Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1959/60

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1958/59 1960/61
Season Stats
19
Wins
13
Draws
24
Losses
78-100
Goals F-A
56
Matches
August 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 22nd Hinckley Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 1-8 1,810 Programme
Wed 26th Romford (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 2,800 Programme
Sat 29th Exeter City Reserves (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 2,950 Programme
September 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 2nd Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Cup (Qualifying Round 1st Leg) 2-0 1,961 Programme
Sat 5th Tunbridge Wells United (A) Southern League Division One 0-1 1,150 Programme
Sat 12th Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Southern League Division One 3-1 1,516 Programme
Wed 16th Dover (A) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) 0-1 1,097 Programme
Thu 17th Romford (A) Southern League Division One 3-1 3,000 Programme
Sat 19th Deal Town (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 1-0 964 Programme
Sat 26th Clacton Town (H) Southern League Division One 5-1 2,217 Programme
October 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Folkestone Town (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 1-0 3,836 Programme
Mon 5th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Cup (Qualifying Round 2nd Leg) 1-3 --- Programme
First Floodlight match at Southwood
Sat 10th Sittingbourne (A) Southern League Division One 0-0 2,400 Programme
Sat 17th Betteshanger (H) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) 3-0 2,534 Programme
Mon 19th Chelsea (H) Friendly 2-7 4,500 Programme
Sat 24th Kidderminster Harriers (A) Southern League Division One 3-1 1,000 Programme
Mon 26th Tonbridge (A) Friendly 0-2 650 Programme
Sat 31st Gravesend and Northfleet (A) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 2-1 4,752 Programme
November 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Cambridge United (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 2,470 Programme
Tue 10th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 1,200 Programme
Sat 14th Brentford (A) FA Cup (1st Round) 0-5 13,900 Programme
Thu 19th Romford (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round) 0-0 --- Programme
Sat 21st Merthyr Tydfil (A) Southern League Division One 2-1 1,400 Programme
Wed 25th Romford (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round Replay) 0-1 2,238 Programme
Sat 28th Gloucester City (H) Southern League Division One 2-1 1,647 Programme
December 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Yiewsley (A) Southern League Division One 1-3 2,000 Programme
Sat 12th Margate (H) Southern League Division One 3-3 1,590 Programme
Mon 14th Charlton Athletic (H) Friendly 1-5 1,465 Programme
Sat 19th Hinckley Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 1,010 Programme
Sat 26th Folkestone Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-4 2,302 Programme
Mon 28th Folkestone Town (H) Southern League Division One 0-2 2,066 Programme
January 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Exeter City Reserves (A) Southern League Division One 2-3 2,148 Programme
Sat 9th Burton Albion (H) Southern League Division One 0-1 993 Programme
Sat 23rd Rugby Town (A) Southern League Division One 3-5 500 Programme
February 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Rugby Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-1 1,136 Programme
Sat 13th Tunbridge Wells United (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 4-5 1,277 Programme
Sat 20th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 975 Programme
Sat 27th Sittingbourne (H) Southern League Division One 2-0 1,445 Programme
Mon 29th Tunbridge Wells United (H) Southern League Division One 0-2 --- -
March 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Guildford City (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 2,502 Programme
Sat 12th Kidderminster Harriers (H) Southern League Division One 3-1 1,480 Programme
Sat 19th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-2 1,242 Programme
Sat 26th Cambridge United (H) Southern League Division One 0-2 1,144 Programme
Wed 30th Burton Albion (A) Southern League Division One 2-2 --- Programme
April 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Corby Town (A) Southern League Division One 3-1 600 Programme
Wed 6th Guildford City (H) Southern League Division One 0-0 1,196 Programme
Sat 9th Merthyr Tydfil (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 1,188 Programme
Fri 15th Dover (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 1,500 Programme
Sat 16th Gloucester City (A) Southern League Division One 0-2 1,000 Programme
Wed 20th Dover (A) Southern League Division One 2-3 1,500 Programme
Sat 23rd Yiewsley (H) Southern League Division One 2-1 877 Programme
Wed 27th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Southern League Division One 0-3 1,490 -
Sat 30th Margate (A) Southern League Division One 2-2 1,483 Programme
May 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Mon 2nd Corby Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 700 -
Wed 4th Clacton Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 700 -
Fri 6th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 756 Programme
Southern League Division One - 1959/60
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Clacton Town 42 27 5 10 106 69 +37 59
2 Romford 42 21 11 10 65 40 +25 53
3 Folkestone Town 42 23 5 14 93 71 +22 51
4 Exeter City Reserves 42 23 3 16 85 63 +22 49
5 Guildford City 42 19 9 14 79 56 +23 47
6 Sittingbourne 42 20 7 15 66 56 +10 47
7 Margate 42 20 6 16 88 77 +11 46
8 Trowbridge Town 42 18 9 15 89 78 +11 45
9 Cambridge United 42 18 9 15 71 72 -1 45
10 Yiewsley 42 16 11 15 83 71 +12 43
11 Bexleyheath and Welling 42 16 11 15 85 77 +8 43
12 Merthyr Tydfil 42 16 10 16 63 65 -2 42
13 Ramsgate Athletic 42 16 8 18 84 85 -1 40
14 Ashford Town 42 14 12 16 61 70 -9 40
15 Tunbridge Wells United 42 17 5 20 77 73 +4 39
16 Hinckley Athletic 42 14 8 20 62 74 -12 36
17 Gloucester City 42 13 9 20 56 84 -28 35
18 Dover 42 14 6 22 59 85 -26 34
19 Kidderminster Harriers 42 14 6 22 59 97 -38 34
20 Corby Town 42 15 3 24 75 91 -16 33
21 Burton Albion 42 11 10 21 51 79 -28 32
22 Rugby Town 42 10 11 21 67 91 -24 31
Season Summary: 1959/60
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Round Proper
Kent Senior Cup 1st Round
Southern League Cup 1st Round
Southern League Division One 14th (22)
League Position
14th
League Record
14-12-16
Goals For-Against
61-70
Player Stats 1959/60
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Dave Stevens 41 (0) 2 10 (0) 0 51 (0) 0 - 0 2
Mick Morton 39 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 49 (0) 0 - 0 0
Arthur Nixon 34 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 44 (0) 0 - 0 0
Malcolm Collins 35 (0) 12 8 (0) 2 43 (0) 0 - 0 14
Bruce Bryson 31 (0) 5 10 (0) 1 41 (0) 0 - 0 6
John Archer 27 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 37 (0) 0 - 0 0
Gordon Burden 30 (0) 5 4 (0) 0 34 (0) 0 - 0 5
Ron Vigar 22 (0) 9 10 (0) 1 32 (0) 0 - 0 10
Ian Hunt 24 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 28 (0) 0 - 0 0
Don Rossiter 20 (0) 6 8 (0) 3 28 (0) 0 - 0 9
John Brainbridge 19 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 - 0 0
Graham Clarke 25 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 26 (0) 0 - 0 1
Jimmy Jenkins 20 (0) 7 4 (0) 4 24 (0) 0 - 0 11
Don Murfet 18 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 18 (0) 0 - 0 2
Fred Lillicrap 13 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tommy Sanders 16 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 - 0 0
Les Bennett 10 (0) 3 3 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 - 0 3
Arthur Hughes 11 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ollie Norris 9 (0) 6 0 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 - 0 6
Micky Ryan 4 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 0
George Roelich 2 (0) 0 3 (0) 1 5 (0) 0 - 0 1
John Hamblin 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ian Luckhurst 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Mike Reader 2 (0) 2 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 2
Peter Gilbert 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Harris 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Richard Roelich 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Brockie 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Grey 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Loomer 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Pickett 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Andrew Prentice 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
George Sergeant 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 1 --- 2 --- --- 3