Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1957/58

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1956/57 1958/59
Season Stats
10
Wins
8
Draws
24
Losses
69-100
Goals F-A
42
Matches
August 1957
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 24th Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 0-5 2,046 Programme
Thu 29th Sheppey United (A) Kent League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 1-1 --- Programme
Sat 31st Canterbury City (A) Kent League Division 1 1-1 2,000 -
September 1957
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 4th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 4-0 --- -
Sat 7th Gravesend and Northfleet (A) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 1-3 3,593 Programme
Sat 14th Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 --- Programme
Sat 21st Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 2-1 1,408 Programme
Thu 26th Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 0-1 1,648 Programme
October 1957
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 0-1 --- Programme
Sat 12th Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Kent League Division 1 0-2 --- Programme
Sat 26th Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 0-3 --- Programme
November 1957
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Tunbridge Wells United (A) Kent League Division 1 3-3 --- Programme
Sat 9th Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 3-0 750 Programme
Sat 16th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 5-2 --- Programme
Sat 23rd Gillingham Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 0-1 --- -
Sat 30th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 --- Programme
December 1957
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 5-1 508 Programme
Sat 14th Faversham Town (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 3-2 --- Programme
Sat 21st Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 1-1 --- Programme
Wed 25th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 1-1 --- Programme
Thu 26th Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 2-3 --- Programme
Sat 28th Chatham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 2-1 --- Programme
January 1958
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 11th Chatham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 3-4 --- Programme
Sat 18th Whitstable Town (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 3-1 400 Programme
February 1958
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Canterbury City (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 --- Programme
Sat 8th Canterbury City (H) Kent League Cup (2nd Round) 1-1 --- Programme
Sat 15th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Senior Cup (Quarter Final) 2-4 --- Programme
Sat 22nd Canterbury City (A) Kent League Cup (2nd Round Replay) 1-3 1,500 Programme
March 1958
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Tunbridge Wells United (H) Kent League Division 1 1-2 --- -
Sat 8th Gillingham Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 1-2 --- Programme
Sat 15th Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 --- Programme
Sat 22nd Herne Bay (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 --- -
Sat 29th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 5-3 1,124 Programme
April 1958
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Fri 4th Whitstable Town (H) Kent League Division 1 1-4 1,200 -
Sat 5th Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 3-6 --- Programme
Mon 7th Whitstable Town (A) Kent League Division 1 1-4 --- -
Mon 14th Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 1-6 --- Programme
Wed 16th Faversham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 1-3 --- -
Sat 19th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 0-4 --- Programme
Mon 21st Herne Bay (A) Kent League Division 1 2-2 --- Programme
Sat 26th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 1-2 --- Programme
May 1958
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Thu 1st Faversham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 2-6 --- -
Kent League Division One - 1957/58
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Sittingbourne 34 25 6 3 77 28 +49 56
2 Margate 34 20 9 5 82 36 +46 49
3 Ramsgate Athletic 34 22 4 8 84 49 +35 48
4 Dover 34 20 5 9 74 43 +31 45
5 Bexleyheath and Welling 34 18 5 11 84 57 +27 41
6 Folkestone 34 17 6 11 78 62 +16 40
7 Tunbridge Wells United 34 16 8 10 70 65 +5 40
8 Snowdown CW 34 17 4 13 78 69 +9 38
9 Canterbury City 34 14 9 11 78 62 +16 37
10 Gillingham Reserves 34 12 6 16 52 60 -8 30
11 Faversham Town 34 12 5 17 76 87 -11 29
12 Chatham 34 13 2 19 60 93 -33 28
13 Betteshanger CW 34 10 7 17 51 63 -12 27
14 Sheppey United 34 9 7 18 54 84 -30 25
15 Deal 34 7 7 20 53 87 -34 21
16 Ashford Town 34 7 6 21 53 85 -32 20
17 Whitstable Town 34 8 4 22 49 87 -38 20
18 Herne Bay 34 6 6 22 51 87 -36 18
Season Summary: 1957/58
Competition Summary
FA Cup Preliminary Round
Kent League Cup 2nd Round
Kent League Division 1 16th (18)
Kent Senior Cup Quarter Final
League Position
16th
League Record
7-6-21
Goals For-Against
53-85
Player Stats 1957/58
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
George Forrester 31 (0) 7 8 (0) 2 39 (0) 0 - 0 9
Ron Vigar 27 (0) 21 8 (0) 6 35 (0) 0 - 0 27
Ted Platt 26 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 33 (0) 0 - 0 0
Cyril Borthwick 20 (0) 1 8 (0) 0 28 (0) 0 - 0 1
Mike Ball 22 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Maher 22 (0) 10 5 (0) 4 27 (0) 0 - 0 14
Malcolm Collins 23 (0) 4 3 (0) 1 26 (0) 0 - 0 5
Dave Stevens 20 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 26 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Bainbridge 17 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 25 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ted Ballard 16 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 - 0 0
Mike Boxall 18 (0) 5 4 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 - 0 5
Arthur Nixon 16 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 18 (0) 0 - 0 0
Roy Hollins 12 (0) 1 5 (0) 1 17 (0) 0 - 0 2
Bob Cherry 11 (0) 3 3 (0) 0 14 (0) 0 - 0 3
John Hamblin 13 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Moore 10 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Charlton 10 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 - 0 0
Mike Smith 8 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 - 0 0
Brian Collins 6 (0) 1 3 (0) 2 9 (0) 0 - 0 3
George Ing 9 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 - 0 0
missing player details 8 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 0
Frank Rowden 6 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dave Davies 5 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tommy Yore 6 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 0
Gary Glover 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
George Sergeant 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Reg Cawkill 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
George Collins 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Peter Gilbert 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Harry Gray 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Milton 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Mike Reader 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Len Woodcock 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0