat they matched the following season. The reserve team then won four championships in a row and in 1977–78 won the league and cup double.
Season 1978–79 saw Curzon become founder members of the Cheshire League Division Two and they won promotion at the first attempt, missing the title by just two points. The first season in the top flight was celebrated with the club's finest moment when they became the first North West club to reach the semi-final of the FA Vase. They lost both legs 2–0 to Stamford, the home leg producing the club's record home attendance of 1800, and a record that still stands.
In the 1980s the Manchester Premier Cup was won five times. In 1983–84 Curzon became founder members of the North West Counties League when the MWCL Cheshire League and Lancashire Combination merged as part of the non-league pyramid. The club was placed in the first division and floodlights were purchased in 1986 as Curzon prepared for an assault on the title and possible promotion to the Northern Premier League. Promotion was not attained and manager Peter Mayo resigned due to work commitments during the 1986 season. His successor Les Sutton failed to win a single league game; although the club won the Manchester Premier Cup. He was sacked at the end of the season.
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