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List Grid
August 1972
Sat 05th Margate (H) Friendly L 1-2
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Tue 08th Brentford (H) Friendly W 4-1
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Sat 12th Crawley Town (H) Southern League Division One South W 3-0
518 thumb-1
Wed 16th Maidstone United (H) Southern League Division One South W 2-1
880 thumb-1
Sat 19th Salisbury (A) Southern League Division One South L 0-2
633 thumb-1
Wed 23rd Canterbury City (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) D 1-1
476 thumb-1
Sat 26th Winchester City (H) Southern League Division One South W 2-0
415 thumb-1
Tue 29th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) D 0-0
265 thumb-1
Aggregate 1-1.
September 1972
Sat 02nd Minehead (A) Southern League Division One South L 0-1
489 thumb-1
Mon 11th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Division One South L 0-2
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Sat 16th Chatham Town (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) W 2-0
339 thumb-1
Sat 23rd Dorchester Town (H) Southern League Division One South W 4-0
397 thumb-1
Tue 26th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round Replay) L 1-2
240 thumb-1
After Extra Time
Sat 30th Folkestone (H) FA Trophy (1st Qualifying Round) W 2-1
703 thumb-1
October 1972
Sat 07th Herne Bay (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) W 6-0
603 thumb-1
Sat 14th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One South W 2-0
335 thumb-1
Wed 18th St. Omer (A) Cross Channel Football League (Group Stage) L 2-3
300 -
Sat 21st Dover (A) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) W 2-1
1,276 thumb-1
Wed 25th Wealdstone (H) Southern League Division One South A-A
506 thumb-1
Abandoned on 44 minutes due to fog. Ashford Town were leading 1-0.
Sat 28th Hatfield Town (H) FA Trophy (2nd Qualifying Round) W 2-0
564 thumb-1
November 1972
Sat 04th Guildford City (H) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round) L 3-4
1,009 thumb-1
Tue 07th Bletchley Town (A) Southern League Division One South L 1-3
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Sat 11th Corby Town (A) FA Trophy (3rd Qualifying Round) W 1-0
458 thumb-1
Wed 15th Hazebrouk (A) Cross Channel Football League (Group Stage) W 3-0
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Sat 18th Bath City (A) Southern League Division One South D 1-1
1,281 thumb-1
Sat 25th Bideford AFC (H) Southern League Division One South D 1-1
441 thumb-1
Wed 29th Dunstable Town (H) Southern League Division One South W 1-0
296 thumb-1
December 1972
Sat 02nd Bromsgrove Rovers (A) FA Trophy (1st Round) D 2-2
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Wed 06th Bromsgrove Rovers (H) FA Trophy (1st Round Replay) W 2-1
467 thumb-1
Afer Extra Time.
Sat 09th Metropolitan Police (H) Southern League Division One South W 2-0
437 thumb-1
Wed 13th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) p-p
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Match Postponed. Water-logged pitch.
Sat 16th Bognor Regis Town (A) Southern League Division One South W 3-2
500 thumb-1
Wed 20th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) p-p
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Match Postponed. Fog.
Sat 23rd Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One South W 6-0
429 thumb-1
Tue 26th Hastings United (A) Southern League Division One South L 2-3
659 thumb-1
Thu 28th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) W 2-1
302 thumb-1
Sat 30th Salisbury (H) Southern League Division One South W 3-0
545 thumb-1
January 1973
Wed 03rd Bexley United (H) Southern League Division One South W 5-1
588 thumb-1
Sat 06th Dorchester Town (A) Southern League Division One South W 3-0
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Tue 09th Basingstoke Town (A) Southern League Division One South W 2-0
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Sat 13th Dover (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) D 1-1
1,008 thumb-1
Wed 17th Dover (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round Replay) L 1-3
822 thumb-1
Sat 20th Worcester City (H) FA Trophy (2nd Round) W 1-0
726 thumb-1
Sat 27th Wealdstone (A) Southern League Division One South L 0-3
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Wed 31st Boulogne (A) Cross Channel Football League (Group Stage) D 0-0
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February 1973
Sat 03rd Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Southern League Division One South D 1-1
900 thumb-1
Sat 10th Bexley United (H) FA Trophy (3rd Round) D 0-0
986 thumb-1
Tue 13th Bexley United (A) FA Trophy (3rd Round Replay) W 2-1
607 thumb-1
Afer Extra Time.
Sat 17th Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Southern League Division One South W 4-1
988 thumb-1
Wed 21st St. Omer (H) Cross Channel Football League (Group Stage) p-p
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Match Postponed.
Sat 24th Andover (A) Southern League Division One South D 0-0
357 thumb-1
Wed 28th Basingstoke Town (H) Southern League Division One South D 2-2
635 thumb-1
March 1973
Sat 03rd Dunstable Town (A) Southern League Division One South L 1-2
70 thumb-1
Wed 07th Hazebrouk (H) Cross Channel Football League (Group Stage) L 1-2
253 thumb-1
Home games against St. Omer and Boulogne not played.
Sat 10th Bangor City (A) FA Trophy (Quarter Final) W 3-2
3,360 thumb-1
Wed 14th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Division One South L 0-1
1,162 thumb-1
Sat 17th Bexley United (A) Southern League Division One South W 2-0
587 thumb-1
Wed 21st Hastings United (H) Southern League Division One South L 1-2
751 thumb-1
Sat 24th Bletchley Town (H) Southern League Division One South W 1-0
485 thumb-1
Tue 27th Maidstone United (A) Southern League Division One South D 1-1
1,485 thumb-1
Sat 31st Scarborough (N) FA Trophy (Semi Final) L 0-1
2,829 thumb-1
Played at Peterborough United.
April 1973
Wed 04th Wealdstone (H) Southern League Division One South W 5-0
552 thumb-1
Sat 07th Bognor Regis Town (H) Southern League Division One South W 1-0
593 thumb-1
Mon 09th Andover (H) Southern League Division One South W 4-1
598 thumb-1
Sat 14th Metropolitan Police (A) Southern League Division One South W 3-2
350 thumb-1
Tue 17th Bideford AFC (A) Southern League Division One South L 1-2
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Fri 20th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Division One South W 7-0
337 -
Sat 21st Bath City (H) Southern League Division One South W 6-1
631 thumb-1
Mon 23rd Winchester City (A) Southern League Division One South W 3-1
120 thumb-1
Fri 27th Minehead (H) Southern League Division One South D 1-1
641 thumb-1
May 1973
Tue 01st Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One South W 2-0
647 thumb-1
Fri 04th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One South L 1-2
370 thumb-1


Southern League Division One South

League Table 1972/73
Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Maidstone United 42 25 12 5 90 38 +52 62
2 Tonbridge 42 26 7 9 70 44 +26 59
3 Ashford Town 42 24 7 11 90 40 +50 55
4 Bideford AFC 42 19 14 9 70 43 +27 52
5 Minehead 42 20 12 10 65 47 +18 52
6 Gravesend and Northfleet 42 22 7 13 81 55 +26 51
7 Bath City 42 18 11 13 56 54 +2 47
8 Wealdstone 42 16 12 14 81 61 +20 44
9 Bletchley Town 42 14 13 15 54 51 +3 41
10 Hastings United 42 14 13 15 53 53 0 41
11 Andover 42 15 11 16 62 70 -8 41
12 Canterbury City 42 14 12 16 51 59 -8 40
13 Basingstoke Town 42 14 12 16 48 57 -9 40
14 Crawley Town 42 14 11 17 59 76 -17 39
15 Metropolitan Police 42 15 8 19 82 75 +7 38
16 Bexley United 42 12 14 16 54 64 -10 38
17 Salisbury 42 14 10 18 49 60 -11 38
18 Trowbridge Town 42 15 8 19 65 77 -12 38
19 Bognor Regis Town 42 12 9 21 41 66 -25 33
20 Dorchester Town 42 10 12 20 47 73 -26 32
21 Winchester City 42 7 11 24 41 79 -38 25
22 Dunstable Town 42 4 10 28 38 105 -67 18



Season Summary 1972/73
Competition Summary
Southern League Division One South 3rd (22)
FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round
FA Trophy Semi-Final
Southern League Cup 1st Round
Kent Senior Cup 2nd Round
Cross Channel Football League Group Stage (Not completed, played 4 out of the 6 games)

Player Stats 1972/73
No Missing matches
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Brian Gambrill 42 (0) 0 24 (0) 0 66 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bobby Nash 41 (0) 2 24 (0) 0 65 (0) 0 - 0 2
Neil Howell 38 (0) 5 24 (0) 3 62 (0) 0 - 0 8
Terry Street 38 (0) 0 24 (0) 0 62 (0) 0 - 0 0
Steve Coventry 39 (1) 10 21 (0) 0 60 (1) 0 - 0 10
Alan Morton 36 (0) 31 23 (0) 15 59 (0) 0 - 0 46
Terry Horton 35 (1) 8 19 (2) 4 54 (3) 0 - 0 12
Dave Gillingwater 35 (1) 3 18 (0) 1 53 (1) 0 - 0 4
Chris Hurley 32 (0) 6 19 (0) 2 51 (0) 0 - 0 8
Seth Vafiadis 27 (2) 11 9 (1) 3 36 (3) 0 - 0 14
John Millar 25 (2) 0 10 (0) 0 35 (2) 0 - 0 0
Charlie Williams 19 (1) 6 15 (0) 5 34 (1) 0 - 0 11
Roy Hodgson 15 (0) 0 15 (0) 3 30 (0) 0 - 0 3
Alan Back 22 (1) 2 6 (3) 2 28 (4) 0 - 0 4
Alan Shilling 3 (1) 0 5 (0) 0 8 (1) 0 - 0 0
Dave Bristow 7 (1) 5 0 (0) 0 7 (1) 0 - 0 5
Alan Dennis 5 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
Derek Price 1 (0) 0 2 (2) 0 3 (2) 0 - 0 0
Colin Wallace 2 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 3 (1) 0 - 0 0
Graham Jordon 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Gilbert 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 - 0 0
Bobby Laverick 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tommy McGinn 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Peter Sillett 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
missing player details 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
Paul Trice 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 1 --- 2 --- --- 3

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