Ashford Town & Ashford United

Nuts & Bolts Archive

← 1969/70

Season 1970/71

1971/72 →
70
Matches
25
Wins
15
Draws
30
Losses
111–131
Goals F–A
August 1970
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 5th Canterbury City (A) Friendly 2-1 — Programme
Sat 8th Hastings United (A) Friendly — — —
Mon 10th Hastings United (H) Friendly 2-1 — —
Sat 15th Weymouth (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-1 1,105 Programme
Mon 17th Margate (A) Southern League Premier Division 3-1 2,000 Programme
Sat 22nd Bedford Town (H) Southern League Premier Division 0-0 1,212 Programme
Wed 26th Margate (H) Southern League Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) 2-1 1,276 Programme
Sat 29th Kettering Town (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-3 1,144 Programme
Mon 31st Margate (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg) 0-1 1,357 Programme
Aggregate 2-2.
September 1970
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Barnet (H) Southern League Premier Division 2-2 1,158 Programme
Wed 9th Margate (H) Southern League Premier Division 3-0 1,124 Programme
Sat 12th Poole Town (A) Southern League Premier Division 2-3 563 Programme
Sat 19th Herne Bay (A) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 1-2 744 Programme
Mon 21st Margate (A) Southern League Cup (1st Round Replay) 0-4 1,148 Programme
Wed 23rd Hastings United (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-4 595 Programme
Sat 26th Nuneaton Borough (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-1 2,377 Programme
Wed 30th Hereford United (H) Southern League Premier Division 0-3 1,374 Programme
October 1970
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Nuneaton Borough (H) Southern League Premier Division 0-1 818 Programme
Sat 10th Telford United (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-2 1,529 Programme
Sat 17th Worcester City (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-7 927 Programme
Wed 21st Hastings United (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 3-1 333 Programme
Sat 24th Wimbledon (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-4 1,581 Programme
Wed 28th Gravesend and Northfleet (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-0 417 Programme
Sat 31st Folkestone (H) FA Trophy (1st Qualifying Round) 2-1 1,181 Programme
November 1970
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 4th Dartford (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-0 457 Programme
Sat 7th Bath City (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-3 1,015 Programme
Wed 11th Bexley United (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-1 352 Programme
Sat 14th Sheppey United (A) FA Trophy (2nd Qualifying Round) 4-0 402 —
Tue 17th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) A-A 213 —
Match Abandoned
Sat 21st Cambridge City (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-1 642 Programme
Wed 25th Folkestone (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 3-0 574 Programme
Sat 28th Kettering Town (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-2 778 Programme
December 1970
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 2nd Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 6-0 433 Programme
Sat 5th Bury Town (A) FA Trophy (3rd Qualifying Round) 2-3 614 Programme
Sat 12th Poole Town (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-2 554 Programme
Sat 19th Chelmsford City (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-1 1,920 Programme
January 1971
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Gloucester City (A) Southern League Premier Division 3-3 750 —
Thu 7th Dartford (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 0-5 124 Programme
Sat 9th Hillingdon Borough (H) Southern League Premier Division 4-2 657 Programme
Tue 12th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 4-3 212 —
Wed 20th Dover (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-2 1,034 Programme
Wed 27th Dover (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 3-0 586 Programme
Sat 30th Weymouth (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-5 1,061 Programme
February 1971
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Bath City (H) Southern League Premier Division 4-3 600 Programme
Wed 10th Dover (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-0 1,190 Programme
Sat 13th Brett Sports (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 2-0 578 Programme
Mon 15th Dover (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 4-2 319 Programme
Sat 20th Worcester City (A) Southern League Premier Division 2-3 1,107 Programme
Mon 22nd Margate (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 3-3 686 —
March 1971
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 2nd Erith and Belvedere (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) 1-0 208 —
Wed 3rd Folkestone (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-3 554 Programme
Mon 8th Bexley United (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-1 200 Programme
Wed 10th Chelmsford City (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-0 619 Programme
Sat 13th Cambridge City (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-4 1,757 Programme
Wed 17th Kings Lynn (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-0 1,010 —
Sat 20th Kings Lynn (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-1 525 Programme
Mon 22nd Dover (A) Kent Senior Cup (Semi Final) 3-4 849 —
Wed 24th Yeovil Town (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-2 2,652 Programme
Sat 27th Barnet (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-3 1,390 Programme
Mon 29th Wimbledon (H) Southern League Premier Division 2-2 710 Programme
Tue 30th Gravesend and Northfleet (A) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 1-3 451 Programme
April 1971
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Romford (H) Southern League Premier Division 2-2 581 Programme
Fri 9th Dartford (H) Southern League Premier Division 1-3 875 Programme
Sat 10th Romford (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-0 1,738 Programme
Mon 12th Dartford (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-1 6,073 Programme
Wed 14th Margate (H) Kent Floodlight Cup (Group Stage) 2-1 275 Programme
Sat 17th Yeovil Town (H) Southern League Premier Division 0-1 621 Programme
Mon 19th Hillingdon Borough (A) Southern League Premier Division 1-4 1,100 Programme
Wed 21st Hereford United (A) Southern League Premier Division 0-3 4,833 Programme
Sat 24th Bedford Town (A) Southern League Premier Division 2-2 1,030 Programme
May 1971
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Gloucester City (H) Southern League Premier Division 3-2 398 Programme
Wed 5th Telford United (H) Southern League Premier Division 2-1 357 Programme
Southern League Premier Division — 1970/71
# Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Yeovil Town 42 25 7 10 66 31 +35 57
2 Cambridge City 42 22 11 9 67 38 +29 55
3 Romford 42 23 9 10 63 42 +21 55
4 Hereford United 42 23 8 11 71 53 +18 54
5 Chelmsford City 42 20 11 11 61 32 +29 51
6 Barnet 42 18 14 10 69 49 +20 50
7 Bedford Town 42 20 10 12 62 46 +16 50
8 Wimbledon 42 20 8 14 72 54 +18 48
9 Worcester City 42 20 8 14 61 46 +15 48
10 Weymouth 42 14 16 12 64 48 +16 44
11 Dartford 42 15 12 15 53 51 +2 42
12 Dover 42 16 9 17 64 63 +1 41
13 Margate 42 15 10 17 64 70 -6 40
14 Hillingdon Borough 42 17 6 19 61 68 -7 40
15 Bath City 42 13 12 17 48 68 -20 38
16 Nuneaton Borough 42 12 12 18 43 66 -23 36
17 Telford United 42 13 8 21 64 70 -6 34
18 Poole Town 42 14 6 22 57 75 -18 34
19 Kings Lynn 42 11 7 24 44 67 -23 29
20 Ashford Town 42 8 13 21 52 86 -34 29
21 Kettering Town 42 8 11 23 48 84 -36 27
22 Gloucester City 42 6 10 26 34 81 -47 22
Kent Floodlight Competition - Section A — 1970/71
# Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Dartford 16 10 3 3 31 17 +14 23
2 Ashford Town 16 10 2 4 38 27 +11 22
3 Dover 16 9 2 5 29 23 +6 21
4 Folkestone 16 6 4 6 23 22 +1 16
5 Margate 16 6 3 7 28 32 -4 15
6 Gravesend & Northfleet 16 5 4 7 22 23 -1 14
7 Hastings United 16 5 2 9 29 27 +2 12
8 Bexley United 16 4 3 9 21 32 -11 11
9 Ramsgate Athletic 16 5 1 10 27 45 -18 11
Season Summary — 1970/71
Competition Summary
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
FA Trophy 3rd Qualifying Round
Kent Floodlight Cup Group Stage
Kent Senior Cup Semi Final
Southern League Cup 1st Round
Southern League Premier Division 20th (22)
20th
League Position
8–13–21
W–D–L
52–86
Goals F–A
Player Stats 1970/71
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Y – R Season Goals Career Apps Career Goals
Tony Weston 42 (0) 0 26 (0) 0 68 (0) 0 – 0 0 68 0
Dave Crush 42 (0) 13 25 (0) 15 67 (0) 0 – 0 28 239 77
Bob Harrop 40 (0) 5 26 (0) 1 66 (0) 0 – 0 6 184 16
Terry Street 35 (0) 6 18 (0) 0 53 (0) 0 – 0 6 315 14
Dave Gillingwater 39 (0) 4 10 (0) 2 49 (0) 0 – 0 6 298 38
Bill Dodge 30 (1) 1 17 (0) 1 47 (1) 0 – 0 2 425 13
Brian Gambrill 28 (0) 0 18 (0) 0 46 (0) 0 – 0 0 220 0
Reg Day 28 (1) 3 16 (1) 2 44 (2) 0 – 0 5 78 9
Dave Hunt 32 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 41 (0) 0 – 0 0 257 1
Alan Back 22 (0) 5 18 (0) 8 40 (0) 0 – 0 13 333 47
Peter Sillett 29 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 35 (0) 0 – 0 0 269 7
Terry Horton 18 (0) 2 14 (1) 5 32 (1) 0 – 0 7 295 72
John Young 15 (1) 5 15 (0) 11 30 (1) 0 – 0 16 374 173
Paul McNally 14 (0) 2 14 (0) 4 28 (0) 0 – 0 6 28 6
John Nash 13 (1) 4 13 (0) 6 26 (1) 0 – 0 10 27 10
John Ware 12 (0) 2 7 (0) 0 19 (0) 0 – 0 2 63 8
Dave Bielkus 5 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 – 0 0 145 14
Dave Hills 7 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 – 0 0 140 0
Colin Wallace 3 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 – 0 0 44 0
Reg Gorham 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 – 0 0 10 0
Keith Harvey 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 3 0
Tony Beale 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 15 0
Richard Dennison 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 2 0
Laurie Prior 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 3 0
Paul Prior 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 70 20
Peter Worrall 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 55 22
Lee Newlyn 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
Dickie Blakemore 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
Bill Robertson 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
Tony Weaver 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 3 1
missing player details 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 – 0 0 420 0
? Thomas 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 – 0 0 0 0
Own Goal — 0 — 1 — — 1 — —