Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1966/67

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1965/66 1967/68
Season Stats
29
Wins
12
Draws
34
Losses
128-144
Goals F-A
75
Matches
August 1966
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Plymouth Argyle (H) Friendly 0-4 --- Programme
Tue 16th Woking (A) Friendly 3-6 --- -
Sat 20th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One 3-1 833 Programme
Wed 24th Sittingbourne (H) Southern League Division One 0-0 937 Programme
Sat 27th Banbury United (H) Southern League Division One 4-1 1,216 Programme
Mon 29th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 0-3 600 Programme
September 1966
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Leytonstone (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 2-2 800 Programme
Wed 7th Leytonstone (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round Replay) 4-0 1,577 Programme
Sat 10th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 0-1 1,077 Programme
Wed 14th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 2-1 945 Programme
Sat 17th Dulwich Hamlet (A) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 4-1 961 Programme
Wed 21st Tunbridge Wells Rangers (H) Southern League Division One 2-0 1,031 Programme
Sat 24th Stevenage Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-0 1,500 Programme
Wed 28th Tunbridge Wells Rangers (A) Southern League Division One 0-0 200 -
October 1966
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Margate (H) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) 1-0 1,710 Programme
Wed 5th Folkestone Town (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-0 1,392 Programme
Sat 8th Gloucester City (H) Southern League Division One 3-1 1,010 Programme
Wed 12th Hastings United (A) Southern League Division One 0-2 2,162 Programme
Sat 15th Guildford City (A) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 1-1 3,525 Programme
Mon 17th Coventry City (H) Friendly 0-11 733 Programme
Wed 19th Guildford City (H) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round Replay) 2-0 2,150 Programme
Sat 22nd Merthyr Tydfil (H) Southern League Division One P-P --- Programme
Sat 29th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-1 947 Programme
November 1966
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 2nd Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 3-3 1,021 Programme
Sat 5th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Division One P-P --- -
Match Postponed.
Tue 8th Canterbury City (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) A-A 386 -
Match Abandoned
Sat 12th Dover (A) Southern League Division One 1-0 1,763 Programme
Wed 16th Margate (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-4 925 Programme
Sat 19th Bexley United (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 698 Programme
Tue 22nd Deal Town (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 5-1 150 Programme
Sat 26th Cambridge City (H) FA Cup (1st Round) 4-1 2,776 Programme
Tue 29th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) 4-1 562 Programme
December 1966
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Dartford (H) Southern League Division One 3-1 988 Programme
Wed 7th Folkestone Town (A) Kent Senior Shield (2nd Round) 3-5 875 Programme
Sat 10th Rugby Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-3 600 Programme
Tue 13th Sittingbourne (A) Southern League Division One 0-3 277 Programme
Sat 17th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-3 786 Programme
Mon 26th Dunstable Town (H) Southern League Division One 5-2 860 Programme
Tue 27th Dunstable Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-2 --- -
Sat 31st Banbury United (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 1,100 Programme
January 1967
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 10th Swindon Town (A) FA Cup (2nd Round) 0-5 12,079 Programme
Sat 14th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 0-1 1,087 Programme
Wed 18th Deal Town (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 435 Programme
Sat 21st Bromley (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 1-1 968 Programme
Wed 25th Hastings United (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 1,259 Programme
Sat 28th Margate (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 1,807 Programme
February 1967
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 1st Bromley (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round Replay) 1-3 430 Programme
Sat 4th Stevenage Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-2 994 Programme
Wed 8th Folkestone Town (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-6 734 Programme
Sat 11th Hinckley Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 3-0 866 Programme
Tue 14th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-3 512 Programme
Sat 18th Margate (H) Southern League Division One 2-2 1,352 Programme
Wed 22nd Tonbridge (H) Southern League Division One 1-3 915 Programme
Sat 25th Gloucester City (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 541 Programme
March 1967
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Barry Town (H) Southern League Division One 4-1 768 Programme
Tue 7th Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Southern League Division One 1-3 395 Programme
Sat 11th Kettering Town (H) Southern League Division One 0-1 839 Programme
Mon 13th Margate (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-5 1,184 Programme
Thu 16th Canterbury City (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 3-2 --- Programme
Sat 18th Merthyr Tydfil (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 500 -
Mon 20th Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 660 Programme
Fri 24th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 1,008 Programme
Sat 25th Crawley Town (H) Southern League Division One 0-2 809 Programme
Mon 27th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One 5-2 698 Programme
April 1967
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Tonbridge (A) Southern League Division One 2-3 936 Programme
Wed 5th Kettering Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-3 1,650 Programme
Sat 8th Dover (H) Southern League Division One 2-3 1,034 Programme
Tue 11th Dover (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 590 -
Sat 15th Bexley United (A) Southern League Division One 1-0 862 Programme
Mon 17th Dover (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 3-1 436 Programme
Wed 19th Wisbech Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-2 390 -
Fri 21st Merthyr Tydfil (H) Southern League Division One 5-2 743 Programme
Sat 22nd Hinckley Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 193 -
Wed 26th Barry Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-2 270 Programme
Sat 29th Dartford (A) Southern League Division One 0-1 883 Programme
May 1967
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Mon 1st Canterbury City (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-2 406 Programme
Fri 5th Wisbech Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-3 596 Programme
Sat 6th Rugby Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 628 Programme
Southern League Division One - 1966/67
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Dover 46 29 12 5 92 35 +57 70
2 Margate 46 31 7 8 127 54 +73 69
3 Stevenage Town 46 29 8 9 90 32 +58 66
4 Hastings United 46 25 16 5 89 45 +44 66
5 Kettering Town 46 27 9 10 105 62 +43 63
6 Crawley Town 46 26 8 12 81 48 +33 60
7 Ramsgate Athletic 46 23 8 15 79 62 +17 54
8 Dartford 46 19 15 12 92 67 +25 53
9 Tonbridge 46 21 10 15 91 69 +22 52
10 Trowbridge Town 46 20 12 14 73 60 +13 52
11 Ashford Town 46 18 8 20 74 68 +6 44
12 Merthyr Tydfil 46 17 9 20 81 71 +10 43
13 Gloucester City 46 18 6 22 69 83 -14 42
14 Canterbury City 46 17 8 21 57 75 -18 42
15 Wisbech Town 46 16 9 21 87 93 -6 41
16 Bexley United 46 13 15 18 53 69 -16 41
17 Banbury United 46 13 14 19 88 100 -12 40
18 Rugby Town 46 15 7 24 57 77 -20 37
19 Dunstable Town 46 14 6 26 55 87 -32 34
20 Barry Town 46 11 11 24 62 89 -27 33
21 Gravesend and Northfleet 46 11 9 26 63 106 -43 31
22 Hinckley Athletic 46 10 8 28 44 100 -56 28
23 Tunbridge Wells Rangers 46 4 15 27 31 96 -65 23
24 Sittingbourne 46 5 10 31 44 136 -92 20
Kent Floodlight Competition - Eastern Section - 1966/67
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Ramsgate Athletic 12 7 4 1 31 13 +18 18
2 Folkestone Town 12 6 4 2 23 14 +9 16
3 Margate 12 6 3 3 33 14 +19 15
4 Dover 11 5 1 5 22 19 +3 11
5 Canterbury City 12 5 1 6 14 20 -6 11
6 Ashford Town 12 4 1 7 22 31 -9 9
7 Deal Town 11 1 0 10 7 41 -34 2
Season Summary: 1966/67
Competition Summary
FA Cup 2nd Round Proper
Kent Floodlight Cup Group Stage
Kent Senior Cup 1st Round
Southern League Cup 1st Round
Southern League Division One 11th (24)
League Position
11th
League Record
18-8-20
Goals For-Against
74-68
Player Stats 1966/67
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Bill Dodge 46 (0) 1 21 (0) 0 67 (0) 0 - 0 1
Hugh Cochrane 44 (0) 4 21 (0) 3 65 (0) 0 - 0 7
Bob French 42 (0) 3 19 (0) 0 61 (0) 0 - 0 3
Peter Sillett 43 (0) 1 15 (1) 0 58 (1) 0 - 0 1
Dave Hunt 38 (1) 0 19 (0) 0 57 (1) 0 - 0 0
Tim Soutar 35 (2) 8 19 (2) 9 54 (4) 0 - 0 17
Eddie McAlpine 33 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 54 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dennis Parnell 38 (0) 0 14 (0) 1 52 (0) 0 - 0 1
Jim Roberts 34 (0) 13 17 (0) 13 51 (0) 0 - 0 26
Ken March 33 (0) 14 17 (0) 2 50 (0) 0 - 0 16
Ray Kemp 20 (0) 11 16 (0) 6 36 (0) 0 - 0 17
Malcolm Collins 21 (2) 4 14 (0) 5 35 (2) 0 - 0 9
Roger Wedge 24 (0) 5 4 (0) 1 28 (0) 0 - 0 6
Billy Griffiths 12 (0) 2 7 (0) 1 19 (0) 0 - 0 3
John Hamblin 7 (0) 0 9 (1) 0 16 (1) 0 - 0 0
David Cliss 6 (0) 0 6 (0) 1 12 (0) 0 - 0 1
Brian Taylor 8 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 - 0 0
Roger Carter 7 (0) 5 2 (0) 1 9 (0) 0 - 0 6
Brian Caple 4 (0) 0 4 (0) 2 8 (0) 0 - 0 2
Ian Plant 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 0
Mick Robertson 2 (0) 0 5 (0) 1 7 (0) 0 - 0 1
Barry Greedy 4 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
Roy Laker 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dennis Parkin 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
Andy Porter 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Curly Russell 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 1 4 (0) 0 - 0 1
Barry Beaney 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dave Manning 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 1 2 (0) 0 - 0 1
Graham Roope 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Glen Dempsey 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 2 1 (0) 0 - 0 2
Robin Hayward 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 - 0 1
Barry Peters 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
A Sillett 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Handley 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 - 0 0
missing player details 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 3 --- 0 --- --- 3