Neil Ashton

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Neil Ashton
Ashton playing for Wrexham in 2011
Personal information
Full name Neil John Ashton
Date of birth (1985-01-15) 15 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Full back, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cefn Albion (manager)
Youth career
2001–2003 Tranmere Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Tranmere Rovers 1 (0)
2004–2005 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 24 (0)
2005–2009 Shrewsbury Town 139 (3)
2008 → Macclesfield Town (loan) 19 (1)
2009–2010 Chester City 0 (0)
2010–2015 Wrexham 177 (11)
2015–2016 Barrow 22 (0)
2016–2017 Southport 36 (2)
2017–2020
Cefn Druids
 76 (4)
2020–2022 Llandudno 13 (2)
Managerial career
2022–2023 Cefn Druids
2023– Cefn Albion
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:33, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Neil John Ashton (born 15 January 1985) is an English manager and former footballer who is currently manager of Cefn Albion. Typically played as left-back, he occasionally acted as a midfielder.

Career

Tranmere Rovers

Neil Ashton started his career with

Shrewsbury Town
and made 24 appearances.

Shrewsbury Town

At the start of the 2004–05 season, the manager at that time,

Macclesfield Town
.

In January 2008, Ashton joined

Macclesfield Town on loan for the rest of the 2007–2008 campaign in a bid to find first team football.[1]
Ashton made 19 appearances, scoring once in his spell with Macclesfield.

Chester City

In the summer of 2009 Ashton signed for

Conference Premier. However, he was left without a club on 26 February 2010 after Chester were expelled from the Football Conference after breaching five league regulations, then wound up.[3]

Wrexham

After the demise of Chester, Ashton joined the club's fierce rivals

Luton Town in the Conference Play-off semi-finals.[5]

In the 2011–12 season, Ashton was part of the Wrexham side that finished second in the league gaining 98 points, but like the previous season they lost in the play-off semi finals to Luton Town. However, as a consolation to Ashton, he earned the club's player of the year award for the season after making 48 appearances including an

Braintree Town
in what was virtually the last kick of the regular season.

In the 2012–13 season, Ashton stayed at the Racecourse and was still a regular in the Dragons defence. After the departure of regular penalty taker

Nuneaton Town before scoring a second in the match from the penalty spot in a memorable 6–1 win.[10] In March 2013 Ashton picked up his first career honour by winning the FA Trophy with Wrexham, Ashton played in every round but missed the final at Wembley due to injury. A month and a half later, Ashton played at Wembley in a Wrexham shirt, in a 2–0 loss to Newport County
in the Conference play-off Final.

Ashton was released by Wrexham on 14 May 2015.

Barrow

On 8 June 2015, Ashton signed for Barrow for their return to the National League.[11] He made seven appearances for the club.[12]

Southport

The following season he joined Southport.[12]

Cefn Druids

He then moved in 2017 back to playing in Wales, this time joining Cefn Druids in the Welsh Premier League.[13] During his time with the club he played for them in Europe in Europa League qualifying matches.[14]

Llandudno

In September 2020 he joined Llandudno.[15] The 2020–21 season was cancelled after one cup game due to the coronavirus pandemic. After a full 2021–22 season playing for the club in the Cymru North he retired to concentrate on coaching and management.[16]

Career honours

Wrexham

  • 2014–15

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Neil Ashton". chester-city.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Chester expelled from Conference". BBC Sport. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Daily Post: Latest North Wales news, sport, what's on and business". dailypost.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Luton 2–1 Wrexham (agg 5–1)". BBC Sport. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Wrexham player Neil is fans' choice". leaderlive.co.uk. 22 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Jake Speight re-joins Mansfield Town from Wrexham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Stockport 2–3 Wrexham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Defender Neil Ashton signs new Wrexham contract". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Wrexham 6–1 Nuneaton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  11. ^ Randall, Liam (14 May 2015). "Wrexham FC's Neil Ashton 'gutted' at being released after almost five years at the club". dailypost.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Neil Ashton Signs". Southport FC. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Neil Ashton Joins The Ancients". Cefn Druids. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  14. ^ Jones, Dave (15 January 2022). "Happy birthday to Llandudno FC's Neil Ashton". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  15. ^ Jones, Dean (13 September 2020). "Llandudno FC: Former Wrexham star Neil Ashton joins club". North Wales Pioneer. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Neil Ashton Appointed Cefn Druids New Manager". Cefn Druids. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

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