Ash United Football Club is a football club based in Ash, Surrey, England. They are currently members of the and play at Shawfields Stadium. The club is affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association.
The club was established in 1911 and soon joined the Surrey Intermediate League, where they played until 1968. They won the league in 1948âÂÂ49, 1951âÂÂ52, 1964âÂÂ65 and 1966âÂÂ67.
In 1968 they moved up to the Surrey Senior League, but had to drop out of the league three years later when they were forced to leave their Ash Common Ground. After relocating, they rejoined the Surrey Senior League in 1976, In 1978 the Senior League became the Home Counties League, with Ash finishing as runners-up in its first season and winning the George Allen Memorial Cup. The league was rebranded as the Combined Counties League the following season, with Ash finishing as runners-up again.
The 1981âÂÂ82 season saw the league split into Eastern and Western Divisions, with Ash winning the Western section and the overall league title with a 3âÂÂ0 aggregate win (1âÂÂ0 at home, 2âÂÂ0 away) against Malden Town in the championship play-off. The league then reverted to a single division, with Ash finishing in the top five for the next four seasons, before winning the title again in 1986âÂÂ87. The club won the Premier Challenge Cup in 1997âÂÂ98, and the following season saw a third title win and victory in the Aldershot Senior Cup. They won the Cup again in 2001âÂÂ02.
When the league gained a second division in 2003, Ash were placed in the Premier Division, where they remained until being relegated to Division One after finishing third-from-bottom of the Premier Division in the 2013âÂÂ14 season. At the end of the 2020âÂÂ21 season the club were transferred to Division One of the Wessex League. In 2023âÂÂ24 they won the Surrey Premier Cup, beating the Honourable Artillery Company 4âÂÂ2 in the final.
The club initially played at Ash Common, but were forced to leave in 1971, moving to the Shawfield Stadium. Floodlights were installed in 1996 and a new 100-seat stand erected in 2003.