Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1985/86

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1984/85 1986/87
Season Stats
14
Wins
14
Draws
26
Losses
63-87
Goals F-A
54
Matches
August 1985
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 6th Deal Town (A) Friendly 2-0 --- -
Sat 10th Ringmer (A) Friendly 2-1 --- -
Tue 13th Hythe Town (A) Friendly 1-1 --- -
Sat 24th Faversham Town (H) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 5-1 164 Programme
Mon 26th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-2 230 Programme
Sat 31st Dorchester Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-2 --- Programme
September 1985
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 3rd Dover Athletic (H) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 2-1 285 Programme
Sat 7th Hythe Town (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 0-1 300 Programme
Sat 14th Andover (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-1 201 Programme
Tue 17th Hastings Town (A) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 288 Programme
Sat 21st Poole Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-1 --- Programme
Tue 24th Folkestone (H) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 276 Programme
Sat 28th Waterlooville (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 182 Programme
October 1985
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 1st Hastings Town (H) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 265 Programme
Sat 5th Bromley (H) FA Trophy (1st Qualifying Round) 0-0 294 Programme
Tue 8th Bromley (A) FA Trophy (1st Qualifying Round Replay) 0-3 262 Programme
Sat 12th Sheppey United (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 165 Programme
Tue 15th Dover Athletic (A) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 3-4 166 Programme
Sat 19th Salisbury (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 202 Programme
Tue 22nd Folkestone (A) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 0-3 --- Programme
Sat 26th Chatham Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 3-2 196 Programme
November 1985
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Ruislip (A) Southern League Southern Division 3-4 --- Programme
Sat 9th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-1 158 Programme
Tue 12th Dover Athletic (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 0-1 173 Programme
Sat 16th Burnham and Hillingdon (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-0 169 Programme
Sat 23rd Dunstable (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-3 --- Programme
Sat 30th Cambridge City (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 180 Programme
December 1985
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 211 Programme
Tue 10th Dunstable (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 160 Programme
Sat 14th Cambridge City (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 261 Programme
January 1986
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 1st Corinthian (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-4 145 Programme
Sat 4th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-1 --- Programme
Sat 11th Burnham and Hillingdon (A) Southern League Southern Division 3-2 --- Programme
Sat 18th Poole Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-0 194 Programme
February 1986
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Chatham Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 --- Programme
March 1986
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Waterlooville (A) Southern League Southern Division P-P --- Programme
Match Postponed.
Sat 8th Ruislip (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-2 157 Programme
Tue 11th Woodford Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 --- Programme
Sat 15th Thanet United (A) Southern League Southern Division 3-2 162 Programme
Tue 18th Woodford Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-0 --- Programme
Sat 22nd Andover (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 --- Programme
Fri 28th Dover Athletic (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-6 350 Programme
Sat 29th Dorchester Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 3-0 169 Programme
Mon 31st Tonbridge (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-4 --- Programme
April 1986
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Hastings Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-1 212 Programme
Sun 6th Waterlooville (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 --- Programme
Tue 8th Erith and Belvedere (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-1 91 Programme
Sat 12th Corinthian (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-1 --- Programme
Tue 15th Hastings Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 369 Programme
Thu 17th Dover Athletic (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-2 250 Programme
Sat 19th Thanet United (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-0 131 Programme
Tue 22nd Sheppey United (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-3 --- Programme
Sat 26th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-0 --- Programme
Tue 29th Salisbury (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-3 --- Programme
May 1986
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Erith and Belvedere (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 --- Programme
Southern League Southern Division - 1985/86
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Cambridge City 40 23 11 6 87 41 +46 80
2 Salisbury 40 24 8 8 84 51 +33 80
3 Hastings Town 40 23 9 8 83 51 +32 78
4 Dover Athletic 40 23 6 11 89 53 +36 75
5 Corinthian 40 20 9 11 78 45 +33 69
6 Tonbridge AFC 40 17 13 10 65 51 +14 64
7 Dunstable 40 17 11 12 70 61 +9 62
8 Ruislip 40 17 6 17 67 66 +1 57
9 Erith and Belvedere 40 14 12 14 35 40 -5 54
10 Waterlooville 40 16 6 18 52 58 -6 54
11 Burnham and Hillingdon 40 16 6 18 44 59 -15 54
12 Canterbury City 40 13 13 14 58 58 0 52
13 Trowbridge Town 40 13 13 14 57 63 -6 52
14 Sheppey United 40 14 10 16 43 53 -10 52
15 Thanet United 40 13 7 20 58 63 -5 46
16 Woodford Town 40 12 10 18 49 62 -13 46
17 Poole Town 40 12 7 21 55 63 -8 43
18 Ashford Town 40 10 12 18 45 65 -20 42
19 Chatham Town 40 8 15 17 53 70 -17 39
20 Andover 40 10 8 22 52 92 -40 38
21 Dorchester Town 40 5 8 27 35 94 -59 23
Southern League Cup, Round One - Group ? - 1985/86
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Folkestone 6 5 0 1 19 6 +13 15
2 Hastings Town 6 4 0 2 12 11 +1 12
3 Dover Athletic 6 2 0 4 10 18 -8 6
4 Ashford Town 6 1 0 5 8 14 -6 3
Season Summary: 1985/86
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round
Kent Senior Cup 1st Round
Southern League Cup Group Stage
Southern League Southern Division 18th (21)
League Position
18th
League Record
10-12-18
Goals For-Against
45-65
Player Stats 1985/86
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Tony MacDonald 40 (0) 1 11 (0) 1 51 (0) 0 - 0 2
Peter McRobert 40 (0) 1 11 (0) 0 51 (0) 0 - 0 1
David Lee 40 (0) 4 10 (0) 0 50 (0) 0 - 0 4
Keith Hepple 39 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 49 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dave Arter 37 (2) 17 11 (0) 9 48 (2) 0 - 0 26
John Barrow 37 (0) 2 11 (0) 0 48 (0) 0 - 0 2
Jon Sillett 36 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 44 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Barton 34 (0) 2 3 (0) 0 37 (0) 0 - 0 2
Paul Giles 21 (3) 4 11 (0) 1 32 (3) 0 - 0 5
Kevin Rayner 19 (0) 1 9 (0) 0 28 (0) 0 - 0 1
Dave Ball 19 (2) 1 5 (0) 1 24 (2) 0 - 0 2
Darren Hare 21 (0) 7 0 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 - 0 7
John Young 19 (0) 2 1 (0) 0 20 (0) 0 - 0 2
Nicky Sparks 10 (7) 1 4 (0) 0 14 (7) 0 - 0 1
Neil Smith 13 (6) 0 0 (1) 0 13 (7) 0 - 0 0
Nicky Hall 5 (0) 1 5 (1) 1 10 (1) 0 - 0 2
Dave MacDonald 2 (3) 0 4 (4) 0 6 (7) 0 - 0 0
Gary Elliott 4 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (3) 0 - 0 0
Peter Mills 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tony Smith 1 (0) 0 1 (2) 0 2 (2) 0 - 0 0
Alan Barrow 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Chris Meanley 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Keith Robinson 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 1 --- 0 --- --- 1