Under the new manager the team won fifteen and drew three of the remaining twenty-three matches of the season, achieving a fourth-placed finish in the league and a promotion play-off spot. The team achieved the league second fewest goals conceded and second highest goal difference; Danny Parish was top scorer over the league campaign with 24 goals from the 26 games he played, with Sam Corne second with 15. In the play-off semi-final the Nuts and Bolts played on a Monday night in front of 1,123 spectators at Hastings United and ran-out 3–2 victors; twice coming from a goal behind with strikes from Jay May and Sam Corne and the latter converted a penalty one minute from the end of extra time for the deciding goal. For the promotion final Ashford played away at Horsham; owing to the arrangement of the 'step four' play-off scheme only five of seven league play-off winners (decided on a regular season league points per game basis) would gain promotion, which meant given their record Ashford could not be rewarded with promotion had they won. The outcome was decided on the pitch though as the Ashford team were defeated 2–1 after extra-time.