List of Ashford United F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by the senior football club from Ashford, Kent (Ashford United, Ashford Railway Works and Ashford Town) in English football since 1891.

Ashford United (1891-1906)

Ashford United were founded in 1891 - the union between South Eastern Rangers and Kentish Express FC. They were founder members of the original Kent League. Additionally the team played in the East Kent League and the Thames and Medway Combination. The team folded owing to heavy debts during season 1906-07 after playing 10 matches and their record for the season was expunged.

Ashford United (First Team)

Season	Lge	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	Other
1891–92										Q1
1892–93										Q2	w:KSC
1893–94										Q1
1894–95	Kent Lge Div 1	16	6	2	8	35	41	14	7/9
1895–96	Kent Lge Div 1	22	3	3	16	34	80	9	12/12	Q1
1896–97	Kent Lge Div 1	16	5	5	6	33	34	15	5/9	P
	East Kent Lge 1	8	2	1	5	15	23	5	4/5
1897–98	Kent Lge Div 1	14	6	3	5	27	28	15	4/8	Q2
	East Kent Lge 1	8	2	3	3	18	23	7	3/5
1898–99	Kent League	24	9	6	9	54	56	24	8/13	Q1
	East Kent Lge 1	6	2	2	2	15	13	6	2/4
1899–00	Kent League	19	6	2	11	23	51	14	9/11	Q1
	East Kent Lge 1	10	4	2	4	15	21	10	3/6
1900–01	Kent League	16	8	3	5	35	21	19	4/9	Q1
	East Kent Lge 1
1901–02	Kent League	19	9	2	8	47	31	20	5/11	Q1	ru:KSC
1902–03	Kent League	16	6	2	8	32	45	14	5/9		ru:KSC
	Thames Medway C.	12	5	0	7	19	29	10	5/7
1903–04	Kent League	16	6	1	9	26	29	13	7/9	Q4
	Thames Medway C.	9	0	2	7	4	30	2	6/6
1904–05	Kent League	18	8	4	6	39	37	20	5/10	EP
	Thames Medway C.	10	3	3	4	17	29	9	4/6
1905–06	Kent League	14	4	3	7	23	29	11	5/8
1906–07	Kent League	withdrew during season								Q1
Key: KSC=Kent Senior Cup; KC=Kent Cup

Ashford United 'A' Team

Season	Lge	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Other
1895–96	East Kent Lge 2	8	4	1	3	18	12	9	3/5
1896–97	East Kent Lge 2	8	2	1	5	15	23	5	4/5

Ashford Railway Works (1907-1928)

The Ashford Railway Works football club was founded in 1907. Many of its members were drawn from the ranks of skilled engineers from the Ashford railway works and led to the team acquiring the nickname the ‘Nuts and Bolts'. They played in the original Kent League (with significant success in Division 2) and also the Folkestone and District Senior League. The club folded in 1928.

Ashford Railway Works (First Team)

Season	Lge	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	Other
1907–08	Folkestone Snr Lge	22	11	3	8	49	46	25	6/12	P
1908–09	Folkestone Snr Lge	14	9	2	3	37	15	20	3/10	Incomplete
1909–10	Kent Div 2: East	20	14	1	5	75	38	29	2/11
	Folkestone Snr Lge	20	13	6	1	56	16	32	1/11
1910–11	Kent Div 2: East								/9
1911–12	Kent Div 2: East	14	10	1	3	45	19	21	1/8
1912–13	Kent Div 2: East	12	7	3	2	26	13	17	1/7	P
1913–14	Kent Div 2: East	18	13	3	2	48	17	29	1/10
1919–20	Kent Div 2: East	12							1/7
1920–21	Kent Lge Div 1	31	13	6	12	50	42	32	10/17
1921–22	Kent Lge Div 1	28	9	11	8	42	40	29	8/15
1922–23	Kent Lge Div 1	32	13	8	11	63	50	34	6/17
1923–24	Kent Lge Div 1	30	13	7	10	61	48	33	7/16
1924–25	Kent Lge Div 1	34	12	6	16	56	67	30	11/18
1925–26	Kent Lge Div 1	36	17	7	12	81	76	41	6/19	3Q
1926–27	Kent Lge Div 1	26	8	3	15	36	58	19	12/14
1927–28	Kent Div 2: East	4	2	1	1	9	9	5	1/3	P
	Folkestone Snr Lge	22	12	2	8	63	54	26	7/15	Incomplete

Ashford Railway Works Reserves

Season	Lge	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Other
1920–21	Kent Div 2: East	18	4	5	9	38	41	13	8/10
	Folkestone Snr Lge	13	6	3	4	29	21	15	4/9
1921–22	Kent Div 2: East	14	8	0	6	41	27	16	5/8
	Folkestone Snr Lge	16	6	3	7	42	47	15	6/9
1922–23	Kent Div 2: East	10	5	0	5	20	24	10	3/6

Ashford Town (1930-2010)

Founded in 1930 Ashford Town F.C. the team were elected to the original Kent League. The team were 1948-49 League Champions. After this league disbanded in 1959 they joined the Southern League. As a result of non-League re-organisation in 2004 the team moved to the Isthmian League. Following unpaid football debts the club was suspended from competition in 2010. As a result of a dispute between the Directors the club went into administration.

Ashford Town (First Team)

Season	Lge	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	Other
1930–31	Kent Lge Div 1	36	16	10	10	93	70	42	6/19	2Q
1931–32	Kent Lge Div 1	36	26	5	5	115	54	57	2/19	1Q
1932–33	Kent Lge Div 1	34	16	1	17	79	76	33	8/18	2Q
1933–34	Kent Lge Div 1	36	14	3	19	72	92	31	14/19	1Q
1934–35	Kent Lge Div 1	36	16	9	11	72	51	41	5/19	R1
1935–36	Kent League	36	12	6	18	84	97	30	12/19	P
1936–37	Kent League	32	16	5	11	76	53	37	6/17	1Q
1937–38	Kent Lge Div 1	32	11	6	15	61	75	28	11/17	2Q
1938–39	Kent Lge Div 1	28	16	3	9	89	59	35	4/15	3Q	w:KLC
1939–40	Kent Regnl:East	19	4	4	11	44	59	12	10/11
1946–47	Kent Lge Div 1	30	13	6	11	81	72	32	9/16	2Q
1947–48	Kent Lge Div 1	34	12	5	17	59	68	29	12/18	1Q
1948–49	Kent Lge Div 1	34	24	4	6	109	41	52	1/18	1Q
1949–50	Kent Lge Div 1	32	15	8	9	83	62	38	7/17	EP
1950–51	Kent Lge Div 1	32	18	7	7	87	53	43	4/17	1Q
1951–52	Kent Lge Div 1	32	17	3	12	63	38	37	7/17	3Q
1952–53	Kent Lge Div 1	32	13	9	10	65	48	35	7/17	1Q
1953–54	Kent Lge Div 1	30	5	7	18	34	50	17	14/16	3Q
1954–55	Kent Lge Div 1	32	11	7	14	49	52	29	12/17	1Q
1955–56	Kent Lge Div 1	32	11	7	14	46	58	29	11/17	1Q
1956–57	Kent Lge Div 1	32	13	3	16	59	59	29	10/17	1Q
1957–58	Kent Lge Div 1	34	7	6	21	53	85	20	16/18	Pr
1958–59	Kent Lge Div 1	34	16	4	14	75	53	36	9/18	R1	w:KSC
1959–60	Sthn Lge Div 1	42	14	12	16	61	70	40	14/22	R1
1960–61	Sthn Lge Div 1	40	14	8	18	61	67	36	14/21	R1
1961–62	Sthn Lge Div 1	38	14	11	13	66	70	39	11/20	R2	w:KFT; ru:KSC
1962–63	Sthn Lge Div 1	38	9	6	23	48	76	24	18/20	4Q	w:KSC
1963–64	Sthn Lge Div 1	42	19	9	14	73	57	46	7/22	4Q
1964–65	Sthn Lge Div 1	42	11	8	23	60	98	30	17/22	2Q
1965–66	Sthn Lge Div 1	46	9	10	27	44	92	28	23/24	1Q
1966–67	Sthn Lge Div 1	46	18	8	20	74	68	44	11/24	R2
1967–68	Sthn Lge Div 1	42	18	6	18	73	78	42	12/22	4Q
1968–69	Sthn Lge Div 1	42	16	8	18	72	73	40	14/22	3Q	sf:SLC
1969–70	Sthn Lge Div 1	42	19	16	7	71	42	54	4/22 P	4Q
1970–71	Sthn Lge Prem	42	8	13	21	52	86	29	20/22 ↓R	1Q	sf:KSC
1971–72	Sthn Lge Div 1S	30	12	4	14	43	48	28	10/16	3Q
1972–73	Sthn Lge Div 1S	42	24	7	11	90	40	55	3/22	4Q	sf:FAT
1973–74	Sthn Lge Div 1S	38	14	8	16	41	42	36	12/20	2Q
1974–75	Sthn Lge Div 1S	38	16	12	10	64	55	44	7/20	R1	sf:KSC
1975–6	Sthn Lge Div 1S	38	14	8	16	67	73	36	10/20	2Q
1976–77	Sthn Lge Div 1S	34	5	8	21	32	65	18	17/18	2Q	sf:KSC
1977–78	Sthn Lge Div 1S	38	9	13	16	39	60	31	15/20	1Q
1978–79	Sthn Lge Div 1S	40	10	10	20	28	53	30	19/21	Pr
1979–80	Sthn Lge S Div	46	12	14	20	54	71	38	19/24	2Q
1980–81	Sthn Lge S Div	46	12	15	19	55	76	39	16/24	3Q	ru:KSC
1981–82	Sthn Lge S Div	46	16	14	16	52	56	46	14/24	3Q	ru:KSC
1982–83	Sthn Lge S Div	34	13	10	11	51	41	49	8/18	Pr
1983–84	Sthn Lge S Div	38	19	5	14	65	47	62	8/20	4Q	sf:EFC
1984–85	Sthn Lge S Div	38	10	9	19	54	69	39	17/20	1Q
1985–86	Sthn Lge S Div	40	10	12	18	45	65	42	18/21	1Q
1986–87	Sthn Lge S Div	38	23	7	8	63	32	76	2/20 P	2Q	sf:KSC
1987–88	Sthn Lge Prem	42	12	16	14	45	54	52	12/22	1Q
1988–89	Sthn Lge Prem	42	13	13	16	59	76	52	18/22	3Q
1989–90	Sthn Lge Prem	42	10	7	25	43	75	37	19/22 ↓R	2Q
1990–91	Sthn Lge S Div	40	22	5	13	82	52	71	5/21	1Q
1991–92	Sthn Lge S Div	42	17	12	13	66	57	63	7/22	Pr	sf:KSC
1992–93	Sthn Lge S Div	42	20	8	14	91	66	68	8/22	4Q	w:KSC
1993–94	Sthn Lge S Div	42	24	13	5	93	46	85	6/22	1Q	sf:EFC
1994–95	Sthn Lge S Div	42	21	12	9	106	72	75	5/22	R1
1995–96	Sthn Lge S Div	42	25	9	8	75	44	84	2/22 P	R1	w:KSC
1996–97	Sthn Lge Prem	42	9	18	15	53	79	45	19/22	R2
1997–98	Sthn Lge Prem	42	8	5	29	34	85	29	21/22 ↓R	4Q
1998–99	Sthn Lge S Div	42	17	12	13	59	54	63	7/22	2Q
1999–00	Sthn Lge E Div	42	21	9	12	70	49	72	6/22	1Q
2000–01	Sthn Lge E Div	42	15	4	23	53	83	49	12/22	1Q
2001–02	Sthn Lge E Div	42	14	6	22	58	78	48	14/22	Pr	sf:KSC
2002–03	Sthn Lge E Div	42	18	9	15	63	57	63	11/22	Pr
2003–04	Sthn Lge E Div	42	15	9	18	51	53	54	12/22	1Q
2004–05	Isth Lge Div 1	42	8	12	22	47	85	36	20/22	Pr
2005–06	Isth Lge Div 1	44	8	11	25	41	81	35	21/23	1Q
2006–07	Isth Lge Div 1S	42	10	14	18	52	65	44	18/22	1Q	sf:KSC
2007–08	Isth Lge Div 1S	42	19	10	13	64	51	67	8/22	Pr
2008–09	Isth Lge Div 1S	42	16	15	11	68	54	63	7/22	1Q
2009–10	Isth Lge Div 1S	42	9	11	22	49	90	38	20/22	1Q
Key: KLC=Kent Cup; KSC=Kent Senior Cup; KFT=Kent Floodlight Trophy; EFC=Eastern Floodlit Cup; SLC=Southern League Cup FAT=FA Trophy.

Ashford Town Reserves

Season	Lge	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Other
1931–32	Kent Amateur Lge:E	21	18	2	1	84	30	36	1/12	(-4;+2 pts)
1932–33	Folkestone Snr Lge	23	5	2	16	51	100	12	14/14
1938–39	Kent Lge Div 2	24	9	5	10	72	74	23	9/13
1946–47	Kent Cnty Am.Lge:E N	20	9	3	8	46	49	21	4/11
1947–48	Kent Lge Div 2								/10
1948–49	Kent Lge Div 2	30	20	3	7	84	38	43	2/16
1949–50	Kent Lge Div 2								/12
1950–51	Kent Lge Div 2								3/12
1951–52	Kent Lge Div 2	28	13	6	9	79	64	32	7/15
1952–53	Kent Lge Div 2								1/?
1953–54	Kent Lge Div 2	34	19	8	7	66	43	46	3/18
1954–55	Kent Lge Div 2	34	18	4	12	90	63	40	8/18
1955–56	Kent Lge Div 2	32	22	7	3	111	34	51	1/17
1956–57	Kent Lge Div 2	34	19	5	10	64	55	43	5/18
	Kent Cnty Am.Lge:E	26	9	5	12	50	60	23	8/14	Ashford 'A'
1957–58	Kent Lge Div 2	34	16	9	9	79	53	41	4/18
	Kent Cnty Am.Lge:E	26	11	3	12	79	84	25	8/14	Ashford 'A'
1958–59	Kent Lge Div 2	34	23	3	8	84	44	49	4/18
	Kent Cnty Am.Lge:E	30	15	5	10	111	68	35	7/16	Ashford 'A'
1959–60	Seanglian Lge	30	17	3	10	62	55	37	5/16
	Kent Cnty Am.Lge:E S	25	12	2	11	51	40	26	7/14	Ashford 'A'
1960–61	Seanglian Lge	32	14	6	12	65	40	34	9/17
1961–62	Seanglian Lge	22	17	2	3	68	24	36	1/12
1962–63	Seanglian Lge	23	8	7	8	30	36	23	7/13
1963–64	Metropolitan & Dist.	28	5	6	17	31	68	16	13/15
1966–67	Kent League								/14
1967–68	Kent League	34	7	6	21	44	90	20	15/18
1970–71	Kent League	38	15	7	16	98	73	37	10/20
1971–72	Kent League	37	13	11	13	67	77	37	11/20	ru:KLC
1972–73	Kent League	38	6	10	22	42	113	22	19/20
1973–74	Kent League	36	10	11	15	64	80	31	15/19
1974–75	Kent League	36	11	6	19	54	73	28	13/19
1975–76	Kent League	36	8	5	23	57	117	21	16/19
1984–85	Kent Lge Div 1 Res								2/?
1986–87	Kent Lge Div 1 Res	33	17	7	9	63	42		?/17	ru:KRLC
1987–88	Kent Lge Div 1 Res								2/?
1988–89	Kent Lge Div 1 Res								2/?
1990–91	Kent Lge Div 1 Res								2/?
2001–02	Kent Lge Div 1S	20	8	6	6	43	29	30	5/11
2002–03	Kent Lge Div 1S	22	12	3	7	43	26	29	4/12
2003–04	Kent Lge Div 1	22	8	3	11	29	37	27	7/12
2004–05	Kent Lge Div 1	22	9	2	11	40	45	29	6/12
2005–06	Kent Lge Div 1	22	8	4	10	38	47	28	8/12
2006–07	Kent Lge Div 1	22	1	3	18	14	78	6	12/12
2007–08	Kent Lge Div 2	24	14	5	5	68	36	47	2/13	w:KRLC
2008–09	Kent Lge Div 1	22	11	3	8	36	27	36	5/12
2009–10	Kent Lge Div 1	20	6	6	8	27	30	24	7/11
Key: KLC=Kent League Cup; KRLC=Kent Reserves League Cup.

Ashford United (2011- )

Ashford United (First Team)

Formed by one of the Directors of the former Ashford Town club, Ashford United was formed in 2011 and resurrected the name of the team from 1891-1907. The club began playing in the Kent Invicta League and after two seasons advanced to the Kent League which renamed itself as the Southern Counties East Football League.

Season	Lge	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	Other
2011–12	Kent Invicta Lge	30	15	7	8	65	44	52	5/16
2012–13	Kent Invicta Lge	30	20	6	4	79	32	66	3/16 P	Pr
2013–14	Sth Cnties East FL	32	22	3	7	72	37	69	2/17	Pr	ru:KST
2014–15	Sth Cnties East FL	38	25	10	3	96	39	85	2/20	Pr
2015–16	Sth Cnties East FL	36	23	7	6	95	46	66*	3/19	EP	ru:KST qf:FAV
2016–17	Sth Cnties East FL: Prem.	38	30	2	6	119	39	92	1/20 P	1Q	w:KST
2017–18	Isth Lge Div 1S	46	10	8	28	60	111	38	21/24	1Q
2018–19	Isth Lge Div 1SE	36	21	5	10	74	36	68	4/19	Pr
Key: KST=Kent Senior Trophy; FAV= FA Vase; *= 10 pts deduction.

Ashford United Reserves

Season	Lge	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Other
2015–16	Kent Cnty Lge 2E	20	6	0	14	41	59	18	8/11

Key

Winners

Runners-up

League Record Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position/rank

FA Cup EP = Extra preliminary round Pr = preliminary round 1Q = First qualifying round 2Q = Second qualifying round 3Q = Third qualifying round 4Q = Fourth qualifying round R1 = First round proper R2 = Second round proper

'Other' P = promoted ↓R = relegated w = winner ru = runner-up sf = semi-finalist See also each section for key to 'other'

References

Non-League Football matters

Football Club History Database

The Southern Counties East Football League

Jeff Trice's Margate FC history website

The history of Dover football club