one-year stay at Weymouth. Football administration career From the mid-1990s, Ashurst became heavily involved in an administrator's role at the Football Association specifically with regard to the Academy system. In 2002, he became a Premier League match delegate, and was tasked with assessing match officials. He was inducted into the League Managers' Association Hall of Fame in 2014. Personal life Ashurst married Valerie in her home village of East Rainton in May 1961. He died on 25 September 2021, at the age of 82. Career statistics Managerial statistics Honours Sunderland Football League Second Division runner-up (promotion): 1963–64 Newport County Football League Fourth Division third-place (promotion): 1979–80 Welsh Cup winner: 1980 Cardiff City Football League Third Division runner-up (promotion): 1982–83 References General Specific 1939 births 2021 deaths Footballers from Liverpool English footballers Association football defenders England youth international footballers England under-23 international footballers Liverpool F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Prescot Cables F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players English Football League players Hartlepool United F.C. managers Gillingham F.C. managers Sheffield Wednesday F.C. managers Newport County A.F.C. managers Cardiff City F.C. managers Sunderland A.F.C. managers Expatriate football managers in Qatar Al-Wakrah SC managers Expatriate football managers in Malaysia Weymouth F.C. managers English football managers Southern Football League managers Blackpool F.C. non-playing staff English autobiographers