Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1980/81

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1979/80 1981/82
Season Stats
17
Wins
17
Draws
26
Losses
75-98
Goals F-A
60
Matches
August 1980
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Deal Town (A) Friendly 1-1 --- -
Wed 6th Sittingbourne (A) Friendly --- --- -
Sat 9th Croydon (H) Friendly 0-2 --- -
Sat 16th Dartford (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-4 485 Programme
Tue 19th Hastings United (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 1-4 219 Programme
Wed 20th Hythe Town (H) Friendly 0-2 --- -
Sat 23rd Aylesbury United (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-2 178 Programme
Tue 26th Hastings United (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 1-2 --- Programme
Sat 30th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Southern Division P-P --- -
Match Postponed.
September 1980
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 2nd Margate (A) Southern League Southern Division 4-1 168 Programme
Sat 6th Crawley Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 3-2 254 Programme
Sat 13th Corinthian Casuals (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 4-1 196 Programme
Sat 20th Salisbury (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-4 221 Programme
Tue 23rd Folkestone Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-0 320 Programme
Sat 27th Dover (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-0 480 Programme
Tue 30th Bognor Regis Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-6 --- Programme
October 1980
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Crawley Town (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 3-0 348 Programme
Sat 11th Addlestone and Weybridge Town (H) FA Trophy (1st Qualifying Round) 0-3 183 Programme
Sat 18th Epsom and Ewell (A) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) 0-1 384 Programme
Sat 25th Hounslow (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-3 --- Programme
Tue 28th Bognor Regis Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-3 --- Programme
November 1980
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Chelmsford City (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-1 180 Programme
Wed 5th Folkestone Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-0 353 Programme
Sat 8th Fareham Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 3-1 --- Programme
Wed 12th Addlestone and Weybridge Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-1 --- Programme
Sat 15th Waterlooville (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 141 Programme
Tue 18th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 3-0 --- Programme
Sat 22nd Andover (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-0 150 Programme
Sat 29th Dunstable (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-2 --- Programme
December 1980
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Basingstoke Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 --- Programme
Tue 9th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 190 Programme
Sat 13th Hillingdon Borough (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-0 --- Programme
Sat 20th Dorchester Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 177 Programme
Sat 27th Margate (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-4 282 Programme
January 1981
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Thu 1st Canterbury City (H) Southern League Southern Division 3-0 292 Programme
Sat 3rd Andover (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-3 --- Programme
Sat 10th Gosport Borough (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-0 191 Programme
Sat 17th Basingstoke Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-2 260 Programme
Tue 20th Margate (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 2-2 260 Programme
After Extra Time.
Sat 24th Aylesbury United (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-0 575 Programme
Tue 27th Margate (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round replay) 3-2 --- Programme
Sat 31st Addlestone and Weybridge Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 --- Programme
February 1981
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 241 Programme
Sat 14th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-0 381 Programme
Sat 21st Dover (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 274 Programme
Sat 28th Salisbury (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 245 -
March 1981
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Waterlooville (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-2 153 Programme
Sat 14th Dunstable (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 210 Programme
Tue 17th Dover (H) Kent Senior Cup (Semi Final) 2-0 380 Programme
Sat 21st Chelmsford City (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-3 416 Programme
Thu 26th Hastings United (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-2 460 Programme
Sat 28th Hounslow (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-2 175 Programme
Mon 30th Poole Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 3-2 119 Programme
April 1981
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Poole Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-0 233 Programme
Tue 7th Gosport Borough (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-3 --- Programme
Sat 11th Fareham Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-1 163 Programme
Fri 17th Hastings United (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-2 343 Programme
Sat 18th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-0 --- Programme
Mon 20th Gravesend and Northfleet (N) Kent Senior Cup (Final) 0-2 1,206 Programme
Played at Maidstone
Wed 22nd Dartford (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 361 Programme
Sat 25th Dorchester Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-2 --- Programme
May 1981
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Hillingdon Borough (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-2 197 Programme
Southern League Southern Division - 1980/81
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Dartford 46 26 14 6 76 39 +37 66
2 Bognor Regis Town 46 25 13 8 95 43 +52 63
3 Hastings United 46 24 14 8 87 43 +44 62
4 Gosport Borough 46 24 12 10 84 52 +32 60
5 Waterlooville 46 19 21 6 67 50 +17 59
6 Dorchester Town 46 21 13 12 84 56 +28 55
7 Dover 46 22 10 14 70 50 +20 54
8 Poole Town 46 19 14 13 70 56 +14 52
9 Addlestone and Weybridge Town 46 21 9 16 66 57 +9 51
10 Dunstable 46 19 13 14 73 68 +5 51
11 Aylesbury United 46 20 10 16 66 60 +6 50
12 Hounslow 46 17 13 16 65 55 +10 47
13 Hillingdon Borough 46 16 15 15 50 49 +1 47
14 Basingstoke Town 46 16 14 16 69 58 +11 46
15 Crawley Town 46 18 4 24 64 78 -14 40
16 Ashford Town 46 12 15 19 55 76 -21 39
17 Tonbridge AFC 46 12 15 19 44 68 -24 39
18 Chelmsford City 46 13 12 21 54 78 -24 38
19 Canterbury City 46 12 13 21 40 59 -19 37
20 Salisbury 46 14 8 24 57 76 -19 36
21 Folkestone 46 11 11 24 47 65 -18 33
22 Margate 46 11 7 28 65 117 -52 29
23 Fareham Town 46 5 18 23 31 73 -42 28
24 Andover 46 6 10 30 41 94 -53 22
Season Summary: 1980/81
Competition Summary
FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round
FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round
Kent Senior Cup Runners-Up
Southern League Cup 1st Round
Southern League Southern Division 16th (24)
League Position
16th
League Record
12-15-19
Goals For-Against
55-76
Player Stats 1980/81
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
John Young 45 (0) 16 11 (0) 5 56 (0) 0 - 0 21
John Barrow 45 (0) 5 10 (0) 2 55 (0) 0 - 0 7
Clive Hickson 44 (0) 2 11 (0) 0 55 (0) 0 - 0 2
Peter McRobert 44 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 55 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ada Carter 43 (0) 4 11 (0) 0 54 (0) 0 - 0 4
Peter Carman 44 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 53 (0) 0 - 0 0
Micky Jowett 39 (1) 12 11 (0) 5 50 (1) 0 - 0 17
Tim Hogben 41 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 50 (0) 0 - 0 0
Peter Ambler 37 (0) 9 9 (0) 3 46 (0) 0 - 0 12
Kevin Rayner 37 (0) 3 7 (0) 0 44 (0) 0 - 0 3
Graham Jordon 33 (0) 1 9 (0) 1 42 (0) 0 - 0 2
Des Partington 24 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 30 (0) 0 - 0 0
Nigel Wakelin 8 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Barton 5 (0) 0 2 (0) 2 7 (0) 0 - 0 2
Paul Giles 6 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 2
Dave Bible 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dean Burden 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dave Miles 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
Matt Stanley 1 (1) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (1) 0 - 0 0
Gary Tapson 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Gary Allen 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? McCall 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 1 --- 1 --- --- 2