Ashford Town & Ashford United

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Season 1959/60

1960/61 →
56
Matches
19
Wins
13
Draws
24
Losses
78–100
Goals F–A
August 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 22nd Hinckley Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 1-8 1,810 Programme
Wed 26th Romford (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 2,800 Programme
Sat 29th Exeter City Reserves (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 2,950 Programme
September 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 2nd Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Cup (Qualifying Round 1st Leg) 2-0 1,961 Programme
Sat 5th Tunbridge Wells United (A) Southern League Division One 0-1 1,150 Programme
Sat 12th Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Southern League Division One 3-1 1,516 Programme
Wed 16th Dover (A) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) 0-1 1,097 Programme
Thu 17th Romford (A) Southern League Division One 3-1 3,000 Programme
Sat 19th Deal Town (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 1-0 964 Programme
Sat 26th Clacton Town (H) Southern League Division One 5-1 2,217 Programme
October 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Folkestone Town (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 1-0 3,836 Programme
Mon 5th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Cup (Qualifying Round 2nd Leg) 1-3 — Programme
First Floodlight match at Southwood
Sat 10th Sittingbourne (A) Southern League Division One 0-0 2,400 Programme
Sat 17th Betteshanger (H) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) 3-0 2,534 Programme
Mon 19th Chelsea (H) Friendly 2-7 4,500 Programme
Sat 24th Kidderminster Harriers (A) Southern League Division One 3-1 1,000 Programme
Mon 26th Tonbridge (A) Friendly 0-2 650 Programme
Sat 31st Gravesend and Northfleet (A) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 2-1 4,752 Programme
November 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Cambridge United (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 2,470 Programme
Tue 10th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 1,200 Programme
Sat 14th Brentford (A) FA Cup (1st Round) 0-5 13,900 Programme
Thu 19th Romford (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round) 0-0 1,140 Programme
Sat 21st Merthyr Tydfil (A) Southern League Division One 2-1 1,400 Programme
Wed 25th Romford (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round Replay) 0-1 2,238 Programme
Sat 28th Gloucester City (H) Southern League Division One 2-1 1,647 Programme
December 1959
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Yiewsley (A) Southern League Division One 1-3 2,000 Programme
Sat 12th Margate (H) Southern League Division One 3-3 1,590 Programme
Mon 14th Charlton Athletic (H) Friendly 1-5 1,465 Programme
Sat 19th Hinckley Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 1,010 Programme
Sat 26th Folkestone Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-4 2,302 Programme
Mon 28th Folkestone Town (H) Southern League Division One 0-2 2,066 Programme
January 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Exeter City Reserves (A) Southern League Division One 2-3 2,148 Programme
Sat 9th Burton Albion (H) Southern League Division One 0-1 993 Programme
Sat 23rd Rugby Town (A) Southern League Division One 3-5 500 Programme
February 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Rugby Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-1 1,136 Programme
Sat 13th Tunbridge Wells United (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 4-5 1,277 Programme
Sat 20th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 975 Programme
Sat 27th Sittingbourne (H) Southern League Division One 2-0 1,445 Programme
Mon 29th Tunbridge Wells United (H) Southern League Division One 0-2 — —
March 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Guildford City (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 2,502 Programme
Sat 12th Kidderminster Harriers (H) Southern League Division One 3-1 1,480 Programme
Sat 19th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One 2-2 1,242 Programme
Sat 26th Cambridge United (H) Southern League Division One 0-2 1,144 Programme
Wed 30th Burton Albion (A) Southern League Division One 2-2 — Programme
April 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Corby Town (A) Southern League Division One 3-1 600 Programme
Wed 6th Guildford City (H) Southern League Division One 0-0 1,196 Programme
Sat 9th Merthyr Tydfil (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 1,188 Programme
Fri 15th Dover (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 1,500 Programme
Sat 16th Gloucester City (A) Southern League Division One 0-2 1,000 Programme
Wed 20th Dover (A) Southern League Division One 2-3 1,500 Programme
Sat 23rd Yiewsley (H) Southern League Division One 2-1 877 Programme
Wed 27th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Southern League Division One 0-3 1,490 —
Sat 30th Margate (A) Southern League Division One 2-2 1,483 Programme
May 1960
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Mon 2nd Corby Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 700 —
Wed 4th Clacton Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 700 —
Fri 6th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 756 Programme
Southern League Division One — 1959/60
# Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Clacton Town 42 27 5 10 106 69 +37 59
2 Romford 42 21 11 10 65 40 +25 53
3 Folkestone Town 42 23 5 14 93 71 +22 51
4 Exeter City Reserves 42 23 3 16 85 63 +22 49
5 Guildford City 42 19 9 14 79 56 +23 47
6 Sittingbourne 42 20 7 15 66 56 +10 47
7 Margate 42 20 6 16 88 77 +11 46
8 Trowbridge Town 42 18 9 15 89 78 +11 45
9 Cambridge United 42 18 9 15 71 72 -1 45
10 Yiewsley 42 16 11 15 83 71 +12 43
11 Bexleyheath and Welling 42 16 11 15 85 77 +8 43
12 Merthyr Tydfil 42 16 10 16 63 65 -2 42
13 Ramsgate Athletic 42 16 8 18 84 85 -1 40
14 Ashford Town 42 14 12 16 61 70 -9 40
15 Tunbridge Wells United 42 17 5 20 77 73 +4 39
16 Hinckley Athletic 42 14 8 20 62 74 -12 36
17 Gloucester City 42 13 9 20 56 84 -28 35
18 Dover 42 14 6 22 59 85 -26 34
19 Kidderminster Harriers 42 14 6 22 59 97 -38 34
20 Corby Town 42 15 3 24 75 91 -16 33
21 Burton Albion 42 11 10 21 51 79 -28 32
22 Rugby Town 42 10 11 21 67 91 -24 31
Season Summary — 1959/60
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Round Proper
Kent Senior Cup 1st Round
Southern League Cup 1st Round
Southern League Division One 14th (22)
14th
League Position
14–12–16
W–D–L
61–70
Goals F–A
Player Stats 1959/60
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Y – R Season Goals Career Apps Career Goals
Dave Stevens 41 (0) 2 10 (0) 0 51 (0) 0 – 0 2 232 7
Mick Morton 39 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 49 (0) 0 – 0 0 94 2
Arthur Nixon 34 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 44 (0) 0 – 0 0 206 2
Malcolm Collins 35 (0) 12 8 (0) 2 43 (0) 0 – 0 14 433 91
Bruce Bryson 31 (0) 5 10 (0) 1 41 (0) 0 – 0 6 41 6
John Archer 27 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 37 (0) 0 – 0 0 37 0
Gordon Burden 30 (0) 5 4 (0) 0 34 (0) 0 – 0 5 306 75
Ron Vigar 22 (0) 9 10 (0) 1 32 (0) 0 – 0 10 154 99
Ian Hunt 24 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 28 (0) 0 – 0 0 105 4
Don Rossiter 20 (0) 6 8 (0) 3 28 (0) 0 – 0 9 75 30
John Brainbridge 19 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 – 0 0 28 0
Graham Clarke 25 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 26 (0) 0 – 0 1 71 2
Jimmy Jenkins 20 (0) 7 4 (0) 4 24 (0) 0 – 0 11 72 44
Don Murfet 18 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 18 (0) 0 – 0 2 18 2
Fred Lillicrap 13 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 – 0 0 38 6
Tommy Sanders 16 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 – 0 0 99 0
Les Bennett 10 (0) 3 3 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 – 0 3 13 3
Arthur Hughes 11 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 13 (0) 0 – 0 0 86 4
Ollie Norris 9 (0) 6 0 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 – 0 6 36 13
Micky Ryan 4 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 – 0 0 6 0
George Roelich 2 (0) 0 3 (0) 1 5 (0) 0 – 0 1 5 1
John Hamblin 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 0 353 12
Ian Luckhurst 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 0 25 0
Mike Reader 2 (0) 2 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 2 6 3
Peter Gilbert 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 32 0
John Harris 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 254 7
Richard Roelich 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 2 0
? Brockie 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
? Grey 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
? Loomer 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
? Pickett 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
Andrew Prentice 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
George Sergeant 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 27 6
Own Goal — 1 — 2 — — 3 — —