Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1997/98

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1996/97 1998/99
Season Stats
11
Wins
5
Draws
37
Losses
50-113
Goals F-A
53
Matches
July 1997
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 19th Bromley (H) Friendly 1-3 244 Programme
Thu 31st West Ham United (H) Friendly 2-4 652 Programme
August 1997
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 5th Canterbury City (H) Frank Norris Trophy (Final) 3-0 --- Programme
Sat 9th Dover Athletic (H) Friendly 1-5 271 Programme
Sat 16th Halesowen Town (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-1 645 Programme
Tue 19th St Leonards Stamcroft (H) Southern League Premier Division 2-0 563 Programme
Sat 23rd Worcester City (H) Southern League Premier Division 0-2 499 Programme
Mon 25th Sittingbourne (A) Southern League Premier Division 2-3 678 Programme
Sat 30th Burton Albion (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-3 441 Programme
September 1997
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 2nd Hastings Town (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-4 683 Programme
Fri 5th Forest Green Rovers (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-3 449 Programme
Tue 16th Crawley Town (H) Southern League Premier Division 0-1 382 Programme
Sat 20th Nuneaton Borough (H) Southern League Premier Division 2-1 378 Programme
October 1997
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Dorchester Town (H) Southern League Premier Division 0-4 443 Programme
Tue 7th Chelmsford City (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 2-1 254 Programme
Sat 11th Tamworth (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-4 519 Programme
Tue 14th Salisbury City (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-1 339 Programme
Sat 18th VS Rugby (H) FA Trophy (1st Qualifying Round) 2-1 397 Programme
Sat 25th Heybridge Swifts (A) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 2-5 535 Programme
Mon 27th Chelmsford City (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 1-4 302 Programme
After Extra Time. 1-2 at 90 minutes (3-3 on Aggregate)
November 1997
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Gresley Rovers (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-0 397 Programme
Sat 8th Raunds Town (H) FA Trophy (2nd Qualifying Round) 1-2 434 Programme
Sat 15th Dorchester Town (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-5 575 Programme
Sat 22nd Merthyr Tydfil (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-3 715 Programme
Tue 25th Dartford (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 0-1 265 Programme
December 1997
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Salisbury City (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-0 315 Programme
Sat 13th Gresley Rovers (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-2 565 Programme
Fri 26th St Leonards Stamcroft (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-4 507 Programme
Sat 27th Rothwell Town (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-1 420 Programme
January 1998
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Bath City (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-3 619 Programme
Sat 10th Forest Green Rovers (H) Southern League Premier Division 0-1 389 Programme
Sat 17th Burton Albion (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-4 706 Programme
Sat 24th Bromsgrove Rovers (H) Southern League Premier Division 3-0 326 Programme
Sat 31st Kings Lynn (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-2 893 Programme
February 1998
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Worcester City (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-2 768 Programme
Sat 14th Halesowen Town (H) Southern League Premier Division 0-5 433 Programme
Tue 17th Gloucester City (A) Southern League Premier Division 3-2 375 Programme
Thu 19th Tottenham Hotspur (H) Friendly 1-2 --- Programme
Sun 22nd Atherstone United (H) Southern League Premier Division 2-0 403 Programme
Sat 28th Kings Lynn (H) Southern League Premier Division 0-3 447 Programme
March 1998
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Atherstone United (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-2 282 Programme
Sat 14th Cambridge City (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-2 323 Programme
Tue 17th Sittingbourne (H) Southern League Premier Division 0-1 536 Programme
Sat 21st Gloucester City (H) Southern League Premier Division 0-1 318 Programme
Tue 24th Bromsgrove Rovers (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-3 456 Programme
Sat 28th Bath City (H) Southern League Premier Division 0-1 289 Programme
April 1998
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Rothwell Town (A) Southern League Premier Division 2-1 225 Programme
Tue 7th Cambridge City (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-2 302 Programme
Sat 11th Hastings Town (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-2 456 Programme
Mon 13th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Premier Division 2-1 963 Programme
Sat 18th Tamworth (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-1 374 Programme
Sat 25th Nuneaton Borough (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-2 610 Programme
May 1998
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Merthyr Tydfil (H) Southern League Premier Division 2-2 448 Programme
Southern League Premier Division - 1997/98
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Forest Green Rovers 42 27 8 7 93 55 +38 89
2 Merthyr Tydfil 42 24 12 6 80 42 +38 84
3 Burton Albion 42 21 8 13 64 43 +21 71
4 Dorchester Town 42 19 13 10 63 38 +25 70
5 Halesowen Town 42 18 15 9 70 38 +32 69
6 Bath City 42 19 12 11 72 51 +21 69
7 Worcester City 42 19 11 12 53 44 +9 68
8 Kings Lynn 42 19 10 13 64 64 0 67
9 Atherstone United 42 17 12 13 55 49 +6 63
10 Crawley Town 42 17 8 17 63 60 +3 59
11 Gloucester City 42 16 11 15 57 57 0 59
12 Nuneaton Borough 42 17 6 19 68 61 +7 57
13 Cambridge City 42 16 8 18 62 70 -8 56
14 Hastings Town 42 14 12 16 67 70 -3 54
15 Tamworth 42 14 11 17 68 65 +3 53
16 Rothwell Town 42 11 16 15 55 73 -18 49
17 Gresley Rovers 42 14 6 22 59 77 -18 48
18 Salisbury City 42 12 12 18 53 72 -19 48
19 Bromsgrove Rovers 42 13 6 23 67 85 -18 45
20 Sittingbourne 42 12 8 22 47 66 -19 44
21 Ashford Town 42 8 5 29 34 85 -51 29
22 St Leonards Stamcroft 42 5 10 27 48 97 -49 25
Season Summary: 1997/98
Competition Summary
FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round
FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying Round
Kent Senior Cup 1st Round
Southern League Cup 1st Round
Southern League Premier Division 21st (22) - Relegated to Southern League Division One
League Position
21st
League Record
8-5-29
Goals For-Against
34-85
Player Stats 1997/98
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Dave Scott 41 (0) 3 6 (0) 2 47 (0) 0 - 0 5
Maurice Munden 42 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 45 (0) 0 - 0 0
Paul O Brien 39 (0) 3 5 (0) 0 44 (0) 0 - 0 3
Matt Bower 36 (2) 2 5 (0) 0 41 (2) 0 - 0 2
Nigel Donn 30 (1) 2 6 (0) 0 36 (1) 0 - 0 2
Tony Eeles 31 (1) 2 4 (0) 0 35 (1) 0 - 0 2
Stuart White 29 (2) 2 3 (0) 1 32 (2) 0 - 0 3
Graham Porter 26 (2) 1 4 (0) 0 30 (2) 0 - 0 1
Stuart Harrison 23 (8) 2 6 (0) 3 29 (8) 0 - 0 5
Danny Maxted 19 (3) 0 6 (0) 0 25 (3) 0 - 0 0
Tony Reynolds 21 (3) 0 3 (0) 0 24 (3) 0 - 0 0
Ian Ross 16 (9) 0 1 (0) 0 17 (9) 0 - 0 0
Paul Chambers 15 (1) 4 0 (0) 0 15 (1) 0 - 0 4
Lennie Griffiths 13 (8) 3 1 (0) 0 14 (8) 0 - 0 3
Tom Parks 10 (6) 2 3 (0) 1 13 (6) 0 - 0 3
Lee Lough 12 (1) 4 0 (0) 0 12 (1) 0 - 0 4
Paul Wilson 10 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 - 0 1
Grahm Wells 8 (5) 0 1 (0) 0 9 (5) 0 - 0 0
Mark Miller 7 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 7 (3) 0 - 0 0
Tyrone King 7 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 0
? McCabe 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 0
Paul Jones 4 (0) 1 2 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 1
Steve Smith 5 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 5 (2) 0 - 0 0
Billy Hudson 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dean Harpey 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
Richard Vercesi 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
Mike Heather 1 (2) 0 1 (1) 0 2 (3) 0 - 0 0
Marcus Wilson 2 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (1) 0 - 0 0
Jason French 2 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (1) 0 - 0 0
Charlie Goodwin 1 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (2) 0 - 0 0
Peter McRobert 1 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 - 0 0
Scott McRobert 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Craig Rivett 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (3) 0 - 0 0
? Scarborough 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 - 0 0
Roy Godden 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 - 0 0
Matt Stock 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 2 --- 1 --- --- 3