The club was formed in 1968, initially as a
Sunday league club playing in the Wigan Sunday League. After winning every division in the league in successive seasons, they switched to playing Saturday football, joining the
Warrington & District League. However, the move up saw the club struggle, finishing bottom of the league in 1978–79 and 1981–82. They finished bottom again in 1994–95, The 2005–06 season saw them finish fourth in Division One, and after applying for rejoin the North West Counties League following improvements to Brocstedes Park, the club were accepted into Division Two, In
2013–14 they won the Challenge Cup, defeating
Maine Road 1–0 in the final. The 2016–17 season saw them win the
Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy with a 2–1 win over
Radcliffe Borough in the final. In
2022–23 Ashton finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to Division One North. ==Honours==