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2008–09 Aldershot Town F.C. season

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club	Aldershot Town
season	2008–09
manager	Gary Waddock
mgrtitle	Manager
stadium	Recreation Ground
league	Football League Two
league result	15th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Second round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	First round
cup3	League Trophy
cup3 result	First round
cup4	Hampshire Senior Cup
cup4 result	Third round
league topscorer	Scott Davies (8)
season topscorer	Scott Davies and Kirk Hudson (9)
highest attendance	5,023 (18 October vs Brentford)
lowest attendance	2,090 (10 March vs Shrewsbury Town)
average attendance	3,232 (26 senior squad league and cup matches)
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prevseason	2007–08
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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

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]]

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	Goalscorers
1st round	8 November 2008	Rotherham United	Home	1–1	2,632	John Grant
1st round replay	18 November 2008	Rotherham United	Away	Won 3–0	2,431 (174 away fans)	Kirk Hudson (2), Marvin Morgan
2nd 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	Goalscorers
1st 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	Goalscorers
1st 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	Scorers
2nd 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

Team	Miles [One Way]	Home Result	Fans Brought	Away Result	Fans Took	Points Gained
Accrington Stanley	250	3–1	81	1–0	606	6
Barnet	56	1–1	327	3–0	728	4
Bournemouth	77	1–1	1047	0–2	611	1
Bradford City	229	3–2	647	0–5	294	3
Brentford	36	1–1	1066	0–3	894	1
Bury	232	3–3	354	1–2	225	1
Chester City	231	2–2	226	1–0	286	4
Chesterfield	173	1–1	225	1–5	222	1
Dagenham & Redbridge	70	1–2	173	1–3	291	0
Darlington	272	2–1	296	0–2	250*	3
Exeter City	145	1–0	785	2–3	332	3
Gillingham	75	2–1	960	4–4	399	4
Grimsby Town	244	2–2	343	0–1	340	1
Lincoln City	177	2–0	209	2–0	359	6
Luton Town	58	2–1	783	1–3	810	3
Macclesfield Town	204	1–1	131	2–4	353	1
Morecambe	266	0–2	80	0–2	204	0
Notts County	150	2–2	171	1–2	511	1
Port Vale	181	1–0	242	0–0	128	4
Rochdale	237	2–4	292	1–3	256	0
Rotherham United	187	0–1	250	2–1	81	3
Shrewsbury Town	178	0–0	218	0–1	381	1
Wycombe Wanderers	45	3–2	842	0–3	600*	3

*Approximate figure, exact attendances are not known.

Goalscorers

All Competitions

Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Hampshire Senior Cup	Total
Scott Davies	8	-	-	1	-	9
Kirk Hudson	7	2	-	-	-	9
Marvin Morgan	3	1	1	-	2	7
Danny Hylton	4	-	-	-	-	4
John Grant	2	1	-	-	1	4
Louis Soares	3	-	-	-	-	3
Anthony Charles	2	-	-	-	-	2
Rob Elvins	1	-	-	1	-	2
Scott Donnelly	1	-	-	-	-	1
Ben Harding	1	-	-	-	-	1

References

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