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History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1961/62

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1960/61 1962/63
Season Stats
27
Wins
19
Draws
18
Losses
110-96
Goals F-A
64
Matches
August 1961
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 19th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One 2-0 1,735 Programme
Wed 23rd Tunbridge Wells United (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 1,692 Programme
Sat 26th Hinckley Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 2-1 1,300 Programme
Mon 28th Sittingbourne (A) Southern League Cup (Qualifying Round 1st Leg) 0-2 2,500 -
September 1961
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Corby Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-4 1,667 -
Wed 6th Sittingbourne (H) Southern League Cup (Qualifying Round 2nd Leg) 1-0 1,572 Programme
Sat 9th Poole Town (H) Southern League Division One 0-0 1,214 Programme
Sat 16th Dover (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 1,351 Programme
Sat 23rd Sittingbourne (A) Southern League Division One 2-3 1,809 -
Tue 26th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-1 1,370 Programme
Sat 30th Wisbech Town (H) Southern League Division One 3-0 1,203 Programme
October 1961
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Mon 2nd Margate (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-1 2,304 Programme
Sat 7th Poole Town (A) Southern League Division One 3-2 1,493 Programme
Wed 11th Folkestone Town (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 3-1 2,266 Programme
Sat 14th Dartford (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 1,984 Programme
Sat 21st Dover (H) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 3-1 2,507 Programme
Mon 23rd Dover (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round) 2-0 1,654 Programme
Sat 28th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 2-2 1,645 Programme
November 1961
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Wycombe Wanderers (A) FA Cup (1st Round) 0-0 5,200 Programme
Wed 8th Wycombe Wanderers (H) FA Cup (1st Round Replay) 3-0 3,223 Programme
Sat 11th Hastings United (H) Southern League Division One 5-2 1,231 Programme
Sat 18th Nuneaton Borough (A) Southern League Division One 1-3 1,875 Programme
Thu 23rd Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Cup (2nd Round) 1-2 1,100 -
Sat 25th Queens Park Rangers (H) FA Cup (2nd Round) 0-3 5,200 Programme
December 1961
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Barry Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-1 850 Programme
Wed 13th Dover (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-1 1,348 Programme
Sat 16th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One 2-4 900 Programme
Sat 23rd Hinckley Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 1-6 469 -
Tue 26th Margate (H) Southern League Division One 3-1 708 Programme
Sat 30th Margate (A) Southern League Division One 1-5 1,348 Programme
January 1962
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 10th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-0 --- Programme
Sat 13th Beckenham Town (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 3-1 776 Programme
Wed 17th Yiewsley (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 611 Programme
Sat 20th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One 4-3 953 Programme
Sat 27th Rugby Town (H) Southern League Division One 3-2 949 Programme
Wed 31st Margate (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-0 586 Programme
February 1962
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Dover (A) Southern League Division One 0-2 1,184 Programme
Sat 10th Herne Bay (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 2-0 1,180 Programme
Wed 14th Dover (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 --- Programme
Sat 17th Wisbech Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-4 1,327 Programme
Sat 24th Gloucester City (H) Southern League Division One 3-1 625 Programme
Tue 27th Folkestone Town (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-0 596 Programme
March 1962
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 954 Programme
Sat 10th Barry Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-0 716 Programme
Tue 13th Bromley (H) Kent Senior Cup (3rd Round) 6-1 1,663 Programme
Sat 17th Hastings United (A) Southern League Division One 2-0 739 Programme
Mon 19th Sittingbourne (H) Southern League Division One 4-1 1,012 Programme
Sat 24th Margate (A) Kent Senior Cup (Semi Final) 3-0 2,414 Programme
Sat 31st Yiewsley (A) Southern League Division One 1-3 850 Programme
April 1962
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 4th Corby Town (H) Southern League Division One 3-4 552 Programme
Wed 11th Rugby Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-2 1,500 -
Sat 14th Dartford (A) Southern League Division One 0-0 1,814 Programme
Mon 16th Tunbridge Wells United (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 --- -
Wed 18th Tonbridge (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Final - 1st Leg) 1-1 1,253 Programme
Fri 20th Burton Albion (A) Southern League Division One 3-3 1,804 Programme
Sat 21st Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One 0-0 814 Programme
Mon 23rd Dover (A) Kent Senior Cup (Final - 1st Leg) 1-1 3,783 Programme
Wed 25th Tonbridge (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Final - 2nd Leg) 2-2 1,835 Programme
After Extra Time
Fri 27th Nuneaton Borough (H) Southern League Division One 0-0 651 Programme
Sat 28th Gloucester City (A) Southern League Division One 2-1 400 Programme
May 1962
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Fri 4th Burton Albion (H) Southern League Division One 3-3 544 Programme
Mon 7th Tonbridge (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Final - Replay) 2-1 1,707 Programme
Sat 12th Dover (H) Kent Senior Cup (Final - 2nd Leg) 1-1 2,430 Programme
August 1962
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Mon 20th Dover (N) Kent Senior Cup (Final Replay) 1-4 3,102 Programme
Played at Folkestone.
Southern League Division One - 1961/62
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Wisbech Town 38 21 11 6 76 42 +34 53
2 Poole Town 38 23 6 9 81 47 +34 52
3 Dartford 38 21 8 9 88 50 +38 50
4 Rugby Town 38 20 9 9 82 49 +33 49
5 Margate 38 20 6 12 75 55 +20 46
6 Corby Town 38 19 6 13 82 60 +22 44
7 Sittingbourne 38 16 12 10 69 51 +18 44
8 Dover 38 19 6 13 66 55 +11 44
9 Yiewsley 38 18 6 14 64 51 +13 42
10 Barry Town 38 14 11 13 55 51 +4 39
11 Ashford Town 38 14 11 13 66 70 -4 39
12 Hinckley Athletic 38 15 8 15 75 65 +10 38
13 Burton Albion 38 16 5 17 70 79 -9 37
14 Nuneaton Borough 38 12 12 14 63 71 -8 36
15 Tunbridge Wells United 38 12 7 19 61 85 -24 31
16 Canterbury City 38 11 8 19 60 82 -22 30
17 Ramsgate Athletic 38 10 9 19 49 70 -21 29
18 Trowbridge Town 38 9 9 20 45 67 -22 27
19 Gloucester City 38 6 4 28 46 104 -58 16
20 Hastings United 38 5 4 29 46 115 -69 14
Kent Floodlight Competition - Eastern Section - 1961/62
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Ashford Town 8 4 3 1 12 6 +6 11
2 Margate 8 4 3 1 14 9 +5 11
3 Dover 8 2 3 3 10 11 -1 7
4 Ramsgate Athletic 8 1 4 3 7 10 -3 6
5 Folkestone 8 1 3 4 9 16 -7 5
Season Summary: 1961/62
Competition Summary
FA Cup 2nd Round Proper
Kent Floodlight Cup Winners
Kent Senior Cup Runners-Up
Southern League Cup 2nd Round
Southern League Division One 11th (20)
League Position
11th
League Record
14-11-13
Goals For-Against
66-70
Player Stats 1961/62
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Ron Peplow 36 (0) 6 25 (0) 2 61 (0) 0 - 0 8
John Harris 36 (0) 0 24 (0) 0 60 (0) 0 - 0 0
Joe White 31 (0) 13 25 (0) 9 56 (0) 0 - 0 22
Gordon Burden 31 (0) 9 24 (0) 12 55 (0) 0 - 0 21
Jon Shepherd 31 (0) 15 19 (0) 8 50 (0) 0 - 0 23
Ron Clayton 29 (0) 12 20 (0) 8 49 (0) 0 - 0 20
Jack Edwards 26 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 48 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dave Stevens 27 (0) 0 20 (0) 0 47 (0) 0 - 0 0
Malcolm Collins 23 (0) 5 13 (0) 2 36 (0) 0 - 0 7
Arthur Nixon 21 (0) 1 13 (0) 0 34 (0) 0 - 0 1
Brian Payne 17 (0) 1 13 (0) 1 30 (0) 0 - 0 2
Jack Gregory 18 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 - 0 0
Brian Hall 15 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 - 0 0
Billy Rees 15 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 25 (0) 0 - 0 0
Arthur Hughes 11 (0) 0 8 (0) 1 19 (0) 0 - 0 1
Les Hayden 9 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 18 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ted Davies 13 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 17 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Hamblin 10 (0) 1 5 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 - 0 1
Bobby Bean 4 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 0
Peter Gilbert 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Johnny Smith 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Carlo Nastri 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Derek Sage 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ken Ballard 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Brian Dellar 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bob Duncan 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bernard Maxted 1 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 1
Dave McFall 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Peter Moralee 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tony Mountford 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Rhodes 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bernard Sibley 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Norman Stevens 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Pat Vaughan 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 2 --- 1 --- --- 3