Nick Ashby
Nick Ashby
Born 29 December 1970 (Age 24 at debut)
Total appearances 75 - 4 goals
(60 League, 8 FA Cup, 1 FA Trophy, 3 League Cup, 2 Hillier Senior Cup, 1 Maunsell Cup)
Debut:
31 July 1995 (Away
Final game:
22 February 1997 (Away
Left-back Nick Ashby signed from Kettering Town in June 1995 for a £14,000 price tag and was considered one of the best defenders in non-league football. He was also the son of Diamonds manager Roger Ashby and his consistent performances were the backbone of the club's promotion into the Conference. He actually made his debut against his former club and went on to make a total of 75 appearances.
He was released in May 1997 and joined Burton Albion and then moved on to Stamford. He was the player-manager of Wellingborough Town FC until November 2007, after joining then from Raunds, before joining Cogenhoe United and remaining with them as a player into the 2008-09 season.
| Date | Opponent | League | Goals | Shirt |
| 19-Aug-95 | Salisbury City (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 21-Aug-95 | Chelmsford City (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 26-Aug-95 | Crawley Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 28-Aug-95 | Burton Albion (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 02-Sep-95 | Hastings Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 05-Sep-95 | Rugby Town (H) | Southern Premier | 1 | 3 |
| 09-Sep-95 | Grantham Town (FA Cup) (H) | FA Cup | 0 | 3 |
| 16-Sep-95 | Worcester City (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 19-Sep-95 | Chelmsford City (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 23-Sep-95 | Eastwood Hanley (FA Cup) (H) | FA Cup | 0 | 3 |
| 30-Sep-95 | Cheltenham (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 07-Oct-95 | Sandwell Borough (FA Cup) (A) | FA Cup | 0 | 3 |
| 14-Oct-95 | Gresley Rovers (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 21-Oct-95 | Purfleet (FA Cup) (A) | FA Cup | 0 | 3 |
| 24-Oct-95 | Purfleet (FA Cup) (H) | FA Cup | 0 | 3 |
| 28-Oct-95 | Merthyr Tydfil (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 04-Nov-95 | Stafford Rangers (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 11-Nov-95 | Cardiff (FA Cup) (H) | FA Cup | 0 | 3 |
| 15-Nov-95 | Rugby Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 18-Nov-95 | Gravesend and Northfleet (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 21-Nov-95 | Burton Albion (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 25-Nov-95 | Atherstone United (H) | Southern Premier | 1 | 3 |
| 28-Nov-95 | Baldock Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 02-Dec-95 | Crawley Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 09-Dec-95 | Dorchester Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 12-Dec-95 | Gloucester City (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 16-Dec-95 | Hastings Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 23-Dec-95 | Ilkeston Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 13-Jan-96 | Atherstone United (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 20-Jan-96 | Purfleet (FA Trophy) (H) | FA Trophy | 0 | 3 |
| 03-Feb-96 | Worcester City (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 10-Feb-96 | Gravesend and Northfleet (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 13-Feb-96 | Baldock Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 17-Feb-96 | Cheltenham (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 24-Feb-96 | Newport County (A) | Southern Premier | 1 | 3 |
| 05-Mar-96 | Sudbury Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 16-Mar-96 | Cambridge City (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 19-Mar-96 | Halesowen Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 23-Mar-96 | Ilkeston Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 30-Mar-96 | Halesowen Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 04-Apr-96 | Dorchester Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 06-Apr-96 | Cambridge City (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 08-Apr-96 | Sudbury Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 13-Apr-96 | Newport County (H) | Southern Premier | 1 | 3 |
| 16-Apr-96 | Gresley Rovers (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 20-Apr-96 | Gloucester City (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 24-Apr-96 | Salisbury City (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 3 |
| 17-Aug-96 | Altrincham (A) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 20-Aug-96 | Slough Town (A) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 24-Aug-96 | Northwich Victoria (H) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 26-Aug-96 | Hayes (A) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 31-Aug-96 | Stalybridge Celtic (H) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 03-Sep-96 | Macclesfield (H) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 07-Sep-96 | Halifax Town (A) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 09-Sep-96 | Northwich Victoria (A) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 14-Sep-96 | Westfield (FA Cup) (A) | FA Cup | 0 | 3 |
| 17-Sep-96 | Farnborough Town (H) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 21-Sep-96 | Woking (A) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 24-Sep-96 | Stevenage Borough (H) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 28-Sep-96 | Gresley Rovers (FA Cup) (H) | FA Cup | 0 | 3 |
| 19-Oct-96 | Gateshead (H) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 14-Dec-96 | Bromsgrove Rovers (H) | Conference | 0 | 5 |
| 21-Dec-96 | Kidderminster (H) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 28-Dec-96 | Stalybridge Celtic (A) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 25-Jan-97 | Farnborough Town (A) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 01-Feb-97 | Morecambe (H) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 08-Feb-97 | Hednesford Town (H) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 15-Feb-97 | Macclesfield (A) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
| 22-Feb-97 | Gateshead (A) | Conference | 0 | 3 |
