November 2014. In late November he was left out of the squad in favour of Lewis Price. After nine appearances for Crawley Town, it announced that Ashdown had left the club by mutual agreement. Oxford United On 3 February 2015, Ashdown signed for Oxford United until the end of the season. He made his first-team debut, keeping a clean sheet, in a League Two match at AFC Wimbledon on 11 April 2015 that finished 0–0. Ashdown was featured in the last four remaining matches, including keeping three clean sheets for the club. At the end of the 2014–15 season, he made five appearances in all competitions. Following this, Ashdown was offered a new contract by Oxford United. However, the club withdrew the offer to him and was released after they signed Sam Slocombe instead. Following this, he announced his retirement from professional football. Post–Playing Career A year later after announcing his retirement, Ashdown revealed that he went on a trial at his former club, Portsmouth after learning that John Keeley returned as the club's goalkeeper coach but was turned away and ignored by manager Paul Cook. In September 2018, Ashdown joined Ascot United as one of their new goalkeeping coach. Personal life In the summer of 2005, Ashdown married his girlfriend, Zoe. Together, they have three children. Ashdown endorses goalkeeping gloves made by The One Glove Company, who are donating proceeds to the charity Jack's First Steps. The charity partnership first launched on 16 December 2014 with the release of the "Pulse" goalkeeper glove. In 2013, Ashdown set up an online business, Trusted Pro Supplements, supplying and offering information to athletes about nutritional supplements that do not feature on banned substance lists and are believed not to be harmful. In a November 2020 interview with The News, Ashdown later revealed that his cafe business, which he opened in October 2019 after its success over four years, was closed down because of the COVID-19 pandemic and have since work for his father's hardware store business. Honours Portsmouth FA Cup: 2007–08; runner-up: 2009–10 References External links 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Reading, Berkshire Footballers from Berkshire English footballers Association football goalkeepers Reading F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Norwich City F.C. players Leeds United F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players English Football League