Nuts and Bolts Archive

History of Ashford Town and United

Season 1969/70

Complete match history and statistics

Season Navigation
1968/69 1970/71
Season Stats
31
Wins
21
Draws
19
Losses
116-91
Goals F-A
71
Matches
July 1969
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 26th Hastings United (A) Friendly 1-3 --- Programme
August 1969
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Hastings United (H) Friendly 1-3 500 Programme
Wed 6th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Friendly 1-0 --- Programme
Sat 9th Wisbech Town (H) Southern League Division One 2-2 491 Programme
Wed 13th Bexley United (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 774 Programme
Sat 16th Banbury United (A) Southern League Division One 2-0 704 -
Wed 20th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 3-1 760 Programme
Sat 23rd Bedford Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 847 Programme
Mon 25th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 3-1 720 -
Aggregate 6-2.
Sat 30th Cambridge City (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 2,048 Programme
September 1969
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Mon 1st Bexley United (H) Southern League Division One 3-0 963 Programme
Sat 6th Dartford (H) Southern League Division One 2-2 1,112 Programme
Wed 10th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Southern League Division One 3-2 1,183 Programme
Sat 13th Corby Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-0 710 -
Sat 20th Dover (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 0-0 2,344 Programme
Wed 24th Dover (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round Replay) 4-2 3,435 Programme
Sat 27th Hastings United (A) Southern League Division One 2-0 1,935 Programme
October 1969
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 1st Dover (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-1 1,140 Programme
Sat 4th Maidstone United (H) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 1-0 2,084 Programme
Sat 11th Bedford Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-3 3,092 Programme
Tue 14th Corby Town (A) Southern League Cup (2nd Round) 1-1 579 -
Sat 18th Canterbury City (H) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) 1-1 1,956 Programme
Tue 21st Canterbury City (A) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round Replay) 4-1 2,017 Programme
Sat 25th Wisbech Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 540 -
Wed 29th Corby Town (H) Southern League Cup (2nd Round Replay) 1-2 1,062 Programme
November 1969
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Walton and Hersham (H) FA Cup (4th Qualifying Round) 0-1 2,596 Programme
Sat 8th Guildford City (A) FA Trophy (1st Qualifying Round) 0-2 1,689 Programme
Wed 12th Dover (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-0 540 Programme
Sat 15th Dunstable Town (A) Southern League Division One 3-1 197 -
Tue 18th Deal Town (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-1 --- -
Sat 22nd Barry Town (H) Southern League Division One 4-1 1,018 Programme
Sat 29th Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Southern League Division One A-A 457 Programme
Match Abandoned
December 1969
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 3rd Deal Town (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 5-2 482 Programme
Mon 8th Folkestone (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-6 518 -
Sat 13th Dunstable Town (H) Southern League Division One 4-0 658 Programme
Wed 17th Hastings United (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 561 Programme
Fri 19th Cambridge City (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 500 -
Fri 26th Folkestone (A) Southern League Division One 0-2 1,515 Programme
Sat 27th Folkestone (H) Southern League Division One 0-3 1,571 Programme
January 1970
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Cheltenham Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 700 -
Sat 10th Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Southern League Division One 3-2 800 Programme
Wed 14th Margate (H) Kent Senior Shield (Group Stage) 4-0 472 Programme
Wed 21st Folkestone (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-0 754 Programme
Sat 24th Guildford City (H) Southern League Division One 3-2 1,049 Programme
Tue 27th Corby Town (H) Southern League Division One 3-2 1,021 Programme
Sat 31st Salisbury (A) Southern League Division One 0-0 580 Programme
February 1970
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 4th Folkestone (A) Kent Senior Shield (Group Stage) 0-3 824 Programme
Sat 7th Banbury United (H) Southern League Division One 1-0 831 Programme
Sat 14th Snowdown (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) P-P --- Programme
Match Postponed.
Wed 18th Snowdown (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 6-1 597 Programme
Sat 21st Dartford (A) Southern League Division One 0-0 1,754 Programme
Mon 23rd Margate (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Quarter Final) 0-4 889 Programme
Wed 25th Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 683 -
Sat 28th Trowbridge Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-2 739 Programme
March 1970
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Barry Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-0 200 -
Sat 14th Tonbridge (H) Southern League Division One 5-0 625 Programme
Mon 16th Margate (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 2-6 969 Programme
Sat 21st Merthyr Tydfil (A) Southern League Division One 2-0 202 Programme
Tue 24th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Senior Shield (Group Stage) 0-0 198 Programme
Fri 27th Canterbury City (H) Southern League Division One 2-3 1,204 Programme
Sat 28th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 535 Programme
Mon 30th Canterbury City (A) Southern League Division One 1-1 616 Programme
April 1970
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Fri 3rd Cheltenham Town (H) Southern League Division One 1-1 715 Programme
Sat 4th Folkestone (H) Kent Senior Shield (Group Stage) 1-2 347 Programme
Mon 6th Margate (A) Kent Senior Shield (Group Stage) 0-3 690 Programme
Fri 10th Merthyr Tydfil (H) Southern League Division One 6-0 650 Programme
Mon 13th Tonbridge (A) Southern League Division One 2-1 660 Programme
Wed 15th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Senior Shield (Group Stage) 0-2 250 Programme
Sat 18th Rugby Town (A) Southern League Division One 1-2 847 Programme
Sat 25th Guildford City (A) Southern League Division One 1-0 1,352 Programme
Mon 27th Salisbury (H) Southern League Division One 0-0 1,031 Programme
Thu 30th Trowbridge Town (A) Southern League Division One 0-0 570 -
May 1970
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Rugby Town (H) Southern League Division One 4-1 1,227 Programme
Southern League Division One - 1969/70
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Bedford Town 42 26 9 7 92 37 +55 61
2 Cambridge City 42 26 8 8 104 43 +61 60
3 Dartford 42 24 11 7 88 46 +42 59
4 Ashford Town 42 19 16 7 71 42 +29 54
5 Rugby Town 42 20 10 12 82 66 +16 50
6 Trowbridge Town 42 20 8 14 72 65 +7 48
7 Hastings United 42 18 11 13 67 51 +16 47
8 Guildford City 42 19 9 14 68 58 +10 47
9 Banbury United 42 19 8 15 86 72 +14 46
10 Cheltenham Town 42 20 5 17 78 81 -3 45
11 Corby Town 42 14 15 13 57 53 +4 43
12 Canterbury City 42 15 13 14 61 57 +4 43
13 Folkestone 42 19 5 18 57 55 +2 43
14 Ramsgate Athletic 42 14 13 15 53 57 -4 41
15 Salisbury 42 12 14 16 47 53 -6 38
16 Gravesend and Northfleet 42 13 11 18 62 71 -9 37
17 Bexley United 42 10 11 21 58 76 -18 31
18 Dunstable Town 42 11 9 22 52 82 -30 31
19 Merthyr Tydfil 42 9 11 22 40 80 -40 29
20 Barry Town 42 11 6 25 39 76 -37 28
21 Wisbech Town 42 8 9 25 58 116 -58 25
22 Tonbridge 42 4 10 28 46 101 -55 18
Kent Floodlight Competition - Group A - 1969/70
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Ashford Town 6 4 1 1 11 10 +1 56
2 Dover 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 42
3 Folkestone Town 6 2 0 4 8 6 +2 28
4 Deal Town 6 2 0 4 6 11 -5 26
Kent Senior Shield - Group C - 1969/70
# Team Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Folkestone 8 5 1 2 14 9 +5 11
2 Dartford 4 3 0 1 9 4 +5 6
3 Ramsgate 6 2 2 2 6 8 -2 6
4 Margate 8 2 2 4 11 14 -3 6
5 Ashford Town 6 1 1 4 5 10 -5 3
Season Summary: 1969/70
Competition Summary
FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round
Kent Floodlight Cup Quarter Final
Kent Senior Cup 2nd Round
Kent Senior Shield Group Stage (Games against Dartford not played)
Southern League Cup 2nd Round
Southern League Division One 4th (22) - Promoted to Southern League Premier
League Position
4th
League Record
19-16-7
Goals For-Against
71-42
Player Stats 1969/70
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Bob Harrop 40 (0) 4 26 (0) 5 66 (0) 0 - 0 9
Dave Hills 42 (0) 0 23 (0) 0 65 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bill Dodge 41 (1) 1 23 (0) 1 64 (1) 0 - 0 2
Dave Bielkus 42 (0) 1 21 (1) 2 63 (1) 0 - 0 3
Gordon Burden 40 (0) 11 20 (1) 10 60 (1) 0 - 0 21
Bobby Laverick 36 (0) 21 19 (0) 7 55 (0) 0 - 0 28
Dave Crush 33 (0) 11 19 (1) 6 52 (1) 0 - 0 17
Dave Hunt 40 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 51 (0) 0 - 0 0
Alan Back 19 (0) 4 25 (0) 3 44 (0) 0 - 0 7
Dave Gillingwater 31 (0) 3 13 (0) 2 44 (0) 0 - 0 5
Peter Sillett 32 (0) 1 8 (0) 0 40 (0) 0 - 0 1
Syd Jest 16 (3) 3 20 (1) 3 36 (4) 0 - 0 6
Terry Horton 24 (1) 6 8 (1) 2 32 (2) 0 - 0 8
John Hamblin 3 (1) 0 15 (2) 0 18 (3) 0 - 0 0
Roy Laker 2 (0) 0 10 (1) 0 12 (1) 0 - 0 0
Tony Beale 4 (0) 0 7 (1) 0 11 (1) 0 - 0 0
Terry Street 5 (0) 0 3 (1) 0 8 (1) 0 - 0 0
Ian Broomfield 7 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 2
Eddie Clayton 5 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 2
Keith Churcher 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Jimmy Hayward 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Reg Gorham 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ian Denne 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bob French 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Pat Ping 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Paul Prior 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Louis Stone 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
missing player details 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 1 --- 1 --- --- 2