FINALLY
HE GET'S AROUND TO DOING THE FOOTBALL PAGE!FINALLY
HE GET'S AROUND TO DOING THE FOOTBALL PAGE!I think I can safely say some of you may have been wondering which football team I support. Well let me put you out of your misery, no it's not Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea or even Brentford. No, for I have chosen to go and support (whenever work or the wife allows) ASHFORD TOWN (Middlesex) FC!
Ashford
Town (Middlesex) FC currently play in Division 1 South of the RYMAN League (at
the moment the lower reaches), not
quite the Premier League but still that doesn't bother me. Competing in
that division means we have a few local derby matches against Staines Town FC,
Egham Town FC, Walton & Hersham FC and Molesey FC.
Ashford's home ground is Short Lane, Stanwell complete with 150 seater stand and
covered standing for 300. They also have their own official website (just
click on the badge).
The pictures below are from Ashford's Boxing Day 2002 home fixture against local rivals Staines Town FC (all pictures have been reproduced from the Staines Massive website), Ashford are the ones in Orange & White stripes. If you're that interested it ended 0 - 0 (I know because I was there).
Within this page I will just be writing about
football in general, just me rambling
on. It could be about Ashford, the Premier League or even England national
team.
The Following pictures are from the home draw (1-1) of Ashford versus Bromley on Monday 25 August 2003 (all taken with my trusty Kodak).
The following is a list of football clubs and grounds that I have seen games at, it's just something to fill the page. Whenever I'm away on holiday or visiting friends or relatives, I try to take in a game somewhere (although saying that I'm not a Groundhopper). I'll try to add pictures or links that are relevant to each club or ground. My memory is not as it should be so as long as you don't expect too much info, you won't be disappointed.
AFC
Wallingford - versus Ashford Town in the Combined Counties
League.
Arsenal
FC - versus Chelsea FC (Wed 4 Sept 1996) in the
Premiership. Took my youngest daughter Katy, to see Arsenal versus Fulham (Sun
30 Nov 2003) end in a nil - nil draw, then a few days later (Tues 2 Dec
2003) to see Arsenal beat Wolves in the Carling Cup 4th Round, by 5 goals to
1.
Ash
United FC - versus Ashford Town in the Combined Counties
League.
Ashford
Town (Middlesex) FC - Obviously been quite a few times since
1994
Bedfont FC
- versus Ashford Town in the Combined Counties League, also versus Burgess Hill
FC in the F.A. Cup 1999-2000.
Bodmin
Town FC - versus Liskeard Athletic FC in the Carlsberg South
Western League (Wed 20 Aug 2003), whilst away on holiday. By the
way Bodmin won 2-0.
Bracknell Town FC - versus Ashford Town in the
Ryman League.
Brook House FC - versus Ashford Town in the Middlesex County
Cup.
Camberley Town FC - versus Ashford Town in
a pre-season friendly.
Chelsea
FC - I took my eldest daughter Carly, to see two
matches. the first was versus Sheffield Wednesday FC (Sat 28 Nov 1998) in
the Premiership, the next was versus Valerenga IF in European Cup Winners Cup
Quarter-Final (Thurs 4 March 1999).
Chessington & Hook
United FC - versus Ashford Town in the Combined Counties League.
Cirencester Academy FC
- versus Wootton Bassett Town FC in the Hellenic League (Wed 24 Oct 2001).
Sadly Cirencester Academy FC no longer exist, I believe they became a more
integral part of Cirencester Town FC in the Southern League.
Cobham FC -
versus Ashford Town in the Combined Counties League.
Egham Town FC - versus Ashford Town in the
Ryman League. I've also seen Egham play a few games in the Ryman league
plus a game against Chatham Town FC in the F.A. Cup (Tues 3 Sept 2002).
Eton Wick FC - versus
Ashford Town in the Combined Counties League.
Farnborough Town FC -
Combined Counties Premier Challenge Cup Final 1999: Ashford Town FC v Cobham FC
(Fri 30 April 1999).
Feltham FC - versus
Ashford Town in the Combined Counties League.
Flackwell Heath FC
- versus Ashford Town in the Ryman League.
Godalming & Guildford FC
- versus Ashford Town in the Combined Counties League.
Hampton & Richmond Borough FC
- versus
Ashford Town in the Middlesex County Cup (when they were just plain Hampton
FC).
Hartley Wintney FC -
versus Ashford Town in the Combined Counties League.
Hayes FC - versus Ashford
Town in the Middlesex County Cup, probably the best performance from Ashford
I've ever seen. Hayes were top of the Ryman Premier whilst we were in the
Combined Counties and we beat them, I think it was 3-0 not quite sure long time
ago.
Hillingdon Borough FC -
versus Ashford Town in the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup (Tues 21 March 2000).
Holbeach United FC - versus Blackstones FC in the United Counties
Football League (Tues 24 Oct 2000).
Horley Town FC - versus
Ashford Town in the Combined Counties League.
Hornchurch FC - versus Ashford Town in the
Ryman League.
Kingstonian FC
- versus Chelsea FC in a pre-season friendly a few years back.
Leighton Town FC - versus Ashford Town in the
F.A. Cup.
Netherne FC - versus
Ashford Town in the Combined Counties League.
Northwood FC - Middlesex
Senior Charity Cup Final 2000: Ashford Town FC v Hanwell Town FC (Fri 12 May
2000), Ashford won 1 - 0.
Pagham FC - versus Redhill FC in a Sussex County League game a
few years ago now.
Portfield United FC - versus Shoreham FC in a Sussex County League
(Sat 4 Sept 1999). Portfield United have since merged with
Chichester City to make Chichester City United FC.
Portland United FC - in a pre-season friendly versus Weymouth FC (Sat
19 July 2003).
Sandhurst Town FC - versus
Ashford Town in the Combined Counties League.
Selsey FC - I think it was Pagham, that I saw them play in a
Sussex County League game last year (2002).
Slough Town FC - versus Ashford Town in the
Ryman League, played at Windsor & Eton FC's Stag Meadow.
Southall FC - versus
Ashford Town in the Middlesex County Cup (played at Yeading FC's ground).
Staines Town FC - various Ryman League games.
Tuffley Rovers FC - versus Bishops Cleeve FC in the Hellenic
League (Tues 23 Oct 2001)
Viking Greenford FC -
versus Ashford Town in the Combined Counties League (Tues 7 Sept 1999),
sadly I think Viking have now folded.
Walton Casuals FC - versus Ashford Town in the Combined Counties League.
Walton & Hersham FC - versus Ashford Town in
a friendly.
Ware FC - versus Ashford Town in the
Ryman League.
Wembley FC - versus
Ashford Town in the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup (Tues 29 April 1997).
Wembley Stadium - 2nd Division Play-Off Final 1997: Brentford FC v
Crewe Alexandra FC (Sun 25 May 1997). F.A Vase Final 1998: Tiverton Town FC v Tow Law
Town FC (Sat 9 May 1998), F.A Cup Final 1998: Arsenal FC v Newcastle
United FC (Sat 16 May 1998), England v Saudi Arabia (Sat 23 May 1998),
England's last home game before the 1998 World Cup Finals. F.A Cup Final
1999: Manchester United v Newcastle United FC (Sat 22 May 1999).
Westfield FC
- versus Ashford Town in the Combined Counties League.
Weymouth
FC - versus Hinckley United FC in the Dr Martens Premier League
(Sat 22 Nov 2003), Weymouth won 2-0. Also versus Ashford Town (Middx)
FC in the F.A Trophy 2nd Round (Sat 29 Nov 2003), which resulted in a great game
ending 3-3.
Wimbledon FC - versus Arsenal FC (Sat 16 March 1996) and
Newcastle United FC (Sun 23 March 1997), both games in the
Premiership. In my opinion since their move to Milton Keynes there is only
one Wimbledon team, and that is AFC
Wimbledon.
Windsor & Eton FC - versus Ashford Town in the
FA Trophy.
Witham Town FC - versus Ashford Town in the
Ryman League.
Worthing FC - versus Ashford Town in the
Ryman League.
Yeading FC - versus
Ashford Town in the Middlesex County Cup.