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Written by Gareth Coates
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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 Mark Butler admitted that he was disappointed with the defensive aspects of last night's game against Oxford City, but was accentuating the positives after the entertaining 3-3 draw.
Speaking last night to the Official Website, Mark described Oxford as "a decent side" and called the match a "winning draw", stating that he and his squad felt they should have won the game whilst also offering messages of encouragement both to his current squad and the exciting crop of youngsters in Mick Snowden's Under-18 team. |
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Written by ATFC Webmaster
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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 Ashford's Under-18 team recorded their fourth successive victory of pre-season with a 4-0 win over Cobham. The Hammers, clad in a blue and white strip donated by Chelsea FC, whose training ground is in the town, were well beaten thanks to two goals from Jimmy Stanford, who was playing his third game in three days, with Mark Bitmead and Tom Butler adding the other strikes.
A match report from Manager Mick Snowden is here. Also on Thursday, the Under-18s travel to Beaconsfield SYCOB, with a 6.45pm kick off. Next week they travel to Bisley on Monday (6.45pm kick off) and host Staines Town on Wednesday 13th August (6.30pm kick off, on the Training Pitch) before travelling to play Fleet Town on Monday 18th August in their first League game. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 August 2008 )
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Written by Gareth Coates
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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  Ashford Town were unable to secure victory in either match played on Tuesday evening. In their final pre-season match, Mark Butler's senior squad led 2-0 early in the match at home to Oxford City thanks to goals from Jon Palmer and Adam Logie. However, the Southern League side pulled one back through Fauconbridge before half time and then equalised with a Baird finish in the second period. Byron Harrison fired Ashford 3-2 ahead less than a minute later, although City deservedly levelled with five minutes remaining thanks to a header by Gunn.
The match report is here. While all that was going on at Short Lane, a young Ashford Town XI were defeated 2-0 by Combined Counties League side Westfield. The Surrey side start their League campaign at the weekend and fielded their strongest available side. The Tangerines were below par in the first half and allowed their hosts to dominate possession but could stilll count themselves a little unfortunate to turn around at the break 2-0 down, thanks to one spectacular goal and a well-worked move. However, Ashford's mixture of youngsters and triallists performed much better in the second period and were perhaps unfortunate not to win the game, with youngster Jimmy Stanford denied by three fine saves and a number of good chances created. The match report is now online. The Under-18 team are the next in action, entertaining Cobham in a pre-season match on the Training Pitch, kick-off is 6.30pm and entrance is free. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 August 2008 )
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