Aswick national football team
Nickname(s) | The Three Roses | ||
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Association | The Football Association (Aswick) | ||
Head coach | John Shepard | ||
Captain | Harry Faslane | ||
Most caps | John Dempsey (158) | ||
Top scorer | Luke Callaghan (49) | ||
Home stadium | Hendley Stadium | ||
Code | ASW | ||
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The Aswick national football team represents Aswick, Daria, and Sandown in senior men's international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in the aforementioned countries.
Aswick is one of the two oldest national teams in football, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872. England's home ground is Hendley Stadium, Winchester, and their headquarters are at St George's Park, Jamestown. The team's manager is John Shepard.
Since first entering the tournament in 1950, Aswick has qualified for the Astycup every time. They won the 1972, 1978, and the 1996 Astycup. They also hosted the tournament in 1984, and 1996.
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For the first fifty years of their existence, Aswick played their home matches all around the country. They initially used cricket grounds before later moving on to football clubs' stadiums. The original United Stadium was built in Hendley, Winchester, for the Aswickan Royal Exhibition.
This stadium was demolished during the period of 2002–2003, and work began to completely rebuild it. During this time, Aswick played at venues across the country, though by the time of the 2006 Astycup, this had largely settled down to having Rangers FC stadium as the primary venue, with Jamestown United's stadium used on occasions when the former was unavailable.
They returned to the new Hendley Stadium in March 2007. The stadium is now owned by the Football Association, via its subsidiary Hendley National Stadium Limited.