 When the league merged with the Cheshire County League to form the North West Counties League in 1982, Ashton were placed in Division Three, which they finished bottom of in both 1982–83 and 1983–84.After a fourteenth-place finish in 1984–85, they finished bottom of the table again in 1985–86.At the end of the season the club were expelled from the league due to Brocstedes Park failing to meet the ground grading criteria.