Ashfield F.C.

Ashfield

Full name	Ashfield Football and Athletic Club
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 B
2020–21	West of Scotland League Conference A (season abandoned)
Website	Club website
Home colours

Ashfield Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the Possilpark area of north Glasgow. The club compete in the West of Scotland League Conference B and wear black and white hooped strips.

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.

In 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.

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: 1898, 1918

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^[1]
• Walter Smith - Dundee Utd, Glasgow Rangers, Everton, Scotland
• Bobby Parker
• Bill Finlayson

2. Players with full international caps.

• Archie Gray
• Tommy Ring
• Alex Massie
• Alex James
• Bobby Neill
• Jimmy Gibson
• Johnny Crum
• Jimmy Blair
• Stevie Chalmers

3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

References[]

External links[]

• Club website
• Facebook
• Twitter

Coordinates: 55°53′10″N 4°14′36″W / 55.88617°N 4.243448°W / 55.88617; -4.243448