Curzon Ashton F.C.
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Curzon Ashton Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in the market town of Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, that competes in the National League North, the sixth-highest division overall in the English football league system, and are members of the Manchester County Football Association. Nicknamed "the Nash", the club was founded in 1963 and moved to its current stadium, Tameside Stadium, in 2005.Curzon Ashton won Division One North of the Northern Premier League during the 2013–14 season and won the play-offs in the league's Premier Division during the 2014–15 season, thus gaining promotion to the National League North.HistoryEarly yearsCurzon Ashton was formed in 1963 after the merger of two clubs, Curzon Road Methodists F.C. and Ashton 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 and once they had found their feet in the higher competition, there was no stopping the Nash ( the Nash nickname derived from the fact the newly formed Curzon Ashton played on the site of the ground of Ashton National Gas FC a club formed in 1920 & which pre war featured future Manchester United players such as George Capper ) taking a string of honours in the early 1970s. In 1970–71 they were Manchester Intermediate Cup runner-up and they followed that with 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 won the league and cup double.
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