Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1967/68

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
Season Stats
27
Wins
9
Draws
38
Losses

126-167
Goals F-A
74
Matches
August 1967
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Dulwich Hamlet (H) Friendly 2-2 --- -
Tue 8th Charlton Athletic (H) Friendly 1-1 852 -
Mon 14th Woking (A) Friendly 1-2 --- -
Sat 19th Dunstable Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-2 200 -
Sat 26th Brentwood Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 926 Programme
Wed 30th Margate (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 1-4 995 Programme
September 1967
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Kettering Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-5 1,833 Programme
Wed 6th Margate (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 2-4 1,623 Programme
Fri 8th Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Southern League Division One 3-0 643 Programme
Tue 12th Rugby Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-5 1,242 Programme
Sat 16th West Ham United (H) Friendly 0-2 --- -
Sat 23rd Gloucester City (H) Southern League Division One 3-0 546 Programme
Wed 27th Margate (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-4 1,161 Programme
Sat 30th Merthyr Tydfil (A) Southern League Division One 1-3 931 Programme
October 1967
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 4th Dartford (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-3 561 Programme
Sat 7th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 741 Programme
Wed 11th Dartford (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 470 -
Sat 14th Bexley United (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 713 Programme
Wed 18th Deal Town (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 5-1 351 Programme
Sat 21st Banbury United (H) Southern League Division One 0-1 614 Programme
Sat 28th Wimbledon (A) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 0-3 2,462 Programme
November 1967
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Thu 9th Deal Town (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 3-2 200 -
Sat 11th Worcester City (A) Southern League Division One 1-3 2,010 Programme
Sat 18th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Division One 3-1 705 Programme
Wed 22nd Sheppey United (H) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) 2-2 481 Programme
After Extra Time. Ashford Town lost 5-4 on corners in Extra Time (Sillett, Smith)
Sat 25th Barry Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-4 426 -
December 1967
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Bedford Town (H) Southern League Division One 4-3 650 Programme
Sat 9th Folkestone Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-0 869 Programme
Sat 16th Dunstable Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-0 582 Programme
Sat 23rd Brentwood Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-1 786 Programme
Tue 26th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One 2-0 984 Programme
January 1968
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 3rd Hastings United (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-0 598 Programme
Sat 6th Kettering Town (H) Southern League Division One 4-0 930 Programme
Wed 17th Maidstone United (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 5-2 538 Programme
Sat 20th Wisbech Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-3 726 Programme
Tue 23rd Maidstone United (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-0 262 -
Wed 24th Margate (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 3-2 974 Programme
Sat 27th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Division One 4-1 501 -
Wed 31st Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-1 711 Programme
February 1968
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Gloucester City (A) Southern League Division One 2-1 685 Programme
Sat 10th Merthyr Tydfil (H) Southern League Division One 2-2 827 Programme
Mon 12th Tonbridge (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-5 539 Programme
Wed 14th Dover (A) Kent Senior Cup (3rd Round) 3-4 1,217 Programme
Sat 17th Crawley Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-2 770 Programme
Tue 20th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One 1-0 617 Programme
Sat 24th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 2-1 567 Programme
Wed 28th Tonbridge (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-4 567 -
March 1968
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Bexley United (H) Southern League Division One 3-1 707 Programme
Wed 6th Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Southern League Division One 4-1 223 Programme
Sat 9th Bath City (A) Southern League Division One 2-3 2,347 Programme
Wed 13th Canterbury City (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-1 443 Programme
Sat 16th Banbury United (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 1,153 Programme
Mon 18th Canterbury City (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-5 147 -
Wed 20th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 372 -
Sat 23rd Rugby Town (H) Southern League Division One 0-2 624 Programme
Wed 27th Hastings United (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 217 -
Fri 29th Wisbech Town (H) Southern League Division One 3-0 612 Programme
Sat 30th Dartford (A) Southern League Division One 2-6 765 Programme
April 1968
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 2nd Sheppey United (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-4 380 -
Thu 4th Margate (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-6 237 Programme
Sat 6th Worcester City (H) Southern League Division One 0-3 708 Programme
Tue 9th Erith and Belvedere (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-5 --- -
Fri 12th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-0 635 Programme
Sat 13th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 806 Programme
Mon 15th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 775 Programme
Thu 18th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-2 404 -
Sat 20th Barry Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-1 519 Programme
Mon 22nd Erith and Belvedere (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-2 163 -
Wed 24th Sheppey United (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 5-4 --- -
Sat 27th Bedford Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-3 2,271 Programme
May 1968
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 1st Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-6 247 -
Sat 4th Folkestone Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 828 Programme
Wed 8th Dartford (H) Southern League Division One 0-6 600 Programme
Sat 11th Bath City (H) Southern League Division One 2-3 461 Programme
Southern League Division One - 1967/68
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Worcester City 42 23 14 5 93 35 +58 60
2 Kettering Town 42 24 10 8 88 40 +48 58
3 Bedford Town 42 24 7 11 101 40 +61 55
4 Rugby Town 42 20 15 7 72 44 +28 55
5 Dartford 42 23 9 10 71 48 +23 55
6 Bath City 42 21 12 9 78 51 +27 54
7 Banbury United 42 22 9 11 79 59 +20 53
8 Ramsgate Athletic 42 17 17 8 70 37 +33 51
9 Merthyr Tydfil 42 18 13 11 80 66 +14 49
10 Tonbridge 42 18 9 15 76 71 +5 45
11 Canterbury City 42 16 11 15 66 63 +3 43
12 Ashford Town 42 18 6 18 73 78 -5 42
13 Brentwood Town 42 16 9 17 63 73 -10 41
14 Bexley United 42 12 13 17 56 64 -8 37
15 Trowbridge Town 42 12 11 19 64 71 -7 35
16 Gloucester City 42 12 9 21 54 68 -14 33
17 Wisbech Town 42 11 10 21 43 78 -35 32
18 Crawley Town 42 10 8 24 54 85 -31 28
19 Folkestone Town 42 10 7 25 49 80 -31 27
20 Barry Town 42 7 12 23 36 81 -45 26
21 Dunstable Town 42 8 10 24 44 94 -50 26
22 Gravesend and Northfleet 42 6 7 29 28 112 -84 19
Kent Floodlight League - 1967/68
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Margate 22 18 2 2 92 28 +64 38
2 Erith & Belvedere 22 14 2 6 62 37 +25 30
3 Ramsgate 21 11 5 5 49 25 +24 27
4 Canterbury City 20 11 1 8 55 38 +17 23
5 Dartford 20 10 3 7 38 26 +12 23
6 Hastings United 20 7 5 8 32 40 -8 19
7 Sheppey United 22 8 3 11 39 64 -25 19
8 Gravesend & Northfleet 22 7 4 11 48 62 -14 18
9 Ashford Town 22 8 0 14 38 63 -25 16
10 Tonbridge 20 6 3 11 41 48 -7 15
11 Maidstone United 19 5 2 12 25 62 -37 12
12 Deal Town 20 1 8 11 20 48 -28 10
Season Summary: 1967/68
Competition Summary
FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round
Kent Floodlight Cup Group Stage
Kent Senior Cup 3rd Round
Southern League Cup 1st Round
Southern League Division One 12th (20)
Player Stats 1967/68
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Bill Dodge 42 (0) 1 20 (0) 1 62 (0) 0 - 0 2
Micky Angel 36 (0) 14 20 (0) 5 56 (0) 0 - 0 19
Hugh Cochrane 35 (0) 10 20 (0) 3 55 (0) 0 - 0 13
Brian Taylor 38 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 53 (0) 0 - 0 0
Roger Smith 34 (2) 8 18 (0) 12 52 (2) 0 - 0 20
Dave Gillingwater 40 (0) 6 9 (0) 3 49 (0) 0 - 0 9
Dave Hunt 42 (0) 1 7 (0) 0 49 (0) 0 - 0 1
Bob French 39 (0) 8 9 (0) 0 48 (0) 0 - 0 8
Peter Sillett 36 (1) 1 10 (1) 1 46 (2) 0 - 0 2
John Hamblin 24 (0) 0 22 (0) 2 46 (0) 0 - 0 2
Roger Wedge 27 (0) 12 11 (0) 5 38 (0) 0 - 0 17
Dave Crush 15 (2) 2 15 (0) 3 30 (2) 0 - 0 5
Terry Street 14 (2) 3 9 (1) 1 23 (3) 0 - 0 4
Ian Plant 1 (0) 0 18 (0) 1 19 (0) 0 - 0 1
Tim Soutar 9 (1) 1 8 (0) 2 17 (1) 0 - 0 3
Ray Kemp 7 (0) 2 10 (0) 3 17 (0) 0 - 0 5
Ken March 8 (0) 1 8 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 - 0 1
Roy Laker 0 (0) 0 15 (0) 2 15 (0) 0 - 0 2
Mick Trice 4 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dennis Parnell 11 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 14 (0) 0 - 0 0
Barry Beaney 0 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Stringer 0 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 0
Peter Worrall 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 1 5 (0) 0 - 0 1
David Flight 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 2 4 (0) 0 - 0 2
Alan Hughes 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ken Woodcock 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
R Ades 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
Stan Sage 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Chittenden 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Coxan 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Owen Drage 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 - 0 1
Tony Hele 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
R Hills 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Barry Kendall 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Oliver 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Mick Robertson 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
George Sergeant 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
J Stevens 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Jimmy Surtell 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
? Wood 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
missing player details 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 3 --- 0 --- --- 3