Ashington AFC, was a former English league club from the coal mining town of Ashington in Northumberland.  Founded in 1883, they  played in the Northern Alliance, the East Northumberland League and North Eastern League before being elected to the Football League in 1921 becoming founder members of the Third Division North. They spent eight years in the Football League never finishing above mid-table before a disastrous campaign in 1928-29 saw them finish bottom in the midst of the miners' strike. With no money coming in, the community could no longer afford to support the club and attendances collapsed. It came as no surprise that the club was not re-elected, York City taking their place.