Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1975/76

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1974/75 1976/77
Season Stats
17
Wins
12
Draws
26
Losses
85-110
Goals F-A
55
Matches
August 1975
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Thu 7th Barnet (H) Friendly 1-2 --- -
Sat 9th Maidstone United (H) Friendly 0-0 --- -
Sat 16th Minehead (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 256 Programme
Sat 23rd Crawley Town (A) Southern League Division One South 1-3 350 Programme
Tue 26th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 3-1 198 Programme
Sat 30th Salisbury (H) Southern League Division One South 3-1 254 Programme
September 1975
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 2nd Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 0-1 194 Programme
Sat 6th Bexley United (A) Southern League Division One South 1-2 483 Programme
Tue 9th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One South 4-3 250 Programme
Sat 13th Lewes (H) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 2-1 300 Programme
Sat 27th Bognor Regis Town (A) Southern League Division One South 0-0 200 Programme
October 1975
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 1st Guildford City (H) Southern League Division One South P-P --- -
Match Postponed. Waterlogged pitch.
Sat 4th Crawley Town (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 1-4 600 -
Tue 7th Margate (A) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) 1-4 240 -
Sat 11th Hastings United (H) Southern League Division One South 4-0 231 Programme
Tue 14th Margate (H) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) 0-5 144 -
Tue 21st Hastings United (A) Southern League Division One South 1-3 197 Programme
Sat 25th Basingstoke Town (H) Southern League Division One South 0-2 231 Programme
Wed 29th Dover (A) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) 1-1 144 Programme
November 1975
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Poole Town (A) Southern League Division One South 1-3 183 Programme
Tue 4th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Cup (2nd Round) 1-1 218 Programme
Sat 8th Waterlooville (A) Southern League Division One South 1-5 450 Programme
Mon 10th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Cup (2nd Round Replay) 2-3 262 Programme
After Extra Time
Wed 12th Dover (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 2-2 200 Programme
Sat 15th Romford (A) Southern League Division One South 0-4 600 Programme
Sat 22nd Dorchester Town (H) Southern League Division One South 2-0 192 Programme
Sat 29th Andover (H) Southern League Division One South 2-4 199 Programme
December 1975
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Folkestone and Shepway (H) Southern League Division One South 4-1 374 Programme
Tue 9th Dover (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round Replay) A-A --- Programme
Match Abandoned
Sat 13th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One South 5-0 166 Programme
Thu 18th Dover (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round 2nd Replay) 2-3 64 Programme
Sat 20th Dartford (A) Southern League Division One South 1-4 689 Programme
Fri 26th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Division One South 2-2 222 Programme
Sat 27th Salisbury (A) Southern League Division One South 1-6 248 Programme
January 1976
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Thu 1st Andover (A) Southern League Division One South 3-2 183 Programme
Sat 3rd Dorchester Town (A) Southern League Division One South 1-2 130 -
Sat 10th Hillingdon Borough (A) FA Trophy (1st Round) 0-4 504 Programme
Sat 24th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One South 0-3 200 Programme
Tue 27th Dover (H) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) 0-2 77 -
Sat 31st Guildford and Dorking United (A) Southern League Division One South 2-1 210 Programme
February 1976
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 3rd Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) 2-1 39 -
Sat 7th Bognor Regis Town (H) Southern League Division One South 5-1 165 Programme
Tue 17th Guildford and Dorking United (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 167 Programme
Sat 21st Romford (H) Southern League Division One South 1-2 330 Programme
Tue 24th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) 0-2 100 -
Sat 28th Waterlooville (H) Southern League Division One South 2-1 170 Programme
March 1976
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Poole Town (H) Southern League Division One South 3-0 214 Programme
Sat 13th Metropolitan Police (A) Southern League Division One South 2-2 100 -
Sat 20th Minehead (A) Southern League Division One South 0-5 300 Programme
Sat 27th Folkestone and Shepway (A) Southern League Division One South 0-1 240 Programme
April 1976
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Basingstoke Town (A) Southern League Division One South 1-0 240 Programme
Sat 10th Crawley Town (H) Southern League Division One South 0-0 240 Programme
Fri 16th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Division One South 2-1 125 Programme
Sat 17th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One South 0-0 200 Programme
Mon 19th Dartford (H) Southern League Division One South 3-5 482 Programme
Fri 23rd Bexley United (H) Southern League Division One South 6-1 129 Programme
Tue 27th Metropolitan Police (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 153 Programme
Southern League Division One South - 1975/76
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Minehead 38 27 8 3 102 35 +67 62
2 Dartford 38 26 4 8 84 46 +38 56
3 Romford 38 21 9 8 66 37 +29 51
4 Salisbury 38 17 11 10 73 53 +20 45
5 Hastings United 38 15 15 8 67 51 +16 45
6 Poole Town 38 20 2 16 57 57 0 42
7 Bexley United 38 14 13 11 62 53 +9 41
8 Waterlooville 38 13 13 12 62 54 +8 39
9 Basingstoke Town 38 13 12 13 69 71 -2 38
10 Ashford Town 38 14 8 16 67 73 -6 36
11 Canterbury City 38 11 13 14 53 60 -7 35
12 Folkestone and Shepway 38 10 14 14 36 51 -15 34
13 Metropolitan Police 38 9 14 15 46 58 -12 32
14 Trowbridge Town 38 11 10 17 48 75 -27 32
15 Guildford and Dorking United 38 9 13 16 43 50 -7 31
16 Bognor Regis Town 38 6 17 15 44 72 -28 29
17 Ramsgate 38 9 10 19 57 76 -19 28
18 Andover 38 9 10 19 42 62 -20 28
19 Crawley Town 38 9 10 19 46 66 -20 28
20 Dorchester Town 38 11 6 21 45 69 -24 28
Kent Floodlight Competition - Section A - 1975/76
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Margate 6 5 0 1 16 3 +13 10
2 Dover 6 2 1 3 7 10 -3 5
3 Ramsgate 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 6
4 Ashford Town 6 1 1 4 4 15 -11 3
Season Summary: 1975/76
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
FA Trophy 1st Round
Kent Messenger Trophy Group Stage
Kent Senior Cup 2nd Round
Southern League Cup 2nd Round
Southern League Division One South 10th (20)
League Position
10th
League Record
14-8-16
Goals For-Against
67-73
Player Stats 1975/76
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Roy Hare 36 (0) 7 15 (0) 1 51 (0) 0 - 0 8
Alan Back 35 (0) 4 14 (0) 1 49 (0) 0 - 0 5
Brian Coates 37 (0) 16 12 (0) 4 49 (0) 0 - 0 20
Terry Horton 32 (2) 13 15 (0) 3 47 (2) 0 - 0 16
Bobby Nash 35 (0) 3 10 (0) 0 45 (0) 0 - 0 3
Peter McRobert 31 (1) 1 12 (0) 1 43 (1) 0 - 0 2
Alan Gemmell 30 (2) 1 9 (1) 1 39 (3) 0 - 0 2
Dalton Perkins 19 (0) 0 11 (0) 1 30 (0) 0 - 0 1
Frank Ovard 20 (0) 8 5 (0) 1 25 (0) 0 - 0 9
Gordon Linton 14 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 - 0 0
Danny Prager 13 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 20 (0) 0 - 0 0
Graham Jordon 11 (2) 1 7 (0) 0 18 (2) 0 - 0 1
George Magri 12 (0) 5 5 (1) 0 17 (1) 0 - 0 5
Kevin Raine 15 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 17 (0) 0 - 0 0
Neil Cugley 9 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 14 (0) 0 - 0 0
Steve Coventry 8 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bill Davis 7 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 - 0 0
Colin McGannon 9 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 - 0 0
Peter Worrall 9 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 - 0 2
Paul Prior 4 (0) 1 4 (2) 2 8 (2) 0 - 0 3
John Young 5 (1) 1 3 (1) 1 8 (2) 0 - 0 2
John Ackers 8 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bobby Gibson 4 (0) 1 2 (0) 1 6 (0) 0 - 0 2
Frank Packman 5 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 1
Dave Prior 3 (0) 0 1 (2) 0 4 (2) 0 - 0 0
Bobby Laverick 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dai Yorath 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Paul Trice 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Stuart Sillett 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Wayne Godden 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Melvin Head 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Neil Howell 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Brian Clay 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 - 0 0
? McCall 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Dyer 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 2 --- 0 --- --- 2