Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1979/80

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1978/79 1980/81
Season Stats
18
Wins
18
Draws
26
Losses
70-87
Goals F-A
62
Matches
August 1979
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Whitstable Town (A) Friendly 1-3 --- -
Tue 7th Ramsgate (A) Friendly 0-0 --- -
Sat 11th Lewes (H) Friendly 1-1 --- -
Tue 14th Hythe Town (H) Friendly 0-1 --- -
Sat 18th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 2-0 188 Programme
Mon 20th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 2-0 286 Programme
Sat 25th Poole Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-2 227 Programme
Mon 27th Dorchester Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-5 --- Programme
September 1979
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Peacehaven and Telscombe (A) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 0-0 100 Programme
Tue 4th Peacehaven and Telscombe (H) FA Cup (Preliminary Round Replay) 2-1 199 Programme
Sat 8th Sittingbourne (A) FA Trophy (Preliminary Round) 0-2 190 Programme
Tue 11th Aylesbury United (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 --- Programme
Sat 15th Three Bridges (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 2-0 --- Programme
Sat 22nd Addlestone (H) Southern League Southern Division 3-3 150 Programme
Tue 25th Dover (H) Southern League Cup (2nd Round) 3-2 280 Programme
Sat 29th Andover (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 --- Programme
October 1979
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 2nd Dartford (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-1 725 Programme
Sat 6th Croydon (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 0-2 268 Programme
Sat 13th Margate (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-0 --- Programme
Sat 20th Chelmsford City (H) Southern League Southern Division 3-1 185 Programme
Wed 24th Dover (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-0 288 Programme
Sat 27th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-1 272 Programme
Tue 30th Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 0-1 237 Programme
November 1979
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Hounslow (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 --- Programme
Sat 10th Waterlooville (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-3 --- Programme
Mon 12th Salisbury (A) Southern League Cup (3rd Round) 1-0 --- Programme
Sat 17th Fareham Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-1 162 Programme
Sat 24th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 3-1 230 Programme
Tue 27th Dover (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 227 Programme
December 1979
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Andover (H) Southern League Southern Division 4-0 183 Programme
Tue 4th Bognor Regis Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-6 256 Programme
Sat 8th Bognor Regis Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 --- Programme
Sat 15th Dartford (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-0 295 Programme
Sat 22nd Hastings United (A) Southern League Division One South P-P --- -
Match Postponed.
Wed 26th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 341 Programme
Sat 29th Salisbury (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-0 --- Programme
January 1980
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 1st Folkestone and Shepway (A) Southern League Southern Division A-A --- Programme
Abandoned on 57 minutes. Score 1-1.
Sat 5th Basingstoke Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 --- Programme
Sat 19th Aylesbury United (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-1 450 Programme
Sat 26th Poole Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-3 244 -
Tue 29th Dartford (A) Southern League Cup (4th Round) 2-2 393 Programme
February 1980
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Dunstable (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 205 Programme
Sat 9th Addlestone (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-3 --- -
Tue 12th Dartford (H) Southern League Cup (4th Round Replay) 0-1 385 Programme
Sat 16th Dunstable (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-2 --- Programme
Mon 18th Chelmsford City (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-0 341 Programme
Sat 23rd Margate (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-0 247 Programme
Tue 26th Dorchester Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 4-4 207 Programme
March 1980
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Gosport Borough (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 --- Programme
Wed 5th Folkestone and Shepway (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-1 367 Programme
Sat 8th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Southern Division 4-0 --- Programme
Sat 15th Hounslow (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-0 163 Programme
Tue 18th Hillingdon Borough (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 --- Programme
Sat 22nd Waterlooville (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-0 202 Programme
Tue 25th Hastings United (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-6 --- Programme
Sat 29th Fareham Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 141 Programme
April 1980
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Fri 4th Hastings United (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-1 470 Programme
Sat 5th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-1 --- Programme
Thu 10th Folkestone and Shepway (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-3 211 Programme
Sat 12th Basingstoke Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-0 --- Programme
Tue 15th Gosport Borough (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-2 206 Programme
Sat 19th Crawley Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-2 216 Programme
Sat 26th Hillingdon Borough (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-2 --- Programme
May 1980
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Salisbury (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-1 148 Programme
Southern League Southern Division - 1979/80
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Dorchester Town 46 25 12 9 81 53 +28 62
2 Aylesbury United 46 25 11 10 73 40 +33 61
3 Dover 46 22 13 11 78 47 +31 57
4 Gosport Borough 46 21 15 10 70 50 +20 57
5 Dartford 46 21 14 11 66 45 +21 56
6 Bognor Regis Town 46 20 15 11 66 38 +28 55
7 Hillingdon Borough 46 19 16 11 64 41 +23 54
8 Dunstable 46 17 19 10 93 64 +29 53
9 Addlestone 46 20 13 13 72 57 +15 53
10 Hastings United 46 19 15 12 74 65 +9 53
11 Fareham Town 46 16 16 14 61 53 +8 48
12 Waterlooville 46 17 12 17 67 64 +3 46
13 Andover 46 16 13 17 65 65 0 45
14 Poole Town 46 16 13 17 49 64 -15 45
15 Canterbury City 46 15 14 17 56 60 -4 44
16 Hounslow 46 14 15 17 44 57 -13 43
17 Margate 46 17 8 21 51 62 -11 42
18 Folkestone and Shepway 46 14 11 21 54 63 -9 39
19 Ashford Town 46 12 14 20 54 71 -17 38
20 Crawley Town 46 13 11 22 55 72 -17 37
21 Chelmsford City 46 9 18 19 47 69 -22 36
22 Basingstoke Town 46 9 15 22 48 79 -31 33
23 Salisbury 46 10 12 24 47 58 -11 32
24 Tonbridge AFC 46 3 9 34 30 128 -98 15
Season Summary: 1979/80
Competition Summary
FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
FA Trophy Preliminary Round
Kent Senior Cup 1st Round
Southern League Cup 4th Round
Southern League Southern Division 19th (24)
League Position
19th
League Record
12-14-20
Goals For-Against
54-71
Player Stats 1979/80
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Peter Carman 46 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 58 (0) 0 - 0 0
Les Ireland 44 (0) 1 12 (0) 0 56 (0) 0 - 0 1
John Young 43 (0) 16 12 (0) 9 55 (0) 0 - 0 25
Des Partington 43 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 55 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tony Smith 42 (0) 16 12 (0) 1 54 (0) 0 - 0 17
Graham Jordon 37 (0) 1 12 (0) 0 49 (0) 0 - 0 1
Tim Hogben 39 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 49 (0) 0 - 0 0
Sam Sambrook 35 (0) 7 11 (0) 3 46 (0) 0 - 0 10
Phil Nash 35 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 46 (0) 0 - 0 0
Peter McRobert 34 (0) 3 9 (0) 1 43 (0) 0 - 0 4
Graham Mackman 32 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 35 (0) 0 - 0 0
Paul Giles 21 (0) 4 8 (0) 0 29 (0) 0 - 0 4
Ada Carter 15 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 - 0 2
Gary Tapson 12 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 - 0 1
Dale Walton 4 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 - 0 0
Nicky Hall 6 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 1
Dalton Perkins 5 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
Chris Wood 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Barton 4 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 1
Gordon Burden 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dave Miles 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dave Bible 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Andy Standing 1 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 1
? McCall 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0