Ashford Town & Ashford United

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← 1954/55

Season 1955/56

1956/57 →
38
Matches
12
Wins
8
Draws
18
Losses
54–76
Goals F–A
August 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 20th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 2-1 1,496 Programme
Wed 24th Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 0-3 — Programme
Sat 27th Fulham (H) Friendly 1-1 — Programme
September 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Thu 1st Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 0-1 2,533 Programme
Sat 3rd Tunbridge Wells United (A) Kent League Division 1 2-2 — Programme
Sat 10th Tooting and Mitcham (H) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) 1-0 — —
Sat 17th Gillingham Reserves (H) Kent League Division 1 2-2 1,668 Programme
Sat 24th Ramsgate Athletic (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 2-5 2,718 Programme
Thu 29th Margate (A) Kent League Cup (1st Round) 3-4 — Programme
October 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 — —
Sat 15th Canterbury City (A) Kent League Division 1 3-3 — Programme
Sat 22nd Gillingham Reserves (A) Kent League Division 1 2-4 — Programme
Sat 29th Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 2-5 — —
November 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 2-1 — Programme
Sat 12th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent League Division 1 0-3 — Programme
Sat 19th Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 0-3 — Programme
Sat 26th Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 1-0 1,138 Programme
December 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 1-4 — Programme
Sat 10th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 0-2 1,438 —
Sat 17th Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Kent Senior Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 1-2 1,333 Programme
Mon 26th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 3-2 — Programme
Tue 27th Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 3-0 2,689 Programme
Sat 31st Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 2-2 2,055 Programme
January 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Ashford Town Reserves (H) Friendly 0-6 996 —
Sat 14th Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 1-2 — Programme
Sat 21st Tunbridge Wells United (H) Kent League Division 1 2-3 1,161 —
Sat 28th Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 2-2 — —
February 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 4th Canterbury City (H) Kent League Division 1 1-2 801 Programme
Sat 11th Faversham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 1-0 200 —
Sat 18th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 0-2 — Programme
Sat 25th Chatham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 5-2 230 —
March 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Chatham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 0-0 — Programme
Sat 17th Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 0-0 1,127 —
Sat 24th Faversham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 1-0 659 —
Fri 30th Whitstable Town (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 — —
April 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Mon 2nd Whitstable Town (A) Kent League Division 1 2-1 — Programme
Sat 21st Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Kent League Division 1 3-1 — Programme
Sat 28th Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 0-2 — Programme
Kent League Division One — 1955/56
# Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Ramsgate Athletic 32 24 4 4 108 39 +69 52
2 Margate 32 19 6 7 93 45 +48 44
3 Snowdown CW 32 20 4 8 91 50 +41 44
4 Tunbridge Wells United 32 18 7 7 74 49 +25 43
5 Sittingbourne 32 16 8 8 73 47 +26 40
6 Deal 32 16 6 10 72 61 +11 38
7 Canterbury City 32 14 8 10 65 56 +9 36
8 Dover 32 16 3 13 60 56 +4 35
9 Folkestone 32 16 2 14 64 55 +9 34
10 Bexleyheath and Welling 32 10 11 11 55 58 -3 31
11 Ashford Town 32 11 7 14 46 58 -12 29
12 Gillingham Reserves 32 11 6 15 62 57 +5 28
13 Betteshanger CW 32 9 6 17 44 68 -24 24
14 Sheppey United 32 8 4 20 43 80 -37 20
15 Chatham 32 7 5 20 48 90 -42 19
16 Faversham Town 32 5 5 22 37 97 -60 15
17 Whitstable Town 32 2 8 22 29 98 -69 12
Season Summary — 1955/56
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
Kent League Cup 1st Round
Kent League Division 1 11th (17)
Kent Senior Cup 4th Qualifying Round
11th
League Position
11–7–14
W–D–L
46–58
Goals F–A
Player Stats 1955/56
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Y – R Season Goals Career Apps Career Goals
Cyril Borthwick 32 (0) 2 4 (0) 1 36 (0) 0 – 0 3 124 9
Ron Daly 30 (0) 15 4 (0) 0 34 (0) 0 – 0 15 34 15
Ernie Adams 27 (0) 3 4 (0) 0 31 (0) 0 – 0 3 31 3
Geoff Steiner 27 (0) 0 4 (0) 1 31 (0) 0 – 0 1 91 1
Reg Chapman 26 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 30 (0) 0 – 0 0 105 2
Peter Mulheron 24 (0) 6 1 (0) 0 25 (0) 0 – 0 6 25 6
Frank Rowden 21 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 – 0 0 79 0
Billy Scott 17 (0) 7 1 (0) 0 18 (0) 0 – 0 7 18 7
Tich Haywood 13 (0) 5 4 (0) 0 17 (0) 0 – 0 5 17 5
Len Woodcock 16 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 17 (0) 0 – 0 1 46 1
Harry Freeman 11 (0) 0 3 (0) 1 14 (0) 0 – 0 1 52 6
Ted Hanckey 11 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 14 (0) 0 – 0 0 45 0
John Oldham 14 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 14 (0) 0 – 0 0 17 0
Arthur Nixon 13 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 – 0 0 206 2
Chris Bertchin 8 (0) 1 2 (0) 1 10 (0) 0 – 0 2 27 12
Malcolm Collins 10 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 – 0 1 433 91
Fergus Lunn 7 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 – 0 0 9 0
Cyril Bacon 6 (0) 0 1 (0) 1 7 (0) 0 – 0 1 38 13
Harry Gray 5 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 – 0 0 136 34
Cliff Norman 5 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 – 0 1 6 1
Dave Stevens 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 0 232 7
John Togher 4 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 1 4 1
Don Wade 3 (0) 1 1 (0) 1 4 (0) 0 – 0 2 4 2
Gordon Burden 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 306 75
Harry Luke 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 3 0
Geo Duke 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 2 0
Peter Gilbert 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 32 0
Roy Philpott 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 2 0
Roy Summers 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 3 0
Bill Theobald 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 41 17
David Bumpstead 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 9 1
Brian Mynheer 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 5 0
George Sergeant 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 27 6
Ken Woodcock 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 10 2
Own Goal — 2 — 1 — — 3 — —