Nuts and Bolts Archive

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1953/54 | 1954/55 | 1955/56
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August 1954
Sat 21st Canterbury City (H) Kent League Division 1 W 2-1
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Sat 28th Faversham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 W 5-1
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September 1954
Wed 01st Tunbridge Wells (A) Kent League Division 1 L 0-2
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Sat 04th Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 L 0-1
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Sat 11th Deal Town (A) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) W 2-0
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Sat 18th Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 D 1-1
2,404 -
Sat 25th Snowdown (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) D 1-1
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Wed 29th Snowdown (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round Replay) L 0-5
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October 1954
Sat 02nd Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 W 1-0
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Sat 09th Chatham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 L 3-4
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Sat 23rd Folkestone (H) Kent League Cup (1st Round) L 1-2
3,766 thumb-1
Sat 30th Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 W 2-1
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November 1954
Sat 06th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 W 1-0
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Sat 20th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 D 0-0
2,756 -
December 1954
Sat 04th Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 W 4-1
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Sat 11th Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 W 2-1
2,214 thumb-1
Sat 18th Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 D 2-2
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Sat 25th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-2
4,000 thumb-1
Mon 27th Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 D 1-1
4,500 thumb-1
January 1955
Sat 01st Whitstable Town (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) D 1-1
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Sat 08th Gillingham Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-2
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Wed 12th Whitstable Town (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round Replay) D 1-1
600 -
Wed 19th Whitstable Town (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round 2nd Replay) W 5-0
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Sat 22nd Canterbury City (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-3
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Sat 29th Tonbridge (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) L 0-2
3,316 thumb-1
February 1955
Sat 05th Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Kent League Division 1 L 1-4
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Sat 12th Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 W 1-0
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Sat 19th Chatham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 L 1-2
1,003 thumb-1
March 1955
Sat 05th Gillingham Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 L 1-2
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Sat 12th Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-2
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Sat 19th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 W 5-0
917 thumb-1
Sat 26th Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 W 2-1
754 thumb-1
April 1955
Sat 02nd Faversham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-2
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Fri 08th Whitstable Town (H) Kent League Division 1 D 1-1
1,500 thumb-1
Mon 11th Whitstable Town (A) Kent League Division 1 D 2-2
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Sat 16th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-3
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Sat 23rd Tunbridge Wells (H) Kent League Division 1 W 3-1
1,200 thumb-1
Wed 27th Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-3
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Sat 30th Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 L 0-4
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May 1955
Tue 03rd Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent League Division 1 D 1-1
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Kent League Division One

League Table 1954/55
Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Snowdown CW 32 18 9 5 60 36 +24 45
2 Dover 32 16 11 5 64 38 +26 43
3 Folkestone 32 16 11 5 74 55 +19 43
4 Sittingbourne 32 18 5 9 77 50 +27 41
5 Margate 32 17 6 9 82 48 +34 40
6 Ramsgate Athletic 32 15 8 9 65 49 +16 38
7 Tunbridge Wells United 32 15 8 9 60 53 +7 38
8 Gillingham Reserves 32 12 9 11 53 51 +2 33
9 Canterbury City 32 12 8 12 57 53 +4 32
10 Bexleyheath and Welling 32 13 6 13 76 71 +5 32
11 Deal 32 10 12 10 66 62 +4 32
12 Ashford Town 32 11 7 14 49 52 -3 29
13 Whitstable Town 32 9 8 15 51 64 -13 26
14 Faversham Town 32 9 5 18 47 72 -25 23
15 Betteshanger CW 32 6 8 18 46 68 -22 20
16 Chatham 32 6 4 22 63 121 -58 16
17 Sheppey United 32 3 7 22 42 89 -47 13



Season Summary 1954/55
Competition Summary
Kent League Division 1 12th (17)
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
Kent League Cup 1st Round
Kent Senior Cup 2nd Round

Player Stats 1954/55
No Missing matches
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Harry Freeman 30 (0) 3 8 (0) 2 38 (0) 0 - 0 5
Reg Chapman 28 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 36 (0) 0 - 0 0
Cyril Bacon 23 (0) 9 8 (0) 3 31 (0) 0 - 0 12
Bill Beckett 21 (0) 6 6 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 - 0 6
Cyril Borthwick 20 (0) 3 5 (0) 0 25 (0) 0 - 0 3
Ted Hanckey 18 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 25 (0) 0 - 0 0
Geoff Steiner 17 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 25 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tony Hapgood 18 (0) 4 4 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 - 0 4
Jim Housley 13 (0) 1 7 (0) 1 20 (0) 0 - 0 2
David Nelson 16 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 20 (0) 0 - 0 0
Jimmy Day 13 (0) 3 6 (0) 5 19 (0) 0 - 0 8
John Baynham 13 (0) 2 5 (0) 0 18 (0) 0 - 0 2
Chris Bertchin 16 (0) 10 1 (0) 0 17 (0) 0 - 0 10
Harry Gray 13 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 - 0 0
Murphy 15 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 - 0 0
Albert Smith 11 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 - 0 0
Walter Brockie 10 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 - 0 1
Joe Crozier 10 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 - 0 0
David Bumpstead 8 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 1
Malcolm Collins 8 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 2
Bill Theobald 7 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 1
Frank Rowden 4 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Friel 4 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 1
Brian Mynheer 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Albert Day 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
Alec Smith 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dave Stevens 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Oldham 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
George Sergeant 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Len Woodcock 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0