Derek Ashton

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Derek Ashton
Personnel
Surname Derrick Ashton
birthday 4th July 1922
place of birth Worksop ,  England
date of death February 16, 1997
Place of death Telford ,  England
position defender
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Kiveton Park
1941-1946 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
1946-1951 Aston Villa 8 (0)
1951-1959 Wellington Town
1 Only league games are given.

Derrick "Derek" Ashton (born July 4, 1922 in Worksop , † February 16, 1997 in Telford ) was an English football player .

Career

Ashton performed during the Second World War as a so-called Bevin Boy from his military service in the mining industry, in 1941 he was brought in by "Major" Frank Buckley as a player from Sheffielder Club Kiveton Park to the Wolverhampton Wanderers . There he established himself over the following years as an integral part of the Wanderers defensive, in the war-related replacement competitions he made at least 147 missions (1 goal). making it a record player for the Wolves during World War II. The team composition often had little in common with regular game operations, so he was at a game in September 1941At 19, Leicester City was already the oldest player on his team.

After winning the Football League War Cup , in whose finals Ashton had not participated, he played in June 1942 as a middle runner with the Wanderers at London's Stamford Bridge against Brentford FC , the winner of the London War Cup ; after 90 minutes the two teams parted 1: 1 in high summer temperatures. While the league was not resumed until 1946, the FA Cup took place again in the 1945/46 season . Ashton was used in all four of the Wanderers' games, the only time the competition was played in home and away legs. After a loose opening success against Lovells Athletic , he failed with his team in the following round at the eventual finalist Charlton Athletic . In March 1946 he also appeared as a guest player in a game for Leicester City , the game was also the first appearance of Johnny Duncan as a coach. A week later he also made a guest appearance at Luton Town when a 1-1 draw against eventual cup winners Derby County succeeded.

For the 1946/47 season , the first post-war season , he was obliged by first division competitor Aston Villa , the change was considered the “only big transfer” Villas in the season break. Ashton, who can be used in both defensive and middle-runner positions, was only used in his first season in a 1-0 defeat at Blackpool FC in September 1946, while the defense positions were mostly occupied by Vic Potts and George Cummings . For further missions he had to wait until the 1948/49 season, when he came to a series of seven missions at the side of Cummings in the fall of 1948, at the same time his last competitive appearances in the first team of Villa. Ashton was nicknamed "Paleface" (dt. Pale face) at Villa and played in the reserve team in the Central League until 1951 , possible further appearances in the first team also prevented a long-term injury-related loss during the 1949/50 season.

In August 1951, Ashton was "outstanding" in an internal test match at Wellington Town and joined the club during the summer break, where numerous former Wolves players were active. With Alf Crook he formed the defender couple for years; 1951/52 succeeded the championship title in the Cheshire County League , in the seasons 1952/53 to 1954/55 they qualified three times in a row for the first main round of the FA Cup, but always failed there. When Wellington joined the Southern League in 1958 , Ashton was sporadically still part of the squad and the coaching staff of the reserve team, in April 1959 he received a "benefit game" for his long service.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ barryhugmansfootballers.com: Profile Derek Ashton , accessed June 25, 2020
  2. ^ A b Dave Smith & Paul Taylor: Of Fossils & Foxes: The Official, Definitive History of Leicester City Football Club . Pitch Publishing, Brighton 2016, ISBN 978-1-78531-228-1 , pp. 404 .
  3. ↑ a b c "The Palefaqce" slims . In: Sports Argus , February 4, 1950, p. 4.  (link subject to charge)
  4. ↑ a b Getting Ready for Soccer's Great Kick-off . In: Birmingham Daily Gazette , August 8, 1946, p. 3.  (paid link)
  5. ↑ Jack Rollin: Soccer at War 1939-45 . Headline Book Publishing, London 2005, ISBN 0-7553-1431-X , pp. 440 f .
  6. ^ Tony Matthews, Wolverhampton Wanderers - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, Derby 2008, ISBN 978-1-85983-632-3 , pp. 430 .
  7. ↑ NO CHANGE AT WREKIN . In: Hull Daily Mail , September 27, 1941, p. 4.  (paid link)
  8. ↑ SPORTS GOSSIP . In: Middlesex Chronicle , June 13, 1942, p. 7.  (paid link)
  9. ^ Luton's "Guest" Against Rams . In: Derby Daily Telegraph , March 27, 1946, p. 8.  (paid link)
  10. ↑ CUP FINALIST'S ATTRACT A BIG CROWD . In: Nottingham Evening Post , March 30, 1946, p. 4.  (paid link)
  11. ↑ cf. Rob Bishop, Frank Holt: Aston Villa - The Complete Record . DB Publishing, Derby 2010, ISBN 978-1-85983-805-1 , pp. 432 f .
  12. ^ Derek Ashton shines in Wellington trial . In: Birmingham Daily Gazette , August 9, 1951, p. 2.  (paid link)
  13. ↑ Chelsea loose £ 35,000 of players to non League clubs . In: Sports Argus , August 25, 1951, p. 4.  (link subject to charge)
  14. ^ Wellington Grant Ashton a Benefit . In: Birmingham Daily Post , March 3, 1959, p. 11.  (paid link)
personal data
SURNAME Ashton, Derek
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ashton, Derrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Worksop
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1997
Place of death Telford