Ashford Town & Ashford United

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← 1961/62

Season 1962/63

1963/64 →
55
Matches
15
Wins
7
Draws
33
Losses
76–105
Goals F–A
August 1962
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 18th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 1,561 Programme
Thu 23rd Cheltenham Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 794 Programme
Sat 25th Yiewsley (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 932 Programme
Mon 27th Sittingbourne (A) Southern League Cup (Qualifying Round 1st Leg) 2-4 1,604 Programme
September 1962
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Hastings United (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 2,135 Programme
Wed 5th Sittingbourne (H) Southern League Cup (Qualifying Round 2nd Leg) 1-2 — Programme
Sat 8th Kings Lynn (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 842 Programme
Sat 15th Margate (A) Southern League Division One 1-3 2,562 Programme
Sat 22nd Margate (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 1,429 Programme
Wed 26th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) 1-2 1,001 Programme
Sat 29th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One 3-0 1,243 Programme
October 1962
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 3rd Folkestone Town (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-1 1,395 —
Sat 6th Burton Albion (A) Southern League Division One 0-2 1,450 Programme
Sat 13th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Division One 0-1 1,151 Programme
Mon 15th Dover (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-1 — Programme
Sat 20th Margate (A) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 0-2 2,966 Programme
Sat 27th Barry Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 731 Programme
Wed 31st Folkestone Town (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 700 Programme
November 1962
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Burton Albion (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 563 Programme
Sat 10th Gloucester City (H) Southern League Division One 3-0 742 Programme
Wed 14th Dover (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 3-1 — Programme
Sat 17th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 4-1 900 Programme
Sat 24th Folkestone Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-5 1,165 Programme
Wed 28th Margate (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-2 931 Programme
December 1962
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Corby Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-2 1,209 —
Tue 4th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-4 — Programme
Sat 15th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 727 Programme
Sat 22nd Yiewsley (A) Southern League Division One 0-3 900 Programme
Wed 26th Hinckley Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 1-3 436 Programme
February 1963
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 16th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-0 432 Programme
Sat 23rd Dover (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 1,231 Programme
Wed 27th Sittingbourne (A) Southern League Division One 0-2 391 Programme
March 1963
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Corby Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-0 615 —
Mon 4th Margate (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-4 1,365 Programme
Sat 9th Chatham Town (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 4-0 445 Programme
Sat 16th Bexley (H) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 1-1 964 Programme
Mon 18th Sittingbourne (H) Southern League Division One 2-0 586 Programme
Wed 20th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round replay) 2-1 649 Programme
Sat 23rd Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 771 Programme
Sat 30th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Division One 2-3 1,180 Programme
April 1963
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 3rd Hastings United (H) Southern League Division One 1-3 1,309 Programme
Fri 5th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 7-1 405 —
Mon 8th Nuneaton Borough (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 731 Programme
Fri 12th Tunbridge Wells United (A) Southern League Division One 3-2 — Programme
Sat 13th Folkestone Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-6 1,751 Programme
Mon 15th Tonbridge (A) Kent Senior Cup (Semi Final) 2-1 1,840 Programme
Wed 17th Tunbridge Wells United (H) Southern League Division One 2-0 500 Programme
Fri 19th Gloucester City (A) Southern League Division One 4-1 — —
Sat 20th Cheltenham Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-5 1,289 Programme
Mon 22nd Nuneaton Borough (A) Southern League Division One 0-3 3,848 Programme
Sat 27th Dover (H) Southern League Division One 1-3 952 Programme
Mon 29th Hinckley Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 1-3 947 Programme
May 1963
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 1st Kings Lynn (A) Southern League Division One 1-4 1,261 —
Sat 4th Barry Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-3 300 —
Sat 11th Margate (N) Kent Senior Cup (Final) 1-0 2,500 Programme
Played at Gillingham.
Southern League Division One — 1962/63
# Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Margate 38 21 13 4 86 47 +39 55
2 Hinckley Athletic 38 22 9 7 66 38 +28 53
3 Hastings United 38 22 8 8 86 36 +50 52
4 Nuneaton Borough 38 21 10 7 82 40 +42 52
5 Tonbridge 38 22 8 8 81 51 +30 52
6 Dover 38 22 7 9 78 56 +22 51
7 Corby Town 38 19 8 11 79 50 +29 46
8 Kings Lynn 38 19 7 12 76 66 +10 45
9 Cheltenham Town 38 18 7 13 83 52 +31 43
10 Folkestone Town 38 15 10 13 79 57 +22 40
11 Canterbury City 38 14 8 16 42 56 -14 36
12 Yiewsley 38 11 10 17 63 71 -8 32
13 Ramsgate Athletic 38 12 7 19 58 82 -24 31
14 Trowbridge Town 38 11 9 18 50 81 -31 31
15 Burton Albion 38 10 10 18 48 76 -28 30
16 Gloucester City 38 9 11 18 42 78 -36 29
17 Sittingbourne 38 12 3 23 56 75 -19 27
18 Ashford Town 38 9 6 23 48 76 -28 24
19 Barry Town 38 6 5 27 35 75 -40 17
20 Tunbridge Wells United 38 6 2 30 43 118 -75 14
Kent Floodlight Competition - Eastern Section — 1962/63
# Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Margate 8 5 1 2 19 11 +8 11
2 Folkestone 8 4 2 2 9 11 -2 10
3 Dover 8 4 1 3 14 14 0 9
4 Ramsgate Athletic 8 2 2 4 20 24 -4 6
5 Ashford Town 8 2 0 6 14 16 -2 4
Season Summary — 1962/63
Competition Summary
FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round
Kent Floodlight Cup Group Stage
Kent Senior Cup Winners
Southern League Cup Qualifying Round
Southern League Division One 18th (20)
18th
League Position
9–6–23
W–D–L
48–76
Goals F–A
Player Stats 1962/63
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Y – R Season Goals Career Apps Career Goals
Billy Rees 36 (0) 5 17 (0) 4 53 (0) 0 – 0 9 203 24
Norman Stevens 38 (0) 4 15 (0) 1 53 (0) 0 – 0 5 106 7
Bernard Sibley 34 (0) 1 17 (0) 0 51 (0) 0 – 0 1 59 1
Brian Dellar 33 (0) 1 15 (0) 1 48 (0) 0 – 0 2 49 2
Malcolm Collins 32 (0) 5 14 (0) 5 46 (0) 0 – 0 10 433 91
Johnny Smith 24 (0) 9 13 (0) 2 37 (0) 0 – 0 11 147 22
John Harris 20 (0) 1 12 (0) 0 32 (0) 0 – 0 1 254 7
Ivor Green 18 (0) 3 9 (0) 3 27 (0) 0 – 0 6 27 6
John Hamblin 16 (0) 4 10 (0) 2 26 (0) 0 – 0 6 353 12
Bobby Brayne 15 (0) 1 9 (0) 3 24 (0) 0 – 0 4 24 4
Lawrie Thomson 15 (0) 3 5 (0) 4 20 (0) 0 – 0 7 56 15
Ian Luckhurst 15 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 19 (0) 0 – 0 0 25 0
Jon Shepherd 11 (0) 4 7 (0) 0 18 (0) 0 – 0 4 68 27
Bob Duncan 12 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 – 0 0 17 0
Tony Mountford 9 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 16 (0) 0 – 0 0 17 0
Barry Judges 14 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 – 0 0 15 0
John Tennant 11 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 – 0 0 72 0
Tommy Hinton 9 (0) 1 5 (0) 0 14 (0) 0 – 0 1 14 1
Paul Nicholas 8 (0) 4 4 (0) 2 12 (0) 0 – 0 6 82 26
Brian Hall 6 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 – 0 0 43 0
Arthur Hughes 7 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 – 0 0 86 4
Arthur Nixon 7 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 – 0 0 206 2
Brian Taylor 7 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 – 0 0 84 0
Fred Laslett 5 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 – 0 0 6 0
Gordon Burden 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 0 306 75
Dave Stevens 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 0 232 7
Joe White 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 1 4 (0) 0 – 0 1 110 55
Derek Sage 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 14 0
Graham Thorne 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 3 0
Billy Dare 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
Peter Moralee 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 2 0
? Watts 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
Own Goal — 2 — 0 — — 2 — —