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History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1986/87

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1985/86 1987/88
Season Stats
33
Wins
13
Draws
14
Losses
108-57
Goals F-A
60
Matches
August 1986
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Canterbury City (A) Friendly 2-0 --- -
Tue 5th Hythe Town (A) Friendly 4-1 --- -
Sat 16th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 3-2 269 Programme
Tue 19th Crawley Town (H) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 2-2 181 Programme
Sat 23rd Poole Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 0-3 --- Programme
Mon 25th Sheppey United (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-1 150 Programme
Sat 30th Steyning Town (H) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 1-0 161 Programme
September 1986
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Waterlooville (A) Southern League Southern Division 4-1 --- Programme
Sat 13th Portfield (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 7-1 51 Programme
Sat 20th Burnham and Hillingdon (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-0 --- Programme
Wed 24th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 172 Programme
Sat 27th Southwick (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 0-0 260 Programme
October 1986
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 1st Southwick (A) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round Replay) 0-1 225 Programme
Sat 4th Bognor Regis Town (A) FA Trophy (1st Qualifying Round) 1-1 320 Programme
Tue 7th Bognor Regis Town (H) FA Trophy (1st Qualifying Round Replay) 5-1 226 Programme
Sat 11th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-0 255 Programme
Tue 14th Hastings Town (H) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 7-0 208 Programme
Sat 18th Chatham Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-0 254 Programme
Sat 25th Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Southern League Southern Division P-P --- -
Match Postponed.
Tue 28th Hastings Town (A) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 2-2 --- Programme
November 1986
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Chatham Town (H) FA Trophy (2nd Qualifying Round) 2-1 230 Programme
Sat 8th Erith and Belvedere (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-1 --- Programme
Tue 11th Thanet United (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 3-0 308 Programme
Sat 15th Ruislip (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 203 Programme
Tue 18th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 2-3 257 Programme
Sat 22nd Willenhall Town (A) FA Trophy (3rd Qualifying Round) 2-2 158 Programme
Tue 25th Willenhall Town (H) FA Trophy (3rd Qualifying Round Replay) 1-0 243 Programme
Sat 29th Poole Town (H) Southern League Southern Division A-A --- Programme
Match Abandoned at Half Time due to Fog. Ashford Town were leading 2-0.
December 1986
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Dunstable (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-0 --- Programme
Tue 9th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) P-P --- Programme
Match Postponed.
Sat 13th Andover (A) Southern League Southern Division 3-1 --- Programme
Sat 20th Corby Town (A) FA Trophy (1st Round) 0-0 154 Programme
Tue 23rd Corby Town (H) FA Trophy (1st Round Replay) 1-3 400 Programme
After Extra Time
Fri 26th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Southern Division 3-0 302 Programme
Sat 27th Chatham Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 3-0 --- Programme
January 1987
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Thu 1st Thanet United (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-3 356 Programme
Sat 3rd Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 304 Programme
Thu 8th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Cup (Group Stage) 0-3 44 Programme
Sat 10th Woodford Town (H) Southern League Southern Division P-P --- -
Match Postponed.
Tue 13th Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) P-P --- -
Match Postponed
Sat 17th Sheppey United (A) Southern League Southern Division P-P --- -
Match Postponed.
Sat 24th Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 234 Programme
Sat 31st Hastings Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 --- Programme
February 1987
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 3rd Tonbridge (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-0 216 Programme
Sat 7th Dover Athletic (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-3 408 Programme
Tue 10th Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 2-1 276 Programme
Sat 14th Burnham and Hillingdon (H) Southern League Southern Division 3-0 176 Programme
Tue 17th Sheppey United (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-0 --- Programme
Sat 21st Ruislip (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-0 --- Programme
Wed 25th Hastings Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-0 248 Programme
Sat 28th Erith and Belvedere (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-0 276 Programme
March 1987
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 3rd Dartford (H) Kent Senior Cup (Semi Final) 0-1 698 Programme
Sat 7th Dover Athletic (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-1 378 Programme
Tue 10th Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-0 378 Programme
Sat 14th Dorchester Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-2 --- Programme
Tue 17th Poole Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 4-0 339 Programme
Thu 26th Corinthian (H) Southern League Southern Division 4-0 359 Programme
Sat 28th Andover (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-2 323 Programme
April 1987
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Waterlooville (H) Southern League Southern Division 4-0 285 Programme
Sat 4th Woodford Town (A) Southern League Southern Division P-P --- -
Match Postponed.
Tue 14th Woodford Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-0 600 Programme
Sat 18th Thanet United (H) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 428 Programme
Mon 20th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-1 401 Programme
Sat 25th Dunstable (H) Southern League Southern Division 2-1 370 Programme
Tue 28th Corinthian (A) Southern League Southern Division 2-0 --- Programme
Thu 30th Woodford Town (A) Southern League Southern Division 1-3 --- Programme
May 1987
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Dorchester Town (H) Southern League Southern Division 0-0 1,306 Programme
Southern League Southern Division - 1986/87
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Dorchester Town 38 23 8 7 83 42 +41 77
2 Ashford Town 38 23 7 8 63 32 +31 76
3 Woodford Town 38 22 6 10 72 44 +28 72
4 Hastings Town 38 20 10 8 74 54 +20 70
5 Dover Athletic 38 20 6 12 66 43 +23 66
6 Gravesend and Northfleet 38 18 7 13 67 46 +21 61
7 Tonbridge AFC 38 16 10 12 73 67 +6 58
8 Chatham Town 38 16 9 13 53 46 +7 57
9 Erith and Belvedere 38 15 12 11 57 50 +7 57
10 Thanet United 38 14 14 10 56 50 +6 56
11 Waterlooville 38 16 8 14 66 65 +1 56
12 Trowbridge Town 38 15 9 14 77 65 +12 54
13 Dunstable 38 13 9 16 60 57 +3 48
14 Corinthian 38 11 12 15 56 65 -9 45
15 Sheppey United 38 9 12 17 43 65 -22 39
16 Andover 38 9 9 20 51 80 -29 36
17 Burnham and Hillingdon 38 7 11 20 32 62 -30 32
18 Ruislip 38 6 12 20 35 75 -40 30
19 Poole Town 38 8 6 24 50 90 -40 30
20 Canterbury City 38 8 5 25 46 82 -36 29
Southern League Cup, Round One - Group 5 - 1986/87
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Tonbridge 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 13
2 Hastings Town 6 2 2 2 8 17 -9 8
3 Crawley 6 1 3 2 8 7 +1 6
4 Ashford Town 6 1 2 3 14 12 +2 5
Season Summary: 1986/87
Competition Summary
FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
FA Trophy 1st Round Proper
Kent Senior Cup Semi Final
Southern League Cup Group Stage
Southern League Southern Division 2nd (20) - Promoted to Southern League Premier
League Position
2nd
League Record
23-7-8
Goals For-Against
63-32
Player Stats 1986/87
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
John Barrow 38 (0) 2 20 (0) 1 58 (0) 0 - 0 3
Peter McRobert 37 (0) 0 20 (0) 0 57 (0) 0 - 0 0
Paul Giles 37 (0) 9 17 (1) 6 54 (1) 0 - 0 15
David Lee 35 (0) 5 19 (0) 6 54 (0) 0 - 0 11
Tony MacDonald 34 (0) 1 18 (0) 2 52 (0) 0 - 0 3
Andy Blondrage 30 (1) 2 18 (0) 2 48 (1) 0 - 0 4
Jon Sillett 28 (0) 4 20 (0) 1 48 (0) 0 - 0 5
Carlton Wynter 32 (0) 7 14 (0) 6 46 (0) 0 - 0 13
Keith Hepple 33 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 45 (0) 0 - 0 0
Darren Hare 30 (0) 19 14 (0) 5 44 (0) 0 - 0 24
John Barton 30 (6) 7 13 (5) 3 43 (11) 0 - 0 10
Nicky Sparks 15 (7) 1 9 (2) 2 24 (9) 0 - 0 3
Steve Luckett 15 (1) 4 0 (0) 0 15 (1) 0 - 0 4
Dave Ball 8 (4) 1 6 (5) 0 14 (9) 0 - 0 1
Warren Scott 5 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 - 0 0
John McQuillan 4 (5) 1 6 (1) 1 10 (6) 0 - 0 2
Barry Morgan 4 (3) 0 5 (3) 1 9 (6) 0 - 0 1
John Young 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 2 2 (0) 0 - 0 2
Chris Wood 1 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 - 0 0
Alfie Barrett 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Gary Elliott 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (3) 0 - 0 0
missing player details 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (2) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 0 --- 1 --- --- 1