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Aldershot Town

The Shots

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Aldershot Town Football Club, nicknamed “The Shots,” is a non-league football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire.

Established in 1992, they currently compete in the Enterprise National League, which is part of the fifth tier of English football. The team calls The EBB Stadium their home ground.

After Aldershot FC folded during 1991–92, the new side entered Isthmian League Division Three. It won the division in its first season and gained a second promotion in 1993–94. The club added the Division One title in 1997–98, the Isthmian League Cup and Hampshire Senior Cup in 1998–99, and the Premier Division title in 2002–03, securing promotion to the Football Conference.

After losing Conference play-offs in 2004 and 2005, the club won the Conference Premier and Setanta Shield in 2007–08. It entered the Football League, reached the League Two play-offs in 2009–10 and was relegated in 2013. Five days later it entered administration with reported debts of £1.4 million. A new ownership consortium took control that August, and the club completed its company voluntary arrangement in July 2014.

The club reached National League play-offs in 2016–17 and 2017–18. It finished in the relegation places the following season but remained in the division after Gateshead was demoted for financial irregularities. The 2019–20 campaign ended early because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and most matches in 2020–21 were played behind closed doors. Three permanent managers served during 2022–23, when the side finished 18th.

Aldershot Town Football Club Limited is a registered company in England and Wales under company number 08362929