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History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1958/59

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1957/58 1959/60
Season Stats
27
Wins
7
Draws
17
Losses
121-68
Goals F-A
51
Matches
August 1958
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 23rd Herne Bay (H) Kent League Division 1 4-1 1,336 -
Wed 27th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 6-0 1,365 -
Sat 30th Canterbury City (A) Kent League Division 1 2-3 2,300 Programme
September 1958
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Betteshanger (H) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 10-1 1,400 Programme
Wed 10th Sheppey United (A) Kent League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 2-3 --- Programme
Sat 13th Chatham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 6-0 420 Programme
Sat 20th Snowdown (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 6-0 2,000 -
Sat 27th Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 5-3 --- Programme
October 1958
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Whitstable Town (A) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 2-1 1,140 Programme
Sat 11th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 --- Programme
Sat 18th Canterbury City (H) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) 1-1 2,980 Programme
Thu 23rd Canterbury City (A) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round Replay) 4-2 --- Programme
Sat 25th Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 1-0 --- Programme
November 1958
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Hastings United (A) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 1-1 5,326 Programme
Wed 5th Hastings United (H) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round Replay) 2-1 2,312 Programme
Sat 8th Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 3,000 Programme
Sat 15th Crystal Palace (H) FA Cup (1st Round) 0-1 6,525 Programme
Sat 22nd Margate (H) Kent League Cup (2nd Round) 0-0 2,100 Programme
Sat 29th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent League Division 1 3-6 1,724 Programme
December 1958
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 4-1 --- Programme
Sat 13th Tunbridge Wells United (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 --- Programme
Sat 20th Tunbridge Wells United (H) Kent League Division 1 3-4 --- Programme
Sat 27th Herne Bay (A) Kent League Division 1 2-3 --- Programme
January 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Canterbury City (H) Kent League Division 1 3-0 1,400 Programme
Sat 10th Gillingham Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 0-3 1,245 Programme
Sat 17th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 1-0 1,735 Programme
Thu 22nd Margate (A) Kent League Cup (2nd Round Replay) 1-3 653 Programme
Sat 24th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 4-0 --- Programme
Sat 31st Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 5-0 --- Programme
February 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Faversham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 3-4 --- Programme
Sat 14th Dartford (H) Kent Senior Cup (Quarter Final) 2-0 2,000 Programme
Sat 21st Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 1-1 1,564 Programme
Sat 28th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 1,762 -
March 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Dover (H) Kent Senior Cup (Semi Final) 1-0 2,242 Programme
Sat 14th Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 0-1 --- Programme
Sat 21st Gillingham Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 --- -
Fri 27th Whitstable Town (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 1,114 Programme
Mon 30th Tonbridge (N) Kent Senior Cup (Final) 2-1 5,061 Programme
April 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Whitstable Town (A) Kent League Division 1 1-0 --- -
Mon 6th Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 --- -
Sat 11th Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Kent League Division 1 0-1 --- Programme
Mon 13th Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 1,136 Programme
Wed 15th Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 --- -
Fri 17th Faversham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 5-2 --- Programme
Sat 18th Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 1-1 --- -
Mon 20th Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 --- -
Wed 22nd Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 0-3 --- -
Sat 25th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 2-1 --- Programme
Mon 27th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 7-0 --- -
Wed 29th Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 3-1 --- -
May 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Chatham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 4-0 --- -
Kent League Division One - 1958/59
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Sittingbourne 34 26 6 2 90 25 +65 58
2 Folkestone 34 22 5 7 103 49 +54 49
3 Tunbridge Wells United 34 17 9 8 96 63 +33 43
4 Bexleyheath and Welling 34 20 2 12 115 76 +39 42
5 Margate 34 18 5 11 101 72 +29 41
6 Canterbury City 34 16 8 10 69 74 -5 40
7 Dover 34 14 10 10 61 47 +14 38
8 Gillingham Reserves 34 15 7 12 64 47 +17 37
9 Ashford Town 34 16 4 14 75 53 +22 36
10 Snowdown CW 34 13 8 13 81 76 +5 34
11 Ramsgate Athletic 34 10 8 16 65 81 -16 28
12 Herne Bay 34 13 1 20 58 85 -27 27
13 Betteshanger CW 34 9 8 17 70 97 -27 26
14 Chatham 34 9 8 17 71 105 -34 26
15 Faversham Town 34 10 6 18 67 102 -35 26
16 Sheppey United 34 10 5 19 57 88 -31 25
17 Whitstable Town 34 4 12 18 48 98 -50 20
18 Deal 34 6 4 24 50 103 -53 16
Season Summary: 1958/59
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Round Proper
Kent League Cup 2nd Round
Kent League Division 1 9th (18)
Kent Senior Cup Winners
League Position
9th
League Record
16-4-14
Goals For-Against
75-53
Player Stats 1958/59
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Ron Vigar 33 (0) 20 17 (0) 15 50 (0) 0 - 0 35
Ian Hunt 32 (0) 1 17 (0) 2 49 (0) 0 - 0 3
Jimmy Jenkins 31 (0) 22 17 (0) 11 48 (0) 0 - 0 33
Don Rossiter 32 (0) 15 15 (0) 6 47 (0) 0 - 0 21
Mick Morton 30 (0) 1 15 (0) 1 45 (0) 0 - 0 2
Gordon Burden 26 (0) 7 14 (0) 5 40 (0) 0 - 0 12
Arthur Nixon 25 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 38 (0) 0 - 0 0
Denis Ward 19 (0) 0 14 (0) 0 33 (0) 0 - 0 0
Douglas Barton 15 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 - 0 0
George Cryle 20 (0) 3 7 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 - 0 3
Malcolm Collins 16 (0) 2 10 (0) 2 26 (0) 0 - 0 4
Dave Stevens 13 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 23 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Hamblin 16 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 - 0 0
Les Stevens 12 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 - 0 0
Brian Pickett 13 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Bainbridge 8 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bob Cherry 7 (0) 2 1 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 2
missing player details 8 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ian Hendricks 5 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bill Johnston 3 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
Fred Lillicrap 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 1 4 (0) 0 - 0 1
Ian Luckhurst 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Mike Reader 2 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 1
Tommy Richardson 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Rowley 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
John McGregor 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 1 --- 3 --- --- 4