Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1971/72

Complete match history and statistics

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Season Stats
22
Wins
7
Draws
29
Losses

80-91
Goals F-A
58
Matches
July 1971
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Fri 23rd Dover (H) Friendly 0-2 --- -
Sat 31st Folkestone (H) Friendly 1-0 --- -
August 1971
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Folkestone (A) Friendly 1-3 --- Programme
Sat 14th Maidstone United (H) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 0-1 706 Programme
Thu 19th Woodford Town (A) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 1-1 208 Programme
Sat 21st Hastings United (A) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 0-2 769 Programme
Wed 25th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 2-2 329 Programme
Sat 28th Bexley United (H) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 2-1 334 Programme
September 1971
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 1st Tonbridge (H) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 1-1 317 Programme
Sat 4th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 4-0 171 Programme
Sat 11th Basingstoke Town (A) Southern League Division One South 2-0 1,040 Programme
Sat 18th Bexhill Town (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 2-0 539 Programme
Sat 25th Andover (A) Southern League Division One South 0-2 --- Programme
Tue 28th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-3 405 Programme
October 1971
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Woodford Town (H) Southern League Division One South 2-0 550 Programme
Sat 9th Tonbridge (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 3-1 740 Programme
Wed 13th Folkestone (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-1 330 Programme
Sat 16th Salisbury (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 573 Programme
Sat 23rd Dover (H) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) 0-2 1,853 Programme
Sat 30th Ramsgate Athletic (H) FA Trophy (1st Qualifying Round) 3-2 703 Programme
November 1971
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Mon 1st Margate (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-1 442 Programme
Sat 6th Metropolitan Police (H) Southern League Division One South 1-0 552 -
Sat 13th Guildford City (A) FA Trophy (2nd Qualifying Round) 0-1 1,446 Programme
Wed 17th Dover (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 520 Programme
Sat 20th Waterlooville (H) Southern League Division One South 0-1 466 Programme
Wed 24th Margate (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-4 133 Programme
Sat 27th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Division One South 1-3 691 Programme
December 1971
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Division One South 0-1 424 Programme
Sat 11th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Division One South 0-4 491 Programme
Mon 27th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One South 1-3 689 Programme
January 1972
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One South 3-0 268 Programme
Sat 8th Andover (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 395 Programme
Sat 15th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One South 1-2 424 Programme
Wed 19th Canterbury City (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 0-2 168 Programme
Sat 22nd Maidstone United (H) Southern League Division One South 2-2 619 Programme
Sat 29th Bexley United (H) Southern League Division One South 0-5 255 Programme
February 1972
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 1st Canterbury City (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-2 100 -
Sat 5th Metropolitan Police (A) Southern League Division One South 1-3 247 Programme
Tue 8th Folkestone (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 3-4 281 Programme
Sat 19th Salisbury (A) Southern League Division One South 0-1 296 Programme
Sat 26th Winchester City (H) Southern League Division One South 2-1 314 Programme
March 1972
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Hastings United (H) Southern League Division One South 6-1 372 Programme
Sat 11th Waterlooville (A) Southern League Division One South 1-1 --- -
Tue 14th Hastings United (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-3 112 Programme
Sat 18th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Division One South 0-1 491 Programme
Mon 20th Bexley United (A) Southern League Division One South 4-3 652 Programme
Wed 22nd Hastings United (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-0 126 Programme
Sat 25th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Division One South 1-2 1,200 Programme
Mon 27th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-1 --- -
Fri 31st Hastings United (A) Southern League Division One South 0-1 475 Programme
April 1972
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Crawley Town (H) Southern League Division One South 3-0 363 Programme
Wed 5th Dover (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 3-1 100 Programme
Sat 8th Basingstoke Town (H) Southern League Division One South 1-0 271 Programme
Sat 15th Winchester City (A) Southern League Division One South 3-1 --- -
Sat 22nd Woodford Town (A) Southern League Division One South 1-0 200 Programme
Tue 25th Maidstone United (A) Southern League Division One South 0-5 899 Programme
Sat 29th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One South 5-3 189 Programme
May 1972
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Mon 1st Canterbury City (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-0 89 Programme
Southern League Division One South - 1971/72
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Waterlooville 30 15 9 6 40 22 +18 39
2 Ramsgate Athletic 30 14 11 5 42 27 +15 39
3 Maidstone United 30 14 10 6 48 28 +20 38
4 Crawley Town 30 15 5 10 67 55 +12 35
5 Metropolitan Police 30 15 3 12 48 41 +7 33
6 Tonbridge 30 12 9 9 37 34 +3 33
7 Bexley United 30 14 4 12 52 46 +6 32
8 Basingstoke Town 30 14 4 12 37 36 +1 32
9 Andover 30 11 9 10 32 34 -2 31
10 Ashford Town 30 12 4 14 43 48 -5 28
11 Salisbury 30 10 7 13 45 44 +1 27
12 Winchester City 30 10 7 13 40 47 -7 27
13 Hastings United 30 10 7 13 28 42 -14 27
14 Trowbridge Town 30 8 7 15 41 49 -8 23
15 Canterbury City 30 7 8 15 39 56 -17 22
16 Woodford Town 30 4 6 20 22 52 -30 14
Kent Floodlight Competition - Section A - 1971/72
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Ramsgate Athletic 12 9 1 2 24 12 +12 19
2 Dover 12 6 2 4 22 14 +8 14
3 Hastings United 12 5 3 4 19 19 0 13
4 Folkestone 12 4 3 5 18 19 -1 11
5 Margate 12 5 1 6 18 19 -1 11
6 Ashford Town 12 4 0 8 17 22 -5 8
7 Canterbury City 12 3 2 7 15 28 -13 8
Season Summary: 1971/72
Competition Summary
FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round
FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying Round
Kent Floodlight Cup Group Stage
Kent Senior Cup 1st Round
Southern League Cup Group Stage
Southern League Division One South 10th (16)
Player Stats 1971/72
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Brian Gambrill 29 (0) 0 24 (0) 0 53 (0) 0 - 0 0
Terry Street 29 (0) 0 20 (0) 1 49 (0) 0 - 0 1
Bob Harrop 26 (0) 0 22 (0) 1 48 (0) 0 - 0 1
Dave Gillingwater 29 (0) 3 15 (0) 1 44 (0) 0 - 0 4
John Ware 24 (0) 2 20 (0) 4 44 (0) 0 - 0 6
Bill Dodge 27 (2) 2 16 (0) 1 43 (2) 0 - 0 3
Terry Horton 28 (0) 11 15 (1) 3 43 (1) 0 - 0 14
Alan Back 16 (0) 2 22 (1) 6 38 (1) 0 - 0 8
Colin Wallace 16 (0) 0 17 (0) 0 33 (0) 0 - 0 0
Brian Nichols 12 (0) 1 14 (0) 2 26 (0) 0 - 0 3
John Young 9 (1) 2 13 (1) 4 22 (2) 0 - 0 6
Charlie Williams 19 (0) 6 3 (0) 2 22 (0) 0 - 0 8
Barry Beaney 11 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 - 0 0
Neil Howell 14 (0) 9 2 (0) 1 16 (0) 0 - 0 10
Alan Sealey 6 (1) 1 8 (0) 2 14 (1) 0 - 0 3
Graham Jordon 6 (0) 0 7 (1) 0 13 (1) 0 - 0 0
Bobby Laverick 4 (0) 1 8 (1) 3 12 (1) 0 - 0 4
Paul Prior 6 (0) 0 3 (2) 1 9 (2) 0 - 0 1
Tommy McGinn 2 (3) 0 6 (0) 0 8 (3) 0 - 0 0
Reg Day 0 (0) 0 7 (1) 0 7 (1) 0 - 0 0
Peter Nubi 0 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 0
Kevin Griffin 7 (0) 3 0 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 3
Greg Myatt 6 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 0
Alan Shilling 3 (1) 0 2 (0) 0 5 (1) 0 - 0 0
Peter Worrall 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 1 4 (0) 0 - 0 1
Peter Sillett 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
G Dawson 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
S Burns 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tony Weaver 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 1 2 (0) 0 - 0 1
A Crossley 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Drake 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Harris 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dave Hills 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Laurie Prior 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
missing player details 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 0 --- 1 --- --- 1