Ashford Town & Ashford United

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← 1947/48

Season 1948/49

1949/50 →
40
Matches
25
Wins
6
Draws
9
Losses
114–52
Goals F–A
August 1948
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 21st Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 0-4 — —
Sat 28th Canterbury City (A) Kent League Division 1 1-1 2,000 —
September 1948
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Woolwich Polytechnic (H) FA Cup (Extra Preliminary Round) 2-0 1,719 —
Sat 11th Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 5-2 2,500 —
Sat 18th Whitstable Town (A) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 1-0 — Programme
Sat 25th Maidstone United (H) Kent League Division 1 3-0 1,726 —
October 1948
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Ramsgate Athletic (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 0-4 3,000 Programme
Sat 9th Folkestone (A) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) 0-2 4,112 Programme
Sat 16th Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 5-0 1,408 —
Sat 23rd Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 — —
Sat 30th Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 5-2 1,850 —
November 1948
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Lloyds PM (A) Kent League Division 1 2-3 — —
Sat 13th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 2,337 —
Sat 20th Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 2-1 4,000 —
Sat 27th RM Chatham (A) Kent League Division 1 9-2 — —
December 1948
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 11th Maidstone United (A) Kent League Division 1 4-0 — —
Sat 18th Canterbury City (H) Kent Senior Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 1-3 1,850 Programme
Sat 25th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 4-2 — —
Mon 27th Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 — Programme
January 1949
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 1,117 —
Sat 8th Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 3-1 1,401 Programme
Sat 15th Aylesford PM (A) Kent League Division 1 6-0 — —
Sat 22nd Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 6-0 1,750 Programme
Sat 29th Betteshanger (A) Kent League Cup (2nd Round) 1-2 — —
February 1949
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Aylesford PM (H) Kent League Division 1 4-1 1,435 —
Sat 12th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 6-3 2,091 Programme
Sat 19th Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 4-3 3,200 —
Sat 26th Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 0-0 — —
March 1949
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Lloyds PM (H) Kent League Division 1 3-2 — Programme
Sat 12th Canterbury City (H) Kent League Division 1 4-0 2,100 Programme
Sat 19th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 1-1 — Programme
Sat 26th RM Chatham (H) Kent League Division 1 9-0 1,400 —
April 1949
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Gravesend & Northfleet Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 1-0 — —
Fri 15th Chatham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 4-1 2,632 —
Sat 16th Gillingham Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 3-4 — Programme
Mon 18th Chatham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 — Programme
Mon 25th Gravesend & Northfleet Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 2-1 — —
Sat 30th Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 5-1 — —
May 1949
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 4th Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 3-0 — Programme
Sat 7th Gillingham Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 0-0 — Programme
Kent League Division One — 1948/49
# Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Ashford Town 34 23 6 5 109 41 +68 52
2 Dover 34 24 4 6 86 41 +45 52
3 Ramsgate Athletic 34 25 2 7 104 52 +52 52
4 Folkestone 33 20 8 5 112 48 +64 48
5 Betteshanger CW 33 20 3 10 72 62 +10 43
6 Gillingham Reserves 34 17 8 9 85 46 +39 42
7 Canterbury City 34 16 5 13 90 64 +26 37
8 Chatham 34 15 6 13 78 70 +8 36
9 Sheppey United 34 14 6 14 75 73 +2 34
10 Margate 34 14 5 15 84 64 +20 33
11 Gravesend & Northfleet Reserves 34 14 3 17 61 57 +4 31
12 Snowdown CW 34 13 5 16 92 96 -4 31
13 Maidstone 34 12 6 16 68 87 -19 30
14 Sittingbourne 34 12 4 18 57 71 -14 28
15 Lloyds 34 9 5 20 75 95 -20 23
16 Deal 34 7 4 23 41 100 -59 18
17 Aylesford PM 34 4 4 26 39 111 -72 12
18 RM Chatham 34 2 4 28 35 185 -150 8
Season Summary — 1948/49
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
Kent League Cup 2nd Round
Kent League Division 1 *** CHAMPIONS ***
Kent Senior Cup 4th Qualifying Round
Kent Senior Shield 1st Round
1st
League Position
23–6–5
W–D–L
109–41
Goals F–A
Player Stats 1948/49
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Y – R Season Goals Career Apps Career Goals
Charlie Barnard 34 (0) 11 6 (0) 2 40 (0) 0 – 0 13 109 40
Vic Wadey 33 (0) 1 6 (0) 0 39 (0) 0 – 0 1 154 6
Fred James 31 (0) 23 6 (0) 0 37 (0) 0 – 0 23 126 55
George Gunn 32 (0) 19 4 (0) 0 36 (0) 0 – 0 19 88 26
Bert Sibley 32 (0) 6 4 (0) 0 36 (0) 0 – 0 6 150 12
Charlie Walker 29 (0) 1 6 (0) 0 35 (0) 0 – 0 1 100 1
Ron Jupp 26 (0) 3 5 (0) 0 31 (0) 0 – 0 3 140 7
Ernie Yates 23 (0) 5 5 (0) 1 28 (0) 0 – 0 6 127 29
Ted Wells 25 (0) 27 2 (0) 1 27 (0) 0 – 0 28 136 110
Ossie Evans 18 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 18 (0) 0 – 0 0 41 0
Don Swallow 15 (0) 2 2 (0) 0 17 (0) 0 – 0 2 60 9
H Blackwell 11 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 – 0 0 19 0
Pat Lacey 15 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 – 0 0 160 1
Frank Wright 12 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 – 0 0 35 0
J Woodcock 8 (0) 5 3 (0) 1 11 (0) 0 – 0 6 31 9
A Griffin 6 (0) 2 4 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 – 0 2 10 2
Ron Hammon 3 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 – 0 0 88 0
Gerald Millen 5 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 – 0 1 13 4
F Dean 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 0 14 0
Billy Briant 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 42 0
Bob Gallagher 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 5 0
Jimmy Francis 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 14 3
Hugh Millen 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 21 2
Harry Saddleton 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 2 0
George Allport 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
J Davies 1 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 1 1 1
Own Goal — 2 — 0 — — 2 — —