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Reserves — 1955/56

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38
Matches
25
Wins
8
Draws
5
Losses
121–39
Goals F–A
August 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 24th Snowdown Reserves (H) Kent League Division 2 4-1 — —
Wed 31st Margate Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 1-1 — Programme
September 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Tunbridge Wells United Reserves (H) Kent League Division 2 8-1 — —
Sat 10th Folkestone Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 0-3 1,200 —
Sat 17th Herne Bay (A) Kent League Division 2 4-0 — Programme
Sat 24th Dover Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 2-1 — Programme
October 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 1st Sheppey United Reserves (H) Kent League Division 2 5-1 — Programme
Sat 8th Canterbury City Reserves (H) Kent League Division 2 2-3 — Programme
Sat 15th Faversham Reserves (H) Kent League Division 2 0-0 — Programme
Sat 22nd Dover Reserves (H) Kent League Division 2 4-1 — Programme
Sat 29th Deal Town Reserves (H) Kent League Division 2 5-0 — Programme
November 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Chatham Reserves (H) Kent League Division 2 6-3 — Programme
Sat 12th Gillingham A (H) Kent League Division 2 6-0 1,000 —
Sat 19th Betteshanger Reserves (H) Kent League Division 2 10-1 — —
Sat 26th Betteshanger Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 4-1 — —
December 1955
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Ramsgate Reserves (H) Kent League Division 2 5-3 — Programme
Sat 17th Gillingham A (A) Kent League Division 2 3-1 — —
Sat 24th Folkestone Reserves (H) Kent League Division 2 2-2 — —
Sat 31st Sittingbourne Reserves (H) Kent League Division 2 1-1 — Programme
January 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 14th Snowdown Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 1-0 — —
Sat 21st Dover Reserves (A) Kent Intermediate Cup (2nd Round) 2-2 — Programme
February 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 25th Dover Reserves (H) Kent Intermediate Cup (2nd Round Replay) 2-0 970 —
March 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Chatham Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 7-1 — —
Sat 10th Margate Reserves (H) Kent Intermediate Cup (3rd Round) 1-0 1,331 Programme
Sat 17th Folkestone Reserves (A) Kent League Cup II (2nd Round) 0-1 2,000 —
Sat 24th Faversham Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 4-1 — —
Sat 31st Tunbridge Wells United Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 1-1 — —
April 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Mon 2nd Whitstable Reserves (H) Kent League Division 2 5-0 — —
Wed 4th Deal Town Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 3-0 — —
Sat 7th Woolwich Poly Reserves (H) Kent Intermediate Cup (Semi Final) 4-0 — —
Sat 14th Herne Bay (H) Kent League Division 2 2-0 1,000 Programme
Thu 19th Canterbury City Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 0-0 — Programme
Sat 21st Whitstable Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 7-1 — —
Tue 24th Ramsgate Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 5-0 — —
Sat 28th Margate Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 0-3 — —
Mon 30th Sheppey United Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 2-2 — —
May 1956
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Tue 1st Sittingbourne Reserves (A) Kent League Division 2 2-1 — Programme
Sat 5th Folkestone Reserves (H) Kent Intermediate Cup (Final) 1-2 2,558 Programme
Kent League Division 2 — 1955/56
# Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Ashford Town Reserves 32 22 7 3 111 34 +3 51
2 Herne Bay 32 24 1 7 124 46 +2 49
3 Dover Reserves 32 23 2 7 102 41 +2 48
4 Margate Reserves 32 22 2 8 89 45 +1 46
5 Canterbury City Reserves 32 20 5 7 107 39 +2 45
6 Folkestone Reserves 32 17 8 7 101 58 +1 42
7 Sittingbourne Reserves 32 17 6 9 92 58 +1 40
8 Ramsgate Reserves 32 17 3 12 87 72 +1 37
9 Tunbridge Wells Reserves 32 15 4 13 106 71 +1 34
10 Faversham Reserves 32 15 4 13 68 65 +1 34
11 Sheppey Reserves 32 11 5 16 65 85 0 27
12 Gillingham A 32 11 4 17 75 88 0 26
13 Snowdown Reserves 32 11 2 19 54 69 0 24
14 Chatham Town Reserves 32 5 4 23 42 108 0 14
15 Deal Reserves 31 5 2 24 47 127 0 12
16 Betteshanger Reserves 31 3 1 27 32 164 0 7
17 Whitstable Reserves 32 2 2 28 37 169 0 6
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
*** RESERVE *** Player Stats 1955/56
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Y – R Season Goals Career Apps Career Goals
missing player details 45 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 45 (0) 0 – 0 0 420 0
George Sergeant 26 (0) 21 6 (0) 1 32 (0) 0 – 0 22 27 6
Gordon Burden 25 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 31 (0) 0 – 0 0 306 75
Bill Theobald 25 (0) 25 5 (0) 1 30 (0) 0 – 0 26 41 17
John Hamblin 22 (0) 2 6 (0) 0 28 (0) 0 – 0 2 353 12
Dave Stevens 19 (0) 2 6 (0) 0 25 (0) 0 – 0 2 232 7
Brian Mynheer 17 (0) 8 6 (0) 3 23 (0) 0 – 0 11 5 0
Malcolm Collins 21 (0) 8 1 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 – 0 8 433 91
Colin Summerson 16 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 – 0 0 5 0
Harry Gray 16 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 – 0 0 136 34
John Oldham 14 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 20 (0) 0 – 0 0 17 0
Ted Hanckey 14 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 19 (0) 0 – 0 0 45 0
Tich Haywood 8 (0) 5 4 (0) 1 12 (0) 0 – 0 6 17 5
Frank Rowden 11 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 – 0 0 79 0
Surrey 9 (0) 7 2 (0) 2 11 (0) 0 – 0 9 0 0
Len Woodcock 10 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 – 0 0 46 1
A Dryland 7 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 – 0 0 0 0
Peter Gilbert 6 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 – 0 0 32 0
Cliff Norman 6 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 – 0 0 6 1
Fergus Lunn 5 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 – 0 1 9 0
Arthur Nixon 5 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 – 0 0 206 2
Cyril Bacon 3 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 2 38 13
Chris Bertchin 3 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 2 27 12
Harry Luke 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 3 0
Roy Philpott 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 2 0
Geoff Steiner 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 91 1
Ken Woodcock 3 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 1 10 2
Swain 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 0 0 0
John Togher 2 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 – 0 1 4 1
Ernie Adams 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 31 3
Ron Hammon 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 88 0
Charlie Lowe 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 71 0
Billy Scott 1 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 1 18 7