Ashford Town & Ashford United

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← 1951/52

Season 1952/53

1953/54 →
41
Matches
16
Wins
11
Draws
14
Losses
78–61
Goals F–A
August 1952
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 23rd Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 1-0 2,206 Programme
Wed 27th Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Kent League Division 1 3-2 2,101 —
Sat 30th Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 1-4 — Programme
September 1952
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 3rd Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 3-0 2,160 Programme
Sat 6th Tunbridge Wells United (A) Kent League Division 1 3-3 — Programme
Wed 10th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 1-1 — —
Sat 13th Newhaven (A) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 4-2 — Programme
Wed 17th Folkestone (A) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) A-A — —
Abandoned on 82 minutes due to bad light. Folkestone were leading 2-0
Sat 20th Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 1-4 — Programme
Sat 27th Hastings United (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 1-3 4,618 Programme
October 1952
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 2-3 1,815 Programme
Sat 11th Folkestone (A) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) 2-3 — Programme
Sat 18th Canterbury City (H) Kent League Division 1 5-2 2,596 Programme
Sat 25th Tunbridge Wells United (H) Kent League Division 1 3-0 1,735 Programme
November 1952
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Bowaters (H) Kent League Division 1 4-0 1,664 Programme
Sat 15th Canterbury City (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 — Programme
Sat 22nd Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 2-0 — —
Sat 29th Faversham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 5-1 1,300 Programme
December 1952
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Snowdown (H) Kent League Cup (1st Round) 1-1 1,826 Programme
Sat 13th Chatham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 5-0 180 —
Sat 20th Chatham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 1,100 Programme
Thu 25th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 1-5 — Programme
Fri 26th Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 0-1 2,827 Programme
January 1953
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 3-3 1,643 Programme
Sat 10th Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 2-2 — —
Sat 17th Snowdown (A) Kent League Cup (1st Round Replay) 2-1 — —
Sat 24th Tunbridge Wells United (A) Kent League Cup (2nd Round) 1-2 — Programme
Sat 31st Tonbridge (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 0-0 — Programme
February 1953
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 4th Tonbridge (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round Replay) 2-0 1,100 —
Sat 7th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 3-0 1,761 Programme
Sat 14th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent League Division 1 2-2 — Programme
Sat 21st Dartford (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 0-1 2,300 —
Sat 28th Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 0-1 — Programme
March 1953
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 0-0 1,863 Programme
Sat 14th Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 2-2 1,554 Programme
Sat 21st Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 1,413 Programme
Sat 28th Bowaters (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 — —
April 1953
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Fri 3rd Whitstable Town (H) Kent League Division 1 4-2 2,345 Programme
Sat 4th Whitstable Town (A) Kent League Division 1 3-0 — Programme
Mon 6th Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 0-1 — Programme
Sat 11th Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 2-3 — Programme
Sat 18th Faversham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 0-0 — Programme
Kent League Division One — 1952/53
# Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Folkestone 32 23 5 4 93 28 +65 51
2 Dover 32 20 8 4 70 41 +29 48
3 Sittingbourne 32 18 8 6 81 60 +21 44
4 Betteshanger CW 32 19 5 8 81 46 +35 43
5 Tunbridge Wells United 32 19 2 11 64 53 +11 40
6 Deal 32 16 6 10 80 42 +38 38
7 Ashford Town 32 13 9 10 65 48 +17 35
8 Canterbury City 32 13 9 10 62 57 +5 35
9 Sheppey United 32 14 7 11 62 64 -2 35
10 Snowdown CW 32 14 6 12 74 58 +16 34
11 Margate 32 13 7 12 66 52 +14 33
12 Ramsgate Athletic 32 7 13 12 51 48 +3 27
13 Whitstable Town 32 7 8 17 51 70 -19 22
14 Faversham Town 32 5 9 18 51 77 -26 19
15 Bowaters-Lloyd 32 8 3 21 50 99 -49 19
16 Bexleyheath and Welling 32 4 4 24 44 102 -58 12
17 Chatham 32 3 3 26 30 130 -100 9
Season Summary — 1952/53
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
Kent League Cup 2nd Round
Kent League Division 1 7th (17)
Kent Senior Cup 2nd Round
7th
League Position
13–9–10
W–D–L
65–48
Goals F–A
Player Stats 1952/53
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Y – R Season Goals Career Apps Career Goals
Vic Hayes 32 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 41 (0) 0 – 0 0 89 0
Brian Moffatt 29 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 36 (0) 0 – 0 0 57 0
Eric Lancelotte 25 (0) 4 8 (0) 1 33 (0) 0 – 0 5 54 10
Ken Horrigan 26 (0) 1 6 (0) 0 32 (0) 0 – 0 1 80 2
Ted Wells 25 (0) 16 7 (0) 4 32 (0) 0 – 0 20 136 110
Ray Woodcock 24 (0) 1 7 (0) 0 31 (0) 0 – 0 1 126 28
Harry Gray 22 (0) 10 7 (0) 4 29 (0) 0 – 0 14 136 34
Tom Parker 20 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 28 (0) 0 – 0 0 28 0
Frank Hennessey 22 (0) 8 5 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 – 0 8 27 8
Jimmy Jinks 18 (0) 16 7 (0) 2 25 (0) 0 – 0 18 25 18
Don Freeman 19 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 23 (0) 0 – 0 0 23 0
Frank Rowden 16 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 – 0 0 79 0
Charlie Lowe 13 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 14 (0) 0 – 0 0 71 0
Dennis Rampling 8 (0) 1 2 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 – 0 1 50 3
George Sergeant 6 (0) 2 4 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 – 0 2 27 6
Ron Walker 7 (0) 1 3 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 – 0 1 10 1
Murdoch Dickie 9 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 – 0 1 9 1
Laurie Pittman 8 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 – 0 0 8 0
Harry King 5 (0) 1 2 (0) 2 7 (0) 0 – 0 3 7 3
Tom Carpenter 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 – 0 0 6 0
Ivor Jones 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 0 13 1
David Nelson 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 0 56 3
Stanley Crowther 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 8 1
Ron Jones 2 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 1 2 1
Bill Theobald 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 41 17
Roy Cain 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 10 1
F Lamprell 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
John Peters 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
Len Woodcock 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 46 1
Own Goal — 2 — 0 — — 2 — —