John Dennett Was Born on 23rd July 1924 in Bramham, Yorkshire but soon moved to Somerset with his parents as a child. John grew up in a town called Melksham and spent most of his youth there. Upon leaving school he was not one to sit around and with the outbreak of the Second World War he enlisted to join the Royal Navy, even though he was only aged 17 this did not prevent him from joining the allied forces.

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John Dennett served on board LST 322 (a Landing Ship, Tank). Before D-Day both he and the ship had already participated in the landings at Sicily, Salerno and Anzio in Italy. They loaded tanks and Lorries in the Portsmouth area, and then waited in the Solent. The LST landed her troops on Sword Beach in the late morning of D-Day. After 6 June, LST 322 made another estimated 15 trips to pick up more Allied troops from Portsmouth, Southampton or Tilbury. They often carried wounded men on the return journey, and there was a temporary operating theatre set up on board. After the end of the war John moved to Wallasey where he met Joyce and they later married. Just four years after the end of the war came the birth of Ashville Football Club.

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Ashville Football Club was founded in 1949 by John and Joyce Dennett  from 25 Ashville Road Wallasey. From that humble beginning they had immediate success in the Wallasey Youth league, before progressing to the Bebington league in 1951. After winning the championship, Ashville moved to the Wirral Combination and won the league for three consecutive seasons.

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In the 1955-56 season Ashville were voted into the West Cheshire League Division Two, and in their first season won both the championship and the West Cheshire Bowl. In the following season they were promoted to Division One, and amongst the honours collected at their Wallacre Park ground were the Wirral Amateur and Wirral Senior Cups. In 1962, Ashville moved to their present ground ‘Villa Park’, where they have had some success, notably the First division championship in the 1967-68 season and more recently, 1997/98 season, winning the coveted ‘Cheshire Amateur Cup’ whilst finishing a creditable, Runner-Up in the Division One championship.

2021-22 Season under the guidance of manager Pete Nielson, Ashville finished Runners up west Cheshires top Division and Runner up in the Pyke Cup Final. The second place in the league was enough to secure promotion into the football pyramid the first time in the clubs history to play at step 6 and will play in the North West Counties first division south in the 2022-2023 season the last side from wallasey at this level was New Brighton back in 1981.