Curzon Ashton Football Club is an association football club based in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. Founded in 1963 and nicknamed "The Nash", the club is affiliated to the Manchester Football Association and currently competes in the National League North, (2023/24) at the sixth tier of English football. Curzon Ashton won Division One North of the Northern Premier League in the 2013–14 season, and the Premier Division play-offs in the 2014–15 season, thereby gaining promotion to the National League North. Home matches have been played at Tameside Stadium since 2005.

Early history Curzon Ashton was formed in 1963 after the merger of two clubs, Curzon Road Methodists F.C. and Assheton 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. In 1970–71, they were Manchester Intermediate Cup runners-up, followed by 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 the league and cup double. By this time they were playing at National Park, former home of pre-war club Ashton National. From this they acquired their nickname of 'The Nash.' The 1978–79 season 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. In their first season in the top flight, 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 1,800.

Key Key to league record

Level = Level of the league in the current league system Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to cup records

Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Preliminary round QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds G = Group stage R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds QF = Quarter-finalists SF = Semi-finalists F = Finalists A (QF, SF, F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists W = Winners

Seasons Year League Cup competitions Manager Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Averageattendance FA Cup FA Trophy FA Vase Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Res Rec Joined the new Cheshire County League Division Two from the Manchester Football League 1978–79Cheshire County LeagueDivision Two 3418975732 +25452nd of 18PromotedQR21-0-1—R10-0-1 1979–80 Cheshire County LeagueDivision One 381114134855 -7369th of 20QR21-0-1SF6-1-2 1980–8138148164863 -153612th of 20QR21-2-1PR0-0-1— 1981–82381215115750+7398th of 20QR32-1-1QR10-1-1League merged with the Lancashire Combination to create the North West Counties Football League 1982–83 North West CountiesFootball LeagueDivision One 38148164647 -13612th of 20QR21-0-1QR22-0-1— 1983–8438215127451 +23475th of 20QR10-0-1QR11-1-1 1984–8538216118560+25486th of 20PR0-0-1QR21-0-1 1985–8638189115250 +2458th of 20QR10-0-1QR11-0-1Peter MayoLes Sutton 1986–8738412223578 -4320 19th of 20PR0-1-1—PR0-0-1 Joined the new Northern Premier League Division One 1987–88 Northern Premier LeagueDivision One 73684244373 -302818th of 19PR0-0-1—EPR0-1-1David NobleSteve Waywell 1988–89421311187472+25013th of 22PR0-0-1R22-0-1Steve Waywell 1989–90421711146660 +6628th of 22QR33-2-1R33-1-1 1990–91421414144957 -85610th of 22QR21-0-1R11-0-1 1991–9242159187183-125411th of 22QR33-2-1PR0-0-1 1992–9340161596963+6637th of 21QR10-0-1R44-1-1Steve WaywellDavid Jones 1993–9440138196271-94714th of 21QR10-1-1QR10-1-1— 1994–95421016166480-164615th of 22PR0-0-1QR32-0-1 1995–96 40 20 7 13 73 53 +20 67 4th of 21QR32-1-1QR21-1-1Derek Brownbill 1996–97 42 8 10 24 48 79 -31 34 20th of 22Relegated QR21-0-1QR21-0-1Terry McLeanDave DenbyGed Coyne 1997–98 Northern Counties EastFootball LeaguePremier Division 8 38 7 8 23 42 75 -33 29 19th of 20Relegated PR0-0-1—R20-0-1 1998–99 North West CountiesFootball LeagueDivision Two 936127175658 -24314th of 19QR10-0-1R10-0-1?Joe Murty 1999–20003424647826 +52782nd of 18Promoted PR0-0-1R11-1-1 Joe Murty 2000–01 North West CountiesFootball LeagueDivision One 842189156766+16311th of 22 PR0-0-1R11-0-1Gary Lowe 2001–02 44 16 7 21 74 72 +2 55 13th of 23PR0-0-1R22-0-1 2002–03 42 11 9 22 60 87 -27 42 18th of 22EPR0-0-1QR20-0-1 2003–04 42 19 10 13 84 79 +5 64 7th of 22PR0-1-1R11-0-1Level of the league decreased after the Conference North and South creation2004–05 942237126645 +21764th of 22 EPR0-0-1R22-0-1 2005–0642208147266+6687th of 22 QR12-0-1QR10-0-1 2006–07 42 31 6 5 116 38 +78 99 2nd of 22Promoted QR22-0-1SF9-1-1 2007–08 Northern Premier LeagueDivision One North 842239107848+30784th of 18 205PR0-0-1QR22-0-1— 2008–0940208126644+22685th of 21 174R25-2-1PR0-1-1 2009–1042231279350+43753rd of 22 186PR0-1-1PR0-0-1 2010–11 44 25 10 9 85 49 +36 85 4th of 23 172QR11-2-1R13-0-1 2011–12 42 27 11 4 91 44 +47 92 2nd of 22 158PR0-1-1QR32-1-1John Flanagan 2012–1342227139867+31737th of 22 174QR21-2-1QR10-2-1 2013–144231659236+56991st of 22Promoted 187QR33-1-1R14-0-1 2014–15 Northern Premier LeaguePremier Division 7 46 23 14 9 79 46 +33 83 4th of 24 276QR32-0-1QR21-1-1Promoted after winning the play-off 2015–16 National League North 6421415135552+35711th of 22 Niall CumminsMatty Warburton 12 407QR20-0-1R22-0-1 2016–17421410186372-95214th of 22 Niall Cummins 14 405R24-3-1QR30-0-1 2017–18421213175266-144918th of 22 Niall Cummins 15 531QR20-0-1QR30-0-1 2018–19421310194471-274918th of 22 Ollie Crankshaw 9 450QR31-0-1QR30-0-1 2019–2033810153442-83420th of 22 Sean Miller 7 382QR20-1-1R11-0-1Mark BradshawThe regular season was cut short due to COVID-19, final league positions decided by points-per-game 2020–21174581826-81716th of 22 Dominic Knowles 7– COVID-19 prevented fans from attending gamesQR20-0-1R20-0-1Steve CunninghamThe season was declared null and void due to COVID-19 2021–22 42 13 13 16 51 63 -12 52 14th of 22 Alex Curran 11 342QR4 2–0–1R3 1–0–1Steve CunninghamAdam Lakeland 2022–23 46 18 11 17 58 55 +3 6513th of 24 Tom Peers 17 379R1 3–3–0R3 1–0–1 Adam Lakeland 2023–24 46 21 12 13 62 49 +13 75 7th of 24 Stefan MolsJimmy Spencer 11 406R1 3–0–1R3 1–0–1 Adam LakelandCraig MahonLost in the play-off quarterfinal 2024–25 46 22 11 13 59 41 +18 778th of 24 Stefan MolsJimmy Spencer 12 484R1 3–0–1R2 0–1–0 Craig Mahon2025-26461313206788 -21 52 21st of 24 Relegated

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