Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1956/57

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1955/56 1957/58
Season Stats
16
Wins
5
Draws
19
Losses
71-70
Goals F-A
40
Matches
August 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 18th Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 --- Programme
Sat 25th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 6-2 1,400 Programme
Wed 29th Gillingham Reserves (H) Kent League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 1-1 --- -
September 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 --- Programme
Sat 8th Whitstable Town (H) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 3-1 --- Programme
Mon 10th Gillingham Reserves (A) Kent League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 2-3 --- -
Sat 15th Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 --- Programme
Sat 22nd Canterbury City (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 1-2 1,908 Programme
Sat 29th Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 2-3 --- -
October 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Chatham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 7-3 1,052 Programme
Sat 20th Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 1-0 --- Programme
Sat 27th Gillingham Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 0-3 --- Programme
November 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 3-1 --- Programme
Sat 10th Whitstable Town (A) Kent League Division 1 3-2 --- Programme
Sat 17th Faversham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 4-0 --- Programme
Sat 24th Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Kent League Division 1 3-1 --- -
December 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 --- Programme
Sat 8th Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 3-0 --- Programme
Sat 15th Faversham Town (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 2-1 --- Programme
Sat 22nd Whitstable Town (H) Kent League Division 1 3-1 --- Programme
Tue 25th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 2-2 --- Programme
Wed 26th Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 3-1 --- Programme
Sat 29th Tunbridge Wells United (H) Kent League Division 1 1-5 1,672 Programme
January 1957
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Chatham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 2-3 --- Programme
Sat 12th Gillingham Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 1-0 --- Programme
Sat 19th Deal Town (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 1-1 --- Programme
Wed 23rd Deal Town (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round Replay) 1-0 672 -
Sat 26th Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 5-1 --- Programme
February 1957
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 --- Programme
Sat 9th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 1,325 Programme
Sat 16th Tunbridge Wells United (A) Kent Senior Cup (Quarter Final) 1-2 --- Programme
Sat 23rd Canterbury City (H) Kent League Division 1 0-1 --- Programme
March 1957
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 --- Programme
Sat 9th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 0-1 1,500 Programme
Sat 16th Tunbridge Wells United (A) Kent League Division 1 1-4 --- Programme
Sat 23rd Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent League Division 1 0-3 --- Programme
Sat 30th Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 1-3 1,000 Programme
April 1957
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 2-1 --- Programme
Sat 13th Canterbury City (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 --- Programme
May 1957
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Faversham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 2-2 --- Programme
Kent League Division One - 1956/57
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Ramsgate Athletic 32 23 6 3 84 38 +46 52
2 Tunbridge Wells United 32 21 6 5 80 36 +44 48
3 Snowdown CW 32 21 4 7 84 42 +42 46
4 Canterbury City 32 19 3 10 85 58 +27 41
5 Dover 32 18 4 10 76 50 +26 40
6 Gillingham Reserves 32 16 5 11 67 56 +11 37
7 Sittingbourne 32 14 7 11 65 49 +16 35
8 Margate 32 16 2 14 64 65 -1 34
9 Folkestone 32 10 9 13 58 56 +2 29
10 Ashford Town 32 13 3 16 59 59 0 29
11 Bexleyheath and Welling 32 12 4 16 69 76 -7 28
12 Faversham Town 32 8 6 18 64 87 -23 22
13 Deal 32 8 6 18 46 79 -33 22
14 Betteshanger CW 32 8 6 18 41 76 -35 22
15 Sheppey United 32 6 8 18 44 79 -35 20
16 Whitstable Town 32 8 4 20 39 82 -43 20
17 Chatham 32 8 3 21 68 105 -37 19
Season Summary: 1956/57
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
Kent League Cup 1st Round
Kent League Division 1 10th (17)
Kent Senior Cup Quarter Final
League Position
10th
League Record
13-3-16
Goals For-Against
59-59
Player Stats 1956/57
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Arthur Nixon 30 (0) 1 6 (0) 0 36 (0) 0 - 0 1
Ron Vigar 28 (0) 21 8 (0) 6 36 (0) 0 - 0 27
Malcolm Collins 27 (0) 4 5 (0) 0 32 (0) 0 - 0 4
missing player details 15 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 31 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tony Oakley 24 (0) 6 6 (0) 0 30 (0) 0 - 0 6
Tommy Dougal 25 (0) 3 4 (0) 0 29 (0) 0 - 0 3
Cyril Borthwick 23 (0) 1 5 (0) 1 28 (0) 0 - 0 2
John Hamblin 23 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 - 0 0
Mike Smith 22 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 26 (0) 0 - 0 0
Harry Gray 20 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 24 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tommy Yore 19 (0) 8 4 (0) 1 23 (0) 0 - 0 9
Fred Blowers 16 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 19 (0) 0 - 0 0
Frank Rowden 11 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 - 0 0
Peter Gilbert 9 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 - 0 0
Len Woodcock 8 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 - 0 0
Pat Russell 6 (0) 6 3 (0) 3 9 (0) 0 - 0 9
Dave Stevens 8 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 - 0 0
Brian Pickett 5 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 0
George Sergeant 8 (0) 4 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 4
Bill Theobald 4 (0) 1 3 (0) 1 7 (0) 0 - 0 2
Billy Waugh 5 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 1
Mike Summer 3 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
Gordon Burden 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Colin Summerson 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Avery Osmond 3 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 1
Norman Bradshaw 2 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 1
Martin Cheek 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Oldham 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 1 --- 0 --- --- 1