Saturday 26th September 2015 @3pm
Southern Counties East Football League
ASHFORD UNITED 1-1 CORINTHIAN
Homelands stadium, Ashford Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford TN26 1NJ
Admission: £7
Programme: £2 (A5, 32pp double issue)
Attendance: 190
Refreshments: Guinness India Porter, £3.60. Sausage Roll 60p, Chips, £1.50. Chicken Cup a soup, £1.30
Another revisit for me as the family went to the nearby Outlet Centre. I had watching both Maidstone United and the former Ashford club hear but this was the first game here with the 3G pitch laid. The perimeter also has 4 x¾ size goals for the weekday evenings 5/6 a side bookings that bring in the extra income for the club.
This is a nice place to watch football, with a large main stand with the incorporated facilities behind the stand. There are 3 steps on covered terracing behind each goal and the ground is suitable for a higher level of football if success follows the obvious bigger income. The tea hut is good as well. There is even Pie, mash & liquor on offer at £4.50. Something I will go back for again next time.
The match was dominated by the home side and the ball went in the net from a corner via the head of Kingwell but was disallowed for a soft infringement in the box. Within 5 minutes Ashford went 1-0 up on 32 mins when Welford turned the centre back and drove the ball into the bottom corner. Ashford had a handful of good chances plus dominated the rest of the game with Corinthian defending in numbers with the odd counter attack. Against all the odds they levelled with a minute to go when a scuffed shot by Axell somehow managed to slide under the keepers’ body and trickled into the net. Ashford had another chance on stoppage time but yet again the shooting was inaccurate
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