Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1973/74

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1972/73 1974/75
Season Stats
21
Wins
12
Draws
25
Losses
71-75
Goals F-A
58
Matches
July 1973
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 28th Dover (A) Friendly 0-1 --- Programme
August 1973
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 1st Folkestone (A) Friendly 0-1 --- Programme
Sat 4th Margate (H) Friendly 3-2 --- Programme
Mon 6th Margate (A) Friendly 1-5 --- -
Tue 7th Folkestone (H) Friendly 2-4 --- Programme
Sat 11th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One South 2-3 --- Programme
Sat 18th Basingstoke Town (H) Southern League Division One South 3-3 509 Programme
Tue 21st Bexley United (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 4-1 425 Programme
Sat 25th Salisbury (A) Southern League Division One South 1-2 --- Programme
Tue 28th Bexley United (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 1-1 325 Programme
Aggregate 5-2.
September 1973
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Minehead (H) Southern League Division One South 3-0 435 Programme
Sat 8th Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Southern League Division One South 3-3 748 Programme
Sat 15th Eastbourne United (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 4-0 579 Programme
Sat 22nd Metropolitan Police (A) Southern League Division One South 2-1 --- Programme
Tue 25th Canterbury City (H) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) 1-1 490 Programme
Sat 29th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 559 Programme
October 1973
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 2nd Margate (A) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) 4-2 373 Programme
Sat 6th Maidstone United (A) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 1-1 1,512 Programme
Tue 9th Maidstone United (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round Replay) 0-2 1,668 Programme
Sat 13th Hastings United (A) Southern League Division One South 0-1 437 Programme
Tue 16th Dover (A) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) 1-3 128 Programme
Sat 20th Dorchester Town (H) Southern League Division One South 2-1 481 Programme
Sat 27th Poole Town (A) Southern League Division One South 0-2 441 Programme
Tue 30th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) 1-0 348 Programme
November 1973
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Bath City (H) Southern League Division One South 0-1 490 Programme
Tue 6th Guildford City (H) Southern League Cup (2nd Round) 1-0 362 Programme
Tue 13th Folkestone (A) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) 2-2 485 Programme
Sat 17th Bognor Regis Town (A) Southern League Division One South 3-0 --- Programme
Sat 24th Crawley Town (H) Southern League Division One South 0-2 423 Programme
December 1973
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Waterlooville (A) Southern League Division One South 0-0 420 -
Sat 8th Swanley Town (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 4-0 263 Programme
Sat 15th Hastings United (H) Southern League Division One South 2-0 337 Programme
Sat 22nd Basingstoke Town (A) Southern League Division One South 0-3 --- Programme
Wed 26th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 313 Programme
Sat 29th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One South 0-1 398 Programme
January 1974
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 1st Wealdstone (A) Southern League Division One South 1-4 1,175 Programme
Sat 5th Waterlooville (H) Southern League Division One South 1-0 258 Programme
Sat 12th Dartford (H) FA Trophy (1st Round) 0-3 1,053 Programme
Fri 18th Maidstone United (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 0-1 1,053 Programme
Sun 20th Dartford (H) Southern League Cup (3rd Round) 0-3 831 Programme
Sat 26th Andover (A) Southern League Division One South 2-1 240 Programme
February 1974
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Bexley United (A) Southern League Division One South 0-1 247 Programme
Sat 9th Salisbury (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 333 Programme
Sat 23rd Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Southern League Division One South 0-2 463 Programme
March 1974
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Bognor Regis Town (H) Southern League Division One South 1-0 268 Programme
Sat 9th Poole Town (H) Southern League Division One South 3-1 336 Programme
Sat 16th Bath City (A) Southern League Division One South 0-1 968 Programme
Sat 23rd Bideford AFC (H) Southern League Division One South 1-0 327 Programme
Sat 30th Dorchester Town (A) Southern League Division One South 0-1 --- Programme
April 1974
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 2nd Andover (H) Southern League Division One South 1-2 351 Programme
Sat 6th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Division One South 3-0 142 -
Fri 12th Wealdstone (H) Southern League Division One South 0-1 656 Programme
Mon 15th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Division One South 1-0 210 Programme
Sat 20th Bexley United (H) Southern League Division One South 0-0 393 Programme
Sun 21st Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One South 1-0 150 Programme
Sat 27th Bideford AFC (A) Southern League Division One South 0-2 450 Programme
Tue 30th Minehead (A) Southern League Division One South 0-0 570 -
May 1974
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Fri 3rd Metropolitan Police (H) Southern League Division One South 2-0 240 Programme
Southern League Division One South - 1973/74
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Wealdstone 38 26 7 5 75 35 +40 59
2 Bath City 38 20 8 10 55 34 +21 48
3 Waterlooville 38 16 15 7 55 38 +17 47
4 Minehead 38 16 15 7 69 52 +17 47
5 Bideford AFC 38 17 12 9 61 51 +10 46
6 Poole Town 38 18 9 11 67 47 +20 45
7 Bexley United 38 18 7 13 50 42 +8 43
8 Hastings United 38 16 9 13 45 36 +9 41
9 Basingstoke Town 38 14 11 13 55 44 +11 39
10 Gravesend and Northfleet 38 13 13 12 58 52 +6 39
11 Bognor Regis Town 38 13 12 13 48 54 -6 38
12 Ashford Town 38 14 8 16 41 42 -1 36
13 Ramsgate 38 13 9 16 46 44 +2 35
14 Dorchester Town 38 10 13 15 40 48 -8 33
15 Canterbury City 38 9 12 17 37 46 -9 30
16 Trowbridge Town 38 8 14 16 44 61 -17 30
17 Salisbury 38 10 9 19 40 60 -20 29
18 Metropolitan Police 38 9 11 18 37 61 -24 29
19 Andover 38 11 3 24 38 70 -32 25
20 Crawley Town 38 6 9 23 35 79 -44 21
Kent Floodlight Competition - Eastern Section - 1973/74
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Canterbury City 5 3 2 0 11 5 +6 8
2 Ashford Town 5 2 2 1 9 8 +1 6
3 Margate 5 2 2 1 7 7 0 6
4 Canterbury City 5 2 1 2 6 7 -1 5
5 Folkestone 5 1 2 2 7 8 -1 4
6 Ramsgate 5 0 1 4 3 8 -5 1
Season Summary: 1973/74
Competition Summary
FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
FA Trophy 1st Round
Kent Messenger Trophy Group Stage
Kent Senior Cup 2nd Round
Southern League Cup 3rd Round
Southern League Division One South 12th (20)
League Position
12th
League Record
14-8-16
Goals For-Against
41-42
Player Stats 1973/74
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Steve Coventry 36 (0) 1 14 (1) 6 50 (1) 0 - 0 7
Terry Street 34 (0) 0 14 (0) 0 48 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bobby Nash 35 (0) 2 12 (1) 0 47 (1) 0 - 0 2
Chris Hurley 33 (0) 4 13 (0) 0 46 (0) 0 - 0 4
Alan Back 30 (1) 2 11 (2) 2 41 (3) 0 - 0 4
John Millar 26 (0) 1 14 (0) 1 40 (0) 0 - 0 2
Terry Horton 26 (2) 3 12 (0) 0 38 (2) 0 - 0 3
Brian Coates 28 (1) 2 10 (0) 2 38 (1) 0 - 0 4
Alan Morton 20 (0) 10 15 (0) 9 35 (0) 0 - 0 19
Brian Gambrill 21 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 31 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dave Bristow 19 (1) 1 4 (0) 0 23 (1) 0 - 0 1
Seth Vafiadis 14 (0) 1 9 (0) 0 23 (0) 0 - 0 1
Neil Howell 13 (0) 1 9 (1) 3 22 (1) 0 - 0 4
Tony Godden 17 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dave Waters 8 (1) 0 6 (0) 1 14 (1) 0 - 0 1
Trevor Pearce 14 (0) 3 0 (0) 0 14 (0) 0 - 0 3
Steve Tomkins 13 (2) 2 0 (0) 0 13 (2) 0 - 0 2
Charlie Williams 8 (1) 2 5 (0) 1 13 (1) 0 - 0 3
Jimmy Muir 12 (2) 3 0 (0) 0 12 (2) 0 - 0 3
Tony Smith 5 (1) 1 0 (0) 0 5 (1) 0 - 0 1
Dave Gillingwater 3 (0) 1 1 (1) 0 4 (1) 0 - 0 1
Tony Higgins 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Kenny Clare 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 - 0 0
John Gilbert 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 --- 1 --- 0 --- --- 1