Curzon Ashton
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| Full name | Curzon Ashton Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Nash |
| Founded | 1963 (as Curzon Amateurs) |
| Ground | Tameside Stadium |
| Capacity | 4,000 (524 seated) |
| Chairman | Harry Twamley |
| Manager | John Flanagan |
| League | National League North |
| 2016–17 | National League North, 14th of 22 |
| Website | Club website |
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.
Curzon 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.
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. The first season in the top flight was celebrated with the club's finest moment when 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 1800, and a record that still stands.
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