Although thought to have been founded earlier, Ashton in Makerfield Grammar School

Old Boys F.C. entered the LAL in 1951. The Club changed it's name to Ashtonians FC

in 1985 following the Grammar School's change of status to become a Comprehensive

as Byrchall High School.
Originally the Club played at Liverpool Road, Ashton where players changed in the

whitewashed piggery at Worthington's Farm, walking a few yards along the road to the

pitch.

In the 1952-53 season a second team was formed and in the same season two Ashton players,

Brian Merry and David Rimmer represented English Universities, the LAL representative

team and Leicestershire & Lancashire FA's respectively.

The Club continued to prosper throughout the 1950's with Henry Webster and goalkeeper

George Southworth both playing as amateurs with Manchester United.

In 1959/60, the construction of the M6 motorway took away the Club's ground and the

adjacent Old Ashtonians Cricket field. During the next 10 years or so the Club had

a nomadic period, on occasions playing at Crompton's Rec. (an old Lancashire Combination

Club), Ashton YMCA off Bolton Road, and at Stubshaw Cross playing fields off Golborne

Road. Despite the unsettled time the Club prospered and grew to 3 teams.