Ashfield F.C.
Ashfield Football Club are a Scottish football club from Possilpark in the North of Glasgow. Ashfield compete in the West of Scotland League Conference A and wear black and white hooped strips (uniforms).
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| Full name | Ashfield Football and Athletic Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Field | |
| Founded | 1886 | |
| Ground | Saracen Park, Hawthorn Street, Possilpark, Glasgow | |
| Capacity | 3,500 | |
| Chairman | Thomas Robertson | |
| Manager | Paul Maxwell | |
| League | West of Scotland League Conference A | |
| 2019–20 | SJFA West League Two, 3rd of 15 | |
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Formed in 1886, they are based at Saracen Park, which they share with the Glasgow Tigers speedway team; it is located a short distance from Keppoch Park, home of neighbours Glasgow Perthshire. In October 2004, the club lost many historical records and strips as a result of a fire at Saracen Park.
Since the middle of 2015 the team have been managed by former Dumbarton and Stirling Albion player Robert Docherty.[1]
On Tuesday the 11th of July 2018 former Ashfield player and club legend Paul Maxwell took over the reigns as manager with former player Ryan Cairley taking over as assistant. They are handed the responsibility of trying to restore Ashfield back to the top of junior football
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
- 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: 1918
Records
- Scorer of over 100 goals for the club: Paul Maxwell (current Manager)
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
- A. Hendry 1917-1917
2. Players with full international caps.
3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.
References
- O'Donnell, Jim (15 July 2015). "Steven Reilly was set to quit Yoker as a player - then manager offer came out of the blue". Evening Times. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- "Johnny Quigley Profile". acumfaegovan.com.