Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1946/47

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1939/40 1947/48
Season Stats
16
Wins
8
Draws
16
Losses
111-102
Goals F-A
40
Matches
August 1946
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 24th Folkestone (H) Friendly 4-1 --- -
Sat 31st Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 --- -
September 1946
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Shorts Sports (A) Kent League Division 1 2-2 500 -
Sat 14th Maidstone United (H) Kent League Division 1 3-1 1,500 -
Sat 21st Whitstable Town (A) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 10-3 900 -
Sat 28th Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 2-2 --- -
October 1946
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Maidstone United (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 5-3 --- -
Sat 12th RM Chatham (H) Kent League Division 1 2-3 1,620 -
Sat 19th Gravesend and Northfleet (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 1-1 2,650 -
Wed 23rd Gravesend and Northfleet (A) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round Replay) 2-3 2,500 Programme
Sat 26th Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 1,950 -
November 1946
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Gillingham Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 7-0 1,500 Programme
Sat 9th Gravesend & Northfleet Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 3-2 2,000 Programme
Sat 16th Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 4-0 1,300 -
Sat 23rd Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 4-1 1,300 -
Sat 30th Lloyds PM (A) Kent League Division 1 1-4 --- -
December 1946
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Gillingham Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 2-3 --- Programme
Sat 14th Thameside Amateurs (H) Kent Senior Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) 2-2 1,200 -
Wed 18th Thameside Amateurs (H) Kent Senior Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) 1-4 --- -
Sat 21st Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 0-6 1,400 -
Wed 25th Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 11-2 1,200 -
Thu 26th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 5-5 3,200 -
Sat 28th Maidstone United (A) Kent League Division 1 4-6 --- -
January 1947
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Fulham (H) Friendly 1-3 1,234 Programme
Sat 11th Shorts Sports (H) Kent League Division 1 2-2 --- -
Sat 18th Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 2-4 --- -
Sat 25th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 --- -
February 1947
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 8th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 3-2 --- -
March 1947
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Gravesend & Northfleet Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 1-5 --- -
Sat 15th Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 4-2 --- -
Sat 22nd Fulham (H) Friendly 2-7 555 -
Sat 29th RM Chatham (A) Kent League Division 1 3-3 --- -
April 1947
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Fri 4th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 0-3 --- Programme
Mon 7th Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 3-1 --- Programme
Sat 12th Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 1-0 900 -
Sat 19th Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 2-1 --- -
Sat 26th Lloyds PM (H) Kent League Division 1 4-1 738 -
May 1947
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Folkestone (H) Kent League Cup (1st Round) 2-3 --- -
Sat 10th Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 0-4 --- -
Mon 26th Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 4-1 --- -
Kent League Division One - 1946/47
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Margate 30 16 9 5 89 46 +43 41
2 Folkestone 30 17 5 8 100 70 +30 39
3 Sheppey United 30 17 4 9 84 55 +29 38
4 Maidstone 30 17 3 10 80 56 +24 37
5 Ramsgate Athletic 30 16 5 9 69 59 +10 37
6 Lloyds PM 30 16 3 11 104 76 +28 35
7 Gravesend & Northfleet Reserves 30 14 6 10 85 73 +12 34
8 Shorts Sports 30 12 9 9 81 66 +15 33
9 Ashford Town 30 13 6 11 81 72 +9 32
10 Sittingbourne 30 13 5 12 97 79 +18 31
11 Gillingham Reserves 30 12 6 12 90 73 +17 30
12 Snowdown CW 30 9 7 14 56 99 -43 25
13 RM Chatham 30 11 2 17 75 93 -18 24
14 Dover 30 7 3 20 46 118 -72 17
15 Betteshanger CW 30 4 7 19 63 111 -48 15
16 Deal 30 3 6 21 43 97 -54 12
Season Summary: 1946/47
Competition Summary
FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
Kent League Cup 1st Round
Kent League Division 1 9th (16)
Kent Senior Cup 3rd Qualifying Round
League Position
9th
League Record
13-6-11
Goals For-Against
81-72
Player Stats 1946/47
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Herbert 29 (0) 21 7 (0) 6 36 (0) 0 - 0 27
Billy Briant 26 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 32 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ernie Yates 26 (0) 5 6 (0) 2 32 (0) 0 - 0 7
Ron Hammon 25 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 31 (0) 0 - 0 0
Alan Fletcher 23 (0) 12 6 (0) 6 29 (0) 0 - 0 18
William Beale 22 (0) 7 6 (0) 6 28 (0) 0 - 0 13
Hopkins 22 (0) 1 5 (0) 1 27 (0) 0 - 0 2
Pat Lacey 24 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bert Sibley 23 (0) 1 2 (0) 0 25 (0) 0 - 0 1
Ray Woodcock 21 (0) 9 4 (0) 1 25 (0) 0 - 0 10
Ron Jupp 18 (0) 2 4 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 - 0 2
missing player details 7 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 17 (0) 0 - 0 0
George Owen 11 (0) 8 2 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 - 0 8
Todd 6 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 - 0 0
L Holdstock 8 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 - 0 1
Shaw 8 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 0
F Dean 5 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 0
J Woodcock 7 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 1
Don Swallow 4 (0) 5 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 5
Frank Wright 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Carey-Williams 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
McBride 3 (0) 3 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 3
Chittenden 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
London 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 1 2 (0) 0 - 0 1
Barham 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bright 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Harold Stevens 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ted Wells 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 5 --- 0 --- --- 5