Ashford Town & Ashford United

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← 1950/51

Season 1951/52

1952/53 →
46
Matches
23
Wins
8
Draws
15
Losses
85–57
Goals F–A
August 1951
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 18th Tunbridge Wells United (H) Kent League Division 1 3-0 — Programme
Wed 22nd Chatham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 3-1 — —
September 1951
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Chatham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 5-0 2,012 Programme
Sat 15th Hastings United (A) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 3-1 3,000 Programme
Sat 22nd Canterbury City (A) Kent League Division 1 3-0 — Programme
Sat 29th Redhill (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 3-2 3,000 Programme
October 1951
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 0-2 2,967 Programme
Sat 13th Eastbourne (A) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 2-2 — Programme
Wed 17th Eastbourne (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round replay) 4-0 — —
Sat 20th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 0-2 3,216 Programme
Sat 27th Tonbridge (H) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) 1-1 4,240 Programme
Wed 31st Tonbridge (A) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round replay) 0-4 2,656 Programme
November 1951
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Whitstable Town (H) Kent League Division 1 5-1 2,034 Programme
Sat 10th Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 2-3 — —
Sat 17th Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 1,637 Programme
Sat 24th Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 — —
December 1951
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Betteshanger (H) Kent League Cup (1st Round) 2-0 2,029 Programme
Sat 8th Canterbury City (H) Kent League Division 1 2-1 — Programme
Sat 15th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 — Programme
Sat 22nd Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 0-0 — Programme
Tue 25th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 — Programme
Wed 26th Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 1-4 4,000 —
January 1952
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 3-1 1,926 Programme
Sat 12th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 1,600 —
Sat 19th Margate (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 0-0 1,724 Programme
Thu 24th Margate (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round Replay) 0-2 — —
Sat 26th Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 0-2 1,726 Programme
February 1952
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Snowdown (H) Kent League Cup (2nd Round) 3-2 — Programme
Sat 9th Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 1-0 — —
Sat 16th Bowaters (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 1,400 Programme
Sat 23rd Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 2-0 — —
March 1952
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 1,868 Programme
Sat 8th Bowaters (A) Kent League Division 1 1-1 — —
Wed 12th Hastings United (A) Friendly 2-2 1,865 —
First Floodlight match for Ashford
Sat 15th Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Kent League Division 1 5-0 1,515 Programme
Sat 22nd Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 0-1 — Programme
Sat 29th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 4-2 500 Programme
April 1952
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Cup (Semi Final) 0-0 1,800 Programme
Fri 11th Faversham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 4-0 — Programme
Mon 14th Faversham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 1-1 — —
Sat 19th Tunbridge Wells United (A) Kent League Division 1 5-1 — —
Mon 21st Sheppey United (A) Kent League Cup (Semi Final Replay) 2-0 — Programme
Wed 23rd Whitstable Town (A) Kent League Division 1 2-1 — Programme
Sat 26th Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 — —
May 1952
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 2-4 1,800 Programme
Sat 10th Folkestone (A) Kent League Cup (Final) 0-3 6,000 Programme
Kent League Division One — 1951/52
# Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Dover 32 23 6 3 109 36 +73 52
2 Snowdown CW 32 16 9 7 68 36 +32 41
3 Sheppey United 32 19 3 10 82 57 +25 41
4 Margate 32 16 7 9 77 49 +28 39
5 Folkestone 32 17 5 10 80 51 +29 39
6 Sittingbourne 32 17 4 11 74 66 +8 38
7 Ashford Town 32 17 3 12 63 38 +25 37
8 Ramsgate Athletic 32 14 9 9 72 47 +25 37
9 Deal 32 15 5 12 70 51 +19 35
10 Whitstable Town 32 15 4 13 59 71 -12 34
11 Betteshanger CW 32 14 4 14 81 73 +8 32
12 Faversham Town 32 11 6 15 52 77 -25 28
13 Canterbury City 32 10 7 15 71 70 +1 27
14 Bowaters-Lloyd 32 11 5 16 65 79 -14 27
15 Chatham 32 6 3 23 45 99 -54 15
16 Bexleyheath and Welling 32 4 4 24 28 118 -90 12
17 Tunbridge Wells United 32 5 0 27 31 109 -78 10
Season Summary — 1951/52
Competition Summary
FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round
Kent League Cup Runners-Up
Kent League Division 1 7th (17)
Kent Senior Cup 1st Round
7th
League Position
17–3–12
W–D–L
63–38
Goals F–A
Player Stats 1951/52
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Y – R Season Goals Career Apps Career Goals
Vic Hayes 32 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 45 (0) 0 – 0 0 89 0
Charlie Lowe 32 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 45 (0) 0 – 0 0 71 0
Vic Wadey 31 (0) 0 13 (0) 2 44 (0) 0 – 0 2 154 6
Harry Gray 30 (0) 11 13 (0) 5 43 (0) 0 – 0 16 136 34
Ken Horrigan 30 (0) 1 13 (0) 0 43 (0) 0 – 0 1 80 2
Dennis Rampling 28 (0) 2 12 (0) 0 40 (0) 0 – 0 2 50 3
Bill Black 26 (0) 10 9 (0) 3 35 (0) 0 – 0 13 35 13
Les Burell 16 (0) 11 7 (0) 0 23 (0) 0 – 0 11 23 11
Ray Woodcock 18 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 23 (0) 0 – 0 0 126 28
Ron Guttridge 15 (0) 0 7 (0) 2 22 (0) 0 – 0 2 22 2
Len Revell 15 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 – 0 0 56 0
Eric Lancelotte 15 (0) 4 6 (0) 1 21 (0) 0 – 0 5 54 10
Brian Moffatt 15 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 – 0 0 57 0
Bill Theobald 14 (0) 13 3 (0) 0 17 (0) 0 – 0 13 41 17
Ted Wells 7 (0) 7 8 (0) 5 15 (0) 0 – 0 12 136 110
Fred James 6 (0) 0 4 (0) 1 10 (0) 0 – 0 1 126 55
Pat Lacey 4 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 – 0 0 160 1
Albert Robson 4 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 – 0 1 5 1
Ivor Jones 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 0 13 1
Charlie Barnard 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 109 40
F Jenkins 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 3 0
Bernard Colloff 2 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 1 2 1
David Crawford 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
Edward Ross 1 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 1 11 9
Woodhouse 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
Own Goal — 1 — 1 — — 2 — —