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List Grid
July 1973
Sat 28th Dover (A) Friendly L 0-1
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August 1973
Wed 01st Folkestone (A) Friendly L 0-1
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Sat 04th Margate (H) Friendly W 3-2
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Mon 06th Margate (A) Friendly L 1-5
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Tue 07th Folkestone (H) Friendly L 2-4
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Sat 11th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One South L 2-3
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Sat 18th Basingstoke Town (H) Southern League Division One South D 3-3
509 thumb-1
Tue 21st Bexley United (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) W 4-1
425 thumb-1
Sat 25th Salisbury (A) Southern League Division One South L 1-2
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Tue 28th Bexley United (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) D 1-1
325 -
Aggregate 5-2.
September 1973
Sat 01st Minehead (H) Southern League Division One South W 3-0
435 thumb-1
Sat 08th Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Southern League Division One South D 3-3
748 thumb-1
Sat 15th Eastbourne United (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) W 4-0
579 thumb-1
Sat 22nd Metropolitan Police (A) Southern League Division One South W 2-1
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Tue 25th Canterbury City (H) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) D 1-1
490 thumb-1
Sat 29th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One South D 1-1
559 thumb-1
October 1973
Tue 02nd Margate (A) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) W 4-2
373 thumb-1
Sat 06th Maidstone United (A) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) D 1-1
1,512 thumb-1
Tue 09th Maidstone United (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round Replay) L 0-2
1,668 thumb-1
Sat 13th Hastings United (A) Southern League Division One South L 0-1
437 thumb-1
Tue 16th Dover (A) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) L 1-3
128 thumb-1
Sat 20th Dorchester Town (H) Southern League Division One South W 2-1
481 thumb-1
Sat 27th Poole Town (A) Southern League Division One South L 0-2
441 thumb-1
Tue 30th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) W 1-0
348 thumb-1
November 1973
Sat 03rd Bath City (H) Southern League Division One South L 0-1
490 thumb-1
Tue 06th Guildford City (H) Southern League Cup (2nd Round) W 1-0
362 thumb-1
Tue 13th Folkestone (A) Kent Messenger Trophy (Group Stage) D 2-2
485 -
Sat 17th Bognor Regis Town (A) Southern League Division One South W 3-0
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Sat 24th Crawley Town (H) Southern League Division One South L 0-2
423 thumb-1
December 1973
Sat 01st Waterlooville (A) Southern League Division One South D 0-0
420 -
Sat 08th Swanley Town (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) W 4-0
263 thumb-1
Sat 15th Hastings United (H) Southern League Division One South W 2-0
337 thumb-1
Sat 22nd Basingstoke Town (A) Southern League Division One South L 0-3
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Wed 26th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Division One South D 1-1
313 thumb-1
Sat 29th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One South L 0-1
398 thumb-1
January 1974
Tue 01st Wealdstone (A) Southern League Division One South L 1-4
1,175 thumb-1
Sat 05th Waterlooville (H) Southern League Division One South W 1-0
258 thumb-1
Sat 12th Dartford (H) FA Trophy (1st Round) L 0-3
1,053 thumb-1
Fri 18th Maidstone United (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) L 0-1
1,053 thumb-1
Sun 20th Dartford (H) Southern League Cup (3rd Round) L 0-3
831 thumb-1
Sat 26th Andover (A) Southern League Division One South W 2-1
240 thumb-1
February 1974
Sat 02nd Bexley United (A) Southern League Division One South L 0-1
247 thumb-1
Sat 09th Salisbury (H) Southern League Division One South D 1-1
333 thumb-1
Sat 23rd Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Southern League Division One South L 0-2
463 thumb-1
March 1974
Sat 02nd Bognor Regis Town (H) Southern League Division One South W 1-0
268 thumb-1
Sat 09th Poole Town (H) Southern League Division One South W 3-1
336 thumb-1
Sat 16th Bath City (A) Southern League Division One South L 0-1
968 thumb-1
Sat 23rd Bideford AFC (H) Southern League Division One South W 1-0
327 thumb-1
Sat 30th Dorchester Town (A) Southern League Division One South L 0-1
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April 1974
Tue 02nd Andover (H) Southern League Division One South L 1-2
351 thumb-1
Sat 06th Crawley Town (A) Southern League Division One South W 3-0
142 -
Fri 12th Wealdstone (H) Southern League Division One South L 0-1
656 thumb-1
Mon 15th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Division One South W 1-0
210 thumb-1
Sat 20th Bexley United (H) Southern League Division One South D 0-0
393 thumb-1
Sun 21st Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One South W 1-0
150 thumb-1
Sat 27th Bideford AFC (A) Southern League Division One South L 0-2
450 thumb-1
Tue 30th Minehead (A) Southern League Division One South D 0-0
570 -
May 1974
Fri 03rd Metropolitan Police (H) Southern League Division One South W 2-0
240 thumb-1


Southern League Division One South

League Table 1973/74
Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Wealdstone 38 26 7 5 75 35 +40 59
2 Bath City 38 20 8 10 55 34 +21 48
3 Waterlooville 38 16 15 7 55 38 +17 47
4 Minehead 38 16 15 7 69 52 +17 47
5 Bideford AFC 38 17 12 9 61 51 +10 46
6 Poole Town 38 18 9 11 67 47 +20 45
7 Bexley United 38 18 7 13 50 42 +8 43
8 Hastings United 38 16 9 13 45 36 +9 41
9 Basingstoke Town 38 14 11 13 55 44 +11 39
10 Gravesend and Northfleet 38 13 13 12 58 52 +6 39
11 Bognor Regis Town 38 13 12 13 48 54 -6 38
12 Ashford Town 38 14 8 16 41 42 -1 36
13 Ramsgate 38 13 9 16 46 44 +2 35
14 Dorchester Town 38 10 13 15 40 48 -8 33
15 Canterbury City 38 9 12 17 37 46 -9 30
16 Trowbridge Town 38 8 14 16 44 61 -17 30
17 Salisbury 38 10 9 19 40 60 -20 29
18 Metropolitan Police 38 9 11 18 37 61 -24 29
19 Andover 38 11 3 24 38 70 -32 25
20 Crawley Town 38 6 9 23 35 79 -44 21


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League Table 1973/74
Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Canterbury City 5 3 2 0 11 5 +6 8
2 Ashford Town 5 2 2 1 9 8 +1 6
3 Margate 5 2 2 1 7 7 0 6
4 Canterbury City 5 2 1 2 6 7 -1 5
5 Folkestone 5 1 2 2 7 8 -1 4
6 Ramsgate 5 0 1 4 3 8 -5 1


Season Summary 1973/74
Competition Summary
Southern League Division One South 12th (20)
FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
FA Trophy 1st Round
Southern League Cup 3rd Round
Kent Senior Cup 2nd Round
Kent Messenger Trophy Group Stage

Player Stats 1973/74
No Missing matches
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Steve Coventry 36 (0) 1 14 (1) 6 50 (1) 0 - 0 7
Terry Street 34 (0) 0 14 (0) 0 48 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bobby Nash 35 (0) 2 12 (1) 0 47 (1) 0 - 0 2
Chris Hurley 33 (0) 4 13 (0) 0 46 (0) 0 - 0 4
Alan Back 30 (1) 2 11 (2) 2 41 (3) 0 - 0 4
John Millar 26 (0) 1 14 (0) 1 40 (0) 0 - 0 2
Terry Horton 26 (2) 3 12 (0) 0 38 (2) 0 - 0 3
Brian Coates 28 (1) 2 10 (0) 2 38 (1) 0 - 0 4
Alan Morton 20 (0) 10 15 (0) 9 35 (0) 0 - 0 19
Brian Gambrill 21 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 31 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dave Bristow 19 (1) 1 4 (0) 0 23 (1) 0 - 0 1
Seth Vafiadis 14 (0) 1 9 (0) 0 23 (0) 0 - 0 1
Neil Howell 13 (0) 1 9 (1) 3 22 (1) 0 - 0 4
Tony Godden 17 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dave Waters 8 (1) 0 6 (0) 1 14 (1) 0 - 0 1
Trevor Pearce 14 (0) 3 0 (0) 0 14 (0) 0 - 0 3
Steve Tomkins 13 (2) 2 0 (0) 0 13 (2) 0 - 0 2
Charlie Williams 8 (1) 2 5 (0) 1 13 (1) 0 - 0 3
Jimmy Muir 12 (2) 3 0 (0) 0 12 (2) 0 - 0 3
Tony Smith 5 (1) 1 0 (0) 0 5 (1) 0 - 0 1
Dave Gillingwater 3 (0) 1 1 (1) 0 4 (1) 0 - 0 1
Tony Higgins 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Kenny Clare 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 - 0 0
John Gilbert 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 --- 1 --- 0 --- --- 1

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