Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1960/61

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1959/60 1961/62
Season Stats
20
Wins
12
Draws
24
Losses
92-95
Goals F-A
56
Matches
August 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 20th Margate (H) Southern League Division One 5-0 1,746 Programme
Sat 27th Yiewsley (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 1,300 Programme
Mon 29th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Cup (Qualifying Round 1st Leg) 2-0 1,870 Programme
September 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Burton Albion (H) Southern League Division One 3-0 1,494 Programme
Mon 5th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Cup (Qualifying Round 2nd Leg) 1-2 1,800 Programme
Sat 10th Margate (A) Southern League Division One 1-4 1,900 Programme
Sat 17th Merthyr Tydfil (H) Southern League Division One 2-2 1,614 Programme
Wed 21st Sittingbourne (A) Southern League Division One 0-2 2,500 Programme
Sat 24th Gloucester City (A) Southern League Division One 2-1 850 Programme
Wed 28th Nuneaton Borough (H) Southern League Division One 3-1 1,099 Programme
October 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Kettering Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-3 2,631 Programme
Sat 8th Hinckley Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 2-2 1,091 Programme
Mon 10th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 3-2 1,000 Programme
Sat 15th Poole Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-3 1,273 Programme
Sat 22nd Margate (H) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 1-1 2,132 Programme
Wed 26th Margate (A) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round Replay) 2-1 2,445 Programme
Sat 29th Cambridge United (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 1,522 Programme
November 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Gillingham (H) FA Cup (1st Round) 1-2 5,500 Programme
Mon 7th Folkestone Town (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round) 2-2 --- Programme
Sat 12th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-1 1,135 Programme
Mon 14th Folkestone Town (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round Replay) 5-1 2,201 Programme
Sat 19th Gloucester City (H) Southern League Division One 5-1 1,496 Programme
Mon 21st Folkestone Town (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-4 1,960 Programme
Sat 26th Rugby Town (A) Southern League Division One 5-6 1,500 -
Tue 29th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-0 1,045 Programme
December 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Tunbridge Wells United (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 622 Programme
Sat 10th Corby Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 450 -
Sat 17th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 3-1 1,037 Programme
Sat 24th Dover (A) Southern League Division One 0-0 1,221 Programme
Mon 26th Dover (H) Southern League Division One 0-2 1,475 Programme
January 1961
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 11th Margate (H) Southern League Cup (2nd Round) 3-1 1,158 Programme
Sat 14th Burton Albion (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 1,500 Programme
Sat 21st Sittingbourne (H) Southern League Division One 0-1 1,211 Programme
Sat 28th Canterbury City (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 4-2 575 Programme
February 1961
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 7th Merthyr Tydfil (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 900 -
Sat 11th Dover (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 1-1 1,702 Programme
Wed 15th Dover (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round Replay) 2-3 --- Programme
Sat 18th Kettering Town (H) Southern League Division One 3-2 1,010 Programme
Wed 22nd Folkestone Town (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-4 --- -
Sat 25th Hinckley Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 3-5 451 Programme
Mon 27th Chelmsford City (A) Southern League Cup (Quarter Final) 1-2 1,145 Programme
March 1961
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 1st Yiewsley (H) Southern League Division One 0-1 868 Programme
Sat 4th Poole Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 941 Programme
Sat 11th Nuneaton Borough (A) Southern League Division One 2-1 1,420 -
Wed 15th Barry Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-2 200 Programme
Sat 18th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 823 Programme
Wed 22nd Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Southern League Division One 0-1 1,127 Programme
Sat 25th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 0-4 1,211 Programme
Mon 27th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 2,651 Programme
Fri 31st Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 1,189 Programme
April 1961
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Cambridge United (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 993 Programme
Mon 3rd Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One 0-2 600 Programme
Fri 7th Barry Town (H) Southern League Division One 3-2 831 Programme
Sat 15th Rugby Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 810 Programme
Sat 22nd Tunbridge Wells United (A) Southern League Division One 3-0 300 -
Sat 29th Corby Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-4 658 Programme
Southern League Division One - 1960/61
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Kettering Town 40 26 7 7 100 55 +45 59
2 Cambridge United 40 25 5 10 100 53 +47 55
3 Bexleyheath and Welling 40 22 8 10 93 46 +47 52
4 Merthyr Tydfil 40 23 6 11 88 65 +23 52
5 Sittingbourne 40 21 10 9 77 63 +14 52
6 Ramsgate Athletic 40 19 7 14 77 56 +21 45
7 Rugby Town 40 18 9 13 89 72 +17 45
8 Hinckley Athletic 40 16 13 11 73 59 +14 45
9 Poole Town 40 19 5 16 71 63 +8 43
10 Corby Town 40 16 10 14 82 73 +9 42
11 Barry Town 40 16 9 15 65 74 -9 41
12 Yiewsley 40 17 7 16 66 78 -12 41
13 Trowbridge Town 40 14 10 16 71 73 -2 38
14 Ashford Town 40 14 8 18 61 67 -6 36
15 Margate 40 11 12 17 62 75 -13 34
16 Dover 40 12 7 21 67 74 -7 31
17 Canterbury City 40 10 10 20 52 75 -23 30
18 Nuneaton Borough 40 11 7 22 60 91 -31 29
19 Burton Albion 40 12 4 24 64 85 -21 28
20 Tunbridge Wells United 40 8 5 27 56 115 -59 21
21 Gloucester City 40 7 7 26 40 102 -62 21
Kent Floodlight Competition - Eastern Section - 1960/61
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Folkestone 4 4 0 0 12 5 +7 8
2 Ashford Town 4 1 1 2 6 10 -4 3
3 Ramsgate Athletic 4 0 1 3 4 7 -3 1
Season Summary: 1960/61
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Round Proper
Kent Floodlight Cup Group Stage
Kent Senior Cup 2nd Round
Southern League Cup Quarter Final
Southern League Division One 14th (21)
League Position
14th
League Record
14-8-18
Goals For-Against
61-67
Player Stats 1960/61
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Brian Payne 40 (0) 12 16 (0) 1 56 (0) 0 - 0 13
Gordon Burden 39 (0) 11 15 (0) 1 54 (0) 0 - 0 12
Dave Stevens 39 (0) 3 14 (0) 1 53 (0) 0 - 0 4
John Harris 37 (0) 0 13 (0) 1 50 (0) 0 - 0 1
Joe White 34 (0) 17 16 (0) 15 50 (0) 0 - 0 32
Jack Gregory 36 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 47 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tommy Sanders 31 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 46 (0) 0 - 0 0
Graham Clarke 33 (0) 0 12 (0) 1 45 (0) 0 - 0 1
Arthur Hughes 36 (0) 0 9 (0) 3 45 (0) 0 - 0 3
Dave McFall 23 (0) 4 6 (0) 4 29 (0) 0 - 0 8
Ian Hunt 20 (0) 1 8 (0) 0 28 (0) 0 - 0 1
Ollie Norris 21 (0) 6 6 (0) 1 27 (0) 0 - 0 7
Peter Gilbert 7 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 - 0 0
Arthur Nixon 7 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 - 0 0
Albert Stokes 10 (0) 2 3 (0) 1 13 (0) 0 - 0 3
Peter Burdon 9 (0) 4 3 (0) 2 12 (0) 0 - 0 6
Les Hayden 8 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 0
Don Campbell 3 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
Jimmy Bailey 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Alan Dennis 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Brian Hall 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Hamblin 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Norman Hooper 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Pat Vaughan 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Ades 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Brainbridge 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Jarvis 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Parker 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Prosser 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
George Sergeant 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ron Vigar 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bobby White 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 1 --- 0 --- --- 1