Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1977/78

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
Season Stats
12
Wins
16
Draws
21
Losses

51-78
Goals F-A
49
Matches
August 1977
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Folkestone and Shepway (H) Kent Senior Shield (Group Stage) 0-2 202 Programme
Tue 9th Margate (A) Kent Senior Shield (Group Stage) 3-3 --- Programme
Sat 13th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Senior Shield (Group Stage) 2-1 131 Programme
Sat 20th Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 0-1 386 Programme
Tue 23rd Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 2-2 --- Programme
Sat 27th Basingstoke Town (H) Southern League Division One South 2-1 208 Programme
Tue 30th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One South 0-0 119 -
September 1977
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Whitstable Town (A) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 1-0 --- Programme
Mon 5th Chelmsford City (A) Southern League Division One South 1-2 835 Programme
Tue 13th Aylesbury United (H) Southern League Division One South 0-0 231 Programme
Sat 17th Lewes (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 0-1 --- Programme
Sat 24th Waterlooville (A) Southern League Division One South 1-2 600 Programme
October 1977
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Poole Town (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 600 Programme
Sat 8th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One South 3-2 --- Programme
Sat 15th Tonbridge (H) FA Trophy (1st Qualifying Round) 1-1 320 Programme
Tue 18th Tonbridge (A) FA Trophy (1st Qualifying Round Replay) 1-4 --- Programme
Sat 22nd Hounslow (A) Southern League Division One South 1-2 --- -
Sat 29th Addlestone (H) Southern League Division One South 2-0 224 Programme
November 1977
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Taunton Town (A) Southern League Division One South 1-0 --- Programme
Tue 15th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 1-0 170 Programme
Sat 19th Dorchester Town (A) Southern League Division One South 0-2 376 -
Sat 26th Salisbury (H) Southern League Division One South 2-0 217 Programme
December 1977
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 10th Bognor Regis Town (H) Southern League Division One South 3-1 241 Programme
Sat 17th Romford (A) Southern League Division One South 0-0 236 Programme
Mon 26th Folkestone and Shepway (H) Southern League Division One South 0-6 653 Programme
Tue 27th Margate (A) Southern League Division One South 3-3 707 Programme
January 1978
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Mon 2nd Hounslow (H) Southern League Division One South 1-0 440 Programme
Wed 4th Sheppey United (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 1-3 --- Programme
Sat 7th Taunton Town (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 257 Programme
Sat 14th Basingstoke Town (A) Southern League Division One South 0-1 186 Programme
Mon 16th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Division One South 0-1 356 Programme
Sat 21st Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One South 2-2 271 Programme
February 1978
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Chelmsford City (H) Southern League Division One South 0-5 162 Programme
Sat 11th Aylesbury United (A) Southern League Division One South 1-1 376 Programme
Sat 25th Poole Town (A) Southern League Division One South 2-1 110 Programme
March 1978
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 270 Programme
Sat 11th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One South 2-2 225 Programme
Tue 14th Crawley Town (H) Southern League Division One South 2-2 236 Programme
Sat 18th Salisbury (A) Southern League Division One South 0-3 466 Programme
Fri 24th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Division One South 1-2 320 Programme
Sat 25th Margate (H) Southern League Division One South 0-3 296 Programme
Mon 27th Folkestone and Shepway (A) Southern League Division One South 1-3 725 Programme
April 1978
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Andover (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 133 Programme
Wed 5th Addlestone (A) Southern League Division One South 2-3 --- Programme
Sat 8th Bognor Regis Town (A) Southern League Division One South 1-0 --- -
Sat 15th Romford (H) Southern League Division One South 1-1 266 Programme
Wed 19th Andover (A) Southern League Division One South 0-1 52 Programme
Sat 22nd Dorchester Town (H) Southern League Division One South 0-2 --- Programme
Tue 25th Waterlooville (H) Southern League Division One South 0-2 --- Programme
Southern League Division One South - 1977/78
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Margate 38 24 10 4 92 32 +60 58
2 Dorchester Town 38 23 10 5 67 31 +36 56
3 Salisbury 38 21 10 7 60 27 +33 52
4 Waterlooville 38 19 13 6 66 36 +30 51
5 Romford 38 17 15 6 58 37 +21 49
6 Aylesbury United 38 20 7 11 56 42 +14 47
7 Trowbridge Town 38 16 11 11 65 59 +6 43
8 Chelmsford City 38 15 11 12 58 46 +12 41
9 Folkestone and Shepway 38 16 9 13 64 56 +8 41
10 Taunton Town 38 15 10 13 57 54 +3 40
11 Addlestone 38 14 10 14 57 60 -3 38
12 Crawley Town 38 14 9 15 61 60 +1 37
13 Basingstoke Town 38 11 11 16 44 50 -6 33
14 Tonbridge AFC 38 13 5 20 64 77 -13 31
15 Ashford Town 38 9 13 16 39 60 -21 31
16 Hounslow 38 10 10 18 43 62 -19 30
17 Bognor Regis Town 38 9 8 21 52 69 -17 26
18 Poole Town 38 8 10 20 43 68 -25 26
19 Andover 38 4 12 22 30 68 -38 20
20 Canterbury City 38 2 6 30 31 113 -82 10
Kent Senior Shield - Group A - 1977/78
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Folkestone 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 5
2 Margate 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 4
3 Ashford Town 3 1 1 1 5 6 -1 3
4 Ramsgate 3 0 0 3 2 6 -4 0
Season Summary: 1977/78
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round
Kent Senior Cup 2nd Round
Southern League Cup 1st Round
Southern League Division One South 15th (20)
Player Stats 1977/78
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Peter Carman 38 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 49 (0) 0 - 0 0
Gary Hayes 37 (0) 14 11 (0) 3 48 (0) 0 - 0 17
Peter McRobert 37 (0) 2 11 (0) 0 48 (0) 0 - 0 2
Keith Pointer 34 (0) 1 11 (0) 1 45 (0) 0 - 0 2
Des Partington 32 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 42 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tony Smith 33 (2) 6 7 (0) 3 40 (2) 0 - 0 9
Dalton Perkins 29 (1) 0 10 (0) 0 39 (1) 0 - 0 0
Bobby Nash 29 (0) 1 8 (0) 0 37 (0) 0 - 0 1
Graham Jordon 24 (1) 0 10 (0) 0 34 (1) 0 - 0 0
Gordon Burden 22 (2) 3 3 (0) 0 25 (2) 0 - 0 3
Reg Day 13 (2) 3 8 (1) 1 21 (3) 0 - 0 4
Chris Broughton 19 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 19 (1) 0 - 0 0
Martin McDonagh 18 (1) 3 1 (0) 1 19 (1) 0 - 0 4
Alan Hughes 19 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 19 (0) 0 - 0 0
Roy Hare 6 (0) 0 5 (0) 2 11 (0) 0 - 0 2
Howard Duffy 6 (0) 2 4 (1) 1 10 (1) 0 - 0 3
Anthony Smith 8 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 2
Mick Jones 5 (0) 0 2 (1) 0 7 (1) 0 - 0 0
Stuart Sillett 3 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 0
Alan Boorn 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bob Harrop 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Trevor Else 2 (0) 0 0 (3) 0 2 (3) 0 - 0 0
Paul Rimmer 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Henry Groucher 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 - 0 0
missing player details 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
I Fagg 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 2 --- 0 --- --- 2