Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1965/66

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1964/65 1966/67
Season Stats
18
Wins
15
Draws
43
Losses
95-162
Goals F-A
76
Matches
August 1965
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Sittingbourne (H) Friendly 2-3 400 Programme
Wed 11th Gillingham (H) Friendly 1-6 600 -
Sat 14th Sittingbourne (A) Friendly 4-3 --- -
Wed 18th Dover (H) Friendly 1-2 --- Programme
Sat 21st Burton Albion (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 711 Programme
Wed 25th Hastings United (A) Southern League Division One 0-2 2,173 Programme
Sat 28th Barry Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-5 436 Programme
September 1965
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 1st Tunbridge Wells Rangers (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 2-3 653 Programme
Sat 4th Tunbridge Wells Rangers (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 1-4 800 Programme
Wed 8th Tunbridge Wells Rangers (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 2-1 400 -
Aggregate 4-4.
Sat 11th Hinckley Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 470 Programme
Wed 15th Hastings United (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 1,075 Programme
Sat 18th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 0-0 647 Programme
Mon 20th Tunbridge Wells Rangers (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round Replay) 2-2 725 Programme
After Extra Time.
Sat 25th Sittingbourne (A) Southern League Division One 1-4 520 Programme
Wed 29th Dover (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 905 Programme
October 1965
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Hillingdon Borough (A) Southern League Division One 2-3 1,028 Programme
Mon 4th Tunbridge Wells Rangers (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Replay) 2-1 350 -
Sat 9th Tunbridge Wells Rangers (H) Southern League Division One 0-2 689 Programme
Mon 11th Margate (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-0 1,262 Programme
Sat 16th Barnet (A) Southern League Division One 1-0 2,408 Programme
Mon 18th Hastings United (H) Southern League Cup (2nd Round) 1-3 2,875 Programme
Sat 23rd Crawley Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 725 Programme
Wed 27th Dover (A) Southern League Division One 0-2 750 -
Sat 30th Bexley United (A) Southern League Division One 0-3 1,240 Programme
November 1965
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 2nd Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 496 Programme
Sat 6th Kettering Town (H) Southern League Division One 0-2 563 Programme
Mon 8th Dover (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-0 615 Programme
Sat 13th Stevenage Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 905 Programme
Tue 16th Sittingbourne (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-1 321 -
Sat 20th Deal Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 459 Programme
Sat 27th Wisbech Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-6 586 Programme
Tue 30th Canterbury City (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-3 367 Programme
December 1965
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Dunstable Town (H) Southern League Division One 4-2 418 Programme
Tue 7th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) 2-4 --- Programme
Sat 11th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-5 732 Programme
Tue 21st Canterbury City (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 4-0 415 Programme
Mon 27th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 1,155 Programme
Tue 28th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 477 Programme
January 1966
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Tunbridge Wells Rangers (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 400 Programme
Sat 8th Bexley United (H) Southern League Division One 1-3 529 Programme
Tue 11th Sittingbourne (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 2-1 272 Programme
Sat 15th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-1 370 Programme
Sat 22nd Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Southern League Division One 1-3 398 Programme
Wed 26th Coventry City (H) Friendly 2-2 1,300 Programme
Sat 29th Burton Albion (A) Southern League Division One 0-4 1,915 Programme
February 1966
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 1st Deal Town (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 4-2 472 Programme
Fri 4th Merthyr Tydfil (H) Southern League Division One 2-1 369 Programme
Sat 5th Barry Town (H) Southern League Division One 0-1 350 Programme
Wed 9th Dover (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-3 351 -
Sat 12th Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Southern League Division One 0-2 448 Programme
Thu 17th Deal Town (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 0-0 150 Programme
Tue 22nd Sittingbourne (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-3 230 -
Sat 26th Hinckley Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 2-2 415 Programme
March 1966
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 2nd Deal Town (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round Replay) 3-1 517 Programme
Sat 5th Gloucester City (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 440 Programme
Tue 8th Margate (H) Kent Senior Cup (3rd Round) 0-4 725 Programme
Sat 12th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 1-0 326 -
Wed 16th Folkestone Town (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 4-4 655 Programme
Sat 19th Sittingbourne (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 402 Programme
Tue 22nd Deal Town (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-2 180 -
Thu 24th Margate (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 4-7 383 -
Sat 26th Hillingdon Borough (H) Southern League Division One 1-7 224 Programme
Tue 29th Barnet (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 509 Programme
April 1966
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Kettering Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 454 Programme
Mon 4th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-1 289 Programme
Fri 8th Bath City (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 2,112 -
Sat 9th Stevenage Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 393 Programme
Mon 11th Bath City (H) Southern League Division One 2-2 560 Programme
Sat 16th Deal Town (A) Southern League Division One 3-0 239 -
Mon 18th Folkestone Town (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-2 591 Programme
Wed 20th Merthyr Tydfil (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 934 -
Sat 23rd Wisbech Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-0 438 Programme
Sat 30th Dunstable Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-6 374 Programme
May 1966
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Thu 5th Gloucester City (A) Southern League Division One 0-1 278 Programme
Sat 7th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 351 Programme
Southern League Division One - 1965/66
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Barnet 46 30 9 7 114 49 +65 69
2 Burton Albion 46 28 8 10 121 60 +61 64
3 Hillingdon Borough 46 27 10 9 101 46 +55 64
4 Bath City 46 25 13 8 88 50 +38 63
5 Hastings United 46 25 10 11 104 59 +45 60
6 Wisbech Town 46 25 9 12 99 54 +45 59
7 Canterbury City 46 25 8 13 89 66 +23 58
8 Stevenage Town 46 23 9 14 86 49 +37 55
9 Kettering Town 46 22 9 15 77 74 +3 53
10 Merthyr Tydfil 46 22 6 18 95 68 +27 50
11 Dunstable Town 46 15 14 17 75 72 +3 44
12 Crawley Town 46 17 10 19 72 71 +1 44
13 Bexley United 46 20 4 22 65 71 -6 44
14 Trowbridge Town 46 16 11 19 79 81 -2 43
15 Dover 46 17 8 21 59 62 -3 42
16 Barry Town 46 16 10 20 72 94 -22 42
17 Gravesend and Northfleet 46 16 9 21 84 86 -2 41
18 Gloucester City 46 14 12 20 75 98 -23 40
19 Sittingbourne 46 11 12 23 77 121 -44 34
20 Ramsgate Athletic 46 9 15 22 35 76 -41 33
21 Hinckley Athletic 46 10 12 24 58 93 -35 32
22 Tunbridge Wells Rangers 46 12 8 26 47 88 -41 32
23 Ashford Town 46 9 10 27 44 92 -48 28
24 Deal Town 46 3 4 39 29 165 -136 10
Kent Floodlight Competition - Eastern Section - 1965/66
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Margate 14 9 3 2 42 25 +17 21
2 Folkestone Town 14 7 5 2 34 17 +17 19
3 Dover 14 7 3 4 23 20 +3 17
4 Canterbury City 14 7 1 6 34 28 +6 15
5 Ramsgate Athletic 14 7 1 6 15 23 -8 15
6 Ashford Town 14 4 2 8 24 30 -6 10
7 Deal Town 14 3 2 9 26 40 -14 8
8 Sittingbourne 14 3 1 10 24 39 -15 7
Season Summary: 1965/66
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
Kent Floodlight Cup Group Stage
Kent Senior Cup 3rd Round
Kent Senior Shield 1st Round
Southern League Cup 2nd Round
Southern League Division One 23rd (24)
League Position
23rd
League Record
9-10-27
Goals For-Against
44-92
Player Stats 1965/66
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Bill Dodge 46 (0) 0 24 (0) 2 70 (0) 0 - 0 2
Keith Rutter 46 (0) 0 23 (0) 0 69 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ken March 42 (0) 1 20 (0) 0 62 (0) 0 - 0 1
Peter Sillett 39 (0) 1 17 (0) 0 56 (0) 0 - 0 1
Peter Carey 36 (0) 0 17 (0) 0 53 (0) 0 - 0 0
Roger Carter 34 (0) 10 19 (0) 6 53 (0) 0 - 0 16
John Needham 34 (0) 7 18 (0) 5 52 (0) 0 - 0 12
Malcolm Collins 29 (0) 6 15 (0) 2 44 (0) 0 - 0 8
Dennis Parnell 33 (0) 1 10 (0) 1 43 (0) 0 - 0 2
Derek Finch 18 (0) 4 13 (0) 3 31 (0) 0 - 0 7
Howard Moore 17 (0) 1 12 (0) 2 29 (0) 0 - 0 3
Brian Caple 18 (0) 2 9 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 - 0 2
Alan Herbage 17 (0) 2 10 (0) 3 27 (0) 0 - 0 5
Roger Sturman 14 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 - 0 0
Mick Robertson 13 (0) 0 8 (0) 6 21 (0) 0 - 0 6
Dennis Parkin 10 (0) 0 7 (0) 1 17 (0) 0 - 0 1
John Wood 10 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 17 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Hamblin 8 (0) 1 6 (0) 1 14 (0) 0 - 0 2
Brian Taylor 8 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 - 0 0
Eddie McAlpine 9 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 - 0 0
Eddie Reynolds 9 (0) 5 1 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 - 0 5
Colin Ingram 3 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Jarvis 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
Paul Nicholas 4 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
Alan Day 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 1 4 (0) 0 - 0 1
Jim Roberts 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 2 4 (0) 0 - 0 2
David Thompson 4 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 1
Robin Hayward 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
Glen Dempsey 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Malcolm McKenzie 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Dryden 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Gilham 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Riddles 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
George Sergeant 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Phil Swinard 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Lawrie Thomson 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 2 --- 6 --- --- 8