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Woodhorn Lane - Ashington F.C

, Ashington, United Kingdom
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<p><b>Ashington A.F.C.</b> is an English <a href="/pages/w/230221693675320">non-league</a> <a href="/pages/w/108501195841933">football</a> club from <a href="/pages/w/105512382815635">Ashington</a>, <a href="/pages/w/112835385396977">Northumberland</a>, currently playing in the <a href="/pages/w/105525006147268">Northern League Division One</a>. The team, nicknamed "The Colliers", play their home matches at Woodhorn Lane.</p><p>The club was formed in 1883 and since then have played in a number of local leagues, including the <a href="/pages/w/119175861462029">Northern Alliance</a>, the <a href="/pages/w/121248621263770">East Northumberland League</a> and the <a href="/pages/w/105630036137486">North Eastern League</a>, the <a href="/pages/w/137965909558047">Midland Football League</a>, <a href="/pages/w/132915873415157">Wearside Football League</a> and the North Regional League. The club was a founding member of the <a href="/pages/w/109478972405024">Football League Third Division North</a> in 1921, and the <a href="/pages/w/103109363062544">Northern Premier League</a> in 1968. They have played in the Northern League since 1970.</p><h2>History</h2><p>The club was founded in 1883, and joined the <a href="/pages/w/141868322497165">Northern Alliance</a> at the start of the 1892–93 season, but at the end of the season the club was forced to retire from the Alliance due to a poor result. In 1895, after a financial crisis was averted and the manager of Ashington Collieries, E.O. Souther, became the president of the club, they successfully applied to join the <a href="/pages/w/121248621263770">East Northumberland League</a>, which they won in 1898. At the end of the 1901–02 season the club rejoined the Northern Alliance on their second application, and in 1907 moved to their former ground, <a href="/pages/w/229030247296910">Portland Park</a>. The club won the Alliance in 1914, and moved to the <a href="/pages/w/105630036137486">North Eastern League</a> the following season, where a few mid-table performances resulted before and after <a href="/pages/w/108518349172526">World War I</a>.</p>

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