Ashford Town & Ashford United

Nuts & Bolts Archive

← 1953/54

Season 1954/55

1955/56 →
40
Matches
13
Wins
10
Draws
17
Losses
60–63
Goals F–A
August 1954
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 21st Canterbury City (H) Kent League Division 1 2-1 3,000 Programme
Sat 28th Faversham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 5-1 — Programme
September 1954
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 1st Tunbridge Wells United (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 — Programme
Sat 4th Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 0-1 — Programme
Sat 11th Deal Town (A) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 2-0 — Programme
Sat 18th Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 2,404 —
Sat 25th Snowdown (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 1-1 — —
Wed 29th Snowdown (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round Replay) 0-5 — —
October 1954
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 1-0 — Programme
Sat 9th Chatham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 3-4 — Programme
Sat 23rd Folkestone (H) Kent League Cup (1st Round) 1-2 3,766 Programme
Sat 30th Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 2-1 — Programme
November 1954
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 1-0 — Programme
Sat 20th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 0-0 2,756 —
December 1954
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 4-1 — Programme
Sat 11th Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 2-1 2,214 Programme
Sat 18th Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 2-2 — —
Sat 25th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 4,000 Programme
Mon 27th Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 4,500 Programme
January 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Whitstable Town (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 1-1 — Programme
Sat 8th Gillingham Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 — —
Wed 12th Whitstable Town (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round Replay) 1-1 600 —
Wed 19th Whitstable Town (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round 2nd Replay) 5-0 — —
Sat 22nd Canterbury City (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 — Programme
Sat 29th Tonbridge (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 0-2 3,316 Programme
February 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Kent League Division 1 1-4 — —
Sat 12th Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 1-0 — Programme
Sat 19th Chatham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 1-2 1,003 Programme
March 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Gillingham Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 1-2 — —
Sat 12th Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 — Programme
Sat 19th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 5-0 917 Programme
Sat 26th Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 2-1 754 Programme
April 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Faversham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 — Programme
Fri 8th Whitstable Town (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 1,500 Programme
Mon 11th Whitstable Town (A) Kent League Division 1 2-2 — Programme
Sat 16th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 — —
Sat 23rd Tunbridge Wells United (H) Kent League Division 1 3-1 1,200 Programme
Wed 27th Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 — Programme
Sat 30th Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 0-4 — Programme
May 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 3rd Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent League Division 1 1-1 — Programme
Kent League Division One — 1954/55
# Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Snowdown CW 32 18 9 5 60 36 +24 45
2 Dover 32 16 11 5 64 38 +26 43
3 Folkestone 32 16 11 5 74 55 +19 43
4 Sittingbourne 32 18 5 9 77 50 +27 41
5 Margate 32 17 6 9 82 48 +34 40
6 Ramsgate Athletic 32 15 8 9 65 49 +16 38
7 Tunbridge Wells United 32 15 8 9 60 53 +7 38
8 Gillingham Reserves 32 12 9 11 53 51 +2 33
9 Canterbury City 32 12 8 12 57 53 +4 32
10 Bexleyheath and Welling 32 13 6 13 76 71 +5 32
11 Deal 32 10 12 10 66 62 +4 32
12 Ashford Town 32 11 7 14 49 52 -3 29
13 Whitstable Town 32 9 8 15 51 64 -13 26
14 Faversham Town 32 9 5 18 47 72 -25 23
15 Betteshanger CW 32 6 8 18 46 68 -22 20
16 Chatham 32 6 4 22 63 121 -58 16
17 Sheppey United 32 3 7 22 42 89 -47 13
Season Summary — 1954/55
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
Kent League Cup 1st Round
Kent League Division 1 12th (17)
Kent Senior Cup 2nd Round
12th
League Position
11–7–14
W–D–L
49–52
Goals F–A
Player Stats 1954/55
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Y – R Season Goals Career Apps Career Goals
Harry Freeman 30 (0) 3 8 (0) 2 38 (0) 0 – 0 5 52 6
Reg Chapman 28 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 36 (0) 0 – 0 0 105 2
Cyril Bacon 23 (0) 9 8 (0) 3 31 (0) 0 – 0 12 38 13
Bill Beckett 21 (0) 7 6 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 – 0 7 27 7
Cyril Borthwick 20 (0) 3 5 (0) 0 25 (0) 0 – 0 3 124 9
Ted Hanckey 18 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 25 (0) 0 – 0 0 45 0
Geoff Steiner 17 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 25 (0) 0 – 0 0 91 1
Tony Hapgood 18 (0) 4 4 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 – 0 4 22 4
Jim Housley 13 (0) 1 7 (0) 1 20 (0) 0 – 0 2 20 2
David Nelson 16 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 20 (0) 0 – 0 0 56 3
Jimmy Day 13 (0) 3 6 (0) 5 19 (0) 0 – 0 8 19 8
John Baynham 13 (0) 2 5 (0) 0 18 (0) 0 – 0 2 18 2
Chris Bertchin 16 (0) 10 1 (0) 0 17 (0) 0 – 0 10 27 12
Harry Gray 13 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 – 0 0 136 34
Joe Murphy 15 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 – 0 0 16 0
Albert Smith 11 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 – 0 0 38 3
Walter Brockie 10 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 – 0 1 10 1
Joe Crozier 10 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 – 0 0 31 0
David Bumpstead 8 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 – 0 1 9 1
Malcolm Collins 8 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 – 0 2 433 91
Bill Theobald 7 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 – 0 1 41 17
Frank Rowden 4 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 – 0 0 79 0
John Friel 4 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 1 4 1
Brian Mynheer 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 0 5 0
Albert Day 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 10 0
Alec Smith 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 3 0
Dave Stevens 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 232 7
John Oldham 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 17 0
George Sergeant 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 27 6
Len Woodcock 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 46 1