Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1972/73

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1971/72 1973/74
Season Stats
37
Wins
13
Draws
18
Losses
135-69
Goals F-A
68
Matches
August 1972
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Margate (H) Friendly 1-2 --- Programme
Tue 8th Brentford (H) Friendly 4-1 --- Programme
Sat 12th Crawley Town (H) Southern League Division One South 3-0 518 Programme
Wed 16th Maidstone United (H) Southern League Division One South 2-1 880 Programme
Sat 19th Salisbury (A) Southern League Division One South 0-2 633 Programme
Wed 23rd Canterbury City (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 1-1 476 Programme
Sat 26th Winchester City (H) Southern League Division One South 2-0 415 Programme
Tue 29th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 0-0 265 Programme
Aggregate 1-1.
September 1972
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Minehead (A) Southern League Division One South 0-1 489 Programme
Mon 11th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Division One South 0-2 --- Programme
Sat 16th Chatham Town (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 2-0 339 Programme
Sat 23rd Dorchester Town (H) Southern League Division One South 4-0 397 Programme
Tue 26th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round Replay) 1-2 240 Programme
After Extra Time
Sat 30th Folkestone (H) FA Trophy (1st Qualifying Round) 2-1 703 Programme
October 1972
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Herne Bay (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 6-0 603 Programme
Sat 14th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One South 2-0 335 Programme
Wed 18th St. Omer (A) Cross Channel Football League (Group Stage) 2-3 300 -
Sat 21st Dover (A) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) 2-1 1,276 Programme
Wed 25th Wealdstone (H) Southern League Division One South A-A 506 Programme
Abandoned on 44 minutes due to fog. Ashford Town were leading 1-0.
Sat 28th Hatfield Town (H) FA Trophy (2nd Qualifying Round) 2-0 564 Programme
November 1972
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Guildford City (H) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 3-4 1,009 Programme
Tue 7th Bletchley Town (A) Southern League Division One South 1-3 --- -
Sat 11th Corby Town (A) FA Trophy (3rd Qualifying Round) 1-0 458 Programme
Wed 15th Hazebrouk (A) Cross Channel Football League (Group Stage) 3-0 --- -
Sat 18th Bath City (A) Southern League Division One South 1-1 1,281 Programme
Sat 25th Bideford AFC (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 441 Programme
Wed 29th Dunstable Town (H) Southern League Division One South 1-0 296 Programme
December 1972
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Bromsgrove Rovers (A) FA Trophy (1st Round) 2-2 --- Programme
Wed 6th Bromsgrove Rovers (H) FA Trophy (1st Round Replay) 2-1 467 Programme
Afer Extra Time.
Sat 9th Metropolitan Police (H) Southern League Division One South 2-0 437 Programme
Wed 13th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) P-P --- -
Match Postponed. Water-logged pitch.
Sat 16th Bognor Regis Town (A) Southern League Division One South 3-2 500 Programme
Wed 20th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) P-P --- -
Match Postponed. Fog.
Sat 23rd Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One South 6-0 429 Programme
Tue 26th Hastings United (A) Southern League Division One South 2-3 659 Programme
Thu 28th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 2-1 302 Programme
Sat 30th Salisbury (H) Southern League Division One South 3-0 545 Programme
January 1973
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 3rd Bexley United (H) Southern League Division One South 5-1 588 Programme
Sat 6th Dorchester Town (A) Southern League Division One South 3-0 --- Programme
Tue 9th Basingstoke Town (A) Southern League Division One South 2-0 --- Programme
Sat 13th Dover (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 1-1 1,008 Programme
Wed 17th Dover (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round Replay) 1-3 822 Programme
Sat 20th Worcester City (H) FA Trophy (2nd Round) 1-0 726 Programme
Sat 27th Wealdstone (A) Southern League Division One South 0-3 --- Programme
Wed 31st Boulogne (A) Cross Channel Football League (Group Stage) 0-0 --- -
February 1973
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Southern League Division One South 1-1 900 Programme
Sat 10th Bexley United (H) FA Trophy (3rd Round) 0-0 986 Programme
Tue 13th Bexley United (A) FA Trophy (3rd Round Replay) 2-1 607 Programme
Afer Extra Time.
Sat 17th Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Southern League Division One South 4-1 988 Programme
Wed 21st St. Omer (H) Cross Channel Football League (Group Stage) P-P --- -
Match Postponed.
Sat 24th Andover (A) Southern League Division One South 0-0 357 Programme
Wed 28th Basingstoke Town (H) Southern League Division One South 2-2 635 Programme
March 1973
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Dunstable Town (A) Southern League Division One South 1-2 70 Programme
Wed 7th Hazebrouk (H) Cross Channel Football League (Group Stage) 1-2 253 Programme
Home games against St. Omer and Boulogne not played.
Sat 10th Bangor City (A) FA Trophy (Quarter Final) 3-2 3,360 Programme
Wed 14th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Division One South 0-1 1,162 Programme
Sat 17th Bexley United (A) Southern League Division One South 2-0 587 Programme
Wed 21st Hastings United (H) Southern League Division One South 1-2 751 Programme
Sat 24th Bletchley Town (H) Southern League Division One South 1-0 485 Programme
Tue 27th Maidstone United (A) Southern League Division One South 1-1 1,485 Programme
Sat 31st Scarborough (N) FA Trophy (Semi Final) 0-1 2,829 Programme
Played at Peterborough United.
April 1973
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 4th Wealdstone (H) Southern League Division One South 5-0 552 Programme
Sat 7th Bognor Regis Town (H) Southern League Division One South 1-0 593 Programme
Mon 9th Andover (H) Southern League Division One South 4-1 598 Programme
Sat 14th Metropolitan Police (A) Southern League Division One South 3-2 350 Programme
Tue 17th Bideford AFC (A) Southern League Division One South 1-2 --- Programme
Fri 20th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Division One South 7-0 337 Programme
Sat 21st Bath City (H) Southern League Division One South 6-1 631 Programme
Mon 23rd Winchester City (A) Southern League Division One South 3-1 120 Programme
Fri 27th Minehead (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 641 Programme
May 1973
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 1st Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One South 2-0 647 Programme
Fri 4th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One South 1-2 370 Programme
Southern League Division One South - 1972/73
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Maidstone United 42 25 12 5 90 38 +52 62
2 Tonbridge 42 26 7 9 70 44 +26 59
3 Ashford Town 42 24 7 11 90 40 +50 55
4 Bideford AFC 42 19 14 9 70 43 +27 52
5 Minehead 42 20 12 10 65 47 +18 52
6 Gravesend and Northfleet 42 22 7 13 81 55 +26 51
7 Bath City 42 18 11 13 56 54 +2 47
8 Wealdstone 42 16 12 14 81 61 +20 44
9 Bletchley Town 42 14 13 15 54 51 +3 41
10 Hastings United 42 14 13 15 53 53 0 41
11 Andover 42 15 11 16 62 70 -8 41
12 Canterbury City 42 14 12 16 51 59 -8 40
13 Basingstoke Town 42 14 12 16 48 57 -9 40
14 Crawley Town 42 14 11 17 59 76 -17 39
15 Metropolitan Police 42 15 8 19 82 75 +7 38
16 Bexley United 42 12 14 16 54 64 -10 38
17 Salisbury 42 14 10 18 49 60 -11 38
18 Trowbridge Town 42 15 8 19 65 77 -12 38
19 Bognor Regis Town 42 12 9 21 41 66 -25 33
20 Dorchester Town 42 10 12 20 47 73 -26 32
21 Winchester City 42 7 11 24 41 79 -38 25
22 Dunstable Town 42 4 10 28 38 105 -67 18
Season Summary: 1972/73
Competition Summary
Cross Channel Football League Group Stage (Not completed, played 4 out of the 6 games)
FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round
FA Trophy Semi-Final
Kent Senior Cup 2nd Round
Southern League Cup 1st Round
Southern League Division One South 3rd (22)
League Position
3rd
League Record
24-7-11
Goals For-Against
90-40
Player Stats 1972/73
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Brian Gambrill 42 (0) 0 24 (0) 0 66 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bobby Nash 41 (0) 2 24 (0) 0 65 (0) 0 - 0 2
Neil Howell 38 (0) 5 24 (0) 3 62 (0) 0 - 0 8
Terry Street 38 (0) 0 24 (0) 0 62 (0) 0 - 0 0
Steve Coventry 39 (1) 10 21 (0) 0 60 (1) 0 - 0 10
Alan Morton 36 (0) 31 23 (0) 15 59 (0) 0 - 0 46
Terry Horton 35 (1) 8 19 (2) 4 54 (3) 0 - 0 12
Dave Gillingwater 35 (1) 3 18 (0) 1 53 (1) 0 - 0 4
Chris Hurley 32 (0) 6 19 (0) 2 51 (0) 0 - 0 8
Seth Vafiadis 27 (2) 11 9 (1) 3 36 (3) 0 - 0 14
John Millar 25 (2) 0 10 (0) 0 35 (2) 0 - 0 0
Charlie Williams 19 (1) 6 15 (0) 5 34 (1) 0 - 0 11
Roy Hodgson 15 (0) 0 15 (0) 3 30 (0) 0 - 0 3
Alan Back 22 (1) 2 6 (3) 2 28 (4) 0 - 0 4
Alan Shilling 3 (1) 0 5 (0) 0 8 (1) 0 - 0 0
Dave Bristow 7 (1) 5 0 (0) 0 7 (1) 0 - 0 5
Alan Dennis 5 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
Derek Price 1 (0) 0 2 (2) 0 3 (2) 0 - 0 0
Colin Wallace 2 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 3 (1) 0 - 0 0
Graham Jordon 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Gilbert 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 - 0 0
Bobby Laverick 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tommy McGinn 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Peter Sillett 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
missing player details 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
Paul Trice 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 1 --- 2 --- --- 3