Ashford have met their counterparts from Kent in a pre-season friendly every year since 2003 and we are glad to report that the sequence will continue, with Ashford from Kent visiting Short Lane on Saturday 1 August.

The game had been in some doubt due to possible problems at the Kent end but the fixture has been confirmed today and we look forward to reciprocating the hospitality we received last summer when we visited The Homelands.

The fixture has often seen plenty of goals but none yet has matched the nine in the very first game on 26 July 2003 when Ashford (Mx) won by the closest of margins, 5-4.  Scorers that day were Aidie Kilner, with two, Richard Butler, Sean Gorman and Dean Wordsworth (pen).

Further pre-season fixtures are in the pipeline and will be announced as soon as they are definite.