Their home ground was Fog Lane Park in Didsbury, although it had such basic facilities that players had to take post-match baths in a nearby duck pond.

In 1957, in order to have more local opposition to play, Ashley set up a second, linked, team, The Nomads, which was effectively the club's second eleven.

Some matches attracted crowds of tens of thousands, and large amounts were raised for charity.

It also won the Women's Football Association's (WFA) Teddy Gray Memorial Challenge Trophy in 1968 and 1969, losing in the final in 1970.

In June 1970 Corinthians were one of the 44 clubs to be represented at the WFA's inaugural annual general meeting at Caxton Hall.