This is a list of seasons played by both the senior men's football club from Ashford, Kent (Ashford United, Ashford Railway Works and Ashford/Ashford Town) in English football since 1891 and for the Ashford/Ashford United Ladies team.
Ashford United (1891–1906) Ashford United were founded in 1891 – the union between South Eastern Rangers and Kentish Express FC. The team initially played at the Victoria Ground (behind the Victoria Hotel), then subsequently moved to Godinton Road, Ashford and finally to a site off Newtown Road. They were founder members of the original Kent League and additionally the team played in the East Kent League and the Thames & Medway Combination and Division 2 of the South Eastern League. The team folded owing to heavy debts during season 1906–07 and their league playing records for the season were expunged.
Ashford United (First Team)
Season Lge Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos FA Cup Other 1891–92 Q1 sf:KC 1892–93 Q2 w:KC 1893–94 Q1 1894–95 Kent Lge Div 1 16 6 2 8 35 41 14 7/9 Q1(scratched) 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 1899–1900 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 6 3 0 3 5 7 6 3/ 4 1901–02 Kent League 19 9 2 8 47 31 20 5/11 Q1 ru:KSC Thames Medway D1 11 3 2 6 19 30 8 ?/71902–03 Kent League 16 6 2 8 32 45 14 5/9 – ru:KSC Thames Medway D1 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 D1 10 0 2 8 5 37 2 6/6 1904–05 Kent League 18 8 4 6 39 37 20 5/10 EP Thames Medway D1 10 3 3 4 17 29 9 4/6 1905–06 Kent League 14 4 3 7 23 29 11 5/8 – South Eastern Div 2 20 5 2 13 30 67 12 11/12 1906–07 Kent League withdrew during season Q1 Thames Medway D1 Key: KSC=Kent Senior Cup; KC=Kent Cup
Ashford United 'A' Team Season Lge Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Other 1896–97 East Kent Lge 2 8 4 1 3 18 12 9 3/5
Ashford Railway Works (1907–1928) The Ashford Railway Works football club (the more commonly used name of the S.E and C.R. Ashford Works F.C.) was founded in 1907. They played their matches at the Railway Works Ground, off Newtown Road, Ashford. 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'. After the 1920s the team began to be known as simply Ashford. They played in the original East Kent League, Kent League (with significant success in Division 2 East) and also the Folkestone and District Senior League. The club discontinued in 1928.
Ashford Railway Works (First Team) Season Lge Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos FA Cup Other1907–08 East Kent League 18 11 1 6 49 26 23 3/10 P Folkestone Snr Lge 22 11 3 8 49 46 25 6/12 1908–09 East Kent League 10 7 1 2 34 6 15 1/6 Q1 Folkestone Snr Lge 18 11 3 4 43 19 35 ?/10 1909–10 Kent Div 2: East 20 14 1 5 75 38 29 2/11 Q1 Folkestone Snr Lge 20 13 6 1 56 16 32 1/11 1910–11 Kent Div 2: East 16 10 0 6 37 16 20 3/9 P Folkestone Snr Lge 18 7 2 9 52 37 16 3/10 1911–12 Kent Div 2: East 14 10 1 3 45 19 21 1/8 Q1 Folkestone Snr Lge 20 14 4 2 63 26 30 3/11 1912–13 Kent Div 2: East 12 7 3 2 26 13 17 1/7 P Folkestone Snr Lge 21 12 1 8 55 38 25 4/12 1913–14 Kent Div 2: East 18 13 3 2 48 17 29 1/10 Q1 Folkestone Snr Lge 15 8 5 2 31 28 18 4/9 1919–20 Kent Div 2: East 14 10 2 2 60 20 22 1/8 P P Folkestone Snr Lge 19 13 3 3 94 25 29 2/12 1920–21 Kent Lge Div 1 31 13 6 12 50 42 32 10/17 Q1 1921–22 Kent Lge Div 1 28 9 11 8 42 40 29 8/15 P 1922–23 Kent Lge Div 1 32 13 8 11 63 50 34 6/17 P sf:KSC 1923–24 Kent Lge Div 1 30 13 7 10 61 48 33 7/16 EP ru:KLC 1924–25 Kent Lge Div 1 34 12 6 16 56 67 30 11/18 EP 1925–26 Kent Lge Div 1 36 17 7 12 81 76 41 6/19 Q3 1926–27 Kent Lge Div 1 26 8 3 15 36 58 19 12/14 Q1 1927–28 Kent Div 2: East 4 2 1 1 9 9 5 1/3 P Folkestone Snr Lge 24 13 2 9 66 60 28 7/15 Key: KSC=Kent Senior Cup; KLC=Kent Cup
Ashford Railway Works Reserves Season Lge Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Other 1908–09 Folkestone Jnr Lge 20 6 0 14 30 51 12 9/11 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 / Ashford Town (1930–2010) Founded in 1930 Ashford F.C. were elected to the Kent League. They began playing at the Railway Works ground and then moved to the newly acquired Essella Park ground. On the sale of that facility in 1987 they ground-shared for two years at Cheriton Road, Folkestone before returning to Ashford and the new purpose-built Homelands stadium. From the 1950–1951 season the club began to style itself as Ashford Town Football Club rather than Ashford Football Club. The team were 1948–49 Kent League Champions and after that league disbanded in 1959 they joined the Southern League. As a result of the re-organisation of the structure of non-League football in 2004 the team was allocated to the Isthmian League. Owing to unpaid football debts the club was suspended by The Football Association from competition in 2010. As a result of a dispute between the club's Directors it went into financial administration and the club was wound up.
Ashford / 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 Q2 sf:KSC 1931–32 Kent Lge Div 1 36 26 5 5 115 54 57 2/19 Q1 1932–33 Kent Lge Div 1 34 16 1 17 79 76 33 8/18 Q2 1933–34 Kent Lge Div 1 36 14 3 19 72 92 31 14/19 Q1 1934–35 Kent Lge Div 1 36 16 9 11 72 51 41 5/19 R1 1935–36 Kent Lge Div 1 36 12 6 18 84 97 30 12/19 P 1936–37 Kent Lge Div 1 32 16 5 11 76 53 37 6/17 Q1 1937–38 Kent Lge Div 1 32 11 6 15 61 75 28 11/17 Q2 1938–39 Kent Lge Div 1 28 16 3 9 89 59 35 4/15 Q3 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 Q2 1947–48 Kent Lge Div 1 34 12 5 17 59 68 29 12/18 Q1 1948–49 Kent Lge Div 1 34 24 4 6 109 41 52 1/18 Q1 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 Q1 1951–52 Kent Lge Div 1 32 17 3 12 63 38 37 7/17 Q3 ru:KLC 1952–53 Kent Lge Div 1 32 13 9 10 65 48 35 7/17 Q1 1953–54 Kent Lge Div 1 30 5 7 18 34 50 17 14/16 Q3 sf:KSS 1954–55 Kent Lge Div 1 32 11 7 14 49 52 29 12/17 Q1 1955–56 Kent Lge Div 1 32 11 7 14 46 58 29 11/17 Q1 1956–57 Kent Lge Div 1 32 13 3 16 59 59 29 10/17 Q1 1957–58 Kent Lge Div 1 34 7 6 21 53 85 20 16/18 P 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 Q4 w:KSC 1963–64 Sthn Lge Div 1 42 19 9 14 73 57 46 7/22 Q4 1964–65 Sthn Lge Div 1 42 11 8 23 60 98 30 17/22 Q2 1965–66 Sthn Lge Div 1 46 9 10 27 44 92 28 23/24 Q1 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 Q4 1968–69 Sthn Lge Div 1 42 16 8 18 72 73 40 14/22 Q3 sf:SLC 1969–70 Sthn Lge Div 1 42 19 16 7 71 42 54 4/22 P Q4 1970–71 Sthn Lge Prem 42 8 13 21 52 86 29 20/22 R Q1 sf:KSC 1971–72 Sthn Lge Div 1S 30 12 4 14 43 48 28 10/16 Q3 1972–73 Sthn Lge Div 1S 42 24 7 11 90 40 55 3/22 Q4 sf:FAT 1973–74 Sthn Lge Div 1S 38 14 8 16 41 42 36 12/20 Q2 1974–75 Sthn Lge Div 1S 38 16 12 10 64 55 44 7/20 R1 sf:KSC 1975–76 Sthn Lge Div 1S 38 14 8 16 67 73 36 10/20 Q2 1976–77 Sthn Lge Div 1S 34 5 8 21 32 65 18 17/18 Q2 sf:KSC 1977–78 Sthn Lge Div 1S 38 9 13 16 39 60 31 15/20 Q1 1978–79 Sthn Lge Div 1S 40 10 10 20 28 53 30 19/21 P 1979–80 Sthn Lge S Div 46 12 14 20 54 71 38 19/24 Q2 1980–81 Sthn Lge S Div 46 12 15 19 55 76 39 16/24 Q3 ru:KSC 1981–82 Sthn Lge S Div 46 16 14 16 52 56 46 14/24 Q3 ru:KSC 1982–83 Sthn Lge S Div 34 13 10 11 51 41 49 8/18 P 1983–84 Sthn Lge S Div 38 19 5 14 65 47 62 8/20 Q4 sf:EFC 1984–85 Sthn Lge S Div 38 10 9 19 54 69 39 17/20 Q1 1985–86 Sthn Lge S Div 40 10 12 18 45 65 42 18/21 Q1 1986–87 Sthn Lge S Div 38 23 7 8 63 32 76 2/20 P Q2 sf:KSC 1987–88 Sthn Lge Prem 42 12 16 14 45 54 52 12/22 Q1 1988–89 Sthn Lge Prem 42 13 13 16 59 76 52 18/22 Q3 1989–90 Sthn Lge Prem 42 10 7 25 43 75 37 19/22 R Q2 1990–91 Sthn Lge S Div 40 22 5 13 82 52 71 5/21 Q1 1991–92 Sthn Lge S Div 42 17 12 13 66 57 63 7/22 P sf:KSC 1992–93 Sthn Lge S Div 42 20 8 14 91 66 68 8/22 Q4 w:KSC 1993–94 Sthn Lge S Div 42 24 13 5 93 46 85 6/22 Q1 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 Q4 1998–99 Sthn Lge S Div 42 17 12 13 59 54 63 7/22 Q2 1999–2000 Sthn Lge E Div 42 21 9 12 70 49 72 6/22 Q1 2000–01 Sthn Lge E Div 42 15 4 23 53 83 49 12/22 Q1 2001–02 Sthn Lge E Div 42 14 6 22 58 78 48 14/22 P sf:KSC 2002–03 Sthn Lge E Div 42 18 9 15 63 57 63 11/22 P 2003–04 Sthn Lge E Div 42 15 9 18 51 53 54 12/22 Q1 2004–05 Isth Lge Div 1 42 8 12 22 47 85 36 20/22 P 2005–06 Isth Lge Div 1 44 8 11 25 41 81 35 21/23 Q1 2006–07 Isth Lge Div 1S 42 10 14 18 52 65 44 18/22 Q1 sf:KSC 2007–08 Isth Lge Div 1S 42 19 10 13 64 51 67 8/22 P 2008–09 Isth Lge Div 1S 42 16 15 11 68 54 63 7/22 Q1 2009–10 Isth Lge Div 1S 42 9 11 22 49 90 38 20/22 Q1 Key: KLC=Kent League Cup; KSC=Kent Senior Cup; KSS=Kent Senior Shield; KFT=Kent Floodlight Trophy; EFC=Eastern Floodlit Cup; SLC=Southern League Cup FAT=FA Trophy.
Ashford / Ashford Town Reserves