Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1937/38

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1936/37 1938/39
Season Stats
17
Wins
9
Draws
19
Losses
91-92
Goals F-A
45
Matches
August 1937
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 21st Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment (H) Trial Match 6-1 --- -
Sat 28th Erith and Belvedere (H) Kent League Division 1 1-0 --- -
September 1937
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Ramsgate Grenville (H) FA Cup (Extra Preliminary Round) 5-0 --- -
Sat 11th Dartford Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 4-0 --- Programme
Sat 18th Dover (H) FA Cup (Extra Preliminary Round) 3-0 1,600 -
Wed 22nd Gillingham (A) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) 4-1 --- -
Sat 25th Gillingham Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 --- -
October 1937
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Canterbury Waverly (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 3-0 2,432 -
Sat 9th Folkestone Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 3-0 --- -
Sat 16th Sittingbourne (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 1-2 --- -
Sat 23rd Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Kent League Division 1 0-1 --- -
Sat 30th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent League Division 1 2-0 --- -
November 1937
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Folkestone Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 2-2 --- -
Sat 13th Folkestone Reserves (H) Kent League Cup (1st Round) 5-0 --- -
Sat 20th Northfleet United (A) Kent League Division 1 0-8 --- -
Sat 27th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 2-3 --- -
December 1937
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Tunbridge Wells Rangers (H) Kent League Division 1 5-2 --- -
Sat 11th Aylesford PM (H) Kent League Cup (2nd Round) 2-2 --- -
Sat 18th Lloyds PM (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 --- -
Sat 25th Canterbury Waverly (H) Kent League Division 1 3-3 2,000 -
Sun 26th Canterbury Waverly (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 1,811 -
January 1938
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Dartford Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 4-1 --- -
Sat 15th Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 0-3 --- -
Wed 19th Aylesford PM (A) Kent League Cup (2nd Round Replay) 0-1 --- -
Sat 22nd Maidstone United (H) Kent League Division 1 2-1 --- -
Sat 29th Tunbridge Wells Rangers (A) Kent League Division 1 1-4 --- -
February 1938
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 3-1 --- -
Sat 12th Northfleet United (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 0-3 --- -
Sat 26th Northfleet United (H) Kent League Division 1 1-4 --- -
March 1938
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 2nd Folkestone (A) Kent Senior Shield (Semi Final) 3-3 --- -
Sat 5th Cray Wanderers (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 --- -
Wed 9th Folkestone (A) Kent Senior Shield (Semi Final Replay) 1-3 --- -
Sat 12th Cray Wanderers (H) Kent League Division 1 8-3 --- -
Sat 19th West Ham United (H) Friendly 1-1 --- -
Sat 26th Maidstone United (A) Kent League Division 1 4-3 --- -
April 1938
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd London PM (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 --- -
Sat 9th London PM (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 --- -
Fri 15th Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 0-0 --- -
Sat 16th Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 0-4 --- -
Mon 18th Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 1-4 --- -
Sat 23rd Gillingham Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 0-3 --- -
Wed 27th Aylesford PM (H) Kent League Division 1 0-1 --- -
Sat 30th Lloyds PM (A) Kent League Division 1 4-4 --- -
May 1938
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Thu 5th Erith and Belvedere (A) Kent League Division 1 1-4 --- -
Fri 6th Aylesford PM (A) Kent League Division 1 1-8 --- -
Kent League Division One - 1937/38
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Margate Reserves 32 24 4 4 103 31 +72 52
2 Aylesford PM 32 24 4 4 102 42 +60 52
3 Northfleet United 32 23 5 4 116 29 +87 51
4 London Paper Mills 32 20 9 3 88 35 +53 49
5 Canterbury Waverly 32 16 8 8 74 53 +21 40
6 Gillingham Reserves 32 16 3 13 84 63 +21 35
7 Bexleyheath & Welling 32 14 5 13 68 60 +8 33
8 Sittingbourne 32 14 4 14 74 64 +10 32
9 Folkestone Reserves 32 12 6 14 78 85 -7 30
10 LLoyds Paper Mills 32 11 8 13 69 78 -9 30
11 Ashford Town 32 11 6 15 57 75 -18 28
12 Dartford Reserves 32 8 7 17 51 89 -38 23
13 Erith & Belvedere 32 9 4 19 47 79 -32 22
14 Sheppey United 32 9 4 19 46 108 -62 22
15 Tunbridge Wells Rangers 32 10 1 21 60 88 -28 21
16 Maidstone United 32 5 3 24 47 94 -47 13
17 Cray Wanderers 32 5 1 26 39 130 -91 11
Season Summary: 1937/38
Competition Summary
FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
Kent League Cup ?
Kent League Division 1 11th (17)
Kent Senior Cup 1st Round
League Position
11th
League Record
11-6-15
Goals For-Against
57-75
Player Stats 1937/38
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
missing player details 31 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 52 (0) 0 - 0 0
George Hogarth 28 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 38 (0) 0 - 0 0
Henry William Munday 27 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 37 (0) 0 - 0 0
Stanley Leslie (Leslie) Balcombe 26 (0) 10 9 (0) 10 35 (0) 0 - 0 20
Richardson 28 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 34 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tom Spencer 23 (0) 8 9 (0) 6 32 (0) 0 - 0 14
S.B Beton 24 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 29 (0) 0 - 0 0
Trevor Jones 24 (0) 2 5 (0) 1 29 (0) 0 - 0 3
V Paine 16 (0) 5 3 (0) 0 19 (0) 0 - 0 5
Henry Smith 15 (0) 7 3 (0) 1 18 (0) 0 - 0 8
C Gilbert 16 (0) 2 1 (0) 0 17 (0) 0 - 0 2
G.P Ward 13 (0) 5 2 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 - 0 5
Ernie Webster 7 (0) 1 5 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 - 0 1
W.D West 10 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 - 0 0
Jimmy French 6 (0) 2 5 (0) 3 11 (0) 0 - 0 5
C.R Pye 11 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 - 0 2
W.A Lewis 8 (0) 2 2 (0) 1 10 (0) 0 - 0 3
Simmonds 5 (0) 0 4 (0) 1 9 (0) 0 - 0 1
Dransfield 5 (0) 1 2 (0) 1 7 (0) 0 - 0 2
Jackie Foster 4 (0) 2 3 (0) 1 7 (0) 0 - 0 3
J Hare 4 (0) 1 3 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 1
J Jones 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 0
William Beale 4 (0) 1 1 (0) 1 5 (0) 0 - 0 2
W Rossiter 4 (0) 2 1 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 2
Braithwaite 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 1 4 (0) 0 - 0 1
Jobson 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tommy Owen 3 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 1
Thomas 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
P.W Brown 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Hooton 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Blackman 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
C Fellows 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
J Fowler 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
T Grist 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ron Jupp 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Lambert 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Tommy Pickett 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
C.R Reid 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Rev. Ernest James Rumens 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 0 --- 1 --- --- 1