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| dissolved= 2018
| dissolved= 2018
| ground = South Newsham Playing Fields, [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]] (1995–2018)<br>Woodhorn Lane, [[Ashington]] (2018)
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| manager = Laura Blake and Juile Davidson
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'''Blyth Association Football Club''' was a [[association football|football]] club based in [[Blyth, Northumberland]], England.
'''Ashington Town Football Club''' was a [[association football|football]] club based in [[Ashington Northumberland]], England.


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 16:31, 25 April 2019

Ashington
File:AshingtonTownAC.png
Ashington Winners
Full nameAshington Association Football Club
Nickname(s)The Braves
Founded1995 (Blyth Town)
2015 (Blyth A.F.C.)
Dissolved2018
GroundSouth Newsham Playing Fields, Blyth (1995–2018)
Woodhorn Lane, Ashington (2018-2019) 2019-) orthumberland Church Of England NE61 5TR
ManagerLaura Blake and Juile Davidson
Owner Luke Bickerton

Ashington Town Football Club was a football club based in Ashington Northumberland, England.

History

Blyth Town was established in 1995 as a junior club, initially having three boys teams.[1] They gradually expanded to more age groups, and added both men's and women's adult teams in 2002, with the men's team entering Division Two of the Northern Alliance.[1] The club won Division Two at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One. In 2004–05 they finished as Division One runners-up and were promoted to the Premier Division.[2] The club were Premier Division champions in 2013–14, and the following season saw them win the treble of the Premier Division, Challenge Cup and George Dobbins League Cup.[3]

In 2015 the first team broke away from the main club to become a separate organisation.[4] After winning the Premier Division and Challenge Cup again in 2015–16,[3] they were promoted to Division Two of the Northern League. In 2017 the club was renamed Blyth AFC.[2] The 2017–18 season saw them win the Division Two title, earning promotion to Division One.[5] Despite winning their first four league games of the 2018–19 season, the club resigned from the league and folded on 28 August 2018 due to a lack of support and permanent home ground.[6]

Ground

The club originally played at the South Newsham Playing Fields. They applied for permission to build a 150-seat stand and install floodlights in 2014, but the application was rejected by local councillors.[7] However, the rejection was overturned after the club appealed.[8] In February 2018 the club moved to Woodhorn Lane in Ashington due to issues with the pitch at South Newsham Playing Fields.[9]

Honours

  • Northern League
    • Division Two champions 2017–18
  • Northern Alliance
    • Premier Division champions 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
    • Challenge Cup winners 2014–15, 15–16
    • George Dobbins League Cup winners 2014–15
    • Division Two champions 2002–03

Records

References

  1. ^ a b Club History Blyth Town F.C.
  2. ^ a b Blyth Town at the Football Club History Database
  3. ^ a b Blyth Town Northern League
  4. ^ a b c About Blyth A.F.C.
  5. ^ a b c Blyth AFC at the Football Club History Database
  6. ^ Blyth AFC fold and all their Northern League results are wiped out News Post Leader, 28 August 2017
  7. ^ Blyth Town FC 'deeply disappointed' by failure of planning application for ground extension Evening Chronicle, 23 November 2014
  8. ^ Blyth Town Football Club finally gets green light for new stadium plans Evening Chronicle, 7 May 2015
  9. ^ Blyth AFC To Finish Season Off Playing At Ashington Non-League, 16 February 2018

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