The 2008–09 season of Aldershot Town Football Club was the 17th year of football played by the club and the first season in Football League Two, the highest level achieved by the club up to that time.
Team kit
The team kit for the 2008–09 season is produced by Carbrini Sportswear. The home shirt will be primarily Red with blue panels with the away shirt being yellow. On 6 December 2008 the blue third kit was launched.
Match results
Friendlies
+ Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Alton Town Away Won 1–0 809 Pasquale Abiuso Chelsea XI Home Drew 2–2 1,954 Kirk Hudson, Marvin Morgan Crystal Palace Home Lost 3–4 1,436 John Grant (2), Marvin Morgan Staines Town Away Won 2–0 N/A Marvin Morgan, Danny Hylton Maidenhead United Away Won 5–1 N/A Marvin Morgan, Kirk Hudson(2), Junior Mendes, Scott Donnelly Leyton Orient Home Lost 0–1 950 - Tottenham Hotspur Home Lost 1–3 1,830 Danny Hylton Charlton Athletic Home Won 2–0 875 Anthony Charles, John Grant
Football League Two
+ Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Accrington Stanley Away Won 1–0 1,805 Scott Donnelly Bournemouth Home Draw 1–1 4,564 Louis Soares Shrewsbury Town Away Lost 0–1 5,422 - Bradford City Home Won 3–2 3,805 Ben Harding, Marvin Morgan, Scott Davies Darlington Home Won 2–1 3,460 Marvin Morgan, Louie Soares Luton Town Away Lost 1–3 6,462 John Grant Gillingham Home Won 2–1 4,198 Kirk Hudson, Scott Davies Notts County Away Lost 1–2 6,033 Anthony Charles Bury Home Draw 3–3 3,621 Rob Elvins, Scott Davies, Danny Hylton Macclesfield Town Away Lost 2–4 1,857 Kirk Hudson, Danny Hylton Brentford Home Draw 1–1 5,023 Scott Davies (pen) Chesterfield Away Lost 1–5 3,079 Kirk Hudson Rochdale Away Lost 1–3 2,750 Marvin Morgan Port Vale Home Won 1–0 3,049 Louis Soares Morecambe Away Lost 0–2 1,897 - Exeter City Home Won 1–0 3,784 John Grant Chester City Away Won 1–0 1,693 Marvin Morgan Lincoln City Home Won 2–0 2,625 Andy Sandell, Scott Davies Wycombe Wanderers Home Won 3–2 3,915 Kirk Hudson (2), Danny Hylton Grimsby Town Home Draw 2–2 3,605 Scott Davies (2) (2 pens) Barnet Away Won 3–0 2,729 Danny Hylton, Anthony Charles, Scott Davies Dagenham & Redbridge Home Lost 1–2 3,697 Kirk Hudson Macclesfield Town Home Draw 1–1 3,108 Kirk Hudson Notts County Home Draw 2–2 2,491 Ben Harding, Scott Davies Bury Away Lost 1–2 2,558 Scott Davies Brentford Away Lost 0–3 5,111 Rochdale Home Lost 2–4 3,018 Marvin Morgan, Scott Davies Exeter City Away Lost 2–3 4,840 Jake Robinson, Ben Harding Gillingham Away Draw 4–4 5,974 Andy Lindegaard, Dave Winfield, OG, Andy Sandell Morecambe Home Lost 0–2 2,872 Accrington Stanley Home Won 3–1 2,604 Kirk Hudson, Jake Robinson (2) Bournemouth Away Lost 0–2 4,556 Bradford City Away Lost 0–5 12,465 Shrewsbury Town Home Draw 0–0 2,090 Luton Town Home Won 2–1 3,098 Scott Davies, Kirk Hudson Rotherham United Away Won 2–1 2,769 John Grant (2) Darlington Away Lost 0–2 2,532 Grimsby Town Away Lost 0–1 7,095 Chesterfield Home Draw 1–1 2,482 Jake Robinson Rotherham United Home Lost 0–1 2,643 Port Vale Home Draw 0–0 4,140 Dagenham & Redbridge Away Lost 1–3 1,586 Danny Hylton Barnet Home Draw 1–1 2,597 Lewis Chalmers Wycombe Wanderers Away Lost 0–3 5,440 Chester City Home Draw 2–2 3,100 Kirk Hudson (2) Lincoln City Away Won 2–0 3,910 John Grant, Scott Davies
League Two Table
FA Cup
+Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers1st round 8 November 2008 Rotherham United Home 1–1 2,632 John Grant1st round replay 18 November 2008 Rotherham United Away Won 3–0 2,431 (174 away fans) Kirk Hudson (2), Marvin Morgan2nd round 29 November 2008 Millwall Away Lost 0–3 6,159 (1,590 away fans)
Football League Cup This was Aldershot Town's first ever season playing in the Football League Cup.
+Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers1st round 13 August 2008 Coventry City Away Lost 1–3 9,392 (869 away fans) Marvin Morgan
Football League Trophy
+Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers1st round 2 September 2008 Swindon Town Home 2–2* 1,814 Rob Elvins, Scott Davies(pen)
*Swindon Town won 7–6 on penalties.
Hampshire Senior Cup
The Hampshire Senior Cup squad from Aldershot Town was composed of reserve team players.
+Round Date Opponent Result Attendance Scorers2nd round 7 October 2008 Alresford Town Won 3–2 N/A John Grant, Marvin Morgan (2)3rd round 9 December 2008 Basingstoke Town Lost 1–2 285 Adam Mekki
Events
This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008–09 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include match results, which are in the results section.
May 2008
13 May: Aldershot Town's first signing since winning promotion to the Football League is Dean Howell from Conference National side Rushden & Diamonds. 15 May: Gary Waddock signs 25-year-old defender Chris Blackburn from Football League One side Swindon Town. 19 May: Aldershot Town's third signing since promotion is Woking F.C. striker Marvin Morgan. 27 May: Goalkeeper Nikki Bull signed a new two-year deal to stay with the club. However this was a surprise to many as it came just four days after the Chairman John McGinty released an official statement informing supporters of his departure after six years with the club. The Shots also confirmed on the official website that Captain Rhys Day had signed a one-year contract with the club and that Junior Mendes was committing until the end of the year (2008).
June 2008
13 June: Aldershot Town are drawn against Coventry City in the Carling Cup first round draw. 16 June: The fixtures for the Football League Two season are released. The Shots will travel to Accrington Stanley on the opening day of the season. It will be exactly five years to the weekend when the two sides were paired together in the opening Conference season of 2003/2004. 24 June: Manager Gary Waddock and Coach Martin Kuhl both sign new three-year deals with the club. 25 June: Joel Grant joins Crewe Alexandra for a fee of £130,000, a club record sale.
July 2008
15 July: It is announced that Jim Joyce has left Yeovil Town Football Club to join the Shots to take over from Sue Bowen as Club Physio. 23 July: The Shots sign 21-year-old Sheffield United Academy product Ben Starosta on a one-month loan deal, with a view to securing a permanent deal. They also boosted their squad by securing the services of Scott Davies on a second season-long loan from Reading FC.
November 2008
18 November: Godalming Town defeated Aldershot Town XI 3–0 in a testimonial held for Paul 'Paddy' Hampshire who is battling against the incurable motor neuron disease and proceeds from the game were shared out between the Hampshire family's chosen charities; Woking Hospice and the M.N.D. charity. 29 November: Nikki Bull makes his 300th appearance for the Shots in the FA Cup defeat at Millwall Football Club.
December 2008
6 December: New third kit launched. 13 December: Following an 11.30am pitch inspection Aldershot's League Two fixture against Rotherham United at the Don Valley Stadium was called off because of a waterlogged pitch. 18 December: The 9th Annual ATFC Christmas Carol Service was conducted by Chaplain, Rev Mike Pusey at Holy Trinity Church, Aldershot with players in attendance. 22 December: Football League clubs voted to introduce a 'Home Grown Players' rule, as proposed by The Football League Board, at a specially arranged EGM of clubs at Derby County. The new rule will come into effect from the beginning of next season. The 'Home Grown Players' rule will require at least four players from clubs' sixteen man matchday squads to be registered domestically, for a minimum of three seasons, prior to their 21st birthday. 28 December: Dagenham & Redbridge become the first side to beat Aldershot at the Recreation Ground in the Football League and snap an eleven-month unbeaten streak that lasted 20 league games. The previous home league defeat came back in January 2008 when Forest Green Rovers won 1–0.
January 2009
2 January: Andy Sandell joins in a permanent move following a successful loan spell from Salisbury City while Shots defender Dave Winfield moves in the opposite direction on a month-long loan deal. 3 January: Aldershot's home league game against Notts County was postponed at 1.20pm when referee Chris Sarginson deemed the pitch unplayable.
February 2009
2 February: Dave Winfield returns to Aldershot after a loan spell with Salisbury City. The club also sign goalkeeper Alex McCarthy and defender Andy Lindegaard on one-month loan deals.
March 2009
27 March: Stevenage Borough sign Aldershot striker Junior Mendes on loan until the end of the season.
April 2009
21 April: Aldershot Town announce they will release Rhys Day, Rob Elvins and Junior Mendes at the end of the season.
Head To Head
+TeamMiles [One Way]Home ResultFans BroughtAway ResultFans TookPoints Gained Accrington Stanley2503–1 81 1–06066 Barnet561–1 327 3–07284 Bournemouth771–1 10470–2 611 1 Bradford City2293–2 647 0–5 294 3 Brentford361–1 1066 0–3 894 1 Bury2323–3 354 1–2 225 1 Chester City2312–2 226 1–0 286 4 Chesterfield1731–1 225 1–5 222 1 Dagenham & Redbridge701–2 173 1–3 291 0 Darlington2722–1 296 0–2 250* 3 Exeter City1451–0 785 2–3 332 3 Gillingham752–1 960 4–4 399 4 Grimsby Town2442–2 343 0–1 340 1 Lincoln City1772–0 209 2–0 359 6 Luton Town582–1 783 1–3 810 3 Macclesfield Town2041–1 131 2–4 353 1 Morecambe2660–2 80 0–2 204 0 Notts County1502–2 171 1–2 511 1 Port Vale1811–0 242 0–0 128 4 Rochdale2372–4 292 1–3 256 0 Rotherham United1870–1 250 2–1 81 3 Shrewsbury Town1780–0 218 0–13811 Wycombe Wanderers453–2 842 0–3 600* 3 *Approximate figure, exact attendances are not known.
Goalscorers
All Competitions
+NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupFootball League TrophyHampshire Senior CupTotalScott Davies8--1-9Kirk Hudson72---9Marvin Morgan311-27Danny Hylton4----4John Grant21--14Louis Soares3----3Anthony Charles2----2Rob Elvins1--1-2Scott Donnelly1----1Ben Harding1----1
References
External links Official Website