Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1947/48

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1946/47 1948/49
Season Stats
14
Wins
7
Draws
21
Losses
75-83
Goals F-A
42
Matches
August 1947
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 23rd Maidstone United (H) Kent League Division 1 3-4 --- -
Sat 30th Canterbury City (H) Kent League Division 1 4-2 --- -
September 1947
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 3-1 --- -
Sat 13th Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 2-2 1,448 -
Sat 20th Whitstable Town (H) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 4-1 1,200 Programme
Sat 27th Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 --- -
October 1947
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Gravesend and Northfleet (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 0-4 --- -
Sat 11th Folkestone (H) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) 1-2 2,000 -
Sat 18th Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 0-0 --- -
Sat 25th Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 1-2 --- -
November 1947
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Lloyds PM (A) Kent League Division 1 2-6 --- -
Sat 8th RM Chatham (H) Kent League Division 1 2-1 1,150 Programme
Sat 15th Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 3-2 --- -
Sat 22nd Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 2-4 --- -
Sat 29th Gravesend & Northfleet Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 0-1 --- -
December 1947
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Fulham (H) Friendly 3-3 --- -
Sat 13th Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 4-1 --- -
Sat 20th RM Chatham (A) Kent Senior Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 6-0 75 -
Thu 25th Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 0-0 --- -
Fri 26th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 0-3 --- Programme
Sat 27th Maidstone United (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 --- Programme
January 1948
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Sheppey United (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 2-4 2,060 Programme
Sat 10th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 2-1 --- -
Sat 17th Chatham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 --- -
Sat 24th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 1,049 -
Sat 31st Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 --- -
February 1948
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th RM Chatham (A) Kent League Division 1 5-0 100 -
Sat 14th Gravesend & Northfleet Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 0-1 --- Programme
Sat 28th Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 0-1 1,398 Programme
March 1948
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 --- -
Sat 13th Lloyds PM (H) Kent League Division 1 2-1 1,500 -
Sat 20th Canterbury City (A) Kent League Division 1 5-4 2,000 Programme
Fri 26th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 3-0 2,000 -
Sat 27th Chatham Town (H) Kent League Cup (2nd Round 1st Leg) 0-0 1,200 -
Mon 29th Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 3,850 -
April 1948
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Chatham Town (A) Kent League Cup (2nd Round 2nd Leg) 0-1 --- -
Sat 10th Gillingham Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 0-2 --- -
Wed 14th Aylesford PM (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 --- -
Wed 21st Aylesford PM (A) Kent League Division 1 3-0 --- -
Sat 24th Chatham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 1-8 --- -
Wed 28th Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 2-2 --- -
May 1948
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Gillingham Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 --- Programme
Kent League Division One - 1947/48
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Margate 34 24 1 9 103 44 +59 49
2 Folkestone 34 21 5 8 103 43 +60 47
3 Gillingham Reserves 34 19 5 10 71 45 +26 43
4 Ramsgate Athletic 34 20 2 12 72 53 +19 42
5 Maidstone 34 18 5 11 72 61 +11 41
6 Lloyds PM 34 18 3 13 86 74 +12 39
7 Dover 34 15 8 11 70 60 +10 38
8 Gravesend & Northfleet Reserves 33 14 10 10 62 54 +8 38
9 Sittingbourne 34 15 7 12 86 79 +7 37
10 Chatham 34 15 6 13 82 67 +15 36
11 Canterbury City 34 15 4 15 77 71 +6 34
12 Ashford Town 34 12 5 17 59 68 -9 29
13 Betteshanger CW 34 11 6 17 68 81 -13 28
14 Deal 34 9 8 17 55 79 -24 26
15 Snowdown CW 34 8 8 18 61 89 -28 24
16 Sheppey United 34 10 2 22 64 98 -34 22
17 Aylesford PM 34 6 8 20 46 99 -53 20
18 RM Chatham 29 7 3 24 49 121 -72 17
Season Summary: 1947/48
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
Kent League Cup 2nd Round
Kent League Division 1 12th (18)
Kent Senior Cup 1st Round
Kent Senior Shield ?
League Position
12th
League Record
12-5-17
Goals For-Against
59-68
Player Stats 1947/48
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
George Gunn 33 (0) 4 7 (0) 0 40 (0) 0 - 0 4
Pat Lacey 32 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 39 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ron Jupp 32 (0) 1 6 (0) 0 38 (0) 0 - 0 1
Don Swallow 31 (0) 2 4 (0) 0 35 (0) 0 - 0 2
Ernie Yates 29 (0) 4 6 (0) 1 35 (0) 0 - 0 5
Bert Sibley 27 (0) 1 7 (0) 0 34 (0) 0 - 0 1
Fred James 23 (0) 5 4 (0) 1 27 (0) 0 - 0 6
Ron Hammon 22 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 26 (0) 0 - 0 0
William Beale 19 (0) 5 5 (0) 2 24 (0) 0 - 0 7
Ray Woodcock 19 (0) 6 3 (0) 1 22 (0) 0 - 0 7
Ferrier 14 (0) 8 5 (0) 2 19 (0) 0 - 0 10
Sandy Dunscombe 13 (0) 4 4 (0) 1 17 (0) 0 - 0 5
Frank Wright 12 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 - 0 0
Jimmy Francis 10 (0) 3 2 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 - 0 3
Learmonth 10 (0) 3 1 (0) 2 11 (0) 0 - 0 5
Vic Wadey 8 (0) 2 3 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 - 0 2
Hopkins 6 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 0
J Woodcock 6 (0) 2 1 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 2
Harold Stevens 6 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 1
William Burnett 4 (0) 1 1 (0) 2 5 (0) 0 - 0 3
Keith Francis 4 (0) 4 1 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 4
Alan Fletcher 4 (0) 3 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 3
H Blackwell 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
F Dean 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bell 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Billy Briant 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Carey-Williams 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
P Fagg 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Royal Punyer 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0